If Intense was written in 6/8, this is what it would sound like.

I have had this song on my iPod or phone for as long as I can remember. 

The first time my sister introduced me to Vitamin String Quartet in about 8th grade, and I have loved it ever since. I actually got this song from a CD she gave me back then.

Lo and behold, it is in 6/8! I never knew that back then, but I loved in despite that. 

So there we go, the most amazing song of intensity, in 6/8! 

The Day that Mozart was told that there were "Too Many Notes."

I don't really know the historical context for this piece, but it entertains me to try to imagine what sort of bad day Mozart was having at the time he wrote it, because it is uncharacteristically dark...There is a part in "Amadeus" where he is confronted after a concert, and the criticism given is that his piece had "too many notes." I like to imagine that this song would be his retaliation, because at the middle part, it has a ton of notes in it (I once started to learn this movement of the concerto). However, despite the obstacle of note excess, Mitsuko Uchida delivers her usual gut-busting performance. If I had to pick three favorite famous pianists, she, Glenn Gould, and Herr Brendel would be my favorites. Oh, and one other thing - the song is in 4/4 until about 3 or 4 minutes into the song, at which point Mozart decides to switch it to the coolest time signature (6/8) because it is the coolest part of the song - for this reason, it deserves its place among the other lovely 6/8 songs that we have on here. On that note (no pun intended!), enjoy yourselves some Mozart!

I would clearly feel blessed, If the sun roe up from the West

Today is the last day of my 4 day weekend.

And I have to work.

And I have so much homework to do.

But here is an awesome song!

"Grace Kelly"

This is a lovely little song by Mika that I happened upon through my lovely Aunt Karen, who likes good music. Apart from being in 6/8, it's also very upbeat, bouncy, and the music video is very entertaining as well. If you've never heard this group before, they are very reminiscent of Queen in their best songs, and very poppy in the ones that I'm not so overly fond of, but this is a nice combination of the two. Enjoy!

I'll go ahead and take this one

My lovely sister and fellow blog author Catherine is just the greatest. This is her little boy, Nikolai, and as cute and wonderful as he is, he is quite the energy taker. 

As I am writing this, my dear sister and nephew are asleep.

Although it is her day to post, I have a feeling that rest is calling a little more strongly. 

For now, let's let them sleep in the spirit of Three, and may they enjoy this time of peace. 

The Man of a Thousand Faces

I have very little to say about this song.

But it is the best.

So I hope you enjoy it very much.

With All possible love,

Aaron

Ok, GO!

Hello friends! 

Sorry for my absence, I've been a little busy with this little guy lately: 

so I haven't had much time to post! 

Motherhood is a new and very different experience, but I'm figuring it out as best as I can!

Part of motherhood in this early stage is a lot of sitting on the couch being sleepy in between feeding the baby, which leaves a lot of down time for watching Hoarders and other such monotony on Netflix--but thankfully, this week, it also left me time to find a new song in 6/8! 

If you're not familiar with the band OK Go, you should check them out--their music is excellent, and their music videos are even better! 

Their latest song is in 6/8, and also happens to be their craziest music video yet.  Get ready to watch in disbelief at all their crazy antics--and enjoy the awesome swinging time signature along the way :) 

When New Years comes around

I know it is already Febuary, but I'm still settling into this whole idea that it is 2012.

One of my favorite tunes of New Years is Auld Lang Syne. I'm sure you recognize it by its melodic emotion of endings and new beginnings.

This tune is also the first 8 notes of Sophie's "When new years comes around"! I love this girl, and I really love this song. Awesome-swag-sauce incarnate.

(Also, I feel the need to apologize! My two fellow blog authors, Catherine and Robyn are very preoccupied. Catherine is enjoying her lovely baby boy who is in constant cycle of crying, pooping and sleeping, and my dear Robyn is in Colorado this week! So alas, I get to post twice in a row!)