Welcome to To The Fallen Records Presents "Top Tracks", our weekly contest for military artists. It's easy to vote. Just click the link below, or any track name, and you'll be taken to this week's Top 5 Tracks where you can vote for your favorite. Click on the picture and you'll be taken to the artist's MySpace page, if they have one. The winner has a great chance to be on our next CD and will be featured on all of our sites for the following week...so let's talk about this week's tracks:
Track 1: "Sunbeam" by Corrin Campbell and the Election
I like this track. It starts off very strong and busts in with some killer guitar riffs. Corrin has an incredible voice and I like how she starts off rather shyly and soft and then really picks it up by the first chorus. I like the metaphor of "breaking these brick walls down" for someone breaking through to her inner self, which she obviously keeps on lock down. This is most likely due to all those bastards who broke her heart previously! At least they led to some good music and maybe when she's wealthy beyond all means she can shove it back in their faces. Isn't that what we all want to do? The music is really killer. Overall a pretty good track.
Track 2: "Let's Play" by Michael ScarlettTTFR doesn't always get down with R&B as we prefer to deal with Country, Hip Hop and Rock, but I like this song by Michael Scarlett. The beat is hot and his voice is really nice to listen to. The chorus is really well done and the story he tells is simple enough to understand. Michael Scarlett is a great singer and has a ton of potential. I could definitely see this on one of our CDs. For now, I'll just keep this song on loop in the bedroom!
Track 3: "Caravan" by the Major Parsons Project
This is an excellent track all around. The lyrics, music, sequencing, and the chorus are all incredible. I absolutely love the chorus and it is catchy as hell, even though I can't understand the latter choruses as he busts into Spanglish later on in the song. Damn you 5 years of high school Spanish! You taught me nothing! At around 2:20 the music bangs out some new sounds that keep you hooked until the end of the track. I love this track.
Track 4: "One of Those Days" by CyrusCyrus is an incredible lyricist. His story starts off really strong with a really detailed description of the protagonist in his track. I think we (military) can definitely relate to the first verse where it is really hard to leave your family. The next verse takes us through the experience of being a military spouse...the non-stop praying and hoping that your husband makes it back. "Bypassing rough patches like cactuses" says it all. The last verse details the protagonist rolling out on a convey, gets ambushed and on his way out his vehicle gets hit with an IED. Based on overtones and foreshadowing in the previous verses, you know that he doesn't make it back alive. Overall, a great track by one of the Army's elite hip hop artists.
Track 5: "Iron in the Fire" by Sean Bennett
Sean hits us with a great country track that details the life of an old, married couple. He tells us their story, telling us intricate details about their lives and their relationship. "They were crazy old lovers with nothing left to prove" says it all. He sits back and admires them from a distance while telling their story. "One love will do" is the message. His love for her is so strong that he'd "Walk her all the way to heaven" and one can infer that he does so at the end of the song.
Well, that does it for this week. Feel free to give your comments on each song as well. The artists and TTFR will definitely appreciate any praise or constructive criticism you give.
Remember, these artists are people too, so I'd ask you personally not to be mean because that doesn't do anyone any good, but offer some advice and tell us what you liked and didn't like about each track as a fan of music.
Thanks for your time and we hope you enjoy this weekly contest. Thanks to all 150 artists who submitted music for this week. Hopefully you'll get your chance next week!
V/R,
Sean Gilfillan
CEO
To The Fallen Records
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