(Arrangement by Kevin Olusola, who is a member of the "Sing-Off"-winning a cappella group, the Pentatonix.)
...chew on this...
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hip hop. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
"Julie-O" by Mark Summer/Kevin Olusola
Hip-hop + cello! What a fun combination : ) I guess this is what happens when good cellists get bored....
Here is the original....
(this video makes me dizzy....)
Monday, January 16, 2012
"Halo" - Beyonce
This is a great "happy in love" song, as I call them. It's all happy statements about a relationship, with a strong rhythm that intensifies the emotion of the song.
(The official music video is sweet and beautiful, but has some immodesty and so is not posted here.)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
This Collection
After lamenting how challenging it is to find Good, Uplifting Music (GUM, we'll call it), I decided to begin this blog to gather the GUM that is out there, wherever it may be.
So, welcome to this new blog, a venue to share music that is both uplifting and good-quality!
By "uplifting," I mean that you feel better because you listened to it. You feel happier, the world seems like a better place, or you are simply left in awe of the beauty of the music. This also means that there will be no offensive or suggestive lyrics, and only family-friendly videos will be embedded here.
By "good-quality," I mean that the music is moving, interesting, well-composed, and/or otherwise better than the average music that you might pull off the shelf or Pandora might pull out of the box.
There will be lots of variety, and when I say variety, I don't mean what radio stations mean ("We play everything from this-kind-of-pop to that-kind-of-pop!"). I believe that there can be good music in every genre, so this is really, truly, a variety station! ...Though I confess I do have favorite kinds :)
There will be music from country
to hip hop
to a'capella
to orchestral
To the extent possible, the title and artist will always be listed, along with a recording of the music (from YouTube, upon which I will depend for legality of the recording!).
Enjoy, and I look forward to your comments!
So, welcome to this new blog, a venue to share music that is both uplifting and good-quality!
By "uplifting," I mean that you feel better because you listened to it. You feel happier, the world seems like a better place, or you are simply left in awe of the beauty of the music. This also means that there will be no offensive or suggestive lyrics, and only family-friendly videos will be embedded here.
By "good-quality," I mean that the music is moving, interesting, well-composed, and/or otherwise better than the average music that you might pull off the shelf or Pandora might pull out of the box.
There will be lots of variety, and when I say variety, I don't mean what radio stations mean ("We play everything from this-kind-of-pop to that-kind-of-pop!"). I believe that there can be good music in every genre, so this is really, truly, a variety station! ...Though I confess I do have favorite kinds :)
There will be music from country
("This" - Darius Rucker)
to hip hop
("Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo)
[The official video is quite fun, but there is enough immodesty that I didn't embed it here.]
to a'capella
("Club Can't Even Handle Me Right Now" by Flo Rida - Dartmouth Aires)
to orchestral
("The Lark Ascending" - Ralph Vaughan Williams)
To the extent possible, the title and artist will always be listed, along with a recording of the music (from YouTube, upon which I will depend for legality of the recording!).
Enjoy, and I look forward to your comments!
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