Beautiful Heartbreak - Hilary Weeks

Jodi King Music Video - Happy

This is my favourite Jodi King song, glad to see a music video to go along with it!

Candy for the Ears: Meaghan Smith

I recently got to see Meaghan Smith in concert. (Sorry to the people in Vancouver who's show got cancelled because of the rioting, what a let down)  It was superb!

Meaghan Smith is the most recent Juno Award winner for Best New Artist.

She has a brilliant voice.  So original, that listening to her live sounds better then the recorded version of the songs.  I heard a lot of other people see that too!  Best part of the show was that the encore that audience pleaded for.  She came back on stage and said comically "Are You Sure? Do you remember that Juno I won, it was for best NEW artist. I only know so many songs."

I love that she was personable and wanted to meet her fans after the show.  You had better believe I took my wife with me to go meet her.  She also responded to one of my tweets before the show.  Just an absolute delight.

I didn't have cash at the show to buy a t-shirt.  When I got home I ordered one online, because I would rather support examples like her for my kids, then Miley Cyrus. You can imagine how distraught I was when the order was cancelled a couple of days ago because the t-shirts were no longer available.  One day when new products are listed, I will be all over that site.

If you haven't heard of Meaghan Smith, check her out at her website, her MySpace page, Twitter, or on Facebook.  She is Canadian talent that you need to hear. Candy for the ears.

Are You A Puppet?

A former popular pop singer in Finland, Jonna Pirinen, challenging the music industry, pretty much saying that the industry controls the performers life.  How about we include the listener as well.  Is the listener a puppet?



Are you a puppet?

Lindsey Stirling: Spontaneous Me Music Video

Of course I have to show off Lindsey Stirling's latest music video.  Especially since I love the principle of being spontaneous, or at least going with the flow, or as Sam Gladding calls it: Happenstance. Enjoy!

Infant Movie Theme Song Exposure and It's Relation to Later Movie Watching

When my daughter was born, actually even before, I compiled a CD of 14 songs from eight movies and one TV show that my wife and I (well, mostly I) liked.  My hypothesis was that if I played these songs for bedtime, and at other times, that this would make the songs familiar to her and therefore she would welcome the movies or TV shows because they were familiar to her.

The theme songs selected had to be of a softer tone or a classical music type, similar to that of bedtime music.  This was to maintain the goal of the songs being soothing.

YouTube: Love Story meets Viva La Vida

Trust me. You will enjoy this clip. Give it a listen.