Feel Good Friday

So, it's my current goal to go to a concert every week from now until the end of 2014. My running  streak is July 18th-Present. Coincidentally that's the same week I started my new job at this firm and moved to Louisville, KY. Unfortunately, it's led to the failure of my first CPA exam - but I'm getting much better at balancing... maybe, we'll see. I take AUD October 31st. 

Last weekend it was Spoon in Indy and this weekend its Young The Giant here in Louisville (which I will most definitely be posting about tomorrow). I tend to fall into a state of depression if I don't have any events to go to. My relationship with music is a bit unhealthy to say the least.

Lately, I've even been doing some tax research about musicians and bands, internally trying to develop a career niche. Isn't it every professional's dream to somehow mix what they love into how they make a living? I think most people would define that as success.

It's been my experience that people don't appreciate when great things are happening in their lives. They are able to wallow when things are going wrong but people should celebrate when life is good. And that's probably my motivation with going to all these concerts. Not just because I get depressed when I'm not somehow implicating music in my everyday life, but because I'm celebrating this stage of my life. I'm getting to know myself and I surprisingly like who I'm getting to know!

I think that's probably enough inspirational emission for one day...

Here are some Feel Good Tunes to get you tuned up for this amazing weekend.

---

Throwback Tunes

17 again

My friends from high school(: 

Summer of 2008. I was about to start my senior year of high school, I had just dumped my psychopath boyfriend of two years, I had the coolest friends in school (at least I thought so), the infamous side bangs, and The Weeks had just released their album Comeback Cadillac - with the track they are most famous for - Buttons. 

This track easily holds spot 9 or 10 in my "favorites" playlist; it's so perfect to rock out to. When I listen to this song I get that feeling of being invincible with all of the freedom and not a care in the world.

It's strange to think about how different things were six years ago. Now I have a job, and a salary, and benefits, and a ten key... gross. But, every time I hear Buttons I go right back to being seventeen with my mixed CD album art, giant black stereo, and all.

The Weeks at Forecastle Fest 2014

Cyle

Sam

                   >>>Some photos I took at Forecastle<<<

I saw The Weeks at Forecastle Festival this summer and they were amazing! Sam made out with Cyle on stage and then the whole crowd turned into one big giant boner. Guess what song they were playing when that happened...

Not to mention, The Weeks are SOOO much better live. I love bands like that because you don't know what you're going to get but when you get it you're ready to rage your face off (I raged my face off).

They remade Buttons on their new EP released this year but I'm pretty sure I'll always be partial to the original one. #Thatsongwhen Sam and Cyle made out. The new EP also has the track in the video above (Mercury) and a remake of Hold it Kid.

Focus Tunes

September 15th was the deadline for business extensions. To those of you who aren't accountants, that means businesses who filed an extension had until Monday to file their 2013 tax returns. You would think, with all that extra time, they'd be able to get everything they needed to their accountants in a timely manner so we wouldn't be frantically running around on 9/15 trying to wrap up all these returns. Nope. I put in about sixty hours last week AND came in on Saturday to clean up some of the atrocious messes that were made last year. Well it's Wednesday and everybody is still alive and still has their job so that's a good sign.

I've found when I'm working, or even studying for the CPA exam I get really in the zone listening to movie scores and classical collections. My Colombian friend, Julian, shares this aspect with me, so we are constantly sharing playlists and artists via Spotify to keep each other going Monday through Friday from nine to five. Recently, he shared The Piano Guys which has actively opened a whole new world for me.

These composers manipulate, mix and reproduce sound unlike anything I've ever heard. A collection of talents brought together by the forces of music to construct inspirational pieces of art!

I might be a little bias because I grew up with Beethovan, but I can't help but awe at these guys. They've got a studio engineer that writes music, a cellist that does everything, a solo pianist, and this amazing producer. 

Not to mention, his cello is wicked. Moonlight is my favorite track so far (definitely worthy of being added to your work day playlist).  They also have a cover of Adele's Rolling in the Deep and of David Guetta's Titanium that will give you chills.

Happy Focusing!