Saturday, March 24, 2012
Singing
Watching people perform always makes me want to sing more. There are moments when I realize how large of a role music has played in my life. Sometimes, I miss my voice lessons - and then I realize how ridiculously busy I am and that there is no way I could keep up with lessons, if I had them, this semester. Next year will be a strange year. It will be the first time that I won't be singing in choir or taking private lessons since...well, since I can remember. Wow, I just realized that I have always been singing. Whether it be my grade school/high school choirs, the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, musical theatre productions, or private lessons, I literally haven't gone more than several months without singing in a formal setting. The longest I've gone without it was this past year, from the beginning of summer until the beginning of this semester in January, and that time away from music made me realize how much I really do enjoy it. There's just no way my schedule can handle the commitment next year and that's kind of sad. Let's see how this goes.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Just What I Needed
This song is a classic - it's so good on so many levels. I really don't feel like I need to justify that statement.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Neverever - Wedding Day by Slumberland Records
Neverever - Wedding Day by Slumberland Records
Just found this band's music while jumping around on the internet. It's pretty good stuff. LA natives!
Just found this band's music while jumping around on the internet. It's pretty good stuff. LA natives!
Friday, March 2, 2012
Wowzers
It's been quite a while since I've updated this and it seems to have been a pretty dead month on the readership-side of things, too. Sorry 'bout it.
Over all, this has been an insane semester. Taking 3 math-based classes along with a very....factually-based class has been pretty interesting for me and the math is uncomfortably out of my element. On the extra-curricular side of things, I had planned to take it easy this semester as a way to somewhat ease myself back into the Puget Sound lifestyle. However, that definitely did not happen. It seems as if I had to hit the ground running once school started back up. In addition to working at the cafe again, I'm still serving as the Events Coordinator for the Student Alumni Association, singing in Dorians, DJ-ing for KUPS, and am an active member of Sigma Alpha Iota (don't worry, it's not a sorority). Somehow, I managed to become even more active on and off campus by joining ASUPS Senate as Junior Class Senator and volunteering with Kids 4 Music at McCarver Elementary. I feel lke I've been running all over the place this entire semester, scheduling meetings, going to work, attending events, and squeezing in just enough time to get to classes on time and [maybe] finish all that homework... To say the least, it's been a busy semester.
Every so often, I find myself browsing through pictures from last semester and reminiscing on my time in Vienna. Being abroad definitely changed me and I came back with a different perspective on what I want for my future. Strangely enough, I'm afraid that I've started to lose a little bit of that. I feel that the longer I'm here, the more I find myself falling back into the same routines that I had set for myself before I was abroad. It's not a bad thing, it's just different from what I wanted when I first came back from Vienna. I don't want to lose that, though. I keep reminding myself of how I felt and what I realized while I was gone and that I need to keep that all in mind. I don't want the same old same old anymore.
Anyway, wow...this post took an interesting turn I was not expecting it to take when I first sat down to type it up.
So.....awkward transition riiiiight now.
Being back at KUPS has been great, I love having a radio show and I'm so glad to be back on air. Listen to Afternoon Delight every Thursday afternoon at 3pm!
Unfortunately, our playlist software shtufff isn't working right now, so you can't see our playlists via the KUPS website. So, because I've had a few people asking me about my playlists, I've decided that I'm gonna go back to the old-fashioned method of giving them to you by posting them up here - this is how my blog was started! Every week, I'll post my new playlist up here! I'll probably include some other little spiel with the playlists talking about something music-related. After all, this is supposed to be a music blog, right?
Back on track -
Here's the playlist from yesterday!
1. Andrew Bird
Dark Matter
2. The Raveonettes
Recharge & Revolt
3. Tennis
My Better Self
4. Lana Del Rey
Video Games
5. Feist
Monarch
6. Cate Le Bon
Falcon Eyed
7. Memoryhouse
Heirloom
8. Plants and Animals
Lightshow
9. Damien Jurado
Nothing is the News
10. Goldfinch
Elephant
*Local Band from Tacoma, WA
11. Human Highway
The Sound
12. Dinosaur Feather
I Ni Sogoma
13. Hospitality
Betty Wang
And there you have it! I hope you all enjoy this playlist and if you didn't listen in this week, DO IT next Thursday at 3pm!
Currently listening to:
Queen
Somebody to Love
MadDawg
Over all, this has been an insane semester. Taking 3 math-based classes along with a very....factually-based class has been pretty interesting for me and the math is uncomfortably out of my element. On the extra-curricular side of things, I had planned to take it easy this semester as a way to somewhat ease myself back into the Puget Sound lifestyle. However, that definitely did not happen. It seems as if I had to hit the ground running once school started back up. In addition to working at the cafe again, I'm still serving as the Events Coordinator for the Student Alumni Association, singing in Dorians, DJ-ing for KUPS, and am an active member of Sigma Alpha Iota (don't worry, it's not a sorority). Somehow, I managed to become even more active on and off campus by joining ASUPS Senate as Junior Class Senator and volunteering with Kids 4 Music at McCarver Elementary. I feel lke I've been running all over the place this entire semester, scheduling meetings, going to work, attending events, and squeezing in just enough time to get to classes on time and [maybe] finish all that homework... To say the least, it's been a busy semester.
Every so often, I find myself browsing through pictures from last semester and reminiscing on my time in Vienna. Being abroad definitely changed me and I came back with a different perspective on what I want for my future. Strangely enough, I'm afraid that I've started to lose a little bit of that. I feel that the longer I'm here, the more I find myself falling back into the same routines that I had set for myself before I was abroad. It's not a bad thing, it's just different from what I wanted when I first came back from Vienna. I don't want to lose that, though. I keep reminding myself of how I felt and what I realized while I was gone and that I need to keep that all in mind. I don't want the same old same old anymore.
Anyway, wow...this post took an interesting turn I was not expecting it to take when I first sat down to type it up.
So.....awkward transition riiiiight now.
Being back at KUPS has been great, I love having a radio show and I'm so glad to be back on air. Listen to Afternoon Delight every Thursday afternoon at 3pm!
Unfortunately, our playlist software shtufff isn't working right now, so you can't see our playlists via the KUPS website. So, because I've had a few people asking me about my playlists, I've decided that I'm gonna go back to the old-fashioned method of giving them to you by posting them up here - this is how my blog was started! Every week, I'll post my new playlist up here! I'll probably include some other little spiel with the playlists talking about something music-related. After all, this is supposed to be a music blog, right?
Back on track -
Here's the playlist from yesterday!
1. Andrew Bird
Dark Matter
2. The Raveonettes
Recharge & Revolt
3. Tennis
My Better Self
4. Lana Del Rey
Video Games
5. Feist
Monarch
6. Cate Le Bon
Falcon Eyed
7. Memoryhouse
Heirloom
8. Plants and Animals
Lightshow
9. Damien Jurado
Nothing is the News
10. Goldfinch
Elephant
*Local Band from Tacoma, WA
11. Human Highway
The Sound
12. Dinosaur Feather
I Ni Sogoma
13. Hospitality
Betty Wang
And there you have it! I hope you all enjoy this playlist and if you didn't listen in this week, DO IT next Thursday at 3pm!
Currently listening to:
Queen
Somebody to Love
MadDawg
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