October Mixtape.

1. Rob Blackledge – Worth Takin’ from the A Song Like This album

2. Parachute Band – Come to the River from the Technicolor album

3. Mates of State – The Re-arranger from the Re-Arrange Us album

4. Hillsong – Desert Song from the This is Our God album

5. Ray LaMontagne – You are the Best Thing from the Gossip in the Grain album

6. Tyler Burkum – Blue as the Sky from the Darling, Maybe Someday album

7. Seth Walker – Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits cover) from the Self-Titled album

8. Christopher Williams – When It Falls Apart from the Sweet Redemption album

9. Jon McLaughlin – We All Need Saving from the OK Now album

10. Matthew Mayfield – Element from The Fire EP

11. Jill Phillips – The Door from the Nobody’s Got It All Together album

12. Josh Garrels – Rabbit & the Bear from the Jacaranda album

13. The National – Apartment Story from the Boxer album

14. Bebo Norman – The Only Hope from the Self-Titled album

15. Laura Story – Might to Save from the Great God Who Saves album

I heart John Mayer.

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m obsessed with the boy. He is AMAZING. Love the guitar playing. Love the singing. Love the songwriting.

Today I was at Target and saw the new CD and DVD, Where the Light Is, is out. I bought the CD there, then had to make a special trip to Best Buy to pick up the DVD. But MAN was it worth it. Holy moly this is awesome. Go buy it. It will make you happy.

I GOT A NEW GUITAR!

I got a new guitar for my birthday. It’s an Alvarez PF2005 solid mahogany. It sounds UH-MAZING.
(thank you…it means the world to me)

NEW COLDPLAY ALBUM

I bought the new Coldplay CD the other day. I listened to the clips on itunes, and wasn’t too impressed. But I bought it anyways, and am glad I did. It is incredible! It is certainly a divergence from their typical sound. But still good. It has some Radiohead and U2 like influences. Check it out!

This makes me cry. Every time.

Mixtape Mania.

Here’s some of the new music I’ve been listening to lately:

1. Needtobreathe “More Time” from the PS I Love You Soundtrack

2. Augustana “I Still Ain’t Over You” from the Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt album

3. Grid “This Train”

4. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Gone Gone Gone”

5. World Party “Is It Like Today?” from the Egyptology album

6. The Ting Tings “Shut Up and Let Me Go” from the Self-Titled album and the new apple commercial

7. Shawn McDonald “Captivated”

8. Sean Hayes “Smoking Signals” from the Alabama Chicken album

9. Kelleen “It’s a Shame”

10. Joe Brooks “Holes Inside”

11. Seabird “Let Me Go On” from the Til We See the Shore album

12. Jon Foreman “Your Love is Strong” from the Spring EP

13. Kris Delmhorst “1000 Reasons” from the Shotgun Singer album

14. Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” from the Spirit album

15. The Shanghai Restoration Project “Miss Shanghai Revealed” from the Reinterpretations album

16. Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse “Valerie”

New Music Wednesday Proves Fruitful.

About once a month or once every other month (usually coinciding with the arrival of the latest Relevant Magazine), I spend a couple hours browsing myspace, purevolume, and/or virb for new music. Sometimes this works better than others. But for the most part, I find some awesome stuff.

Well today I hit the jackpot. On one of my very first searches, I found The Shanghai Restoration Project. This is pure genius. It is a combination of hip hop, jazz, and traditional Chinese instruments. Its AMAZING! It’s all I have been listening to all night. In fact, I listened to it and put American Idol on mute. That’s how awesome it is.

The musical genius behind the Shanghai Restoration Project is Dave Liang.

http://www.purevolume.com/theshanghairestorationproject

http://www.virb.com/shanghairestorationproject

http://www.myspace.com/shanghairestorationproject

I love David Archuleta.

He’s amazing. With the exception of last week, he has had really awesome performances.

My two favorites are:

IMAGINE

LONG AND WINDING ROAD

TRUE STORY.

“And it’s never a whisper
It’s always a shout (every change, change, change)”