Archive for the ‘music’ Category

08.30.10 | songs stuck in my head

last weekend, i played a bonfire-at-the-beach set for friends… it was probably the longest i’ve played the guitar at one time in a loooong while… my fingertips were hatin’ me the next day

the playlist was pretty diverse — from weezer to dave matthews to roy orbison (yea… random)

anyways, these three songs stuck out from the night — they’re stuck in my head still… i gotta say, they’re pretty fun to play and they bring me back almost 10 years when i was first startin’ out on the guitar…

gonna try soundcloud for this — we’ll see how it works

Richard Marx – Now and Forever by gorirrajoe

Extreme – More Than Words by gorirrajoe

Mr. Big – To Be With You by gorirrajoe

05.10.10 | bumpin’ beats again

rockford fosgate p1s410 (10"/150watts)

so i replaced the sub in my car with a rockford fosgate p1s410 (10″, 150 watts rms)… it was sort of a pain to take out the old sub — another rockford fosgate that pretty much lasted me 5+ years (it finally got a tear in it)

apparently the previous bestbuy installer put this tar-like sticky substance that bonded the speaker to the box… to prevent any kind of rattling (and keep it airtight)

anyway… the new sub is in and i HAD to test it out… what song/album did i go for? the album i always look to for testing a new subwoofer: the fight club original motion picture score (by the dust brothers)

“why that album?” you may be asking yourself… well let me answer you with some examples

got any other suggestions for system tester tracks?

05.07.10 | lazy rock!

i’m gonna lose some of my street cred, but here we go

for a change, i started listening to some “lazy rock”

don’t get me wrong… i’m still all about the kanye…

it’s essentially indie-rock or indie-folk, but it pretty much all sounds the same… i’m digging pomplamoose, she and him, the bird and the bee

once you listen to these bands, you’ll see why i affectionately call it lazy rock… normally it’s a female singer who doesn’t try to belt out the lyrics… it’s more melodic and subtle

pomplamoose has some pretty cool youtube videos that show how they record their songs… not sure if it’s really their process… seems easier to play a full on drum set instead of each piece separately… but that’s just me. oh and it should be stated that nataly’s facial expressions get me every time…

Pomplamoose – Expiration Date

she and him is zooey deschanel’s band… and yes… she’s hot — so this helps me like their music a bit… i swear tho, she has something in her movie contracts that she has to sing in them (i think there’s like one or two that she doesn’t sing in)

She & Him – Sentimental Heart

she deserves a second video shout out!

i found out about bird and the bee from their hall & oates covers… whoa whoa whoa… hall and oates?! yes… if you think me liking hall & oates isn’t cool, then you think sarmad isn’t cool… so there…

The Bird and the Bee – Kiss is on my List

04.20.10 | who raps to the parks & rec theme song?

i’m a fan of the show parks and recreation on nbc…

andy found a pretty sick remix of the opening theme song, which is pretty catchy by itself…

e-dubble

it’s by a rapper named e-dubble (reverbnation)…

e-dubble -- ff#7 -- hampden parks

check out his other ff’s (freestyle fridays)… pretty slick

on the topic of parks and rec, here’s a funny spoof of the video (with star wars)

03.01.10 | anyone but him

a track from fairly new brit hip hop act, mr. hudson

you might’ve heard him on jay-z’s album — “young forever”

he also reminds me of a stylish “silas” from the da vinci code:

silas

mr. hudson

heard this song first on sarmad’s vegas mega mix earlier this year (tho this isn’t the album version…)

mr. hudson feat. kanye west -- anyone but him

02.21.10 | doing my best impersonation of sarmad

i know i’m not the “music” dood in our clique, but i ran across this and thought it was a pretty good song…

tho, i BET that sarmad or dave will chime in and say, “OLD! i knew about these guys 2 years ago”

it’s chiddy bang -- “opposite of adults”… uses that mgmt “kids” track (best new artists apparently)

anyway, here ya go… it’s a pretty sick video too

02.15.10 | tim reynolds is the man

i’ll never be as good as tim reynolds… listening to him play guitar kills me… i mean, he’s great, but there’s no way in hell i could even try to play his stuff… not even his covers…

here he is, off the dave matthews, tim reynolds – live in las vegas album

tim reynolds – kashmir

02.14.10 | yea, that pretty much covers it

i know it’s not hip right now to like him, but john mayer pretty much sums it up for me…

john mayer – perfectly lonely

10.08.09 | why do i wanna buy a lexus now…

so this is my crappy audition to be a writer for the thoracic fax machine site, captained by sarmad

it FINALLY feels like “winter” in san diego… the weather is awesome and the air is crisp

so i totally found* these guys: rodrigo y gabriela

their music is like world/acoustic/percussion… crazy strong and aggressive and then melodic

i was listening to their “live in japan” cd and heard a cover of one of my favorite songs… dave brubeck’s “take five

this song is such a great cold weather song…

enjoy:

rodrigo y gabriela – take five

dave brubeck – take five

*found is an inside joke that most of you wouldn’t get… sarmad seems to find EVERYTHING in our circle, such as shepard fairey and barack obama

**i understand if sarmad doesn’t wanna give me an author account to his site :(

08.02.09 | it’s never been like that…

i’ve been diggin’ phoenix for a while now (ever since i heard a track on entourage – “if i ever feel better”)

they were on snl last night (repeat – seth rogen hosts) and they rocked it out

“lisztomania”

[hulu:http://www.hulu.com/embed/8kGUkbKGVOeHDtYQyRf7Mw]

“1901″ — the drummer just kills it!

[hulu:http://www.hulu.com/embed/3tXSBcyI3DQmtKVCwS6hYw]

*i noticed they mess up a note in each song… jitters? oh well, they’re french, what do you expect…

notable performances:

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