These are my two favorites from Battle of the Bands - originals by Mark Ellis II and me. 

We are recording these as well others next week!  I'll keep you posted as I now graduate from MIT.

Had a lot of fun working on part of the set in Round I for the Standup Competition. My friends will be going on in my stead - was a huge honor to share the stage with them in Round 1. Go MIT!!!

So, we're working on intervals, and this is a very disguised Pachelbel's Canon in the key of A natural minor (only the white keys!)

I'm very new to the piano, and have just been messing around with it for the past few semesters as a de-stresser at MIT.

But anyway, I should be working on this stuff more and more as the semester goes on. Though in class I primarily play the djembe and drumset, I will be working on the improv pieces and explorations on the piano.

I'll keep you posted as I explore the musical side of MIT! Thanks so much to MLK Visiting Artist, Professor Donal Fox for taking me and the class through this material; it is literally a class on jamming!

I'll post jams from the class when we start doing group session outside of class next weekend,

Kevin.

So, since taking a Stand Up Comedy class at MIT last fall, I've developed some new material as showcased here in my 2nd standup gig ever!

I'm still working on the routine a lot, and perhaps making fun of the audience is not the best way to win friends, influence people, etc. That said, I think that these jokes are definitely a step in the right-ish direction.

Thanks so much to MIT Stand Up for letting me perform with them and Matt Rodriguez for helping me develop the material.

I make absolutely no claim to the political correctness (or lack thereof) of this video. It is most certainly PG-13, so consider yourself Warned!

Enjoy!

It was an amazing weekend studying project engineering and management with the MIT Gordon Engineering Leadership Program. 22 students including myself were fortunate enough to spend 3 days at Camp Cody in New Hampshire and investigate the deeper questions of how one can really become aware of how to lead a project.

Beyond just powerpoints - we participated in a few simulations (tinker toy bridge building, etc.) and really began to delve into some engineering case studies. We talked about the release of Microsoft Office 2.0, the Denver Int'l. Airport delays, as well as our Professors' experiences with launching satellites and even the Bosnian/Croatian conflict (the inspiration for our bridge building scenario).

We worked with a few great tools to assess risk and keep things on schedule. What's amazing is that in the real world, people are often incentivized to be the lowest bid, when probability would have you swing the other way and lead to huge budget overflows and time delays.

Beyond gaining lessons that I hope to take with me into the entrepreneurial sector (currently working on a new project), we were also fortunate enough to have the afternoons off to ski!

We went to nearby King Pine and I had a few hacks at my old arch-nemesis - ski jumps. Now, while I was getting some OK air (ie. time in the air), I decided to start trying the good old 180 degree turn midair (one of the more simple tricks), so I definitely slowed it down a bit. There was still room, however, for a good few falls.

Thanks so much to a new friend, Josh Cohen, MIT '12 for taking these videos for me. And what's more fun than watching someone fall and slide down a hill?

I've got a bunch of things planned for the semester (more stuff with the music club and getting that even more sustainable, an AWESOME thesis, and having fun in general finishing up what has been a very interesting time as an undergrad at MIT). Of course, I'm excited to be with the Gordon Program as well for the remainder of the term (for more info: http://mit.edu/gordonelp)

Note*: The music on the video is an improvised jam from my TX band, The Future.

Talk to you soon!