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Iconic moments in music history.
Art, Mastery and History in Dance
On May 2, 2026 I finally had a chance to see Beka and Nika Nozadze's live performance. It blew off all my expectations. I've been following Beka's Facebook page ever since I arrived in Tbilisi and was eagerly awaiting to see a dance program rather than the amazing shorts he puts out on social media.
By Lana V Lynx6 months ago in Beat
Fifty Years to "Take Me Home"
At 16 I started writing songs. It was 1976, and I had just bought my first Panasonic portable tape recorder with money I earned from odd jobs—hanging advertisements for a local realtor and tutoring a dyslexic kid after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
By Rick Henry Christopher 6 months ago in Beat
The Shadow Boxer: Phrygian Mode . AI-Generated.
While the Ionian (Major) scale basks in the blinding, optimistic rays of the noonday sun, and the Aeolian (Natural Minor) weeps with the predictable grace of a rainy afternoon, there is a third sibling. A sibling that prefers the flickering candlelight of an ancient library or the scorched earth of a Mediterranean plain.
By Nathan McAllister6 months ago in Beat
Understand Rap - Stormzy Is A Signpost
Introduction This is a post from around the time Stormzy delivered an amazing set at Glastonbury in 2019, but is about how so many people refuse to even think of entertaining Rap. I state my point in this and, there are some bits that I may not be too enamoured by, but when Rap hits it shows it is an essential part of our musical heritage,
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 months ago in Beat
Theremin - A Playlist
Introduction The theremin is an unconventional electronic instrument, named after its Soviet inventor Léon Theremin in 1928, and which doesn't require any contact to be operated. The fruit of research into proximity sensors, the theremin's setup is usually consisting of two metal antennas that sense the distance to the player's hands and react accordingly, one controlling the volume of the sound, and the other controlling the frequency and therefore the pitch. By moving both hands in the air and changing the distance to the antennas, musicians produce an eerie electronic sound.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 months ago in Beat
Too Fast, Tough Enough to Last: Rediscovering Vanilla Ninja
It's 2003. Eight-year-old me is watching the Estonian Eurovision national round. Then, this unknown girl band takes the stage. And just like that, the world became a little wider. Not only did I think they were the coolest thing ever at the time — and my first real sense that I might like rock music among other things — it was also the first time I remember being engaged with something in pop culture with that kind of passion. And I most certainly remember the national frustration, as well as my own, when they didn’t win and go on to represent Estonia at Eurovision.
By Art-Peeter Roosve7 months ago in Beat
