Experiment Results!

Dear Readers,

Fádo Fádo, I told you I would conduct an experiment on whether One Direction were for me or not. I have concluded and the results have been staggering. I have diagnosed myself with One Direction Infection! I love their album Up All Night!

I have to say, they are very talented boys and I love their happy go lucky sound. There's a great mix of genre on their album too! You have your upbeat tunes like What Makes You Beautiful and One Thing, you then have your dance tracks Stole My Heart and Save You Tonight, the ballad Gotta Be You, and of course your slower songs Moments (brings a tear to me eye;S) and More Than This. Overall it makes great listening to! Its defo more for the younger ears though. I doubt my mam would appreciate me blaring it in the car....




I like to pride myself on the fact that I fell in love with their music before I did them. That, to me, is what makes a great artist. Their fans love their music and them! Honestly their interviews are a howl to watch and they're live (and acoustic) versions are fab too! (Here's a video of an amazing and hilarious prank they pulled on each other!)



The very simple but affective music lines of the guitars and keyboards, with their amazng vocal harmonies is just fantastic! They are not trying to hide anything, like a weaker voice or anything! They all have such different voices too which makes for a great sound. They also wrote some of the songs themselves which is nice to see. Ed Sheeran worte Moments with them and it's interesting to hear the similarities with his own stuff, also Tom Flecther wrote I Want for them which has a real pop rock sound to it, like McFly's stuff, and Kelly Clarkson gave them a song sing didn't put on her own album Tell Me a Lie, and as soon as you hear it you can say she obvo wrote that! I love that mix on the album itself and it great for such young artists to try different stuff. That's why I can't wait to hear their next album because hopefully it will have a more mature sound and a more set sound for the boys!

I've heard a lot of covers of 1D's stuff too. Recently one of  my favorite Youtube channels ThePianoGuys did an odd, but amazing cover of What Makes You Beautiful! It is Amazing! Over 4millon views already! Also Boyce Avenue did a cover of it too that was sweet, the guitar making it quiet different.

So yes, I'm a bit of a fan girl now...not the camping outside hotels and screaming till I'm hoarse kind though. And I'm really looking forward to hearing their second album in a couple months!!

I think the moral of the story is; Never judge a book by it's cover.

Thanking You,
Roisin
xxx

Here's a link to my original post: http://roismusicbox.blogspot.ie/2012/03/once-off.html

New! Passion Pit

Hello There!

So I read a quick review of this band in a magazine I buy. Passion Pit! I went online and looked up Take A Walk, as recommended and immediately fell in love! It's a great choon and they're a great band. To describe them...Arcade Fire meets Two Door Cinema Club. Maybe a bit of Bon Iver in there too:)

Gossamer is their second album, the first being Manners. I think Gossamer is a bit more summer'y but other than that, they have a similar musicality. I love their high pitched vocals, indie guitar, strong drums and wacky lyrics. What more could you want?! I believe this may be my album of the summer!

The songs to watch for are Sleepyhead, To Kingdom Come, and I'll Be Alright. Try them and see what you think!

Let me know how you get on,
Rois
xx

Possible Paramore Revamp

My lovely readers,

I'm very very very sorry for not updating in ages!! I think life got in the way a bit.

So back to the music!

Paramore have been a band I've fallen in and out of over the last few years. I was introduced to them by my best bud. At first they didn't really appeal to me, but I then started to get into some of their songs.

Some of their stuff is pretty good, but sometimes I feel like telling Hayley to quit screaming and try something different! I was pretty impressed with their album Brand New Eyes (though I know it got mixed reviews). It was a clear improvement from their last album, both vocally and musically, and Misguided Ghosts and Looking Up, will always be favorites I think:)








But after a recent boredom thrall on Youtube I came across some of their own acoustic versions of their own songs, and I think they are pretty amazing! This double acoustic guitar thing I think sounds great. I was listening to Pressure, Feeling Sorry and Decode and really liked them. It was a little more appealing, though I won't argue that the originals are pretty good.

