Listography : List Your Guilty Pleasures

1) Party in the U.S.A. - Miley Cyrus
2) The entire Ke$ha album
3) On the Way Down - Ryan Cabrera
(Once upon a time, when my brother and I hosted our weekly radio show called "Team Awesome", I went out of town one week and left him my iPod. He then played a game of "let's find the most embarrassing thing on Ashley's iPod and this was it. I retaliated by taking his freshly washed underwear and throwing it all over his car in front of the house. Win.)
4) Tomorrow, Fire Burning and Face Drop - Sean Kingston
5) Most pop punk (specifically, as of late, The Maine)
6) For You I Will - Teddy Geiger
7) Jason Mraz
8) Ska music
9) No Air - Chris Brown / Jordin Sparks
10) I'm With You - Avril Lavinge
11) Single Ladies and Halo - Beyonce
12) Sick Cycle Carousel - Lifehouse
13) I'll Be - Edwin McCain
14) Paramore
15) Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
16) Taylor Swift
17) Coldplay (sometimes, the old records, and that's not just a line)
18) 3 - Britney Spears
19) The All American Rejects
20) Dashboard Confessional

Listography : My Music "Bucket List"

This category isn't a part of the "Listography : Your Life in (Play)Lists" book, but I've been thinking a lot about this recently. Basically, I grew up on music and spent the better part of eight or so years "working" music in some capacity. I'm constantly thinking, talking, writing, working, listening to and watching music and I've had a hard time finding hobbies or social skills outside of it (not that I'm complaining).

At any rate, as a fan or as a music businessladyperson, there are certain things that I've been fortunate enough to experience but other things that I still want to do in order to fully understand the entire process. I'm not getting any younger, unlike the average age of a lot of us working in music, so before I get to old to rock or stop liking music (whichever comes first), here are the things I'd like to do:

1) Go out on tour for two weeks.
-This could be in any capacity: tour managing, merch girl, shooting content, etc. I just want to know how it feels day to day and do some traveling.

2) Take a class on ProTools.
-I have a very basic understanding from working in college radio, but certainly fudged some of it.

3) Sit in during a band's writing process.
- I'm still so fascinated by the way a song is written since I can't write myself.

4) Learn to play the guitar.

5) Go out for a week on Warped Tour.
-Preferrably not through Arizona or anywhere where its 115 degrees in July.

6) Go to the following festivals:

• Sasquatch
• Bonaroo
• Coachella
• Glastonbury
• Lollapalooza
• Newport Folk Festival
• Soundwave

7) Speak on a SXSW panel
- Y'know, about . . . uh . . . something?

8) Convince SXSW to hire me.
-Seriously though, WHO GETS TO WORK ON THIS FESTIVAL?!

8) Be a part of a band's entire recording process.
-From pre production to mastering and everything in between. Not sure what I'd contribute, maybe just being there to watch.

9) Write a treatment for a music video.

10) Start another live music radio show
-Or podcast, or video blog, whatever.

11) Finish reading "All You Need to Know about the Music Business"
-Before another new version comes out, which I'm sure will be soon.

12) Take a class on Entertainment law.

13) Learn to Swing Dance.

14) Work in some capacity during a band's appearance on a late night talk show.

15) Dance on stage with a big group during one of my favorite bands' sets.

16) Sing with a band on stage.

17) Work at a record store.
-Even if only for a little while. I never got to growing up, even though I tried.

18) Go to a music award show.

19) Sequence a movie or TV show soundtrack.
-In the romantic way of just picking songs that sound awesome and of course the paperwork.

20) Have one of my favorite artists perform at my wedding.
-Right now I've narrowed down my wedding song to either "Re:Stacks" by Bon Iver or "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds. Both are welcome to come party.

Listography : List a Song That Reminds You of Each Boyfriend You've Had

The trick is that I won't tell you which song is for who. :) Sorry boys. Some of the boys have multiple songs and many reference the crushes, the not-quite-boyfriends and dead-ends that we're all familiar with. . .

1) The Brilliant Dance - Dashboard Confessional
2) Blizzard of '77 - Nada Surf
3) Carry You - Jimmy Eat World
4) Don't Get Spin Spin - Skybox
5) Satellite - Dave Matthews Band
6) Photobooth - Death Cab for Cutie
7) Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
8) Time Restrains - Goodbyetomorrow
9) No Sensitivity - Jimmy Eat World
10) Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
11) I Am Yours - The Adicts
12) Skies So Blue - The Rocket Summer
13) Galaxy 500 - Reverend Horton Heat
14) Midwestern Dirt - Dear and the Headlights
15) Suspended - Matt Nathanson
16) Janet - The Format
17) Suspended in Gaffa - Ra Ra Riot
18) Suicide Medicine - Rocky Votolato
19) The Engine Driver - The Decemberists
20) Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits