Tag: Jack’s Mannequin

• It’s fall: what music are you listening to?

  Here’s an incomplete, totally subjective playlist of music that reminds me of fall. Let me know in the comments what music reminds you of autumn. “October” by Eric Whitacre. Played the orchestral version of this in high school, but the choral version is just as good and beautifully evocative of the season. “Oh Shenandoah” folk…

  Nov 9, 2017

  # choir, Copeland, high school, Jack’s Mannequin, life, lists, Miles Davis, music, Novemblog 2017, Thomas Newman

• Just a Moment

  Sometimes it’s not the whole song but just a moment. Like the verses in “Grease is the Word” from Grease. The chords alternate between Bm and E before hitting F#m7 at the end of the couplet. Then the bass steps up to Em7 at “There ain’t no danger” and walks down to D and C.…

  Jan 28, 2017

  # Grease, Jack’s Mannequin, music, songwriting

• Soundtrack of the moment, part I

  No, this isn’t that stupid random listing of songs that supposedly follows your life. These are some songs that have changed me, made me think, made me cry, and want me to become a better person. Enjoy. “Candy Shop” – Andrew Bird – Oh! the Grandeur So nostalgic. The groove makes you want to do…

  Jan 22, 2007

  # Andrew Bird, Billy Joel, Copeland, David Bowie, Guster, Jack’s Mannequin, music, music of the moment, Paul McCartney, Queen, Randy Newman, Regina Spektor, Relient K, Sherwood, Sufjan Stevens, Switchfoot, The Beatles, The Format, The Starting Line, Yellowcard

• you’re coming alive to me

  I love it when music and movies come alive. Recently I listened to Copeland’s new album, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. That album, as well as Jack’s Mannequin’s Everything In Transit, somehow opened up a new gateway into music and life for me. When I listened to them, everything else I had ever heard before that seemed…

  Nov 30, 2006

  # Casablanca, Copeland, Eat Sleep Repeat, Everything in Transit, film, Jack’s Mannequin, life, movies, music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers