Waking Up Dreaming

Rihanna – Where Have You Been

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:52:06 +0000

Finally we see the music video release of Rihanna’s song, “Where have you been”. This is a good start for her this year. Her music has hit its low, but for things are looking up for her. I can’t wait to see what she plans to do for the rest of this year, but I hope to see more music videos like this for the rest of 2012.

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Bryan Vallejo

Reignite – Mass Effect/Shepard Tribute Song by Malukah

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:51:59 +0000

Not often we can listen to indie music that can shine brighter than most songs we listen to. But this song may not be as popular as the rest but hopefully that will change because of its sweet melody, great use of the score soundtrack from the video-game Franchise, “Mass Effect”. Indie artist Malukah has made many videos and performed at a few shows, but most of her music is a tribute to what she loves, video games. That is great, especially because she have a great fan base to appreciate her music. In this song alone, she tells the struggle of a fictional character to overcome an impossible task, to never fail. The lyrics may be short, but they’re strong and her great selection of the game’s score used for the game makes this song so sweet to listen to.

Mass Effect 3 is out now on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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Bryan Vallejo

Flash Back Song Of the Week- Bob Marley – One Love

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:51:51 +0000

With the release of Marley last week and playing in theaters now, let’s look back at one of Marley’s most famous hits, One Love. As a kid I loved this song. It always made me feel good, bringing up my mood up and filling my day with joy and happiness. It is a great way to remember a legend, an icon that expressed his love of music to the whole world and will continue to do so through his legacy. In the film, an interviewer asks him: “How big do you think this music will get?” Bob: “I think it will get bigger and bigger until it reaches the right people.” May his spirit live on.

Bob Marley (February 6th, 1945 – May 11th, 1981)

To Learn more about Bob Marley as well as the movie, Click here

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Bryan Vallejo

HYFR – Drake ft Lil Wayne

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:12:34 +0000

This music video has quickly become my favorite of all drake’s videos. It is so funny yet you find yourself wanting to have a cool Bar-Mitzah like that. I want to be lifted in the air yelling ‘Hell Yea’. I do not know how this teenage Degrassi actor has become such a phenomenon seemingly overnight but for some reason we can’t get enough of Drake right now. The worse part is, it seems he has all that it takes to render him useless as a rapper. After all he is a Canadian Jew (no offense to Canadians and Jews ) who was in a teen drama on Nickelodeon. Now he is arguably one of the biggest rappers alive. He sings , he raps and we have seen him act. There doesn’t seem to be much that Drake can not do.

This music video was shot in an actual temple in Miami.

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Moses

K’NAAN ft Nelly Furtado “Is Anybody Out There?

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:11:47 +0000

Check out this music video from K’NAAN and Nelly Furtado as they try to get their message out about loneliness. The video gives insight into the hardships of many troubled teenagers. The trouble usually stems from inner loneliness that they feel. Speaking with ARTISTdirect.com K’NAAN explains how loneliness affects more than just elderly people and despite all the online social mediums loneliness is still very prevalent. Neverthess this a good collaboration between the Somalian hip-hop artist and the Canadian beauty. I havn’t seen Nelly Furtado since her collaborations with Timbaland, its nice to see her being part of this uplifting track.

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Moses

Christina Perri – A Thousand Years

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:10:58 +0000

This song is part of the soundtrack for the movie Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. Christina Perri is known for her slow romantic like music, and this song was no different. It seems to be the perfect song for a wedding which was a main part of the Twilight movie. Perri has a nice voice, it would be interesting to see if she can mix it up a bit and try something different for the future.
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Moses

Take Care – Drake ft Rihanna

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:47:12 +0000

Drake and Rihanna collaborate for yet another hit song. The canadian rapper described it as “very artistic and abstract” when commenting about the Yoann Lemoine directed video. Drake and Rihanna had a vintage, classy look in this video as the lighting played along their bodies as the sang to each other. Seems like ‘Jimmy’ did it again. Rihanna was almost static in this video as a montage of clips along with drake made up most of the video. This took nothing away from her though as she looked ever so sexy in the two second glimpes we got of her.
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Flash Back Song Of the Week- Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:19:32 +0000

This is not really the usual type of music I write about, but seeing as they are bringing out a 3D version of one of the greatest films of all time, it seemed like a good time as any to hear Celine Dion’s angelic voice again. One of the first James Cameron masterpieces, “Titanic” was a global phenomenom, and whereever the movie went so did Celine Dion’s voice. This song will forever be one of the greatest along with this movie.
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Moses

Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:19:06 +0000

Check out this new song from Jason Mraz’s new album “Love Is a Four Letter Word” which is set to be released on May 8th. Titled “I Won’t Give Up”. This single which has peaked at #1 on Itunes takes off exactly from where Mraz left off the last time he performed. His slow , branches swaying in the wind type of sound flows smoothly out of your speakers on this track. Only significant change seems to be the beard that he is growing. Not sure what that is about but it doesnt make a difference. Jason Mraz will always have thousands enjoying his music no matter what he wears. He was never an artist that focused too much on his appearance as he has always had this laid back demeaner to himself. Hopefully Mraz comes to New York this summer, I would love to hear him perform again.

Leave You Alone – Young Jeezy ft Ne-Yo

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:59:17 +0000

This is the latest music video released from the Young Jeezy’s Thug Motivation 103 album featuring Ne-Yo and produced by Warren G.This music video stretched out a full 7 minutes to give viewers a chance to really get into the story behind the music. Young Jeezy is mainly known for his hardcore rapping most of the times, but on this track he slowed it down to tell the tale of a forbidden love. In the video Young falls a latina girl from Los Angeles but their relationship is doomed from the start as her overprotective father and brothers come between the two lovers.Halfway through the video, the music stops, allowing the viewer to focus more on the story as things take a twist for the worst. The girl’s family finds about their relationship and goes to his house fully armed and drags her away from Young Jeezy’s arms. Alas there was no happy ending here, as the video comes to a close with Jeezy looking on as his love is taken from him. But who knows maybe there will be a part two where Romeo actually stands up and fights for Juliet despite the odds against them. But then again Jeezy does not strike me as the romantic type so maybe not.
latest music video from his recently release Thug Motivation 103 albumhe Warren G-produced love song, “Leave You Alone” featuring singer Ne-Yo.

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Moses St.Bernard