Crawling Back To You- Daughtry

Daughtry has finally came out with another song! I didn't like his new song as much as his older songs because this song was a much harder rock song. Daughtry is still a great artist with an incredible voice. Some of his earlier songs were Life After You and September. I like his older songs, but I think that it's great that he is coming out with new songs and videos again! I hope you enjoy!

Under Recognized Artists and Bands

I just wanted to do a post about the great artists that only smaller groups of followers listen to and are under recognized. The first is a band that isn't popular in the US, but is one of the hottest bands in Canada, Down With Webster. I wouldn't have found this band if it wasn't for some of my friends that came down from Canada recently. It only took a few seconds before I was hooked on this band. Here is one of their most listened to song. Whoa is Me As you can see, they don't have nearly as many hits as some of the more mainstream US singers, but they are a really good group. They blend pop, rap, and rock. They do an incredible job with blending the different genres together. Here are a few more of their songs,
Your Man
She's Dope
Hope you like them!

The second artist is Gavin DeGraw. He makes some really nice music that many people already enjoy listening to. The amount of people that listen to his music is normally only the people that have been listening to his music for a while now, not many new people are introduced to his music. I think that this song, Not Over You, is a very good indicator of his talent. Listen and enjoy!

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Lupe Fiasco

He is great rapper who can blend almost all the genres together. He has an amazing talent of bringing the types of genres together to make a song that means something to everyone. In the song, The Show Goes On, the one linked to the title, is a rap about how maybe African Americans were once slaves, but it's time to move on. You can't let that hold up your show just because of one thing in the past. He talks about how even the ghetto kids have the same chances as long as they keep going. If you start to do drugs and crimes, your show has stopped. He raps about how he was that kid who was in the ghetto looking for a way out. He never gave up, and now he is rapping about why you shouldn't. Some examples of his song blending skills are: Solar Midnight (Rock and Rap), Paris, Tokyo (Rap and R&B), Hip Hop Saved My Life (Hip Hop and Rap). In all of his raps, he sort of uses hip hop and R&B, just more so in some then others. One rap that everyone should listen to is I'm Beamin. He talks about how it doesn't matter if you are a nerd or a gangster, we all should be intelligent and do right things. I will post the lyrics to the song in a later post so you can read what he wants us all to know.

Savin' Me- Nickelback

Another very well done song by Nickelback. Make sure you listen and enjoy the songs. Despite lots of criticism about many of their songs, I found that most of their songs were very good. They may need to stay away from some genres, but they still did a great job with their songs, no matter what style it was.

Far Away- Nickelback

Nickelback did a great job with this song. The song has a mix of Nickelback's strengths of incorporating different styles of music into a song. The music video for this song matches the lyrics very well, too. I think Nickelback doesn't get the credit they deserve. One of their big songs was "Rockstar", which I believe is the main reason this great band receives a lot of criticism. "Rockstar" was still well done, but the voice was very scratchy. The tune was very catchy, but it still had a few weaknesses.

Nickelback

The song that is linked to the title is "Someday" by Nickelback. Many people I have talked to and some other music sites really dislike this band. The reasons they had for disliking the band weren't very convincing, so I went and listened to a bunch of Nickelback songs. I'll have a few posts about the songs that I thought were decent. Tell me what you think of the songs, and what you think of the band. Quick fact, they are a Canadian rock band (also debated as an alternative rock band)  that have tried many different genres including country and pop. Yeah Canada!