Music Monday #11

Hello Everyone,
It's another monday in the year. October 21 the start of another school week, trudging to your classes, going through the motions of school, work or whatever you have to do. Here's some music that might help you go through your week.
First is a song that has been out for a month or two now but it's music video just got released. Cher Lloyd's I Wish. I love this song. It's about feeling insecure because of the girls this guy usually hangs out with. I love it and think it's so catchy.

Next is a song that is so atypical to this band's usual sound. One Republic's Counting Stars is so catchy and I can't wait til I have money in my iTunes account to buy it.

Olly Murs is such a cutie pie as most of us will agree and in his music video for Dance With Me Tonight is no exception. His vocals are amazing and he always has a great music backup.

Lastly is Mike Deleasa's Too Damn Beautiful. I found this song awhile ago and then completely forgot about it. It's such a great song. Mike Deleasa is Danielle Jonas's brother, so show him some love and check out his song.

That's it for Music Monday this week. I'll see you on Wednesday with a homecoming post.
~Britt

Camp Christian Reflection 2013

Hello Everyone,
Every year we have this all school retreat called Camp Christian which allows me to take part in and find new friendships and rekindle old friendships. I love that this retreat allows us to take a day and a half for us to relax from our busy schedules and just relax. The interesting groups are always fun. Henna and Nail Polish is what I took part in this year. A bird on the back of my neck and my nails are painted for the first time in months. I've only been to two out of the four and I don't think there is any better way to spend the middle of October. That day and a half is the most fun I've had in a few months. It's a time when I get to learn more about the Linworth community and the people that make it up. There are a few hooligans that are always fun to watch but then there are the people that always flip the canoe over.(cough..Patrick...cough) I can't imagine anything more awesome than getting to know your fellow classmates better and making new friends. Everybody does amazing in the talent show. Zoe, Rachel, Josh, Neil, Thomas, Mitchell, Andrew, and everyone else who participated in the Talent show did absolutely amazing.
Now it's back to the day to day routine of school and afterschool activities. I had such an amazing time and I can't wait to go back next year.
Take some time this week to see what friends you can make.
~Britt

Music Monday #10

Hello Everyone,
Today I feel extra happy. I sure hope you all do too. I have some pretty awesome songs on the line up for you.
First is Beneath Your Beautiful by Labyrinth and Emeli Sande. I love this song. I think it's so cute and I really hope they play this at homecoming this year. There's not much music backing it up which I believe is the point. They wanted you to focus more on the lyrics and the meaning behind them rather than a sick music track.

   

Second is a song I original did not like. Let Her Go by Passenger. I didn't really like the vocals and the music was okay but not fabulous. Now I love it and it has a great message behind it.

Everyone knows Miley Cyrus's song We Can't Stop and has already made their opinions on it. What if I told you someone made a version of this song that will have you changing your (possibly) negative opinion of it into a positive one? Don't believe me? Well this guy on YouTube ScottBradleeLovesYou has a group on his channel that turns modern dance pop and hip-hop songs into songs from the 20's, 30's 40's 50's and so on. They did a cover of We Can't Stop and it is fabulous. I love it more than the original. The vocals are great, the music matches it well and it's just all around well done. I can't get this version out of my head!

These next two songs I give credit to my friends Julz and Zoe for making me love. We had a poetry assignment to  analyze poetic prosody in songs and the songs that these lovely ladies choose are just amazing.

Julz chose to do the song called Bullet by Hollywood Undead. I fell in love with how much of an oxymoron this song is. It's about someone wanting to commit suicide and yet the music completely contradicts the sad concept. The music is upbeat and happy.

 

Zoe chose a song called Me and The Moon by Something Corporate. I really enjoy the music that accompanies this song.  The Lyrics are very controversial and very graphic. The lyrics together with the music are very complimentary of each other.

That's all the wonderful music I have for you all today. I hope you enjoy listening to these throughout the week. 

See you later this week. 

~Britt

Mini Nordstrom Haul

Hello Everyone,
Happy Friday! I know I usually don't post on Fridays. It seems I don't post anything except my music Mondays but that's changing starting today! I recently went to Nordstrom and bought some things. I put those things in a video to show you.  First off I'm going to apologize for somethings in the video. First is lighting. It was 9:30 at night when I filmed this and I was using lamps as my light source. I am working on getting soft boxes but those probably won't be in my possession until December. Second is all the transitions. There were several things (people coming into my room, people yelling for me, etc) That I had to edit out and so there are a lot of weird transitions. You're probably wondering why I didn't just re-film. Well I did, several times in fact, but I thought this was the best one because of all the energy I had. Third, I would like to apologize for the ending. The only explaination I have for that one is that I was tired. Lastly, I am going to apologize to for the thumbnail that YouTube chose to use. I really need to start taking my own thumbnails

YouTubers To Keep An Eye On

Hello Everyone,
As many of you know, I am a very avid YouTube watcher. I love discovering new YouTubers with under 5,000 subscribers. Today I'm going to tell you some of my favorite YouTube channels all have under 5,000 subscribers (except one YouTuber has like 17,000, I lied I know I'm sorry) .

