Saturday, 31 December 2011

Whoa, I just realized I don't know any Thomases.

Unless I'm forgetting one, in which case I would be a terrible person. I actually don't know any Thomases, and my facebook can attest to that. Yes I checked.

Today, I have a special singer-songwriter to present. His name, is Thomas Cook. That's his stagename by the way.

Thomas Cook is in fact a part of a Korean band, called My Aunt Mary. I'll probably cover them soon as well.

But it seems that his solo project is as good as any band could go. As the singer-songwriter movement is not so noticed in Korea, Thomas Cook is one of those who put a unique taste to the Korean music scene. Check this one out. It's called, Youth. 

 
Gives a feel of 10cm I'd say. In some ways like acoustic Nell as well, as evident in this next one, called Path to home. 


And sometimes kind of like John Mayer. Like this one, called Forthrightly. (again, excuse my translation, it could be Honestly.)


Lastly, I'm going to throw one in that doesn't really remind me of any artist off the top of my head. This one is called, I'm nothing at all. 


All these different colors are only a fraction of the musical sound that Thomas Cook makes out of his voice and guitar.

If there was an artist that need to be heard, it would be Thomas Cook. His songs always have something to say, have a message and I can tell from his songs that he only says things that are need to be said. Just like how his latest album had a 10 year latency from the last one.

There's no ostentatious attitude neither pompousness. Nor does he have overly crafted melodies or exhaustively repeated lyrics. His music is all about honesty. Everything is truly him. I believe that when the music reflects the person, that's when a musician becomes integrated thoroughly with his music, and that's when a musician can be happy, solely with his music.

I don't think that music is just about pleasing other people's ears. It's also about finding your inner self, drawing out those deeply hidden truth by the sturdy rope that is music.

Thomas Cook, has found his inner self in my opinion. I sure hope I can do the same.





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