Favorite New Songs You Should Download!

Hi there friends! I've been discovering all kinds of amazing artists and songs lately and if you trust my taste in music   I would click these youtube links.  If you are into off the hook indie rock, much of it with an electronic/party feel - and all of them with amazing melodies, you will dig all of these tunes and hasten to your "nearest record store" to obtain a copy.

Cut Copy - "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found"

 Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City)

Yacht - "Tripped and Fell in Love"

Of Montreal - "Like A Tourist" 

Toro Y Moi - "New Beat" 

Cold Cave -  "Icons Of Summer"

Yacht - "I Believe In You"

Twin Shadow - "Slow"

Citizens - "Girlfriend"

Empire of the Sun - "Walking On A Dream"

Cold Cave - "Underworlds USA"

Cut Copy - "Strangers In The Wind"

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Soft Shock"

Junior Senior - "Headphone Song"

Is Tropical - "Land of the Nod"

The Horrors - "Dive In"

The Horrors - "I Can See Through You"

Cut Copy - "Feel The Love"

Tennis - "South Carolina"

Beach House - "Myth"

Music News!!!

Hello everybody!  I'm very excited to say that The Strangelights are nearing the completion of our debut album.  The songs are all mixed and are now being mastered in anticipation to release it at the beginning of this summer.  It's been a long and exhilarating journey getting us to this point.  We started recording in February 2009 at the Guitar Heaven Studio in English Hills, CA with the support and guidance of studio owner and guitar collector extraordinaire Ned Bressler.  Rick Lucas has faithfully and devotedly engineered the entire recording process over the last 2 years, as we 3 Strangelights performed and arranged the 11 songs which make up the album.  Leland was blessed with the joy of getting to weave together a tapestry of guitar sounds via some incredible classic electric guitars such as the '70 Fender Stratocaster, the '78 Fender Telecaster, the '62 Gibson SG with vibrato tailpiece, the '60 Gibson SG with 3 humbucker pickups, and the Ibanez Universe 7 string.  Naturally these guitars would be of little use if they weren't thrust into amplifiers of equal sonic and historic virtue.  So, Leland sent his dexturous melodies flying through an Electroplex Rocket 50, a Diezel halfstack, a late 60's Vox AC30, a Mark V Mesa Boogie and a late 70's Marshall JMP.  We truly did record in Guitar Heaven!!  The vintage extravaganze did not end there however, as I was fortunate enough to lay down a myriad of keyboard tracks on a Korg Tritone Synthesiser, a 70s Mini Moog (for the haunting synth line in New Wave), and the singular and mighty Hammond Organ, which I piped away on for Loneliest Boy . Ned Bressler has truly created a transcendant world up in the hills North of Vacaville, where rock n roll artists can retreat and lose themselves playing peerless and elegantly crafted instruments amid the pastoral loveliness of the North Solano hills. We have been beyond blessed to actualize our album in his facility.  Many more in the music world will discover Guitar Heaven Studio and we'll be able to say that we were one of the first to enjoy its magic!

Here's the Tracklist for the album, more details coming soon....
Pretty Girls In White
New Wave
The Wanderer
Free In The Night
The Amaranth
The Sexlife of Flowers
Telepathy Baby
Loneliest Boy
Betcha Don't Catch It
August End
The Tide May Take Us Away

Kobe Bryant, a gift from God...

For Laker fans like myself and even for basketball fans in general we have to conclude that we are very blessed to be able to behold the genius that Kobe Bryant brings to the sport.  With his off-balance, last second bank shot, that won the game tonight against the Heat, he takes our breath away.  While we cannot pronounce him the Greatest of All-Time yet, until he equals or surpasses Michael Jordans's 6 championship rings, I have a feeling that Kobe is on the way.  This Laker team is so fun to watch.  Pau Gasol is one of my favorite players and many basketball minds currently consider him the second best,  if not the best (Pau has won a title, Sorry Dirk) Power Forward in the game today.  Andrew Bynum is a beast in the low post and even announcer Mark Jackson proclaimed during the game that Bynum is on his way to starting as the Western Conference All-Star Center.  With Yao Ming unable to play due to injury, this is a distinct possibility.  I also read today (at ESPN.com) that Bynum, Bryant and Gasol are all in the Top 5 in Points in the Paint for the entire league.  While many attribute this amazing statistic to the fact that the Lakers have played most of their games at home thus far (where their 15-3 record is not being respected in some quarters due to its home-heavy schedule), you still have to be astounded by the fact that 3 of the 5 players with the most points in the paint, are ON THE SAME TEAM.  That's crazy.  So, yes the Lakers are fucking awesome, a joy to watch. And I haven't even said a peep about two of my most favorite players dawning the purple and gold: New York City old pals Lamer Odom and Ron Artest.  The two fowards' versatility and their balls-out defensive effort are what is contagiously making this squad one of the best defensive teams in the NBA.  For the last 2 years, Phil Jackson's triangle offense has been the best in the NBA, and now with the array of defensive statistical categories the Lakers are #1 in, you'd have to rank them with Boston and San Antonio has being one of the top defensive teams in the entire league.  Artest has brought a swagger and a toughness to the team that we've needed.  I can't say enough how excited I am to have that bad boy on our team.  I must say, it is a good time to be a Laker fan.  And of course to close my blog out I have to bring it on back to the best closer in the game:  Kobe Bryant.  #24, thank you ever so for making life more exciting and a beautiful thing to behold.  You are genius in motion and we are blessed to witness the magic.

My favorite songs of all time...

Of the thousands of songs I love, I decided to compile a list of what are my most favorite and share them with you all. If you haven't heard them yet then let the beautiful music play...



The Rip by Portishead

Second Skin by The Chameleons

Half A Person by The Smiths

Neighborhood #2 (Laïka) by Arcade Fire

Station to Station by David Bowie

Shoplifters Of The World Unite by The Smiths

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi by Radiohead

Alone Again Or and Old Man by Love

Why Don't You Find Out by Morrissey

The Headmaster Ritual, The by The Smiths

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

Intrigue In Tangiers by The Chameleons

Street Spirit (Fade Out) by Radiohead

Mojo Pin byJeff Buckley

California by Joni Mitchell

Achilles Last Stand by Led Zeppelin

Spring And By Summer Fall by Blonde Redhead

Caring Is Creepy and Kissing the Lipless by The Shins

Spring Hall Convert by Deerhunter

Telegram Sam by T. Rex

Return the Gift by Gang of Four

Nice to meet you!

Whatsup everyone! My name is Beau and I'm a 28 year old guy from Vacaville, CA. I'm an indie rock singer-songwriter working to get my music out the masses. You can check out my tunes at my homepage beaurock.net or on Myspace. I've been a performer all of my life, playing a variety of parts throughout my years - whether as a cocktail pianist at the Embassy Suites in Orange County while I majored in Musical Theatre at Cal State Fullerton, singing, dancing and acting in tons of musicals from the age 7 to 22, playing bassoon and saxophone in a myriad of orchestras, ensembles and jazz bands, singing in the California All-State Honor Choir during High School, or as the lead singer of the alternative rockabilly band Darkened Bliss a few years ago. When I graduated from school I finally made the choice to pick a specific area of performance to concentrate in, so I picked my greatest love which is songwriting and singing rock n roll. Wish me luck as I continue to strive towards making my dreams come true! My day to day existence is filled with several jobs - I'm a substitute teacher during the day (mainly middle school & high school) which I enjoy immensely. My favorite classes to cover are English, Band, Choir & History though I never hesitate to accept an assignment in any field. Sometimes even Math and Science can be fun! At night, I'm a waiter at BJ's here in Vacaville and I also moonlight as a Piano/Vocal/Sax instructor and pianist for hire. I'm currently putting together a 4 piece band so that I can get out there and perform my solo material live again so look out for upcoming dates!