Sing, Sing a Song Saturday

I'm sorry this is up later than usual. Travis worked last night for a special exhibit that his work was having, the boys were supposed to have friends over today, but I had to call to cancel them. Isaak went to the emergency room last night at 2:30 AM with Croup. Everything is ok. More has been going on, but Ill write more posts on that later.

Question: Do you like a music post each week like I've been doing? Or would you like to see music one week, and learn about a visual artist the next?

Sing, Sing a Song Saturday is all about me discovering something that is different. I don't want to post things that you and I have more than likely heard before. I want to find something different. It could be from another country, someone singing from the streets of NY, and more.

A student introduced me to Lindsey Stirling. Have you ever heard of here? I have not, but she has a lot of hits on YouTube.

She's a classically trained violinist from Gilbert, AZ. Lindsey entered a futurist world of electronic big beats and animation, leaping through the music industry. She's had over 675 million views on YouTube, Billboard chart-topping hits and sold out tours worldwide.

Lindsey was voted off 2010’s “America’s Got Talent” at the quarterfinals. It turned out to be the best thing that’s ever happened to her. Rejection has its way of making people work harder sometimes. 

“The same reasons I was told I wouldn’t succeed are the reasons people travel hundreds of miles to see me now. Because it’s different. Because it’s something you haven’t seen before…” Since the show, Lindsey has flourished as an artist.

Source

Roundtable Rival

Shadows



Take Flight

Check out Lindsey's website, visit her on facebook, follower her on twitter and Check out other cool videos on her YouTube Channel.

Sing, Sing a Song Saturday

I started doing what I call Sing, Sing a Song Saturday.  I'm going to post one song on Saturdays that the boys or I like. 

The song may be part of a movie, a kid's video or just a song we like. I'll try and include why we like it and/or the history of the song/singer.

This week I'm doing a repost. I posted these artists long before I started doing Sing, Sing a Song Saturday. It's not really introducing anyone you don't really know already; like I usually do.

I was reminded of a commercial that really hit a cord with me. Our school showed the top commercials that won CLIO awards. CLIO awards are the top commercials throughout the world. The video I'm about to show you was one of the winners. It was only shown online, not on TV. Chipotle chose to use the song The Scientist sang by Willie Nelson for their award winning commercial. I'm sure many of you have seen this, but did you know it was a CLIO award winner?

The Scientist By Willie Nelson

I love when a song can be taken, and the whole meaning can be changed. Here is Coldplays version of the same song.

The Scientist By Coldplay

Or there's the YouTube stars that covered the same song, Jorge and Alexa Narvaez. Even though the girl can't sing perfectly, she belts it and has a great time doing so! Maybe having fun is what singing should be about anyway.

The Scientist Jorge and Alexa Narvaez

Sing, Sing a Song Saturday

I started doing what I call Sing, Sing a Song Saturday.  I'm going to post one song on Saturdays that the boys or I like. 

The song may be part of a movie, a kid's video or just a song we like. It may or may not include words. I'll try and include why we like it and/or the history of the song/singer.

I'm typing this up early (Thursday), and will schedule to post it for Saturday. This weekend we're having a lot of company over. Well a lot for us, considering we hardly have company over. Friends of ours from KC are coming. We've been cleaning. It's hard because I feel like with kids you can't clean too early. They get it dirty again. Just look at Isaak's spot where he eats a few days after we clean. It's as if we didn't clean at all. I've hit all the areas people can't see that needed it badly. Like the ceiling fan, top of the shelves, drapes in our room, under the couch cushions, behind the corner TV stand, top of the picture frames and the top of the crown molding (that was some work!) The next few nights is more cleaning! This time it's the stuff people can see. It won't be perfect. After they leave I'll have to clean again.

While we clean I sometimes listen to Rusted Root. Send Me On My Way is one of my favorite songs by them.

It's upbeat and fun. It just makes me happier to clean.

What is Rusted Root up to? They are getting ready to sail aboard the Norwegian Pearl, a full service cruise ship, on a 5-day journey to Great Stirrup Cay, their own private island. There will be non-stop music at sea all the way there and back, and they’ll even have their own 2-day private beach party on the island, complete with more music! Their lives are full of tours.

Do you listen to music, while you clean? What do you listen to?