Ms. Harmony

Band of the Week: Death Cab for Cutie

Okay! I am officially back. For the past few weeks I have been in a deep funk. I didn’t want to write anything or design anything. I am still in the funk but I am slowly climbing out and writing this is the first step.
As you have seen in the title this is the ‘Band [...]

Bloggerstock: “what’s on your desk?”

I would like to introduce you to Kris, my guest blogger of the month. I’m so excited! As you know, I am involved in a blog ring called Bloggerstock. Kris is one of the co-founders (as well as myself). Kris is a small town girl who craves adventure. She has done many things, achieved little, [...]

From Bronze to Gold

So my birthday was this past week (on the 12th) and I planned a small party with my friends and family. The plan was to come over and pretty much have a game night. I was excited about the party that I dang near went broke trying to get everything that I wanted there. Good [...]

Historic Flooding

As some of you may know Nashville, TN has been hit hard with rain and flooding. We are still recovering from all the damage that has taken place but it’s a long road. According to the news it will take an estimate of $1 Billion to get Nashville back to where it used to be. [...]

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Band of the Week

June 16th, 2010

Ms. Harmony

This week will be a little different. I know it’s supposed to be a BAND but I just couldn’t let this person slip under the radar. I have never heard of this person until the Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack came out. When I first heard this song I couldn’t stop playing it. Something about her voice is amazing (I know I say that about everyone! lol) Let me introduce you to Sia Furler. I honestly haven’t listened to any of her other work because I love, love, love this song. As I always do, here is some information about Sia Furler:

Sia (full name Sia Furler) hails from the famously laid-back Australian city of Adelaide. Boasting a powerful, soulful voice, she worked the Adelaide jazz circuit during the ’90s as a vocalist for the band Crisp. However, the blonde, blue-eyed antipodean’s big break came only after she followed in the footsteps of many other Aussie artists and hopped on a plane to the U.K. While in London, Sia landed a gig as a backup singer for the very popular and extremely hip English outfit Jamiroquai. In early 2000, she released her first solo single, the alternative pop tune “Taken for Granted,” which debuted at number ten on the busy U.K. singles chart. She has written songs with her bassist and regular co-writer Samuel Dixon and Christina Aguilera for Christina’s fourth studio album, Bionic. Sia confirmed on her website’s blog to have created four “beautiful” songs.

I usually have a YouTube video of the song, but it didn’t have this song even though the other day it was on there. Well, I still found the song online (since I haven’t found a decent wordpress plugin to embed the songs myself…. if you know of one please tell me!!!) Anyways, enjoy!

Sia – My Love by seamalam

Head over Feet

June 14th, 2010

Ms. Harmony

I can’t even begin to explain how happy I have been lately. Why? I have met someone. A man who loves God just as much as I do. A man that respects me despite my faults. A man I feel I can tell all my secrets to. Honestly, he took me by surprise.

We were boyfriend and girlfriend back in middle school. It didn’t last long. And we just fell out of contact. He found me on Facebook earlier this year and that is where we reestablished our friendship. Few weeks later we went out on a date. And since then we talk to each other everyday.

I have never felt this way about anyone I have dated. Everything is different with him. And not a bad different, but good. I’m excited to see what is in store for us and we grow closer each day.

Band Of The Week

June 10th, 2010

Ms. Harmony

Well, it seems to be that time again for the “Band Of The Week.” This week I chose Kings of Leon. I’m sure many of you may have heard of this group before, but for others this group is a MUST HAVE in your play-lists. I didn’t hear about this group until I watch MTV Music Awards and they played Use Somebody. I was instantly hooked! As usual here are some facts about the group from Amazon.com:

Initially embraced as “the Southern Strokes” for their resurrection and reinvention of Dixie-styled rock & roll, Kings of Leon steadily morphed themselves into an experimental rock outfit during the 2000s. The Tennessee-bred quartet debuted in 2003 with the Holy Roller Novocaine EP, whose blend of raw, unpolished boogie rock was further explored on their debut full-length, Youth & Young Manhood. Such revivalist music was matched by a similarly revivalist appearance — including long hair, mustaches, and tight-fitting denim — and Kings of Leon experienced immediate popularity in the U.K. (where they would later enjoy platinum album sales, despite an initially lukewarm reception at home). As the band explored different sonic textures with subsequent releases, most notably on 2007’s Because of the Times and 2008’s Only by the Night, those tenuous links to the Strokes were finally dissolved.

