To be honest, I'm not super into all of their music, but I do have some favorite songs! I think this is a really down to earth group of guys who want to tell their stories to the world. They are definitely more punk and harder rock than I normally listen to. I think they try to cram too many words into the lines and end up sounding out of beat with the music. But they do have good tracks!
My favorite album by them is A Little Bit Softer. It's an acoustic album and I think it's pretty amazing. They have some good lyrics and this way you can really hear it and appreciate their work. My favorite song on this album is probably Most of the Sex in My Life Wasn't as Personal as that Kiss. It's a little on the 'maybe don't play this around granny or your four year old' but it's so real, raw, and so so good. My second favorite would have to be About Staying. Both are amazing songs and have really true lyrics.
Please check this band out! If you're into punk music, this is definitely a band to check out on bandcamp!
Do you have any favorite underground musicians? Let me know in the comments and I'll check them out! Have a fantastic weekend!
This is a new series that I'm so excited about! Music is my life and I am so obsessed with finding new artists that are just starting to make their way into the industry. So once a week on Friday's I'll be sharing my favorite, indie musician! Please check them out and give them your support! Most have music for free download or for a couple bucks.
I'm going to be totally honest, I'm just as in love with him as I am his voice. He has that kind of buttery, yet raspy sound that just touches you in your heart. He started off doing covers on youtube (which is where I first found him) but then he began to write and release his own music. I so wish he had more than nine songs, but I'll take what I can get!
His music is definitely pop, but it sort of has a blues feel to it. It's very smooth with gorgeous chord progressions and he adds different elements to each song that gives each song a different mood. He has so much talent and he has really grown a lot since his first album was released two years ago.
My all time favorite song by him is Where We're Going. I cry every time I hear it; the words are so moving and the way he sings makes it even more heart wrenching. In this version, he stripped it down to just simple piano. This gives it a raw, real effect. It's a free download on bandcamp so do yourself a favor and go listen and download and cry on repeat.
He released a four song album, Let Loose, in 2012, my favorite song being You Found My Soul. This album isn't my favorite collection of his work but there's certainly charm.He has some room for growth in his writing but it's still worth the $5! Download here!
His newest album is amazing! Y.O.U features four original new songs. My favorite is Step Away. It's one of his slower, more emotional songs. Those seem to be my favorites by him. He really shows growth not only in his vocals but also in his songwriting. He experiments more with the style of music and the instruments. Download here!
Please support Corey Gray and download his albums! He gets most of the proceeds (I forgot how bandcamp's payment works) and I know it would really mean a lot if he could get new listeners. I hope to see you next week when I introduce another of my favorite, lesser-known bands!
Do you have any favorite underground musicians? Let me know in the comments and I'll check them out! Have a fantastic weekend!
I'm not going to be one of those obnoxious people who complains about how they were 'born in the wrong decade'.
But I will say that if I could live in any other year, it would be the 80s. I go through these phases a lot and the 80s have taken my attention.
The movies from that time are just amazing and guess what else is amazing? The music.
Thanks to my mom, I've listened to a lot of 80s music growing up and recently my love for that music has been reignited. So have a listen to some of my favorite mixes right now.
Music is my entire world.
If you cut my arm, you could hear music bleed from every pumping vein in my body.
When I sleep
When I cry
When I shower
When I read
When I study
When I hurt
I am always listening to the marvelous, wonderful, ever-changing thing called music.
I've never had a favorite song.
But I've always had a life soundtrack.
A soundtrack that grew as I grew.
A soundtrack that changed as I changed.
A soundtrack that hurt
That bled
That cried
As I did.
I could never compile a list of every single song that I've listened to in my life. But I have always had a soundtrack of my life. A list of songs that was continuously added too. Every minute, hour, day, month, of my life.
Here is mine.
Do you ever feel like there's nothing left for you? Like no matter what you do, no one cares anymore? Are you ever the person who thinks you just aren't worth it? You don't know who to turn to because you don't know who cares anymore?
