Music Music Music!

Well this week has been majorly musical for me if you couldn't tell by the post title. Let's see... Sunday was spent with a friend who fixed my floyd rose, retuned my guitar, and we went to buy new whammy bars. Then we played guitar for a few more hours. Then right after was a not-so-dress rehearsal for the chorus concert. OMG the school we did the joint concert with is AMAZING! Of course our director put them in the room with our giant trophies during breaks haha.

Tuesday was the concert which was perfect until the last two songs. I'm usually on the very end of the 1st soprano section but the girl in front of me stopped at the wrong place so I had to keep walking on the next row. Well that pretty much put me between 2nd sopranos and basses with no one near me that sang my part. What did I do? I sang of course! Held down my part better in the hard song than the easy one for some reason but hey it worked. Scariest moment of my life though.

And now it's Wednesday. A friend of mine brought his guitar to school so that was fun. I got to thinking about my favorite song because I realized how much I say "I love that song! It's one of my favorites!" And I'm never lying either. I have so many favorites and the top favorites change constantly. So I figure I'll share my top 10 of the week in countdown form: This is mostly based on what's always stuck in my head.

10. "Looking Up"- Paramore- Top 10 really isn't bad, heck this one moves up and down the rankings a lot. It's fun to sing and just really upbeat and I can relate to it so much.

9. "Single Ladies" Beyonce - Normally I'm not too crazy about most music like that, but I love this song for two reason. 1. It was on Glee and amazing. 2. It's my 2010 prom song. I went single and danced the most to this one.

8. "Beautiful Disaster"- Jon McLaughin- I heard this one a long time ago but recently started playing it on my guitar. It's just always in my head.

7. "Things Can Never Die" - Charles Dickens/Chorus- Yep a chorus song! If I had to pick one from last night I loved learning the most, it was this one. It's just so pretty!

6. "Paperthin Hymn"- Anberlin- This one I've loved for a while. I can't even remember where I heard it, I just love it. Rhythmically difficult to sing but still amazing!

5. "Swing Life Away"- I first heard this song at the SkillsUSA Christmas tree walk. Patrick had my guitar and was playing it and I pretty much fell in love with the song. I went home and bought it on iTunes and put it on repeat for a few hours. Gotta learn that soon!

4. "Taking Chances" Glee or Celine Dion- Ok, it's the Glee version I'm most in love with but it's so much fun to sing! I've been using it as a warmup song!

3. "I Love You"- Martina McBride- I bet that one was a surprise. Well I came across this one when I bought the sheet music book (It was on sale for like $2 while my mom was out antique shopping, I couldn't resist!) for "Runaway Bride" so I started singing it, and it's just fun.

2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"- Greenday- Another one that kinda grew on me. I'm learning this one too but it's another sweet short song about living for the moment. Love it!

1. "If It Means A Lot to You" A Day to Remember- My friend Patch was over and he played it and I feel in love with it both lyrically and stylistically. The messages sweet, simple, and different. It was about a guy that has to leave but says "If everyone sings "la, la la la, la la la" that he can come back" In the end the girl gets everyone to sing that simple phrase. Also I love the voices. I can't stop listening this over and over again. Learning it on my guitar currently.