Okay, so this one is more of a whole CD, but it’s my blog and my rules so therefore this is how I’m doing it. Now that my power trip is over, back to the music.

I was introduced to this group on the weekend of my anniversary. Our good friends Jim and Alisha invited us to come and hear this group that Jim’s nephew is in called the Fundamental Elements. I hadn’t heard of them before, but they were local and supposedly pretty good. What happened next was a thing of beauty. They put on quite a show even in a room that wasn’t that great for a concert. I didn’t know what to expect, so I was going in with a completely open mind. I was not disappointed. I won’t recap that whole thing again for I have already done that here. But I have a couple favorites from that CD titled Cycle We’re Living In. The whole CD is a favorite and if you want to give a few of the songs a listen, you should go to their website. 2 favorites that I have to hear if I’m listening to this CD are Don’t Say. I LOVE the way the beat starts the song. I also love the energy of the song from start to finish. It really enhances the words. It could have been a sappy, sad begging song, but they decided that it was more song with a  sense of urgency I tend to agree (“Don’t say this is my last day with you…”).

My other favorite song on the CD is ‘All I Need’. That one isn’t on the website for you to listen like the other one is, so you’ll have to take my word for it. This song is my favorite for a couple reasons. My buddy who is the guitarist for the band, plays a beautiful line throughout this song which is the first thing that I noticed. My other completely favorite part happens after the bridge. Some awesome poetry that’s ‘straight butta’. A couple people should get a kick out of that line. Anyway, if you ever want to hear that one, come find me. It’s usually in my car or on my iPod. It was much later that I found out that Joe, the aforementioned amazing guitarist, wrote this song. Making it even MORE cool.

This group rocks for many, many reasons. One of the coolest is that they are local and supporting local music is always good. How local are they, you ask? Well, the lead singer lives on my street (so he says, I’ve never seen him though LOL). The keyboard player SUPPOSEDLY stays a couple streets over from me. Again, either they never come outside, or they are always traveling with the band because they’re EXTREMELY popular. I do know where to find the guitar player, though. So I guess that’s a plus. Anyway, look these guys up. They are THAT good. They have a new CD coming out soon and they have a show this Friday night that I’m hoping to see. There should be a whole bunch of new stuff playing which is good. I’m gonna go ahead and put in my request for my 2 favorite songs and hope that one of them reads this. Also, I’m kinda hoping that ‘How Quickly’ made it on the new CD…