I'll be honest, I've been through some really hard stuff in my life. But every single time I think I'm done, I'm not. Wanna know why? Because every single time I think I'm done I find God again. Sometimes I read a really compelling Bible verse, or he sends someone really amazing into my life. But in the most recent case, he sent me a song.
I know that seem really stupid, but I listen to so much music it was bound to happen at some point.
I take out my neighbor's dog every Monday-Friday during my lunch break. His name's Cooper and he's really cute :) And they always leave the radio on for him so he doesn't get all lonely. Sometimes they have it set to K-Love (there's the important part:)
All of this happened in October of 2011. One of the hardest months for me last year. But hey, I was rescued. :)
Well, I went over there to take out Cooper on Monday and K-Love was playing the song Turn Around by Matt Maher. I cried my eyes out. I normally don't really cry through songs, but recently I've been crying when I listen to music.
Anyways...I went home and didn't think about it until the next day when it was on the radio again. I didn't think much about that because K-Love tends to repeat new songs over and over again. But once again, I cried.
The next day, I went over and the song was on again. Three days in a row, same time, same place. I was crying and then I started thinking about two things.
One, it's weird that they had it set to K-Love three days in a row because normally they change the stations every couple days.
Two, why is that song on again??
I went home and looked up the lyrics, cried some more, than it all kinda got pushed to the back of my mind.
The next day (Thursday) I went over and it was on for the fourth time. I was starting to get a little creeped out. It was so weird. I didn't think it was a message from God or anything. I was just thinking K-Love was stalking me. :)
Friday I went over and I heard the song for the fifth time. I remember sitting on the floor with my head in my hands and crying. It was so moving, I didn't know what to do. It was like, God was trying to send me this message and the whole time I wasn't picking up on it.
I've never really been moved by songs. They've been applicable to situations in my life and they've made me cry but I can only think of five songs that have really, honestly moved me.
1. Turn Around
2. More Beautiful You
3. I Won't Let Go
4. Have Your Way
5. And then some song that we sang at church that I can't remember the name of.... :)
It took me less than a minute to get the message after I had heard it for the fifth time.
I needed to turn around and run back to God. I hadn't really been walking with Him because I was afraid He didn't care about me because I had hurt myself so much that I didn't think even He would want me.
I was stuck in a really difficult place and I didn't know how to get out. I was so sick of my life and I didn't want to keep on living something that was so difficult. But then I got this little glimmer of hope from that song. It was amazing.
You might be wondering why I chose to write about this when this whole thing happened months ago.
I heard the song again today during breakfast.
I own it and I listen to it a lot but there's something about hearing it on the radio that makes it really, really cool for me.
If you're scared that you don't matter
If you're lost and need to be found
If you're looking for a savior
All you gotta do is turn around
No one listens to you anymore
And your heart has broken down
You don't need to move
Love is come to you
All you gotta do is turn around
So, there's my 'rescue' story, as I like to call it. Because it really is...
I really hope y'all have a great day and listen to K-Love all week because you never know what might happen.... :)
If y'all hadn't noticed, I have a slight (or major) obsession with country music. It's my favorite genre so I will constantly listen to it. And recently my obsession has been with The Band Perry (don't worry, I still love Taylor Swift, I'm just trying to branch out a little :). I've had their song If I die Young for a while but just recently got their entire album. And I'm in love with it!
My favorite song from their album is Walk Me Down the Middle. For some reason I love this song. I can't necessarily say it holds a ton of meaning to my life, but it's sort of how I always feel when I really like a guy. Where you just want him to notice you and realize that he likes you too. But sometimes it just doesn't work out like that. Too bad, it would make every day a fairy tale (I told you I wasn't over Taylor Swift).
I love this song and I want it played at my wedding. I swear I have lists of songs to be played at my wedding and my funeral. Yes, I do plan ahead. Very, very, far ahead. :) But hey, I can wish, right?
