Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Voice Season 3 Battle Album Covers

Impressive Group!
Personal Faves: Melanie Martinez, Cassadee Pope, Joe Kirkland, Trevin Hunte, Caitlin Michele, Mackenzie Bourg, Suzanna Choffel, De'Borah.
Adriana Louise - Hot N Cold

Alessandra Guercio - Wide Awake

Amanda Brown - Vision of Love

Aquile - You Give Me Something

Avery Wilson - Titanium

Bryan Keith - Santeria

Caitlin Michele - Lights

Cassadee Pope - Not Over You

Celica Westbrook - My Life Would Suck Without You

Chevonne - Titanium

Cody Belew - Telephone

Collin McLoughlin - Santeria

Daniel Rosa - Whataya Want From Me

De'Borah - Message In a Bottle

Devyn DeLoera - Free Your Mind

Dez Duron  - Just the Way You Are

Diego Val - Jessie's Girl

Gracia Harrison - Sin Wagon

Joe Kirkland - You Get What You Give

Joselyn Rivera - Best Thing I Never Had

Julio Cesar Castillo - Conga

Kayla Nevaraz - Wide Awake

Laura Vivas - Poker Face

Liz Davis - Baggage Claim

Loren Allred - Need You Now

Mackenzie Bourg - Good Time

MarissaAnn - Free Your Mind

Melanie Martinez - Lights

Michaela Paige - I Hate Myself For Loving You

Michelle Brooks-Thompson - Crazy in Love

Mycle Wastman - Too Close

Nicholas David - She's Gone

Nicole Nelson - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 
Rudy Parris - Bad Day

Sam James - You Give Love A Bad Name

Suzanna Choffel - Dog Days Are Over

Sylvia Yacoub - Best Thing I Never Had

Terry McDermott - Carry On Wayward Son

Trevin Hunte - Vision of Love

Terisa Griffin - Conga

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Ethan's Playlist 10/14/12 [Pop]

Yeah, this is a really pop-y playlist. Here is my way with pop, if the lyrics and meaning are clean, I am ok with it. If it sounds good, awesome. This is a really really pop-y playlist. Just a lot of interesting pop music right now, <cough> t swizzle... Yes, I like t swizzle. Problem? I think not. I used to bash on guys who listened to t swizzle, but her dubstep-y songs are so entrancing. Yeah, extreme ends of pop.

One of my favorite alternative singers and one of my favorite dance artists in one song. Heck yes. They did another song, Spectrum (Say My Name), which I liked, but this song is more special because it is not a remix. 

2. [I Knew You Were Trouble] - Taylor Swift
Yeah, here is the t swizzle. Here dubstep-y song is so catchy. I like it her better then her lovey-dovey songs. 

3. [Dashes] - Tyler Ward
I really wish I could say that I knew Tyler before he became big on youtube. It just didn't happen. I actually bought his whole EP. I have to say, I am very impressed. I thought that it would just be some original songs already on youtube, but no, all new amazing stuff. 

3. [Try] - P!nk
Crap, Ethan has gone from Taylor Swift to now P!nk! Oh goodness. Don't worry, I'm not obsessed with P!nk, just this one song. I heard a great cover of this song and I just liked the original more. Never give up is the way I interpret the song.

4. [My Blood] - Ellie Goulding
And Ellie Goulding!... Lot of the electronic clean pop has really gotten to me. I really like this song, Ellie Goulding has really transitioned from her other albums into a more dubstep-y album.

5. [The Way We Are] - Tyler Ward
Another one of my favorites from the EP! This was my original favorites, but I over listened to it and now I really like Dashes.

6. [Red] - Taylor Swift
again, t swizzle's electronica/dubstep-y songs are really getting me hooked yo.

7. [Lucky Strike] - Maroon 5
An extremely catchy song by Maroon 5. Adam Levine's voice is so nasty sick.

8. [I Love You] - 2NE1
I always thought you pronounced 2NE1 as, "2-N-E-1", but in reality it is pronounced as 21. Does K-Pop fit the pop category? Well, whatever, in my book it does. I really like this Korean girl band. Dara and CL. They are all so talented. Hope they can breakthrough in the US. 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Stress and the Other Messes

Lazy Daisy, Mean Jean, Bossy Rossy, Sandy, well umm.., Sandy, well my name is. Stressed Ethan. Stress,  everyone gets it. I think. Well, anyways, yeah stress. Stress is  pretty big in my life currently. I feel like I have no time for anything anymore, but I kinda do? I waste thirty minutes to an hour a day on checking my mail, not old-fashioned mail,  my feeds, etc., And also, iPad games... I think our school is literally trying to break us as a student body. No one greets anyone anymore, and it's kinda weird when you do. Well, looks like I am getting off track again. 

Well, last week was probably the most stressful week of my life, yet one of the most beneficial. Homecoming, I think if I could, I would throw out float building, $350 per class! That's expensive and quite unnecessary, but is definitely so much to build. Well, anyway, I had to help lead people to work on the float. It was fun, but it was very time consuming. The earliest I came home was around seven each night and the latest was around nine. This taught me how to do homework quickly and more efficiently. Even though I went to bed later then I wanted to, I felt good about the time I spent on my homework. I managed to even squeeze a few tv shows in as well as talking with friends. 

I have found, the less time one has, the more they can get done in that period. I have been able to do more work and have had a tiny bit of free time. Here are a few do's and don'ts.

Don't: 
Pin facebook, youtube, gmail, pintrest, instagram, etc. Pin only school related tabs so you won't be tempted to fluctuate.

Even have any of those links open!

Listen to music if it doesn't help you concentrate. Music can sometimes help me think better.

Not have breaks! Take an occasional break, but not too many.

Do:
Your work, duh.

Put all distractions aside

Keep God first

Eat. Eating helps you think.

Focus, whenever you do work you NEED to focus.

So, some of you may have noticed I mentioned to keep God first. Some may say that while it is important to keep God first, what does that have to do with homework and stress? Well, no matter how much homework you have, God is definitely more important. In the long run, homework is not going to be a big deal. If you absolutely have no time for God because of work, then still make time. In the past, I may not have been very consistent with my devotions, but now even when I have more work than ever, I still do my devotions daily. 

Well, this was probably a very random post. I don't really feel like proof-reading it because I can feel all the errors. So, I hope I didn't rant that much, yep. Bye. 





Monday, October 1, 2012

The Voice Season 3 Episode 8 Album Covers

I really really like Caitlin Michele! Sounds just like Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine! :)
Caitlin Michele - Cosmic Love
Caitlin Michele - Cosmic Love


Celica Westbrook - A Thousand Years
Celica Westbrook - A Thousand Years

Chevonne - Brass In Pocket
Chevonne - Brass In Pocket

Cody Belew - Hard to Handle
Cody Belew - Hard to Handle

Kayla Nevarez - American Boy
Kayla Nevarez - American Boy

Nathalie Hernandez
Nathalie Hernandez

Nicole Johnson - Mr. Know It All
Nicole Johnson - Mr. Know It All

Rudy Parris - Every Breath You Take
Rudy Parris - Every Breath You Take