New Image: Ron English
January 25, 2012The Raid Sundance Wrap-Up
January 24, 2012
Had a great time at Sundance this past weekend. This was the premiere of the film with the new score. All the award-winning showings of the movie up to this point have been with the previous score, and the reviews have been amazing…so I was a bit nervous to see how critics reacted to it with the new music. Needless to say, I was relieved to see that people still liked it, some saying they even liked it more with the new music.
I went to the premiere with an old friend, Ken Block. Most of you probably know him from this. Ken started DC shoes back in the day, and is a pretty inspirational and fun dude.

With the premiere over, and a change to relax, we got together with some mutual friends to hang. Met Steve Berra. Awesome dude, I could have talked to him for hours.

Did a little press too, with the director (Gareth Evans) and my scoring partner (Joe Trapanese). Great guys.

Wrapped up the weekend with a party for The Raid, and a set by Deadmau5.
All in all, a great trip. Lots of awesome reviews about the film and the new score. Here’s a new (super bloody) taste of what you’re in store for when the movie comes out in a couple months…
More About “Less is More,” More or Less.
January 15, 2012I like New Year’s resolutions. I think it’s one of the best moments to reflect on where I’m at and where I’m going, and to make a simple effort to direct the course towards a place that I’d like to be in the future. This year, mine comes from a classic tenet of design I learned in college: less is more.
There’s a lot of “more” around. I’m at the mercy of it at times (maintaining this blog, my Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Viddy while I work on my band stuff and other stuff at the same time). But there are moments when the “less” really shines. As I was working on some new music tonight, I was thinking about how few instruments and gadgets I’m really using in the studio, for example. Sometimes, zeroing in on a few things that you like best can really help define what you’re doing. It can also give you more time to effective in what you’re doing. Rather than screwing around with 50 gadgets, you’re going deeper using the 5 that are your favorites. As Buckminster Fuller might say, “do more with less.”
I like being busy and I’m fine with dabbling in a lot of different creative pursuits. And I don’t expect for my “less” to be anything like anyone else’s “less”.
But like most of us, the noise out there in the world is deafening, and it pays to shut it off for a minute and focus.
Linkin Park Radio is now Updated!
January 7, 2012LP radio has been updated with some new music and words.
EDIT: For people outside the US, listen on this page (the widget for listening is on the right):
http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/linkinpark/?_show
Best Songs of 2011
December 30, 2011In no particular order, my favorite songs of the year that were available on Spotify.
Here’s a link, for those who want to listen or subscribe in Spotify:
http://open.spotify.com/user/m_shinoda/playlist/03HKjLOo4LIhU6c2lD8E23
Editor’s note: I would have included Meg Myers’ “Monster” and Azelia Banks’ “212″, but they were not available on the Spotify service.
And video of the year goes to IS TRPOICAL for this gem, “The Greeks”:
Merry F***ing Xmas from Apathy
December 23, 2011“A Wonderful Xmas Time (Explicit)” by Apathy and Scoop Deville (GBC).
Shinoda Electro Harmonix Demo (Video)
December 22, 2011New Music: Meg Myers
December 16, 2011
Shouts out to PigeonsAndPlanes for the heads up. I don’t like to put anything on my “best of the year” lists without having listened to it for a while…but if this is as good in two weeks as it is today, Meg Myers could be making the year-end list.
Click here to download 3 songs.
EDIT: should have added this:
Help me with LP Radio
December 8, 2011Hey guys. I’m going to updating our station at IHeartRadio soon. I need some ideas about what to do.
Post some ideas, questions you want answered, etc. below…
EDIT: For those of you outside the US, can’t you listen to it at the link? It’s here:
http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/news/sections/special/linkinpark/?_show
Linkin Park UN Global Leadership Award (Photo)
December 5, 2011Got our awards in the mail today.





