Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there will it lie

Ran across this today courtesy of a tweet from friend Joshua Inkenbrandt. Someone took a little time to work on a single off of Adele‘s most recent album, 21, called Rolling in the Deep and put this little bad boy together. I’m definitely a fan of the original and the remix. I hope you enjoy it.

If you haven’t heard of Relient K before, this might not be the best album to use as an introduction, but definitely a fun album if you’re familiar with the songs they’ve covered. A good starter album to check out, I would recommend Mmhmm. You can buy it at Amazon.com or stream it at rdio.

This post isn’t about Mmhmm though. It’s about covers and Relient K’s new album, Relient K Is For Karaoke EP. It’s got 7 cover songs ranging from Justin Beiber to Cyndi Lauper. Good fun stuff worth checking out. Listen to the audio streams from rdio below, and if you dig, go ahead and buy it.

I ran across this video online and I fell in love. The music, story built by the lyrics build such a great story and image. I haven’t hard of Mali Music before, but I’m definitely interested in checking out some more of it.

I’m not sure of the name of this track, but I’m trying to look it up so I can pick it up, cause it’s dope. If you know what it’s called or where I can find it please let me know. I couldn’t find it on his website, or mentions of it on his twitter page. I will be listening to his album that’s available on rdio though. recommend that you do the same.

Here’s the video:

Today was a great day.

At the beginning of this year, I discovered an app called LoseIt and decided to use it see if it could help me achieve one of the goals I had set for myself this year. My goal was to lose 17lbs and hit a weight goal of 160lbs and today I bested my goal and it feels great!

Admittedly, I might have been able to hit the goal sooner, but I tended to cheat along the way on the weekends, but that doesn’t matter, the goal was to lose a specific weight amount and I did it in just under a quarter of the year.

Not only that, but I feel great! I may have said that already, but I just want to emphasize, that it really does feel good to have accomplished a goal that not only has been difficult for me to accomplish the last year or two but also one that is combating a problem I never thought I would experience. Also, I physically feel (and to me look) great. I was telling Nat tonight that I feel like I’m more aware of my body again. I was telling her how out on the soccer field (I’ve been playing soccer as a form of exercise; It’s a lot more exciting than a gym to me), I had a better idea of where my limbs were and how I felt that I was playing better because of it. She said it was proprioception. I’ll take her word for it. All I know is I feel great.

If there’s a lesson to learn, it’s simple one that we regularly seem to forget (or maybe it’s just me?). To accomplish the things we want (and are called) to, we must make choices that will cause us to relinquish immediate pleasure for pleasure that will be more purposeful and fulfilling in the future.

I’m glad it’s paid off for me, and it was well worth the effort.

If you’re looking to lose weight or just keep better track of how and what you’re eating, I encourage you to check out LoseIt. It’s not a magic pill, you’ll get out what you put in, but it will be worth it.

Here’s a demo that I put together to have something for the show this Sunday night here in Tallahassee at the American Legion Hall. Again, if you’re in town, I’d love to see you there. Purchase your ticket online in advance. There will be a total of 5 awesome performers. You don’t want to miss it. Also, if you haven’t visited the band’s website, head on over to http://goodbyerogers.com/ and you can also follow the band on twitter and ‘Like’ us on Facebook.

Check out some acoustic tunes:

I’m very excited. In just over a week I will be performing my first concert with my new band, goodbye rogers. Currently we’re a duo, with me on the guitar and vocals and my brother in law, Blake Griffin playing the drums. I’m excited. I feel like this is something that I should have done a long time ago, but I managed to put it off or made excuses. Maybe the time truly wasn’t right. Either way, I’ve got a show coming up with a 9 song set list and a 30 minute time slot; 6 originals and 3 covers. The list may get shortened if it runs over my time slot, but we’ll see how that goes in rehearsals later this week.

I would love the support of my friends and family. If you’re in Tallahssee on February 27th, come out to the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella. The show is called Acoustic Ovation and will feature other performers. I will be 2nd in the slot of 5 performers and the doors will open at 7pm. All performers will be doing acoustic sets for the evening (hence the acoustic in the name).

We’ve made it really easy to get tickets to this show in advance and save you some money in the process. You don’t have to meet me, you don’t have to go to some store to buy them. All you have to do is click on this link and you can buy your ticket online with a credit card, safely and securely. You’ll then be registered and get an email confirmation. HOW EASY IS THAT?! No excuse for putting it off and you’ll save $3 off the ticket by not waiting to purchase at the door. Also, I’ve even taken it one step further and embedded below a way for you to purchase your tickets now. Can’t get any easier.

February 27th, at 7pm at the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella will be a great time to spend your Sunday evening (especially after engage for you ENT folks!)

Keep connected on what we’ll be doing musically with goodbye rogers by following us on twitter.

We also have a Facebook page (LIKE US!), and a website at goodbyerogers.com (the website, is not quite ready as of this post, but will hopefully be ready soon thereafter; check back soon if it’s still not available).

If you’re interested in booking us for a gig, email us a booking -[at]- goodbyerogers -[dot]- com

See you soon.
Samuel Febres

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