Sean Paul is a dancehall/reggae singer/artist from Jamaica and I absolutely love his music. he recently released a new album named “A New Age 2008″ which contains a total of 12 individual tracks with all the track times equaling to an astonishing 40 minutes and 23 seconds. I have …

Runnin The Round Ball is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their second release Danse Manatee. Opening up with a building introduction which carries on throughout the entire track, the sound is interesting from the start and I only hope that the band do not disappoint by …

I recently recieved one of these guitars for my birthday. Now keep in mind that I have absolutely no musical talent, and I’ve heard that these guitars are perfect for begginers. I am pretty happy with it, I must admit.
The guitar has a bit of a hollow sound but …

Puff Daddy ft. Chuck D. and Jam Master Jay
“P.E. 2000 (Rock Remix)”
Forever
Bad Boy Entertainment
To ensure any possible success with the original “P.E. 2000″, I guess Puff Daddy decided to do two remixes of the song, including this rock remix right here, but even this is not enough to salvage …

Into The Lungs Of Hell is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record So Far, So Good… So What. Something to note about this track before we begin is that it’s an instrumental so if you aren’t typically a person who enjoys those, this wouldn’t be a …

The Vox AC15 CC is a 15watt class A tube amp that is something of an amalagam of previous AC 15 models. The amp is fairly big, and very heavy, weighing something in the neighborhood of 80 pounds, but it’s still easier lugging around than a halfstack.
The AC15 CC …

Your Bats is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their album Embryonic. The track opens up with a guitar playing with a wah-wah effect before the drums and other instrumentation also abruptly and awkward join into the mix. Interesting enough, all of this instrumentation drops out …

Whenever there is a singing contest it never happen that there is no Whitney song that the contestant will not sing. It is always present. Maybe because Whitney has the best vocal range among the singer in the US and if you can be able to sing her song …

I think this is a good video for anybody to watch. It has a great calming feel to it and I think it could be watched many times. I kind of do that myself. I love repeating the video over and over and over again, but I never get …

Lullaby For The Summer is an instrumental by Jimi Hendrix which appears on his posthumous album, Valleys Of Neptune. The track starts off with a guitar riff coming through the left channel before the music picks up and it starts coming through both channels. Thus far I wouldn’t say …

The Suburbs is Arcade Fire’s third studio album, released in 2010, and probably my favourite out of all three of their albums. It’s been three years since their last release, and this album has been highly anticipated by all of Arcade Fire’s fans. The wait, in my opinion, is …

Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
“1, 2 Step”
Goodies
LaFace Records
Director: Benny Boom
“1, 2 Step” is Ciara’s follow-up single and music video to “Goodies” off of the album of the same name, “Goodies”. The song is obviously inspired (extremely inspired, I might add) by 1980s electronic music. In the lyrics, Ciara often describes …

Girl From The North Country is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The song opens up with a melodic fairly paced acoustic guitar part from Dylan before he joins in with the vocals. His voice seems to have a bit of …

Ever since Arctic Monkeys burst onto the scene in 2006 with their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That Is What I Am Not there has been a growing interest about the British indie rock group. Combining lyrical wit with fast paced, edgy guitar sounds, the band …

The Eagles made a comeback album called “Hell Freezes Over” and it absolutely proved just how great the group really is. They are an easy listening type rock band that had long retired when they came back together for this tour turned album. Their talent shines through with songs …

Cherry Oh Baby is a cover performed and recorded by The Rolling Stones which appears on their record Black And Blue. The track starts with a laid-back drum rhythm before a guitar rhythm joins in along with an organ as well. Jagger soon comes in with the vocal melody …

There is barely anything I can say about this album that hasn’t been said by critics over the past 10 years or so. Released in September 2004, The beautiful thing about this album is that this was something I didn’t necessarily enjoy on first listen but for me I …

The new Britney Spears cd will be released on October 30, 2007 to much speculation, I was very excited when I got a chance to hear this cd since I have been a Spears fan since “Baby One More Time” and I have been to many of her concerts. …

NOW 68 is a CD compilation featuring tracks by artists such as The Hoosiers, Take That, Leona Lewis, Sean Kingston and many more. The CD is published by EMI is copyright 2007.
The songs are all popular songs that have made it into the charts. They are mainly pop …

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is one of the tracks from the White Album which I would define as being simply one of the most upbeat tracks throughout the entire record and one of the most cheerful sounding Beatles’ tracks which I’ve ever heard. Right from this description I would be assuming …

3 doors down
For as long as I can remember I have absolutely loved this band. I can remember dancing to their songs at dances back in the sixth grade and loving every second of it. I am a huge rock fan, all kinds of rock, but I …

When I first started playing the drums about one year ago, I acquired a pair of Pro-Mark Millennium II sticks. These are size 5A, which is perfect for my playing style (drum kit - mostly alternative, rock and contemporary Christian music). Tagged “The Natural,” this pair of sticks is …

Artist: Mariah Carey
Video: If It’s Over
Album: MTV Unplugged
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Larry Jordan
“If It’s Over” is the second and final single and music video from Mariah Carey’s MTV Unplugged album, following the Jackson Five reenactment with Trey Songz titled “I’ll Be There”. Once again, we are treated to compiled footage …

Lady Jane is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Aftermath. When I first listened to this track I wasn’t all that impressed with it but I think I’m beginning to develop an appreciation for the song. Lady Jane has a very English sounding tone …

This is one of the most romantic songs ever recorded as far as I am concerned. Engelbert Humperdink was well known for his romantic songs. This is absolutely the love song of the century. Engelbert has one of those voices that had the ability to melt women’s hearts. He …

