The month of April marked the return from a hiatus for the sOUNDTRACK tO mY lIFE. While there were a number of forces that conspired to keep the soundtrack out of your hands over the last six months the primary culprit was a lack of motivation. Apparently digging through the blogs and podcasts for new music was just too much effort for me. But, I’m excited to announce that last month the spark returned. I found myself making notes about the ear catching songs I heard on the radio, searching through a pile of unplayed podcasts, and listening to 4 gigs of new Mp3’s given to me by my good friend BDR – who is more of a music snob than I am. He won’t listen to a song unless he can hear it in it’s intended context – while listening to the entire album.

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Last week a group of ladies came stumbling into Santa Cruz wearing some of the hard work that came out of the 2 Out of Three studio. Team Sweet Tooth had just completed a 200 mile relay run from Calistoga to Santa Cruz. Congratulations to the team for completing the race and shattering their expected time by 2 hours. I’m proud that I was able to help them out with a shinny new logo for the run.

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Freelancing has its advantages, one of which is the ability to travel and live in places that you wouldn’t normally have access to while working a typical office job. Currently 2 Out of Three is half way through a two month stint in Santa Cruz. And when we’re not banging away on our laptop at the local coffee shop, the mountains, ocean, and town of Santa Cruz provide eye catching scenery to take a few photos. Below are a few of the best shots from the month, and be sure to check out the rest of April’s Santa Cruz pictures at Flickr [along with commentary].

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Layer Tennis has been around a few years, the premiss is simple. Two designers swap Photoshop, Flash, and Illustrator files back a forth in 15 minute intervals trying to out design and out smart each other. A moderator maintains a running commentary on this exercise of speed and wit. After 10 “volleys” all the fun comes to an end and everyone in the inter-web gets to vote for a winner via twitter.

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