Music Tag

I was going to do a Picture Saturday, but I haven't had time to draw more than like three things this week, and I feel like I ought to wait until I can give you guys a quality post. (Unless you guys would rather start seeing like... single pictures with more detail? I DON'T KNOW.)

So instead! I'm going to answer a bunch of questions about music, which ought to be fun and interesting. (Because I'm a very interesting person, dang it!)

I promise to have a fun Picture Saturday next week, just you wait! But until then, here we go!

1.) Do you play any instruments?

Well. I don't currently. I used to play French horn in middle school, and I was fairly good, but once I hit high school, that fell to the wayside while I started taking singing classes at the college.

I would really like to learn how to play guitar or piano... or both! So that I could sing and play at the same time, that would be freaking fantastic, am I right?

2.) What is your favorite music genre?

Ehe. I like a lot of different styles of music, depending on my mood. I mean I'll listen to whatever's popular on the radio, and then turn around and listen to full on opera.

But I would have to say that the music that I listen to and it... resonates in my soul... is classical crossover. I like music with full voices, and more skill than your average pop.

3.) Is there a music genre that you absolutely can't stand?

Uugh. I cannot listen to screaming heavy metal. Or rap. Rap is so obnoxious. 

But the kind of "music" where the singer is just screaming into the microphone, I get physically pained, like, "YOU ARE DESTROYING YOUR VOCAL CHORDS! YOU FOOL! NODULES, MAN! NODUUULES."

4.) What is your favorite way to listen to music? (CD, Vinyl, mp3, radio, etc..)

Ohh... either on CD or plugged into my phone. I like it when I can turn on the music and it just absorbs into my bloodstream and I can feel it pulsing inside me. Yassss.

5.) Top three favorite bands/singers?

*facepalm* Probably Il Volo, Josh Groban, and Anthony Warlow. They have this type of tone-quality that make my cold, cold heart go pitter-pat.

6.) What are your three favorite chords?

Ehm, seeing as I don't play any instrument that uses chords, I'm gonna just...

 

7.) What do you think about TV and Movie Soundtracks?

    

 *Pauses Magnificent Seven soundtrack* What?

8.) Ever made a mixed CD?

Hasn't everyone?

9.) The old days of music were the better ones. Do you agree?

I don't know. I think mostly yes? There was a lot more soul in old music than there is now... I mean...

Because you know I'm all about that bass,

'bout that bass, no treble

I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass, 

no treble....
I'm all about that bass, 'bout that bass..

AD NAUSEAM 

 

But I think some music now is better than music then. I don't know. I think there's good and bad in both ages. I'm kind of under the opinion that we need to stop comparing the different times. Like music changes. Get over it.

this is my new favorite gif.

10.) Have a ever covered a song and recorded it? Which one?

Ehem. Here is a handy-dandy link to my youtube channel where I sing covers. Sometimes. Intermittently. Rarely. But I do sing.

Handy-dandy link.

11.) The saddest love song is?

Oh. Ehm. I'm gonna be super cheesy and say "When I Look at You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel Musical, cause... IT HOLDS SPECIAL MEANING TO ME OKAY?

Honorable mentions:

*Happy in my Heartache

*Caruso

*Always Hate Me

I can't chose. There are lots. They are sad. 

12.) The happiest love song is?

*Crazed Treskie laughter* Right at this particular moment I'm going to say, "When You Say You Love Me." By Josh Groban because yes. 

Honorable Mentions:

Be My Forever

Still Fallin'

We Are Love

13.) What makes you like a song?

Typically it starts with the lyrics, then the voice, then the melody.

I can't like music if I don't like the lyrics.

I don't tend to like music if I don't like the singer's voice... like, I'll find a cover or something that is tolerable to my ears. lol. 

14.) What song best represents you?

I sat here and thought about this one for like...a whole three minutes. (That's a very long time, as I am easily distracted.)

Gonna have to say... Let Me In, from Rigoletto, is pretty much me. 

15.) What do you love about music?

Oh man.

Music is something else. Music is like seeing someone's heart and soul. Very few things are as personal and emotional as music.

Music can make you happy, or sad, or wistful.

A single song can bring back a flood of memories from ages and ages ago.
Music can tell stories.
Music communicates things in ways ordinary words and actions can't.

Music connects people.

Music can be a window to someone's soul the same way eyes are.

Music is so powerful.

Music is like a piece of heaven on earth. It's magical and wonderful and absolutely necessary.

They say people who pray with song pray twice.

That's amazing.

Music is amazing.

Alrighty everyone, that's all I have for tonight.

Question Time
Have you heard any of my song suggestions already?
What do you think about music? 
Can you answer three of the tag questions for me? 

I love you all!

The idiot what wrote it must be working for the Sun....

No I'm not finished with my Musicals Kick.

Currently, I'm still listening to Phantom, and Newsies has joined in, hence the post title.

I am not creepy, I swear.


Anyway, Candence awarded me with the Best Blogging Buddies award, and since it does not require me to list random facts about myself, I'm going to do it.

Le Rules:

-You must make a post to show your award on your main blog. (yes ma'am)
-You must tag the person who nominated you in your post (also take the cute owl above you).  (What if I don't want the cute owl?)
-You must nominate all of your best buddies, and those whom you want to become best buddies with, who, to your knowledge, have not been nominated for this award. (.....what.)
-You must ask your buddies at least 15 questions in your post. (HAAAAAA that's a lot.)
-You must answer all of the questions your buddies ask you on your post. (This, I can do.)


Le Questions:

1. Last dream you had? 
   I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls.....

   I don't know, I don't actually dream these days. Or, at least I don't remember them, and when I do remember, it's usually a nightmare.

