Soooo, let’s talk music.

I wanted to share a little bit about my favourite artist, Gavin Degraw. I started listening to him when I was about 15 and have loved him ever since. He is such an amazing lyricist and has inspired me with a lot of things.  My favourite song by him is called, “Belief”, which you should all go listen to… now! Here’s the link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUqpCIZT-eE&feature=related

You guys may know him from the One Tree Hill soundtrack but you should check out all his stuff – cos he’s pretty cool! People have been asking me what type of music I listen to and I really don’t have a specific favourite genre. I have such a wide range of music on my ipod- and so there’s a massive variety of tunes being played in my ear, from soul to British hip hop, from rock to pop. I think I probably owe my musical tastes to my family- growing up with brothers and a dad that listened to Rod Stewart, from my older bro playing things like Radiohead and Roots Manuva. I was always interested in finding new music and looking at different genres. This is one song by Roots that I remember from when my brother first introduced me too British hip hop. It has stuck with me ever since…

Through my dad listening to Rod Stewart (which I always used to complain about when I was little!), I started to look more into the roots of soul, listening to a lot of Marvin Gaye, Patti Labelle, and Lauren Hill when I was younger. That and MJ, but I guess that’s a given. I think everyone took some sort of inspiration from him!

So one last song I’ll leave you all with is a song I listened to when I was really little by Rod Stewart, because although people may think it’s weird and that he’s not “cool” he gave me my soul roots. So for that I thank him. And here’s my favourite song by him! Just take a second to look at how young he is here- check out his interesting makeup and clothing choice! Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aDbLa5G5GE

Big love

Edei

xx