Song Of The Month - April '14

Yeaaaaaah, it's spring. 
And it feels like summer, at least here in Berlin. Sunshine, the cold is away, free time because of holidays. The icing on the cake would be some summer music. Oh, hey, I found some. What a coincidence!

The chosen song comes from Cayucas. And they come from sunny California. If you listen to their music you will notice that they have this beach-touch: songs about love and the life at the coast and of course they play guitar. Also you can easily sing and dance along. Perfect music for playing volleyball or dancing at the beach.

Their songs aren't that new, but better late than never.''High School Lover'' is my favorite, though the Math Bishop Remix of ''East Coast Girl'' sounds pretty nice, too. Maybe the songs will make it on your summer-playlist as well.
Here you go.

Lied des Monats - April '14

Leute, es ist Frühling! 
Man könnte sogar denken es sei Sommer. Sonne, Wärme und Feiertage, an denen man nichts machen muss. Zumindest einige von uns.Was passt da besser als ein schönes, sommerliches Lied? Nicht viel.

Das April-Lied ist von Cayucas, einer Band die aus dem sonnigen Kalifornien kommt. Das hört man ihnen an: die Lieder sind unkompliziert, hauptsächlich Gitarre und Schlagzeug, die Texte handeln von Liebe und das Leben an der Küste. Außerdem kann man sich einigermaßen dazu bewegen. Perfekt, um barfuß am Strand entlang zu hüpfen oder Volleyball zu spielen. Sommer Pop halt.

Über die Ästhetik des Covers lässt sich streiten,aber letztendlich geht es sowieso um die Musik. Mein Favorit ist ,,High School Lover''. Und den bekommt ihr hier:

Write about... What?

Sometimes it's difficult to find an interesting topic to write about, so you don't write. The problem is just that a blog needs content. But what? You can write about anything: life, love, music, trees. Here are three inspirations for people who have no idea how to find a topic. 

The Dictionary-Oracle

If you ever have a question, just ask a dictionary. 

''What should I do this evening?'' ''Extract.'' ''A present for my brother?'' ''Foot.'' ''What is the most beautiful thing on earth?'' ''Human.'' (These are the actual answers of my dictionary. Strange?)

All you need to do is 

1.Take out a dictionary

2.Ask your question 

3.Close your eyes 

4.Open the book on a random page 

5.Put your finger anywhere on the book 

6.Open your eyes again 

7.Voilà - you have your answer

This way you can find a topic for an article. Of course I'm aware of the fact that books are soooooo last century - that's why I already developed a modern version of it: The Wikipedia-Oracle. You can use any other page with a random-word/article-option as well. For example the Urban Dictionary.

Just ask your question, click on ''random'' and there you go. 

Quote

Sometimes you already have a topic or at least an idea, but no introduction. Music will help you here (at least if it's not pure instrumental music).

Choose any song, keep the first sentence(s) or words in mind and use them for your awesome article. Maybe you have to translate the lyrics into the language you're writing in, but on the other hand it may be more interesting that way. You can also adopt the song title.

Keep Up With The Times
Try to be up to date. What is happening around the world? What is everybody talking about? And in particular: How can you profit from it?
You are a lion, you have to hunt. Find a victim and tear it up. 
Take an actual (and controversial) topic. Write about it. You can either be reputable and neutral or - better - you provoke by telling your (pretended) opinion and adducing meaningless reasons. The advantage is, that people will face up emotionally with your article, want to give their point of view and hence comment it. Then they will show it to their friends by sharing it on Facebook or whatever. Anyway, you have a topic and get free advertising. Do you really need more?

Well, that's it. I have realized that I have a lot of ideas, I'm just too lazy. That's bad. Next time I will probably write an article about how to overcome laziness.