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So this week a couple new songs stood out to me that I think are great. Erik and I listened to a podcast on the way to Portland about Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer, and guitarist of the band, Weezer. He recently released a c.d called Alone II, The home recordings. The podcast interviewed Rivers and how each song came about. Very good stuff. He is a very accomplish musician, and a Harvard graduate. Cuomo mainly plays electric and acoustic guitar, but he can also play drums, bass guitar, clarinet, harmonica, keyboards, trumpet and piano. I have only heard bits of the whole c.d, and from what I heard it was very good stuff. One song I thought was great, was " I was scared" And this song came about because of him and his brother getting bullied/beat up in high school. There are two versions to this song. One guitar and one Piano. He actually found random musicians on the internet to do the back up music to his songs. The piano one is pretty good if you want to check that out his whole album in on itunes.

My husband turned me onto this singer Brett Dennen. His whole cd sounds like a soundtrack for a romantic comedy. The best one I think is, "Ain't gonna loose you" It's funny because he is a chubby red headed guy and its totally not what I pictured him to look like at all! His voice is solid!

And third and last is Colbie Caillat and Jason Mraz, "Lucky" Cobie is my favorite girl artist and I love the music by Jason and I was so happy to find out that they did a duet together and it's amazing!

All these amazing songs are found on itunes, so check them out! And as always, I love feedback and I love to hear songs that you guys think are great this week!

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Music.. Oh how I love it! I love how a song can make you have goosebumps, can make you remember someone, can bring back memories.. can make you laugh. I just LOVE music!  I love everything from Taylor Swift to Kanye West. If it's good,  guaranteed I'm gonna love it! This morning on the way to pick up Taylor from school I was listening to Colbie Caillat, who has an amazing voice and was thinking I am so glad that I heard this song because I love it. I love songs that the minute you hear it,  you love it!  And then that got me thinking that there are so many great songs out there that I have never even heard yet! So.. all that to say is that every Tuesday morning I am going to blog about music. Songs that I have heard that I personally think are great. I know not everyone will agree with me since we all have different taste in music.  And I also thought it would be great if you peeps that read my blog would leave a comment letting us know what your favorite song is at the moment, or a great song that you heard and want to share with us, because who knows, that could be our new favorite song!

So.. Here are my five absolutely favorite songs right now.

1. Colbie Caillat "Somethin' Special" this was at the beginning of Bride Wars, I love it!

2.  Taylor Swift. Okay so Nicole and I think her whole cd Fearless is amazing, but we think the best song on her cd, is " Hey Stephen" It's adorable! I'm glad nicole showed me!

3.  Adele "Chasing Pavements" I owe finding this song to my husband. I love her uniqe voice and the song is great!

4. Kanye West " Love Lockdown" It's different from his normal stuff. I love it!

5. T.I & Rihanna " Live your life" Gaurenteed if the song is by Rihanna I am going to love it, but this one is amazing.

Okay so now your guys turn! Comment me with great songs you have heard lately. And hopefully you like the songs I chose!!