Something new and very exciting!

and

http://www.facebook.com/ButchByDesign

Some songs I am pretty proud of being able to play. If any of these bands would like to hire me as their bassist, I will listen to offers. ;-)

MUSE - Anything Muse is an extra challenge.  I do the best I can on my jazz guitar without pedals.  There are so many effects on these songs, it's not even funny.  I can come close though, and have a blast while doing it!

Muse - Starlight


Muse - Feeling Good


Muse - Supermassive Black Hole


This next one is another toughy.  At least I think it is.  But like all the others I choose, it makes me happy to play.  :)

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?


Audioslave - Like A Stone

A big batch of great songs.

Walk by Foo Fighters
Yes!  So happy to play this one.  This song is going into my admittedly large all time favorite song club.  :)




Crossfire by Brandon Flowers
This will get stuck in your head forever.  Be careful.




Paralyzed by Rock Kills Kid
I could listen to this over and over again.  Oh wait, I do!




Clocks by Coldplay
Now for something calm and soothing and enjoyable.

Our Tattoos.

Cory and I have found an incredible tattoo artist.  Also, he is a great guy.  So if you are in our area and are looking to get an amazing piece of body art, we know your guy.  :o)  He specializes in realism and celtic design.

A fantastic feel good song and a celebration for learning alternative tuning.

Love this first song!  I say with each new song I learn that it is my favorite.  And they still all are!  This one... I really think this one might be special even yet.  So much fun to play!

Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall


I keep saying that I want to learn alternative tuning.  Tuning to different keys.  Cory and I have talked about restringing the bass with a low b.  We will see.  We have now mastered how to do alternative tuning!  And to celebrate, here are two songs with alternative tuning that I have been waiting to learn and can now ROCK!

Save Me by Remy Zero


And my personal favorite for alternative tuning. Thank you drop down D!!  I have been waiting to play this incredible song!!

Won't Back Down by Fuel

Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone by Bill Withers



Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant


Crushcrushcrush by Paramore

Wasted Time by Fuel


The Mess I Made by Parachute


Eyes on Fire by Blue Foundation

My newest musical conquest.

Everybody needs a little Chris Cornell under their belts, right?  :)  Love this song, so great to play!

Be Yourself by Audioslave

A special song

This one is special because I have wanted to learn this since the first time I heard this fabulous song!!  I couldn't find any tabs on it and I couldn't figure it out myself.  Cory spent all night last night tabbing it out for me.  He did a super job.  It's perfect and so much fun to play!

Mercy by Matt Nathanson

Two classics and a Mandy Classic. :)

Down on the Corner, CCR



With or Without You, U2



Funhouse, P!nk

Quirky fun, catchy but sad, and #$2%^&!

Another one of my favorites to play!
The Downtown Fiction, I Just Wanna Run



I didn't really listen to this song well enough to know what it was about until my 9 year old started singing along.  Yikes!
Foster the People, Pumped Up Kicks



This one has some pretty naughty swearing in it, be warned!
Cage the Elephant, Back Stabbin' Betty

Some Alternative Metal perhaps? And some more that will require me to change my page rating.

Papa Roach, Forever    This is my favorite song to play!!

Three Days Grace, Animal I Have Become

Now a couple more upbeat songs...at least in music style.

All American Rejects, Swing, Swing

Switchfoot, Needle In A Haystack Life

More songs!...and stuff.

I am all excited about changing this blog up now.  I don't have time this morning, but I think I'm going to totally revamp this site.  Yeah, I have said that a time or two, huh?  A few more songs...

Cory can play this one.  I haven't tried yet.

Cage the Elephant, In One Ear



And of course a classic.

The White Stripes, Seven Nation Army


One more today.  Something different than these that I have posted so far?

