Garth Brooks sings a song called Standing Outside the Fire. It is about a group of people who are often left out when it comes to even some of the simplest events. Some of them have special needs and against all odds try to win a race against …

Lenka is a new artist from Australia whose music has been featured on television shows and is quickly becoming more popular. I first got hooked on her hit song called “The Show” and have since downloaded her entire album. I love every track on it. It is very rare …

I just recently bought a System of A Down’s album Mesmerize. As always, it a test listening and dissecting sonically the band’s music as it defies every categorization and convention thrown at them.
Put the CD in my player, please play and I didn’t get any surprise from the …

Hearing Barry Manilow sing songs from the 70’s was spine-tingling. He’s not only a musical product of the 70’s himself, but he chose some very popular songs of that era to sing for this CD. All the songs are familiar, yet more-so with Barry’s warm vocals. The songs seem …

This was the record that introduced me to Cypress Hill, and I liked it a lot back when I started listening to it, and I still think that it is a very good record. In actual fact, even now, when I have heard all the Cypress Hill records, and …

“Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera is an amazing song with the singer’s powerful voice and positive lyrics. The song made a huge impact on me the very first time I’ve heard it several years ago. It was such a big success and a big hit, playing often on different …

After My Steve Vai Wah pedal blew a fuse I was very upset. This wah pedal was very expensive and allowed me to have alot of tonal control with the wah. Also when I went to guitar center I found out that my year warranty ran out. I had …

Bounce is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. Right from the start the song is extremely aggressive and Tankian matches the intensity of the music with his own vocal delivery. The track is pretty hectic, although to no extreme sense, it …

Blitzkrieg is a cover from the metal band called Blitzkrieg which Metallica recorded sometime during the early 1980s as a B-side for Kill —˜Em All, if memory serves me correctly, and officially released on one of the disks for Garage, Inc. I have to say that if Metallica were …

I had a chance to listen to the new Jay-Z album which is the Blueprint 3, and it is one of my most favorite music albums of the year. This is Jay-Z’s 10th album and even at almost 40 years old, he is still one of the best rap …

Riding with Private Malone is a song by David Ball about a guy who just got out of the military and buys a 66 Chevy Corvette from an ad in the paper. It describes how excited he was to get his dream car. It talks about how the car …

In the end by Likin park is a song that has an awesome beat to it and the words are a little bit freaky. I like the way the song starts out personally but the rest of the song is good too. In the begging of the song …

BoA- White Wishes song has been out since 2009. I was first introduced to it when I was watching music videos online. When I first heard the song I was amazed. It’s instrumentals and her voice reminded me of a fantasy world. Her voice was gentle but yet strong. …

I received these headphones almost a year ago during Christmas. Once you put them on your head there is no going back. As somebody who is an avid music listener, my everyday experience with my favorite artists has been forever changed. After several pairs of cheap twenty dollar headphones …

I think one of the most popular singers from the nineteen nineties was the singer Gloria Estefan. I can remember seeing her when I was little on television and thinking that not only did I want to be beautiful like her but I wanted to sing like her some …

By 2003, the new re-incarnation of The Misfits had already released two albums that proved to be successful in putting the Misfits name and music, new and old, back into popularity. Four years after releasing “Famous Monsters”, which contained some of their best material since their days with Glenn …

Cold Dark World is a song by Weezer which appears on their self-titled record, otherwise known as The Red Album. Like some of the other songs on The Red Album, this track doesn’t feature Rivers Cuomo singing lead, so it doesn’t exactly have the characteristic power pop sound which …

Tuesday Moon is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel and is the fourth and final track on their EP release, Everything Is. After listening to a mess of noise which was deemed as Aunt Eggma Blowtorch, I’m hoping that this track can return to a slightly more conventional form …

In the 1960’s, Patty Duke was one of the most successful teenagers in Hollywood. She performed this song, Funny Little Butterflies, in her movie, Billie. It comes from L. Crane, J. Gold, and B. Ross.
Funny Little Butterflies is a song about growing up. It’s a coming …

When I first heard of this band, I didn’t really know to much about them other than they sounded a lot like Killswitch Engage. Well I got more than I bargained for. When I borrowed this CD from my friend Jacob, I was soon to find out that they …

On your local cable station of VH1 music channel featurers weekly the Vh1 vspot top 20 video countdown which the viewers vote on what videos they think should be played for the week. The show is put together very well and the old emcee Hamer Aileen is great. …

Off their album Stadium Arcadium the RHCP released the hit single Dani California. They also later released a music video for the song that refrences many bands from the 70s 80s 90s and modern music that spans from funk,death metal,classic rock,punk to even grunge with a part in the …

The very first time I was exposed to the sounds of this Cape Town based band, I thought I was listening to the music of an international act, so good was the song —˜I’d like’, and when I later learned that it was a local group, my curiosity levels …

First and foremost, I have to admit that I have not listened to this CD as much as I have the previous two. It is not because it’s bad. It’s just not my taste in music.
I will say that the music does match the much darker tone …

Ozzy Osbourne is quite simply my music Messiah, the God of all things metal, the Prince Of Darkness! I have seen him live in concert on July 6th in what was truly the most amazing night of my life, seeing my hero and God LIVE why I was only …

