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Where do you fall in the musical spectrum?
By Danielle Rehor
When music is considered, people normally see cliques that cannot be intruded upon. There are the “hipsters” who go for bands that four people have heard of, there are the “rockers” who prefer their music to have the screaming effect, “theatre nerds” who go for show tunes, “soul listeners,” and the list goes on and on. But one thing is always the same, all groups claim the saying “Music is life.”
It’s everywhere; it is on t-shirts, bumper stickers, written on their arms, walls, guitars…you name it, it’s there. But in every music clique there are people that can be categorized into something bigger, that people from all genres listen for.
In every genre you can find fans who listen for the same thing as some from a different genre. Maybe they listen for a certain instrument, maybe they listen to songs because they have memories attached, or maybe just because the words are meaningful.
The Lyricist
In every music group there are the lyricists, the people that choose what they listen to by lyrics. No matter what their genre of choice, they can’t stand meaningless lyrics. Instead, lyrics must have some depth. They are generally the people who post endless lyric statuses. They feel no matter what the music, the words must have a meaning to them. These are the most diverse as far as genres go, because rockers or indie listeners, or even Taylor Swift fans could listen because of the lyrics.
In every music group there are the lyricists, the people that choose what they listen to by lyrics. No matter what their genre of choice, they can’t stand meaningless lyrics. Instead, lyrics must have some depth. They are generally the people who post endless lyric statuses. They feel no matter what the music, the words must have a meaning to them. These are the most diverse as far as genres go, because rockers or indie listeners, or even Taylor Swift fans could listen because of the lyrics.
Guitar Gods
These people have an obsession with the sound. They only listen to what seems to ooze guitar. Typically this would fall into mostly rock fans, but this personality type expanded into people who listen for any instrument. This group can include instruments such as drums, bass, even voice types or a banjo. This is the most widely diversified group out there, including rock, jazz and bluegrass.
Feel Goodie
Feel Goodies are a group mostly enticed by soul music and pop, sounds far fetched I know, but there are people in every crowd that listen to music just for the pure happiness of it. Sometimes we all might do this from time to time. You have a song that has sentimental value and it does not matter if you have heard it four times or 40,000, you love that song and listen to it on repeat. People who put on their music just to dance around and have a good time certainly would fall into this group.
So what do you think you are? Maybe a little bit of all? Hopefully this article has given you a little insight into what you are in the music world.
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Which musical type are you?
The Lyricist might enjoy:
-“January Wedding” by the Avett Brothers
-“Life After You” by Daughtry
-“Think of You Later (Empty Room)” by Every Avenue
-“Dear God” by Avenged Sevenfold
-“Gravity” by John Mayer
-“Your Call” by Secondhand Serenade
-“Defying Gravity” – Wicked Cast
-“Playing God” – Paramore
-“Without You” by Keith Urban
-“Little Moments” by Brad Paisley
-“All You Need is Love” by The Beatles
Guitar Gods might enjoy:
-“Afterlife” by Avenged Sevenfold –Guitar
-“Hotel California” by The Eagles –Guitar
-“Smells like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana –Guitar
-“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole –Ukelele
– “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele –Voice
-“Don’t Walk Away” by Rick Springfield –Saxophone
-“What I’ve Done” by Linkin Park –Guitar
-“Dancing Dead” by Avenged Sevenfold
Feel Goodies might enjoy:
-“Brick House” by The Commodores
-“Firework” by Katy Perry
-“Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine
-“Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum
-“Jack and Diane” by John Mellencamp
-“U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer
-“Hey Soul Sister” by Train
-“Tik Tok” by Ke$ha
-“Here It Goes Again” by Ok Go
-“If I Had a $1,000,000” by Barenaked Ladies
-“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
-“Closing Time” by Semisonic
Senior Alex Metka discusses inspiration behind art
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Violence and the good guys
By Danielle Rehor
We are all taught as small children that fighting is bad and not to punch your little sister in the nose. But what about the guys on TV? What about Sergeant Martin Riggs and Sergeant Roger Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon? It is acceptable for them to be violent because their victims are the bad guys?
