Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Worth A Listen

If your anything like I was as a pre-teen, you most likely listened to the music that came from your local popular radio station and what everyone else was listening to. You know, the same 5 songs they played over and over again one hundred times a day. So you would be sitting in the car and it would go something like this, Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry,  Ke$ha, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Ke$ha, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, and so on. And while I have nothing against these singers (well maybe except for Ke$ha, no offense),  I wanted to branch away from these people and try new music and new genres so I could really find my musical style. As I got older I found that there is more to music than just what everyone else listens to. I began to find artists and groups who I had never heard of and these people I was finding deeply inspired me way more than the same old people who's songs get played over and over  on radio stations. Now I realize that the people who are getting credited for "Best Song" and "Best Album" don't necessarily deserve those titles because there are thousands of other artists and groups out there that aren't getting considered, simply because they haven't gained recognition yet. So I've listed a singers you should try out, some of them you may have heard of others maybe not.

1. Birdy - "Fire & Rain"
                 "Skinny Love"
                 "People Help the People"
                 "Shelter"
                 "Learn Me Right" Feat. Mumford and Sons



2. A Fine Frenzey - "You Picked Me"
                                "Near to You"
                                "Think of You"




3. Florence + the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
                                             "Cosmic Love"
                                             "Rabbit Heart"




4. Lana Del Rey - "Born to Die"
                              "Summertime Sadness"
                              "Video Games"
                              "Blue Velvet
                              "Off to the Races"
                              "National Anthem"

5. Regina Spektor - "Human of the Year"
                                "Blue Lips"
                                "Dance Anthem of the 80's"
                                "Us"
                                "Better"
                                "Fidelity
6. Priscilla Ahn - "Dream"
                            "Find My Way Back Home"                     
Other miscellaneous songs: "It's Time" Imagine Dragons
                                            "Holding Out For A Hero" Elise Lieberth (New Footloose version)
                                            "Closer" Tegan and Sara
                                            "Lucky" Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat
                                            "Over My Head" The Fray
                                            "Don't Know Why" Norah Jones
                                            "Summerboy" Lady Gaga 
                                            "This Love" Maroon 5

<3 xx Emma (wal)Dinger



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