I also wanted to take a quick opportunity to inform you all about some of the SWEET updates that we’ve done with the site in the last month or so. So here it goes:

1. Top 100 – we have made a list of what we feel are the best acoustic songs ever. There are 100 – all of which you can listen to – thanks to GrooveShark. Go check it out ans ee what you think – funny thing is most people just get angry at you for making a list and tell you how bad it is and how you know nothing about music…poor, poor souls. They don’t get the first thing there is to know about music – its a little subjective!

2. Easy Acoustic Songs – I know that when I was first learning guitar, it would have been nice to have a nice simple list of easy acoustic songs to learn. So we decided to make it super simple. We have made a list of songs that are very, very easy to play to get you all started on the woderful acoustic guitar journey

3. Special Artist Contact – we’ve been getting some requests for independent artists to get featured on the site, so we made a special contact form, directing those who want thousands of acoustic song listeners to hear their stuff. Its been a great way for upcoming artists to get some good exposure. Check it out here if you want to be featured on the site.

Keep it real, and thanks for your love of music.

There are countless examples. Although the acoustic guitar playing community seems to get annoyed by it, we all know that “Good Riddance” by Greenday is an amazing song. It requires what, a total of 4 simple chords? An old favorite of mine “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry plays the same four chords the entire song! So the next time you think about trying to complicate your song to get more out of it, you should try and simplify it.

And there is also something to be said about the beauty of what I like to call the “standard punk teenager.” I was one, and you probably were too. You wake up one day and decide you want to learn to play the guitar. You call your buddy who you think knows how to play and he tells how to play a G, C, and D. You spend 5 hours a day for the next week playing those three chords. You are in love. You want to learn more, so what do you do? You look for easy acoustic songs to play. The same 10 songs are played by thousands of up-and-coming guitarists every single year. You gotta love it.

I’ve heard a lot of acoustic songs in my day, and I’ve been exposed to a wide variety of acoustic artists in my time. As I’ve heard all different types of acoustic music, particular songs and artists seem to rise to the surface. As any music lover will know, any sort of “top 10″ list is always a CURRENT list, which always seems to change. Its been a while since I’ve talked about my top 10 list, so here it goes. Hopefully you’ll find some cool acoustic songs in the mix.

As I list these, the easiest way for me to think about what is really happening with this list is to ask myself “If there were 10 acoustic songs that I could put in a playlist and listen to all day, what songs would they be?” Here is what I have come up with:

10.Get Up Kids – Out of Reach
For its emo line – “I’ve got pictures to prove I was there!”
9. Arcade Fire – Intervention
For the organ and the originality. Super cool song.
8. Joshua Radin – Paperweight
What can I say? – harmonies are the 8th wonder of the world to me.
7. Eliot Morris – No One Has To Know
I want to sing this with my wife every single night.
6. Poison – Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Its classic, it tells a story, and they are an 80′s hair band!
5. Damien Rice – Elephant
For the power of the last chorus in the song. Go listen to it.
4. Jason Mraz – Lucky
Because everyone in love should feel this way. And play this at their wedding.
3. The Beatles – Yesterday
Somehow they’ve captured love and regret all in the same song.
2. Ben Folds – Luckiest
Because this world is a better place because of songs like this.
1. Missy Higgins – The Special Two
She’s Australian, and I saw her live and fell in love.

Chances are you’ve heard way too much of a couple of those, and haven’t eve heard of some of the others. I encourage all to check them out. As always feel free to suggest new songs for the sight, or submit your own songs. We’ve had a lot of requests for new songs, and we’re happy to post your music and help you reach a targeted, interested audience.

Thanks for your love of music!

So do what you have to do. Comment, and let the world see what songs you are most proud of. I’ll admit that some of the best acoustic songs I’ve ever discovered have been from long chats with friends. If you don’t feel like commenting, make sure to contact us by other means. We’ll take the results and declare the winner if there is a common theme. If not, we’ll add your requests to the queue and keep ‘em coming strong. We are dedicated to giving you the best acoustic songs ever, so we need your help in delivering that.

We are also have a few other tricks up our sleeve. We are working on a gigantic list…of…ehem…”The Best Acoustic Songs Ever.” So take advantage and cast your votes while you are at it. We’ve also improved our videos section and tried to keep up with our acoustic pictures section of the site as well. And stay tuned for our acoustic lyrics improvements as well. We’re going strong and glad to have you visit and contribute to the spreading of awesome acoustic music!

Well, the obvious answer is…its whatever you want it to be. If you are used to following blogs and tracking news, events, and in our case – acoustic music – then go ahead and feel free to follow us, add us to your RSS readers, watch us for new acoustic songs, and tell your friends that you found a really sweet acoustic music blog. On the other hand, if you would rather just bookmark us, and stop by every once in a while – that’s great too!

As long as you are being able to get access to new acoustic music that you love, we are doing our job. Acoustic songs have changed my life throughout the years in many different ways, and if there is any changing to do in your life, find a song to relate to and really soak it in.

As always, thanks for visiting! For those of you who follow us a little bit more, here’s a sneak peak at the lyrics to our next song…Regina Spektor – Fidelity Lyrics. We hope you enjoy this upcoming acoustic song about a broken heart.

We finally got our Facebook and Twitter accounts up and running and are ready to stay connected always. We’ll be updating our pages there frequently and want to follow all you out there as well. Its always nice to see what people are talking about out there, especially when it comes to acoustic music. We know that you make our acoustic music blog a success.

Our next big adventure involves getting a lot of new content up for the site. We will be getting some song up that will be simple and easy to learn for those of you out there wanting to learn some easy acoustic songs to get the ball rolling in your music career. We’ll also be putting up a list of the best acoustic songs of all time. We’re excited to refresh the site with this new content. Another idea we’ve had is to diversify our posts. We’ll be throwing in some pretty nice twists coming up soon.

Also, soon to come to topacousticsongs.com is our follow us incentive. Very soon we’ll be creating some social networking pages that will allow you to stay connected with us however you choose. We have started updating our twitter account and will soon bring it live to our site. Acoustic music is our passion and we hope you will be able to find new acoustic music while also discovering some of your all time favorites.

We’ve added some video links to our posted acoustic songs. We are trying to coin it as the Acoustic Videos Project. Check out one of the first acoustic videos entered by clicking the link. We are working on getting some browser compatibility issues worked out.

We’ve added the new and improved look to the posts, and added lyrics pages for all of the posted songs. Please take a look at an example of one of our posted acoustic song lyrics pages. We are still working on getting artist profiles up. We’ve received a couple of comments about that – no worries about the 404 error, we are aware, but we do appreciate your feedback.

Also, we wanted to throw a Halloween shout out. Send us pictures of you and your costumes for Halloween, especially any music-related costumes. We’d love to see what crazy costumes you’ll come up with this year. Also, we’ve had a few interesting comments about improvements for the site, but would love to hear more from you. Send us your suggestions!

I appreciate lyrics from acoustic songs. They are clear and easy to understand. I have favorite lyrical artists, but the trend seems to be that acoustic song lyrics are very moving. Some people are more effected by lyrics than others; and some are effected depending on what is going on in their lives.

There is also something to be said for the ultra relaxing feeling you can get when you are all alone in your room laying on your bed in the dark with some great acoustic music playing.