Today is a Monday kind of day.

I feel like writing a new post, but honestly I don't have much to write about. I feel really BLAH today... There are so many thoughts buzzing around in my head. I think I need to get a few poems out. Maybe a song, I don't know. But my brain feels cluttered. It's strange, I feel lonely. I don't know how it's possible. I'm so busy, surrounded by people and lots to do. But I feel like I'm missing something. Maybe I just need a job and more work to do. Or it could be that I'm missing my brain. That's kinda how I feel.

I listened to Edge of Desire by John Mayer about six times today. The overall sound is kind of mirroring my mood lately. I also listened to Scar Tissue by RHCP, it's my favorite by them.
I'm also in the middle of compiling a Valentine's Day Playlist, stuff that's very easy to dance to.

Here's what I've downloaded so far today:


Amazed by Lonestar
I Need a Doctor by Dr. Dre ft. Eminem and Skylar Grey
Princess Ke$ha by Ke$ha (don't even bother, it's a stupid song.)
We In the Buildin' by Moufy
Party Til We Pass Out by Moufy
Lights (WIRED Dubstep Remix) by Ellie Goulding
Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa
Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
Kiss From A Rose by Seal (idk why this wasn't in my library already)


I also just realized it's the last day of January... It's already been a month of 2011? WTF, already? This is creepy.

FILTHY DUBSTEP

I can't stop listening to this stuff. I've been playing on soundcloud, looking up remixes to some of the hottest dubstep right now, and this is probably one of the SICKEST songs I've found so far.
This is Trykk's mashup to Liquid Stranger's "Pressurize", available for free download. Hardest drop hits at :27. Prepare to lose your mind.



Liquid Stranger - Pressurize the Vault (TrykK Mashup) by Trykk

Final January Playlist

I AM SO BEHIND.

I’m sorry. My new year so far has been BUSY. Which is a good thing, I suppose. I practically gave up on Project 356 for about 2 weeks… Haven’t posted any new music on here since, what, January 7^th? What the hell. I almost feel like I’m already failing myself and it’s only 23 days into the year.

TIME TO PICK UP THE SLACK!!!

I have some crazy awesome new music for you all, as a continuation of my last post, I’ll give you the rest of what I’ve been listening to this month. It’s a pretty even mix of Indie, hip-hop, and pop, with a little house/techno thrown in. I love it so far. Now, I can’t post EVERY song I’ve downloaded within the month, because that list is about 150 songs long. But I will, of course, give you my favorites. So, here’s the full DOIN’ IT RIGHT, JANUARY.

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf

Pretty much a badass oldie.

Feel Good by Modestep

FANTASTIC dubstep. MUST DOWNLOAD

YES by Bassnectar & Datsik

Raise Your Weapon by Deadmau5 (Switch Fusion Remix)

Long Time by Cake

Got To Move by Cake

Check out their new album, it’s really good!

We Used To Wait by Arcade Fire

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire

Beautiful by Borne

Feel It All Around by Washed Out

Can’t stop listening to this! MUST DOWNLOAD

Fallin' by Asher Roth

Gotta Get Up by Asher Roth & Nottz

Hot N' Fun (Remix) by Asher Roth

Teenage Love by Chris Akinyemi

Last Forever by IYAZ

Awesome party song! MUST DOWNLOAD

Difficult by Eminem

This is a pretty personal one from Mr. Mathers, about his loss of a friend. Good beat and good lyrics.

Part of Me by Katy Perry

Eyes Closed by Kanye West

Love the chorus and the guitar in this one.

All Night by Timeflies

Great song all around, MUST DOWNLOAD

Speed of Sound ft. Big Sean by Mike Posner

Can’t go wrong with Posner. He’s gotta be my favorite rising star ATM. MUST DOWNLOAD

Star In the Making by Case, Wally, and Johnny Juliano

Makes me think of all my friends trying to make it big and have lots of hopes and dreams. MUST DOWNLOAD

Little Devil by Campa

I Just Came To Say Hello [Katy Perry vs. Coldplay vs. Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette vs. Peter Fox vs. David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi vs. Snow Patrol vs. Kesha vs. Michael Jackson] by Mashup-Germany

People need to start listening to more mashups. They’re just awesome in general.

