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		<title>itunes = me + camp rock?</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/08/18/itunes-me-camp-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Pat called me today and told me to check out my CD on iTunes for an amusing little treat.
It didn&#8217;t take me long to figure out what it was&#8230;
The &#8220;Listeners Also Bought&#8221; section is hilarious. Apparently someone who bought my CD also bought the Camp Rock soundtrack. Funny. You can tell that I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My friend Pat called me today and told me to check out <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280447579&amp;s=143441" target="_blank">my CD on iTunes</a> for an amusing little treat.<br />
It didn&#8217;t take me long to figure out what it was&#8230;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Listeners Also Bought&#8221; section is hilarious. Apparently someone who bought <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280447579&amp;s=143441">my CD</a> also bought the Camp Rock soundtrack. Funny. You can tell that I was the guest musician at a junior high camp for two weeks last month eh?</p>
<p>If you haven&#8217;t picked up <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280447579&amp;s=143441" target="_blank">the album</a> yet - it doesn&#8217;t get much easier than <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280447579&amp;s=143441" target="_blank">iTunes </a>and its only $6.93! If you end up buying the album please leave a review on there afterwards! That goes for people that have the CD already too, I&#8217;d love to have more reviews up there!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the evidence:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/itunesother.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-21" title="itunesother" src="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/itunesother-300x203.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="203" /></a></p>
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		<title>my two weeks at soundwind young life camp</title>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/2008/07/17/my-two-weeks-at-soundwind-young-life-camp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few years I&#8217;ve been really interested in being the &#8220;guest musician&#8221; at a Young Life camp somewhere for a session over the summer. This spring I asked around to some friends of mine that work from Young Life, and through a series of events my friend Jimmy was able to secure me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the past few years I&#8217;ve been really interested in being the &#8220;guest musician&#8221; at a <a href="http://www.younglife.org" target="_blank">Young Life</a> camp somewhere for a session over the summer. This spring I asked around to some friends of mine that work from Young Life, and through a series of events my friend Jimmy was able to secure me a slot to play at a Young Life camp called <a href="http://southwind.younglife.org">Southwind</a> for middle school kids. I was ecstatic about having such an awesome opportunity and an avenue to sell my new CD as well.</p>
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<p>I was at the camp Southwind (in Central Florida) for 2 weeks of campers, and it totally surpassed all o my expectations. Every night in Club I would lead regular &#8220;fun&#8221; songs, and then I&#8217;d perform one of the songs I&#8217;ve written. These songs were typically related to the speaker&#8217;s (Jimmy) talks. I busted out some of my older songs which was cool&#8230; the songs I played over the 6 nights were: <em>This Girl, Someone to Save Me, These Thoughts, Were You There?, It&#8217;s Never Enough, and Sunset over Southwind. </em>On the 5th night I played a surprise concert for the campers which was a blast. The campers were really responsive and I had so much fun sharing my music with them and hanging out over the two weeks. I also met a ton of great people who were on the assignment that I certainly hope I run into again next summer!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s some photos from the week&#8230;<br />
(click on them to enlarge)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070608-custom.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6" title="070608-custom" src="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070608-custom-300x81.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="81" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This is my stage view of the campers from week 1</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070508.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7" title="joel banjo" src="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070508-300x206.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="206" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here&#8217;s a shot from my week 1 concert</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070708.jpg" target="_self"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8" title="joel &amp; jimmy muddy" src="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070708-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Jimmy &amp; I after the mud pit war</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/071008.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9" title="joel and gang" src="http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/071008-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Me and some new friends from the Sand Hills area<br />
in NC. They gave me one of their sweet shirts<br />
in exchange for a private concert.</p>
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