Stateless

i think i might have inhaled you.

Amazing

This, believe it or not, is a blind sight read where Tom filled in the blanks...

Via the Youtube comments:
Yes, this is his first time seeing or hearing the music.

I've had countless requests to give Tom music from the Zelda series, but there is no ragtime in it as far as I know (having never played the games). However, I was informed of a couple tunes that could translate into ragtime. This sort of bluegrass fiddle tune translates the best.

The arrangement I was shown comes from a songbook published in Japan. The arrangements in there are way oversimplified. They don't even do the right bass notes, and the melodies are in single notes. You'll notice on the score here a few penned-in corrections that I had thrown in.

But the simplified score meant that Tom was more free to fill it in his own way, much like the popular video of him riffing off the Birabuto Kingdom theme.

The result is a great big yee-haw romp!

Cinematic Orchestra

A beautiful song by Cinematic Orchestra, with vocals by Patrick Watson has resurfaced from its 2007 release and is included in the Another Earth movie trailer. Check the song & trailer below.

Playlist

My shuffle playlist this morning. Click here to stream, or check some videos below.

Lollapalooza

The Lolla lineup was announced today and the reaction seemed to be pretty meh. It must be because the festival is so late in the year and the artists announced are pretty much hitting every festival this summer. So, in all no surprises, even though there are some really amazing bands playing. Heres my little Lolla playlist of some of my favorite songs from these artists....



this song makes my hopeful heart smile. One day.













To be continued.

Coachella live stream

The second best thing to being there - being able to stream the whole thing live as it happens. Ive been obsessed with this all weekend long. 3 channels of pure music festival bliss.

http://www.youtube.com/user/coachella#p///s/YUuOve_3hWs

Covers: Mumford & Sons

I found this cover on a friend's twitter feed today. Ready to flow some beauty into your ears? Kate actually gives me chills on this White Page Blank cover that she spills out in the bathroom...and can you blame a girl? We all know bathroom acoustics are where its at. This song has nestled in comfortably as my number 2 favourite on Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More, behind Awake My Soul.

The lyrics in themselves are something that pump goosebumps into this heart of mine.

Can you lie next to her, and give her your heart as well as your body?
Can you lie next to her and give her your love as well as your folly?
Can you kneel before the King and say 'I'm clean'?
but tell me now, where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?



Mumford & Sons Book Shop Session

Jessie J

I can't wait for you to visit me at work next week. 6 song set? Yes please. April 25th please come quickly.

Little Wings & Feist

A Sunday night lullaby. Sweet dreams.

K-Os

Last week I went to a special taping of MuchPresents K-OS, which was our Canadian answer to MTV Unplugged. He was indeed not plugged in, and joined on stage by Emily Haines of Metric and Lights for duets of his own hits, Ben from Billy Talent to cover Weezer's Say It Ain't So and the show stopper, in my opinion, Shad, who's performance included a nice freestyle battle. It was a pretty cool experience in the legendary Masonic Temple. The expected 90min set turned into well over 2.5 hours of hilarious charm as he kept stopping his band and forgetting his words...lets just say that Kos and I could be good friends because he clearly likes to hit the wine as much as I do.

The whole show is going to be packaged and released in a couple of months as a dvd and LP so watch for it.

Look forward to an acoustic version of 4 3 2 1, featuring Lights and one of these magnificent pianos.

We Are Hunted

So, I'm about to share my secret...We are Hunted. This site is my bible for music discovery. If you haven't checked it out you must - its a rotating live chart that streams the coolest tunes right now. Here are my current top two newbies from this a.m.:


The Five One - Closing Time

Nothing like bringing something old out from the back of the closet (or bottom of the itunes bin) shining it up, giving it an accent and adding some beats. Try this on for size, weekend....




Dominent Legs - Young at Love and Life

My theme that will be getting me through today. Download it free here