This past week one of my classes has been focusing on division classification essays. It aroused a question to my mind.. Do peoples music reflect who they? What kind of person they are? I think so!
Peoples music says a lot about who they are. Everyone has their own tastes. Even if you and another person like the same genre of music you most likely have different artist and songs you like. Even if you like the same song each person most likely likes it for a different reason. Its truly amazing! Everyone is different and we can see that in music. I think more so than with anything else because music is so important to so many of us.
Well that's been my thoughts of this week. I will post something more music related soon. But in the meantime think on this a little. What are your thoughts on the topic?
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
More to come!
Hello everyone,
I know I have not posted in a long bit but I am still alive and there is more stuff to come! Hope you keep checking back for some interesting stuff.
I know I have not posted in a long bit but I am still alive and there is more stuff to come! Hope you keep checking back for some interesting stuff.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Born and Raised
All of john Mayer's past work has been nothing but horrible music to my ears so unsurprisingly when his new release came out it was of no huge thought to me. But last Monday for some reason "Queen of California" off of "Born And Raised" came on one of my Pandora stations and I was shocked to find it was John Mayer.
As I said before all of his past work has not been my thing and his try at a blues trio was so bad its hard to describe in words but on his new album John has really seamed to have outdone himself. Its a total 360 from anything he has done in the past and its done very well! Hes changed his vibe you could say to this more singer/songwriter acoustic sort of thing. I really really dig it. He has simplified his work very much and has created an album for every listener and something that really sets a mood.
The new album titled "Born And Raised" is a delight to listen to. His music has taken a lot of depth with this record and there is much more of a mood for this album. Over all it feels much more "real". "Shadow Days" was the first single off this record and its a good song but by far not the best on the album. My favorite song is "Queen of California" but "Born and Raised" and "Love is a verb" are also fantastic songs. The flow of this album is second to none and mix and production are flawless. This record is laid back and easy to relax to but if you listen to the lyrics they have a lot of meaning and are very deep. This is new for him. His past albums have never been this soft or deep. Some songs needed more work and songs like "Age of Worry" should not have even been on the record.
Over all this is a fantastic record and is my favorite album this year by far. It's just great. No question about it. I would suggest this for any one. this album is very different than any of his other work and he really went above and beyond any of his past works with this album.
As I said before all of his past work has not been my thing and his try at a blues trio was so bad its hard to describe in words but on his new album John has really seamed to have outdone himself. Its a total 360 from anything he has done in the past and its done very well! Hes changed his vibe you could say to this more singer/songwriter acoustic sort of thing. I really really dig it. He has simplified his work very much and has created an album for every listener and something that really sets a mood.
The new album titled "Born And Raised" is a delight to listen to. His music has taken a lot of depth with this record and there is much more of a mood for this album. Over all it feels much more "real". "Shadow Days" was the first single off this record and its a good song but by far not the best on the album. My favorite song is "Queen of California" but "Born and Raised" and "Love is a verb" are also fantastic songs. The flow of this album is second to none and mix and production are flawless. This record is laid back and easy to relax to but if you listen to the lyrics they have a lot of meaning and are very deep. This is new for him. His past albums have never been this soft or deep. Some songs needed more work and songs like "Age of Worry" should not have even been on the record.
Over all this is a fantastic record and is my favorite album this year by far. It's just great. No question about it. I would suggest this for any one. this album is very different than any of his other work and he really went above and beyond any of his past works with this album.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
PHISH: The after live experience
I saw one of my favorite if not my favorite bands a few weeks back. PHISH!!! and what a show it was! they where great. I have wanted to see them and finally thanks to m step dad we got tickets and saw them at Riverbend. The show was beyond anything I have ever seen and hard to put in to words. There are only two types of phish people it seams. Those who love and those who hate. If you love phish you know what i'm talking about. But this post is not about the show, no this is about the interesting followings after the show......
If you have never attended a phish show you where much like me prior to two weeks ago. You also like me did not know about this little golden secret.
When you see a phish show your ticket comes with a number that you can enter in even as soon as an hour after the show and get a free digital download of the show you just saw! Now I know what your thinking, "SO WHAT?" or "I bet its no good" but let me tell you that you are wrong. For starters the recording is of an amazing quality. Like really... its crazy! the mixing is top notch and it sounds like a very planed out live recording and they do it for every show! One thing that made this so cool for me was the fact that I was at that show. That's very cool. But also with a band like phish that jam and do all sorts of different renditions you can have ten different cds and have ten different versions of one song!
