Guest Blogger: Alex L1

Chris Daughtry made it as a famous singer on American Idol. He sings mostly alternative rock songs. His songs seem to bring out a lot of emotions and feelings about life . The lyrics are simple and the rhymes are predictable, which means that there is a lot of emotion in his performances. Chris Daughtry knows how to show his vocal range really well. His voice seems gritty but also deep and emotional. His songs seem to be comparable to Lifehouse, 3 Doors Down, and Nickelback. He is on the other hand completely opposite from the sound of hard metal rap bands such as Metallica and Motley Crue. Daughtry has much more meaning to his songs and they all have good language in them. Some of his most popular songs are “Home” and “September”. “Home” talks about how he got what he always wanted but still missed his family so he is going home to the place where he belongs. He says to be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it all and then some things you don't want. He doesn't regret his choices but home is where his heart is. In the song “September”, he talks about someone he met over the summer and then had to say goodbye to her in September. there was no way to keep the love alive when they were so far apart, so they moved on. Each year when summer comes around, though, he remembers how perfect that one summer was and how it can never be just as it was. And although they couldn't stay together, he looks back to think about how things could have been and that everything turned out alright after all and he can officially move on from her now. One critic says that Daughtry still could learn that a sense of humor helps add depth to his music, or at least he could realize that rock & roll should be fun at least some of the time. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi http://music.msn.com/music/album-review/daughtry/daughtry.2/ Daughtry recently teamed up with “We Can Be Heroes” campaign to stop hunger in Africa. As part of the effort he recorded a version of their song “Rescue Me” and performed it for the first time at their concert in LA. Daughtry is big into many different causes and gives a lot of his money to charities. Most of the critics agree that Daughtry has good music with a lot of meaning and I agree with them as well. It is definitely worth the time and money to buy his CD and listen to his songs. They are easy for everyone to listen to and most people will like his music.