Mayday Parade

My friend recently had me listen to an album called A Lesson in Romantics by a band call Mayday Parade. I think they are brilliant. The lead singer has a good voice for both upbeat songs and slower ones. It's a pretty clear voice and he seems to know how to use it well. Mayday Parade is technically put under the genre of being a rock band. I'd say they have a little bit of alternative in them as well. It consists of five guys from Tallahassee, Florida, all former members of either Kid Named Chicago or Defining moment. The band members are Derek Sanders who does vocals and keyboard, Jeremy Lenzo the bass guitarist and backup vocals, Alex Garcia on the guitar, Brooks Betts also on the guitar, Jake Bundrick doing drums, percussion, and backup vocals.
The first song I listened to is called "Miserable at Best." It's kind of a sad song. If you're in a bad mood you're not going to want to listen to it because it's almost painful to hear. The song is about a break up. The song leads me to believe that the girl in the relationship broke up with the guy because he could never tell her how he really felt. Now he can’t stop thinking about how she may be with other guys and how they are probably making moves on her. The last couple lines of the chorus go, “I can live without you, but with out you I’ll be miserable at best.” This seems to be the theme of the song. The guy can live without the relationship, but he’s missing a part. He won’t be the same. He can live without her but without her he’ll be miserable at best.
This is yet another slow song that I really liked. I love the lead singer’s voice. I usually prefer male voices over female because it has more “umph” to it. It has an underlying tone and it’s fuller and has base to it.

Their most popular song is called "Jamie All Over" is an awesome song as well. The lead singer isn't afraid to explore the upper register of his voice and that's always a nice thing to hear. It seems to be a theme throughout the album. If you like punk rock music you should consider checking these guys out.

Saosin

I personally do not enjoy music where the artist is screaming. I have some vocal background and this is like nails on a chalkboard to me because that hurts your voice so much. It sounds like nails on a calk board to me. I can listen to it, I just won't enjoy it. However, I recently stumbled upon a band called Saosin. They have just a little hint of screaming in their music, but most of it is singing. I like when artists explore their voice and find they can hit some high notes and just go for it.
The word "saosin" is a chinese word that is actually pronounced "say-ocean" despite the fact that most people, even members of the band and me, pronounce it "say-oh-sin." It's a chinese proverb meaning "small heart." It was used in the 15th and 16th century when fathers would sell their sons to marry and teach their sons to not get attached to the woman they marry because it's not for love and that woman could die any day. All though this is pretty grim, the band is really good. They have a demo CD out called "Come Closer" which has a song on it called "You're Not Alone (Piano Version)." It is an absolutely brilliant song. The original version is good as well, but I prefer the piano version over the original. It adds to and excentuates the mood of the song. It's about when you're going through rough patches in life to just step back and remember that there's more than this. That there's more to life than this one moment. I think it tries to portray the idea that you shouldn't only thing about yourself as well. That you should think of others and their needs. You shouldn't be selfish. The instrumentals in the song are amazingly orchestrated. It's such a pretty song. I believe my play count, between my itunes and my ipod, is 111 at the moment. When I first heard it, I had to put it on repeat. This song is an amazing song by them but it's not their only good one. They have another album called "Saosin" that has the original "You're Not Alone" and many other good songs such as "Finding Home".

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