The End Is Here but Good-bye Is Not

Hey people although tech class is ending i will still probably make some new posts because I like to get people to listen to new bands. I probably won't be making tons and tons of posts due to being busy alot but i will definitely try to update the blogs every now and then. The new posts will definitely only be about new bands that I find(well bands that are new to me). So I encourage you to keep looking just don't expect posts to be daily or maybe even weekly. And I give thanks to those of you who checked out my blogs. I also encourage you to tell some friends about this blog too.

How to Make the Music Last

I always find that certain songs can grow old for many reasons. The most common mistake people make when listening to music is overplaying a song. You end up liking the song so much that you constantly listen to it. After a while the effect that the song originally had on you starts to wear off and you grow tired of it. This is precisely why I stopped listening to the 94.7 radio station. It plays the same songs every five minutes and you never hear anything. So if you want to like a song for a while, rather then listening to it every second, give it a rest before it sounds like a broken record. Also what I find is always good is when you go back to old songs that you used to listen to. The world of music is everchanging, and always evolving. Usually I find that if I go back to an old song that I haven't heard in a while, it's like listening to it for the first time all over again. What you could also do instead of listening to the same songs over again, is listen to other songs by the same artist. Just because they don't put the songs on the radio doesn't mean that they're not good; besides they don't even put good music on the radio any more anyways so you're better off just not listening to it at all(although i do love 99.9 the buzz and 97.7). I also suggest finding a lot of bands in the same genre because you might end up liking them. There are also a lot of underground bands that you could listen to that have that fresh new sound. So what it comes down to is listen to tons of different bands, kinds of music, and different songs, and don't overplay songs and you can make the music last.

Asher Roth: A New Voice in Hip Hop

Asher Roth is a new hip hop artists rocking out for college kids everywhere with his new popular song I Love College. However there's a lot more to his new released, debut album that came out on April 20th. Asher Roth, much like Eminem, is one of the few caucasian rappers "in the game," so to speak. In Asher Roth's song As I Em, he raps about how he is sick of being compared to Eminem and about how he is trying to make a name for himself. One of my favorite songs by Ash Roth is Falling. It explains how he get into the rap game and it just kind of goes through his life, and tells of how he started his love for hip hop. The beat to it is pretty calm and chill too so I like it. Asher Roth also has a song called Lark on my Go-Kart which is pretty sweet. It's one of his more funnier and joking around songs. Overall I think Asher Roth is really good at what he does and what's best about him is that he's not tryin to be someone else. Instead of doing the whole "thug rap" kind of thing, he's just doin his own thing; which is why i think people will like him, however this is why alot of people will not think much of him. But being an individual is important when making your own music so props to Asher Roth. So in turn, what i'm really trying to say, is check this guy out.

Silverstein's new album A Shipwreck in the Sand is no wreck at all

The new album was released into stores on march 31st. I've listened to just about every song on that cd and they are all good. A few of my personal favorites are The End, American Dream, and A Shipwreck in the Sand. Two of those songs have my favorite lines in them(The End and A
Shipwreck in the Sand. The lines are right at the end and these are it:

This union a battle fought and lost
This union was not about the cause
This union was never about love

Pretty much, those are some of the craziest and best lines i've heard in a while. This could be some of Silverstein's best work yet. I mean it may not be as good as their Disovering the Waterfront album but it is definitely pretty darn close. It's also kind of neat because the cd and the tracks are written as if it were a book. And what i mean by that is the that the cd consists of four chapters and in each of these chapters there are 3-4 tracks. Also throughout the songs, they play a piece of the "book" or "story" in each one, instead of singing the whole thing. If you want to see more of what i mean you should check out the songs and check out this website: http://www.ashipwreckinthesand.com/

Here is one of the songs from their new album-Song Name: A Shipwreck in the sand:

A Change of Pace

A Change of Pace is a band I found out about by messing around on myspace. I had discovered a song a while ago by them called Shoot from the Hip. Currently, after re-listening to the song, I decided to investigate this band a little more. I listened to a few more of their songs like Take Care and Safe and Sound in Phone Lines and became an avid listener of this band. This band is considered to be rock and alternative and also pop punk rock. However I personally don't think they have the same sound as most of the pop punk bands but I guess that's just a personal oppinion. The singer, I think has pretty good vocals. I beleive that this acoustic performance of Take Care proves it(you have to fast foward a little bit because they talk about their album and what not in the first minute or so):

www.unsignedbandweb.com : The Best Website to Find New Bands

Alright, as usual I was browsing the web to find some new bands, and not only did I find a new band, but I also found a new website. This website is unbeleivable to me. You can search for new bands by searching through genres. You can also either download the songs, or just play them on the website; however you do need windows media player if you are going to play the song from the computer. Just Six Spaces is one of the bands i found on that website so be sure to check them out.

Music of Your Own

Alright so you can't play an instrument and you're not in a band but you want to make your own music? Well not a problem. Make your own song just by going to a certain website known as www.jamstudio.com. This websites allows you to use different tempos and different types of guitars, drums, bass, and more to make your own music. Given it does have some limitations but for the most part, it is pretty fun and amusing. I've messed around on it and found that not only is it a little bit addicting but it also can sound pretty cool when you make a song. So go ahead and give it a shot, try and be your own band.


link: http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm