As many people know...

I adore Jason Mraz. His music reaches a part of my soul that many other artists can't. Maybe it is that I relate to the words, or that I feel the music beat through my veins, or maybe it is because Jason understands that the music is not his, but ours. It belongs to the world and he is simply the vessel that the music moves through.

I read this quote from him today and was blown away.

I’m not the person you want to meet. The music is. And the music is alive in you as much as it is in me. We created it together. Therefore, you already know me. We’ve already hugged and kissed. We grew close for a moment and then said our goodbyes.

I adore him even more now.

Lenka

She's like a combination of Katy Perry and Regina Spektor. I like her.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nTSU-mFWGs

AHHHHH! Tiny Hands!

I almost peed my pants. I know it isn't EXACTLY what I usually post about but this is hilarious. Especially if you have ever seen Welk. :)

Music, Music, Music

First of all I just want to say that I adore this man. John Barrowman is talented and doesn't get recognized for his talents enough. This song is from his upcoming CD called "Music Music Music." The CD comes out November 24th.

What About Us


Here are some "making of" antics

Myspace Music

A new addition to the world of online music comes from, where else...Myspace.

Across he top of your homepage you can find tabs for: My Music, Music Videos, Featured Playlists, Shows, Classifieds, and Forums. With everything going on on this site it all looks great. It is a very streamlined site, which is nice to see on a site known for looking very jumbled.

Under "My Music" you can see the last 100 songs you have used as profile songs.You can make a playlist of 100 songs and a pop-out player keeps music playing in the background while you do other things. Also seen on the pop-out player are artist updates which is full of information about songs, concerts, etc. Myspace Music streams full songs and also directly connects you to Amazon.com's MP3 Library for a number of the songs.

Under "Music Videos" there is an excellent Featured Video section, which currently features artists like John Legend (Green Light feat. Andre 3000), Big Boi (Sumthin's Gotta Give), and Hey Monday (Homecoming). Before I move on I just have to say that I really enjoyed John Legend's new tune, Big boi is big boi and Hey Monday's video is full of Scene kids and a lead singer that wishes she was Haley Williams from Paramore.

"Featured Playlists" is full of just that. Artists playlists are featured for all their fans to see. Artists like Lil' Wayne, Fall Out Boy and The Jonas Brothers have playlists ready for you to peruse. You can also see what Tom is listening to in this section.

Potentially, the "Shows" section could be one of my favorites. You can look up concerts in your area and MySpace will be offering concert tickets through their site. Merchandise is also supposed to be sold on MySpace but I haven't seen any yet.

The "Classifieds" section is what you would expect from the classifieds but there is a special "Muscians XChange" which leads you to Music jobs, Band announcements, Concerts, and Instruments just to name a few of the sections of the XChange.

And then there are the forums. The sections are: Acoustic, Alternative, Electronic/Dance, Emo, General, Hardcore, Hip-Hop, Metal, Punk, and Rock. I'm sure other topics will be introduced as more people join in the use of this section of the site.

As with any newborn website there are some things that still need to be ironed out but for what it is I think MySpace has really started something interesting. I wonder what this will mean for the industry as a whole now.

And now I am off to add songs to my playlist. :)

Democratic National Convention-- CONCERT!!!

Right now I don't have time to go into detail about the show but until tomorrow I'll leave this little tidbit.
Tent State University put on a concert here in Denver today in support of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
The concert featured State Radio, The Coup, Flobots, and was headlined by Rage Against the Machine. Between each band there were special speakers from IVAW, disabled veterans (Ron Kovic), and the former lead singer of The Dead Kennedys.

(c)Associated Press

Following the concert there was a peaceful, non-violent protest that marched from the Denver Coliseum to the Pepsi Center where the DNC was being held. There were no riots, no violence, no arrests, and a peaceful dispersing of the masses. Police are guessing that there were around 9,000 people in attendance at the concert and about 2,500 of those continued on to the march to the Pepsi Center. Police were cooperative and guided the march along and were prepared for the worst. Word has it that police were astounded that there were no incidents. There were chants and banners and a sense of unity throughout the group. We were all there to make our voices heard, not to fight. There were several members of IVAW that headed up the march and members of the bands from the concert marched as well.
(c) Los Angeles Times
It was truly an amazing experience. I, however, ran out of battery in my camera and didn't have a backup set so there are no pictures. I will do my best to find some on the internetz and will give credit where it is due.

Till tomorrow...

Flobots!

This is the new video from the FLOBOTS.
Every location in the video is here in Denver and every person in the video is from here as well. Denver, REPRESENT!!!

RISE: