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Ethan's Playlist 6/26/12 [Linkin Park]

I have been thinking that Monday isn't the best time to post, because Tuesday is ALBUM RELEASE DATE! So I think I am going to move it to Tuesday, and yeah, I apologize for not posting yesterday... So, speaking of new albums, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, and Pentatonix have all released albums today! Their titles are LIVING THINGS, Overexposed, and PTX, Vol. 1, respectively. My internet is a little less cooperative right now, so for this week, no youtube links will be included, sorry for any inconvenience. This week hasn't been really full of new music, so I will do an artist spotlight... umm... Linkin Park!

Well, I have been only a recent fan of Linkin Park, umm, I wish I was a fan since Meteora or Hybrid Theory, but  I didn't listen to music back then... back then, I would listen to little children's songs, not full on Linkin Park... 

Linkin Park's "Main Guy" actually isn't the lead vocalist, it is Mike Shinoda, the rapper and principal songwriter, not Chester Bennington. Mike Shinoda was one of the founders of the original band, Linkin Park. 

The first 2 albums, Hybrid Theory and Meteora were huge hits! Linkin Park has since released more albums, including Minutes to Midnight, A Thousand Suns, and LIVING THINGS.

One of their bigger flops was A Thousand Suns, released September 2010, it had a very small aprooval rating, averaging 3 out of 5 stars on iTunes. Their newest album, LIVING THINGS, was just released today! And so far, I think it is redemption!

It has 12 tracks and I have been listening to it on repeat and have found no problems with anything! I hope you enjoy the album cover and the list of the tracks, all CAPITALIZED!

LIVING THINGS

1. LOST IN THE ECHO

2. IN MY REMAINS

3. BURN IT DOWN

4. LIES GREED MISERY

5. I’LL BE GONE

6. CASTLE OF GLASS

7. VICTIMIZED

8. ROADS UNTRAVELED

9. SKIN TO BONE

10. UNTIL IT BREAKS

11. TINFOIL

12. POWERLESS

Haha, that was kinda short, Oh well, hope you enjoy! I hope you follow my blog!

Ethan's Playlist 6/18/12

This week’s playlist is a bit different, ranging from electronic, to dubstep/violin (How can these 2 go together?), to extreme alternative rock, to singer/songwriter, to hip hop/ rap. It is a very diverse playlist. (I seem to be keeping up reputation)

1. [Titanium (feat. Sia)] – David Guetta

Wow, this song is pretty amazing! I remember first hearing Sia from Wild Ones, I really liked her voice, but I didn’t like the song, so I quickly glanced over the song without approval. Then, hearing her voice (and not to forget power) in this song and seeing how well it actually matched this time, it clicked and worked for me! Her voice is truly remarkable and the electronic beats always fit well for me. (Did I mention this song is catchy?)

2. [Crystallize] – Lindsey Stirling

I remember first seeing Lindsey Stirling in the first blog post I read, and that was my friends! (Shout out to A**** M*!) It was the Lord of the Rings’ Medley, I like the movies, but not an avid follower of them, so yet again I glanced over talent, and I didn’t listen to it. I can say that I found her again in We Found Love, but I didn’t really understand it, so I glanced over it again! (What a big mistake yet again, yet again!) Then I listened to her cover of Starships that she did with Megan Nicole and then I looked at her channel and started to listen to her songs, and they were so good! This was her biggest hit and my favorite by far! I love dubstep and what she did with her violin accompanied the beats so well! For some reason, I just love Lindsey’s! Lindsey Pavao and now Lindsey Sterling!

3. [Every Single Night] – Fiona Apple

 I remembered in Lindsey Pavao’s blind audition, Blake said she sounded like Fiona Apple and then Lindsey cited her as a big influence. So, when I saw that she was getting a new album, I got the first single as well as her big hits. I love her voice, and now I see that Blake knew exactly what he was talking about, because she sounds a lot like Lindsey, just a little more extreme. She is a bit weird, 2 of her albums are titled long titles. One with over 190 words and one with over 20! She is a bit out there, but she is good. This is her lead single from the album!

4. [Wide Awake] – Tiffany Alvord

I love listening to covers! I wasn’t a big cover person back then, but then I was recommended Sam Tsui and Tyler Ward! Then, further pursuing led to Megan Nicolle, Tiffany Alvord, Boyce Avenue, Luke Conard, Alex Goot, Alex G, and more! I like this version of Wide Awake a lot. It is a different take, but it is good.

5. [The Fighter] – Gym Class Heroes 

I really like this song, and the lyrics are really meaningful as well as clean! I don’t remember where I heard this song, but I really like it and I hope it is covered! Ryan Tedder is so good! 

Ethan's Playlist 6/11/12 [All Around]

Well, as usual my playlist is pretty diverse, one of my "claim to fames" is listening to all kinds of music, most people claim the same thing, but they usually have 1 "exception" that exception being... dun dun dun.. COUNTRY! Well, I used to be a hater of country until my friends officially introduced it to me, at first I still was hatin' on it, but I gradually started to like it. Another problem I had was with metal, but then apparently not all metal is screamo, and the music I thought was rock was metal, and I had been listening to it all along.

The one genre I sometimes have problems with is Hip Hop/ Rap. Yea, I listen to rap, yeah, I even have "rap" on this playlist. I mean I used to listen to rap, like a decent amount, that along with pop. Thankfully, I got caught, by myself, that these songs had quite a bit of swear words and usually had a very negative meaning. So my most listened to, turned to my least listened to. I mean, clean rap is totally fine with me, and meaning clean doesn't mean "bleeped" out words, it means clean words from the get go and decent meanings. Does this mean that I don't listen to bad rap? Most of the time I don't but some songs manage to sneak in, and if that is the case, I get the clean version.

Pop is around the same, I mean, most of the time there are no cuss words, but the meanings are sometimes awful. Have you ever sat listening to lyrics? And then realized that they suck? Yeah, it's the same thing. "Oh, I listen to the song, it is so catchy! But I would never actually do that kinda stuff!" Well, sometimes, it is just as bad to be complacent to listening to that type of music. I do admit that I am not guilt-free, but hey it's sometimes the effort that counts, as long it is substantial effort.

Well, off-topic, now back to blogging. This week's playlist is pretty diverse, it includes: alternative, christian, dubstep remix, rap, pop, and country.

1. [Breath of Life] - Florence + The Machine

I feel like this band gets disregarded a lot, but this band is pretty legit. I mean this song is a great example as well as "Dog Days Are Over" and "No Light, No Light" which was featured as TIME Magazine's top song of 2011, which is kinda odd, because it really wasn't... Adele was definitely top, but the song is good nonetheless. This is on the soundtrack of "Snow White and the Huntsman" and it totally fits, even though I didn't watch the movie yet...

2. [I Will Go] - Starfield

Well, we recently had a pretty good conference @ White Oak and this was one of my favorite songs from the conference, My definite fave was "You Are Good", but the studio version is like a choir and that is good live only for me. I was really surprised by the original, it was a lot cooler than I thought it would be, I thought it would be relatively the same, but it had all the cool guitar moves and sounds added to it. The lyrics are amazing, my definite favorite is "Take everything I am, I'm clay within your hands." This should definitely be our prayer to God.

3. [Lights (Bassnectar Remix)] - Ellie Goulding

The first time I heard the song was like last year. I was kinda shocked at how it sounded, I didn't really listen to dubstep back then and couldn't really understand it and then later when I realized how awesome dubstep was, I was quite happy with the genre, totally forgetting the song. So this was one of my first dubstep songs, and I actually really like it now. It is my favorite! I am a fan of unique voices and dubstep, so this was a good  match. Either this was the first dubstep song, or a Skrillex mashup  was. My friends were listening to "Scary Like A G6" a mashup of "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" and "Like A G6".

4. [Coming Up Strong] - Karmin

Did you know that no one in the duo of Karmin is named Karmin? Actually the duo was named Karmin after the play Carmen and they believe in karma so they made it Karmin. I love pretty much all their songs, but the reason this one stood out was because it was different. They usually rap a lot but this wasn't as much. It was a soft song with an amazing intro by NICK! I really never heard him sing other than in harmony and he is really good, and of course the switch back into rap is always amazing as well, so good job Amy. This is one of my favorites from them, joining the favorites are Hello & Walking On the Moon.

5. [Honey Bee] - Blake Shelton

I really wanted to blog about a song that I didn't blog about last week, since it was all country last week. This right now isn't on my playlist but the other country songs that were featured last week are on it. Well, back to Shelton, I heard this song for the first time, on The Voice! It was last season and he sang it with Dia Frampton & Xenia! My favorites from last season! I kinda didn't know how to react to the song, because I wasn't a country fan then. So, I kinda was like, my 3 favorites are on stage awesome, and I didn't pay attention to the song, but later I really was amazed by the song and it was my favorite for a while, and I still listen to it occasionally, like today.