La Vie (the life) by The Dean’s List

International Love ft. Pitbull by Chris Brown

Sweet new party song, great to dance to.

Hello (BlackX Remix) by Martin Solveig fg Dragonette

Yes, this is similar to the one 3 songs up… but it’s just as good.

West Coast by Coconut Records

Love this one, it’s mellow and beautiful.

Summer Day by Coconut Records

Nighttiming by Coconut Records

Super sweet guitar riff here.

Speeding Cars by Imogen Heap

One of my faves from her, she’s got the most unique voice I’ve ever heard.

Congratulations by Blue October and Imogen Heap

The Best Thing About Me Is You (Jump Smokers Radio Edit) by Ricky Martin feat. Joss Stone

Sweet new party song!

Coconut Tree by Mohombi ft. Nicole Scherzinger

Can’t get over how island this is, I LOVE it. MUST DOWNLOAD

Jaguar Jazzy by Jazz Cartier

Not only is this guy really hot and reminds me of Jazz from Fresh Prince of Bel Air, but his song is great. MUST DOWNLOAD

C’mon (Catch ‘Em By Surprise) by Tiesto vs. Diplo ft. Busta Rhymes

If you like Tiesto, you’ll like this one. If you don’t like Tiesto, you’ll probably still like this one.

End of the Week by Dean and Ravo

Really love the beat and vocals

This Ain’t a Symphonie by Dan Black ft. Kid Cudi vs. Scouting For Girls

Ain’t Comin’ Down by MDH

Don’t know what it is about his voice… but I like it a lot.

Perfect by Hedley

Ohhhh man…. I love this song. Beautiful lyrics, and beautiful vocals. MUST DOWNLOAD

What The Hell by Avril Lavigne

I remember back in like 6^th and 7^th grade, Avril and I were real tight. Good to hear from her again. MUST DOWNLOAD

Who Dat Girl ft. Akon by Flo Rida

Good for jammin’ in the car. MUST DOWNLOAD

I Know You Got Soul by Bobby Byrd

Sweet oldies sound.

(500 Days of Weezy), My Sick Uncle:

There Is a Fire That Never Goes Out

Really Bad Kids

Fear Forever

Lollipop Dreams

Sweet Stunt Positions

Mushababy

Here Comes Your Milli

By Erik Paul from his EP titled The Epiphany:

These Voices

Ransom Freestyle

I’da Told You Anything

Cloudy

A Milli Remix

Letter to the Rap Game ft. Blue Foundation

Turn the Page ft. Bob Segar

Half A Life ft. Christina Perri

Monsters ft. Meg & Dia

From “Viva La Hova”, combining Jay-Z and Coldplay, by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban:

Never Changing [Prod. By nVMe]

Miss Trouble [Prod. By Judah]

Science Is Ignorant [Prod. By Gooch]

Take the Hill [Prod. By nVMe}

Life Of Clocks [Prod. By Terry Urban]

Lose My Mind by Timeflies

MUST DOWNLOAD

I’m Coming Home by Diddy & Dirty Money ft. Skylar Grey

MUST DOWNLOAD

Wings by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Pretty Little Penthouse (Tayyib Ali) by Brenton Duvall

Illmerica (Party Rock Remix) by Split Second

These guys are SO sick. Look ‘em up! MUST DOWNLOAD

Beautiful People by Benny Benassi ft. Chris Brown

You like Benassi? You like this.

My Bitter Cheap Symphony (Still Sweet) by Mashup- Germany

FYI.... a lot of these songs, and songs from previous posts, come from Camelback Music. PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT!!!

THERE YOU HAVE IT! Hope you enjoy at least one of these songs. Because I enjoy all 71 of them.

Doin' It Right, January (Playlist)

WOW. Only seven days into the new year? It seems like it's been weeks already! That could be a good thing I suppose.

Well, as of now, I have a small playlist going. Looking back at my last post, I feel really lame. Because I have a secret. For the past 7 days, I haven't really been looking for music. ...I've been taking photos. Yes, I know. It's terrible. BUT NOT REALLY.

