Bitchcraft

When I was nine I was in love with Drake Bell.  Drake & Josh was a huge show where he co-starred with Josh Peck.  In the show Drake was in a band and loved music.  Drake sang "I Found a Way," the theme for the show, and later on throughout the show presented the audience with some other songs.  Being the huge fan I was, I had DVDs, CDs, magazines, and saw every single episode.  Call me devoted.

So Drake has released several albums in the past, but his debut album (and in my opinion his best) can no longer be found on iTunes, which is a little strange.  I am aware that because it was an independent album, they did run out of print and had to be re-released two years later, but just because that's what I read does not mean it's true.  The internet, in fact, is NOT always right.

That album, Telegraph (2005), featured:

1. Intro
2. Found a Way - the theme for Drake & Josh (can also be found on the Drake & Josh soundtrack)
3. Circles
4. Somehow
5. In the End
6. Don't Preach
7. Hollywood Girl - was featured in the TV movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (can also be found on the Drake & Josh soundtrack)
8. Golden Days
9. Down We Fall - was featured in the episode "Number One Fan" (can also be found on the Drake & Josh soundtrack)
10. The Backhouse
11. Highway to Nowhere - he performed this song on an episode of Zoey 101, another show created by Dan Schneider, the creator of The Amanda Show, iCarly, Drake & Josh, and other hit Nickelodeon TV shows (can also be found on the Drake & Josh soundtrack)
12. Telegraph

For those of you who watched iCarly, Drake can also be heard as a background singer behind Miranda Cosgrove (the star of iCarly who also played Drake and Josh's little sister in Drake & Josh) in the theme song for the show, "Leave It All To Me."

Drake and Josh also covered the song "Soul Man" for their episode "Blues Brothers."

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You may be wondering why I am bringing up the talented star.  It's because he has a new album Ready Steady Go! which is set to be released Tuesday, April 22nd.  One track has been released on iTunes thus far and it is called "Bitchcraft."  Being as though it has been years since he has released an album, you would think his sound would have changed a tiny bit.  It has.  You can tell he has really matured as a singer and songwriter, but he still sounds like Drake Bell, which is what I like.

I'm curious to hear what the rest of the album sound likes, so I plan on buying it during its first week of release.

Cat and Mouse

This may sound a little strange, but I installed a Tom and Jerry app onto my laptop because who doesn't love watching Tom and Jerry?

I of course used to watch this show when I was younger and of course I knew that Tom and Jerry were the only characters that never spoke.  I mean, even that bulldog would talk!  But what I never really noticed was the background music.  I have spoken about music in movies in some previous posts, but I am 100% positive I have never spoken about background music in television shows, especially when that's really all you hear.

The instrumentals in this show speak FOR the characters.  The sound gets louder and more intense when Tom is mad.  The music gets kind of a windy, zigzagging sound when Jerry is plotting to avoid that vicious, yet stupid, cat.  The music has an emotional feel to it, but only when it is placed perfectly behind a character's actions.  Actually, all I pay attention to now is how well the music fits.