Today's Choices

This movie has inspired me so much. Or well it really ignited my feelings I guess. This song to me is what heartbreak sounds like. From the first notes to the last I feel it in the depths of my heart; how much loving someone can really hurt you and tear you to bits. Like you don't even know what happened to who you were before anymore. This pianist is my favorite. He always writes beautiful pieces that are also really simple. In a word, perfection.

Like I said...this movie just has too much good music!! This one is certainly more upbeat and happy. I really love the whole thing. It makes me smile and it feels like bliss.

Today's Choices

I'm sorry I haven't written anything in such a long time. I've been busy with work and then I started play Star Wars: The Old Republic, which took up A LOT of my time. I do have plans on songs I want to cover which I hope to do in the next few days, but I thought I'd go ahead and make one of these posts in the meantime.

This song is really catchy and it kinda grabs my heart. I really like it more than anything else he's made.

Ah Zales, you have such romantic holiday commercials that torture me so!! But the songs are always great. This one is so wonderful and warm.

Sorry I didn't write much commentary. I'm at work and I'm kinda tired.

I'm Jealous

Of all those singers that don't have to work hard to have a beautiful voice!! I mean it's hard sometimes for me to be really great while some people just sing like nothing and they sounds incredible. They really make me swoon. Male and female haha! Anyways...that's it.

Halloween Tunes

I thought it would fit the occasion to put a little list of songs that fit this holiday. It's my favorite!! So if you're having a party or just like Halloween-y music, check these ones out.

Of course. I couldn't leave it out. This is a classic one.

This song is very dark if you pay attention to the lyrics. Yet it sounds so light. Great song though.

This one I heard on the commercials for American Horror Story: Asylum, which is a great show. It's not supposed to be a creepy song but it just is anyway.

Ok. So I was a Backstreet Boys fan when I was little. I loved Nick Carter's voice haha and I still think this song is an appropriate Halloween song.

This is another classic. I personally can't watch the video. Childhood traumatized or something. Yes, it is silly but I can't help it.

This version, or any other, are a great choice. It's a song that has a good beat and makes you really want to dance.

How can you not have this on a Halloween playlist? It's just really great!

I'm not sure why this song is so creepy sounding. I know it's probably not supposed to be, but it really is. Also it'd be a song that's fun to dance to.

I had to. I love this movie and honestly would want to put most of the songs on this list, but that wouldn't make sense. They're just all so much fun! Anyways, this is the most commonly known and would be something everyone could join in on.

So that's my list. I hope you enjoy!

Suffocated

I wrote a song...well I've written a few but that book is lost somewhere. So here's my most recent one. I haven't been able to write the music obviously, but the lyrics.

You tell me what's right for you

But what about what's right for me?

I try to build a place for me

And it gets shattered every day

I can't breathe in this place

I can't live with no life

I'm suffocated

I'm suffocated

The air constricts my lungs

So I take a deep breath;

It only closes my throat up

Making me feel light headed

I can't breathe in this place

I can't live with no life

I'm suffocated

I'm suffocated

I need help to breathe

Can anyone even hear me?

I'm suffocated

I'm suffocated

Well that's it. Let me know thoughts and such.

Today's Choices

I've been really into female singers lately and I have a lot of catching up to do. In unrelated news I have a job interview on Friday! (Yay!)

Phantogram is and incredible band and one of my more recent favorites. I like her voice kinda flowing over the music and keeping everything together. It's like soft but strong at the same time.

Best Coast knows what they're doing. Their sound is the exact kind of music you'd hear when you think of the California coast. Her voice is kinda harsh usually but it seems like she's softened it up a bit with this album. I like how in this particular song she describes this love she feels for this person. It's just so over-powering for her that she'd do anything to be with them. Like they're the best part of her, and if she lost them then she'd fall apart.

Another Best Coast track. I like this one because of it's ballad build. Her voice and the music are really simple and build up to this great end. You can also really hear the feelings in this song and how much she loves this guy.

Stay tuned~!

Yay!!

I got a new computer which means I can now make another video soon!~ I'm really excited to make some more. That's about all...

