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Hello,

The end of 2012 is approaching, quickly. The end of a beautiful year, honestly, it has been one of the finest. This year saw many concerts, it saw my FIRST EVER CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL! (the experience of that was absolutely the best bit of summer), Latitude Festival, many new friendships, aand this silly blog thing I started, with an aim to spark interests in different types of music, and open up people's minds. I don't know how well I'm doing, but I'll carry on because it gives me something to do, and I like to see where everyone is viewing from haha!

Recently, I saw that the BBC Sound of 2013 list was up (eeeeeekk exciting stuff) so I decided to check it out, and so far am not disappointed. The list consists of:

• A*M*E
• AlunaGeorge
• Angel Haze
• Arlissa
• CHVRCHES
• Haim
• King Krule
• Kodaline
• Laura Mvula
• Little Green Cars
• Palma Violets
• Peace
• Savages
• The Weeknd
• Tom Odell

I've had a listen, it's exciting, the sounds of 2012 are carrying through, the music is chilled out, and genuine, rich in harmonies in some cases, and the perfect music for exploring new sounds and styles.
Please check them out, Kodaline sound a bit like Coldplay in some places, Little Green Cars have the more vocals less everything else approach, there's a real variety in there, and I certainly am looking forward to seeing more from these in 2013.

For me, 2013 is going to be a year full of music, Cambridge Folk, Biffy Clyro, Muse, Mcfly, Olly Murs, The Script, and many more to come. I can't see a life without gigs, I really can't.

What are your 2013 predictions?
What are your plans?

Happy New Year everyone,
Now go fill it with music!
xxxx

Musical Comedy:D

Hello people!
I thought I would try something a little different today, in the form of a blog post about comedy in music ( however this can kind of link to the folky world of story telling, although I really am clutching at straws ) So here are my top picks of side splitting song writers (harharhar)

Jollyboat!
On Saturday I went to a Youtuber gathering in Hyde Park (which was fabulous by the way) and when on the tube on the way back, got chatting to a guy who I later found out was called Tommy Croft, and alongside his brother does comedic songs on Youtube. As soon as I got home I found them on Youtube, and wow, it was amazing! They are everything you want in comedic songwriting, their song about the Xfactor includes lyrics covering every aspect of the show, and putting it into the correct light (ooh sorry xfactor fans). In fact, it is so well thought up, that it includes a key change and everything, brill! The guys seemed very lovely chaps in the brief meet we had, and I reallly want to have the chance to see them perform, considering the time that looks like it has been put into this, the least you can do is check out the vid:

I don't know about you, but I really enjoy finding songs that make me laugh, music is a thing of many emotions, and laughter should be one of them! Comedy through music is possibly one of the best forms of comedy, feel free to share any of your favs here, caring is sharing x

Monsters and stuff...

Hello lovely musicians, sorry I haven't been posting for a while, been out adventuring and things (i wish more getting lost in the stupid piles of work), however the one thing that gets people through jobs and work and tasks would be music, so there are still plenty of things to write about!

Some of my favourites at the moment are Of Monsters and Men and most recently The Lumineers. I would say that both have quite a similar sounds, but it's cute music. You know the kind of music that makes you like "awwwhwhh ^^" and all smiley and happy and things. A bit like glitter and stars and rainbows.

Of Monsters and Men's most famous song which they emerged with was "Little Talks". I can see why it became so popular, it has a cute set up of responses between two singers which adds like a mini relationship within the song. nawwh. It has that catchy strumming pattern which keeps the beat, it has lyrics which everyone can relate to, and enjoys singing along to, not to mention the bits that EVERYONE can join in with ".....HEY!" There's a mood change at the end with a change of key, which then goes back to the original mood, the piece just generally contatins a story, and everyone loves a story. The rest of their album "My Head Is An Animal" follows a more laid back approach, with songs that have a sort of eerie feel, but not in a negative way, the album is kind of an album of reflective songs. Contemplation music for sure.

The Lumineers are generally more upbeat throughout. The song that most of you will be familiar with if you are going to know any of their songs is "Ho Hey" once again, having that fabulous "Hey!" that you can also join in with, even if you don't know anyyyy of the other words! The self titled album "The Lumineers" gets its own cute factor from the simple guitar part and just the voices, it's definitely over complicated. And the lyrics are cute once again, i belong with you, you belong with meeeee.
There are also songs on this album that are less up beat and more reflective, but generally the tone of the album is lighter than the Of Monsters and Men album. The voice of the lead singer Wesley Schultz is juicy, and kind of powerful in its own way, it's just great music really.

Don't take my word though, all be cheered up by the happiness of the music:

Love we need it now,

Let's hope for some <3