The Bob Marley “One Love Experience” is a chilled-out celebration of the late great reggae icon. “Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly?” Bob Marley once said. […]
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 […]
A couple of months ago, I recorded this little guitar demo in my living room when I found its groove and sent it over to the talented Kevyn Ikemoto to […]
“You’re going to bar the 7th fret and make an E-minor chord,” he showed me. “Then take your little finger off.” I cupped my guitar and forcefully pressed my first […]
A couple of weeks ago as I returned home to the Bay Area upon graduating college, I met up with a local Instagrammer by the name of @dojobeats (Vincent Trinh). I have […]
Gongs beat in a rhythmic motion. The dancers’ flick of their wrists and pulsing footwork is dramatized by the ringing sound of the Philippine gandingan. The kulintang ensemble chimes throughout, […]
With her signature six-string acoustic Ovation Adamas 1581-KK guitar, Kaki King has turned her musical weapon into a screen for projection in her new visual, live music production, “The Neck Is […]
Spout Art has a beautiful project going on for inspiring artists. I randomly received an e-mail one day about being featured in this project, so it is very cool to be a part of this. […]
This past weekend, UNIQUE USA held it’s 7th annual Los Angeles Holiday Market. UNIQUE LA has grown from one small passionate event of bringing local-made design and art to the masses, […]
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