This turned out waaay more mushy than I had expected. -.-
Oh and I learned something today. So I say 'y'all' sometimes if I'm really tired or not watching what I say. (this makes no logical sense because I've never lived in the South though I have family from Kentucky so that might be part of it....still...). But I always spelled it like 'ya'll'. Apparently I'm wrong. -gasp- Happens a lot, actually....
Anyways, I guess it's spelled y'all so now I feel very bad at spelling. Which is insane because I'm failing at spelling country slang. Greaaat..... :)
So now I shall leave y'all alone...hope you now know what to play at my wedding and how to correctly spell slang. :) And yes, I did just pretend to be English and Country in the same sentence, thanks for noticing. :)
Ta-ta! =D
(Ps: I failed at picking one picture so here they all are :)
I feel bad that I haven't posted in a really long time, but life's stressful and time is not really abundant. This will be short but sweet. Or at least, I hope. :)
I want to be someone's Cinderella. I was listening to the song Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman and I was so ready to start crying. Especially when my cousin said I'm really brave for going through what I've gone through and come out mostly okay.
But the song is about how her dad thinks she's Cinderella and how he dances with her. It's so sweet and yet so depressing. All I want is my dad to have not thought I was just someone that he could throw around and trample all over just so he could accomplish what he wanted.
People always say that kids who've had bad parental problems, divorces, abuse, end up with someone who abuses them.
Not. Me.
Whoever I end up with, they're not going to treat me like crap. I'm not taking abuse from anyone else. Sure, I might take it and shut up right now, but I won't in the long run. I want to be a princess like everyone else.
I'm not going to wait around for Prince Charming.
I'm waiting for someone to think I'm his princess.
But I have nothing to say (Okay, that's a lie (I'm working on telling the truth about how I feel (not sure if that applies here...)) because I do have things to say, just not things I WANT to say) and no time to say them. So here's what I must say. (or want to say, either way)
"Being fearless isn't being 100% not fearful, it's being terrified but you jump anyway...."
"To me, Fearless is not the absence of fear. It's not being completely unafraid. To me, Fearless is having fears. Fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."
"It's FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change."
I don't think I'll have to tell you who said that....if I do, you must not know me very well. :)
But I have trouble being fearless. I freak out about everything.
EVERYTHING.
E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.
Mostly stupid things. Like if I look okay, or if this stupid curl is sticking straight up (it ALWAYS does), if my eyeliner is too thick, if I sound like I have a cold because of my stupid allergies, will I be late?, what did I get on my freakin' test? (okay, maybe that one isn't stupid..), is this -certain- person going to be mean to me again?, does this shirt make me look fat?, my earring is gone!, does my hair smell? Better go wash it, again!, I have to brush my teeth for the fourth time!, etc. etc. etc.
Yes, I do freak out about random, stupid things. And yes, I do brush my teeth and wash my hair obsessively. (more on that tomorrow)
I know I have to quit freaking out about things and just go with it. I am afraid of everything. For a common fear (not brushing your teeth multiple times, is not a common fear, believe it or not.) I have is heights. I am deathly afraid of heights. When I was a kid, I used to prove to all the wimpy boys that I could climb on top of the monkey bars. But then they proved to me that I couldn't get down. That was only because I was afraid of the height. That's it. I swear. :)
Being fearless is having fears. I have fears. PLENTY of fears. An over abundance of fears. Waaaay too many fears. But according to the quote, that's a okay (that's how you would type that out, right?).
I'm trying not to be afraid of what people say about me, what I look like, who I am, or what might or might not happen. You know you over thing when you come up with possibilities that are a one in a million chance and then you convince yourself that this time will be the one in a million.
So there's what I'm trying to do. Be fearless. 'Cause I don't know how it gets better than this, you take my hand and drag me head first. Fearless. And I don't know why but with you I'll dance in a storm in my best dress. Fearless.
