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The Legacy of Scott Hutchinson

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Growing up is never easy. The difficulties for everyone differs, but everyone will have their own battles to face. Scott Hutchinson (lead singer and songwriter for the Indie Band Frightened Rabbit ) helped me to overcome certain difficulties, and even now having survived my teenage years I enjoy listening to Frightened Rabbit . I came across this band whilst listening to a podcast by fellow Scotsman Simon Neil (lead singer of  Biffy Clyro)  who claimed that Scott Hutchinson and his band were "ones to watch" and that the 'Modern Leper' (link below) was a "beautiful creation". Since his death (9th May 2018), artists around the world have worked on a re-make of Scott's greatest record ' The Midnight Organ Fight ', named ' Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit's 'T.M.O.F '. Whilst his fans have through social media started to support each other through difficult times, as Scott had intend from his unique song writing. F...

3005 Playlist #2 Serenity

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https://open.spotify.com/user/raphaelbwgmail.com/playlist/7i6vSF1FFM8dkdTROcjSH2?si=gwTPrrlDT4C87AIHWKOnvg

Top 10 songs of 2018

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2018 has been quite the year from England reaching the World Cup Semi-Final to an endless bore of Brexit catastrophes. Amongst all this some great music was released in 2018 here is 3005s top 10. 1) Childish Gambino - This Is America In May 2018 Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) released This Is America , a track about the current state of the 'Land of the Free'. With reference to the staggering number of gun crime incidents and a beautifully savage depiction of the current state of lower-class young Americans in the songs music video, Mr Gambino created a truly memorable song for 2018. The video currently has 455 million views in just 7 months. We are all praying Childish will carry on writing (amidst acting, directing and other ventures) in 2019. 2) Dean Lewis - Be Alright The 31 year old Aussie has had a brilliant 2018 culminating in his latest track Be Alright . The song is about his break-up and advice he got from his brother. The catchy song ...

Growing Up Listening to Worship Music (extended piece)

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I grew up in a Christian  household. Every Sunday I would go to church and Sunday school, and in a large percentage of school holidays I would go to Christian camps from Skegness to Le Fenouiller in France. One of many parts of this was listening to worship music at Church, in the car and occasionally live at big Christian gatherings with thousands of people in a gazebo. Worship music is still a major sector of the music industry and if you also grew up listening to worship music you will know why. But if you didn't here are some of the biggest worship songs to date and what it was like growing up with them.

Drake - Summer Games

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Drake is by far the most renowned contemporary rapper around. In 2018 his latest album Scorpion  had many tracks that reached number 1: 'God's plan', 'Nice for what' and 'In My Feelings'. However, the record also has some hidden gems. 'Summer Games' shows Drake at his best and here is why ......   Immediately the song brings you into the emotion of the lyrics. A deep calm but yet fast beat entraps you. Drake often produces his own beats and is well known for helping other artists with their production. Drake discusses his fast relationship in the summer and how it was ruined by the contemporary social media age: 'you say I led you on, but you followed me, I follow one of your friends, you unfollow me'. Drake often purs his emotions out in a few tracks in his albums (from 'Marvins Room' to 'Too God'. Drake goes on to explain his anger of the ending of this relationship. With the lyrics turning to annoyance, 'Said y...

3005 Playlist #1 Acoustic

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5WeNiPfef2As0WNFh8hk29

Oasis - Talk Tonight

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In 1994 a band named Oasis   had hit the big time selling arenas across the UK and producing some of the great songs we all know and love today. The next mission for the Gallagher brothers and the rest of the band was to hop over the pond and conquer the US. However, the first trip to America did not go well. In Los Angeles on September 29th 1994, Oasis came on stage so high on drugs (later found out to be meth) that they could barely play. After the gig the band hit breaking point with many altercations. Noel and Liam's on-going feud had blown out of proportion and both began talking of an end to the band. Liam has always been a feisty character and despite his passivity Noel had now had enough of his crazy brothers antics. Noel flew to San Francisco alone, met a girl and wrote 'Talk Tonight'.      The song talks of Noel's plane journey over to San Francisco and the thought of a potential end to the great band. His isolation at this time was shown in the...