Esta chica ha cambiado un montón sobre los últimos años en aspectos musicales y también físicamente. En el principio de su carrera, veíamos una chica muy dulce con cariño- Una niña de Barbados que trajo su estilo y el sonido del las islas. (No tengo ni idea por que estoy escribiendo este anotación en español pero es así.) Tal vez la causa es en parte por la charla con mi madre Argentina anoche. Hace mucho desde hablamos!
Pero a ver, volvemos al objeto en discurso.
Si todavía no sabes la chica de que estoy hablando, bien. Se llama Rihanna, un camaleón cierto. Ya Rihanna es un símbolo de cambio y un ejemplo de la progresión de la artista. Aunque ella no tiene mas que veintiuno años, Rihanna ha publicado 4 discos, cada uno mas éxitoso que el anterior.
Nota que se hacen mas escandaloso o polémico que los otros. Es la verdad que ella es una fuerza a tener en cuenta porque su influencia en la industria es innegable. No todo el mundo puede cambiar tanto y seguir su carrera con éxito, y mucho menos crecer en influencia. Ella se cambió a una chica rebelde desde una re dulce, navegando cada paso como experta. Tenemos algunos videos que se muestran Rihanna pasada y presente. Quien prefieres?
Seriously, one of the coolest things about the internet is all the free shit you can find out there. I was on Spinner.com, which I talked up a bit in my last post, but they have a link to another site called Freeindie.com. I downloaded something like 50 new songs today, by people I had never heard of, for free, old music by artists like Andrew Bird and Tokyo Police Club, for free, and caught up on my indie, FOR FREE. There's something so fantastically exciting about finding new music. It waits in your library until finally, you have the time to listen to and absorb it. It's always a gamble. Will this song be your new obsession of the week or is it destined for the recycle bin? It's always interesting to see what you've been missing in the music world, which is why I love blogs. If you haven't discovered this music, it's ok, because someone else has already done it for you. All you need to know is where to look.
As I write, at this very second, I should be writing a mini paper for my music history class. The assignment involved listening to a broadcast of a particular type of music and then writing up a description and critique of the type of sound, tone, beat, pitch, etc. In other words, it's a bore fest. I just spent an entire hour listening to what I thought would be John Coltrane, but it turned out to be an on-air funds drive with a side of Coltrane instead. Who knew? This class has the potential to be interesting, it really does. I mean, it's music. Even in it's earliest forms, it wasn't as tedious as the past hour of my life was, listening to some quiet man and perky woman (quite the odd combo) pitch why everyone should call in with donations.
I literally spent the entire last class tallying up the amount of times the professor said the phrase, "questions and concerns" Are there any questions and concerns? I suppose we'll move on unless there are any question and concerns. Ten times, he said it. Ten times! The class is an hour and fifteen minutes! I think I'll buy him a thesaurus, so he can learn some new ways to ask that question. He's a really nice guy, just very, VERY awkward as a teacher.
Anyway, the point of this post is not to bitch about my ridiculously boring homework, but instead to inform you all about the coolest new addition to 'The Music Box." I added a new bar at the bottom called Streampad, which lets you play all the music that's been added to the site. If you want to put it on your page, you just type the html code into your blog "gadgets" section, and then make sure you have mp3 links on your page. If you don't have any links on the page, it won't play. I have a few songs on here now, but I'll be adding more as I can.
Honestly, I never thought I would be describing how to put in an html code, let alone have any idea what that is! I think this blog writing business is good for my technological side, or lack thereof. Don't get me wrong, I still hate computers with a fiery passion, but this is some pretty cool stuff.
New favorite site. You'll never want to leave. You can listen to online radio, entire cds, look at music news and a lot more.
If you like Taylor Swift, please put my rather strong opinions on her recent Grammy win aside for just a minute. Taylor Swift won “Best Album of the Year,” with her album, “Fearless,” accepting her award with profound enthusiasm. Although I can’t turn on the radio without being bombarded by Swift’s sappy, youthful pop tunes, I just can not get past the fact that she won over artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and The Black Eyed Peas! I was appalled.
She was very influential through 2009 and now, continues on into the new year. Influence though? Her music applies to one specific group of people, one target market, if you will: a range of pre-teen to highschool girls who absorb her musings on love and listen while Swift destroys Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. I would be a hypocrite if I said my itunes was completely devoid of Taylor Swift, and I stand by my four song selections, but that in no way signifies my support of her grammy win for “Best Album of the Year.” She seems like a very sweet girl, and I hate to rag on her so, but I simply must. Although most of the other nominees in her category weren’t exactly lacking grammys, it would have been nice to see such an important category win go to someone who has a bit more range/experience. (And maybe who doesn't sing off key when she performs...)
That’s all I’m saying.
It was nice to see Beyonce take home six Grammys and Kings of Leon took home awards for Record of the Year, Best Rock Performance with a group and Best Rock Song. Not unexpected was Phoenix's win for Best Alternative Album with "Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix."
Unfortunately, I didn't get to see many of the live peformances, but I did witness the catastrophe that was Andrea Bocelli and Mary J Blige singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" for Haitian relief. They just did not go well together. I didn't like the pairing of voices nor the song choice. That's just not a song to be belted out by a diva and an opera star, it's more subtle than that. Bon Jovi, I just don't like, and I have no idea who that overzealous woman on stage with him was, but she was VERY into the music. She was pushing her voice so much in the beginning, she sounded more goat-like than Shakira! (No disrespect Shak, I love you more than you know.) As usual, Gaga put on a crazy performace, but this time she partnered with the incredible Elton John. You can say what you will about her immensely creative sense of style, but one thing is certain: She can sing. Although, they're an unlikely duet, John and Gaga sounded great together singing their rendition of "Speechless," which I've posted below.
I was pretty let down by the Grammys this year, and I'm surprised I watched as much as I did, (I'm not big on awards shows..) but, Grammys aside, there are still some great new songs I've found, eveyone should check out:
Symphonies by Dan Black (also, the duet with Kid Cudi):
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