Thursday, May 27, 2010

Lady Gaga and Amy Lee from Evanescnce




Lady Gaga is one crazy music artist. Her clothes and lyrics just make her the craziest music artist out there. I didn't meet her but i saw her in person and the way she dresses just makes her awesome! Lady Gaga is a very unique person and has a cool personality. Now, i am going to talk about her life and her achievements. Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Germanotta, born on March 28th, 1986. She is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side whilst enrolling at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She soon signed with streamline records, an imprint of interscope records. During her early tim at interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and got her signed to his own label, Kon Live Distribution. Her debute album, The Fame, was released on August 19, 2008. In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, it reached number one in Canada, Austria, Germany and Ireland, and topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", co-written and co-produced with RedOne, became international number-one hits, topping the Billboard 100 in the United States as well as the charts of other countries. The album later earned a total six Grammy Award nominations and won awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording. In early 2009 she embarked on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour. By the fourth quarter of the year, she had released her second studio album The Fame Monster, with the global chart-topping lead single "Bad Romance", as well as having embarked on her second headline your of the year The Monster Ball Tour. Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop musicians such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She also stated fashion is a source of songwriting and performances. Gaga was ranked the 73rd artist of the 2009-10 decade by Billboard. As of May 2010, she had sold over 15 million albums and over 40 million singles worldwide. In May 2010, Time magazine included Gaga in its annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. I have also seen Lady Gaga in person coming in her limo getting ready to go into the studio for the Today's Show. I saw her in the city performing. I love her music videos because she is unique and different from everyone else. Some songs that i like from Lady Gaga are "Bad Romance", "Poker Face", and many more. Here are some facts about Amy Lee.  Amy Lee is the lead singer from Evanescence. I love her music and performances that she does on stage and in her music videos. I went to her concert a few years ago in Jones Beach. She put a really good performance on. I like everyone of her songs but i really like the song called "Taking Over Me". Amy Lee's full name is Amy Lynn Hartzler, better known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. Her influences range from classical musicians such as Mozart to modern artist like Bjork, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and Plumb. My opinion on Amy Lee is that she is really pretty and a good singer. People that know her say that i look like her which i think may be true and may not be true. 










Thursday, May 20, 2010

Lil Wayne and Drake


Lil Wayne's full name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. Lil Wayne is one of my favorite music artists because he is a good rapper and his lyrics have meanings to it. Some may be meaningless but his music still rocks. His newest albums have some type of rock in it which sounds really good. As a teenager, Lil Wayne joined the cash money records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'s, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G. and Turk. Some of Lil Wayne's albums are 500 degreez, DA Drought 3, Dedication 2: Gangsta Grillz, Dedication 3, Lights out, Like father, Like son, young money, and so on... Some of Lil Wayne songs are Mrs officer, sky's the limit, drop the world, lollipop, and a Milli. "drop the world" is one of Lil Wayne's newest rock songs that i personally like. Lil Wayne has many tattoos as you can see in the picture on the top left side of this post. In one of Lil Wayne's concerts, he had fell on stage. It was really funny because another rap artist had fallen with him and that was Drake. It was funny but sad at the same tie because Drake had hurt his foot. I like Lil Wayne personally because i have met him in person in the city. He has gave me an autograph and i took a picture with him on my phone and camera. He is a really cool person when you get to know him so that's one of the reasons why i like him. Drake is a another person who i like. Drake makes concerts with Lil Wayne and he had also fallen off stage and hurt his foot. I first noticed Drake when he use to play as a character named Jimmy Brooks  in the show called "Degrassi, The Next Generation" . After he had become a  rap artist, he stayed on that role and wasn't in Degrassi no more. Here are some facts about Drake. "Drake's" full name is Aubrey Drake Graham. He uses "Drake" as his stage name a for his music career. Drake is a Canadian actor and recording artist. He continued to recognize a close affiliation with Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment, before officially signing with the record label in June 2009. His first studio album, "Thank me later", is expected to be released on the label June 15, 2010. At the beginning of his musical career, Drake has already worked with Lil Wayne, Birdman, and Kanye West. He has also worked with hip-hop moguls Eminem and Jay-Z. With the success of his mix tape "So far Gone", Drake has earned and been nominated for several awards, including the Grammy's. He performed at the 2010 Grammy's Drake also won two Juno Awards in 2010 which was for Best New Artist, and Rap Recording of the year. Some songs that i like from Drake are over, forever, best i ever had, and many more. 









Thursday, May 13, 2010

Greetings, 
               In my blog, you are expected to see many different types of music artists and the history behind them. You will also see pictures of albums of the music artists and some lyrics. In the beginning of my blog, you will see a profile that i have edited of my self. Music is one of my occupations that i love writing about and listening to new music that comes out. Some examples of music that is going to be on my blog is R&B, rock, and techno. Some artist that you will read about is Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber, and many more. Some albums that you will also read about is Metallica, Linkin Park, and Evanescence.