Norah Jones, Chasing Pirates

New Beginnings

I didn't want to deal with the headache of figuring out how to take down the blog so I forgot about it again.  Then something changed.  I have found a new reason for the blog!  Woohoo!  I bet ALL of you readers are thrilled.  :o)  Oh yeah, right.  So anyway, this is still an open blog that I can direct people to and so now it will hold my raunchy thoughts and personal playlist.  I want to be able to share with some people long distance what my current musical library is, so here I go.

The last song posted, Best of You by Foo Fighters is on my playlist!  There are a few moments in the song that I get a little bit turned around on, but for the most part I can play this one.  What a thrill to be able to play one of my all time favorite songs!!

How many links can I put in a post?  Here are a few more songs on my playlist.  If ANY one out there actually reads this and has a request of what I should learn, give it to me.

The Strokes, Someday


Cage the Elephant, Back Against the Wall

An end to an era. Or something. So I am closing up shop. The end of my blog. I don't think anyone will notice? On the off chance that someone will go, where the hell did Mandy go?, I am giving a heads up that this blog will be closed in the next couple of days. There is no purpose. I jumped off all my soap boxes long ago to focus on my family. Jokes on me.

Who knows how long it will take me to figure out how to close up shop. In the meantime, what's a post without some music? :) One of the best fucking songs ever.

Very MERRY CHRISTMAS to all!

I sincerely hope that all of you out there in cyberland have a blessed holiday season. Today I leave you with a song that came to me at just the right time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_6JQDsbtlM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

December, countdown to Christmas

It has been forever since I posted last! Well, don't worry, I have a new project going that will keep me coming back a lot for awhile. Hopefully I will provide you with something worthwhile to think over as I work on this new endeavor. I received an early Christmas present two weeks ago. The Hubby surprised me with an iPad! Woohoo! I am still trying to figure it out. This sucker works a bit differently than anything else I have worked with. Most everything that is available to me on my desktop PC is available in a condensed version on the iPad. This makes some things tricky. Things like editing my Pandora radio stations or this blog. So please bear with me as I update this blog over the next week. I didn't realize that my Glacier Niational Park background did not scroll for everyone looking. iPhones and iPads do not want to scroll. So for now I am going to drop the customized stuff and start working on making this blog nice to look at and most importantly, interesting to read!

Just 'cause...

I am posting these two music videos because....I just want to. :) Love these songs SO much I HAD to share.

First up: Flowers For A Ghost by Thriving Ivory


Next: Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds To Mars

Uplifting music! ? ! ?

Music is vital to me. Whenever my mind wanders to the blog, I always think of music posts. So here is another one!

As everyone knows, music can be so uplifting and inspirational. I have heard comments about not listening to negative music, so as not to bring yourself down. What is negative music? I thought I would post some examples of songs I find comforting, yet different styles.



These first two are similar, I guess. What makes them different to me is the Switchfoot song can relate to two different types of love.



And now to a different music feel...



How about one more?



I know some very precious people who need some comfort right now. This is for you. I hope you can find something to hold on to in this post.

It's been awhile..

I haven't put anything new on here in forever. I had some interest and so I will be making much more of an effort to keep up. :)

On a sad note, a dear friend of mine is moving away. She keeps me sane and strong and I will never enjoy Starbucks again without thinking warm thoughts. C, I will always have you on speed dial, but I will miss you terribly. Just know that you are mentioned often and fondly in my journal. Love you. And thanks for the flowers.

Getting down to the nitty gritty of this post. My awesome friend, C, is a fan of Eminem. It has taken me awhile to wrap my mind around this. I respect my friend greatly and didn't want to just brush this difference between us aside. She says that love him or hate him, you can't deny that he is real. My blog is a G-ish rated site and so I cannot post his music on here. I am providing a link to one of his songs. This song is explicit and not child friendly. You have been warned. Eminem and Rhianna have a very popular song out right now called "I Like the Way You Lie." This song is very popular now and I can find it on almost any time by surfing local radio stations. My question is, why? Many people might turn away from this song in disgust, but there is a reason why I hear it played so often in a day. There must be a reason why it is so popular. So I suppose there are really two questions. Why? What now?