Starting today, until December 28th, twelve of my mixes are now downloadable!
Scroll through the list and search for any that shows this button indicated below in red.

Link to my Music Profile: https://soundcloud.com/rccola14

Get 'em fast!!! ;)

Note: I may or may not be subjected to keep them downloadable for a longer time! If so, I will let you know ahead of time!

New Blog Site

    I'm here to tell you that I have a new site in commence! It has my most recent music on display, and I would like it... NO... love it if you could visit the link below! The site will also hold some of my poetry and artwork! Thanks for reading!

New Site / New Music!

The New 'Enjoy Your Float'

Sorry for not posting for awhile... the reason is simple; I have a new blog! All of you who loved this blog site (or visit it as often as possible) should visit my new and improved site, "Enjoy Your Float!" Enjoy Your Float? Isn't that the same name as this site? Well, yes it is genius! The difference is... the site is on Tumblr! I know, applaud if you must, but it ain't that big of a deal; except for the improvements itself--such as the neat look of the site, my mixes in an easier format to listen to, a poll to vote on these mixes, funny stuff to enjoy....

....and so much more!

Sorry to keep you on edge there! Here's the site: The New Enjoy Your Float

All You Need Is New?!

Yes, new--I created a new mix; so this post's title fits best!
I dare you to say (this post's title fits best) that... ten times fast!
*Phew,* what a tongue twister!

Okay, now time to be serious!
Serious? Hey, that's a Duran Duarn song!
Oops, back to what I was saying...

...Here's the mix I was talking about:

All You Need Is Now (Sway Away Edit) by rccola14

Happy D2 Appreciation Day!

Happy DDAD, everybody! Yes, DDAD (pronounced DEE'DAD)!

It stands for "Duran Duran Appreciation Day".

So, if you see a duranie; say "Happy DDAD!" They'll get the point. :/

Okay... for this very marvellous, awesome, and special occasion; the first twenty people to send me a positive comment about any of my remixes--extended versions and all--will get a chance to have their name, and why they love DURAN DURAN posted on my blog.

And, if anyone can name me the title of four (your favorite) mixes I've made; will receive a 'signed' original copy of my very own animation drawing*

*if anyone would like the real signed piece of paper; please send me an email so I can give you directions to where you can visit me for the handout--I will NOT give out my actual address for safety reasons

If no one would like to visit me for this special handout; I will be glad to send you a JPEGed or bitmapped version of the 'signed' picture.

Note: please give me your email address, so I can send you your handout prize--I will not spam you!

Have fun! :)

Video Contest Update

Anyone who has entered the contest, please read below; it is very important that you do so!

I have updated the Contest Schedule; so please take a look!
In case you don't no where to look--it's within the Blog Archive
under 2011 of May (Music Video Contest).

Another Important Update

During the judging stage: If no one has made any videos to these tracks listed below; another contest will have to be planed out for the future ahead. I will let you know if such
a task is necessary!

Here Are the Tracks:
Chic Chauffeur
My Antarctica

Swaying With The American Flag

Happy 4th of July to all my american fans! I hope you have the best time ever. And to make sure that happens; I will supply the music, the rhythm, and the american spirit. So go ahead, play a song or two; and get your feet moving to these mixes I've sent you.

What--You call that dancing?
Our flag sways better then you;
your a disgrace to our country!
Ha, ha, ha! Nah... Just kidding!

American Science (Study Mix)

All You Need Is Now ('N' Then Mix)

Girl Panic (Extended Chaos)
Being Followed (Stalker Mix)
Too Bad You're So Beautiful (T-Minus Mix)

Happy Khanada (Canada) Day!

I am not canadian, but what the heck...

Happy Canada Day!

Here are some mixes for my canadian fans:

Developed (Girls on Film Mix)

The Men Who Stole A Leopard (X'tended Roar Mix)
Back It Up (Some More)!
The Chauffeur (Driveway Mix)

A Summer Mix Was Made :D

To all my fans out there,

I have made a great mix out of Duran Duran's awesome bonus track, "Early Summer Nerves".
It's very sad that "...Summer Nerves" didn't make the physical CD (All You Need is Now); but everyone else knows Duran Duran created way too many songs to give a care whether or not this exact song was placed there [on the CD of course]! Umm...



...Back to what I was saying. The song I've made is called, 'Early Summer Nerves (Vacay Mix)'; and you can hear it by clicking PLAY below. Enjoy! :)

Early Summer Nerves (Vacay Mix)
Early Summer Nerves (Vacay Mix) by rccola14

Music Video Contest

All fans of DJ RootBeer! Get ready to make your very own music video to one of his mixes. At the bottom is listed the rules and how to enter; good luck! :)

HOW TO ENTER

1. Download and extract the RAR file from this link:
Click on Here, Then Click on Download Now*

CONTEST TRACK LIST

• American Science (Study Mix)

• Chic Chauffeur

• Girls On Film (Haunted Mix)

• My Antarctica (Cold Mix)

*you may already have these mixes, so there is no
need to download them if you do

1a. Here is a link for those who can't extract (don't have an extractor):
Click on Here, Download Link Number Two--
--Look at the 'Contest Track List' and download what you need

2. You were given four songs; only pick one

3. Make your music video

3a. Do not use any copyright material in your video; such as pictures or other Duran Duran related stuff
3b. You MUST use the song you picked (do not mix with the others given)
3c. No TALKING or other SOUNDS (besides the music) are allowed in the making of your video
3d. You can add words into your video (but it must not take up most of it)
We recommend you use 15% or two words/30 seconds of song
Do not add any personal info into your video; such as your name and so on**

**we do not care who you love

4. Send your video to YouTube!
Make sure to set the Broadcasting Options to Unlisted
(For any help, ask me or the YouTube forum)

5. After your video is uploaded; give me your video's link
I will post it onto my blog for voting purposes only

That's all, thanks for participating! :) Hope you win!

RULES AND WHAT TO WIN

1st Place Winners: will have their video posted on my YouTube channel,
and my Music Blog hereof

Also, you will be given the chance to choose a song for him to remix just for you***

***this only applies to the 1st place winners

--there will be four, 1st place, winners (one for each song)

2nd Place Winners: will have their video on my Music Blog for one week

--there will be four, 2nd place, winners (one for each song)

CONTEST TIME SCHEDULE

Contest Starts: May 20th, @ 12:00 ET
Contest Ends: August 1st, @ 12:00 ET
(this gives us plenty of time to rate your video;
so make sure to have it in on this given date)!
Thank You! :)

Contest Judging Starts: August 31st, @ 12:00 ET
Contest Judging Ends: August 31st, @ 1:00 ET

Any questions; just ask me!
Message me by clicking on the "Contact/Visit" tab

Though Forgotten; Still Worth Mentioning

I forgot to write a post about Duran Duran's new album. Sorry! :(
I thought, for some reason, that my other posts during March 21st
were more important. What am I even saying!?

Oh well, better late than never!

So...
the new album--HELL YEAH!!!
Especially the song "The Man Who Stole a Leopard"!
When I first heard the song--I couldn't contain myself! To me; it was the grand finale of that album. You could say differently--everyone has their own taste! :)

I think these songs were considered bonus tracks; correct me if I'm wrong:
Early Summer Nerves had kind of a sexy in-the-bedroom beat.
It reminds me of a song that would play well in a lounge club; or any club during the summer.
Side note: I think that explains why there is 'Summer' in the title. lol

Too Bad You're So Beautiful is... well... beautiful! It's a great song--I recommend you to play it for your lover (preferably a girl; I don't think any guy wants to be called beautiful).
I love Simon's voice at the end: "Beautiful--Mmmmmm... hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm! Beautiful--It's too bad... just too bad! It's too bad! Beautiful, ohh-ohh! It's too bad... just too bad! It's too bad"!

Other People's Lives is a song about people who share way too much info about others--in a not-so-good way. I think that goes for gossiping, reality shows, and the tabloids. We just get sick of it; who cares about the stars. What I mean is: the crappy things that aren't so important!

The song has kind of a circus sound to it. Moral of the Song: Lying about people and/or telling the whole world about them is just plain silly. No pun intended--if that was a pun!?

"Other people's lives; Pixelated lies; Just like yours and mine"!

