i play songs back to back until i go to bed...

I've been slacking on the blogging.

It's been a rough few days, stuff at home has been trying, I was sick over the weekend, and generally just feeling blahh.

I just wanted to give a quick post about the 4th song on my summer mix CD; "Melody", by Kate Earl. It's a happy upbeat song that I chose mainly because it was fun, and made me feel good. Theres not a WHOLE lot of meaning behind it. I got it on the free iTunes download of the week. I downloaded it and ended up loving it! I dont know too much more of her music but I think i'd definitely check more of it out if i got a chance. If i had to choose who i think she sounds like, i want to say, with some hesitation, that its a little like Erica Badu meets Joni Mitchell...???? She has a really easy free sound, almost with a little jazz/soul

no matter what has ever come to me
i got my own brand of company
i got da da da inside my head
and i play songs back to back until i got to bed

wake up by myself inside an empty room
theres no body next to mine to oooh
but my skin is warm and my heart is full
its the do do do do do do


walking waking on a crowded street
with my headphones loud
so my hips can swing, so my head can nod
to the rock and roll to the boom boom beat

and i find that im never alone
and i find that my heart is my home
and the music within makes me whole
a world that i built on my own

and i know that im never alone
and i know that my heart is my home
every missing piece of me
i can find in a melody

no matter what has ever come to me
i got my own kind of company
i got ba ba ba inside my head
and i sing songs back to back until i go to bed

theres a river in my mind thats never still
swirling , soothing all the time gives me a thrill
swimming in the notes that go
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

wandering, waking in an empty wood
it is quiet here, i am powerful
i look down below serenade the world
from inside my soul

when the walls begin to creep in
and the sky is fallin down
when im swallowed up in feelings
i get lost inside the sound...




I definitely like this song and can relate to it because i can think of a number of times where my personal life was in the shitter and all i really had was my iPod to listen to to get me through the day, walking to class and hanging out in my room..

I think that Kate is singing about how no matter what happens, she just listens to her music and she gets lost in it, and it'll all be okay. She couldn't be more happy than to be listening to music no matter whats going on.

Music has definitely gotten me through some stuff. I remember one certain situation in 2008 during a semester when things were a little rocky, I was walking to Mason (the music building) listening to an Of Montreal song. All of a sudden, like magic, my entire mood changed. Something came over me and i thought "I am fine. Everything is going to be totally fine!" It was amazing!! I'm convinced that listening to that song on that specific day at that specific time is what made me come to that revelation. It was pretty sweet.

Melody- Kate Earl -also, she's gorgeous!! AND from alaska!

I'm going to try and blog more often, it's just been a little crazy around here.. i also just discovered i can put the youtube videos right in the blog! next time.

Jen