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"This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization. It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away. Your love will be, safe with me." - Re: stacks - Bon Iver
It was great writing issue no. 1 of Hum to yourself. I hope I have filled your life with amazing music that has somehow impacted you in any way or maybe, I have failed you. Nevertheless, I discovered that my taste in music has evolved since the first couple of entries. Butch Walker has become my musical God while Bon Iver is now the soundtrack to my everything. Can you believe Butch is 40 years old?! And to top it all off, my girl Ke$ha is dancepartyinmyears, forget Gaga. I hope to come across more great music in the future.
Born Bradley Glenn Walker on November 14, 1969, Walker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as Butch Walker. He grew up in Cartersville, Georgia and was a guitarist and performer in various rock bands in the 1980's including Bad Boyz and Byte the Bullet. Afterwards, Butch formed several other bands in the 1990's including Floyds Funk Revival, The Floyds, and the most popular one, Marvelous 3. After Marvelous 3 broke up in 2001, Walker began his solo career and released the following albums: Left of Self-Centered in 2002, Letters in 2004, The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites in 2006 and Sycamore Meadows in 2008. As a matter of fact, Sycamore Meadows was titled after the street the house he was on. Walker had lost all of his posessions, every song he has recorded, when the home he was renting from Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Malibu, burned down due to a wildfire.
Aside from playing and creating his own music, Butch is also a record producer. He has written and produced records for the following artists: Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter (2001) Injected - Burn It Black (2002) Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough to Dance (2002) SR-71 - Tomorrow (2002) Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot (2003) Gob - Foot In Mouth Disease (2003) Default - Elocation (2003) Sevendust - Seasons (2003) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004) Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any... (2004) Midtown - Forget What You Know (2004) The Donnas - Gold Medal (2004) American Hi-Fi - Hearts on Parade (2005) Lindsay Lohan - A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005) Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006) PUFFY - Splurge (2006) Family Force 5 - Business Up Front/Party in the Back (2006) Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler (2006) Quietdrive - When All That's Left Is You (2006) Rock Star Supernova - Rock Star Supernova (2006) Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007) The Academy Is... - Santi (2007) The Honorary Title - Scream & Light Up The Sky (2007) Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. (2007) PUFFY - Honeycreeper (2007) The Automatic - This Is A Fix (2008) Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008) Pink - Funhouse (2008) Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story (2009) PUFFY - Bring It! (2009) All Time Low - Nothing Personal (2009) Weezer - Raditude (2009) Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground (2009) Plastiscines - About Love (2009) Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending (2009) Never Shout Never! - What Is Love (2010)
Here are his albums up to date: (put your mouse over the album art to reveal the album name)
Despite being a typical rock'n'roll artist, covered up in tattoos, Walker's songwriting is very particular. He opens up to his fans and listeners through his lyrics. The words are carefully selected but are very casual and honest. The listener can easily identify his emotions and feelings on the subject matter. Whenever his fans listen to his music, it's like having a heart-to-heart conversation with someone close to you, wherever you may be. His thrilling experiences are definitely demonstrated in his songs. Walker has grown through his music and has become a mature 40-year-old man.
He allows his fans into his life, especially in "Going back / Going home" from his latest album Sycamore Meadows, in this little rap:
Cut to a life Being born in '69 Low class suburb, Everything's fine. Fondue parties My mom and my dad, Drinks being drunk And fights being had.
[...]
So I took my penicillin and I took my band To a town made of glitter girls and cocaine friends. Got handed the job by the age of eighteen. Saw more than most people that I know had ever seen. Played every bar, drank till black and blue. Did the morning show bullshit And went to China too. Where they left us to die, without a ticket to flee. In sighting the riot, we were only 23. Packed it up, started over just as fast as we can. Selling tapes making merch in the back of a van Living hand-to-mouth for the next five years. Took up drinking wine, gave up drinking beer. Signed another big deal with a devil in a dress. A 'one hit wonder' I think, describes it best. Decided to burn out, then to fade away. Went back to the van the very next day. Picked it up, made a living without any help. Made amazing friends, if I saw so myself. If living like this at thirty-eight is a bore, Then c'mon God, please give me thirty-eight more.
He ends the song beautifully by admitting to have experienced a lot at his age:
And everybody know's I've seen a lot Yeah, I'm experienced. Makes you feel so old after a while, Just like our president. Everytime I come back in this town I know, I finally know the difference between going back and going home.
Walker hasn't been heard in two years, hopefully his next record, I Liked You Better When You Had No Heart, expected to release on February 23, will be a hit. Considering the witty album title, there is no doubt it will be mind-blowing.
