Monday
Dec132010
Music For My Ears
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 4:46AM
A month or so ago I complained about the lack of funds to purchase new music... well though I still don't have much money, I have been swamped the past few weeks with a huge amount of tunes, from various sources... mostly free of charge! (Or at the very least, reduced in price).
I re-discovered the Amazon MP3 store, which has an incredible amount of free music; they have daily free songs, and regular sampler albums, with a large number of tracks on. A great way to find new bands. They also have a huge number of daily offers, ranging from a Black Friday week of albums at $1.99, to monthly specials of 100 albums at $5.00. I downloaded over 300 christmas songs, purchasing just one album of 99 songs for $1.99! And I got a few new albums I have been wanting for a long time, including Take That, She and Him, and John Legend. I have a long list of more to download too!
The UK amazon store also has weekly deals and free downloads, but unfortunately a smaller amount than the US amazon. Still, it's well worth checking out, as the prices and offers are often better than iTunes, the downloads are faster, and the music is just as great a quality. It's also seamlessly added to your iTunes library, so no technical troubles!
Despite this overwhelming amount of new music, I managed to consolidate the older stuff into my October playlist. As always, it's very eclectic. I love the Katy Perry album, with songs like Teenage Dream and Firework, which are both in there, along with great new tracks by Brandon Flowers, Kings of Leon, Eliza Doolittle, 30 Seconds from Mars, Kele, Jon McLaughlin, and one of my favourite small bands, Passenger. They have some interesting tracks about the evils of Facebook and life at the Community Centre! The playlist also has somewhat of a Latin feel too, with tracks by Alejandro Sanz, Marc Antony and my favourite Latin boy band, Camila. I don't know what they're singing about, but I like the music! (To be honest, I often miss the meanings of songs in English, but if it's catchy, I like it!)
Though it's not usually my kind of thing, I also like the B.O.B album.. it has a large number of songs on it which I really enjoy "bopping" along too. No doubt I embarrass myself walking to work every morning!
The stand out new album I have come across this month comes courtesy of Nicole taking me along to see the band at Halloween perform free in the Union. Mayer Hawthorne has a really unique voice, and his jazzy sound just really impresses me every time I hear. I've pasted the youtube video to one of his songs below, so if you feel like dancing, have a listen and let me know what you think. I'm pretty sure it will make you smile.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxBdYM8opg]
I re-discovered the Amazon MP3 store, which has an incredible amount of free music; they have daily free songs, and regular sampler albums, with a large number of tracks on. A great way to find new bands. They also have a huge number of daily offers, ranging from a Black Friday week of albums at $1.99, to monthly specials of 100 albums at $5.00. I downloaded over 300 christmas songs, purchasing just one album of 99 songs for $1.99! And I got a few new albums I have been wanting for a long time, including Take That, She and Him, and John Legend. I have a long list of more to download too!
The UK amazon store also has weekly deals and free downloads, but unfortunately a smaller amount than the US amazon. Still, it's well worth checking out, as the prices and offers are often better than iTunes, the downloads are faster, and the music is just as great a quality. It's also seamlessly added to your iTunes library, so no technical troubles!
Despite this overwhelming amount of new music, I managed to consolidate the older stuff into my October playlist. As always, it's very eclectic. I love the Katy Perry album, with songs like Teenage Dream and Firework, which are both in there, along with great new tracks by Brandon Flowers, Kings of Leon, Eliza Doolittle, 30 Seconds from Mars, Kele, Jon McLaughlin, and one of my favourite small bands, Passenger. They have some interesting tracks about the evils of Facebook and life at the Community Centre! The playlist also has somewhat of a Latin feel too, with tracks by Alejandro Sanz, Marc Antony and my favourite Latin boy band, Camila. I don't know what they're singing about, but I like the music! (To be honest, I often miss the meanings of songs in English, but if it's catchy, I like it!)
Though it's not usually my kind of thing, I also like the B.O.B album.. it has a large number of songs on it which I really enjoy "bopping" along too. No doubt I embarrass myself walking to work every morning!
The stand out new album I have come across this month comes courtesy of Nicole taking me along to see the band at Halloween perform free in the Union. Mayer Hawthorne has a really unique voice, and his jazzy sound just really impresses me every time I hear. I've pasted the youtube video to one of his songs below, so if you feel like dancing, have a listen and let me know what you think. I'm pretty sure it will make you smile.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAxBdYM8opg]
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