So Spotified!

Today when I checked my email I received an invitation to download Spotify! So far from playing with it, they really have a ton of artists that I have had difficulty finding on other websites! I am definitely impressed. Basically it is a program similar to itunes where you can import your own music, but the main idea is that you can favorite and stream full songs for free. They have all the latest albums that you can imagine! Like The Summer Set just released their new album this week I think.. and I have already go to hear it on Spotify :)

Only thing I would like to see improve is the top charts from Asian countries..
also it was kinda confusing when I went to share songs with specific friends from facebook...which is another cool feature!!


In other news, I watched a very hilarious and brilliant video... how in the world do they do it so perfectly?
yea... I was checking out my subs and I saw that Michael Buble made a vlog, which is out of the ordinary, since his channel is mainly his music vids and what not, so I checked it out and this is what I found..

Butcher the Bar

I felt like listening to some mellow tunes, taking a break from my K pop frenzy and switch on some Folk.

Simple beats, strong melodic motifs, and gentle and airy vocals reminded me of a stroll in the park.

This past weekend I had my first job orientation at Aeropostale, I am hopeful that they will give me a good work schedule and that my co workers will be friendly and forgiving. A good sign was , as I was filling out the final paperwork, the song that came on in the store was Fefe Dobson's new song Ghost. At least I will be able to work with good music playing.

Aurora

As I sit here, distracted from my studying.. i encountered an amazing video!

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Which reminds me of a cool movie I watched last month with my mom.

which I highly recommend!

Oh well... back to my studying..

Inspired or Unintentional?

One of my favorite activities while listening to songs is to compare to other ones that I have heard and see whether I can find its match, like its "Doppelgänger" (to some extent).

We all have heard of parodies,composer intentionally uses same accompaniment and cleverly changes lyrics. We have heard different musical quotes or lyrics are thoughtfully placed within compositions, but I am curious to know whether composers have accidentally composed identical melodic themes and have no realized that it could sound like copying.

Another thought, could our minds subconsciously remember musical ideas that somehow inspire us to write down the same and we are convinced that it is our own because we dont know otherwise? sense? Perhaps we just like a theme and want to elaborate it our own way. I say we, but I have no one in particular to direct this towards.

To be more specific, at the moment I am listening to 2 songs that are similar in the beginning.





To save space on the post, I will just list out some other songs that I found similar..or just reminded me of the other..

Rihanna - Unfaithful vs. Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Jet - Look What You've Done vs. Bonnie McKee - Somebody
Phil Vassar - In a Real Love vs. KC & Jojo - All My Life
Holly Brook - Giving it Up For You vs. [fill it in when i remember later]
Plain White T's - 1,2,3,4 vs. The Pretty Reckless - You Make Me Wanna Die

and the controversial
Avril Lavigne's - Girlfriend vs. The Rubinoos' - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend


Sure these are small similarities, but I find it interesting, almost as interesting as when Rob Paravonian quoted songs using Pachelbel's popular cello chord progression.. (obviously not Pachelbel's solely)

Could it ever be possible that we run out of musical combinations?!?

BTW, there are blogs dedicated to this topic of songs that are alike!!

http://www.thatsongsoundslike.com/

Tim Be Told

Twist of fate, Wednesday I decided to volunteer at a cultural event at UT, and as it turns out they had a special guest band there who played. IT WAS SO AMAZING!!!
It was worth putting of my hw, because I found this band very inspiring. Their lyrics express positivity and hope for our time.

They had a free download of this song on their myspace :).. so that night I listened to that song nonstop.
I even took my own video of some of the songs Tim Ouyang sang.

Tim Be Told-Analyze

blog transition/ brainstorm

::EDIT::

Thanks for making me smile, I get it now. I realize what you did there haha.

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What should I write about? my loves? my life?

Someone today told me that they were curious about my life..

is that interesting enough for me to document down? I can barely be consistent with my diary...
i'm thinking dull dull dull.

I suppose a sporadic mixture is fitting because it pairs up with my thoughts.