I personally think Paramore should record an acoustic album of some of their stuff, I know myself and several others would buy them! Great idea? I think I'll tweet it to Hayley! lol.

What do you guys think? Paramore hardcore fans? or have you ever had a great career move in mind for a band?

Enjoy the music,
Roisin
xxx

P.S. I got Honors on my grade 8 exam!!!!

Oh Mo Dhia! 0.o

Dia Duit!

Hi so as you may or may not know I'm Irish which means today is a very important day in the lives of us Irish all over the globe! Paddy's Day!

Woohooo!

We had a big party at lunch time yesterday in school to celebrate the occasion. There was dancing, great costumes and prizes. It was a great day. I was a farmers wife:) and a mighty one at that too.

Irish music is a huge part of Irish culture and it's wonderful stuff, good for the soul as they say:) The trad group in the school did a great performance. I'm going to make a Paddy's Day Playlist, so take a peek at the Playlist page and listen to it, especially if you don't really know what Irish Trad sounds like (like who are you, have you been in a whole for that last century!). I'll also put up the songs (though not all Irish I'll admit) to what we danced to yesterday, some we're practically on repeat because we couldn't get enough. Once the Irish start a party it's hard going to stop us!

So my dad had a Community Council float in the local parade and I probably will have this posted before I head to a very important Just Dance Xbox Party at a friends teach (house)!

Happy St. Patrick's Day,
Slán,
Rois
xxx

P.S. here's a video about why we celebrate good ol' St. Pat, if you were curious ;)

they always come back :L;P

Beautiful Florence

Hey Guys!

So I've decided to do a blog about Florence + The Machine, because she is so special and deserves one all to herself! She's my personal Lady Gaga:) I love her and her music. The passion and effort she puts to her music is incomparable and unique.

She recently said in an interview that each song has a character and those characters have a story, and it's her duty to tell that story. I think that is amazing because if you see any of her live performances you can see this. She performs each one differently.

Her Lungs album is an extraordinary piece of work! I loved the whole album. I really liked her references in her songs to legends like Atlas and the King Minus (Rabbit Heart). I'm a complete nerd for stories and legends, like I love Greek mythology:) Each song is so different on the album but you can hear some sort of signature coming through the whole thing bringing it all together, like her use of harp, her unique voice and particular use of drums. I'm a firm believer that albums should flow, like be one big piece of art. My favorite song on the whole album is My Boy Builds Coffins, because it's the weirdest love song I've ever heard, it's also simple and just a damn good song! the first song I heard from the album was Cosmic Love and I was hooked! I instantly wanted to listen to the whole album. I wasn't disappointed either;) Her lyrics are odd I'll grant yo that, but if you keep listening to them you might eventually get hr message like I did. It's an album of discovery:)

Her newest album Ceremonials was spectacular and a brilliant follow up to lungs. her style matured and it's a much more settled album to listen too. Not only does it have a common music flow but also a common theme running throughout; relations with the devil. This wasn't heard in her first album. I of course love Shake It Out, but my two favourites from the whole album are Never Let Me Go and No Light, No Light. I really like these two cause their messages were the most interesting and again found myself listening to them over and over to find what her message was when I realised it could be interpreted in so many ways. Anyone could listen to it and think something different. My English teacher recently used Shake It Out and Never Let Me Go to help us understand the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff's continuous mourning for Cathy in Wuthering Heights. It was another to interpret the songs. I really like this album and I'm still working through it, I suppose. Still figuring it out.

Over all you can see that I love this women and I do, I just hope I've helped you appreciate her a little more:) She is so talented and I wish for you all to know that. Florence Welch is amazing and is my musical inspiration:)

Enjoy the tunes guys,
Rois
xx

Music Night Pending

Hey everyone!

