I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling fingertips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the sub-aqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
Pentatonix Covers Daft Punk Hits in Stunning A Cappella Medley
Pentatonix, the a cappella group that recently brought us a beautiful rendering of Beyonce’s greatest hits, has set its sights on the French electronic duo Daft Punk.
In a little over four minutes, Pentatonix’ new medley covers an impressive array of Daft Punk hits, including “Get Lucky,” Celebrate,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and “One More Time.”
Angelika, is my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She just turned 10 years old this month.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
Last night, we were looking at a YouTube video by Pentatonix that she had found on her own. Her music teacher at school showed the class another one of their videos. And we went searching!
As we were browsing and trolling through YouTube, we found this one. Both of us were enthralled by the presentation, the colors, the talent.
The five singers of Pentatonix — Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola — have won the third season of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” and have released several medley covers of popular songs since.
This latest single, titled simply “Daft Punk,” coincides with the release of their new album, PTX, Vol. 2.
Pentatonix (often abbreviated as PTX) is an American a cappella group of five vocalists originating from Arlington, Texas. Their work, which is mostly in the pop music style, consists of covers of existing songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with some original material. Their music is defined by their own arrangement style, a strong presence of low bass vocals, and a diverse range of vocal percussion.
Angelika, is my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
Last night we were looking at two music posts where I used videos by Lindsey Stirling: “Dragon Age: Inquisition” and “Assassin’s Creed”. She surprised me by asking: “have you seen another one by Lindsey called “Master of Tides“?
I hadn’t. We looked it up together and here I’m presenting it to you.
(This girl has quite a way of teaching me!)
For her new music video, Master of Tides, Lindsey Stirling wanted to do something different. The director of the video, Mike Greene, set up a spontaneous live performance and recorded the footage as Stirling’s new music video.
Those who were present in the Americana Mall Square in Glendale, CA witnessed the video and had no idea before the performance that something like this was going to take place.
Stirling combined many ideas for the creation of this video. She had a pirate themed performance with a fountain show, pyro guns, and background dancers that were dressed to look like pirates and sirens. Suzanne Bernel, Cirque Berzerk Director and Stylist remarked about the costumes and the problems the dancers had, saying,
The biggest challenge in the spontaneous performance was designing these beautiful elaborate costumes, some that had some weight and some structure to them and then having to have them be covered up. And the make up too, is how do you have someone in elaborate, Poseidon/sea siren makeup and having to cover that up to where they just look like a shopper at the mall.
Some of the challenges that the crew faced were dancing and performing stunts on a wet surface, incorporating new moves into the routine that Stirling had never done before, and designing costumes and make up that could be disguised easily to fit in with the crowd.
Stirling concluded the performance by mentioning
The reason I’ve always wanted to do a spontaneous performance is because you get to surprise people; you get to make people, hopefully, make people smile that weren’t expecting this. And I’m looking forward to hopefully, you know, making a memorable night for someone tonight.
This is Angelika, my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
I’m still catching up from the list that she’s given me. I’m a bit behind. She told me I better get on it. So, here I am!!
British pop singer Jessie J has been on cruise control in her attempt at world domination, but now she’s set to extend the popularity she receives back home in the U.K. and bring the craze over to the States.
The 26-year-old has already unleashed her debut album Who You Are — powered by her hits, “Nobody’s Perfect,” “Price Tag,” “Domino,” and “Who You Are” — and her sophomore project Alive, which was restricted to a U.K.-only release in 2013.
Now, with Diplo, Max Martin, The-Dream, 2 Chainz, and more in her corner, Jessie is shooting for chart-topping success with her third studio album Sweet Talker.
One of J’s biggest hits off Sweet Talker that placed her at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 is her explosive hit “Bang Bang” featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. The trifecta’s collaboration was made possible by mega-producer Max Martin, who reached out to Jessie to see if she was interested in lending her vocals for the potential new single.
This is Angelika, my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
She returned from her summer trip up north, she has started school. I’m a bit behind. She told me I better get on it. So, here I am!!
“All About That Bass” is the debut single by American artist Meghan Trainor. It was released by Epic Records in June 2014 and was co-written by Meghan Trainor and Kevin Kadish. The song was produced by Kevin Kadish.
All instruments were played by Kevin Kadish (drums, bass and guitars) and David Baron (piano, saxophone, and Hammond B3 organ). Musically, “All About That Bass” is a pop and doo wop song that contains lyrics of body positive themes.
