Winning with Down With Webster in Memphis

Me cheesing with Down With Webster rapper Cameron Hunter.

Just wanted to post my pics from the Down With Webster show from Memphis on 10/16/10. I had a blast at the show and got the opportunity to say hi to several of the guys from DWW.


Down With Webster opened for 3Oh!3 on their "Streets of Gold" tour on their stop at Minglewood Hall in Memphis. I was introduced to the music for the other opening acts The Secret Handshake and Hello Goodbye. Both those bands are very talented and are worth a listen. If you haven't heard DWW's music, check out their website www.downwithwebster.com and get ready to become a big fan!

A quick pic with Diggy the DJ.

I only got a small segment of "Your Man" on video but the sound is distorted and my phone was almost dead, so I will just say check out the video instead. I posted it at the bottom.

I heard several of my favorite songs like "Time To Win", "Your Man", and "Back of My Hand". They also played one of their new songs from the upcoming "Time To Win: Vol II" album, and y'all (had to use my Southern slang just for Pat) will be sooooo excited by what is to come from this Toronto based powerhouse.

Chillin' with DWW singer/guitarist Pat Gillett.

I haven't met too many celebs in my life but I can honestly say these guys have to be the nicest, most down to Earth artists out there. Hopefully everyone will be Down With Webster soon and will be as excited about their music as I am. Their energy on stage is amazing and infectious. The crowd was just as amped by DWW's music as they were during the 3Oh!3 set.

My only wish was that DWW could have played longer. I hope to one day get to go to one of their headlining shows, which are said to be epic. I really look forward to seeing their popularity continue to grow and become huge here in the U.S. And even though I don't get the station, I heard that their video for "Whoa is Me" is number 1 on the Much Music Video Countdown tonight.  With enough fan support in the States, I think it could easily be in rotation on MTV. The current surge of Canadian artists hitting it big here (Drake, Justin Bieber, etc) is proof that with enough backing, they could be big.

 Even though I have probably said thanks a hundred times, I want to thank the guys from DWW for being so nice to me and for signing my daughter's jacket (Pic left) and to Pat Gillett for saying hi to her on the phone. She talked about it for the longest when I got home :). Big thanks to Cameron Hunter, Tyler Armes, and KapOneOh for following me on Twitter. You guys WIN! :)

Video of the Week: 'White Knuckles" by OK Go

The guys that made dancing on treadmills look super easy has done it again in this Video of the Week. OK Go's new video for their song "White Knuckles" once again shows their creativity as well as their talented musicianship by using dogs and has had more than 5 million hits to date on their YouTube channel.
  
Their most popular video, "Here It Goes Again" currently has over 52 million hits on their YouTube channel and was a Grammy winner for Best Short Form Music Video in 2007. They also won the YouTube Video Award for Most Creative Video in 2006. 

The band's lead singer, Damian Kulash, met bassist Tim Nordwind at Interlochen Arts Camp when they were 11. Kulash was in for graphic design, Nordwind for music. The band name comes from their art teacher, saying "OK...Go!" while they were drawing. They kept in touch after camp, often exchanging mixtapes which influenced each other's musical taste and their future sound. They met the band's former guitarist and keyboardist Andy Duncan in high school, and drummer Dan Konopka in college. OK Go was formed in 1998. 

If you are the charitable type, you can go to okgo.net and purchase the "White Knuckles" video, and portion of the proceeds will benefit the ASPCA, specifically in support of animal rescue. They have shows in the coming weeks in Oct 20 Portland, ME; Oct 22,Camden, ME; Oct 26, Syracuse, NY; Oct 27, Clifton Park, NY; Oct 28, Hartford, CT.

My 25 Most Played Tunes

Just thought this would be fun to do. I listen to music 8+ hours a day, so I was very curious what my most played songs are. Although I have about 1,000 songs on constant rotation, it's obvious that what I like most is American Idol season 9 contestant Alex Lambert's version of "Everybody Knows". He also lands in the number 18 spot with "Trouble".

The most played band is Down With Webster, who I will be seeing live this Saturday night at Memphis. They have eight songs that make the list. Others that make the list that are among my favorite is The Bravery, Brandon Flowers (from The Killers), CJ Baran (from Push Play), the Glee cast and Christian artist Andrew Witt (listed as Rough Draft on my playlist). '

Another American Idol Season 9 contestant, Casey James, is number 20 with "It's All Over Now". Numbers 21 and 22 perplexed me a bit. They are amazing covers of two of my most favorite songs. "Wonderwall", performed by the acapella group Straight No Chaser, is originally by Oasis. I actually also really love Ryan Adams' version of the song as well. I think I probably have about five different copies of this song on my iPod. Number 22 is "Supermassive Black Hole". The original version is performed by Muse, which some know was a major hit due to the Twilight soundtrack. However, this version is from the Vitamin String Quartet. I managed to come across this ensemble because of another vampire inspired fave of mine, The Vampire Diaries. The show plays some incredible music, as some of my friends are finding out (thanks for playing Kris Allen!), and Vitamin String Quartet are known for performing cool instrumental covers of popular tunes.

There are lots of things that I love that didn't make the list. Everything from Kris Allen to Eminem to Maroon 5 are absent from this list. Some of my favorite music, like the Beatles, I have on CD. I lost several of my playlist tunes when my last computer died. So, I am replenishing my stockpile and putting my old cd's on here.

So, what's on your Top 25 Playlist? Please feel free to share in the comment section, or you can tweet me at @lostiegirl78.