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Jackson’s Journal (8/25/09) – Dolphins Are Awesome! The Rap!

I finished this last night at 4:30 AM. I’ve never before rapped, recorded, or written a song, so please take it easy on me… I hope you like! I’m going to do a better video and have that up soon.

If you like my song, please comment, email it around, embed it on your blogs, remix it, whatever gives you joy. nothing would make me happier than seeing this song sread around the world.

Special thanks to the Winstons, Nate Harrison, and whoever wrote the Flipper theme song.

Check out Dolphins Are Awesome!

Love,

Jackson

Jackson’s Journal (8/24/09) – The Dolphin Song!

Goooooood Morning SuperForest!

I am home rapping today. I’m working on a little something for the Dolphin Song for Dolphins Are Awesome!

This is my hastily assembled home studio:
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As you can see, I have turned a vornado fan into a very effective laptop cooling device. Got a little USB mic, an external drive, and my cans (that’s studio-speak for “headphones.”)

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I’ve sampled one of the very best samples of all time, the “Amen break” from the Winstons 1969 song “Amen Brother”.

Here’s Nate Harrison’s amazing short documentary about this amazing 6 second song snippet and its incredible effect on our culture:

So, I’ve got some lyrics, and my studio, and now to rap rap rap, like I’ve never rapped before. (I’ve never rapped before.)

Dolphins Are Awesome! now has 49 members and growing! Thank you to everybody who joined! I’ve asked a lot of musical cats I know to contribute parts to the Dolphin Song and we’ll use Dolphins Are Awesome! to put all the parts together.
(If you’re just tuning in, the Dolphin Song is a collaborative, multi-part, international song that anyone can add to. The only rule for entry is that it must be a happy song about dolphins.)

Life is such fun.

Love to All,

-Jackson