My Current Favorites

So on the off chance that there are actually people following this blog, I've decided to post a playlist jam packed with some of my favorite bands (or at least my favorites bands at the current moment in time). I figure if you're going to be taking music advice from me that you're probably going to want a feel for the kinds of bands I enjoy. Feel free to judge me based on my musical tastes if you want (I know that's the first thing I do whenever I get a hold of someones iPod). However, since I'm bored and unemployed, I may feel compelled to actually respond to comments (as i do enjoy trying to defend my musical tastes). So here you go... Enjoy

... MLG Current Fav's

1 - John Reuben - Do Not [Liquid Beats Smoothed Out Remix]

2 - Bord Ruffians - I Need A Life

3 - The Weakerthans - Over Retired Explorer

4 - Matt Pond PA - Honestly

5 - Matt Costa - TV Gods

6 - Chumbawamba - Add Me

7 - Bellowhead - Whiskey Is The Life Of Man

8 - Jason Mraz - Coyotes

9 - Elliott Brood - The Valley Town

10 - Nizlopi - ExtraOrdinary

11 - Ingrid Michaelson - Charlie

12 - Final Fantasy - This is The Dream of Win and Regine

13 - Mark Berube - Pretty Little Bird

14 - Rock Plaza Central - (The World Is) Good Enough

15 - Medeski, Martin and Wood - Where's Sly?

Download the Playlist ---> Mediafire

My Philosophy

So before I start posting playlists (because I'm getting close to finishing a few) I figured I might as well explain how I view downloading music since it can be a touchy subject for those of us who truely love music. First off I do believe firmly that we need to support the artists we love. That being said however, there is no way I could possibly know half of the bands I now love without downloading music. So here's essentially what I think about music; have a music budget (an amount each month you can justify spending on music) and always try to use up the entirety of that budget. Or to put it in simpler terms, downloading music should be a means of discovering new music and complimenting the music you are already purchasing and not as a replacement to supporting the artists. And yes I do consider Band Merch (like T-shirts and whatnot) as something I can use my music budget for since it is still supporting the artists (sometimes even more than a cd would if you see them live). So because of this I probably will not be posting full albums but rather I will post select songs from albums too give you a taste, it is then in your hands as to whether or not you will go out and support these bands. If you feel like finding the full album elsewhere in order to get a more complete view of the artist, by all means download it elsewhere (after all, I wouldn't be able to recommend half these bands if I hadn't done the same). But in the end I still think it is important to give what you can back to the music industry in some form or manner (unless you have something against the music industry, in which case I just think it's good to support the artist in some way, shape or form).

The Objective

So recently I decided than all music is a valid form of music, but there were still a few genres that I wasn't a huge fan of. So I did some looking into it and found that yes, even these genres that I thought I hated had this silver lining that I just needed to look for first. So because of this I think that everyone interested in enjoying music should be able to enjoy all kinds of music. And if for some reason they can't I don't think It is the fault of the music but rather the fault of the listener. Therefor I have decided to post play-lists up here that will hopefully give anyone a nice introduction to whatever genre I happen to tackle. Whether you've heard the genre and already have something against it or you simply never thought to give it a chance, I'd still recommend you check out the playlist because you never know, I may just have found that silver lining you never thought to look for.