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January 1st! Oh, the fresh year has just started and I made a short list of great songs! Check it out!

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Wednesday

On this sunny and windy wednesday, I woke up interrupting some dream which I remember nothing about. The only thing I was sure about is that I had to listen Taylor Swift's new records. I checked my favourite websites, and was noticed that the videoclip of Begin Again had released earlier.
Some time after, I caught myself on the bus, going to somewhere quite where I could fly in my mind without even move myself. Then, I ended up at the library, and I confess that if I hadn't gone there, I'd feel like not doing what I should. Anyway, I had a sit next some big windowns, and after I took some sips of coffee, I caught myself flying far, far away from the library... I was so deeply involved in the story of the book.

I realized I had flown away, because for some time I can't say how long, I totally forgot where I was, what time it was, what day it is. I got I had been distracted because I had forgotten for a while the music that was in my head.

I like this kind of thing, when you totally go out of the where you are, and just for a moment you fall deeply in your thoughts. That's the magic of reading a book, I mean, you can imagine the scenes, you can fly to places without even move yourself. And one more thing, the music that I mentioned that was in my head was Begin Again, by Taylor Swift!

Her voice is just amazing! Watch this official video!

Link to check all her new song's lyrics: taylorswift.com/releases ;)

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Bad because it was good!

On a hot day, chewing gun, sat down on carpet and listening to Red by Taylor Swift is how I'm gonna write this post. 

You might have known that Taylor Swift has released new songs of her newest album, Red! One of those musics is called Red, the name of the album, and this song says: 

"Oh, losing him was blue like I’d never known

Missing him was dark grey, all alone
Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met
'Cause loving him was red
Yeah, yeah, red
Oh, burning red"

I am a big fan of Taylor Swift and I've watched many interviews and listened to this music over and over again! I like to listen to any music reading its letter. As usual, I did that and I realized she is totally right! I mean, she says that losing him was blue, missing him was dark, 'cause loving him was red. Haven't you got?! What she tried to say is that missing him was really bad because loving was once really amazing. She is right, because you can't miss something that was never amazing. I have seen interviews where she says that even if it ends badly, it's worth it, because it taught you something! 

This new album is gonna be released on October 22nd! Are you counting the days left?!

Have you listened to RED?! Here it comes! ;)

That's not an interview, but talks about the song Red and the album!

Train!

Train is a pop rock band from San Francisco! The band consists of Pat Monahan(vocals), Jimmy Stafford(guitar) and Scott Underwood(drums). 
Monaham was born in Pennsylvania, where he began his musical career singing with cover band. After the dissolution of that band, he moved to California, where he met Rob Hotchkiss. After playing in LA scene club, Rob added Stafford and Underwood and they formed Train in 1994!
They achieved success in 1998 with the hit "Meet Virginia"! In 2002 they won two Grammy Awards for the album "Drops of Jupiter" and the single Tell Me.
In 2003, they released the album My Private Notion which was positive receptes from the criticts, however it was commercially unsuccessful. After the band had taken three-year hiatus (2006-2009), the album "Save Me, San Francisco" has been certificated Gold by RIAA and ARIA. "Hey, Soul Sister", "If it's love" and "Marry Me" reached high possitions on Billboard Hot 100!
The newest album is California 37, released on April 13! "Drive By" has been well succeeded worldwide and was  chosen as the lead single of this album. The hit reached 10 on Billboard Hot 100! The album has also "This'll be my year", "Feels Good At First", "California 37" and others.

Check one of their amazing musics! Listen to Drive By, Feels good at first, Hey, Soul Sister, right in that order down here.

Gaohu!

Right now you must be asking what Gaohu is, so it is a chinese instrument so famous in SF, specifically in Chinatown, obviously! 

This instrument has influence from Erhu, another chinese instrument. It was created in twenties by the musician and compositor Lu Wencheng. He basically had changed Erhu, which has two ropes, for just one rope and she created Gaohu! The sound of Gaohu is higher than the sound of the Erhu because of that change.

There are compositors who made a lot of musics specially for being played on Gaohu, like Liu Tianyi and Lu Wencheng who made more than one hundred musics! I bet that you didn't know it!


If you look at the picture above, you will be looking at the most important chinese instrument which has already used in both Cantonese music and opera.


Enjoy this sound!

Keep trying

I decided post this video because every week/month/year we (all the people and me) want to change something, like be better, reach new goal... doesn't matter, all people always want to change something, but sometimes an obstacles prevent us! If you are in this situation or not, watch the video above: "The climb" from Miley Cyrus. Keep trying, you may be near your goal!

It will rain...

It's impossible to me look at the window today, see the rain and don't remember the music "It will Rain" from Bruno Mars.
If you remember it, click on the video and listen to the music.