Listen Up: Week #6

Since it was snowy and yucky out, I did my best to stay put. Whether or not I got any homework done was another story...

But I was listening to some pretty enjoyable music. I'm not really sure how to describe this week's artist besides that they have a very unique sound. I'm gonna skip the random filler talk because I'm lacking the creative juices tonight.

Warning: this music is great on all occasions

Florence and The Machine: Ceremonials

1. Only If For A Night
2. Shake It Out
3. What The Water Gave Me
4. Never Let Me Go
5. Breaking Down 
6. Lover to Lover
7. No Light, No Light
8. Seven Devils
9. Heartlines
10. Spectrum
11. All This and Heaven Too
12. Leave My Body
13. Remain Nameless
14. Strangeness And Charm
15. Bedroom Hymns

I know, I'm all full of words tonight. Eh not so much. Maybe tomorrow will have something more exciting in store :)

Goodnight Friends!

Ashlyn
  

Listen Up: Week #5

I'm a few weeks behind.

Will you ever forgive me?

I will just jump right into the music. Wait that sounds cheesy.

Today's album is by an artist I have grown to like, Miss Ellie Gouding!

You may have heard "Lights" on repeat this summer. My current fav is "Anything Could Happen". As I was watching last week's episode of Grey's Anatomy, I thought I noticed her distinct style towards the end of the show. After some researching, I confirmed it that "Dead In The Water" was featured in Grey's.

Here are the tracks from her album titled Halcyon.

Don't Say A Word
My Blood
Anything Could Happen
Only You
Halcyon
Figure 8
Joy
Hanging On
Explosions
I Know You Care
Atlantis
Dead In The Water
I Need Your Love (Feat. Calvin Harris)
Lights


So if you are tired of your current tunes, add these in your regular rotation. I'm sure they will bring some excitement to your day!

On the school side of things, I had some classroom observations today and a meeting tonight with NAEYC. Lots of good stuff.

Off the finish up homework before bed! Goodnight friends!

Ashlyn

Listen Up: Week #4

It's pretty rainy and icky out today. I got up and ran this morning. I was thankful to only have one class and then able to hang and do homework all day. And laundry. Gotta love laundry day!

If you are a fan of American Idol (I like the show, can't stand the judges right now) you might have seen this contestant:

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Tracks from "The World from the Side of the Moon"

Man on the Moon 
Home 
Gone. Gone. Gone 
Hold On 
Tell Me a Story 
Get Up Get Down 
Where We Came From 
Drive Me
Wanted is Love 
Can't Go Wrong 
A Fool's Dance 
So Easy 
 
 Check out his performance on Ellen recently:

Listen Up: Week 3

I'm kinda behind here, please forgive me. 

But I do have a few minutes to tell you folks about some music. 

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This week I picked The Lumineers self titled album. 

Just like last week, for me it's all about the sound of the artist. 

I'm still trying to figure out how to describe their sound. Have a listen for yourself and tell me what you think!

Flowers In Your Hair

Classy Girls

Submarines

Dead Sea

Ho Hey

Slow It Down

Stubborn Love

Big Parade

Charlie Boy

Flapper Girl

Morning Song 

Listen Up: Week 2

Today got to be a little crazy than I was anticipating. So I apologize for the short post, but I have some reading to finish before I crawl into my nest for the night. 

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This week’s listen up is someone who is a newer to my iTunes library: Andy Grammer. I think of him as a mix of Adam Levine and Gavin Degraw. 

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 I really like the sound of his voice and his has a “whole cd artist”. Whoa making up words on us on. In my book I think of that as an artist where I enjoy listening to their whole cd. I tend to get bored of the same artist (unless it’s NeedtoBreathe), but there are always a few I can listen to their entire cd and be entertained. Maybe it’s because I was singing in the car to it on the drive back to school? Who knows? 

If you are in need of some new music, be sure to give Andy a listen.

Here are the tracks on his self titled album:

Keep Your Head Up

Fine By Me

Slow

You Should Know Better

Lunatic

Miss Me

The Pocket

Ladies

Love Love Love (Let You Go)

Build Me A Girl

Biggest Man In Los Angeles

And that my friends is how you pack a car

I like to think I have some pretty stellar packing skills. In case you don't believe me, here is a picture of my work. 

Look at that organization right there. My dad taught me everything I know. I just like to think I can do better than him sometimes.

After breaking 2 ice scrapers (both from dollar store, good price, bad idea), my dad did some magic and made room for my car in the garage to heat that baby up. That way I could pack it up too. So smart. Didn't have to keep going in and out and dragging all of my stuff outside to get all wet. Good thinking dad. 

I headed out, loaded with freshly burned CDs and some oldies but goodies. In my case I refer to N*SYNC as an oldie. The awesome tunes made the drive fly by. And then before I knew it, I was back on campus and forced to start thinking in school mode. Luckily I was on the ball and very productive and left myself time for a quick run. 

It's Sunday and you know what that means! Honey Boo Boo!! I found this quote I thought was perfect for the first day of school, cause you know, gotta look good. Or in most cases, just try.

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Off to bed for me folks. I actually have to get out of bed when the alarm goes off. I know, sounds awful. But it's the first day of school! Hope y'all had a good weekend!

Ashlyn

Stickin' it to the man

So I found myself sitting at a red light you know what that means? Search all the presets in my car for some good music, I think so. As I'm searching for something good, I land on shine.fm where I hear the intro to "Washed By The Water". Happens to be by one of my most favorite bands ever. Naturally what do I do? Turn it up really loud, that's a no brainier. Maybe not the best idea sitting by a cop at a red light especially since I have seen at least 15 cop cars today. Okay that's a lie, but it was more than 5 so just to be safe I rounded to 15. Good thing I'm not majoring in math. Made sure to turn the music up nice and loud as a drove by the cop. What a little rebel I am. 

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Enjoy the start of your weekend friends!

Listen Up: Week 1

I'm that girl sitting at the red stoplight jamming out to whatever music I can get my hands on. And when I say jamming, belting out the lyrics (all singing technique is out the window here) and getting some funny looks from the cars next to me watching me dance. Sometimes it's the a random combo of songs on a burned CD or if I'm up for an adventure, I'll scroll through the radio stations. The problem I have with the radio is that I feel like I always hear (at first I wrote the wrong here, bad self, you should know better) the same songs are played on repeat. I'm constantly flipping and looking for something exciting to listen to. I can't stand when people are always flipping through the channels on the TV, but it doesn't seem to phase me if I channel surf in the car. 

Anyway, on to the good stuff. Is it really cheesy if I do 13 songs since it is 2013? It is? Good. This week I will do 13 of my current all time favorites. 


Something Beautiful – NeedtoBreathe  

What I Know – Parachute

Hanging By a Moment – Lifehouse

Keep Your Eyes Open – NeedtoBreathe

Wanted –Hunter Hayes

Slumber –Needtobreathe

Kiss Me Slowly – Parachute

You Found Me – The Fray

White Fences – Needtobreathe

American Secrets – Parachute

Gone Gone Gone – Phillip Phillips

More Time – Needtobreathe

White Dress – Ben Rector 

Alright the cat is out of the bag. I love NeedtoBreathe. My most favorite song by them is Something Beautiful. I've probably listened to it 500+ times. Sorry to everyone who got tired of hearing it on repeat. That's why I wanted to use it as my blog title. I am planning on explaining the meaning behind the title another time.  

Happy Tuesday friends! I have a few errands to run and a few projects to work on before going back to school. Let's just say if they turn out okay, I will share them, if not I will keep the embarrassment to myself. 

Ashlyn