SHERBET TIGHTS

so as most know, ed, adam and heather were on a podcast talking about music. i took a listen yesterday and enjoyed it, funny and informative guys and gal. well done. but of course it got me looking at my own collection and thinking about my past, and how i got to where i am now musically. what a wild ride it has been. to explain, when i bought my first cd player, i had enough money left to actually buy a few cd's, three to be exact. and they were. 1) arrested development-unplugged 2)alan jackson-who i am, the one that has chattahoochee on it. 3)SWV-sisters with voices. yeah! suck it. a few weeks later i bought three more. 4)crash test dummies-mmmm mmmm mmmm 5)spin doctors-pocket full of kryptonite 6)soundgarden-superunknown. now before the cd's there were tapes, but like adam, my dad had control of my musical likiing and had me listening to dc talk, news boys and of course petra. petra is a christian classic rock band. one of the album covers was a v type guitar, that was a space ship, awesome. there of course were many more, but i try to keep those more painful memories locked up. so there is a little peak at my musical past.

PRESENT
so lately i have been on a big female artist kick, and trying to find a few under grounders and it has been fun. if you'd like let me give you a few good artists i've found in my recent search.
meiko(she also spells it with a lower case)-awesome, hard to describe, some electric, simple but beautiful, check it.
jessie baylin-a girl and her guitar. beautiful voice, a little on the slower side, be in the right mood.
kate voegel-girl and her guitar. good for the most part, but she slips in and out of shakira voice stylings. hit and miss, but some decent hits.
kate nash-this girl is a-w-e-s-o-m-e. her lyrics are fun and light, and then slip into something a little more dark. the album has great balance, fun music, happy music, bitter music, cute one liners. she is by far my favorite, so far. check out the album, made of bricks.



i've also been recycling some older ones i've had for a few month/years.

tristan prettyman-jason mraz-esque. great writer, and simple music that is not distracting. beautiful voice.

colbie caillet-beachy, a female jack johnson. good lyrics and a great voice.

sara bareilles-a little different. girl+piano+voice and lyrics=good times.

these last three should be staples in a persons female artist collection.



so i was thinking about my blog on my way to work this morning, and which songs, and artists i would talk about, and which direction i wanted this thing to go(it now has a mind of its own). i stopped into jamba juice for my breakfast and there is that time in shops like this, the kind where you place your order, but you just have to stand for a few minutes and wait, try not to make eye contact with the other patrons. anyway, i was there, doing that, reading ads and nutrition facts, when i heard something, something familiar, but i couldn't put my finger on it. i kept listening, radiohead? the voice sounds like thom yorke, but the music isn't radiohead, what? then i heard it. it was a cover or a remake of karma police with a reggae music theme. strange but not too bad.


i guess thats enough for now. have a great friday.