Drakoloid stars of the future...

Hello my fellow followers,

Retrograv here, writing a blog all about what the future holds for Drakoloid. As I watching Drakoloid on the livestream tonight I noticed there has been so much change to come with a bunch of new shows I.E. Rock The Basement, High Schooled. While were still in the midst of Sarah Kellysen and Maria Mercado mania, I believe that were coming to a closure soon within the next year or two with both those actresses. There runs will soon be over like many other past Drakoloid stars I.E. Matt Parker, Trina White. They will soon be replaced by these upcoming new people.

One of the first new people who have been noted very well in the Drakoloid community to become known as the next "Sarah Kellysen/Maria Mercado" type (from what most people say) is Hazel Woodley. Hazel is a 17 year old girl from Seattle currently in her senior year of high school. She is an actress and singer. She currently stars in the Drakoloid continuing high school soap Teenhood as Stacey Martinez. Soon she will be the star of her own show Viral Jenneration which has been heavily advertised as ARTic 2.0. Drake Vegas seems to have high hopes for Hazel judging by twitter posts, blogs and much more. What makes Hazel likeable is that she is genuine, beautiful and organically talented. In my opinion Hazel is going to be her own type of person within the Drakoloid community and not a replica of the past. I hope she makes a music career with many albums that I would love to review out of Drakoloid along with Viral Jenneration Soundtracks from what has been said around. In a few years Hazel Woodley may become the most popular Drakoloid star of all time.

Another new person who has been highly noticed recently in the Drakoloid world is Elias Ellis. Elias is from Canada that same place where Drake Vegas is located. He is a singer-song-writer, actor and I believe producer who is currently one of the big stars in the Drakoloid continuing high school drama Teenhood as Alex Simpson. Now the Drakoloid community hasn't developed much on its male dominate shows or stars I.E. House Of Adopted Adam, Long Lost. Drake Vegas seems to really enjoy Elias on Teenhood from what I know and from what I have heard. I wonder if in the future he will get a show where he is the complete lead star. I think Elias has such a great work ethic and drive when it comes to doing Teenhood, the videos on his youtube channel and his music. There seems to be passion within his work which makes it enjoyable.

Alejandra Deleon is a Drakoloid star who just recently appeared on the scene and seems to becoming very popular.  She has a charm, Witt and attitude in all her characters that she plays that is just really hilarious especially with that beautiful to the bone accent. The show she currently is on is Rock The Basement where she is a true scene stealer for sure. She also guest starred on ARTic recently as a drunk girl and as a nice girl playing two roles in one? Drake Vegas must think she is talented then. Alejandra is a youtuber who has these amazing videos that I love watching she is sweet, genuine and funny which I think will take her everywhere. I hope one day Alejandra is the complete lead star of a Drakoloid Show.

Aidan Brown is one of the younger Drakoloid stars who is only 13 years old. He already is in two Drakoloid shows one is Teenhood as the little younger brother of Miranda "Simon Thomas". He also portrays Austin Harrison in the comedy show House Of Adopted Adam. It is amazing at his age that he already has two shows where he is a main role. I wonder if one day he will get his own show where he is the lead star. When someone is talented at a young age they end up becoming superstars later on. Drakoloid never had someone as young as him on any of his shows.

Madison Desiato plays one of Drakoloid's most known villains Britney McQueen on the jaw dropping teen soap Teenhood. I think Madi has insane talent that it gives me feels every time I watch an episode of Teenhood with her in it. She pulls a wicked Britney into the light in this show. Drake Vegas definitely agrees with us fans on this. I feel she will get her own show one day from Drake Vegas because talent like that doesn't come up everyday. As well Madi knows how to sing her covers on youtube are stunning. Madi is from Australia which makes her cooler then a koala.

Nicholas Merchant is one creative and talented person that is bringing more creativity and diversity to Drakoloid especially with his new show High Schooled.  While Rock The Basement pretty much is a sketch show made on the spot and is one of the first Drakoloid variety shows. High Schooled is a show that is scripted just like ARTic, House Of Adopted Adam but it has the actors all acting in the scene. This hasn't been done since Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom early seasons or shows like After School, The Western Cave from the early Drakoloid days. Nicholas Merchant may be a talent that is kept with Drakoloid for a long time to produce content and to act in roles on other Drakoloid shows. 

These are just my own predictions on who the next big Drakoloid stars will be.. I could be completely wrong on this but I think that most of these people are who Drake Vegas see's to have a future with his company in a big way. I already think Rock The Basement is a fabulous show hopefully I will feel the same about Viral Jenneration, High Schooled, Discovery Of Down Under.

I will be trying to write more blogs soon I am choosing to do another album review this time either on Maria Mercado's Princess or Elias Ellis Better Than Basic?

