I recently discovered this website called 8tracks. Maybe I'm a little slow to this internet radio thing, but it has totally changed my life. And no this is not some internet advertisement where I peddle the latest sleazy drug to enhance parts of the body that nobody really wants to know about but are somehow rampant throughout the internet, although if you believe those ads, having an extra 2 inches or cup size really "changes your life'. Wow.
Well, the best way to really experience this new website is to try it out yourself here so you can see what I'm talking about.
Basically, 8tracks is a site where you choose up to two labels, and then it generates a bunch of playlists that match those labels. And the really amazing thing about this site is, it allows you to leverage on the music tastes of literally thousands of people, who have curated their list just so people like you and me can approve it. And the top lists that I've discovered so far are nothing short of awesome, as long as you don't be a douchebag and go click happy + pop and then click disney channel or something similar. Because what you then get is the kind of shit 13 year old girls play, like Hannah Montana and Bieber.
And as I have mentioned before, you can't trust anything that comes out of a 13 year old girl's mouth, or anything she does for that matter. Anybody that camps in a garbage truck hoping to crash a Bieber concert via the waste disposal route is beyond retarded.
From 8tracks, I discovered gems like Someday by Joe Brooks, that I'm featuring a live version of, on 987fm no less. I thought that channel was full of hiphop garbage, but it seems that they have upped their music taste recently. Somehow, songs with a name like Someday never disappoint, like the two other great versions by Sugar Ray and The Strokes, which were my chill jams in secondary school and university.
The other song I'm featuring is Let Her Go by Passenger. The dude has a funny voice and looks like a hobo, which is probably what it takes to have some credibility as an indie singer-songwriter. I mean, have you seen Samuel Beam from Iron and Wine doing his live performances. Yeah, definite unwashed hippy/hobo/weed stoned junkie with a beard that could rival Jesus, but the dude can sing.
Loving 8tracks so far. And I can't say enough how much it has added to my musical exposure.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
She's always a woman to me
She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child,
But she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
Yeah, she steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me
CHORUS:
Oh--she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh--and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind
And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me
She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
And she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me
Monday, June 03, 2013
the postmodern jukebox.
Sometimes you think you've seen pretty much everything that Youtube has to offer, then something comes by that makes you go wow.
I'm been watching videos by a young jazz pianist called Scott Bradlee hailing from New York City, where he does mashups of modern songs reimagined in the swing and big band style. Yes, with a backing band that uses the big band staples of a trombone, a saxophone, a double bass, brush-like drumsticks, smooth clarinet runs, and a piano comping along to recreate a sound that would not be out of place in the New York of 1920. And the results are really amazing. It helps that they all dress the part and the vocalist sings really well.
They covered Justin Bieber's Beauty and a Beat here but I forgive them because they make it way better than the original. KurtHugoSchneider and Alex Goot did a cover too featuring Chrissy Costanza who is incredibly easy to look at, but musicality wise it has nothing on this cover.
The vocalist is amazing.
And here's the kicker. They covered Psy's Gentleman too, and I love everything about it, from the singer to the backing band to the two ladies dancing at the side.
The playlist is called Postmodern Jukebox on Youtube, so if you want to see more of their amazing work, simply click here http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7A4D9C100657150E
I'm been watching videos by a young jazz pianist called Scott Bradlee hailing from New York City, where he does mashups of modern songs reimagined in the swing and big band style. Yes, with a backing band that uses the big band staples of a trombone, a saxophone, a double bass, brush-like drumsticks, smooth clarinet runs, and a piano comping along to recreate a sound that would not be out of place in the New York of 1920. And the results are really amazing. It helps that they all dress the part and the vocalist sings really well.
They covered Justin Bieber's Beauty and a Beat here but I forgive them because they make it way better than the original. KurtHugoSchneider and Alex Goot did a cover too featuring Chrissy Costanza who is incredibly easy to look at, but musicality wise it has nothing on this cover.
The vocalist is amazing.
And here's the kicker. They covered Psy's Gentleman too, and I love everything about it, from the singer to the backing band to the two ladies dancing at the side.
The playlist is called Postmodern Jukebox on Youtube, so if you want to see more of their amazing work, simply click here http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7A4D9C100657150E
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