Micah Dahl Anderson

Inside Sales

2009-06-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

Early one morning as I was jumping into the Micah Mobile (my scooter) to head off to the studio, I got a call from Cole Nielsen asking if I could join him and Joseph LeBaron at the Inside Sales building on the Novell campus in south Provo. You see, Glenn Beck was coming to town to speak at a fancy dinner type thingy, you probably saw the billboard if you frequent the i15, and Mitt Romney was going to introduce him via satellite. What does that have to do with anything you axe? Apparently Inside Sales, where Cole is Master and Commander of all things design, had the opportunity to place in front if Mitt what
we recently found out was called a bumper, but
at the time could only think to call it a Snarf Blatt, for lack of a real definition, and a loss of how to find the real definition. I mean, what is Google supposed to come up with when you type... "you know that thingy that production companies and studios put at the beginning of movies, and stuff... like the FOX, and MGM lion... thingy!" into the search field? I finally found it a few days later, and promptly texted it to everyone involved at about two in the morning.

Digressions aside, I arrived at the Novell Campus, and was briefed on the assignment. Glenn Beck was coming the next day, and we had this one working Friday to come up with something super badical (not my words). To make a long, hilarious and other wise interesting story short, we did it. And Cole put it on You Tube. Check it out.

Design= Cole Nielsen
Concept= Joe LeBaron
After Effects Animation= Ashley Mackay
Music= me

Here is me, getting ready to record the typing you hear, with six different kinds of keyboards.

Blow Your Mind

2009-05-26T08:58:00.000-07:00

Check this out. And thank you Jacob Ingram for finding this and sharing.

Motion Graphics Festivals

2009-05-19T08:36:00.000-07:00

The Tenth Annual Parsons Animation and Digital Film Festival in NY will be hosting Eleanor Cleverly's short The Little Sprout. Very Nice. Oh yeah music by me. Here's a look.

The Little Sprout™ from Eleanor Cleverly on Vimeo.

Shaker

2009-05-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

It is amazing, but the Britta water filter makes the best shaker sound I've ever heard.

Austin MGFest

2009-05-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

F is for FAIL got into the Austin Motion Graphics Festival in the music video category!

We are positioned along the likes of "N.A.S.A. featuring Shepard Fairey, David Byrne, and Chuck D of Public Enemy", Addictive TV's "Slumdog Millionaire Remix", Nine Inch Nails, and KRS-one. Radical!

http://mgfest.com/09/Austin/musicvideoscreening.php

Song of The Day

2009-04-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

"My heart is open like an open book, and yours is closed. I never thought it would be like this. So hard to read you anymore!"

The Challenge

2009-03-25T23:37:00.000-07:00

Here's a thing I did almost a year ago, I'd almost forgot about it. They cut up my music pretty bad, but it's still there.

Song of The Day

2009-03-01T21:56:00.000-08:00

'What ever happened to your song of the day posts? They used to come so annoyingly often Micah?'

I'll tell you.

Ever since Camille and I introduced our son Nigel to Helio Sequence this is the only song he will listen to in the car, which is where I do the greatest majority of my music listening. Every time the song ends (and sometimes after it has only just begun) Nigel will yell out in his cutest pleading voice, "Gen, gen... pweez!" we easily oblige. It's been his favorite for over two weeks now, and I'm still not sick of it. I think I said in an earlyer post that this album is the best of 2008, and I stand by it. Good taste Nigel.

Happy Hobo Trading Post

2009-02-09T20:55:00.000-08:00

Click this picture to go to one the worlds best artists' (take that Picasso) blog, and maybe even get some free stuff. In this way I may get free stuff, and that is cool.

The Qew

2009-01-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

This is where the music in the Laie House post went to. This video was done by Enlisted Design. They are badical, and one of my favorite companies to work with. Also the Qew looks pretty cool too.

F Is For Fail

2009-01-22T00:00:00.000-08:00

This is a motion graphics piece written, and produced, and animated, and everythinged by the incredible Brent Barson, creator of the Typophile Four project. Music by me. Typophile won a whole lot of prestigious awards, including The Silver Cube, Silver Pencile, Adobe Desing Achievment Award, and a lot more. We'll see how this one does.

Shout Out

2009-01-20T23:10:00.000-08:00

Jonathan Canlas just posted a picture of me that looks super badical, so I'm posting something super badical that he did. Hosting a week long work shop for film only photography. "Cool" you say "No small feet" you nobly proclaim. But this guy did it all on Hawaii. Twice! So here's some footage of one of them, shot be Leo Patrone, music by me.