Bon Iver (pronounced like the French words, "bon hiver", meaning good winter) is American indie-folk singer-songwriter, Justin Vernon's current band, signed with Jagjaguwar and 4AD. Bon Iver consists of three other members: Michael Noyce (vocals, baritone guitar, guitar), Sean Carey (drums, vocals, piano), and Matthew McCaughan (bass, drums, vocals). Bon Iver's debut album For Emma, Forever Ago was independently released by Justin Vernon in July 2007. However, it was properly released on February 19, 2008 when Vernon decided to sign with Jagjaguwar. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon spent three months in a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconcin which one of the tracks, Woods, makes a reference to. Vernon's initial idea was to "hibernate". It turns out that three months of solitude resulted in the creation of For Emma, Forever Ago. All the emotions he kept built up inside of him suddenly bursted out into the form of songs. Vernon actually recorded his album by himself. "I had a very light set-up, a basic small recording set-up: a Shure SM57 and an old Silvertone guitar. I had my brother drop off his old drums... some other small things – things I would make or find lying around," he stated. Since then, many tracks from For Emma, Forever Ago have been featured on numerous television shows, some examples include One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, Skins, and Chuck.
His recent EP, called Blood Bank, hit shelves on January 20, 2009.
Track listing: 1. "Flume" 2. "Lump Sum" 3. "Skinny Love" 4. "The Wolves (Act I and II)" 5. "Blindsided" 6. "Creature Fear" 7. "Team" 8. "For Emma" 9. "re: Stacks"
My top 4 favourite songs of this album are Skinny Love, Blindsided, For Emma and re: Stacks.
Skinny Love -
I told you to be patient. I told you to be fine. I told you to be balanced. I told you to be kind. Now all your love is wasted? Then who the hell was I? Now I'm breaking at the britches and at the end of all your lines
Blindsided -
Would you really rush out for me now?
For Emma -
With all your lies, you're still very lovable.
re: Stacks -
This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization. It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away. Your love will be, safe with me
I'm an aspiring writer and a daydreamer who enjoys tea in the afternoon, her iPod playlists and french pastries.
Letter from the editor
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:29 PM
Dear readers,
It was great writing issue no. 1 of Hum to yourself. I hope I have filled your life with amazing music that has somehow impacted you in any way or maybe, I have failed you. Nevertheless, I discovered that my taste in music has evolved since the first couple of entries. Butch Walker has become my musical God while Bon Iver is now the soundtrack to my everything. Can you believe Butch is 40 years old?! And to top it all off, my girl Ke$ha is dancepartyinmyears, forget Gaga. I hope to come across more great music in the future.
Born Bradley Glenn Walker on November 14, 1969, Walker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as Butch Walker. He grew up in Cartersville, Georgia and was a guitarist and performer in various rock bands in the 1980's including Bad Boyz and Byte the Bullet. Afterwards, Butch formed several other bands in the 1990's including Floyds Funk Revival, The Floyds, and the most popular one, Marvelous 3. After Marvelous 3 broke up in 2001, Walker began his solo career and released the following albums: Left of Self-Centered in 2002, Letters in 2004, The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites in 2006 and Sycamore Meadows in 2008. As a matter of fact, Sycamore Meadows was titled after the street the house he was on. Walker had lost all of his posessions, every song he has recorded, when the home he was renting from Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Malibu, burned down due to a wildfire.
Aside from playing and creating his own music, Butch is also a record producer. He has written and produced records for the following artists: Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter (2001) Injected - Burn It Black (2002) Bowling for Soup - Drunk Enough to Dance (2002) SR-71 - Tomorrow (2002) Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot (2003) Gob - Foot In Mouth Disease (2003) Default - Elocation (2003) Sevendust - Seasons (2003) Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004) Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any... (2004) Midtown - Forget What You Know (2004) The Donnas - Gold Medal (2004) American Hi-Fi - Hearts on Parade (2005) Lindsay Lohan - A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005) Pink - I'm Not Dead (2006) PUFFY - Splurge (2006) Family Force 5 - Business Up Front/Party in the Back (2006) Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler (2006) Quietdrive - When All That's Left Is You (2006) Rock Star Supernova - Rock Star Supernova (2006) Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (2007) The Academy Is... - Santi (2007) The Honorary Title - Scream & Light Up The Sky (2007) Hot Hot Heat - Happiness Ltd. (2007) PUFFY - Honeycreeper (2007) The Automatic - This Is A Fix (2008) Katy Perry - One of the Boys (2008) Pink - Funhouse (2008) Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story (2009) PUFFY - Bring It! (2009) All Time Low - Nothing Personal (2009) Weezer - Raditude (2009) Saosin - In Search Of Solid Ground (2009) Plastiscines - About Love (2009) Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending (2009) Never Shout Never! - What Is Love (2010)
Here are his albums up to date: (put your mouse over the album art to reveal the album name)
Despite being a typical rock'n'roll artist, covered up in tattoos, Walker's songwriting is very particular. He opens up to his fans and listeners through his lyrics. The words are carefully selected but are very casual and honest. The listener can easily identify his emotions and feelings on the subject matter. Whenever his fans listen to his music, it's like having a heart-to-heart conversation with someone close to you, wherever you may be. His thrilling experiences are definitely demonstrated in his songs. Walker has grown through his music and has become a mature 40-year-old man.
