Keeping It Fresh

Today I have a really cool and slightly weird song for you. Now this is actually a mashup of two songs by Fetty Wap. But, this is a punk and hardcore rock version of the mashup. Which is normally really strange to think about, but Zak Diesal pulls it off so well and honestly I am pretty much in shock at how good this cover is. There is something about that stereotypical punk voice, the kind that borders that metal voice. It is really deep and the vowels are more elongated and I just love the way it sounds, as if they could let out a little bit of a screamo type scream any moment. That could be the inner rocker in me, but man I have to say Zak Diesal has a hell of a voice. I know this is normally not the kind of thing that people listen to, and not the kind of voice most people know and appreciate. But I can definitely tell you that this is a really wicked sound, something that any serious rocker would kind of drool over. Now Zak Diesal does an absolutely incredible job of turning Fetty...

Today I have some good, solid electronic house music for you. In particular, I have some Dutch house for you, by the one and only Afrojack. What is Dutch house you ask? In a nutshell, Dirty Dutch is that electronic music style that incorporates a lot of Latin beats and rhythms, with less emphasis on the bass and high pitched synths. Actually when you listen to Dutch house, we don't really hear that high pitched and squeaky synth that we get from other genres. Which I am not complaining about because that gets to be way too much for me sometimes. But this song is actually the remix done by R3hab, another Dutch house artist, and Dyro. This remix is a fast paced, action packed song. I mean this is the kind of song that can keep you pumped up for hours, especially when on the workout grind. This is actually on my workout playlist because if is so full of energy and has that relentless thump that makes it nice and rhythmic. R3hab is an artist who has dabbled in different styles of music...

Today I have a really sunny and lovely song for you by an artists known as Spencer Kane. Now this song is actually a cover a song by Pentatonix. Normally it is the a capella group that does the covers, but now we have the opposite happening which is a weirdly nice plot twist. The song from the get go is one that has such an adorable and sweet vibe to it, something that is happy and bubbly. The whole song has that really warm feel good vibe to it, something that is cute and has this nice brightness to it. Spencer Kane has a really smooth voice, but there is this nice underlying roughness that kind of makes the whole thing sound complete. He also has quite a mature voice for his age, but that depth is so suitable for this song. He has a smooth falsetto that he transitions into at the end of some lines, like a nice lilt in his voice. Spencer Kane makes his voice sound as smooth as honey and as sweet as sugar which is pretty much exactly what a song like this needs. Everything about this s...

Today I have some Bollywood music for you that comes from a weird era in Bollywood. This was a time when there was this desire to rapidly Westernize and be a little funky, and while this may have seemed cool at the time, it is very interesting to look back on and see. However, the music that came from this 4 year period is pretty freaking great. The dance music especially, was pretty much awesome. Now some of the things that made this music so much fun to listen to was the fact that there was so much energy to it. From high impact energy to the more semi chilled out energy, there was so much msuic that was just enjoyable to listen to. This song comes from the movie Kaal, one that I have never seen, but was one of my favorite songs of my early teens. Even now, I listen to this song and still love it because it is just such a great song to jam to. The beat is really smooth, something that you can definitely dance to, and weirdly enough I wouldn't mind hearing this at a club. The chor...

Today I have music for you by an artist out of Ireland. EDEN is an artist I recently heard, and I was immediately captivated. I mean, I couldn't pull away from this song! This song is eerily enchanting, something that we all actually love hearing, but don't necessarily realize. This song has so many great things happening in terms of production. All the pieces of this song come together so perfectly, even more perfectly than clockwork. For starters, the instrumentals are phenomenal. I mean they are ridiculously superb. Now the reason why, is because there are layers, so many intertwining layers that create a full body of sound. There is never a moment when the song feels like it is missing something, never a moment when the song seems to be off set or off balanced. The actual music production is simply stunning. The synths and keyboard take up a lot of the work in this song, being the source of complex melodies and harmonies, but also providing a sense of ease and a sensation o...

Today's song is by a band from Rhode Island called ZOX. This band has a very upbeat and fun sound to it What I find so interesting and entertaining about this song is how it has a reggae and rock sound to it! The energy it brings is something I have heard before, but the actual melodies are quite different and brilliant! Now a lot of rock bands today are not necessarily focusing on the reggae specific sound, but the music industry in general is starting to see a reemergence of that Caribbean style sound. And I love that because who doesn't like that chilled out, calm, and bubbly kind of music? Now what sets this band apart from other bands that employ the reggae technique is that the vocals do not necessarily match. I mean, the vocals fit the band and musicality of the group, but at the same time, there is something about these vocals that give this song a more dynamic sound. I guess if you put the music on wave crests, the instrumentals have the vocal wave next to i...

Today I have some more underground music for you. What I love about the underground scene is that there is no real genre specific sound that defines what underground music is. Today's song falls in line with the more R&B and electronica kind of sound. This is like the more underground European pop scene, which honestly is really cool to me. The thing that I like so much about European music is that their sound is so completely different from American pop music. Which is really funny because a lot of people think Western music is one big group of similar sounding music. But how completely wrong that is! European pop seems to have more depth to it in my opinion. It is not necessarily the happy and bubbly kind of pop that we have in the States, but it is something that relies heavily on creating a sound that mixes electronic work with other sounds, generally R&B. Which is why I love this song! This song is by the English singer-songwriter Jessie Ware. And yes, she is definitel...