Today's Choices

I haven't written anything here for a while or done one of these in a long time. After losing that camera I've been kinda stuck in this no music rut. This new computer can get to be extremely slow and it makes the videos on YouTube skip and freeze up. -.- It's terrible but sometimes, if I put the video on full screen, it works perfectly.

Ahh, that Fruit of The Loom commercial...so lovely. For an underwear commercial that is. This song is all to blame! It makes me think of someone all the time.

I LOVE The Kings of Leon. Their music is just....indescribable. It makes me feel these things that very few songs can make me feel and it's so easy it seems. I was watching them on Storytellers and they played Immortals (this song too!!) and the way they moved when they played...it reminded me of how I feel when I listen to it. So I think that maybe they feel the same way I feel when they play. Wouldn't that be incredible?? I would love to meet them and ask they about their feelings on music. And Caleb...his voice is just like...I don't even know what to compare it to! One of the best I've ever heard. Ever.

Some Sad News

Unfortunately I no longer have a computer with a webcam. Which means that I won't be able to make videos for a while. Once I get a new one I will for sure start making them again and probably often. I'll have to make a schedule...

Today's Choices

I've been listening to a lot of female singers lately...

This song is so much fun to listen to and sing. I love how she dresses and acts in this video too. Great song <3

Annie's such a talented artist. I love her weird creativity in her songs and videos. This song I really like since it has a lot of different possible meanings to it.

A third choice this time~ I love this band. Usually their songs are duets but sometimes the singers sing separate like this time. Their new album is coming out soon and I'm super excited for it.  They deserve WAY more recognition than they get.

Here's Another~~

I did another cover a few days ago. Here it is!!!

My face looks funny haha!

A few days late...

My new cover~ It was for an audition for the show Opening Act, but I don't know if it got submitted cause it would keep timing out on me...Anyway, here it is!

Btw that lipstick is so that I would be more marketable :p

Covers...

I was supposed to do that Kimbra cover last week but I couldn't cause I went on that trip. So I promise two now this week! One that's overdue and the other is for my sister to enter into a contest for the show Opening Act. I'm trying to promote myself as much as I can, so if you read please promote me too!!

Today's Choices

I haven't written any blog posts in sooo long. I need to force myself to keep it up!!

I absolutely adore Alexz Johnson. I saw her first on Instant Star and have been listening to her music ever since. She has such a soulful and beautiful voice, you can't help but really enjoy it. This is the second single from her new album. Please do check it out!!

This song I just heard again. I first heard it in Austin Powers and I thought it was made around the time that movie came out. Turns out it was earlier (which I found out from a radio show's game). It makes me laugh now because of the scene in Austin Powers but I like it still.

AHHH!!!

Did you see? Did you see?!?! No Doubt released their new video today!! It was so exciting and amazing. I felt like they really were a family reuniting. It was great. I'll post it below!~~~

Also isn't it funny their new single is called Settle Down and my next cover is called Settle Down? Hahahaha!

Next cover

I decided what my next cover will be of. It is going to be....*drum roll* Settle Down by Kimbra! I'm so excited to do this song. I think I might include it as an audition song.

She's really great. Someone fresh and talented who deserves more recognition than she gets.

Today's Choices

Today I learned that a little known indie band I like is rising from late night shows fame to early morning shows fame! I'm so excited for them. They're really great and should get more recognition. So I'm going to post my favorite of their songs.

I love how the bassist dances while he plays. It's so awesome!!!

My other choice is a song I hadn't realized I could relate to til only a few days ago. It's really beautiful and I've been thinking I might try to do a cover of it if I ever learned the music to it.

So lovely. "Everything is perfect now. I don't want to make a movement. I'm too scared to breathe; I might do something wrong." Amazing how I didn't realize how these lyrics are to me before.

Inspirations

I have quite a few but mostly I'm very inspired by those people who are doing what they really love.  I mean when I see them it's almost like I can get the same feeling they get when they're doing it or when I'm singing. It's like nothing else in the world matters at that moment but that and it feels really incredible I think.

This particular video to me is full of it. It just resonates life or something haha i don't really know how to explain it.

My main inspirations are female singers since that's what I am and I don't feel like thinking of every single person who inspires me. Gwen Stefani was the first. After came more recent ones like Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley(another great band), Imogen Heap, Zooey Deschanel, and Florence Welch.

