A$AP, Big Boi

One of my new favorite songs is called lines. It is very well collaborated between A$AP and Big Boi. They each have very electric verses which makes me eager to listen to the whole song and with a solid unique chorus in the middle it makes the song flow.

Here it is:

Class Reflection Week 13

In Class when we listened to "The Band" I really enjoyed it because I'm not the type to single out certain genres as "bad" or "good" and The Band did a very good job incorporating all of the different genres that are out there. They had country, rock, folk, jazz, reggae, hip-hop, and probably a lot of others. I think whenever a band is able to do this it shows their skills as musicians because they are in touch with everything and know about what they do for a living.

A new band I discovered called "Kids These Days", that I referenced in a past blog is like "The Band" because they have a variety of performers in the band including a rap artist, a keyboard, drummer, and trumpet and trombonists.

Earl

A reemerged rap artist from Odd Future has come back from his punishment in Samoa and delivered some sick new singles and new verses on the latest odd future album. 

I recently found this new single called chum, that has a calm beat and heavy lyrics that are very clever. My favorite thing about this song is the fact that the chorus in the song is disguised and you only learn that it is a chorus if you listen to the song a couple of times. 

Here is the song

Class Reflection Week Twelve

When listening to Jimi Hendrix in class I enjoyed hearing how easy it was for him to play the guitar, because when I used to play the guitar I would always think about how little habits could make the motions of playing easier and how hard it was to make your muscles remember the simplest motions. Jimi Hendrix impressed me with his abilities and made me interesting in hard rock.

Asher Roth

Last week Asher Roth played beauty ballroom and I have been following his music for quite sometime and some of his best songs include Lark On My Go Kart, Party Girl, Cannon, and Gotta Get Up. The concert was a great experience because of how close the crowd was to the performers. He was very energetic and a good performer. Surprisingly the best part about the concert were the opening acts: Chuck English, and Kids These Days. Chuck English a grimy rapper, and Kids These Days a jazzy, rock band with a trumpeter, a trombone, a bass guitarist, a guitarist, drummer, a singer/keyboarder, and a rapper. I liked the modern take the band had and here is a video. 

Class Reflection Week Eleven

Simon and Garfunkel were a music duo made up of the artists Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel they started performing in 1957 and had many hits including "Hey schoolgirl" and "The Sound Of Silence". In class we were talking about the faults of celebrities and how it entertains us to see them fail and succeed and how it is interesting to see their interactions with other celebrities. Their group 'Tom and Jerry' broke up for the first time in 1965 and Paul went on to make hits and build his career and when they got back together it was clear that Paul was the one with greater talent. A second breakup in 1969 would be the bands last interaction for many many years. Garfunkel never wanted to see Paul again because of his jealousy that Paul had his own career.

The other night I was watching TV and a re run of the 25th anniversary of the hall of rock was on. When I saw this duo performing I figured out that it was their first time to ever make interaction for many years and thought of how silly it was to break up and never talk to each other again, and realized that celebrities do some crazy things.

Here is a video from that performance:

Fun Fun Fun Fest

From the two days I was there, I saw a lot of good performances, including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bun B, Run DMC, DMC, Kreayshawn, Danny Brown, Strfkr, and A$AP rocky.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis put on a great show and kept the crowd interested by playing their two most popular songs at the beginning. I thought it was interesting but kind of a let down because I was excited to wait for those songs. They sounded even better live and I wasn't let down with their singing and rapping abilities at all, like I am sometimes with rappers. 

Bun B was someone I was not as familiar with but I knew a few songs and I really liked his stage voice. The crowd was pumped with his beats and heavy bass so that made the show more exciting. He wasn't super amazing but I am definitely glad that I got to see him. 

Here is a song he performed called Uptown.

Run DMC was very exciting even though I was towards the back of the audience. I loved the way that they appealed to all generations and I liked that they so easily performed together. I am excited to say I have seen them live and that I got to hear their song "my adidas". DMC, a spin off of Run DMC was also very cool because some of Run DMC's sons are in this band and it really shows how music can stay the same over time.

I also saw a girl rapper by the name of Kreayshawn. She is kind of off edge and pretty corky. She has a few decent songs and I was curious to see how she would perform. I predicted that her voice would not be as good live because of the auto-tune and I was right but it wasn't as strainful as I thought it would be.

Here is her most famous song "Gucci Gucci"

In a row I saw a techno band called Strfkr and they were very entertaining for a little bit with their light show and the way the music was rapidly changing. But after a while everything started to sound the same. I will definitely go look up some of their music. A$AP came on last and he was who I had been wanting to see. When he came out an instrumental was playing and he started to tell his story in a hushed and deep voice then all of the sudden I heard a gunshot and he started his first song. I liked the originality of the performance and he was also very close to the audience which was a nice surprise.

Overall the fest was a blast and is different from ACL because of how small it is and how easy it is to get close to the concerts you want to see. It is definitely worth the money.