#MusicMonday - Allie Colleen

#MusicMonday is dedicated to Allie Colleen who has a great personality telling the story behind her music with creative lyrics, calming vocals, thoughtful musicianship, and overall originality. I love listening to Allie Colleen talk about her songs and then sing them. Check out her stories and songs below.

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#Music Monday - "High Road" by Mike Shinoda & Fort Minor (feat. John Legend)

#MusicMonday is dedicated to the "High Road" by Fort Minor. "High Road" is a song by American hip hop ensemble Fort Minor, the side project of rock band Linkin Park's co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda. It is the twelfth track from Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied. 

Mike Shinoda's skill at crafting a well versed song that blends his creative musicianship with direct and honest lyrics is highly impressive. Check out his new album Post Traumatic! He'll be on tour starting December 6th in Brooklyn, NY.

Information & video credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVIKdV9Xfs

Lets go ya'll

These people are running off at the mouth

Trying to convince me that I'm running on empty

Trying to convince themselves that the record with Jay was a fluke

That the record that I'm making is a mistake

And I can't take this

Let me tell you where I'm at with this

You bastards are gonna have to take back that shit

I'm not plastic and fake

When I make tracks I take facts and lay them out for the masses

You assholes are gonna see soon that I'm not playing

And start asking me the names that I'm not saying

But I'm trying to be bigger than the bickering

Bigger than the petty name calling

Under-the-breath talking

Rumors and labels and categorization

I'm like a struggling doctor, no patients

But you can say what you want about me

Keep talking while I'm walking away

You can say what you have to say

'Cause my mind's made up anyway

I'm taking the high road going above you

This is the last time that I'm gonna trust you

You can say what you have to say

'Cause my mind's made up anyway

All that bullshit you talk might work a lot

But it's not gonna work today

Mike

You people are running off at the mouth

Trying to make me take myself off safety

Trying to make my friends turn their backs on the team we've built

Building up some mistaken information

And I can't take this

Let me spell it out plain for you

Angry groups complaining about the things we do

I'm not changing direction, I'm stepping my game up

Maintaining my name, same way that I came up

You're gonna see that I'm not playing

And start asking the names that I'm not saying

But I'm tryin not to mention the names of people who wanna siphon attention

You like the hype but pretending you're part of the picture won't pass

You're like a high school dropout, no class

You can say what you want about me

Keep talking while I'm walking away

Why does it always have to be

Somebody's always watching me

All I really need is some room to breathe

Is anybody out there listening

'Cause I can't stand to keep this in

All I really want I'll say again

Songwriters: Mike Shinoda

High Road lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

#MusicMonday - "Sail Up The Sun" by Dylan Owen

#MusicMonday this week is dedicated to "Sail Up The Sun" by Dylan Owen. This song is well written musically with impressively vulnerable lyrics that are definitely worth reading along while you listen. Click here to see what inspired this song and to read the lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t65y2999vis

#MusicMonday - "Luck" and "Home" by American Authors

#MusicMonday is dedicated to "Luck" and "Home" by American Authors. These songs have heartfelt lyrics, along with the rest of the songs on their "Oh, What A Life" album. This band has done a great job executing a well produced record that is genuine, catchy and musically robust. Give it a listen, the entire thing, or any song on their album and ride the wave of their musicianship. It's fun and if you enjoy it, you can hit repeat again and again!

How can we make amends when we said all we said?

I call and you don't pick up

How can I say instead that I hope it's for the best?

I won't, and I won't give up

I'm sorry, Mother

I know I let you down

I'm sorry for how I up and left this town

How can we push aside all the bad and make it right

Now you got me all choked up

I'm sorry, brother

I know I let you down

I'm sorry for how I up and left this town

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

I am my own man, I make my own luck

How can we both pick sides when we know nothing's right?

Open up the door that's shut

How can I have my pride and drink away my soul tonight?

Sorrow's filling up my cup

I'm sorry, father

I know I let you down

I'm sorry for how I up and left this town

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

I am my own man, I make my own luck

Well some birds aren't meant to be caged

And I just can't see the light of day

Please forgive me I can't remember

Please forgive me, no one is calling

Please forgive me, I can't believe it

No

Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow

Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go

It's hard to stay

It's hard to stay

'Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged

How can I set us free?

I'm what you taught me to be

Shouldn't that be enough?

