My Timeline Of Change

For my final blog writing assignment of my freshman year, I will be talking about how I have changed in the course of this year. Unfortunately... I don't change much, I haven't had a growth spurt for years, I haven't gained weight, I'm still obsessed with music, and I'm still pretty annoying at times. But because I'm so close with my friends, they have te same annoying trait at times, so I have to say, my whole year has been a daily reminder represented by this photo...

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And this photo

Photo also from Pintrest

That second photo was for William in particular. Can I just say that it can be hard yet viciously confusing in a school where you are taller than 40% of kids with random giants who tower over the school (half the teachers included) keeping in mind that I'm still below average height (I'm 5'2" for those who don't know my problem)..

My second change that I have gone through this year is keeping up and managing better. I have recently taken on more and more challenges as well as refusing to let myself get behind on homework and studying. It's not that I've stopped procrastinating, which I've also been working on, it's that I have perfected the skill of working a job, finishing homework, organizing various events for youth groups, and learned another instrument. All of this has developed while learning to keep up grades, so I can personally say I have impressed myself this year.

How I feel this blog has helped me can be expressed in a couple different ways. I feel this blog has taught me how to put voice into words, I am used to leaving any and all voice out of my writing (thanks to English essays), but I also think it has showed me exactly how to use voice to express what I want to say. This blog has showed me how to be open and get my thoughts, or in this case, my favorite songs out there to you guys.

Thank you all for reading and commenting on my blog. I hope you enjoyed my little (not really) year long blog assignment and I hope you have enjoyed at least one of my songs this year. I hope you all become successful and good luck with your life.

Photo Credit to Quotessays

Song Review: Walk On Water Or Drown - Mayday Parade

Lets be honest, the number one drive for creating or producing music, is something to do with love. BUT, this song has a different perspective or way to tell the story. In this review, we will be talking about Walk On Water Or Drown by Mayday Parade. This song doesn't express so much as love as it does the trust between love. While I am not a huge fan of Mayday Parade (total lie), I do really enjoy the view and way they explained this story. While there are some religious references, the song is more about trying to develop trust between the two while he figures out a way out of his emotions, and let's be honest, the ones you love are usually the ones you want to trust and talk to first (because who wants to talk to parents?).

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We've all had moments where we just need to be with those who we love, weather it be a friend, boyfriend/girlfriend, parent, anyone really.
While this song is all about trust with love going hand in hand (HAHAHA I'm so good with puns, really though, that was horrible), this band is known for a lot of love songs written in ways people usually don't think of.
Just a personal reference, I've found this song VERY relatable at some points in my life, hence why I've decided to write about it today.

Artist Review: Hoodie Allen

Welcome back to my blog! I got bored and changed the URL of my page, please be sure to remember this and share the URL because you're cool and you should help me out with becoming popular (since I can't be popular in person).
This post is going to be focused on an artist who I've recently discovered (that's a lie, it's been 8 months), he goes by the name of Hoodie Allen. This 26 year old star came from an abnormal start, born on March 19, 1988,(that means his birthday is tomorrow!! To state the obvious) and born in Georgia and moved to Long Beach in a Jewish household, he launched his music interest after 2009 when he produced his own mix tapes until his career took off in 2012 by releasing his first album All American. His most recent album released in 2014 called People Keep Talking has a collection of 14 songs.

Photo Courtesy of Under The Gun Review

When it comes to Hoodie Allen, my personal favorite song is No Faith  in Brooklyn. Although I'm not totally sure of what his drive for this song was, I still enjoy the chill-ness and voice to match the song.

Song Review: Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

Okay, so although I listen to a lot of artist and various kinds of music, I'm really not one to listen to a lot of My Chemical Romance and songs like that. BUT, I just find this song very humorous and I thought I'd share it with you.
Teenagers is a song that features teenagers as the victim of society where they will be fixed into more of an adult figure. Until then, teenagers are viewed as scary and disobedient (which in my view, isn't far off from what I see at school). The song talks about the nicknames, drugs, clothes, and "violent" nature of a teenager, which is probably why most people are scared of us (Mwahahahahahahaha fear us!!).
Although I didn't exactly grow up in a disobedient and frowned-upon-for-our-uncontrolled-children society, I have seen that side of the teenage population.

Photo Courtesy of Eil Shopping

I feel that My Chemical Romance is a very good band with loads of talent, but I never was attached to them as a music addict. I don't know how many of you reading this like that band but no judgement! Music is music, I am here on the dictation of my English grade and because I gotta have a better blog than my friends.
AAAaaaannnnnyyyyywaaaaaayyyyy........ MCR, from New Jersey with a group of 5 rockers. Their latest album launched March 25th of last year, the album is called May Death Never Stop You. For those who love the band, ya'll better tell me if it's a great album, I might review it and get obsessed.
That's enough for this post, stay tuned for the next review which I should write so I don't fail my class XD. Later guys!

What Do Songs Do For You?

We all know that people love to express their feelings to others, especially through song. Well it's time to discuss what the lyrics of songs do.
Songs are really only touch people when the lyrics connect or relate to them; how often do you actually listen to the lyrics in a serious way when you're happy? And how often do you seriously listen to the lyrics when you're sad or angry? I have to show you a quote that maybe you've heard, maybe you haven't.

"When you are happy, you enjoy the music. But, when you are sad, you understand the lyrics."

How often have you listened to the lyrics when you're sad and finally understood the meaning? I view music as a psychological release, I say this because music has millions of different beats, tones, lyrics, and meanings. Whatever your mood, there is always a collection of songs that match your mood. But furthermore, being unhappy can cause more attentiveness and awareness to what is going on, especially in music (a very expressive way of releasing feelings to others).
As a heads up, I will be doing a different kind of review chapter for the next couple weeks. I will be in no specific category but more of a "random artist review" section. 

Photo Credit to Quotes-Kid

What Rap is About: Can You Pull it Off?

Many people who hear rap for the first time, often don't listen or consider the lyrics and write off the genre as "Devil Worshiping Music" or "The Devils Music". But lets be honest, we all get annoyed as hell when people write off stuff that they don't know anything about or haven't stopped to think about. So the subject of this discussion is what rap is about.
Rap has always been considered the playful side of music. Some artist (I'm sure you can think of a few names) rap only about how great their life is, how much money they have, and/or girls they meet at strip clubs. But if you search farther than those artists you find the few who have made it in the rap world who like to use their talent to their advantage. You will sometimes hear raps about the reality of their life, or generally just the reality of the world. Many of these artist of which have very little names in the music world. When you think about it, our music enjoyment is warped. Should those who speak out with an amazing talent be buried by those who say only what people want?
Rap itself is a talent and considered an art. Have you ever tried saying a tongue-twister and been unsuccessful every time? Imagine practicing them everyday just to get better at talking really fast and making it through your career. In fact I have one for you, it's the worlds hardest tongue twister!! 
"The Sixth Sick Sheik's Sixth Sheep's Sick."

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Did you try it? I'm sure you did. Anyway, with that said, think about averaging 280 words per minute in every song you create.

I hope your view of rap has been enlightened or enhanced just a bit. Sorry for keeping you waiting for my next post. See you next time.

Artist Review: Jack and Jack

Today, I've decided to talk about the pop rap dynamic duo called Jack and Jack (Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky). Since kindergarden, they've been the best of friends. Growing up in Nebraska, they started making music together and came to their chosen genre. Although their newest song "Wild Life" has made the second rank on most downloaded iTunes song, and the 87th rank on the most popular world wide song list, they weren't always making wild songs. Their original genre was more of a "refectory" "calm" type of rap, mostly talking about their relationships and life status'. I know it sounds boring, but their voices add a great twist and range on their songs. A lot of their earlier songs are a bit down and have a sad story.
 Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky, are both the age of 18, and continue to work well with each other. More focused on Jack Gilinsky, a brown hair, goofy singer who has dark brown eyes. Jack Gilinsky started making vines with his best friend and later became viral artists.

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Jack Johnson, a blond haired, 18 year old (baby face), who is "just a bit" shorter than his partner in crime. Originally living with his parents and his older Jeff, he eventually became a video web star.

Photo Credit to Magcon-Perfect Blog

 I hope you guys had a wonderful week and a fantastic weekend. I plan on redeeming myself on the jump I recently fell on last sunday which took me to the hospital. Please don't use me as a roll model, I can be so clumsy, I'm only good at music. Speaking of clumsy and music, check out my friend's blog The Trebles of a Teenager

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Lets Talk About Music Communication

Welcome to music class, today we are going to talk about what makes good music and why there are so many genres. You may think you know the answer to these topics; well, lets see if you're right. This post is going to be something new; along the lines of music theory, this is going to be more of an insight to music make up and composition. Hope you can learn something new!

Although some people (who aren't music freaks like me) only listen to a certain song because of the "killer bass" or "amazing beat". There's a lot more to a song than meets the ear, you just have to listen for something other than vocals (if any), drums, and guitars. If you hear a song that you like over and over enough times, you will probably find weird, out of nowhere sounds or beats (counter-melody) that were meant to support the actual or interesting lead sound (melody).

Music tells a story, weather it be chillstep or punk. Lately the main story is about breakups, losses, and failures. But do people really want to hear it on the radio? Do they actually want to hear a song about loosing a best friend or important part in their life? The answer: yes and no. Some people's mind doesn't work like others. What I mean by this, is when people with emotional disorders usually find happy music to be very irritating and annoying when they are going through a period of emotional instability. To hear an upbeat song about sunshine and lollipops, when all they can seem to fill their mind with is depressing ideas, can really irritate them, and vise versa. Think of it like this; when you go to work/school early in the morning, and you hear someone going on about how great mornings are when you absolutely hate mornings, it can get very annoying.

With the limited amount of genres out there in the world, there are endless amounts of people who are guaranteed to listen to your favorite kind of music. So lets vote to see which genre of meaningful music is the favorite! Click here for a calm song with story telling lyrics (Lies - Trifonic). Click here for a more energetic tone of music that expresses more of a serious meaning (Bring Me the Horizon - Drown)

People still loves stories, especially happy ending stories. Happy stories give us hope and motivation I encourage you to listen to the lyrics of any song, learn the meaning, learn the story, learn the lesson, and never forget the memory.

Photo Courtesy of Mariam-Taylor Blog

For discussions of life and other overlooked topics, visit my friends blog at http://ahamilton18.blogspot.com

(Guess what! I dyed my hair purple and blue if any of you were interested in knowing my weekly activity *laughs hysterically* Stay creative music nerds!)