Office

This morning, I was trying to enter in grades when my program of OpenOffice.org wouldn't work.  That's what happens when you get your program for free off the internet.  But then I got to think about the Office, the hit television series.  This program is wildly popular and also free on the internet.  

The availability of high definition content on the internet is further increasing.  This is an exciting time for an aspiring filmmaker.  A big challenge with making films is how you go about getting an audience and the internet makes that easier.  

The same thing with music. Sites such as myspace, facebook, purevolume and Amie St.  all offer people the latest cutting edge music.  Many artists, suc

h as Vampire Weekend and Black Kids, owe much of their success to blogs.  

hypem.com is a site that compiles blog posts, and is where I find a lot of music.  My band has even been blogged. 

It would be a fun and informative activity to give a brief history of forms of distribution and compare and contrast with today.  For example, we can talk about theatrical exhibition as opposed to watching on an iPod or recording a mixtape from the radio versus downloading a podcast.

Vampire Weekend:

Black Kids: