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While standing in the middle of the Hollywood Palladium, waiting for the sold out James Bay concert to begin, I couldn’t help but be filled with excited anticipation. I was surrounded by a younger audience, but as I scanned the upper tier of the venue I noticed that the crowd was not specific to one…
If there ever was a time when the world needed an anthem to bring everyone together, the time is now. Everywhere I turn it seems like something terrible is happening and it makes me feel hopeless. It frustrates me to think that there are so many terrible things happening and there is nothing I can…
I was the teenager your parents warned you about. I was the “bad influence”, I was the one that continuously pushed the boundaries, I was the epitome of “I know something bad could happen, but it would never happen to me”, I was an absolute wreck. Of course now as I look back at that…
The most anticipated album of the year is finally here and my ears could not be happier. When Adele first announced that she was gearing up to release a new album, my first thought was; “How do you even begin to create an album that can follow ’21’?” I don’t know how she did it…
You know how sometimes you go through something and you think you’ve dealt with it? You feel like you’ve cried through the anger, like you’ve said what you had to say and now you’re completely over it. I felt that recently; I went through something ridiculously hurtful and I “dealt” with it. I screamed, I…
It is absolutely depressing to think that One Direction is going on hiatus after the release of their latest album. That’s right you heard me right, I am depressed by this fact. It’s like *NSYNC announcing their “short break” all over again. One Direction, just like *NSYNC did, have released their best material right before…
Sometimes you have a bad week. Sometimes you get a promotion and your work doubles, causing you to fall behind. Sometimes you get disrespected at work. Sometimes you cry on your way home from work. Sometimes you get a crush on someone who will never, ever feel the same way. Sometimes you cry as soon as you…
Do you ever listen to a song and think, this is the song I want people to think of when they think of me? Do you ever hear a song that reaches so deep into your soul that you’re certain that the songwriter has to have read your diary? I believe in music anthems; I believe that…
The last time I participated in National Novel Writing Month was in 2013; I completed the challenge and by November 30th I had 80,000 + words and I held the first rough draft of my book. It was emotional, it was amazing, it gave me energy, it gave me hope. Then I printed out the…
I write this as I’m drinking warm green tea and sucking on a cough drop, turns out that after a night of singing along with Allen Stone you will wake up without a voice the next day. I have seen Allen Stone live 5 different times and somehow each time is better than the last….