Music Recommendation

Alright, as an experiment in my plan to update this blog more frequently, I thought a semi-regular music recommendation post might be something fun.

Today's spotlight will be on Parachute and their album Losing Sleep.

On Sunday, Laura and I went to Nashville's 3rd and Lindsley to hear one of our favorite artists, Andy Davis play. Parachute was the opener for this show. Laura was excited to hear them because she had downloaded a song of theirs from iTunes for free, but I hadn't really heard of them.

They took the stage and opened with their song Ghost and I was instantly hooked. The band was tight, the melody was catchy, and the lead singer sounded great.

Song after song I was continually impressed. So much so actually that I bought their CD on my iPhone while they were still performing.

I've now had a few days to listen to the album and I have to say there is not a bad song on the album. Their sound is not completely original. It fits in with most current pop (a la Coldplay and The Fray), but their melodies and the lead singer's voice make them stand out in my mind.

I'm going to be on the road a lot over the next few weeks and know that I will be listening to Losing Sleep for a lot of the trip. It's great driving music and just an overall good listen. I haven't heard a bad song.

Rethinking my Social Media

I know that not many people read this blog. I'd say a main reason is my lack of any content.

Now that I'm graduated and have a little bit more free time in my life, I'm in the middle of rethinking how I want to do Social Media.

I've realized that I spend a large amount of time on the internet, but I don't do much worthwhile with that time.

Twitter has become a main outlet for me, and I love it. However, I want to get away from the constant tweets of what I'm doing (though not completely), and try and make it more worthwhile for people to read.

The same will go for this blog. I feel like I have some things stirring in me right now that will make this blog more interesting and a real thing. We'll see. This post could just be one lost among the few dozen that I have put on here since I started this a year ago.

For tonight though, I have a new layout that I like and that's enough for me.