Cutting Jonas Tarm’s composition: Common sense or censorship?
A bit of back story first: This morning, pockets of the social media world are buzzing with talk of a recently and hastily cancelled upcoming performance,…
Make music in (and on) doors of Sage Gateshead!
Children sometimes being the less inhibited individuals they are, can often be found doing various things like running sticks along fence posts, drumming on table…
Testing, testing: You’ll be impressed by Test Pressings for Charity
Today’s ever-running and ever tightening web of interconnection presents the music world with a nice slice of irony, as it is a rare thing for anything…
UK Arts: Will they get off “Scot free?” Yes and no.
Yes, yes, the phrase “Get off Scot free” has nothing to do with Scotland or its residents. Yet who could resist the perfect word play? Regardless…
Just a hop skip and a jump (across the pond) to Music Tech Fest: London 2014
Gatherings that involve amassing lots of creative energy often lead to new discoveries, new efforts or new relationships that may not have formed otherwise. This is…
And now for something completely different…
Happy August! Today’s title is inspired by Chris Thile’s use of this recognized Monty Python quote, as Thile said it during a live performance, right before…
Players, perfection and paranoia of a different color
Stage fright, performance anxiety, plain nerves…whichever label one prefers to reference, the general experience associated with these terms tends to be one that nobody wishes on…
Cookie cutters and circular traps: Are we condemning creativity itself?
You’ve Cott Mail, the free weekly digest mailer of arts news and commentary run by one, Thomas Cott, recently featured and linked to a pair of stories…
There’s a “major” problem with college sport employment
Approximately one week ago, during an average morning, a story emerged in the headlines that struck a nerve and immediately brought to the surface, reminders of…
The crossover in the casserole
You know that phase a lot of young children go through…the one wherein parents or other guardian figures have to cleverly hide and or repackage things…