(PS: Someday, I'm going to dance in a storm in my best dress...right after I sing in the rain. =D)
I really love music. Like I'd probably die without it. Tell me I'm insane and obsessed, but I kinda am. :)
I wasn't sure what to write about but I knew I wanted to write a post so I decided that I would post all the songs that have really been inspirational for me lately. So yeah, I don't really have to explain most of them, but I might. :)
This is turning out to be waay longer than I thought it would be. But I feel like I need to put them ALL up here. :) Just a little warning: a lot (if not all) are sad songs or have a sad meaning. But hey, I need it. Just like I need to kill your time with hours of music. =D
My friend sent this to me once on facebook and she said that if you switch my name out with Emily's, it's my song. :) Thanks, you know who you are! =D
I know I posted this a couple days ago but I love this song so let's post it again, shall we?? :)
Look up the lyrics and it'll make sense. I'm scared that I don't matter. I'm lost and I need to be found (hey that's a Britt Nicole song!). No one listens to me anymore and my heart has broken down. I don't have to move so I'm gonna turn around. :)
This song keeps telling me that no matter how many people tell me I'm not pretty, I'm fat, I'm just not that great, they're wrong. Who says I can't be star? Who says?
They don't have a music video for this song and that makes me sad. :( But I'm serious when I say that I say these lyrics to my mirror every single morning.
I'll admit, she's a little overdramatic. But I'm so tired of trying to become what you want me to be. It's killing me and I'm done. If I want to straighten my hair or wear eyeliner, let me. I'm gonna be who I want to be. We've all got our scars, I've got mine, you have yours.
I remember one time I was at my house alone and I was cleaning the kitchen with my iPod plugged into the speakers. It was on shuffle and this song came on. I remember falling on the floor and crying. The lyrics about killed me because they were so real. I haven't prayed for an escape. I just pray that God won't forget my way out, I know he's got one now. I just have to trust it.
I keep trying to remember that people are there and they won't let me go. This song keeps reminding me that I can't just give up. Even if someone is there for me, I can't give up.
I know I don't cut myself, but I can relate to this song. It scares me that I can, but I can. My mom doesn't like listing to it, she thinks it's too depressing. It is, I mean, I can't listen to it without crying.
I remember listening to this song when I was so ready to leave this stupid place and I realized that I need to stop. I need to stay here because God wants me here. There's some plan for me that I don't know about yet and I have to wait it out. But sometimes I hit these times in my life where I wonder if it would actually matter if I was gone, if anyone would miss me, if I kept on trying if it would be worth it. I know I have to keep trying because it is worth it. Not sure if people would really miss me, but I know it's worth it to stick around. Sorry, but you have to put up with me for longer. :)
I figured I might copy and past some of the stuff I wrote about this in my other post. I'm tied together with a smile. Taylor wrote this about her friend with bulimia and she wrote it for me with my problems. I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't think I'm pretty. If they did, would they still call me fat? Yeah, I walk around here thinking I'm not pretty. I'm trying to hold on but sometimes I can't do it anymore. I cry an I don't tell anyone. I'm not the golden one, the girl who's got it all.
This song isn't one I know really well, but I love it. I feel like very eye is watching me, waiting me to fall, expecting me to lose. I believe in you even when I see you crying. Thank God, or no one would believe in me. There will come a day when love will get me out, bring the truth, free me from my fear. I'll get out. I know God's getting me out. I know he will.
Sorry that was long. I didn't mean for it to be THAT long. :) Thanks for reading/listening and I promise I'll post again this week. Sometime.... :)
There's a girl in the corner With tear stains on her eyes From the places she's wandered And the shame she can't hide She says, "How did I get here? I'm not who I once was. And I'm crippled by the fear That I've fallen too far to love"
But don't you know who you are, What's been done for you? Yeah don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
Well she tries to believe it That she's been given new life But she can't shake the feeling That it's not true tonight
She knows all the answers And she's rehearsed all the lines And so she'll try to do better But then she's too weak to try
But don't you know who you are?