As children, we are always told do not fight or argue with our siblings, parents, or friends. We must get along with others or else we are told we will have no friends. We are warned time and time again to follow the golden rule.
If we are not to fight, why can the guys on TV and in the movies do it? They scorn the bad guys, they fight, often kill them, but they do not get in trouble. In fact, they get rewarded: they get the fast cars, the hot chicks, and have the loyal best friends.
Just like the violent good guys get rewarded, shows such as “Bad Girls Club” pay people to badmouth others and fight with each other. People actually watch shows that are about people who cannot control their emotions, so they cuss them out.
If we are always watching movies where some guy is just pulverizing anther person, does that influence our actions at all when we are angry or upset?
If we do not learn how to control ourselves at a young age, we will grow up and will not know how to handle ourselves in a professional environment. We get some bad news or someone else gets the promotion we wanted, what do we do? We cannot punch our boss in the nose or key our coworker’s car as they would in a reality TV show. We do not have the same heroic freedoms as the people in those shows.
We have to learn, before getting out in the real world, that violence rarely ever solves problems.
It agitates problems, causes people to stop talking, and severs relationships. But it does not solve problems.
While on vacation once, we rented a condo and apparently parked our boat in the wrong spot. When we woke up to drive to the lake, we could not. Some one had gotten so mad they took the air out of two tires of every single car in the parking lot, keyed our boat, and poured beer on someone’s dashboard.
How does that help a situation? If anything it took us longer to leave their parking spot because we had to fix the tires. The people automatically assume that we parked there just for convience, when in reality we didn’t know better.
So the next time we see something wrong being done, do not just assume it was purely malice and not a mistake. The next time we feel like popping an annoying kid in the mouth, take a step back, compose yourself and walk away. Do not be a Dr. Hannibal Lecter, because we all know that is not going to end well.
“Kaleidoscope Heart” shows Bareilles’ beauty in words
Danielle Rehor
Staff reporter
Straight from Eureka, California, Sara Bareilles is making a name for herself and blazing the path for other laidback pianists and conservative musicians to come onto the scene.
When thinking of number one pop hits, generally what comes to mind is flashy and flamboyant artists. Bareilles captures her audience’s attention, but she’s glued to her piano; not into her outfits.
Bareilles’ major-label debut was Little Voice, which included “Bottle It Up,” “Gravity” and the major hit, “Love Song.” The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 45, selling about 16,000 copies in its first week.
Bareilles’ sophomore album , Kaleidoscope Heart, has released one single, “King of Anything:” a mandolin armed kiss off. It has the potential to be another “Love Song” and blow the competition out of the water. Her opening track, “Kaleidoscope Heart” is a thirty second flicker of complete perfection. She sings all four parts and harmonizes with herself, A Cappella.
While Bareilles was writing Kaleidoscope Heart, which came out on Sept. 7, she experienced a case of writer’s block. The block was promptly cleared up with the writing of “Uncharted,” which has the lyric “Kaleidoscope heart;” the great imagery that became her title.
“Uncharted” became Bareilles’ focal point of the album with her other songs being bigger, bolder, and peppier as compared to the songs on “Little Voice.” “Uncharted” has meaningful lyrics including “Jumpstart my kaleidoscope heart, love to watch the colors fade, they may not make sense but they sure as hell made me.”
Bareilles has joined the green trend by selling a cardboard album, not hard plastic. The album is sold at Target with three additional songs, “Send Me the Moon,” “Gonna Get over You,” and “King of Anything String Version.”
Other stand out songs include “Gonna Get Over You”, an upbeat doo-wop pop song. Also, “Basket Case” has great lyrics: “Oh, send your armies in of robbers and thieves, to steal the state I’m in I don’t want it anymore. You’re begging for the truth, so I’m saying it to you, I’ve been saving your place, and what good does it do? Now I’m just a basket case.”
A singer compared to Fiona Apple, a pianist critiqued against Norah Jones, and with the looks of Vanessa Carlton; the best of the best, and record proves it. All in all, this is an album to please any fan of the 88’s or a fan of laid back coffee-house music.