Today's soundtrack is Wolfmother: Wolfmother, a neo-classic rock album chock-full of whizz and lemon juice. I'm starting the final unit of my precalculus course today, Unit 7! In this chapter, 7.1, I will be learning how to: Find a rational expression's non-permissible values Write equivalent forms of a rational expression Simplify a rational expression First, … Continue reading 02.02.2019: One Lesson of Math – Equivalent Rational Expressions, Part 1
02.01.2019: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Origin: Echoes of Decimation, a frantic technical death metal album with some killer drumming. This evening, I put together a video version of my cover of Natalie Prass' "Hot for the Mountain" so that I could share it on my YouTube channel.
01.31.2019: 30 Minutes of Songwriting – Special Edition: "Hot for the Mountain"
Today's soundtrack is Demilich: Nespithe, a very unique death metal album. The vocals sound like burps in the Grand Canyon; the riffs are positively jazzy at times, and the drums are somehow both plodding and frantic simultaneously. This evening, I recorded the vocals for my cover version of the Natalie Prass song "Hot for the … Continue reading 01.31.2019: 30 Minutes of Songwriting – Special Edition: "Hot for the Mountain"
01.30.2019: One Lesson of Math – Test Day!
Today's soundtrack is Mortiis: The Stargate, an epic soundscape of instruments and operatic vocals. This afternoon, I went straight from work to write my Unit 6 precalculus test, which was on trigonometry. I think it went well. I only have one more unit after this, then I'll be finished Precalculus 11!
01.29.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit 6 Review, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is Cannibal Corpse: Gore Obsessed, my third metal album in as many days. I'm certainly not complaining! Cannibal Corpse was the band that got me into death metal, and they were the headliners at the first metal show I went to. Basically, I think that everything they do is awesome. They don't vary … Continue reading 01.29.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit 6 Review, Part 2
01.28.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit 6 Review, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Engorged: Engorged, which is described here as a death/thrash metal album, but in my opinion would be better classified as grind/thrashcore. Though the album itself is pretty solid, I'm disappointed in the drum mix; the snare is often buried in the mix, and the hi-hat sounds weak, but the ride and kick … Continue reading 01.28.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit 6 Review, Part 1
01.27.2019: Tidying Up With Steven Mills
Today's soundtrack is Arch Enemy: Doomsday Machine, a melodic death metal album from 2005. One of the things about the band that intrigued me was the fact that the powerful growled vocals were performed by Angela Gossow, one of the few female death metal vocalists that I've heard of. Last night, I decided to check … Continue reading 01.27.2019: Tidying Up With Steven Mills
01.26.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Cosine Law, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is John Schlitt: Unfit for Swine, a solo album by Petra's lead singer. Even though Petra was my favourite band growing up, when I bought this album, I hadn't put two and to together; all I knew was that this guy sounded just like the singer from Petra, and I was hooked. A … Continue reading 01.26.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Cosine Law, Part 2
01.25.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Cosine Law, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Shania Twain: Up! (Green Version), the country-styled version of her classic album. Every one of the nineteen songs on the album is a modern classic; each one is so infectiously catchy, with sing-along lyrics and head-bobbing music. As we learned in the lesson about the sine law (part 1, part 2), if … Continue reading 01.25.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Cosine Law, Part 1
01.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Sine Law, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is Triumph: Allied Forces, an album that I regret not giving its due up until recently. I got it with a few other CDs in one of those "mystery bag for $2" bins at Krazy Bob's Music Emporium back in the day, and because I'd bought it at a discounted rate, I unconsciously … Continue reading 01.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Sine Law, Part 2
01.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Sine Law, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Darkthrone: Goatlord, a unique release from the black metal band of one of their rehearsal tapes from back when they did death metal, with black metal/operatic vocals added after the fact. It has a very raw, dark atmosphere. This afternoon, I'm learning about the Sine Law. When labeling a triangle that is … Continue reading 01.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – The Sine Law, Part 1
01.22.2019: One Lesson of Math – Angles in Standard Position in All Quadrants, Part 4
Today's soundtrack is The Beach Boys: Sounds of Summer, their "greatest hits" album. The majority of the songs feel very formulaic to me, especially in contrast to yesterday's prog rock masterpiece. Four times through this album was quite enough for me. I wasn't able to finish the whole assignment yesterday; I finished it today.
Steven Mills 