The Mob Rules is a song by Black Sabbath which appears on their album of the same name. Opening up with a quick and aggressive riff from Tony Iommi, Dio can be heard in the background with a scream before the rest of the band also comes in and …

Lost For Words is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their album The Division Bell. The song opens up very slowly with some background noise before a drum beat comes in and then a rhythm played on a synthesizer. To be honest, the sound that’s building up …

I got this bass as my first instrument. All i can say is wow. it is beautiful. It is simple and perfect for learning on. The structural integrity of this bass is so amazing for how cheap it was. Its great for a beginner that trying to figure out …

Sick puppies is not a ery known band, it is known basically in the US and Australia.
At first i knew them by a video on youtube that lots of poeple might know it, since it had A LOT of views, it currently have more than 60 million views and …

The Boston series of pianos resulted as a collaboration between piano manufacturers Steinway and Kawai, with Steinway supplying the design and Kawai managing the production. The Boston GP-178, in particular, is my favorite of this series largely because it possesses good string speaking length for great sound while remaining …

I just purchased the Luke Bryan CD, “Doin’ My Thing”. This CD came out in October. I have fallen in love with this man’s voice. Let me tell you! There are some great tracks on this CD.
The song that had me desiring this CD in the first …

Jay-Z
“D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
The Blueprint 3
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: Philip Andelman
Jay-Z finally speaks out about today’s crappy music! Thank God. “Death of Auto-Tune” aka “D.O.A.” is the first single and music video from his latest album (to be released this coming Fall) titled “The Blueprint 3″. Jay-Z is back with a …

Overview - Long John Silver, Jefferson Airplane’s seventh effort, is an album that truly relied on Jorma Kaukonen, if he was not on this album, it would’ve been miles worse than what it was. Although the album really isn’t that good by any means, I’d say just average at …

The last time anyone had heard of the Hieroglyphics crew together on one album was way back with their debut “3rd Eye Vision”. The album presented more or less Jazzy Hip Hop beats by the infamous JayBiz, and was chock full of intelligent and witty lyrics. “3rd Eye Vision” …

The song Forty Acres by Red Sovine makes me think of something I would sing. I can definitely relate to this song when I was learning how to drive a five ton truck and deuce n half for the National Guard. When I first learned how to drive a …

I am a huge Britney Spears fan. I watch all of her music videos and memorize the words to all of her songs. I own every album and have so many posters all over my walls. Her concerts are amazing and the fact that she’s produced so many hit …

I only got introduced to the singer Elise Estrada after I heard her song entitled Lipstick on the radio. I thought, what great song it was, it has all the feelings of a young woman who pretends she is not in love with a man to whom she …

The Sun is a song by The Flaming lips and the third track to appear on their album Hit To Death In The Future Head. Opening up with a melodic introduction, Coyne comes in with the vocals of the track which start out promising again. Although not a wonderful …

The song It Stops Today has become my signature song and it is sung by one of my favorite singers, Colbie Caillat. I first heard this song after a break up and it spoke volumes as to where I was in my life. I had always depended on others …

This is an absolutly fantastic soundtrack. i haven’t really enjoyed a musical this much since RENT was released. This is an amazing show tha everyone should go see at leqast once. next time you’re in the New York area try and get tickets. You won’t be disappointed. I purchased …

I have to admit that I was skeptical when I heard that Scott Weiland, former lead singer of alternative/grunge rock band Stone Temple Pilots, was teaming up with the band members of Guns’n’Roses to form this supergroup. But this project brings out the best of both worlds. …

I love to play my guitars everyday and I could play all day long. I just can’t live without my guitars. I am doing a review on the Les Paul Special 2. This guitar is $150 at Guitar Center. To be honest, the Special 2 is a good guitar …

The reason I know Brad Maule is from his role on the daytime soap opera, General Hospital, where he played Doctor Tony Jones. As a result of that role, I met him a couple of times at events and thought he was a nice guy. He sang …

Gotta Get Away is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Out Of Our Heads. The track opens up with a fairly slow rhythm where each of the instruments join in the track pretty quickly along with Jagger’s vocals as well. I wouldn’t say that …

A great album that gave Rush its 80s style, sound and looks was the release of Moving Pictures. This album features a more radio friendly format with Hits such as Tom Sawyer co written by Max Webster. It originated from a soundcheck jam when Geddy Lee was messing around …

Sounds of Earth: Rainforest - Sounds Of The Earth Series is a wonderful audio CD to listen to. This CD offers a couple noticeable sounds in the background: the sounds of birds, the sound of a stream on track one, and the sound of thunder on track two. I …

How you remind me by Nickelback is a song I like a lot because the words stand out to me when ever I listen to it. It’s like I can relate to what the singer is trying to say in his song. My friend on the other hand told …

“Red Rubber Ball” by The Cyrkle is pretty much the only song from this group that appeals to me. It is a pity that this song is on the short side with a running time of around two minutes and twenty two seconds and in that two minutes and …

Pieces Of What is a song by MGMT which appears on their second release, Oracular Spectacular. At this point in the album, the previous six tracks have all been brilliant, but unfortunately I’d say Pieces Of What is where the album goes from brilliant to just sort of solid. …

Billy’s Christmas Wish by Red Sovine is one of the few Christmas songs that makes me want to cry every time I hear it because of how it talks about a poor boy that has run away. This song is about a boy who’s dad is in jail and …