Music Nation is a site that allows independent artists to enter their music videos to be judged by the public and a panel of judges. At the end of the 15-week competition, winners will be crowned in each of our three genres: rock, pop and urban. The winners will receive recording contracts and will perform on Clear Channel’s exclusive in-studio performance series, Stripped.
I hope this site keeps going after the competition is over. It’s really good for finding new and interesting artists. This site is as much about the edgy video clips as it is about the music. I found a great video clip by a UK based surf band called the Fabs lead by South American songwriter Fabiola Gatti.

I like keeping an eye on alternative sports that require huge amounts of dedication, training, strength and skill like Parkour and Bike Trials. For those of you who don’t know bike trials riding is a form of mountain biking where the focus is on technical skill. Riders negotiate difficult man made and natural obstacles. It’s really entertaining to watch and one of the best I have come across (although I don’t follow it that closely) is Ryan Leech. I first found him on YouTube with the following clip. I particularly like the skills he shows on the railway tracks. Amazing skill!
I also like the sound track in this clip, it’s called Soweto and is by Goapele & Hieroglyphics.

I have finally decided to start a blog. It’s really just for myself but if you want to read it then by all means go ahead. I am constantly bookmarking things that interest me. They are often things that I intend to come back and look at… but I never do.

I am going to use this blog to make notes about cool things that I find (mostly on-line). That way I can come back at any time and look through my previous posts for inspiration.