SoulHonky

It seems LaLa.com also allows you to embed full albums so I think something new I might try is just throwing an album onto the site every week and giving it a listen. A decent way to try out new bands. Feel free to comment here on the album or to suggest new groups. Not all albums can be embedded like this so it's a select group that will make The Tryout.

This first group is a side project from one of the members of Secret Machines, who did "Nowhere Again" which was one of my favorite songs from a few years ago. This seems completely different from Secret Machines but it's pretty good. One listen and I decided to pick up the album.

 

Posted by SoulHonky at 04:06 PM | Permalink |Digg It!

Lord knows how long I'll keep this up but one thing I think I'll try for the new year is a song of the day. Today's song is White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes.  Fleet Foxes is one of those groups that I think are good but whom I don't think I'd ever really be in the mood to listen to.
Now I'm not exactly sure how Lala, the music site I used to embed the song, works but I'm pretty sure that you only get one listen. After that you can only hear a thirty second preview or go to Lala.com and buy the song. They offer a web version for cheap (you can get an album for 80 cents but can only listen to it online) or download an MP3 of the song for 89 cents (which you can add to Itunes, your Ipod, what have you). On the bright side though, just signing up for Lala.com gets you 50 web credits. It's an interesting site. I haven't spent much time on it but so far so good.

Posted by SoulHonky at 12:17 AM | Permalink |Digg It!

Here's a listing of the songs that I listened to most this past year, according to my ITunes play count. There are a lot of instrumentals on the list because that is what I usually listen to when writing. I have a playlist of ambient, trance and soundtracks that I play when writing as background music. So while they might be on the most listened to list, I might have never actually listened to them. Still, here's the list.

Continue reading " The Most Listened Songs of 2008" »

Posted by SoulHonky at 05:39 PM | Permalink |Digg It!