Where I Find Good Music

I guess most people would say "oh I listen to the radio" or "I watch the music channels. Kiss is my channel!" as my friend always tells me. But, to be honest, I find music channels a little bit boring. I always thought TV was for watching good programmes. And the only channels we seem to listen to in the car are Radio 2 and Radio 4. So if I don't listen to the radio or watch Kerrang or Kiss or whatever they'll come up with next what do I do? One word. Adverts. Nearly all of my favourite songs have been on adverts. For instance when my favourite song was Ellie Goulding's cover of Your Song , it was on the John Lewis advert for Christmas. And at the moment, I love the song on the new B&Q advert but annoyingly, I can't find out the title! And also I get songs from films. Like when I went to see I Am Number Four and they played Letters From the Sky at the end of the film and I fell in love with it. All I'm saying is, pay attention to the music in the background!

Orchestra Concert

I'm so sorry I haven't written in a while! I have been rehearsing for our Orchestra concert almost every night this week and the nights that I wasn't rehearsing, I was doing homework! Anyway, the concert was last night and went amazingly well! I play violin in "the Seconds". I doubt I'll ever be able to sit with my friends in "First violins" because I don't have lessons and I don't do grades but the violin teachers at the orchestra don't seem to understand...It was good though, even if we were only on for about twenty minutes. We kicked off the concert with "Rule Britannia" and moved on to "Welsh Anthems" (Bread of Heaven, International Velvet by Catatonia, Have a Nice day by Stereophonics and Delilah by Tom Jones) straight after which was a pretty good mix of Welsh songs in my opinion. Then we did Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld, Land of Hope and Glory and finished with the Sailor's Hornpipe which got faster and faster. Then we had to play it again, even faster this time, so the audience could "join in". All they did was clap so it seemed pretty pointless to me. I don't actually want a rest tonight! I really want to go and play in orchestra again. I love playing music so much. Its wonderful to know your playing something that effects how somebody feels....

I have been doing the 30 day song challenge and just finished it. I highly recommend it as it forces you to really think about the songs you're choosing and explore your taste in music. It also brings back old favourties and helps you to find new favourites too. I didn't really like the idea of doing it on Facebook so I did it on Polyvore. I posted a set for each of the thirty days and linked it to the outfit I had made. You can see all of my thirty days here. Below are the themes for each day so you can this at home.
Day 1-Favourite song-Your song
Day 2-Least favourite song
Day 3-a song that makes you happy
Day 4- a Song that makes you sad
Day 05 – A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 – A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 07 – A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 – A song that you know all the words to
Day 09 – A song that you can dance to
Day 10 – A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 – A song from your favorite band
Day 12 – A song from a band you hate
Day 13 – A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 – A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 – A song that describes you
Day 16 – A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 – A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 – A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19 – A song from your favorite album
Day 20 – A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 – A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 – A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 – A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 – A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 – A song that makes you laugh
Day 26 – A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 – A song that you wish you could play
Day 28 – A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 – A song from your childhood
Day 30 – Your favorite song at this time last year