So in school we host a little music night at the end of March every year, so to show off the wonderful talents of some of the students. Being one of only ten students in 5th year music class, the responsibility of pulling it together lies with us :S We get all those who want to preform their exam pieces as well as a few class pieces people work on. I know the 4th years are working on Shake It Out by Florence + the Machine (Love her sooooooo much! going write a blog 'bout her soon, so keep your peepers open!). Other rumors of what people are doing like the trad group (Irish traditional music players group) and of course the school choir are doing a rendition of I Feel Pretty from the West Side Story sound track, they usually open the show too!

That in mind most of us are taking part. I'm doing a Make You Feel My Love by Adele with my friend, I'm also accompanying another classmate to La Vie en Rose, as well as playing piano and singing in a little class project we've been working on. I'm not going to reveal what song we're doing 'cause it's a secret, but it shall be amazing! I'll blog after the night telling you how it all went!

So that's whats on the list of things to do...do any of your schools or communities but something similar on?

Here are all the songs mentioned above:)

Hope you all have a great weekend, we'll chat before then!
Love,
Rois
xx

New kid on the block

Hey y'all,

I have discovered this rising star only very recently and I have to say, this girl is talented! I love how unique her voice is, and her music is wonderful. She plays piano in all her tracks too! I especially love her cover of Bon Iver's Skinny Love.

But I have to say her own music is fantastic as well. I think a definite listen is her People Help the People, is quiet necessary. You can interpret it to what ever you feel suits you, it's just one of those songs that makes you think and you can personalise to yourself. I like how it's not a love song, really, maybe that's why I'm so drawn to it...? Who knows? :)

Her beautiful voice has that certain quality that it's hard not to listen to it. Her music is so simple! Bit of drums and guitar with piano but it's that voice that you pay attention to. She doesn't need any instruments. That's how I know your a great singer because you don't require loads on instrumental bumph to hide your mediocre voice like our good friend Birdy here :)

Talk to you soon,

Rois

xx

Once Off?

Heya!

So I heard One Directions (cue girly screaming) new single One Thing and I have to confess, this upbeat piece had me going! I like it. Boy bands aren't my thing at all! We don't tend to mix. But these little boys have my heart out on this one:) I really like the acoustic version because you really get to hear the harmonies. And well done to the boys for getting so far. Not winning X-Factor is the best thing that's every happened to them!

But the real question that's bugged me since this weird off the beaten track song came into my life is; Is it a once off? or have I caught some mad virus that will infect me so that every time I so much get a whiff of them I'll be consumed with symptoms like blushing, daydreaming and hysterical pointless screaming (unless your point is to make surrounding people deaf)?

I think this calls for an experiment! I think I will have to listen to every One Direction song until I'm sure I will cause no harm to myself or others, and that I am completely immune to their melodies of promised love that has trapped so many teen girls since they first appeared on X-Factor!

Wish me luck!
Rois
xx

Stuck on me

Hi:)

So this song, O' Children by Nick Cave, has stuck with me for quiet awhile. It's odd but I it's so different from my normal stuff. Not that I really have a "normal" genre. It could also be the imagery in the video but Nick's voice is unique.
I don't know what I really feel when I listen to it, it changes all the time, I could be relaxing, I could be pissed off, I could be at peace, or sad or anything. It can be a real feel good song too :)
Whether you need an accompaniment to a socket waterfall and are in dier despeation of a good dance with ben&jerry or even just finished that English essay that's followed your shadow all week, I highly recommend a listen!

So take a gander with your ears :)
All my love,
Rois
xx

P.S. top marks and a special dedication to the person who guesses what movie its from! :) Good Luck!

Prelude

Hello!

I'm Roisin and this is my blog for my music addiction!
I play piano, guitar and I sing and I listen to music all the time! I'm really excited about this blog, like you couldn't tell from my many exclamation marks! :D

Check out all my pages. I'm going to separate them into categories like, all time fav's, for the craic and newbee's!

Really hope you enjoy this blog! And don't forget to send me links to music you think I shouldn't die with hearing it first! :L

Thanks,
Rois
xx

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 Music can be found anywhere.