Does anyone here have theme songs that seem to fit in nicely with their daily routine?

apparently my perception of myself is complete different than how the world views me, not that it matters, it's an interestin thought though

Anyways, I am writing this with a stinky tofu in mind...Miami better make some room for this tofu because he is heading that way, gonna start a new life.

I wonder what my typing voice sounds like

There are many unanswered questions I have been left with, I don't know how long I can tolerate this curiosity burning in my gut...i guess i will never know because of the "things i'll never say"

20 pts for gettin the artist...teeheee

echoooooooo to the empty hollow space on this page, following my lead

I disappear sometimes, but I'm really just invisible.

I am always here when you need me most.

Never forget.

Nada es Para Siempre

Entonces..ahora mismo estoy escuchando a Luis Fonsi

Last night I happened to change the channel to America Latino TV or something like that and they were interviewing this guy who is Puerto Rican and he lived in America for most of his life..i believe.. anyways, instead of trying to get famous in America in music, he chose his roots and made it big in all of Latin America!

I've always enjoyed listening to Spanish music, like Juanes, Julieta Venegas, and Diego Gonzalez.

Now I have another name to add to the list! Listen to this song Nada es para Siempre, which is about 2 years old.. but I really think it is sweet and catchy!!

Luis fonsi-nada es para siempre by melmusica

Download Luis Fonsi- Nada es Para Siempre

Let's do the Can Can

STRAIGHT NO CHASER.

Who doesn't admire pure collaboration of talent? These guys are incredible! If you have heard of the King's singers and dig the a capella sort of music...then check Straight no chaser out.

Personally I'm not a big fan of X-Mas music, although I have to sing it all the time for choir and such... nyeh, but they pulled this off leaving my mind blown!!!

Playing with Ketchup.

Hope everyone had a nice lil mini break...

I had a tragedy and disappointment occur before last summer, and that was when my external hard drive completely crashed. It was the only place where my music was saved and I was very upset over that. But, a miracle happened because this year around September, I decided to give it another try. I plugged that baby in and it started right up! Good news is that I have all my music back! During that time, was a down period in my music obsession, because I didn't want to find new artists or else I would feel the need to download and buy their music. If I did that though, I would have no other means of saving it. BUT, if I happened to stumble upon new music and artists that I liked, I wrote the name down on my white board and just kept a lil list. Teitur Nizlopi The Boy Least Likely to My Favorite Highway Ballas Hough Band Miniature Tigers

etcetcetc...etc..

Sooo just yesterday I started to find the albums and good stuff!!!

I want to share with you one of my all time favorite male solo artists.

Introducing Matt White..he has himself a nice elvis-ish look

don't you agree?

Listen to Best Days - Matt White

Confession.

I'm not sure how this blogging will work out for me, but I've fallen into following the advice of a fellow blogger buddy. She told me that since I loved music and was always finding new bands and artists, that I should just blog about them, and post clips and photos...

well..

I hope this doesn't turn into just another one of those music blogs.. but I finally decided on starting this because I wanted to keep track of all my newest findings, lately I just can't keep track of artists I've already found and just forget about them completely!!! what a trageedyyyyy!

Now a little bit about my music tastes...I love alternative, indie, vocal, instrumental, chinese, korean, japanese, latino, russian....but the artists I always fall back on are the ones who just make me feel GREAT! Ah..

Anyways, another thing you may find is that I LOVE QUOTING LYRICS.

"So if I ever see you on the street, I'll pretend that I didn't see and turn my face, no use in small talk anyway. Cuz if I look into your eyes, then I'd have to say goodbye and that would break my heart, so I won't even start." -David Choi

First artist to showcase! David Choi, youtube star, hilarious and creative, I discovered him through Wong Fu Productions and since then I've been subscribed and following David. Lately I have been watching his youtube talk channel while he makes his mini tour around KOREA!

http://www.youtube.com/user/davidchoimusic

CHECK OUT HIS YOUTUBE CHANNELL!!!! SUBSCRIBE AND RATE!!

Download I Won't Even Start - David Choi

(Feels like folk, acoustic, mellow, melting)