Too Close To The Sun!? Sounds like he had Too Much Time in the Sun!
The song is too ear piercing, when it comes to him singing in it!
He could have done better on it--we just know it! I have no problem with
the tune. If he wants to experiment with sounds, that's fine with me; but the
whole concept on it--what was he trying to get across to us!? What was his point!?

Next song please!

The Joke Section: I expected it to last!

Sorry, but do to the lack of jokes I will no longer be posting new ones. I ran freshly out of ideas; or should I say Duran Duran shouldn't be made fun of to begin with...

...back to what I was saying...

Underneath here, I posted all the jokes I came up with that was placed in the 'A Duran Duran Joke' section*

1. Q: How comes Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes wear the same clothes?
A: They both have the same three Taylors (Tailors)!

2. Q: What does Nick Rhodes like to collect?
A: Nick-Knacks (Knick-Knacks)!

3. Q: What is Simon Le Bon's favorite candy?
A: Bon-Bons!

*If there's any more you can come up with, feel free to let me know!

What I Think: Andy Taylor

Andy Taylor

Short Bio: British guitarist Andy Taylor rose to staggering heights of fame with Duran Duran in the mid-'80s. The son of a small-village fisherman, Taylor taught himself guitar, bass, and drums and began playing professionally at age 13. He'd already gigged with several bands (even releasing an A&M single, "Teenage Girls," with the group Motorway) when he answered a Melody Maker ad for a "live-wire guitarist" and hopped a train to Birmingham to audition for Duran Duran (Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and ultimately Simon Le Bon). The band's phenomenal video-fueled success shot Taylor and the other members into the teen heartthrob stratosphere.

Reference Site: http://music.aol.com/artist/andy-taylor/biography

My Opinion (on Andy): He is like me; down to earth and laid-back. Except for one thing: I don't own or play the guitar. Also, his accent is adorable (yes I can use that word, I'm not queer). His red jacket on "The Reflex" video is neat; I wouldn't mind owning that!

"Why-y-y-y-y don't you use it,
Try-y-y-y-y not to bruise it,
Buy-y-y-y-y time; don't lose it"

--a quote from the lyrics The Reflex

1984 Press Conference

Female Reporter: I wonder if I could ask you to tell me...
                           coming down the line; Andy, John,
                           Simon, Nick, Roger
                        ...when did you learn an instrument?
Andy: I learned to use my instrument... when I was...
John: *interrupted* Almost successful there?
Andy: ...five actually, but it was plastic at the time.
          But uh...but I...I got...I got a real one when I was eleven.
John: I was what you call, "a late developer".
      --I didn't pick up mine until I was about sixteen.
Simon: I was born with my instrument; and it just got
           used, sort of, again and again and again!
Nick: I started playing with mine when I was...
         *everyone laughs* ...seventeen.
Roger: Um! *Roger's thinking*
Andy: *interrupted* Roger still...
Simon: *interrupted Andy* Roger needs two hands for his!
           *everyone laughs hard*

What I Think: Roger Taylor

Roger Andrew Taylor

Short Bio: He was born in Birmingham, England and joined Duran Duran in 1979, and climbed with them to fame and fortune in the early 1980s. After their massive round-the-world tour in 1984, he was burned out and exhausted. He worked that year with Duran band mates Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes on the album So Red The Rose for their side project Arcadia, but that band never toured, and he did not participate in its promotion. He played a one-offshow with Duran at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia, but at the end of 1985, temporarily retired to the English countryside with his wife and children.

In 1994, he joined Duran Duran in France to play drums on a couple of tracks for the covers album Thank You.

In 1997, after his children were grown, Taylor began flirting with the music industry again. He briefly formed the band Freebass, which produced a single but never got a record deal.

In 2001, Taylor rejoined Duran Duran, as all five of the original members reunited to record new material.

Reference Site: http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Taylor_Roger.html

My Opinion (on Roger): He is a great drummer. I prefer his drumming in the "My Own Way (night remix)"--damn... that bass, and drum beat! But his drum moves in the "Planet Earth" video are to die for! :)

What I Think: John Taylor

Nigel Taylor (aka John Taylor)

Short Bio: Nigel John Taylor is most well known for his bass work in the popular band Duran Duran, which he also co-founded. As schoolboys, he and Nick would sit around and daydream about the band they would one day front. It was then that they finalized a timeline for the band: they were to play Hammersmith Odeon by 1982, Wembley Arena by 1983, and Madison Square Garden by 1984. They managed to accomplish their goal, and also became one of England's biggest acts worldwide.