He allows his fans into his life, especially in "Going back / Going home" from his latest album Sycamore Meadows, in this little rap:
Cut to a life Being born in '69 Low class suburb, Everything's fine. Fondue parties My mom and my dad, Drinks being drunk And fights being had.
[...]
So I took my penicillin and I took my band To a town made of glitter girls and cocaine friends. Got handed the job by the age of eighteen. Saw more than most people that I know had ever seen. Played every bar, drank till black and blue. Did the morning show bullshit And went to China too. Where they left us to die, without a ticket to flee. In sighting the riot, we were only 23. Packed it up, started over just as fast as we can. Selling tapes making merch in the back of a van Living hand-to-mouth for the next five years. Took up drinking wine, gave up drinking beer. Signed another big deal with a devil in a dress. A 'one hit wonder' I think, describes it best. Decided to burn out, then to fade away. Went back to the van the very next day. Picked it up, made a living without any help. Made amazing friends, if I saw so myself. If living like this at thirty-eight is a bore, Then c'mon God, please give me thirty-eight more.
He ends the song beautifully by admitting to have experienced a lot at his age:
And everybody know's I've seen a lot Yeah, I'm experienced. Makes you feel so old after a while, Just like our president. Everytime I come back in this town I know, I finally know the difference between going back and going home.
Walker hasn't been heard in two years, hopefully his next record, I Liked You Better When You Had No Heart, expected to release on February 23, will be a hit. Considering the witty album title, there is no doubt it will be mind-blowing.
Bon Iver (pronounced like the French words, "bon hiver", meaning good winter) is American indie-folk singer-songwriter, Justin Vernon's current band, signed with Jagjaguwar and 4AD. Bon Iver consists of three other members: Michael Noyce (vocals, baritone guitar, guitar), Sean Carey (drums, vocals, piano), and Matthew McCaughan (bass, drums, vocals). Bon Iver's debut album For Emma, Forever Ago was independently released by Justin Vernon in July 2007. However, it was properly released on February 19, 2008 when Vernon decided to sign with Jagjaguwar. The majority of the album was recorded while Vernon spent three months in a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconcin which one of the tracks, Woods, makes a reference to. Vernon's initial idea was to "hibernate". It turns out that three months of solitude resulted in the creation of For Emma, Forever Ago. All the emotions he kept built up inside of him suddenly bursted out into the form of songs. Vernon actually recorded his album by himself. "I had a very light set-up, a basic small recording set-up: a Shure SM57 and an old Silvertone guitar. I had my brother drop off his old drums... some other small things – things I would make or find lying around," he stated. Since then, many tracks from For Emma, Forever Ago have been featured on numerous television shows, some examples include One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy, Skins, and Chuck.
His recent EP, called Blood Bank, hit shelves on January 20, 2009.
Track listing: 1. "Flume" 2. "Lump Sum" 3. "Skinny Love" 4. "The Wolves (Act I and II)" 5. "Blindsided" 6. "Creature Fear" 7. "Team" 8. "For Emma" 9. "re: Stacks"
My top 4 favourite songs of this album are Skinny Love, Blindsided, For Emma and re: Stacks.
Skinny Love -
I told you to be patient. I told you to be fine. I told you to be balanced. I told you to be kind. Now all your love is wasted? Then who the hell was I? Now I'm breaking at the britches and at the end of all your lines
Blindsided -
Would you really rush out for me now?
For Emma -
With all your lies, you're still very lovable.
re: Stacks -
This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization. It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away. Your love will be, safe with me
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I'm an aspiring writer and a daydreamer who enjoys tea in the afternoon, her iPod playlists and french pastries.