First is a Canadian kid named Harrison Lee. He messaged me on YouTube asking me to check out his videos. I did and I loved them. I can tell he's gonna be a big YouTuber one day. He talks about things we can all relate to and makes them funny.

http://www.youtube.com/user/whyisthesunharry/videos

Next is an Ohio native. She actually goes to my school and is pretty awesome. She's so funny and I love talking to her in person and watching her videos. Her name is Candace. She was part of a series on SoulPancake called Live a Little and now she runs her own YouTube channel called HunanPenguin.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvUa8jWTdOeUYgisTZ7ZiQ

Gracy is from Connecticut and is very funny.  She is 17. Go check her out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/gracyx33/featured

That's all for you today! Make sure to check out all those amazing YouTubers.
~Britt

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Music Monday: Cher Lloyd Concert Edition #9

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! I know I did. This weekend I went up to Cleveland to see  Zara Larrson, Jackson Gunthy, Fifth Harmony and Cher Lloyd at the House Of Blues. I got a picture while I was sitting in line to get in the venue.

The first to perform was Zara Larrson who is a 15 year old Swedish Singer. I didn't get to see much of her performance because we had just got inside the House of Blues as her set was ending. From what I heard of her she had an amazing voice and a nice stage presence. Since we came into the building as her set was ending I only got 2 pictures of her performance.

Next in the set line up was a kid named Jackson Guthy. He had been on The Ellen Show a few months back and he was a cutie! His music was good, but I believe he was lip syncing because when he would stop singing for a few seconds the voice on the track would continue.

Next in the line up was Fifth Harmony. I didn't know very much about Fifth Harmony but they really had a great sound and a their harmonizing was great. Although two out of the five girls looked they were trying really really hard to have the dance moves down.They did a cover of Royals by Lorde that was the highlight of their portion of concert.

 

Finally after a 15 minute intermission Cher Lloyd came on with her opening number of Swagger Jagger. After Swagger Jagger was finished she talked to us in her awesome English accent, telling us the doctor said she was having some vocal problems and asking us to sing along to any of the songs if we knew the words. Her whole stage presence was amazing. She sang I Wish, Playa Boi, I Wish, With Ur Love, a new song called Dirty Love (off of her new not yet released album) and finished off with Want U Back. That concert was the best 3 hours of my life. Cher even waved to me when I waved to her. It was so exciting.

After the concert we went back to the hotel and I took pictures of the t-shirt I bought. (Well really Dad bought for me, Thanks Dad)

The shirt has all the tour dates on the back and there is a picture of my ticket! I had a lot of fun at this concert and I highly suggest going to see Cher Lloyd whenever you can! She puts on an amazing show.

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Follow Jackson Guthy on Twitter: @jacksonguthy
Follow Zara Larrson on Twitter: @RealZaraLarsson

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Much Love,
 Britt

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Music Monday #8

Hi Everyone,
It's Monday and you know that means: Music Monday is coming your way. There has been so much new music that has come out these past few weeks and I want to talk about some of my favorites.

First is Katy Perry's new song Roar.
I absolutely love this song. I think the message is fantastic and it's just all around a feel good song.

The second is by a artist I have a lot of mixed feelings about: Miley Cyrus. We all saw her horrid performance at the VMA's but her new song is absolutely amazing. The song is so raw and open, I think this shows Miley's growth as a human and artist more than her twerking on Robin Thicke.

 

Next artist is one many consider a queen, her performance at the VMA's was stellar and her never fails to please, It's Lady Gaga. Applause is her new song out after not releasing a song in 2 years. I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that the beginning of this song turned me off from the song at first but after i listened to the entire song it is fabulous. The music is great. The balance between the vocals great. Everything about this song is great. Lady Gaga never fails to catch our ears with her catchy tunes. 

Lastly, is a song that my friend Abi suggested I look up. It's called Royals by Lorde. When I first heard this song, I hated it. I'll admit it I hated it. Now, I am in love with this song. It sounds like if pop and R&B had a baby. It has such a unique sound that its one of those songs that people either love or hate. Check it out if you haven't heard this diamond in the rough than go check it out. 

I have a new Music Monday coming to you next week. It's gonna be a concert one. Keep and eye out for that!

Thanks. Stay Royal ;) 

~Britt 

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