Music = Life

Music is not a hobby, it's a lifestyle. Whether or not you care for the songs, the point is the same, share with those around you the music you love and spread the joy you feel with those you care about. I believe Jack's Mannequin put it best in their song "Swim"...swim for the music that saves you when you're not so sure you'll survive...Music can save us and set us free, and I hope these songs will help you just as they have helped me. Enjoy.

If you do like any songs or playlists, please comment or email me with your name and email address and I will gladly send you a copy of the playlist via email so you can place it on your iTunes.

m.i.m.l.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

i_right_i (pronounced "right between the eyes")


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All the Sand In ALl the Sea - DeVotchKa - 100 Lovers
Benediction - Thurston Moore - Demolished Thoughts
Hey Now - Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt - EP
Saturday - Josh Rouse - n/a Goodbye - Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story
The Great Escape - Patrick Watson - n/a
She Needs Me (Monarchy Remix) - Fyfy Dangerfield - Fly Yellow Moon
Two Tongues - The Swell Season - Strict Joy
Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall - Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter
Fake Palindromes - Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Organ Song - The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still
Walk The River - Guillemots - Walk The River
The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore - James Morrison - Undiscovered
Pyro - Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
Mr. Moon - O.A.R. - In Between Now and Then
Down In The Valley - The Head And The Heart - The Head And The Heart
 Songs Missing for Player:
Two Tongues - The Swell Season
Mr. Moon - O.A.R.

 So it is getting harder and harder to find quality versions that actually can portray the artists unique talents but I'll keep trying. What I am thinking about doing, for anyone that actually follows this which is little to few (maybe to none lol) is post my playlists on iTunes, that way you can listen to all the versions I have and get all the songs as well. I'm gonna try it out and see how it goes, if it works this might be the last post on this blog but who knows maybe I'll come back to it every once in a while...especially if I can figure out how to post the songs on here so you guys can all download them. Anyway, hope you enjoy this one...the Two Tongues song is one of my favorites but couldn't find any version so check it out if you can. This is one of my favorite titles because its a "wuzzle" haha but the songs are great as well...probably not the best playlist I ever made but hope you can find a song or two that you like. Enjoy as always. m.i.m.l.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

to whom it may concern


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My Racing Thoughts - Jack's Mannequin - My Racing Thoughts Single
Bang Bang You're Dead - Hannah Georgas - This Is Good
Just Like Heaven - The Cure - Going the Distance (Movie Soundtrack)
Awake My Soul - Mumford & Sons - Sign No More
I Can Change - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane - Hopes and Fears
Burified - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - n/a
Sweet Child o' Mine - Taken By Trees - Sweet Child o' Mine Single
Anna Sun - Walk the Moon - n/a
La Mar (the Ocean) - The Beautiful Girls - Learn Yourself
What I Wouldn't I Do - A Fine Frenzy - Bome In A Birdcage
Companions - The Dodos - No Color
Lovestoned/I Think She Knows Interlude - Justin Timberlake - FutreSex/LoveStoned
Art of War - Anberlin - Dark Is the Way, Light Is A Place
Ain't No Reason - Brett Dennen - So Much More
I Would Do Anything For You - Foster the People - Torches
Home - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - n/a
Forget Me Not - The Civil Wars - Barton Hallow


Songs Missing from Player:
Bang Bang You're Dead - Hannah Georgas
La Mar (The Ocean) - The Beautiful Girls
Art of War - Anberlin

I apologize for the time period inbetween these. Hope you enjoy this and can play this whenever you want. If I get enough traffic I might be able to create a website where I can put all these playslits and put a link on so anyone can download them to their iTunes w/ my versions. Hope you guys enjoy and hopefully I'll be able to post another playlist shortly.

m.i.m.l.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

closed upon completion


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Rollin in the Deep - Adele - 21
Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Faded From Winter - Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
Home - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Last Night - Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People- Foster the People [EP]
Impossible - Anberlin - Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place
Give Into Me (feat. Leighton Meister) - Garret Hedlund - Country Strong (Movie Soundtrack)
Harold T. Wilkens, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time - Fanfarlo - Going the Distance (Movie Soundtrack)
Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 - Hands All Over
Don't You Want Me - Atomic Tom - n/a
I've Got Your Number - Passion Pit - Manners
Don't Leave My Mind - Azure Ray - Drawing Down the Moon
What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Soft Skeletons - Anberlin - New Surrender
Terrible Love - The National - High Violet
We Are The Peole - Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
Flowers In December - Mazzy Star - Wicker Park


Songs Missing from player above:
Home - LCD Soundsystem
Anberlin - Soft Skeletons
We Are The People - Empire of the Sun

Reminder to those who listen...these songs are the ones I could find on YouTube and many of them are live. While they are still amazing most of these versions are not the ones that I have and encrouage you to download the regular versions as well (or simply ask me and I'll send them to you).

Also...if you haven't heard "Home" by LCD Soundsystem check it out and check out the entire album "This Is Happening" because it is truly an AMAZING compilation of music. Hope you enjoy this new playlist...I'll try to keep going weekly with new ones if I can.

m.i.m.l.

ps...if you're in the Logan, UT...be aware I've been placing free mixtapes (CD's) around the campus of Utah State University and other places in Logan with the titles saying "FINDERS KEEPERS"...be on the lookout I'll be putting them up randomly in random places...hopefully you can snag one.

Friday, August 12, 2011

three lefts make a right


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Erased - Hazelwood Motel - Hazelwood Motel
Pursuit of Happiness (feat. MGMT and Ratatat) - KiD CuDi - n/a
Junebug - Robert Francis - n/a
Sweet Sweet Heartkiller - Say Hi To Your Mom - Impeccable Blahs
So Much Trouble - Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later
Fancy Footwork - Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
1901 - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Undisclosed Desires - Muse - The Resistance
Disconnect - The Dangerous Summer - If You Could Only Keep Me Alive
So Insane - Discovery - n/a
Burial - Miike Snow - Miike Snow
The Pretender - Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
Good to Sea- Pinback - Autumn of The Seraphs
Sad Sad City - Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
Drivin Me Wild (feat. Lily Allen) - Common - Finding Forever
Say You Don't Want It - One Night Only - n/a
Evolve - Kermitt Quinn - n/a
The Fourth Drink Instinct - Cute Is What We Aim For - The Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch

Songs Missing from Player:
Erased - Hazelwood Motel
Sweet Sweet Heartkiller - Say Hi To Your Mom
Disconnect - The Dangerous Summer
Drivin Me Wild - Common

If you get a chance, find a better version of "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead" and listen to the lyrics. The song is so powerful and I gurantee can related to so so many people. WARNING!!! So Insane by Discovery will get stuck into your head...probably along with "Fancy Footwork" and "Sad Sad City" so be aware. Hope you enjoy.

oh and if you really think about...three lefts really do make a right...don't believe me draw it out

m.i.m.l.

Monday, July 18, 2011

my stable instability


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The Beat - Ben Rector - Into the Morning
Handsome Babies - Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
Helena Beat - Foster the People - Foster the People [EP]
Young Blood - The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Agressive You
The Tide Pulls From the Moon - William Fitzsimmons - Gold In the Shadow
Gone In the Morning - Newton Faulker - Hand Built By Robots
Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) - Crystal Casltes - Not In Love
Autumn - Ben Rector - Into the Morning
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Mescaline - Robert Francis - Before Nightfall
It's All In the Hips - Farewell Fighter - The Winning Team
Dots On Maps - Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
When A Heart Breaks - Ben Rector - Into the Morning
All of This - The Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Agressive You
We Used to Wait - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song - Matt Hires - Take Us To the Start
Walk - Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Older Chests - Damien Rice - O


Only song missing from the player above is...
Gone In the Morning - Newton Faulkner

Hope you enjoy this playlist. It is quite all over the map as far as genres are concerned but I imagine that anyone can find at least one song they like. All of This by the Naked and Famous is probably one of my favorite songs from this playlist...check it out if you haven't heard it. And if you don't know who Ben Rector is, listen and fall in love with him just as everyone has and will, he's legit. Enjoy.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

one if by land, two if by me


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Hannah - Freelance Whales - n/a
Smell Ya Lata - Never Shout Never - n/a
Skip to the End - The Futurehead - Urban Outfitters #22
Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event (Deluxe Edition)
We Dreamt In Heist - Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market
Pull Myself Together (Don't Hate Me) - The Rocket Summer - Of Men and Angels
Moth's Wings - Passion Pit - Manners
Lose Your Soul - Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
Black & Gold (Cover) - Adele - n/a
Downtight (Chumbaland Remix)(feat. Lil' Wayne) - Jay Sean vs. Stevie Wonder
Fall Hard - Shout Out Louds - Work
Stay - Safety Suit - Life Left to Go
Ghost Under Rocks (Passion Pit Remix) - Ra Ra Riot - Ra Ra Riot [EP]
Inside of You - The Maine - Black & White
Wishing Well - The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Can You Tell - Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
Low Rising - The Swell Season - n/a

Missing from player below:
We Dreamt In Heist - Anberlin
Pull Myself Together - The Rocket Summer
Lose You Soul - Dead Man's Bones (this is Ryan Gosling's band if you've never heard them check em out they are really good)
Downtight (Remix) - Jay Sean vs. Stevie Wonder
Stay - Safety Suit

Hope you enjoy this playlist...if you get the chance listen to closely (or look up online) the lyrics to "Sometime Around Midnight", probably one of the most powerful songs you'll ever hear. If you've ever broken up with anybody and still had feelings for them the song will hit you like a ton of bricks.

five stars for forty nights: disc 2


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The Saddest Song - Until June - Until June
Up Against the Wall - Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Meaning - Gavin Degraw - Chariot (Stripped)
Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope
8 AM - The Summer Obsession - This Is Where You Belong
Let Me Love You - Mario - Let Me Love You
Love Song (Cover) - Anberlin - n/a
Til Kingdom Come - Coldplay - X&Y
Easy/Lucky/Free - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In a Digital Urn
Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings - We The Kings
Do You Remember - The Summer Obsession - This Is Where You Belong
The Only One For Me - Brian McKnight - Anytime
Tell Me Something Good - The Rocket Summer - Hello, Good Friend
More Than Anyone - Gavin Degraw - Chariot (Stripped)
Tired of Being Sorry - Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
Stand By Me - Ben E. King - n/a
The Guy That Says Goodbye to You Is Out of His Mind - Griffin House- Flying Upside Down
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice - O

Songs Missing from Player (sorry there are a lot)
The Saddest Song - Until June
Up Against the Wall - Boys Like Girls
Let Me Love You - Mario
Love Song (Cover) - Anberlin
The Only One For Me - Brian McKnight
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
The Guy That Says Goodbye... - Griffin House

other than that hope you enjoy, due to the lack of songs on the player I will be posting another playslist shortly that hopefully will have more songs playable on it.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

five stars for forty nights: disc 1


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Stay Awake (Dreams Only Last For a Night) - All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right
How To Save Life (Live) - The Fray - Acoustin in Nashville - Bootleg No. 2 Live: EP
Lost With You - The Heyday - The Heyday
One Last Kiss - Madina Lake - From Them Through Us To You
Curve of the Earth - Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks
Wild Horses - Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
On Top of the World - Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Never Knew - The Rocket Summer - Hello, Good Friend
To The Beat of Our Noisy Hearts - Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope
Beautiful Love - The Afters - I Wish We All Could Win
Time and Confusion - Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
Seventeen Forever - Metro Station - Metro Station
Where I Want to Be - The Heyday - The Heyday
La Cienga Just Smiled - Ryan Adams - Gold
It's OK - Eric James & the New Century - The City Lights - EP
Fix You - Coldplay - X&Y
Save Us - Cartel - Chroma
A Day Late - Anberlin - Never Take Frienship Personal
Trouble - Coldplay - Parachutes

Songs Missing from Player Below:
It's OK - Eric James & the New Century
Seventeen Forever - Metro Station

The versions I have of "How to Save A Life" and "To the Beat of our Noisy Hearts" are both wayyyyy better than those on the player (or probably better than what you have if you do have the songs) so just let me know if you want me to send you the good versions, it can be arranged quite easily.

This is one of my favorite playlists I ever made so I hope you do enjoy...and disc 2 (or part 2 in this case) will be coming out next week.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

die.no.mite

Your Eyes are Liars - The Sound Team - Urban Outfitters #22
Apologies - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - This Is Somewhere
About A Girl - The Academy Is... - Fast Times at Barrington High
Blame It on the Girl - Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
December - Lydia - It's One More and I'm Free
Dear Jack - Jack's Mannequin - Dear Jack - EP
Hills and Valleys - The Rocket Summer - You Gotta Believe - EP
I'm Ready, I Am - The Format - Interventions and Lullabies
Butterfly - Jason Mraz - We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? - Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here
Chasing the Daylight - Philip LaRue - Let the Road Pave Itself
Pretend - Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story
Polygraph, Right Now! - The Spill Canvas - One Fell Swoop
Beautiful Girls vs. Stand By Me (Sean Kingston vs. Ben E. King) - DJ Rob Dinero - n/a
Lisztomania - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Honest Mistake - The Bravery - The Bravery
Head Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz!
The Moment - Safety Suit - Life Left to Go
The Mess I Made - Parachute - Losing Sleep
I Swear This Time I Mean It - Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here

(songs missing from the player below...
Hills and Valley's - The Rocket Summer
Beautiful Girls vs. Stand By Me - Rob Dinero
The Moment - Safety Suit)

I apologize some of the songs have a 15-30 introduction by the artists so just bare with me on those songs they were hard to find good versions of.