Reference Site: www.imdb.com/name/nm0852616/bio

My Opinions (on John): His bass skills are out of this world. And his look: Suave and sophisticated; he could have been the next James Bond... if Simon hadn't stepped in (no offense).

Simon was forced to push 3 buttons--"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
Hot French Women: "Excuse me, aren't you..."
Simon: "Bon, Simon Le Bon!" lol

Did I forget to mention, John looks great in a hat!? :)

What I Think: Nick Rhodes

Nick Bates (aka Nick Rhodes)

Short Bio: Nick Rhodes was born in Mosley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, son of Sylvia and Roger Bates. Rhodes began playing guitar while still in school, sharing the aspiration of becoming a lead guitarist with neighborhood friend, John Taylor. Soon after, Rhodes also began teaching himself to play keyboards on a WASP synthesizer. Rhodes left school at sixteen, his first and only occupation outside of a band being as the disc jockey for the Rum Runner dance club in Birmingham, where he and Taylor established the core that would evolve into Duran Duran.

Reference Site: www.imdb.com/name/nm0005353/bio

My Opinion (on Nick Rhodes): He plays a mean keyboard. I didn't know he worked with Kajagoogoo--who knew! :) lol His hair do!? Let's not go there. He's part of a perfect new wave group; so I got to give him props for that. :) What else? I guess his hairdo is okay, so forgive me people! I'm not that big on Nick--so don't hate me for that!

What I Think: Simon Le Bon

Simon Le Bon

Short Bio: Singer, songwriter. Born on October 27, 1958, in Bushey, England. As the lead singer of Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon became one of the leading pop icons of the 1980s. As a child, he sang in a church choir but was even more interested in acting. Le Bon started out as a model and appeared in commercials and plays, according to People magazine. After graduating high school, he spent some time in Israel, working on a kibbutz. Le Bon returned England where he studied drama at the University of Birmingham.

Reference Site: www.biography.com/articles/Simon-Le-Bon-263868

My Opinions (on Simon): Great wardrobe; in fact, I give him 8/10 Stars! I loved his outfit in the 'The Reflex' video--the black-and-white jacket is to die for. And those gloves; AWESOME!!!

His outfit on the first Duran Duran album called, 'Duran Duran' (go figure); is pretty dang cool!
It's puffy, and almost overboard--but heck, I care not! lol

Duran Duran: What got me into them!?

Well, a while back in the Summer of 2002; I first heard their music (not knowing who did the songs). I first heard, "A View to a Kill"--me, and my sisters liked it very much (I have five sisters, by-the-way). Then next, "Union of the Snake"--I recorded this song on tape. I actually heard "Come Undone" first (sometime in 1998 or '99) but it feels like I never even heard it then; though I know I did. I also heard "Girls on Film" and "The Reflex"--but not too sure in what order.

I've already mentioned about when, and why I mixed music (stated in my post 'Intro'); but not so much about what I used to do so. I had this crappy 5-Disk changer, which played music in stereo quite nicely. It played it in "Wide Stereo", as a matter of fact, but it quit working the first two weeks I've used it. I used it to record CD tracks onto tape--to produce my mixes. Hard?: Yes!
Did I enjoy it?: Yes, as well! Would I ever do it again?: No (computer software is much easier)!

I started to like Duran Duran music since June of 2003--liked them ever since! Their style of fashion, mixed with their passion for music; made me crave them even more. So, to this day, I do--and who knows, maybe beyond that!

Intro

Hello there, and welcome to my very first blog! I'm going to begin by telling you how I started my hobby (remixing and editing music). It all started in June of 2005, when I bought my second Duran Duran [box set] of 14 CD's--the [box set] collection was called "Singles: 1986-1995". I started making my mixes by playing parts of the CD's track, and copying those parts to tape--forming a pattern. Though I was an amateur--a beginner--it didn't sound that bad. Now I use a computer software; which I have to agree, it is definitely easier to create mixes with.

If you have any questions about the top paragraph; or you just want to ask me any old question, let me know by comment. Thank you!