New Finds

Recently I found a website that makes it easy to download music, I started messing around and I completed some of my albums in my iTunes library. I noticed chris brown was something that I had parts of but I needed more. I downloaded his most recent album and listened to it in full length. I found that I really enjoyed the R&B for once, it gave me something slow and meaningful to listen to. I definitely recommend this album if you like anything by Chris Brown.

Stevie Wonder

In class we listened to Stevie Wonder, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him even before we listened in class and this definitely made it more fun to learn about him and listen to him again. At ACL a couple years back he was there and I saw him. Live, he put on a good show and I thought he lived up to his fame. The keyboard playing was my favorite part because a singer who can play an instrument makes things better by a long shot. I hope to keep listening to him in class and I want to find more of his classic songs.

People, Hell, and Angels

In class, when we watched the video that presented a lot of Jimi Hendrix's works and his performances, I remembered that I saw that they are releasing an album in honor of him next month. I thought it was really cool how now a days people respect him like they did in his prime. Knowing that it has to do with his amazing talent on the guitar makes it even cooler since the Guitar will always be around.

Lumineers

I recently figured out that the Lumineers will be in Austin soon for a show, so I decided i would look at some of their music and decide if it was worth it for me to go. I listened to some of their album "The Lumineers" and I really liked what I heard. It has a folk aspect that is similar to Mumford and sons, a band that I like. I liked the voice of the lead singer and I liked how it was uptempo but at the same time it had a laid back tone. Here is one of the best songs from the album

Sad vs Happy

In class when we were talking about if more people listen to sad music in sad situations or if more people listen to happy music in sad situations.
I said that I normally listen to sad music in sad situations because it makes the most sense, because you are able to relate.
When we listened to Joni Mitchell in class I found that her music would be considered sad in my opinion because of the slow melody and the story behind it, this type of sad music is what i normally go to and I found it interesting to hear how others do not do the same.

Travis Scott

G.O.O.D music, a rap group led by Kanye West, recently came out with an album called cruel summer. It has a lot of great content with some really lyrical tracks. I find new things about this album everyday and recently I noticed a new artist on a song I had listened to quite a bit. His name is travis scott. He got my attention when he came in on a line at the beginning of their song "sin city". The lyrics that got my attention were: 'She stepped into hell cause winter got cold'. I was curious about this line and liked how he made it sound.

Heres the track

I started to listen to him more and found other great songs like these.

David Bowie

In class we listened to David Bowie, and it reminded me of a few years ago when I found out about the music from my parents. I liked hearing these songs in class because they reminded me that it they are so respected by everyone who listens. I recently discovered that David Bowie has a new album that is going to be released in march. I decided to take a look and listened to one of the singles. I like his sound but i found so many differences between the years. The pace of the music seemed completely different. I like to think that he is still as popular among the same people today as he was when his first few albums came out.

New Drake

One of the artists that I have followed ever since the beginning, drake, has come out with a new single for his next album. I have listened to it many times and usually my reaction is clear with his work. But with this song I can not decide how I feel about the way it sounds although like the different twist he put on it. Drakes songs usually have deep vocals and heavy beats or he will do a song with a slow beat and sing over it. This song not only has both of those which is always good, but his voice does not sound the same as usual. He raps over a light hearted beat and repeats himself a lot. I think it makes me happy more than anything to see new music from him.