It’s Saturday night, all of your best paired-off friends are headed to your new luxury condo in the heart of town for a couples-only dinner party — and to check out your new digs. You’ve prepared Ina Garten’s latest recipe and smashed potatoes with parm and chives, your house is impeccable, the lighting is perfect. […]

I recently watched John Berger’s BAFTA award-winning BBC series “Ways of Seeing” which discussed the invention of the camera, and it’s effects on the viewing of European paintings. Although a quite slow piece, it contained some very interesting ideas and observations such as this: “Perspective makes the eye the centre of the visible world, but […]

Monday night The Courtyard Theatre in London saw to one night of Youth Music’s Give A Gig week with a flagship show performance from Aurora, the Norwegian singer, and songwriter as well as Rhys Lewis and Natalie McCool. Monday 8th April 2019, 19:24: With tickets being given through a prize draw, the queues for the […]

I did not know much about Sam Fender apart from that he was announced Brits Critics’ Choice Award Winner 2019, alongside artists such as Khalid and Sigrid. So when his rendition of Ariana Grande’s hit ‘Break up with your girlfriend… I’m Bored’ came up on my suggested videos I was intrigued. I wondered what an […]

When you play the guitar, you strum on the strings in order to produce a sound. You can strum the violin strings, too. But you need to use a bow so that you can successfully create the right melodies and rhythms. You call that “strumming” technique pizzicato when playing violin and other stringed instruments. Different […]

We’re already deep into awards season. You may have noticed a bevy of invites to friends’ parties where everyone gathers in a luxury condo and watches TV to see who won and who lost. This time of year is full of glitz and glamor as celebs from Hollywood to the music industry strut the red […]

A few months ago I thought I’d be spending the 10th December stressed and tired after pulling an infamous student ‘all-nighter’ to get my coursework finished and handed in by four in the afternoon. Never did I expect I’d be on set with Guilia as she filmed three music videos for her upcoming album in […]

The pop music landscape has indelibly changed over the past decade—in many cases for the better. With improvements in production values, more diversity in the music industry, and artists willing to tackle even formerly-taboo topics, the pop music scene has never been hotter. Whether you’re building a playlist for the gym or looking for a […]

2018 was a monumental year for music. Childish Gambino released politically powerful “This is America”. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN became the first non-classical/jazz album to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. JayZ and Beyonce released their first album together “Everything is Love”. The 20th of January marked the late Mac Miller’s birthday. Today we thought it […]

Beethoven allegedly said, ‘music can change the world,’ and once upon a time he was right. Music has changed the world; be it through the rise of gospel and jazz in the Civil Rights Movement that helped shape African American identity, or the rock and folk of the 60s that promoted a political peace movement, […]