I first discovered Anberlin about three years ago when I went to visit my family in Wisconsin. I remember being in an F.Y.E. store in one of the local malls and seeing a white album with a statue’s head on it and there were blue flowers growing out of that …

Released 06/03/2006, priced around 7 pounds sterling in most record shops and Woolworths, you can search on the net, Amazon are selling it for around 3 pounds sterling.
I bought Amore in ´06 after listening to a few other Albums of Bocelli. This is my favourite of his, I …

This is actually a very sad song, but it’s real and it speaks something that no one wants to speak about, something that people try to pretend doesn’t exist. But cruelty does exist in this world and it happens all the time. This song is about a girl who …

She and Him is the name of the band formed by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. I first heard the vocal stylings of actress Zooey Deschanel in the movie “Elf” where she sang “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with Will Ferrell. It immediately struck me that she had a stone …

If youre looking to get a great tone for your band, cover band or just for personal music use and dont have 2000 bucks to get a marshall or evh 5150 amp. A great choice would be the modeling amp from Roland called the Vga-5. It is packed with …

I thought that the 1994 Illmatic by rapper Nas was a classic and is one of the best hip hop albums of all time. At the time, Nas was a relatively unknown artist and west coast gangsta rap artists were dominating the hip hop scene such as Dr. Dre, …

Dark Fantasy is a song by Kanye West and is the opening track to his most recent album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Opening up with a female voice and a spoken word section, the track gradually transitions into the bulk of the song with West coming in with …

Pancho and Lefty by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson reminds me of a the wild west days. When I listen to it I can picture someone like Butch Cassidy riding off into the sunset after a robbery and being chased by the US Marshalls. I often visualize that it …

ROCK AND ROLL OVER
Kiss returns to the sound of their first three albums with this disc (which followed ALIVE I and DESTROYER) and provided years of live shows with the classics I WANT YOU, CALLING DR. LOVE (Gene’ best song), and LADIES ROOM.
This time, KISS was afforded a large …

IF Z-Man is part of the Hieroglyphics extended family, then he is one the outer, outer branches of the family tree. He actually is part of the Hiero crew, but not an immediate member, but signed to their label, Hiero Imperium. Z-Man’s lyrics are in a league of …

Three Peaches is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their debut record On Avery Island. Opening up with a short horn introduction, Magnum comes in with the vocals of the track with a delivery that seems to have a slightly sad tone to it which matches …

There You Are: Jesus Song No. 7 is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears as the eighth song on their fourth release, In A Priest Driven Ambulance. In strict contrast to the preceding track on this record, There You Are: Jesus Song No. 7 returns the album …

I was a big fan of Selena Gomez when I was like 10-14 years old. I always saw her as Miley Cyrus’ rival during those days, coming from Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place.
I loved some of her songs when she was called “Selena Gomez and the Scene”; …

Clothes off by gym class heroes is on there album as cruel as school children. This song is four minutes and eleven seconds long and it came out in July twenty seventh two thousand and seven. This song to me is kind of funny because it talks about how …

Tired Of Sex is the opening song on Pinkerton, the second album by Weezer. What strikes a listener immediately about this track, compared to any of the songs on Weezer’s debut album, is that it has a much rougher sound to it and isn’t quite as pop sounding. This …

Former Miss America, Sharlene Wells Hawkes brings us a fascinating album with her When All Will Believe CD. I highly recommend reading her comments in the liner jacket which explain the evolution of this religious musical production. I found it very interesting to see how the project …

This album was released in 2000 on East West Records, this is Pantera’s final album, they dedicated it to their fans. This was the second album that was recorded with Phil Anselmo’s vocals away from the band and later mixed in. The album was produced by Vinnie Paul, Dimebag …

This is just another one of Carrie Underwood’s amazing songs. By far, she is the best American Idol there ever was and the most successful. This song didn’t get very big on the radio but got big in my heart. I can’t quite relate to the subject of the …

The genius musicianship of R. Kelly was put to the test again on his 4th album “TP-2.com”. The album name serves as a continuation from his first album “12 Play”, with this album acting as the sequel: “Twelve Play-2”. Although 12 play was named because it consisted of 12 …

I will admit that when I heard the first few bits of Give Me Novacaine I was a bit worried that it was going to be another track to sound extremely similar to previous songs like Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Are We The Waiting, thankfully I was wrong. …

Green Day busted back into the limelight with the highly acclaimed “American Idiot”. Their new album may not be as great a step in the right direction.
Five years in the making, 21st Century Breakdown is Green Day’s newest album. It contains creative and imaginative themes and styles, but may …

Out On The Tiles is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears as a bonus track for their record United Abominations. The cover is a song initially done by Led Zeppelin so it’ll be interesting to see how Megadeth interpret the song. The track starts off with that familiar …

Jay-Z
“99 Problems”
The Black Album
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Mark Romanek
Wow, I must say that I am impressed, this has to be the best music video from “The Black Album”. “99 Problems” is Jay-Z’s third and final single and music video from his eighth album titled “The Black Album”, following “Change Clothes” and …

The DGX 305 Portable Grand is a 76-key keyboard from Yamaha. It comes with a user manual, accessory CD-ROM, and music rest but I bought mine from a music store that gave me a free keyboard stand and a Yamaha power supply which is good considering that the …

In 1983, I attended a concert with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band playing. It was a wonderful concert. The best concert I had been to in a very long time. Fully enjoyed myself. It was my pleasure to once again get to see …