Lost Stars
I think the reason some people want to be with me is because they notice how I’m a little lost. They see me chasing dreams and being happy. They see […]
Category Archives: Music
Maya Tuttle Interview: On Being a UCI Anteater and The Colourist
College is easily known as some of the most formative years in our lives. Some know exactly what they want to do; others figure it out along the way; and, […]
Summerlands Festival 2015
Only in its second year as the Summerlands Festival, students and local Orange County residents were treated to a slate of live performances from various up-and-coming artists, right in the […]
Miley Cyrus and her “Happy Hippie” Backyard Sessions (Joan Jett, Laura Jane Grace, Melanie Safka, Ariana Grande)
You’ve seen her rise to fame as the young starlet behind Hannah Montana. You’ve seen her grow into the woman who “Can’t Be Tamed,” later riding up on Robin Thicke at an infamous MTV […]
Fireside with Jess Bowen and Meg Frampton in “Speak Up Tour”
“I’ve never felt more lonely than when I moved to LA,” Jess Bowen confessed. Around the dim campfire pit in the middle of a Silver Lake home (dubbed the “Casa de […]
Meg Frampton’s return to music with “Say I Said Yes”
“Through all my new experiences in jewelry and ‘side man’ gigging for other artists, I could never quite put the quiet voice inside of me to rest,” Meg Frampton writes to […]
Fleetwood Mac goes “On with the Show”
There’s a reason why a band like Fleetwood Mac has been able to persist throughout the decades. Whether you’re drawn to Stevie Nicks, wrapped in her silk shawl or tambourine in […]
My Afternoon with “Belle” (Jack Johnson Cover)
Well into the middle of my last quarter of college–ever–I had the incessant need to record a new video cover; one, because I had the time, and two, because I’ve […]
Kaki King presents “The Neck is a Bridge to the Body”
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 […]
The Show Will Not Go On At Maison
If you’re anything like me and crave to find some inspiration with live music some days, there’s a new Costa Mesa music venue that will make it easy for you […]
Rachel Plays “The Old Guitar” in the Summer of 2013
Sometime back in the summer of 2013, I returned home to meet up with a local East Coast artist named Corey Paneheart, who has a lovely video series called The […]
No Shame. Music Connects People.
There is no shame in that I clearly have no life if my past ten Instagram posts have had something to do concerning Meg & Dia / Archis / Dia […]
ARCHIS EP release show lets Orchestra and Pop come alive (Dia Frampton & Joseph Trapanese’s heartfelt musical venture)
If there could be a soundtrack to singer-songwriter Dia Frampton‘s life in the past ten years of her career in the music industry, that soundtrack would culminate into the project […]
The MaD “Meg & Dia” Boardie Reunion I did not expect to be this much fun (ARCHIS EP Release Day, 2-23-2015)
It’s amazing how much music can bring people together. It’s been three years since the last “boardie” reunion. Three years ago, I didn’t know any of these people; rather, they were […]
The Beast of Burden: The Story Behind Meg & Dia Frampton
Last fall quarter, I took my first Literary Journalism workshop here at UC Irvine. It was required of us to seek out a long-form narrative story (in just ten weeks) and, […]
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