It’s closing in on midnight on a Saturday in San Francisco. The Mezzanine night club is packed. Some are dancing to the smooth house music of the resident DJ while others eagerly huddle up […]
I’ve always believed that you can only love someone else when you love yourself, because if you can’t love yourself how can you expect someone else to? But I’ve also […]
One hallow’s eve seven years ago, my friend Giann and I decided we were “too cool” to trick-or-treat and spent our night in playing mellow mood music. Earlier this summer […]
I was only fourteen when I learned “Drive” by Incubus. “What song should I use for prayer?” I asked my older brother as I scoured my then iTunes library for a […]
Atmosphere is everything when it comes to a live performance. It could be the lights, the stage, the mood of the crowd or the tall guy in front of you […]
Earlier this summer, Pharrell praised NYU student Maggie Rogers for creating something he’s “never heard before.” While hosting a masterclass at NYU, he listened back to several students’ songs and provided […]
These past couple of months, I have been giving some thought into the next direction I want to take. Where do I want to take my writing? What kind of […]
When Dia Frampton speaks of her “Golden Years,” she remembers those times bumming it out on the road with her four best friends playing music in an old van across the U.S. at the age of 17. […]
There are some performers who are like a breath of fresh air. Their voice is clear as crystal and pierces through your heart; their music gets under your bones, sending grooves […]
In another land where the sun is brighter, waters warmer and music bred into the souls who inhabit the land, a shy singer-songwriter from the islands emerged. “You can take the boy […]
With the “voice of a black woman,” writing chops of a Nashville songwriter and the intrigue of an Asian-American growing up in suburban North Texas, Melissa Polinar hasn’t let her […]
Have you ever heard a song that changed your life? Maybe it be the way a musician’s voice can tell a story, making you feel a sense of heartbreak or […]
The world works in mysterious ways and I can’t help but always trust it, even if I’m just being naive. It’s become rare for me to have time at the end […]
The older you get, the more you know and the harder it is to keep your little dreams intact. As a 13-year-old girl, I was just a shy, closet musician […]
I’m sitting here listening to a rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by Regina Spektor. The sweeping rhythm of the guitar, animated by the slow plucks of a traditional Japanese shamisen (“three […]
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