- Retrograv

Diaries Of The Orange Gum Soundtrack Review

Hello my fellow readers,

RetroGrav here with a review on the highly underrated soundtrack CD "Diaries Of The Orange Gum Soundtrack" from the internet show Diaries Of Alice's Bedroom. This soundtrack was released in September of 2013 and re-released in January of 2014 in Japan for free download. When this album first released it only was downloaded by 90 people the first week however the album has been downloaded by almost 1,000 people since its re-release in Japan. NumberOneMusic.com rated is as one of the best dance albums of 2014.

The original Diaries Of The Orange Gum Soundtrack Album cover September 2013.

The re-release Japanese cover of Diaries Of The Orange Gum Soundtrack January 2014.

The first track is titled "La, La, La, La, La" which is the theme song to the show. Now this version of the theme song is very unique compared to the one presented in the show for the opening credits. It is more slow, it has a soothing retro guitar vibe that makes you feel hypnotized. The song is all about the simplicity of Kellysen's character "Alice" going on her adventures whenever she wants and just going with the flow of what she comes to her. This non single track was surprisingly charted on NumberOneMusic at #9. I think its very cute and it reminds me of Nirvana very soothing intro track. It matches Kellysen style with her voice very well. My rating for this song is 9 out of 10.

On the second track on the album titled "Stars 4 Life" this is the breakout song that is slowly taking over the world of Indie music. This was the only single on the soundtrack to date, this is the first charted song that went to #2 in Canada Dance on NumberOneMusic and #11 on ReverbNation. Now this song has a dance electro-pop vibe however unlike all the other dance electro-pop now a days 

this is not at all autotuned which for that I commend the producers of this track. The lyrics for this song are true genius "run up and take a dive, even if I fall 1000 times, its not hard to shine, just know that your a Star 4 Life" true lyrics to an anthem. If La, La, La, La, La wasn't the theme song to the show this would fit well. As this song continues to blow up the Indie pop and dance world it will turn into an anthem that people will singing for decades and decades and will never be forgotten. The whole abum in general is a true gem that just needs aging. This song was performed in the episode StarSketched Alice! which was released on the internet last summer however taken down very quickly so it only livestreamed once. Although in the performance Logan Messenger "Kevin" is singing and dancing I believe to this song, but in the album version you don't hear his vocals even though he is still credited. My rating for this song is a 10 out of 10.

In the third track on the album titled "Holly's Breakfast" had a Dick Tracy music vibe with Kellysen using a more rough, louder, higher registry for this song. The song was performed in the episode "Music" which only aired once where Holly had a fantasy of Alice giving her cereal, which is a running gag on the show. This song was surprisingly charted at #11 on NumberOneMusic for Canada, Dance. I don't necessarily consider this song single material it is more of an album track, but I think its a cute girly funny song for the show. It also shows that Kellysen can channel other genres with her music. However this has to be my least favourite song on the soundtrack. My rating for this song is a 6 or 7 out of 10.

The fourth track on the album "Run Like A Record" is one of the first songs I fell in love with when I first downloaded the soundtrack. This song invented Dub-Synth (Dub-Step & Synthesizers combined) with its very quick, unique beat. It was performed in the second last episode "April Fools" at the end of the episode which Drake Vegas one of the writers & producers of the show and this soundtrack appeared in. The episode only played once. Although this is probably one of my favourites, its very atmospheric and just fun to dance too. As well lyric wise this song is on point and vocal especially at how quickly Kellysen sings the part "how many ways can we get on this dance floor right now" I honestly don't know how she sings it at that speed. However this song gave me not just respect for Kellysen as writer but as a producer too so goes for Vegas. I feel this song is very underrated and should have been charted somewhere, although I like how noone knows about this song because it feels like a rare gem with people that have the album only will know this song, you understand? the invention of Dub Synth. My rating for this song is a 10 out of 10.

And finally the fifth track on the album "And The Beat Goes On" was originally recorded by Cher & Sonny back in 1967. The instrumental for this version was released in 1999 in Britney Spears cover of the song which I think is a brilliant idea instead of some electronically done garbage for this gem of a song. However I do trust in Kellysen and Vegas abilities to re-invent this song. Although I love how they wanted to keep the true retro roots and simplicity to the album. I think vocal wise this is the most raw next to "Holly's Breakfast" and it is a great outro song to the album.  My rating for this song is 8 out of 10.

Overall, to sum up the album it honestly is a pretty decent soundtrack I give it a 8 or 9 out of 10 in general. It is the start of Sarah Kellysen's music career which I assume is planning to continue considering she will be creating a soundtrack for ARTic, praying it is in same shape as this album with more tracks. I feel this was the introduction or the sneak peek of whats to come next for Sarah Kellysen, Drake Vegas, Logan Messenger from leaving the past generation moving to the new generation. I highly suggest anyone who likes abstract dance music to get this album. Like I said before this album was one to age its success and I think it will continue doing better as the years go on by.

Hope you bloggers enjoyed reading my first retro review and please spread the word about my blog.

Sincerely,

RetroGrav