I started this thing. It's called Project 365. You take a photo every day for a year and document every single day, so you can say, "Wow, look how amazing my year was!" or, "Wow, look how shitty my year was!" or even, "Wow, look how much taller I didn't get!". Yeah. Something along those lines.

I'm actually really excited about this. I've totally left photography in the dust, and I feel like it's something I should pick back up again, because I love it.

Now for this project, you can take a picture of anything and everything. Just as long as you do one a day. I've really been doing some self reflection lately, and I've been working hard on those New Year's resolutions. So far, things have been pretty rewarding.

If you'd like to check out my project, you can visit my flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandeyesphoto/. Don't feel obligated, I don't care if you look at my pictures or not. haha

Okay. Back to the music, yeah? 

So in my last post, I asked for help with finding music. I got some really great suggestions, among some other suggestions that I really couldn't take to seriously. Sorry Zach.

Anyways. Here's a little of what was suggested to me. Check 'em out, maybe you can add this to your playlist too.

Hell Yeah by Rev Theory (not new, but good)

Electric Worry by Clutch

Ehu Girl by Kolohe Kai (reminds me of my Island friends (: )

So Big by Iyaz (love it!)

Fallin' by Asher Roth (can't stop listening to it)

Lake Michigan by Rouge Wake

music from Coconut Records

I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You by Black Kids

Inside This World Of Mine by Static Cycle

So, thanks to Zach, Austyn, and Ryan for help :)

This is the beginning of my official January Playlist.

Doin' It Right, January

Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf

Feel Good by Modestep

YES by Bassnectar & Datsik

Raise Your Weapon by Deadmau5 (Switch Fusion Remix)

Long Time by Cake

Got To Move by Cake

We Used To Wait by Arcade Fire

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade Fire

Beautiful by Borne

Feel It All Around by Washed Out

Fallin' by Asher Roth

Gotta Get Up by Asher Roth & Nottz

Hot N' Fun (Remix) by Asher Roth

So basically, this playlist is SUPER alternative/indie. But, that's just what I've been feeling lately. I'll be posting the complete list closer to the end of the month.

Holy Crappy Music, Batman!

Well, I was hoping to be able to post some great new songs for ringing in the New Year, but dear God. I can't find anything GOOD and worth listening to, other than what everyone is already listening to, and you know that's not my style. Even the top songs on iTunes are old. Ugh.

I could be crazy, though. Maybe you all like the stuff on iTunes and the stuff I've downloaded lately, and I just don't like it. Well, whatever. Nothing I've heard lately is FANTASTICALLY AWESOME. It's all just been... blah.

Here's what I suggest. Go to iTunes and look at their Free On iTunes section. I haven't paid attention to it lately, which is sad because a lot of the time the stuff they offer is great. Last summer I downloaded Fireflies by Owl City for free before anyone knew they were good, and I got to enjoy it for a few months before it became disgustingly overplayed.

This week they feature a newer song by Cage the Elephant that's pretty good, if you like them, called Around My Head. The free video this week is actually really great, 10 Seconds by Jazmine Sullivan. Her voice is quite lovely. The video is.... okay, I liked the concept, but it could've been done differently. I don't think she was angry enough in the video, she needed more emotion. But. I can't judge to harshly, here I am blogging about her because I can't find anything better.

As my last resort, I'll open up my Shazam app and see what I've tagged recently. Let's see here. In the past month, I've tagged songs such as:

Drowning by Saving Abel

Start A Fire by Ryan Starr

Stereo Love by Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina

Heavy by Collective Soul

Firework by Katy Perry

Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri 

Yeah 3X by Chris Brown

Steal My Sunshine by Len (good oldie)

For the First Time by The Script

Impossible by Anberlin

and

Higher by Taio Cruz ft. Travie McCoy

Okay, this list... kinda sucks, with the exception of like, 4 songs. 

So, for all of you reading this, be brave and leave me a comment. Tell me what you're listening to so far this year. Maybe I'll make cookies for the person with the best songs.

(and actually you probably don't want me to make you cookies, I'm a terrible cook.)

K bye.