You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
'Cause this is not about what you've done, But what's been done for you. This is not about where you've been, But where your brokenness brings you to
This is not about what you feel, But what He felt to forgive you, And what He felt to make you loved.
You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
You are more than the choices that you've made, You are more than the sum of your past mistakes, You are more than the problems you create, You've been remade.
You've been remade You've been remade. You've been remade. You've been remade.
Yeah, that's my song. Or one of my songs. I've done all of this. Watch the video, people carry so much more than they're going to tell you. You think guys are the only one's who keep in their emotions. There's things no one knows about me. I've done things I wish I never did, said things that never should've been said, thought things that hurt me, but it doesn't define me.
I was that girl in the corner. I don't know how I got here, why I'm here. None of this makes any sense to me. I used to be this carefree girl who never wore the color pink and sang Someday my prince will come in my backyard. I didn't think people could be mean, and I never thought my dad could be so heartless. Now I'm this girl who was hospitalized for suicide. I've let myself self destruct from the inside out. I know what people can do, I've been there. My dad isn't Superman like I thought he was. I watched superman fly away, and he's not coming back.
I would stand in front of my mirror and after I ripped myself up over my flaws, I would practice what I would tell people when they asked me what I ate or how I was. I've told more people that I was doing good or I was okay than I actually have been. I've cried myself to sleep because I didn't think my life was going anywhere but down.
I am more than the choices that I've made. I'm more than the sum of my past mistakes. And I am more than the problems I create. Or that I fall into.
It's hard to believe I'm more, but it's true. I guess it's one of those things where I know that it's true, but I don't believe it. I wish I did. I wish I believed people when they told me I was pretty. I wish I believed my dad could change. I wish I believed my life is going to get better. I really wish I could.
Sure, I'm screwed up. Honestly, that's the easiest way to put it. I've got more scars than I ever thought I could have. I carry around things I never would've imagined. I've done things that I never thought I would do. It changed me and I would go back and make it stop if I could. But I can't. I can't fade the scars or ignore the past. Yes, I could move on. But sometimes it's just too hard to move on. If you move on completely, then you'll forget your past which is a part of you. If I like it or not...
My mom and I are having a competition. I've been working on a post about how all of Taylor Swift's songs relate to my life. I know some of ya'll don't like her music or whatever, but I do. You'll get over it. :)
Edit: So I was reminded by my mother that I forgot to say what the competition was. So she wanted to do it too, you know how I'm writing about how they relate to me, well that's what she's doing. She thinks the songs relate more to her, but I think they relate more to me. Now, she's saying she doesn't have anytime to do it. I think she's admitting I won. =D
It’s like a storm That cuts a path It breaks your will It feels like that You think you're lost But you're not lost On your own You're not alone
I will stand by you I will help you through When you’ve done all you can do And you can’t cope I will dry your eyes I will fight your fight I will hold you tight And I won't let go It hurts my heart To see you cry I know it’s dark This part of life Oh, it finds us all But we’re too small To stop the rain Oh, but when it rains
I will stand by you I will help you through When you’ve done all you can do And you can’t cope I will dry your eyes I will fight your fight I will hold you tight And I won't let you fall
Don’t be afraid to fall I’m right here to catch you I won't let you down It won't get you down You're gonna make it Yeah, I know you can make it
Cause I will stand by you I will help you through When you’ve done all you can do And you can’t cope And I will dry your eyes I will fight your fight I will hold you tight And I won't let go
Oh I’m gonna hold you And I won't let go Won't let you go No, I won't This song breaks my heart. This song fixes every broken heart I've had.
Like my dad
My countless other problems that no one knows
My friendships that are hanging by threads
The one person who I trusted forever who won't talk to me
