Considering the path connecting compassion and community in music
Like many across the world, I saw, and was subsequently appalled, by the video footage of a large, non-distanced, unmasked, crowd facing the stage where…
The memorable power of stories and sound in solitude
Waking up each morning with the world still at a relative standstill, it can surprisingly feel like a lot of work is required to focus…
Let’s go into 2020 with a vision for a better world
Dear readers, musicians, producers, venues owners, fellow writers, PR reps, HUMAN BEINGS, You’ve made it. Regardless of what’s going on around you, you made it to…
Don’t forget to fill out these forms: Further musings on “The Death of Melody”
It’s ironic how, in an era of music history where the most heard, consumed, and promoted songs contain the least amount of melodic range, those…
Music: It just gets you right (in the heart)
Music. The universal language. An outlet for human emotion. An art that can even transcend the deterioration of the brain due to disease. This…
Listening up in 2018
One day everyone is trying to find a place to put all those costume New Year’s glasses and the next, the web is flooded with…
“Praying” : Artistry, authenticity and Kesha’s authoring of a new single
All around the world, artists on big labels, small labels, in do-it-yourself artist collectives, or just individuals creating out of their homes, unleash new music…
AJJ: Andrew Jackson Jihad’s new name and the weight of band identity
Earlier today, Phoenix, AZ folk punkers, Andrew Jackson Jihad, announced a formal change to the group’s current moniker, down to that of its widespread, abbreviated…
From feelings to foxes: A five year reflection
2010. That was a big year in my life. That year closed the chapter on my graduate studies and left me in the “real world”…
Moving toward a “Lonely” music mindset: “No Pop”?
Does any single person, single group, single field of recreation or study, ever truly know when it is in the midst of a genuine “new…