Well, I think that was the longest I ever blogged on a playlist, so you guys better come read it! Follow Me Please! I want some followers! I have 3, and one is me... Hahaha! If you get this far into the blog, I'll tell you the best bet to make with a friend. Have the bet money on the table from your friend and 2 glasses of liquid, put the glasses on your friend's fingers and say the first part is about balance, and then take the money and run! :)

Becoming the Proverbs 1-30 Man [1]

Well, at a conference I went to a very amazing sister gave a very inspirational talk, and one of the things that spoke out to me was, "Men, do not expect a Proverbs 31 woman, until you become a Proverbs 1-30 man." So this got me thinking, and the best way to becoming the Proverbs 1-30 man is to... READ PROVERBS! So I switched gears from my devotions in the Gospels, to reading Proverbs and taking notes. So thank you females for reading this post, but be warned, it might not be all too relevant. 


So I only recently just started doing this so the format of this series, I am so excited, is going to be key verses from the chapter. (I do not like to over blog, so at most I will blog every other day, but don't expect that), and an explanation, and if there are any ladies that one must "watch out for", I will also include the verses and explanations.


1 v7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools^[c] despise wisdom and instruction.

1 v8

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
    and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 

1 v10

My son, if sinful men entice you,
    do not give in to them. 

1 v19 (in reference to v11-18)

Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.

1 v33

but whoever listens to me will live in safety 
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

OK, so in this chapter there are lots of warnings and rebukes, (I think generally in Proverbs there are a lot of warnings and rebuke, but also a lot of wisdom) So let us begin with the first verse. God is by far the most powerful, he is omnipotent and omniscient, meaning all powerful and all-knowing. So in our lives, the wisest decision one will ever make is to decide to follow Christ. That is one of the most important/crucial things to becoming the Proverbs 1-30 man! It is to follow Jesus and to fear the Lord! The next verse can be taken a few different ways, I look to it as obeying and following the authority that God has bestowed unto our parents. So the next important step is to listen, obey, and to love your parents. Even if our parents aren't ideal, still respect and obey them within God's laws. Do not follow the paths of the evil for it will not be good for you. Those who fall into deep sin usually have a hard time to get up from it, so don't even play with the fire and just flee from that path. The utmost important thing is to listen to God, God has things in store for us that we can't even imagine! Why would we even want to not listen to him?


So in order to become the Proverbs 1-30 Man:
Fear God
Listen/Honor Parents
Do not fall into temptations
Stay away from temptations
Listen to the Lord

I hope y'all enjoy this series as much as I do! :D

Ethan's Playlist [Country]

Well, I kinda got tired of the EK title and the set amount of songs, so I am officially changing it to Ethan's playlist, yea, I need to change that. But for now, Ethan's playlist is good enough for me. For my playlist, I will either feature an artist, an album, a genre, or my mix. This week's spotlight is country! Well, I have been listening to a lot of country at this time, so I would imagine this would work well.

[Drunk On You] - Luke Bryan

Well, what can I say? Luke Bryan is one of my favorites! His songs are amazing and his voice is great, and I think this is his best song that I'm not tired of right now! The chorus is definitely the best, "Girl, you make my speakers go boom boom" oops, sorry. Well, Drunk On You is amazing! Listen!

[Bait A Hook] - Justin Moore

A reason that I love country so much, is that there are so many jokes in the lyrics, even though this song hates on sushi, and priuses, and people who never drove a truck, it is freakin' hilarious. This is definitely a great song!

[Postcards from Paris] - The Band Perry

I usually don't listen to girl country artists unless they are unique, and I like Kimberly Perry's voice and I remember when I first heard, If I Die Young, and was entranced by her voice and the good lyrics, I love this song and hope it will gain more recognition.

[Springsteen] - Eric Church

I mean, I am fairly new to this song, I can say it is a catchy song, but I really don't like his voice, it is a bit too high, but I like the song a lot. I especially love the chorus. Pretty much, the chorus is all that is going for the song for me, because his voice is irritable.

[Chicken Fried] - Zac Brown Band

Ok, any country song that mentions fried chicken sells me anytime. This is one of my favorite country songs to sing. The lyrics make me laugh, and it is just a great song to sing.

[A Woman Like You] - Lee Brice

This song makes me so happy, there aren't that many nice country songs out there, and this is one of them. I love songs about fried chicken... tee hee...har har

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