So yeah, just something cool to share. That's all I got these days. I'm headed out west on Saturday and i'm sure my dad is going to get mad at all the phish we are going to put behind us. hahaha.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
tUnE-yArDs
This past Monday I hiked myself over to the wexner center to see a band I found out about almost a year ago today. tUnE-yArDs is in a nutshell a band like no other around today. The band has only two official members but in this tour they brought along a sax section.
tUnE-yArDs is less of a band and more of a "music project" of singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus. She produces an aura of sounds by looping multiple vocal and drum tracks. She then sings over these loops with her ingenious use of guitar pedals to make all sorts of sounds for her voice. With the help of Nate Brenner (Who plays Bass Guitar and Keyboards) they build a wide range of some what controversial sounds. The group is a bit odd and lots of people bang on them for having no musical talent. This view is growing now that the group is becoming more known for their song "Bizness". I would agree to some extent that this group is to experimental for my taste at times but over all I really really like them.
One big thing that should be known is that this group live is a whole different animal then the groups recordings. I went in some what skeptical but for only twenty dollars and the fact that I also liked the opening band "Delicate Steve" I went. And boy was I glad! This was by far the best concert I have been to yet this year. tUnE-yArDs was an experience live. Something so beyond what their records capture. The mix between beautiful vocal harmonies and dance beat drum tracks made the place more like a dace party than a rock show and in between the large glow stick wars made this concert not only enjoyable but memorable.
tUnE-yArDs is less of a band and more of a "music project" of singer/songwriter Merrill Garbus. She produces an aura of sounds by looping multiple vocal and drum tracks. She then sings over these loops with her ingenious use of guitar pedals to make all sorts of sounds for her voice. With the help of Nate Brenner (Who plays Bass Guitar and Keyboards) they build a wide range of some what controversial sounds. The group is a bit odd and lots of people bang on them for having no musical talent. This view is growing now that the group is becoming more known for their song "Bizness". I would agree to some extent that this group is to experimental for my taste at times but over all I really really like them.
One big thing that should be known is that this group live is a whole different animal then the groups recordings. I went in some what skeptical but for only twenty dollars and the fact that I also liked the opening band "Delicate Steve" I went. And boy was I glad! This was by far the best concert I have been to yet this year. tUnE-yArDs was an experience live. Something so beyond what their records capture. The mix between beautiful vocal harmonies and dance beat drum tracks made the place more like a dace party than a rock show and in between the large glow stick wars made this concert not only enjoyable but memorable.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Twerps
Great band I just found!!
The other night when going to see Real Estate (who were great!) I discovered a great new band the Twerps who opened for them. These guys are somewhat unknown but really are very good! They have one album out as of now but after going on tour with Real Estate and picking up some more fans we can guess that they will have some more material coming soon. These guys I found to have a really good and unique sound and really sounds like the sound track to some movie shot in Australia and that makes sense because that's where they are from! They also put on a fantastic live show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3keEeKTpgk&feature=related
Here is a link one one of there songs. Enjoy!!
The other night when going to see Real Estate (who were great!) I discovered a great new band the Twerps who opened for them. These guys are somewhat unknown but really are very good! They have one album out as of now but after going on tour with Real Estate and picking up some more fans we can guess that they will have some more material coming soon. These guys I found to have a really good and unique sound and really sounds like the sound track to some movie shot in Australia and that makes sense because that's where they are from! They also put on a fantastic live show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3keEeKTpgk&feature=related
Here is a link one one of there songs. Enjoy!!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
New Thievery Corporation Album
The group Thievery Corporation is back with a new album!
If you don't know of these guys you not only need to check them out but this would be the album to do so. Thievery Corporation is a Acid Jazz group with lots of elements from other types of music mixed in. They are a some what new group formed in D.C. in the mid 90's but have already put out quite a few albums.
I was in the book store yesterday and picked up this new and interesting "Best of" album. "It Takes A Thief" Is the new album that takes selections from the groups past albums and puts them all in one CD. Lots of groups have albums like this but I was surprised to see a group so young have one and one that is so good! This album not only has good taste in picking the best of the best of Thievery Corporation but also has great flow even though all from different records. The record has 16 of the best songs by these guys and really does a great job of song placement.
If you have never heard of these guys you should really check them out. With all the mixing of musical styles there is really something for everyone. I have been fond of this group for about half a year but did not really start listening to them until my recent trip to New York where my cousin is all about these guys. This is also a great album to start with because there are no real bad tracks on this record. Go check it out for yourself!!
If you don't know of these guys you not only need to check them out but this would be the album to do so. Thievery Corporation is a Acid Jazz group with lots of elements from other types of music mixed in. They are a some what new group formed in D.C. in the mid 90's but have already put out quite a few albums.
I was in the book store yesterday and picked up this new and interesting "Best of" album. "It Takes A Thief" Is the new album that takes selections from the groups past albums and puts them all in one CD. Lots of groups have albums like this but I was surprised to see a group so young have one and one that is so good! This album not only has good taste in picking the best of the best of Thievery Corporation but also has great flow even though all from different records. The record has 16 of the best songs by these guys and really does a great job of song placement.
If you have never heard of these guys you should really check them out. With all the mixing of musical styles there is really something for everyone. I have been fond of this group for about half a year but did not really start listening to them until my recent trip to New York where my cousin is all about these guys. This is also a great album to start with because there are no real bad tracks on this record. Go check it out for yourself!!
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