So I ask:

                                                        Who inspires you?

Today

Oh man...today was pretty nice I think. I feel accomplished with that video being out there now. I had been meaning to make one for sooo long now and now that the first one is out I hope to make many more. I wish I had more people looking so I could have an idea on what they think I should try, genre-wise, but c'est la vie.

I think that as I get more videos going, I'll get more people following my blog! I'm thinking I might do a couple more Ingrid Michaelson videos but I do want to try some other artists. I just always have to be really sure of myself when I sing the song. Otherwise I doubt myself and just can't do it.

New video!!!

So scary haha I hope it's good :)

New video coming soon!!

I'm going to be making a cover video today I think...I still don't know what song I will do but I guess you will see once I put it up!

Today's choices

I listened to a lot of music today (just like most days) and I kept listening to a certain few. Some are new, some I've loved forever. So I'll post two on here to show my wide tastes!

The always wonderful Gwen Stefani. <3 An idol from my younger years til now. I'm thinking I might do a cover of one or her or No Doubt's songs.

This song I heard on that HP Beats commercial and I just loved the girl's voice. I listened to this a lot today.

So that's today's musical choices :) maybe a regular thing on here for me.

First Actual Performance

This is my performance my senior year. I sang a cover of the song "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bird and The Bee. My choir teacher played the piano. Please let me know what you think! :)

How I got to being myself

When I was younger, I originally wanted to be a teacher 'cause I didn't know anything else. Music was always a big thing in my life though. My sister, my best friend and I would often make up dances to songs and I remember we were supposed to perform one to our parents and I was scared. I didn't know then but I had my stage fright since then. Throughout my younger years I looked up to the Spice Girls and Gwen Stefani from No Doubt. The movie I remember seeing in theaters for the first time was Grease. As you can see I just grew up loving music.

In grade school, I performed onstage three times with a focus on myself. I had two performances for a school play and once in the talent show. When I did the play, I was a "hula hooper" and during a part of our dance we each had to perform a trick with the hula hoops. Mine was spinning in on my arm since I can't really do much else with those things. So when the time came for our performance to the school, I was doing fine until I did my trick and *whoop* the hula hoop flies off my arm at the teacher. I end up having to finish without it of course. The second show, for the parents, followed the same thing. It only made me lose faith in my ability to perform onstage. Since the practices were perfectly fine and everything. So in fourth grade I got to sing a song from Grease for the talent show. I was really excited cause I wanted to sing it to my crush (who ended up not showing anyway) and to redeem myself onstage. I only had a certain amount of time and to make things worse the crowd was super loud during my entire performance.

After all that I kinda forgot about being serious with music but at the same time my love for it grew more each day. During my sophomore year in high school I accidentally got into a choir class. At the beginning I had every intention of switching out of it but then I started to feel comfortable with the others and really enjoying it. It was then that I really remembered how much I really loved it. Then the sad news came in summer '09 when Michael Jackson died. It felt like someone I knew personally died, which I'm sure many felt, and made me really think about how I wanted my life to end up. I saw how he did what he loved until he couldn't anymore and I thought "Why shouldn't I do that too? Why should I just do what society thinks in what's good for me if I'll end up being miserable my entire life?" So I thought for a long time and at the time I was already thinking about colleges so I really wanted to decide. Then as I went through my experiences in choir and everything I made the decision that I would chase my dreams. Even if I would be poorer than most or something, at least I would be happy and to me that's what matters most in life.

So that's how I got to this point. I wouldn't be going to school at all but my family keeps bothering me about it so I will, even though I really don't want/need to. Hopefully everything will keep going up from now!

Intro

So I'm really new to this whole blogging thing but I really wanted to give it a shot. I'll start by explaining myself a bit. I'm a 19-year old aspiring musician. I'm unemployed (sad face) but I'm trying to get some work. I'm going to start college in a few days to study photography because my family wants me to go to school and that's the only degree I care to learn about. I am a very realistic person so I know it's not easy to be in music but I couldn't imagine spending my life doing anything else. Why not do what you love, right? Anyways...that's about all.