Otis Taylor - Ten Million Slaves

Just watched the movie Public Enemies.  Awesome!  The sound track really enhanced the movie.  Most was of it was classical in nature, but I loved the song Ten Million Slaves.  I've become interested in songs with banjo of late.  Most of the time blue grass.  I believe this was used in some of the trailers.   Kind of a blues dirty guitar/bluegrass type thing going on.  A song that perfectly fits a period movie yet still can fit nicely in my regular music listening collection.  I downloaded it off of itunes almost right after the movie.  I haven't checked out much more of Otis Taylor, but I think I will filter through his work and probably will end up with some of it in my collection.

Original Soundtrack of Our Lives

I discovered Original Soundtrack of Our Lives a while back and have gotten back into listening to them.  Good song writing.  They have a song called Big Time that is awesome.  Very much in the vain of Oasis or the Doves.  Maybe a bit dreary if you listen to the cd all the way through, but good songs to put in a mix.

David Grohl thoughts

I was watching Foo Fighters most recent story tellers episode and David Grohl was talking about the song Hero and said it was written during rehearsals.  He just filled in some words to fit the melody and they ended up sticking.  That has happened to me before.  Sometimes, I have a set of words written down then sit down and write a melody, but more often I start plucking away at a song and use filler words or even just syllables that seems to fit the cadence and character of the song.  Later, when I go to write 'official words' down, sometimes the words that I was mumbling seems to stick.   A new song the band is playing called Proclaim is a good example of that.

Kenna

So I'm a big fan of this song, Sun Red Sky Blue.  Kenna's story about getting noticed by people very high up in the music industry and not being able to break through to mainstream music was referenced several times in a book I've been reading.  I had to check him out.  Easy to see by just sampling why his marketability tests for radio play have pretty much failed.  Despite this, he has quite the cult following.  Love the music.  The closest thing in my collection to compare is Mutemath.

It Might Get Loud @ 1st glance

Pretty awesome movie. I’ve only watched It Might Get Loud one time so far and due to people sleeping in the house, the volume was down and I missed a little of the dialogue. I find it interesting how much I love narratives. After watching this and hearing more about Jack White, I immediately started sampling White Stripes. I already knew a lot about the Edge, but was surprised at how little I knew about Jimmy Page. One  particular point in the movie that struck me was when Jimmy put on an old record he likes. He closed his eye, got lost in the music and did a little air guitar like any other guitar fan would do. It’s hard to imagine someone like Jimmy Page day dreaming about playing someone else’s music.