I love this group not only because they are from Tennessee (Mt. Juliet, TN- which is about 30 minutes from me) but because of their unique sound. I also think I am in love with the lead singers voice. Ok, well it’s time for me to shut up and let you listen. Here is a song from my favorite album Only By The Night:

Bashing Myself: Venting!

June 7th, 2010

Ms. Harmony

I am such a procrastinator and I wonder why I stress so much. LOL. It never fails. I have something to do and I just wait until the very last minute to get it done and then stress out about because I keep running into problems. I sometimes wonder would I still run into problems if I have started on it when I am first introduced to it. If you haven’t noticed by now I am a graphic designer. If interested you can go to www.tobu-dezyn.com/gallery to view some of my work.

But anyways, I have been procrastinating about designing some things for my dad because I really haven’t been motivated to start on them. What he has me doing is just creating some quick and easy PowerPoint slides for his presentation. Simple, right? Well, because it’s so simple I tend to wait till the last minute to start on them. I couldn’t even begin to explain all the issues I ran into today.

Maybe one day it will click in my head! LOL.

Band of the Week

June 2nd, 2010

Ms. Harmony

This week, I had no problem selecting which band I wanted to feature. The band is called Metric. Some of you may know about this band because they are on the Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack, but that is not the first time I have heard about this band. Have you heard of a show called Last Call with Carson Daily? For those that don’t know it’s, of course, a late night show that comes on after Jimmy Fallon.

Anywho, usually when his show comes on I change the channel and watch something else; not because it’s boring. Well, this one particular night I didn’t change the channel because I was on the internet surfing the web, and I didn’t feel like finding the remote. I just so happen to look at the TV when I notice a blonde chick jumping up and down while singing. I just thought she looked ridiculous but paying closer attention I noticed how much I like the song she was singing.

It took me a while to figure out what the name of the song was because dear ‘ol Carson Daily didn’t let me know. Shame on him! The name of the song was “Sick Muse.” It has now become one of my favorite songs and I just had to share it with you lovely people in the blog world. Here is a background of the band via Amazon.com:

“Metric are a Canadian indie band built around the duo of singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, both of whom are also members of the successful Toronto collective Broken Social Scene.

Their synth-pop first earned national exposure in 2001 when a song from a limited-edition EP was used in an advert for Polaroid. Metric’s first proper album was released in 2003 – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? – and it received warm reviews and sold reasonably well. This was followed by Live It Out in 2005, which divided critics.”

There is really nothing left to say…so I give you “Sick Muse” by Metric! Let me know what you think of this group!

Bloggerstock: “What Is Your Theme Song?”

May 30th, 2010

Ms. Harmony

Bloggerstock was formed by a few 20 something bloggers who thought crashing google’s search engine would be frickin hilarious… Unfortunately, about 45 other member’s thought so too! Here’s how it works: everyone who participates will be featured on someone else’s blog with the same post topic… Therefore, a Blogring is formed and google is crashed! lol jk, but I’m pretty sure if you tried to search our topics; your system will overload. May’s topic is: “What is your theme song?”

Lynn is a 21 year old full time student studying Accounting in Detroit, Michigan. Some of her interests are Art History, Pirates, Volleyball, Swimming, Opera, and Theater, to name a few. Her favorite movies are The Twilight Saga [yay!], Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, and Harry Potter. Though her posts may be a bit random, they are also very entertaining!

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What is Lynn’s Theme Song? Her Response:

Well damnit, I honestly don’t know; hince my bi-polarism. No but really my mood’s change with the season so one minute I can be happy with a song and it can describe my entire life, then the next I absolutely hate what it is talking about. I also found out that when you play a song over and over – it gets boring. So songs don’t last forever.. but if I must choose, it’d have to be my cousin’s band (Noon:30) single called Orphane. Listen Here ) !

This song is my theme song because it’s edgy but soft at the same time – kinda like me. You can hear the emotion through the vocals – pain, anger, and sadness but then hope overrides it all. That kind of describes my life in a nut shell.

Many people think that your life theme song has to be inspirational and postive but a little “EMO” is good every now and again. Which leads me to a bigger question… Why can’t we show people the real us? I mean seriously! Everyone is so fake these days. Putting on a facade like you are actually happy or ‘hard’ when deep down inside you are softer than wet tissue? Seriously people! I think that if you are more genuine with yourself, and the people you love… more chances and opportunities will open up therefore creating a more fulfilling life. Stop waiting for you life to happen. THIS IS IT! So act like it!