2. What do you normally eat for breakfast?
    I don't eat breakfast.

3. Any songs that you just absolutely love? 
    Right now? In general? Could you be vaguer? At the moment I just absolutely love every song on Stages. JOSH SANG EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES. Yeah, I basically listen to Josh's music like:

THAT NOTE WAS AMAZING!

HIS VOICE I LIKE CHOCOLATE AND WINE. 

*DEAD*

4. Current favorite post?
    Of mine, I'd have to say.... uhm. All my posts are the same: pictures, and/or boring, so.... You pick, what's your favorite post that I've done recently?

 5. Thought of the day?

 Everyone wants happiness

                    and nobody wants pain, 

                                but you can't have a rainbow

                                                                without a little rain. 

And that's pretty much just because it has been rainy and gray all week, and I'm ready for a rainbow now.

6. Are you ready for summer?
    YES.

7. Something I may not know about you?
    I don't like being passed when I'm driving the speed limit. If there were no cops, I would drag race before letting people pass me.

8. When you hear the word Run, what do you think (of)? 

9. What is the weather like right now?

10. What makes you smile?
      This gif. 

11. If you had the chance to travel through space, for any amount of time, would you?
     I'm not a hug fan of open spaces. Or dark. Or death. So no, not likely. Unless it was with mah Doctor, and then maybe.

12. Describe how you feel right now in one word.
      Blah.

13. Do you have any favorite posts posted this week (by you or by others)? 
      Erm. Kat's post made me snort like an idiot so yeah, I guess so.

 14. Smell of rain or feel of sunlight? 
      When it's hot, I prefer the smell of rain. Right now, since it's been raining forever, I would like to feel rays of sunlight, thank you very much.

15. Can you?

Le questions for le nominees.

1.) What's your dream job?
2.) What would you like your first car to be? (if you already have one, what model was your first car?)
3.) Doctor Who or the Star Trek, the original series?
4.) What is your favorite word to write?
5.) What is your favorite word to say?
6.) Would you prefer your guy to be tall or short?
7.) If you had a choice between being blonde or brunette, which would you choose?
8.) Can you move all your fingers independently of each other?
9.) Are you a Marvel girl or do you like DC?
10.) Did you know 15 questions is a lot to think up? Gosh.
11.) Who said, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
12.) Do you like fantasy?
13.) Are you a leftie?
14.) How tall are you?
15.) If curiosity kills the cat, does satisfaction bring it back?

Le nominees.

Hannah (HA you get it twice)
Jess (HA so do you)
Vicki
Grace
Mary
.... and if anyone else wants to do it, DO SO, and if you don't have a blog, comment your answers!!!

BOOM.
Treskie out.

In which resides a great deal of questions and answers.

The lovely Kellie is hosting a blog part for..... people who are feeling uninspired in the ways of blogging, and seeing as I have been feeling as such, have decided to join. 

This ought to be jolly!!!!!!!

Gray Days to Glimmering Blog Party

1) What's your favorite thing to do when you've been feeling uninspired?

     Oh this and that. Usually it helps to take a walk, read a few brilliant books, or watch a movie. I don't know... I guess watching/reading other people's awesomeness tends to get my creative juices flowing. 

2) Tell us about a really great movie/show that you've just discovered.

     Hmm, let me think. Rise of the Guardians and The Hobbit were incredible. SO much love, people! But lately we've been re-watching Doctor Who and even more recently, watching Leverage again. 

Leverage is freaking awesome. It's kind of like a mashup of Robin Hood and Ocean's Eleven..... It's usually very clean. 

But mostly, it's awesome because of this guy: Eliot Spencer. He's a fighter, and a musician, and a cook.... what's not to love?

3) What do you like to do to change your mood?

     I read and pinterest a lot. *Grins unabashedly.*

4) Your favorite drink is currently...

     Oh... you know. COOOFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! And TEA!

5) When you hear the word exuberant, what's the first word that comes to mind?

     Amy. Don't ask why. 

     And my niece, Sammie. 

     And Daisy. Our beagle. 

6) What made you smile last?

     Eliot Spencer. 

7) What five songs would make a playlist to describe your week?

     Uhhmmm. 

     1.) Brave- Josh Groban

     2.) The Rose- Andre Rieue (My sisters and I learned it in harmony like that. We sound that good. *cough* I wish. I hope. I think we could be. :) Okay. I'm just going to stop now. LOL. 

     3.) Safe and Sound- Taylor Swift.

     4.) Lover of the Light- Mumford and Sons

     5.) I Will Wait- Mumford and Sons.

8) What's at the top of your creative 'To-Do' list?

     Drawing Percy Jackson. (He's pretty awesome) Just drawing more in general. And possibly make a Doctor Who themed doll set. 

9) The last thing you crossed off the above list was...

     I drew my character for the letter game. 

10) Quickly - the first movie quote from the top of your head, please!

      "Who are you?"

      "No one of consequence."

      "I must know."

      "Get used to disappointment."

      *nods* "Okay."

     From the Princess Bride. (But seriously, if you didn't know that..... if you didn't know that. Just go rent it. Now. 

11) The best thing about January is...

      Eh.....

12) The worst thing about January is...

      The cold. The snow. The end. 

13) What's your #1 resolution for 2013?

      I didn't really make resolutions. I don't know... be braver, I guess?

14) And lastly, share a quote or verse that you've found especially inspiring lately.

      

PREcisely. 

And now I must awa' and write about Rose and Chris. (for some reason, watching Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, really put me in a writing mood.)

Cheers, people!