Year 5, Day 82

Hi. Today's song is Ghosts by Charlie.

We've got another hometown feature here, although she's based in Vancouver now. Charlie won a talent competition when she was a kid which kind of got her career started to the point that she released her first music video when she was twelve. She's continued to write and create music, but had been mostly focused on her acting career. I guess now though she's doing some more music hence this song so I'm all for that. Hope you guys like it.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 81

Hey guys. So today's song is Come Back by Danny Fernandes.

Danny is Canadian singer who comes from a pretty musical family. His brother is Shawn Desman (another Canadian singer) and his cousin is also in the industry. He did dancing and music competitions while is school, then after graduation went and did some shows around Europe. Eventually he signed to a label here and released his first album. After that he was part of Akon's National tour (when Akon was still a thing.) His second album was released in 2010, and the third released in 2013. He's still been working on music since then and has released a couple of single, but hasn't been going too crazy. Whatever, anything is better than nothing in my opinion.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 80

Hello. Today I give you Touch You by The Heirlooms.

Yay for hometown bands! Well, at least as close to hometown as we can get. I don't know these guys personally, but they play in a lot of venues that I've been to back when I was still going out to a bunch of local shows. I've gotten more introverted in the past couple years so there you go. There are two albums out by them, and they've been signed, but I haven't heard too much recent news so I don't know if they're still around. The website has expired and any postings stopped in 2016. I don't know, maybe we'll see them again. In the meantime listen to this song and if you like it the album is on iTunes.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 79

Morning. So today's song is Today Is Beautiful by David Dunn.

This is another Christian singer, who was featured on the Voice in their second season.  He originally planned to be an engineer and got himself a degree while performing in bars on the side. He loved music though so he released an album during his last year of schooling before going on his mission. (For anyone who hasn't had religious friends they do missions where they take off for usually a year and do some humanitarian work somewhere in the world). David's mission was in Africa, and he came back with a vengeance. He got a lot of exposure through the Voice, released an independent album, and is now signed to a label and making his dreams a reality. Fun Fact: the inspiration for this song came from his nephews meltdown on a trip to Disney World. This is why creative people are so great because he made something incredible out of an event that most people wouldn't think twice about. Awesome.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 78

Hello. Today I give you Greater by MercyMe.

I know that there was a band previously on here that took offense to being called a Christian band. They didn't fall into that category to me, but this does. MercyMe is from Texas and is made up of Bart Millard, Nathan Cochran, Michael John Scheuchzer, Robin Shaffer, and Barry Graul. Name credit goes to Bart's grandma's catchphrase, which is hilarious and an awesome tribute. They are a Christian band, but they feel less rock and more of an indie and country hybrid. And I know this always comes up somewhere, but you can enjoy spiritual song without being religious. I mention this periodically because we always had those certain people who got offended about doing so many praise god type songs in choir. Like, chill out. I'm not religious, but I appreciate the beauty in these songs and the intent behind it. I hope you guys will to.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 77

Hey. So today's song is Yellow by Coldplay.

I feel like everyone has heard a Coldplay song at some point in their lives. They've been a group since 1996 and this song is the one that made their fame a worldwide thing. I say they formed in 1996, but they didn't officially become Coldplay until 1998. First they were known as Pectoralz, then Starfish before settling on a name. They did three EP's in the 90's, then starting gaining fame in the 2000's. They've released seven albums which are all amazing, have had a ton of hit songs and won lots of awards. If I break it down further this is going to end up being a ridiculously huge post, so that's why I'm being vague. Basically all you need to know is that Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin (and Phil Harvey) have created something beautiful that's lasted decades. And that speaks volumes.

Peace.

Year 5, Day 76

What's Up. Today's song is Don't Wait by Mapei.

So Mapei is the stage name for Jacqueline Mapei Cummings, who is a Swedish/American singer active since 2009. She lived in Brooklyn with Lykke Li before deciding to move back to Sweden. She had started out working on an album with a duo called Justice but didn't like the result so it never came to fruition. After that she decided she wanted to sing (rather than freestyle) and went on a sort of walkabout to find inspiration. This song was the first one released after she had gotten inspired again, and it went viral in 2013. She released her album in 2014. There hasn't been anything going on since then, which makes me think she's probably writing more so we'll just wait and see.

Peace.