Acoustic, Live and Stripped

Now that Hollywood TV and Awards Season is practically shutdown thanks to the ongoing writer's strike! (Cmon, you know that you need them writers), I'm missing out on the fictional lives of the Wisteria Lane folks, Seattle Grace doctors, the Heroesssss and MODE employees! Hurry up and settle the issue...feeling the withdrawal symptoms already. Hahahaha....

On another note, I love it when artists take one of their tracks and give it a stripped down performance. Makes it intimate, personal, emotional and really brings out the vocal strength of an artist. I've always been a big fan of my favorite songs given the acoustic treatment and you have only two instruments most of the time; voice and a supporting instrument. The track literally comes alive with the atmosphere setting in. My first experience of an acoustic performance was Strong Enough by Sheryl Crow, during one of the MTV Unplugged sessions. It was the first time I saw her playing the accordion in that performance. Unfortunately, can't find a clear version of the video on Youtube. So, here is another performance of Strong Enough, given the stripped and acoustic treatment.



Sessions@AOL is a special musical avenue for artists to usually perform in a more intimate and exclusive format. The tracks are usually sung acoustically or stripped down. Many artists have appeared on Sessions@AOL including Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, KT Tunstall, Maroon 5 and lots more. Plenty of the sessions are available at YouTube. I'll just give a preview of two songs which I feel was sung amazingly at the sessions. Enjoy!!!