Fiber Fool

Chris started a monster when she visited back in June. Not only did she get me haunting the swap-bot web site and signing up for photo swaps, but she got me making mixed CDs like a mad woman! She also got me checking out eMusic (I got 50 free non-DRM’d downloads in 30 days to check them out, and she got 50 too when I signed up - let me know if you want to check it out and I can send you an e-mail) and listening to the stream of The Current (Minnesota Public Radio). I’ve had so much new music in my world since and it has been a blast. My music listening had gotten pretty stale.

Participating in these swaps have also given me an excuse to play around with digital art once again. For the cover art in this post I used digital scrapbooking elements from various free kits at Two Peas in a Bucket and built the inserts in Photoshop CS.

If you click on the images it should be a bit easier to read the track listings. If you like what you see and would be interested in a personal swap, just let me know. I am also wrapping up a mix of local indie groups (not all still together, but…) and I have a CD mix ready that is very eclectic but all the songs are about breakfast foods. Sounds odd, but it is a fun mix!

There has been a definite lean of my new music towards contemporary folk and indie music. Neither are a real stretch for my musical tastes, but it has been great to add some new stuff to my iPod. Among my favorites?

• Editors - The Back Room (An End Has A Start is on my wishlist)
• Great Northern - Trading Twilight for Daylight
• Great Lake Swimmers - Great Lake Swimmers (I’m definitely going to be looking into their other albums)
• Joshua James - The Sun Is Always Brighter
• Romantica - America
• The Wailin’ Jennys - 40 Days

Also, don’t forget - tomorrow is that last day to sign up for the Fiber Art Photography ATC swap!