My dad and uncles

On April 13 my family is having a huge family reunion. Before I was born, my dad and 3 of my uncles played in a band all together. My dad was mainly the bass player of the band, but he also sometimes played guitar. I have heard some of their stuff on CD's and tapes, but never live. I'm looking forward to finally watching what all my family talks about. I think since it's my own family performing, it's just going to make things that much more awesome.

Review of class

I really enjoyed watching different techniques of how people can mix and dj music. I have honestly never really been interested in that kind of stuff before, but after watching only a 50 second clip of it in class, it had me hooked and I would for sure love to learn more about it. It's crazy how some people can take something old that an artist made that was known by no one, and then turn it into a hit that is known world wide. I wish the people of the original work would get more credit, but I guess you can't have everything you want.

Florida Georgia Line

I was listening to the radio one day and I heard this song called "Get Your Shine On", and ever since then I have been obsessed with it. I found out that the song was sang by a band called Florida Georgia Line. They are a country band so I thought that I would like their other songs so I decided to check them out. But then while I was looking at their other songs, I didn't really find anything else that I liked. So in the end, I guess I'm just going to go download the one songs I like by them, but never get a whole album.

Bon Jovi/ Def Leopard/ Aerosmith

I know a lot of people think that bands like Aerosmith, Def Leopard, and Bon Jovi are a little crazy in their attire and the way they perform, but I love it. I actually really enjoy listening to their songs, and their extremely exaggerated performance just make it that much more entertaining. Sometimes I like to just watch their music videos and laugh at everything they do! I have a pretty big connection to these bands because my mom and I have always listened and jammed out to them together. Out of every band I mentioned earlier, Def Leopard is by far my favorite band because I always like the awesome guitar solos. I think "Animal" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" are my favorite songs so you should totally check those songs out.

ACL

I have never been to ACL before in my life and I have always hated hearing all of my friends talk about how awesome it is. So this year I decided enough was enough, and I am going to go to ACL for the first time ever this year. I already have my money saved up for it, and I'm ready to experience ACL for the first time. All I'm saying is that it better be as awesome as everyone makes it sounds because I am spending a lot of freaking money on this. I'm mostly excited to hear all different kinds of music from many different bands. I can't wait for ACL to come this year.

Funk/lyrics

I think this week of class was probably one of my favorite of the entire year. I absolutely love listening to funk music because all it makes me want to do is dance. Of course I liked listening to the famous Michael Jackson and Kool & The Gang. I thought it was very interesting to discuss how punk and funk were similar and different. In the end I think I would have to agree with Mr. A in the way that they both are not that different after all. I also really enjoyed analyzing songs such as "More Than Words". I do think that that song is very beautiful and sung very well, but the actual meaning is very different.

Class review

I did not like what we listened to in class this week. It might of honestly been the worst thing we have listened to all year. The whole album sounded like a woman screaming her head off, to random loud to rock music. I enjoyed the class this week where we talked about gun rights in class though. Many points of how more guns could harm our society rather than help it were brought to my attention for the first time by Mr. A. I really enjoy listening to these kinds of opinions that people have because it really makes me see things from other perspectives.

Rodeo

Of course everyone is really excited for spring break to come. I am most excited about going to the rodeo to see one of my favorite country bands perform. The band I'm going to go see is the Eli Young Band. I have heard nothing but great things about this band performing live so I'm looking forward to it. I'm also going with my best friend and brother so that just makes it that much more fun.