Okay, sooo... I would love to go to all of the concerts around here that I want to go to. As well as, buy all of the new cds that I want to buy that are out this year.. buuut... I would also love to go on this Travel for Teens program trip thing to Ireland and possibly England (I might combine trips) this summer and its alot of money. soo, Im thinking I may have to cut down on some expenses to save up and help my parents pay for it. This, unfortunately, includes music. :( haha Im still going to try to go to this one I want to go to in April though and one local artists cd release in February though and buy a few cds and things here and there. :) But concerts and music related things are expensive so I cant go to like 30 million concerts this summer... :( haha But the way I figure, I can always buy the cds later and the musicians will most likely come back here so I can always go another time. Whereas this trip is only for teenagers/high schoolers and my mom wouldnt let me go last year so I gotta go while I still can.. haha Plus, this trip looks like alot of fun and is probably kind of one of those "once in a lifetime" things, so I gotta take the oppurtunity while its here, you know? And besides, maybe I can write a song. or 2. or 3. while I'm over there... :/ haha Also, its good that I'm kind of trying to be responsible and thought of this on my own though, right? haha Anyways, the point is... Im going to try and cut back on some things, including music, for a while to try and save up for this trip in the summer. Fortunately, songwriting and playing music is free, its the buying and fixing of things that costs money.. haha Although, I need to get my guitars tuned, pretty sure theyre waaaay out of tune, but maybe my neighbor would be willing to do it for free, I hope so, otherwise I'm screwed for a while.. :/ haha but as I said, Ill continue to writing songs, playing my out-of-tune guitars, and posting lyrics up here cause thats free... :/ hahaa
As always, If you have read this far, THANK YOU!!!! :D
Thanks, Kelsey.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Some More of My Lyrics
Ok, heres some more of my lyrics. As I said in the last post, Im gonna post some fulls and partials for a while, till I get em all up. This one is called Knock Me Down. and in short its about bein knocked down, walked on, used, etc. we've all experienced it at one point or another. but also, the person whos being used or whatever, kind of starts to fight back, develop a backbone, etc but then kind of feels bad about doing it. cause 2 wrongs dont make a right and they know that but they cant stand it any longer and MUST do something about it. so i guess its also kind of an issue/battle with the conscience and moral/ethical issue&dilemma as well. i dont really know what it is to be honest. soo yeeeaah... haha and yes, i guess the chorus does kinda sound a bit like Chumbawamba's Tubthumping but I realized that after and thats not nessicarially how its gonna sound, so its original, I swear, I didnt copy it. so whatevs. lol I hope you like this one, its kind of a long song though.. :/ haha but I hope you like it. :)
Knock Me Down
Knock me down, push me a-round, shove me out of the way, push me (to the side, aside?).
I land face first in the dirt.
But Im tough and you cant't keep me down.
So I get up again, and.
Knock you down, push you a-round, shove you out of the way, push you (to the side, aside?).
You land face first in the dirt.
(I?) Give you a taste of your own medicine, how does it feel (to be served?)
(You?) Think you're so hot but you're not, think you'e so great but you're really not all that.
Brought you back down (to the Earth, from the sky, to the Earth from the sky?)
So, how does it feel to be low like me?
To be lower than dirt, spat on, (stepped, walked?) on, trampled over?
Not so nice, is it?
Not so high and mighty now, are ya?
Not so hot, huh?
Yeah well, thats what you get you stupid (b****, person, girl?)
Cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side/curb, aside?).
I landed face first in the dirt.
So I fought back.
And, knocked you down, pushed you a-round, shoved you out of the way, pushed you (to the side, aside?).
Now you're sitting, crying in the corner.
Cause I,
Knocked you down, pushed you a-round, shoved you out of the way, pushed you (to the side, aside?).
Damn, why you always gotta make me feel so bad?
Ahh!
Why do I feel so bad?!
I shouldn't cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side, aside?).
I just fought back.
You just got what you deserved.
I shouldn't (feel bad?) but I do.
2 wrongs don't make a right, I know that, my folks taught me that.
But you got what you deserved so why do I feel so bad about (it, this?)
(I'm?) Too nice, I guess.
Even though you got what you deserved cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me to the side.
Yeaaah,
You knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side, aside?).
Yeaaah.....
I hope you've learned your lesson, cause I sure have.....
Yeaaah.....
Yeaaah..... (?)
Oh, yeaaah.... (?)
And thats it. I know, kind of a long song.. haha I hope you liked it though. :)
Also, because its such a long song, I'm thinking that might just be it for this post, this post is probably long enough as it is, without adding another song to it.. haha
Oh and also, I kinda realize the bottom part, or at least the line where I say "2 wrongs dont make a right", I realize that may be kinda starting to sound like the beginnings of a rap.. haha but Im not sure if Im gonna keep it and thats not really how I intended to sound, I dont think. soo, yeah.. haha and the last couple of "yeaaah's", Im not sure if Im gonna keep that many but if I do they probably wont be as loud as the rest of the song. theyll probably be fadeouts at the end soo yeaah.. haha I hope you liked it. :) Ill post more songs soon but I really hope you like the ones Ive posted so far.
Again, and as always,
If you've read this far, THANK YOU!!! I really do appreciate it, it means alot to me that you guys care enough to read my posts. So thank you. :)
Thanks again,
Kelsey
Knock Me Down
Knock me down, push me a-round, shove me out of the way, push me (to the side, aside?).
I land face first in the dirt.
But Im tough and you cant't keep me down.
So I get up again, and.
Knock you down, push you a-round, shove you out of the way, push you (to the side, aside?).
You land face first in the dirt.
(I?) Give you a taste of your own medicine, how does it feel (to be served?)
(You?) Think you're so hot but you're not, think you'e so great but you're really not all that.
Brought you back down (to the Earth, from the sky, to the Earth from the sky?)
So, how does it feel to be low like me?
To be lower than dirt, spat on, (stepped, walked?) on, trampled over?
Not so nice, is it?
Not so high and mighty now, are ya?
Not so hot, huh?
Yeah well, thats what you get you stupid (b****, person, girl?)
Cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side/curb, aside?).
I landed face first in the dirt.
So I fought back.
And, knocked you down, pushed you a-round, shoved you out of the way, pushed you (to the side, aside?).
Now you're sitting, crying in the corner.
Cause I,
Knocked you down, pushed you a-round, shoved you out of the way, pushed you (to the side, aside?).
Damn, why you always gotta make me feel so bad?
Ahh!
Why do I feel so bad?!
I shouldn't cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side, aside?).
I just fought back.
You just got what you deserved.
I shouldn't (feel bad?) but I do.
2 wrongs don't make a right, I know that, my folks taught me that.
But you got what you deserved so why do I feel so bad about (it, this?)
(I'm?) Too nice, I guess.
Even though you got what you deserved cause you,
Knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me to the side.
Yeaaah,
You knocked me down, pushed me a-round, shoved me out of the way, pushed me (to the side, aside?).
Yeaaah.....
I hope you've learned your lesson, cause I sure have.....
Yeaaah.....
Yeaaah..... (?)
Oh, yeaaah.... (?)
And thats it. I know, kind of a long song.. haha I hope you liked it though. :)
Also, because its such a long song, I'm thinking that might just be it for this post, this post is probably long enough as it is, without adding another song to it.. haha
Oh and also, I kinda realize the bottom part, or at least the line where I say "2 wrongs dont make a right", I realize that may be kinda starting to sound like the beginnings of a rap.. haha but Im not sure if Im gonna keep it and thats not really how I intended to sound, I dont think. soo, yeah.. haha and the last couple of "yeaaah's", Im not sure if Im gonna keep that many but if I do they probably wont be as loud as the rest of the song. theyll probably be fadeouts at the end soo yeaah.. haha I hope you liked it. :) Ill post more songs soon but I really hope you like the ones Ive posted so far.
Again, and as always,
If you've read this far, THANK YOU!!! I really do appreciate it, it means alot to me that you guys care enough to read my posts. So thank you. :)
Thanks again,
Kelsey
Monday, January 17, 2011
Some of My Lyrics
Ok, I have decided to post some of my lyrics up now as I am curious to see what you all think of them, and I have promised a few friends that I would post them. Soo, here are some of them. I am only going to post a few now though as it would take up too much time and space to post all of them. So I'll post some full, finished songs as well as some partials.
This is the one that started it all... haha I actually starting writing this one back in October when I was kind of having some family problems, but didnt finish writing it until December, which is when I wrote the majority of it. And obviously things were better then, so it's a little happier and kind of developed into more of a cheesy love song I guess... haha but I'll let you be the judge of that. im still not quite sure its done yet though but if its not, its very close. so Here it is, The song that started it all... haha
"I'm afraid of what's coming.
Theres a storm brewing on the horizon. and I'm afraid of what's coming.
But I know it'll be (ok, alright?) because I've got you.
And I know this storm will pass and things will get brighter soon enough but yet, I almost don't want it to pass because this storm is what brought us together and what made us stronger.
And I'm afraid that without that, this love will be torn apart and I'm afraid I'll lose us.
I don't ever wanna lose us so I'm hoping you'll stay, please stay, say you'll stay forever and I'll buy you what you want, make all your wishes and hopes and dreams come true.
And we can stay young forever.
I'll make this promise to you (because, cause?) I know that nothing lasts forever but I'm hoping this love will and we can stay young (forever?) cause I wanna be with you (forever, all my life, forever and ever?).
So please say you'll stay cause I love you and can't stop thinking about you.
So please don't ever go."
And there you have it, the song that started it all... haha it could probably still use some tweaking, haven't really looked at it much since December but what do you think of it? I'll probably eventually tweak it some but it's just at its raw, initial state now and I'm curious what you think of it...
ok, heres another one, this ones just a partial though... I wrote this one early yesterday (Sunday) morning. I was studying for the English midterms and I happened to be studying vocab and one of the words was "abyss" and i just randomly thought of this song.. I told you, this stuff just comes to me now... ahaha anyways, here it is.
The Abyss
I'm falling deeper and deeper into the abyss.
Someone save me from this mess.
Please.
Ohh, please!
Someone save me from this mess, I'm falling deeper and deeper into the abyss!
aaannd.. thats all i have so far. pretty decent song though for one that the idea for which stemmed from an English vocab word, right? ahahaa anyways, I think thats enough for now. I'll probably post them like this, a partial and a full, until I finish posting them, which will hopefully be sometime early next week (the week of the 18th), and then from here on out, that way it hopefully wont be too overwhelming. and if theres no more partials then I'll just post a full or 2 and vise versa. does that sound like a good plan? I'll also probably post a song of the week type thing and other music, and occasionally non-music related, things from time to time as well.
I'm curious what you think of my songwriting though, so please, feel free to leave a comment or subscribe to this blog or whatever you do with blogs. im new to this.. haha
Again, if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! I appreciate it, I really do.
Thank you so much,
Kelsey.
This is the one that started it all... haha I actually starting writing this one back in October when I was kind of having some family problems, but didnt finish writing it until December, which is when I wrote the majority of it. And obviously things were better then, so it's a little happier and kind of developed into more of a cheesy love song I guess... haha but I'll let you be the judge of that. im still not quite sure its done yet though but if its not, its very close. so Here it is, The song that started it all... haha
"I'm afraid of what's coming.
Theres a storm brewing on the horizon. and I'm afraid of what's coming.
But I know it'll be (ok, alright?) because I've got you.
And I know this storm will pass and things will get brighter soon enough but yet, I almost don't want it to pass because this storm is what brought us together and what made us stronger.
And I'm afraid that without that, this love will be torn apart and I'm afraid I'll lose us.
I don't ever wanna lose us so I'm hoping you'll stay, please stay, say you'll stay forever and I'll buy you what you want, make all your wishes and hopes and dreams come true.
And we can stay young forever.
I'll make this promise to you (because, cause?) I know that nothing lasts forever but I'm hoping this love will and we can stay young (forever?) cause I wanna be with you (forever, all my life, forever and ever?).
So please say you'll stay cause I love you and can't stop thinking about you.
So please don't ever go."
And there you have it, the song that started it all... haha it could probably still use some tweaking, haven't really looked at it much since December but what do you think of it? I'll probably eventually tweak it some but it's just at its raw, initial state now and I'm curious what you think of it...
ok, heres another one, this ones just a partial though... I wrote this one early yesterday (Sunday) morning. I was studying for the English midterms and I happened to be studying vocab and one of the words was "abyss" and i just randomly thought of this song.. I told you, this stuff just comes to me now... ahaha anyways, here it is.
The Abyss
I'm falling deeper and deeper into the abyss.
Someone save me from this mess.
Please.
Ohh, please!
Someone save me from this mess, I'm falling deeper and deeper into the abyss!
aaannd.. thats all i have so far. pretty decent song though for one that the idea for which stemmed from an English vocab word, right? ahahaa anyways, I think thats enough for now. I'll probably post them like this, a partial and a full, until I finish posting them, which will hopefully be sometime early next week (the week of the 18th), and then from here on out, that way it hopefully wont be too overwhelming. and if theres no more partials then I'll just post a full or 2 and vise versa. does that sound like a good plan? I'll also probably post a song of the week type thing and other music, and occasionally non-music related, things from time to time as well.
I'm curious what you think of my songwriting though, so please, feel free to leave a comment or subscribe to this blog or whatever you do with blogs. im new to this.. haha
Again, if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! I appreciate it, I really do.
Thank you so much,
Kelsey.
My First Blog Post! :D
As the title of this post implies, this is my first blog post! : ) haha I actually started it Friday (Jan. 14, 2011) but I havent had the time to post anything so this is my first post. and, actually I did have a post when I initially created the blog but my computer got messed up and it didnt save it so it got deleted. :( haha
But anyways, I mainly just started this blog because I love music and wanted to be able to share that love and passion of music with the world and maybe find some like-minded people. I like to think I have a pretty eclectic taste in music, I listen to almost anything as long as its good music. haha I like music with lots of instrumention but I listen to almost everything. But not nessicarially everything that I listen to is good but I know good music when I hear it. I just came up with that "quote" all by myself, right now. do you like it? haha anyways, as the "quote" basically implies, I listen to almost anything. And I really do. Just take a look at my iTunes library or my favorited videos on Youtube and that should prove it.. haha rock, country, alternative, reggae, reggae rock, christian rock, light metal, some pop, pop punk/pop rock/punk, britpop, british/irish/uk music, particuarly during the 90s (i seriously think there must be something in the air over there because literally every single piece of music ive heard from over there has been amaaazing, and ive heard alot.. plus they have cool accents. haha), umm... some blues, ballads, danceable stuff, singable stuff, 90s music, anything really, its a pretty varied list... haha
Some examples of specific artists include.., well actually you can look at my Youtube and alot of its listed in the info thing under music.. haha its KDOGG331 but I'll list some here anyways. umm... Queen, Aerosmith, Oasis, Blur, The Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots, Goo Goo Dolls, Cage The Elephant, Green Day, Matchbox Twenty, Train, Five For Fighting, Ben Folds, Nine Days, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, Switchfoot, The Spill Canvas, Steven Page, Kris Allen, Paramore, All Time Low, Carson, Runner Runner, The White Tie Affair, A Rocket To The Moon, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bon Jovi, Mark Wills, Chris Keys, Boyce Avenue, Every Avenue, The Dinosaur On My Back, Flogging Molly, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dropkick Murphys, David Wax Museum, Hey Monday, Kicking Daisies, The Ramones, Cheap Trick, The Replacements, The Summer Set, The Honesty, The Maine, Nickelback, Rascal Flatts, The Script, The Fray, Rob Thomas, Weezer, Finger Eleven, Franz Ferdinand, The Decemberists, The National, Coldplay, U2, Daughtry, AC/DC, and soooo many more! So as you can see, its a pretty varied list... haha
Anyways, Im not really entirely sure what I am going to do with this blog or what I am going to put on it yet. I was thinking of possibly doing a song of the week type thing or band of the week, song of the day, or something like that. but I am not entirely sure. Also, lately I have begun to get more serious about learning guitar. When I was younger, I used to be kind of into it but then, I guess I kind of lost interest in it. but now I am starting to get back into it. But when I was younger, it was always just kinda more of a fun thing to do when I was bored anyways. I was never really "serious" about it, it was always just for fun. I mean, even now, Im mostly just playing for fun anyways but when I was little, I didnt really actually learn it, more just plucked random strings on the guitar or pressed random keys on the piano or randomly hit the drums, essentially just noisemaking... haha But now that I am older, I am actually attempting to learn these things rather than just sporadically making noise.
I also used to try and write songs when I was younger. But again, that was always just for fun and more when I was bored and would basically, just be like "I wanna write a song" and then do it, so they usually wound up terribly or as some random rap or something.. haha But now, I have begun to more seriously write songs. Also, when you're younger, you're so young and innocent so you dont really notice whats wrong with the world as much so you really dont have much to work with, or write about, at least for me. ha But, I think I first began seriously writing songs a couple months ago. That was when it really all began at least for me. I started writing one song back in October and then didn't touch it again or finish it until December. And then that really just started kind of a snowball effect, the snowball started rolling down the hill and there was really nothing I could do about it.. haha Ever since then, and particuarly this week, Ive just been writing songs like crazy. They just come to me now, whereas before they never used to. I mean, theres some stuff now that I just look at totally differently or think "Boy, would that make a great song" and just start writng, stuff that I never would have thought of as a song before. So, I guess now I kind of have the mind of a songwriter... haha They dont necessiarially always come to me at the best times though.. haha But to date, I have finished 4 songs and have started 2 others, so Im now at 6 total. I have written the majoity of those songs this week.
Soo, now that I have started writing songs and trying to learn guitar, I may post some of my lyrics up here for you to see. And possibly some videos of me playing guitar, or trying to learn it, once I get better at it. I hope you will enjoy seeing these things and would possibly consider commenting on them and/or giving some constructive criticism, or at least telling me what you think because I would love to hear from you. And so that I can get better at it.
I hope you will consider joining me on this musical journey of mine because I'd love to have you along for the ride. I am sorry this blog post is so long, they wont all be this long, I promise... But if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! : ) I appreciate it, I really do. and I look foward to hearing from you or at least having you along for the ride.
Thank you so much!
- Kelsey
But anyways, I mainly just started this blog because I love music and wanted to be able to share that love and passion of music with the world and maybe find some like-minded people. I like to think I have a pretty eclectic taste in music, I listen to almost anything as long as its good music. haha I like music with lots of instrumention but I listen to almost everything. But not nessicarially everything that I listen to is good but I know good music when I hear it. I just came up with that "quote" all by myself, right now. do you like it? haha anyways, as the "quote" basically implies, I listen to almost anything. And I really do. Just take a look at my iTunes library or my favorited videos on Youtube and that should prove it.. haha rock, country, alternative, reggae, reggae rock, christian rock, light metal, some pop, pop punk/pop rock/punk, britpop, british/irish/uk music, particuarly during the 90s (i seriously think there must be something in the air over there because literally every single piece of music ive heard from over there has been amaaazing, and ive heard alot.. plus they have cool accents. haha), umm... some blues, ballads, danceable stuff, singable stuff, 90s music, anything really, its a pretty varied list... haha
Some examples of specific artists include.., well actually you can look at my Youtube and alot of its listed in the info thing under music.. haha its KDOGG331 but I'll list some here anyways. umm... Queen, Aerosmith, Oasis, Blur, The Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots, Goo Goo Dolls, Cage The Elephant, Green Day, Matchbox Twenty, Train, Five For Fighting, Ben Folds, Nine Days, Dave Matthews Band, Maroon 5, Switchfoot, The Spill Canvas, Steven Page, Kris Allen, Paramore, All Time Low, Carson, Runner Runner, The White Tie Affair, A Rocket To The Moon, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bon Jovi, Mark Wills, Chris Keys, Boyce Avenue, Every Avenue, The Dinosaur On My Back, Flogging Molly, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dropkick Murphys, David Wax Museum, Hey Monday, Kicking Daisies, The Ramones, Cheap Trick, The Replacements, The Summer Set, The Honesty, The Maine, Nickelback, Rascal Flatts, The Script, The Fray, Rob Thomas, Weezer, Finger Eleven, Franz Ferdinand, The Decemberists, The National, Coldplay, U2, Daughtry, AC/DC, and soooo many more! So as you can see, its a pretty varied list... haha
Anyways, Im not really entirely sure what I am going to do with this blog or what I am going to put on it yet. I was thinking of possibly doing a song of the week type thing or band of the week, song of the day, or something like that. but I am not entirely sure. Also, lately I have begun to get more serious about learning guitar. When I was younger, I used to be kind of into it but then, I guess I kind of lost interest in it. but now I am starting to get back into it. But when I was younger, it was always just kinda more of a fun thing to do when I was bored anyways. I was never really "serious" about it, it was always just for fun. I mean, even now, Im mostly just playing for fun anyways but when I was little, I didnt really actually learn it, more just plucked random strings on the guitar or pressed random keys on the piano or randomly hit the drums, essentially just noisemaking... haha But now that I am older, I am actually attempting to learn these things rather than just sporadically making noise.
I also used to try and write songs when I was younger. But again, that was always just for fun and more when I was bored and would basically, just be like "I wanna write a song" and then do it, so they usually wound up terribly or as some random rap or something.. haha But now, I have begun to more seriously write songs. Also, when you're younger, you're so young and innocent so you dont really notice whats wrong with the world as much so you really dont have much to work with, or write about, at least for me. ha But, I think I first began seriously writing songs a couple months ago. That was when it really all began at least for me. I started writing one song back in October and then didn't touch it again or finish it until December. And then that really just started kind of a snowball effect, the snowball started rolling down the hill and there was really nothing I could do about it.. haha Ever since then, and particuarly this week, Ive just been writing songs like crazy. They just come to me now, whereas before they never used to. I mean, theres some stuff now that I just look at totally differently or think "Boy, would that make a great song" and just start writng, stuff that I never would have thought of as a song before. So, I guess now I kind of have the mind of a songwriter... haha They dont necessiarially always come to me at the best times though.. haha But to date, I have finished 4 songs and have started 2 others, so Im now at 6 total. I have written the majoity of those songs this week.
Soo, now that I have started writing songs and trying to learn guitar, I may post some of my lyrics up here for you to see. And possibly some videos of me playing guitar, or trying to learn it, once I get better at it. I hope you will enjoy seeing these things and would possibly consider commenting on them and/or giving some constructive criticism, or at least telling me what you think because I would love to hear from you. And so that I can get better at it.
I hope you will consider joining me on this musical journey of mine because I'd love to have you along for the ride. I am sorry this blog post is so long, they wont all be this long, I promise... But if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! : ) I appreciate it, I really do. and I look foward to hearing from you or at least having you along for the ride.
Thank you so much!
- Kelsey
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