If anyone would like any of these playlists on their iTunes, hit me up on facebook,text me if you know my number, or just comment below and give me your email address. Then I can just send you a zip file of the playlist of your choice...Enjoy.


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Sunday, June 19, 2011

the second intermission


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Welcome Home - Radical Face - n/a
Casimir Pulinski Day - Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Foreign Language - Anberlin - Blueprints for the Black Market
On My Mind - Kalai - n/a
Island - The Starting Line - Direction
Kids (Cover) - Lady Danville - n/a
Out of Line - The Bravery - The Bravery
Radioactive - Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
In My Veins (feat. Katie Herzig) - Andrew Belle - n/a
How Many Times - The Rocket Summer - Of Men and Angels: B-Side
Back to December - Taylor Swift - Speak Now
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
In Transit - Albert Hammond Jr. - Going The Distance (Movie Soundtrack)
Make It Without You - Andrew Belle - The Ladder
The Cave - Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon Cover) - Matisyahu - n/a
Not Enough - Hazelwood Motel - Hazelwood Motel

(Songs missing from player below...
Foreign Language - Anberlin
Out of Line - The Bravery
How Many Times - The Rocket Summer
Not Enough - Hazelwood Motel)

Hope you enjoy...if you get a chance to listen to the lyrics of Casimir Pulinski Day, In My Veins, and Make It Without you...great lyrics that will definetly stir a little emotion (see if you can see what Casimir Pulinski Day is about). Also make sure you listen to the end of the Matisyahu cover of Use Somebody because he does an awesome beatbox finishing touch to the song.

Friday, June 10, 2011

hold on, let go, say yes, say no


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Take It Home - The White Tie Affair - Walk This Way
I Still Remember - Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
The Truth - The Spill Canvas - No Really, I'm Fine
Inevitable - Anberlin - Cities
Wasted - Cartel - Cartel
Life In Technicolor II - Coldplay - Prospekt's March
Spinning - Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger
The Tide - The Spill Canvas - Sunsets & Car Crashes
The Call - Regina Spektor - The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian (Movie Soundtrack)
Trust - Eric James & The New Century - The City Lights - EP
The Conersation - Motion City Soundtrack - Even If It Kills Me
Your Eyes Open - Keane - Hopes and Fears
Naviagate Me - Cute Is What We Aim For - Rotation
Summer Again - The Afters - Never Going Back to OK
Me vs. The World - Madina Lake - From Them Through Us
Jasey Rae (Acoustic) - All Time Low - Punk Goes Acoustic, Vol. 2
Kill - Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Where Love Went Wrong - Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt - EP
All Hail the Heartbreaker - The Spill Canvas - Sunets & Car Crashes

(songs missing from following player...
Take It Home - The White Tie Affair
The Truth - The Spill Canvas
Summer Again - The Afters)

Again I apologize for some of the versions of the songs, I did my best to get the best versions possible. Also if you do get the chance find a way to listen to "Summer Again" by the Afters. It is one of my favorite songs on this entire playlist...hope ya like it.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

kiss me, deadly


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If You Run- The Boxer Rebellion - Going the Distance (Movie Soundtrack)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Glee Cast Version) - Glee Cast - Glee: The Music
This Is the Thing - Fink - Dear John (Movie Soundtrack)
Eucalyptus - The Deadly Syndrome - The Ortolan
Me Myself and I - Hanson - Shout It Out
Last Words - The Real Tuesday Weld - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Movie Soundtrack)
Roll Up Your Sleeves - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
All I Want - Ahn Trio - Ahn Trio: Lullalby for My Favorite Insomniac
Never Say Never - The Fray - The Fray
After Hours - We Are Scientists - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (Movie Soundtrack)
Half of Something Else - The Airborne Toxic Event - Going the Distance (Movie Soundtrack)
Conductor - We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
Dying Is Fine - Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line
Alright - Pilate - n/a
Golden Love - Midnight Youth - n/a
You and Me and One Spotlight - Yellowcard - Paper Walls
Empty (Live) - Ray LaMontagne - Live Sessions (iTunes Exclusive) - EP

(Two Songs Missing from Playlist Below...
Last Words - The Real Tuesday Weld
You and Me and One Spotlight - Yellowcard)

The rest are there and while they aren't the same quality/version that I may have, you can at least get a feel for whether or not you like the songs...Enjoy!!