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Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean: Country Thunder Day 2

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Like I said in my last blog, I need to do a lot of reviews that I need to catch up on from Thunder. Lately, I’ve just been so distracted… oh wait that’s all the time.

Day 2 of Thunder was interesting to say the least, I saw cowboy sandals. For your information, if you wear them while I’m in your 5 foot bubble , I will not talk to you while you are in them.  You either wear flip flops or you wear cowboy boots, PICK ONE!

These things are ugly…

Again, I only made it to two concerts on the second day of thunder. I also saw both of these acts before. I saw Luke Bryan last year at Thunder and I saw Jason Aldean at Summerfest last year ( I wasn’t working Summerfest last year). So both concerts, I went to, and I enjoyed myself. I think both are very talented artists, but here is what I thought about Bryan and Aldean at Thunder this year.

Last year, Luke Bryan was just making it pretty big in the country scene. I gave him the benefit of the doubt of playing a lot of cover songs. This year, he did it again. According to the CMT website, he has 7 albums. SEVEN ! When you have been around for more than 6 years and you have that many albums, there isn’t  any excuse to play a half hour worth of cover songs. Luke Bryan has no excuse when there are plenty of songs for him to play of his own record.

However, I will give it to him, he is an excellent performer/entertainer. He gets the crowd going and keeps them going… well he kept me going because he started playing the piano during his concert ( I’m a huge sucker for a guy that can play piano). He is a very talented musician, I just wish he would show that off more in his concert by playing more of his songs.

Last year, Jason Aldean played for an hour at Summerfest. AN HOUR! Aldean has 4 albums out, as of 2012. Now, does that mean he played cover songs. No. But all he did, was play his hit singles. If you listen to his albums, he has some awesome songs off his records that didn’t make as hit singles such as   ” I ain’t ready to quit”. At Thunder, he didn’t play very long again ( maybe over an hour, not quite sure but it wasn’t long). He again, only played his singles. Aldean is good enough to play more songs than that. To me, that is such a let down, because he is so talented, I want to hear more of his music.

This song by Bryan is near and dear to my heart:

I just like this song, this is a crowd pleaser!

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Music Makes My Heart Tick

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I’m so sorry for not keeping up with my blog, I was truly busy working Summerfest for the past two weeks. But now, I have time to write. And let me just say I’m so excited to write this blog!

For those of you who don’t know, Summerfest is the world’s largest music festival. It runs 11 days with music playing from 12pm-12am ( there is a day break in between). Besides the point, bands from all over the world come to play at Summerfest from Europe to Australia.  Summerfest gives the Milwaukee community a good chance to listen to a variety of music  to see bands such as headlining bands you hear on the radio and emerging artists that are trying to make it into this industry. Let me just say, not many other music festival do that! So cool! I love anything that gives the underdogs a chance!

Before I worked at Summerfest, I was a die heart Summerfest goer. I went about 5-7 times a run. How can you not, with so many good bands coming to Milwaukee for 2 weeks … Milwaukee… Not many bands tour in Milwaukee anymore. So for over 100 bands to come and play in Milwaukee, you know I’m going, and you know I’m going to have a fun, amazing time.

Now, that being said. I loved working Summerfest as well. It gave me a different perspective of concerts, bands the whole schabang. And I can honestly say, I appreciate the hard work that goes into putting this festival together. It takes a lot of people and of dedication  to create something some many people come to year after year.

I like to think I know a lot about music. I studied it in school, I’ve played piano my whole life, I surround myself with music everyday. That being said, I’m retracting my last statement, because I don’t know that much about music. It’s one thing to understand music theory and to play instrument, but to actually understand what goes behind the scenes , you have so many people that do some many things and much more that goes into creating something people want to listen to. They say in music 95%  of your time is practice and 5% is performance, it’s the same exact thing behind the scenes. And I’m lucky if I understand 5% of it.

Because I don’t know everything about music, I loved going to work everyday to learn something, meeting new people and to engage in something I’m truly passionate for. And here is my thank you to everyone who I worked with at Summerfest. You made me realize that this is something I want to do for the rest of my life, and you if it weren’t for you and my experience, I don’t know what I would do with my life. I want to thank everyone for being my teachers, my mentors and my friends. You gave me a life changing experience that is comparable to my experience in Australia. Basically, pretty amazing.

Here is my big who-ra. Words can’t explain what Summerfest gave me, what the people gave me , what music gave me. I’m so grateful and so humbled by my experience because most people aren’t lucky enough to experience what I had. I’m so honored because I found what makes my heart tick, music makes my heart tick, it makes me want to get up in the morning and do something with my life. It makes me want to do something, share something, learn something and to be a generally good person. Summerfest helped me realize that life without a tick isn’t worth living, and I’m ready to live.

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Tiesto

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I’m going to be completely honest. This blog is to market the Tiesto concert at Summerfest. I really don’t listen to his music because to be completely honest, I never heard his name before I started working at Summerfest. But if you are into the dubstep ( i love) and techno beat. Go to his concerts, it will be a blast!

Euro 2012

 

I really don’t have a lot to say about  the tournament. Mostly because I never catch it when it’s on. But what I do know:

The men are HOT! I need to get over to Europe… Fast! Ahora!

And it’s on my bucket list to go to one of those footy games… they seem wilder than a Packer game… that’s saying a lot for those of you who are Packer fans.

I’m sad Poland is out of the tourney  but hey, there is  still a lot of the tournament left. I really don’t have any opinion on it overall, mainly ( like I said) because I don’t get a lot of the Euro games but I do know  I love soccer and European men!

If you don’t know, I’m a huge D-Wade fan so go Heat!… that’s all I have to say about NBA

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Norah Jones

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It’s not a surprise that everyone likes good music… which is probably why you should listen to Norah Jones  . Now, if you aren’t into the ” girl power, ra ra, Adele genre” she’s not for you, but for others of you who keep an open mind, feel free to listen to her. If you think you haven’t heard any of her music, you have. Her single ” Don’t know why ” made 30 on the top 100 Billboard songs in 2002. In 2003, “the single went on to win three Grammy Awards in 2003 for “Record of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, and “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance”. ” As seen at this website.

If you don’t like her music, well. You’re probably an idiot. But besides that fact, just check out her new single if you don’t like her older stuff.

* Side note- I can be very sarcastic and bias so bear with me on my blog posts*

Not only is Norah Jones actually talented ( she sings, plays piano,plays guitar and she plays saxophone… sounds like someone I know… ME). She also acts and does a bunch of other cool stuff. She crosses genres of music which I think is awesome . For those of you who hate musicians that cross genres ( like pop to country ), shut up, musicians get bored playing the same chords all the time. But most importantly, she has her own style of music. She is her own genre. If I ever were to become a rich and famous musician ( it will never happen) I would want to have my own style of music like Norah.

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Tim Tebow

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Alright, so as many of you know, Tim Tebow has been in the news a lot especially on ESPN for the past year. Most recently due to his trade to the Jets. Now I’m not going to sit here and say Tim Tebow is awesome, I’m not even saying I’m a fan, just give him a break.

Although this Jimmy Fallon song  is hilarious. Hope you enjoy!

While I don’t think Tim Tebow is the most amazing quarterback there is…maybe he will be one day who knows. But, as of now no, if you look at his  mediocre stats ( they’re average/below average, go look it up yourself if you are that interested) and quite frankly that isn’t a bad thing. Look at Aaron Rodgers, his first year as a starting quarterback for the Packers ( GO PACK GO), his stats were average as well. Now look at him, he is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. I think with a couple of seasons, I think he could do some damage. But he is just so damn “excited” right now being traded to the jets, I don’t know if he could pull it off.

All jokes aside, apparently, my friends in Florida have met him, and they say that he is the nicest person in the world. ( In Florida, they think he is God). It’s clearly obvious that he is a good person, he prays on the field… go figure. What I don’t understand is why the media makes such a big deal of him for what he does off the field. He clearly means well, but do we have to hound him for praying and being excited all the time? Now if he was beating up dogs like Michael Vick, that is a totally different ball game. But for now ESPN, just shut up about Tim Tebow and let him be second string QB on the Jets. I want to know how his game is on the field, not off the field.

Overall, I’m not a big fan of him, I personally think he is a little overrated. He may be a well rounded ,good guy, but that obviously doesn’t represent his game ( as of now, he could prove me wrong one day). As sport fans, we need to separate professional lives and personal lives of sports players, because it is annoying information I don’t need to know and two who cares.  Tim Tebow, you Tebowie to God is A OK with me! I hope you  are excited to be on the Jets this season!

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Timbaland

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For those of you who know me or have listened to my radio show, you are fully aware I’ am not that into rap or hip hop. Before you stop reading my blog here are my reasons:

1. It’s just a beat- Most rap is fast talking to a beat. Technically, by my definition, I rap all the time just by how fast I talk.

2. Talk about something else- Rap and hip hop mostly talks about sex, drugs and partying. while most other genres talk about those subject matters, at least those genres do it in a way where it doesn’t make me sick to my stomach.

3. Overall, not musical- When it comes to rap, there isn’t much musicality behind it. It’s mostly a synthesizer that does most of the work.

While I believe most rap is crap, I believe there are still some good artists out there like Timbaland.

According to his website, “Timbaland’s genre breaking has changed popular music today, and he takes pride in his success at staying ahead of the curve with his originality and experimentation. Confident and charismatic, his goal is still to blow the listener’s mind and make them move to the beat.”  Timbland’s website, 2012

Listening to most of his music, I feel that this is an accurate description of his music. He is a producer that has worked with many artists from Missy Elliot to Katy Perry. He has worked with many genres of music and at the same time maintains his own sense of musical style ( which is very hard to do) . Overall, I recommend anyone listening to his music, because it is musically inclined and it is very catchy!

Don’t believe me take a look for yourself !

” If we ever meet again” by Timbaland featuring Katy Perry

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Finally!

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It is about time I put this blog up! If you read my other blog ” The Thein Way to Live”, this is my other blog, ” The Thein Way to Live: With Music and Sports”. This blog is going to be strictly about my views about the you guessed it, the music world and the sports world! Wow, you couldn’t tell by my blog title. Now that I’m graduated from college and I have a little time on my hands, This blog will be updated weekly with videos, magazine articles, youtube videos and of course my views! I hope you enjoy!