Album Cover Meme. . . Yes, again - but this time it has more purpose!!!

I originally posted the directions here. I have since modified my own modification, because I'm using it as a writing prompt for my Writing Process class:

How to Make Your Own Album Cover - The GeekyFutureTeacher Way
I modified the original meme to suit my style. (I especially diskined the "third picture no matter what" mandatory-ness of it, and I felt like it was missing some steps!)

1. Click Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random) - this is the title of your band 
2. Click Here (http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3) - use 3-5 words from a quote on this page as the title of your album.
3. Click Here (http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days) - Choose an album cover.
4. Use your favorite photo editor (mine is picmonkey, other people love photoshop) to put it all together (and make it square).
5. Click Here (http://www.manythings.org/rs/svoc.html) -  Click on "three sentences," choose the title of your hit single! (Can be part of a sentence)
6. Pick a genre/style for your band.
7. Write an anecdotal blog post about an On Tour adventure, how the band got started, or a convoluted fan experience.
   
   Rather than take the time for everyone to create their own album cover, I made a few for inspiration:
   (The bonus with this method is that you get to choose which words are the Name, album, and in some cases, song title!!!!)



Special BONUS: Silly Songs Stuck (in my head)

Do you know the Wishy Washy Washerwoman song? It is a silly song I learned years and years (and years) ago at Girl Scout Camp. (I just did the math, it has been almost 20 years since I was a camper!!!)

Anyway, I had only part of the song stuck in my head, just the begining, "Waaaaaaaaay down in the valley, where nobody goes, there's a Wishy Washy Washerwoman washing her clothes. . . " I couldn't recall the rest! SO, I did what any former Scout would do, and I googled it!

Whereupon, I found this GEM performed by male teachers!! This is just totally awesome!

(Start around 1:26 if you want to skip the intro)

They did skip my favorite verse, "Waaaaaaaaay down in the valley, where nobody goes, there's a Wishy Washy Washerwoman picking her nose. She goes Pick-Flick, Pick-Flick, Pick-Flick, Pick-Flick, that's how the Washerwoman pi-cks her nose!" (I learned it that way - without forcing the "wishy-washy" part on the last line.)


The Other song stuck in my head lately is the Boots Song/My Boots/Whatever you want to call it!

I couldn't find anything that wasn't Dora the Explorer related when I searched for it, so I recorded it just for you!

Sing-a-long Vlog Entry

Intro

Fried Ham

10 Brown Bottles

Grand Old Duke of York

Five Little Hotdogs

Humpty Dumpty - The Nursery Rhyme Rap

The Princess Pat

(Loosely based on the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry regiment's song).

I learned it as "Ragabamboo,"  (as performed in the song) however the original phrase was "Ric-A-Dam-Doo" which means "Cloth of Thy Mother" in Gaelic.  In the video I said WWII, it was WWI, and you can learn more about "Princess Pat" and the Regiment here.

The Little Green Frog

The Titanic Song

The Button Factory

Singing in the Rain. . . Wait, a minute

This song features cumulative actions.

It Only Takes a Spark

Church Sing-a-long!!!

12 Men Went to Spy on Canaan

Ho Ho Ho Hosannah

Alle-lu Alle-lu Allelujah!

A New [Musical] Video Post!

I can't find my friend's explanation for why we teach the recorder.
It seems to have been consumed by the book of faces. :(
But I did find this:

And here is my first Recorder Solo since 5th grade:

 

And for your musical enjoyment, 

Jimmy Fallon, Carly Rae Jepsen, and The Roots

performing "Call Me Maybe" 

on a set of Classroom Instruments and a Toy Xylophone

By the way, I got to play a glockenspiel in class yesterday.