It's time that we make amends

Let's forget the things we said

You know we were all just stuck

I'm sorry, mother

I know I let you down

I'm sorry, father

I didn't stick around

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

I am my own man, I make my own luck

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

Just like my old man, I make my own luck

And some birds aren't meant to be caged

And some just won't see the light of day

Please forgive me I can't remember

Please forgive me, no one is calling

Please forgive me, I can't believe it

No

Gonna pick myself up, so I don't let this ever grow

Even if I mess up, I won't let this ever go

It's hard to stay

It's hard to stay

'Cause some birds aren't meant to be caged

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

I am my own man, I make my own luck

Please just listen 'cause I don't ask for much

I am my own man, I make my own luck

I've got these letters tattooed on my arm
That remind me each second of where I come from
And the long hard road to get me back home

Back to my mama who raised me up right
And back to my lady, I held every night
It's a long hard road trying to get home

I'd been gone now for too long

I'm not trying to stop a hurricane
I'm not trying to shake the ground below
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home

I'm not trying to part the ocean waves
I'm not trying to overthrow the throne
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home
I'm just trying to get home

I've got this image engraved in my mind
Of a life that I had in a whole different time
It still breathes and lives at the end of the road

I've seen mountains and valleys through my missing days
But I never once parted with how you begged me to stay
I will run down that long hard and treacherous road to get home

I'm not trying to stop a hurricane
I'm not trying to shake the ground below
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home

I'm not trying to part the ocean waves
I'm not trying to overthrow the throne
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home
I'm just trying to get home

I've been gone for so long
But my heart it carries on
As it pounds like a drum
On my journey back home

I've been gone for so long
But my heart it carries on
I won't give up

I'm not trying to stop a hurricane
I'm not trying to shake the ground below
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home

I'm not trying to part the ocean waves
I'm not trying to overthrow the throne
I'm just trying to find a way to make it back home
I'm just trying to get home

I'm just trying to get home

#MusicMonday - "Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" by Four Year Strong

#MusicMonday is dedicated to the band Four Year Strong and their song "Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die" from the Rise or Die Trying Album. The lyrics are witty and thoughtful, while the overall musicianship of the song pulls you up and pushes you back down with varying layers of vocals and drums. Enjoy this throwback from 2007!

Four Year Strong is releasing an EP on September 8th, 2017 called "Some Of You Will Like This // Some Of You Won't" - available for preorder!

They are on tour NOW in South America and return to the US in September for their 10 year anniversary tour - get tickets now!

Oh, something tells me

I'm never gonna live this one down

But I'll try but I'm gonna need a quick hand,

A sharp eye, a smooth talker

Just to play this one out to the very end.

And this is where you come in

I know, that I could count on you to walk me through

And I'm making sure that everyone who's anyone

Can be the someone that they've always wanted to.

If I couldn't get away with anything

Then how in the hell did I get here?

Say something. Say anything.

You were never the one to have something to say.

Say something. Say something. Say anything.

I've seen the best and worst of you

But we're sticking through

Because without all of the ups and downs

We've been through

You know that it's true

That I could really get sick and tired of you.

Oh, something tells me

I'm never gonna live this one down

But I'm down and out

Cause if the tensions light as a feather

Then I'd be bored stiff

We gotta mix things up a bit to keep up my interest

Sad enough to say that

Alone I could barely light a match

But together we can burn this place down.

Sorry about the mess

But when we team up, team up

We always seem to bring this place to the ground

And this is where you come in

I know, that I could count on you to walk me through

And I'm making sure that everyone who's anyone

Can be the someone that they've always wanted to.

I've seen the best and worst of you

But we're sticking through

Because without all of the ups and downs

We've been through

You know that it's true

That I could really get sick and tired of you. 

[x2]

Sad enough to say that

Alone I could barely light a match

But together we can burn this place down. 

[x5]

Sorry about the mess

But when we team up, team up

We always seem to bring this place to the ground

I've seen the best and worst of you

But we're sticking through

Because without all of the ups and downs

We've been through

You know that it's true

That I could really get sick and tired of you. 

[x2]

#MusicMonday - Trombone Shorty

#MusicMonday is dedicated to Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, who is currently on tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is from New Orleans and delivers a uniquely classic sound of "hard-edged funk, hip-hop beats, rock dynamics and improvisation in the great tradition of jazz aka supafunkrock". It is truly refreshing to hear such strong musicianship and hard hitting instrumentation from such a talented individual.

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