We went to Claremont to celebrate Tracy’s birthday.
There was this piano next to the music store.
We played it.
Tag Archives: music
manic monday: incubus
I discovered Incubus way back as a freshman in high school and they quickly became my favorite band throughout those four years (my room was FLOODED with Incu-posters) Of course, that was 1999 and it was cool to like rap-rock or bands with DJ’s (or so I thought!). Today, even though I don’t listen to them as often as I used to, there will always be a special place in my heart for Brandon, er…Incubus.
Meagan, Devyn, and I are actually gonna see them next Monday at this event in LA, which I think is pretty cool. Check it out and join us if you’re interested! Hopefully Meagan will post up some pictures in a future “Paxie” post ^_^
-Martin
Martin
Last year on Valentine’s Day, Martin made me this suuuper cute video. :) He is the sweetest guy. He makes me feel like I am the only person in the world.
He’s been playing music since he was a little kid. He started with the piano, but has learned and mastered various musical instruments including the drums, bass, beat machines, tahitian drums, and the guitar. He can’t read notes, so he just hears and recreates the sounds…which I think is more rare. Not that many people have the ability to listen to a song and be able to play it back.
Pi, the main singer, is amazing. I’ve always loved Pi’s voice…and I think she sings this song better than the original! Her and Martin were in a band called Palindromes back in 2006. We weren’t dating back then, but I remember going to many of his shows at the Glasshouse, and Chain Reaction. Weird, my brother played keys in the same band along with our friend Jim, the bassist (who in now in Martin’s current band Love, Resonate).
I love him :)
manic monday: sigur ros
Hi everyone! Martin (the boyfriend) here, for this week’s MM.
Sæglópur Sigur Ros
This is one of my all-time favorite songs. The video’s beautiful, but I’ve always felt a connection with the musicality of the song. I feel like it takes you on a journey, from its quiet opening piano melody to when the rhythm section kicks in (as the focal character fully submerges into the water), finally into it’s orchestral, contemplative final section. Sometimes you don’t need to know exactly what the lyrics are – they sound like words, feel like words, and given how Sigur Ros’ singer just takes each melody and somehow connects its notes into their proper place within the arrangement, like a musical jigsaw puzzle – it just, fits. It’s in these rare kind of songs where the music comes first and it’s not just someone talking to you about their opinions or beliefs or even poetry – this is rhythmic poetry, and you just can’t argue with its beauty.