Casio Insomnia

2009-01-15T23:30:00.000-08:00

Someone asked me for the lyrics to this song today. I couldn't remember them so I had to find the album (Camille actually found it I couldn't). I haven't listened to this song in about two years, but it is very telling of where my life was back when I wrote it, and poignant when I consider where I am today. Any who ...

And We're Back

2009-01-04T21:19:00.000-08:00

Ah. What a great vacation. I had a lovely time away, but now I'm back and so to are the blogs, hopefully. Here is the best song I heard over My Christmas holiday at my parents new home in Sparks NV.

More importantly here is a clip of the Danny Kay collection my (awesome and talented) brother s, my (badical) sister and (so so) I got for my parents.

On a side note, Camille and I went to see The Nutcracker with my brother Jordan and his wife Ruth. The post below reminded me. I think it was the first ballet I've seen. In fact I'm sure it was. I'd have remembered. I liked it.

The eCard

2008-12-18T01:41:00.000-08:00

My cousin Devon is a contender for the worlds greatest prankster. Tonight he sent me this seemingly harmless e-card that plays Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies as it politely asks you to click on certain items in the picture that bring holiday cheer. "Click on the lamp post" it would say, "Click on the RED present... come on". As I clicked on each Item I braced myself for the inevitable screaming picture of the girl from The Exorcist to pop out, or Santa to come around the corner and moon me. But nothing happened! It was actually harmless.

I confess I was disappointed. Is Devon going soft on me? Or is he even more diabolical? Maybe he's been setting me up my whole life for the freak me out with nothing prank. Probably.

By the way, today's new song of the day is Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairies.

How do you spell yawn?

2008-12-17T23:15:00.000-08:00

I can't sleep because I have the song Quality Control by Jurassic Five stuck in my head. So it gets to be the song of the day again. Maybe it will leave me alone now.

Radio Campaign

2008-12-17T00:00:00.000-08:00

I don't know why there isn't a better video than this one on you tube for this song. I think it's his best one. Maybe I'll take a crack at it someday. I imagine something in stop motion. Pantomime stage-ish, cotton clouds, horse and buggy? I don't know. But I do like this video.

Knives Out

2008-12-16T00:00:00.000-08:00

Someday I'd love to cover this song in a band. I mostly have the whole thing down on gee tar, but the band is hankering for originals these days. Maybe in the Gatsby's.

Dig That Motorbike

2008-12-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

This was just the best song I heard today.

Song of The Day

2008-12-14T22:12:00.000-08:00

Apocalyptic pop. My brother in law always says this is the song that will play in the heavens when Jesus comes.

"I met your momma doin' that same particular dance"

2008-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

I am very grateful for my little brother Cedric, without whom I may have never heard of or gotten into the any of the badical hip hop I know of. Thanks Ceddy. This ones for you.

Sun Kil Moon

2008-12-12T00:00:00.000-08:00

This is one of the best songs to listen to while riding some sort of two wheeled transportation. I used to ride my scooter fifteen miles to and from The Music School were I used to teach guitar, percussion, recording, and band classes, all on back roads since it wasn't fast enough to go on the free way. Listening to this album, and riding that scooter took me to a very nice place (of mind).

Motorcrash, A Proper Motorcrash

2008-12-11T00:00:00.001-08:00

I can't believe no one commented on yesterday's song of the day. That is one of the most beautiful songs ever. I totally learned it to play for my wedding band, and got to perform it twice at the Utah State Hospital-Psychiatric Christmas Dinner. Once for the Forensics dinner, which was a bit scary (those are the murderers and rapists), and then at the administration building. My good buddy Joe LeBaron works there, and asked if I'd play some of there favorites. He is one of the coolest guys this world has to offer.

Another thing about yesterday's post is how old that guy is. He said he was twenty two "or what ever", but he seems much older to me, maybe it's the beard, but my actual theory is that he has a very old soul, maybe thirty or forty lives under his belt.

Finlay lets talk about today's post. I grew up with the Sugar Cubes, though we never actually bought this album. You may recognize this cute little number as Bjork in the musical act Bjork. If you think she looks different in this video, you should see my all time favorite Sugar Cubes song on you tube. And yeah, I know, they're much better to just listen to.

OK, last thing. I have been using You tube a lot lately to do my posts, not because I do a lot of you tube surfing. I don't. But most of my songs for the day are up there in video form, which is great because I don't have to host mp3s. I'm running out of space on my website, where I host the song of the day songs. So I'm working on getting more space, since I hear from some of you that you don't like waiting so long for the video to load, or some of your connections flat won't play you tube stuff. Hopefully soon. Of course that will mean you have to actually leave reader and go to the blog to listen. You tell me.

Tiger Mountain Peasant Song

2008-12-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

Did You Ever Call? I Waited For Your Call.

2008-12-09T00:00:00.002-08:00

Yeeea! Part 2