The song was positively received by critics who praised the catchy beat, lyrics, and message. The song has become a commercial success, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming her first hit single on the chart. Internationally, it has topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in other countries.
Meghan Trainor sings about not being a size 2. And about magazines not being real with all their Photoshop. Come on now, make it stop! And this is such a great message! Show the world you can be whatever you want to be, in each and every size.
And I love this text:
“Yeah, my momma she told me don’t worry about your size She says, boys they like a little more booty to hold at night”
This is Angelika, my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
Since she returned from her summer trip up north, she has started school. She’s been asking me how I am doing posting her songs. I told her I was a bit behind. She told me I better get on it. So, here I am!!
MKTO is an American musical duo consisting of Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller.
Their debut single, “Thank You“, was released in January 2013. The follow up single, “Classic“, was released in June 2013. MKTO’s self-titled debut album was released on January 30, 2014.
~~Career~~
2010–12: Formation
Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller met in 2010 while filming the Nickelodeon television series Gigantic, in which their characters played best friends. They later formed together as a duo and came up with the name MKTO, which represents the combined initials of their names and surnames, MK for Malcolm Kelley and TO for Tony Oller.
They elaborated upon the inspiration for their group name, saying: “It also stands for what our album kind of is: Misfit Kids and Total Outcasts – just like the kids we were in high school.
~~2013–2014: MKTO~~
The group signed to Columbia Records and released their debut single “Thank You” on January 15, 2013.
“Thank You” is a crossover between pop and hip hop.
This is Angelika, my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old.
I have been blessed by the fact the she loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
I created this series: Angelika’s Songs to post here the new songs that she teaches me about.
She surprised me by telling me about this song yesterday. She even told me it was “Dark Horse“. She looked it up on YouTube. I must be doing something right.
It was released on September 17, 2013, by Capitol Records as the first promotional single from Perry’s fourth studio album, Prism (2013). Three months later, it was released as the third official single on December 17. Both artists co-wrote the song with its producers, Max Martin, Cirkut, and Dr. Luke, alongside Sarah Hudson. It was conceived by Perry and Hudson during a writing session in Perry’s hometown of Santa Barbara, California, and Juicy J was later commissioned for a verse on the song.
“Dark Horse” combines the genres of trap and hip hop, replicating what has been described as a “Southern rap–techno mashup”. The track features a minimal production, with a “seductive” and “mature” tone to Perry’s vocals, while Juicy J is featured on the song’s intro and rapped–bridge. Perry, in interviews, said she wanted the song to have a “witchy, spell-y kind of black magic-y idea”, so she wrote it from the perspective of a witch warning a man not to fall in love with her because if he does, she will be his last. The song was part of a competition sponsored by Pepsi in which fans could vote via Twitter on whether they would prefer either “Dark Horse” or “Walking on Air” to be released as the first promotional single from Prism.
Upon release, “Dark Horse” received mixed to favorable reviews from contemporary music critics, who praised its experimentation with urban music and Perry’s vocals but were less favorable on Juicy J’s contribution to the song. “Dark Horse” has been a commercial success, charting at number one in Canada, the Netherlands and the United States.
It also reached the top ten in almost 20 countries including New Zealand, United Kingdom,Sweden and Venezuela as well as the Digital Songs chart of Billboard magazine. Perry first performed the song live at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas on September 20, 2013.
The song’s first major television performance was at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014. The song has sold 6 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.
~~Katy Perry – Dark Horse (Official) ft. Juicy J~~
~~Published on Feb 20, 2014~~
“Dark Horse” feat. Juicy J from Katy Perry’s PRISM
This is Angelika, my oldest grandaughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She is 9 years old at this time.
I have been blessed by the fact the she loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
This is a good thing because I’m behind on the new songs coming out.
(You know how easy it is to get stuck on the songs of your time! )
I decided to create this series: Angelika’s Songs. I will post here the new songs that she teaches me about.
She surprised me by telling me about this song yesterday. She even told me it was “Passenger“. She looked it up on YouTube and found the one with the lyrics. I must be doing something right.
Hope you enjoy it!
~~Let Her Go~~
Passenger
~Official Video~
~Published on Jul 25, 2012~
The official video for ‘Let Her Go‘, as featured in the Budweiser Superbowl 2014 commercial.
It Is What It Is 