Rayna – Empty Room
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Name: Rayna Album: Empty Room Released: 2006 Members: Rayna – vocals, accoustic guitar Andrew Lauzon – bass, electric guitar, keyboards Michelle Hallenbeck – electric guitar Ian Macchiusi – drums Website: www.rayna.ca |
More and more I’m using the artist’s myspace page to be able to properly classify their music. Because I’m really not much for labels, and considering there are so many labels, and I’ve heard rumours that some artists get offended if you mis-classify their music, that this is just safer. Rayna describes her music as Acoustic, Alternative, and Indie. Good enough for me! Not to mention that I agree with the Acoustic, and Alternative. I’ve yet to discover what true “Indie” is, since I was always under the impression that Indie stood for independent, which is what *all* the artists I review are in my description of an independent musician as someone who is not signed to a major record label.
I need to stop listening to this album, for the sake that the more I listen to it, the less I want to write about it. Or the less I can write about it. The fact that it’s slowly rendering me speechless is likely a good thing, since I’m getting more into just listening to the music, as opposed to listening to it for the sake of writing an entry. I can say Rayna’s music is hopeful. I may have unlocked a theme of learning from the past while running towards the future. I have to say I love tempo changes, and it’s pretty awesome to have one song end pretty slow, and the next song starts up pretty fast.
I almost grow tired of saying I listen to music in my car. My car is almost the only place I actually listen to music, since it’s the only place I am isolated from the world in my own metal and fabric covered bubble. But Rayna will definitely graduate to my “car stack” of CD’s for a rotating set of “what I feel like today.” I would most likely be very tickled by the idea of seeing Rayna live. So far with music such as hers, I’ve found live performances to be pretty mind-blowing.
Hopeful indeed! This is definitely one of my favourite releases of the year. I saw Rayna play at the El Mocambo a few weeks back, and have been hooked ever since
I have had the oppurtunity to see Rayna play live twice the past couple months in the city. She is definetly worth seeing, her music heard live is so brilliant. She is so gifted and her music is awesome. Not to mention she has such an amazing voice. Rayna is one of those people that you can tell just has what it takes. She’s a true talent!!!!!!!!