http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:57:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I created my own MySpace profile more than a year ago and despite not really doing much with it, I've gotten over 800 profile views. So I've decided to upload a few songs to MySpace to see if the profile views are real and if they'll actually translate into ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2009/03/22/is-myspace-or-facebook-better-for-musicians/ Regarding the eager expectations and need for more space I alluded to in my last post -- some of you probably knew that I was referring to the fact that my wife and I were expecting. For a while now, we'd been clearing out space for the nursery, researching ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2009/02/28/expectant-mckennas-song/ Since my last post, so much has happened. The economy took a dive, the elections occurred, the holidays came and went, 2009 kicked off, and our new president took office. My personal life has been tainted with unexpected losses, yet buoyed by eager expectations and anticipation. Through ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2009/01/31/quiet-plodding/ With the Beijing Olympics behind us and the US presidential elections just before us, with the housing market and our once esteemed economy on life support, and with our stature in and policies on world affairs increasingly questioned, we have rarely needed a period of patriotism and focus on unity ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/10/15/somethin-american/ Last Thursday and Friday I had the chance to do some light car camping with coworkers at an "eco adventure resort," Costanoa, which is about 24 miles south of Half Moon Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among any group of people around any campfire, it almost ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/08/31/campfire-dynamics-costanoa-plus-video-update/ Some of you have been asking me for an update on the new album and it's definitely about time I provided that. When I set out last year to work on it, I was hoping that I would have something out by this fall. With less than a ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/07/30/album-update/ My wife and I recently celebrated our one year wedding anniversary. Around the same time, we were approached by Junebug Weddings -- a wedding blog and planning service based in Seattle -- to have our wedding featured in the "Real Weddings" portion of their blog. After we agreed ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/06/14/wedding-profiled-by-junebug/ A few weeks ago I was at a conference in Orlando. One highlight for me was getting a chance to watch John Mayer perform an acoustic set at the conference with two other guitarists. Ever since I was in Arizona and I'd go to small coffee shops to ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/05/31/john-mayer-concert-at-conference/ Last weekend, I had a chance to watch an up-and-coming L.A. band, Seriously, perform at Stanford as part of their "Heart Tour" to raise awareness for the dire shortage of bone marrow donors in the U.S. There's a disproportionately miniscule pool of donors for Asian Americans. Organizations like ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/04/17/the-seriously-heart-tour-2008/ Is it March already? This year has been speeding by! Seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the new year and 2008 still felt like an awkward date to jot down. Between traveling for my day job and keeping up with life outside of work, I ... http://corydorasmedia.com/lawrencechangmusic/2008/03/01/the-inspiration-for-song-6-a-french-post-impressionist-painter/