Truth is … listen to the lyrics,” said Mike Eddie, a performer in the Music Industries group’s Artist of the Year Finalist Showcase. Where other schools offer music business courses and degrees, CSUN incorporates music into the business lessons so the students get more than the just the business side of music; they get what they [...]…
Read moreInspirational, amazing and talented are only a few of the words that describe U2. On Sunday, Oct. 25 U2 performed at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. on their 360 degree tour. The show was one of the most anticipated of the year, selling out 96,000 seats. The anticipation was worth the wait. Their recent 2009 album [...]…
Read moreWhat can you do when the air is so hot that the milk is going sour and you live in an overcrowded apartment with tenants who are stricken with poverty, alcoholics or worse, murderers? Kurt Weill’s “Street Scene” based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize winning play asks that same question. Based in New York during the [...]…
Read moreCanadian singer-songwriter Lights’ debut album, “The Listening,” brings her hit singles “Drive My Soul” and “February Air”, along with her other quirky synthpop songs to our ears. I don’t really care for the genre, because I tend to think that singer-songwriter albums are something I would decide to buy while waiting in line at Starbucks. [...]…
Read moreHonestly, what drives us to do any of the things that we decide to do? Why do some of us play music where others don’t? It’s simple really; it’s passion. It’s also passion that drives those who love music to make it their entire life. Carl Verheyen is a great poster child for this. Just [...]…
Read moreThe electronic music scene is reaching critical mass. Now at its apex of mainstream saturation it seems not a day goes by where top 40 divas and superstars cross genres and reinvent themselves “electronic” almost the same way Dylan went “electric”. Britney Spears sounds like she’s being produced by Tiesto and your 14-year-old sibling [..…
Read moreJudging from song titles like “Does this rag smell like chloroform?”, “Panty Dropper”, and “You don’t hire Evel Kneivel to ride a tricycle”, one would expect The Mag Seven’s “Cotton Needle Sessions” to be full of hard punk rock or gritty grunge rock. Surprisingly, the album is all ambient instrumental work. Each of the songs has [...]…
Read moreWith soulful music and meaningful lyrics, Jonah Smith has a lot to offer to music. By bringing together a strong guitar and expressive voice, his music is definitely not a miss. Jonah Smith will be performing at the Mint in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 23. His show will bring together many different types [...]…
Read more“Where the Wild Things are,” the film adapted from the classic children’s novel, is an emotionally intricate, funny and playful film that portrays the throes of a child troubled with the changing world around him. Director Spike Jonze’s third film is an emotionally driven film that is challenging, in part because of the intimidating [...]…
Read moreLooking for something to do this weekend? There are too many exciting opportunities at the theater this weekend for you to miss. First, Kurt Weill’s opera based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play “Street Scene” opens on Friday Oct. 23 in Nordhoff Hall’s Campus Theatre. Don’t let the word “opera” scare you, Street Scene [...]…
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