humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.
Setting the Scene
So, along with many my age, I am entering the daunting world of adulthood mid-pandemic. Given that I studied music, I was never going to pop out of uni with much certainty regarding my next move. I was prepared for the clueless roam, hoping to bump into the arrow signposted 'success this way'. So really the only difference is, that signpost got knocked down, swept away and covered in mud, but I'll find it. And in the meantime I must search with direction and purpose, whilst appreciating all the scenery on the way. On a good day, not a problem, on a bad day, I just want to shut my eyes, lie in the grass and hope the world spins me round to the place I need to be. But that isn't going to happen! So here I am, embarking on a new mission, and this is what I have to say about it! Think of this as a well put together introduction to a shambolic diary of an aspiring creative carrying the many metaphorical eggs of life. A few may (more than likely) fall, but if you don't laugh, you'll cry.
Molly GreenPublished 4 years ago in BeatEddie Vedder Talks With Chris Cornell's Daughter About Coping With Pain: Video
Filming on the film Black Days, dedicated to Chris Cornell's last days of life, will begin in September as revealed online by the NME music site.
Marco BonomoPublished 4 years ago in BeatMusic Heals
šHow do YOU express yourself?š 51 years on this earth, I was always ALWAYS surrounded by music š¶ I grew up listening to my Mom sing classical songs and traditional Japanese songs. š¶ā£ļø
Mayuko Fukino-MayhillPublished 4 years ago in BeatTuned In
The city is always so lively with the unmistakable sounds it brings. Smack talk for the regular Joe as he sips his coffee, early this morn. Birds chirping along my way as the melody flows through my system as resonating song of Bob Marley plays a tune in my memoriesā bank. āThis is my message to you...ā your suddenly waved down for some change. The change that can possible make a change. Positivity rising as you descend to the station where everything seems to come together.
Jordan UsherPublished 4 years ago in BeatQuiet Kid Loud Sound
So my name is Regi and I want to be a future rapper and producer not for no big label but to have my own label so I can help upcoming artists to come out and help them in needs. Most of the time I'm normally making beats and writing my lyrics but I mostly get my inspiration from Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, and many more. When I was a sophomore in high school one of my closets friend show me FL Studio. I was interested of making music but no one would give me the chance to make any songs with them. So for me when I want something I go out there and work hard for it. So I decided to make my own beats and that was when she show me FL, she was still learning but she mostly help me grow into a producer but not as a beat maker. After she show me until even now I have been getting a lot of calls from people who wants to make records with me but in the title of course I'm making my own beat tape by myself.
My shitty darkwave band shoots a film clip
We shoot behind the bigger shoot of a hardcore punk band in an abandoned flour factory somewhere in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The year is 2016. Their video would go on to receive 15,000 views on YouTube: 477 likes, 3 dislikes, and 4 full pages of comments. Ours would get 125: 5 likes, 2 dislikes, and a friend-of-a-friend to compliment the dancer. They have a camera crew and a proper backline. I have a camcorder and a mobile phone. We have to stop recording the second they begin to play. But it's too late to find another site to shoot, and anyway this one is perfect for my vision. So we have to make it work.
Maddison StoffPublished 4 years ago in BeatA Found Soul
Just like discovering a new favorite dessert, to the excitement feeling you get when you watch a new anticipated movie; the feeling of discovering something new brings forth an alluring sensation that captivates one's interest and emotions. This feeling is more craved due to an explosion of different genres of music that has made it's presence known in this modern decade, since the 2010's. From goosebumps sprouting in your skin, to chills crawling down your back; this decade probably has the best music for any occasion, emotion, or for any identity.
J.X. LeivaPublished 4 years ago in BeatMeet āDNORRIā : One of the music industryās most exciting artists
Let me start by introducing a Music Star. He go by the name āDNORRIā, which happens to be part of his middle name. He and his dad decided on using his middle name during the early part of his music career. He felt it was different and sound pretty dope if you ask me. Lol Why not!?
HeisenbergPublished 4 years ago in BeatJacob Handy
My name is Jacob "Hayden" Handy, I was born April 25th, 2001, in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Growing up, my dad was a very hardworking man, but in his free time, he loved playing the bass. He loved music, and just like my father, my mother loved music as well. Occasionally my mother would sing for my twin brother and me as we sat and listened, she taught us to be ourselves even if we seemed goofy since I was a shy kid. Down the line of my childhood, I gradually started to pick up traits from both my parents, and I even started singing a bit at the age of three. I was passionate about singing at a very young age and knew that I wanted to be a performer. I felt this greater passion towards singing when my parents would play Janet Jackson or Sade on the television, the soft angelic female voices appealed more to my ears than any other. I got used to listening to the female singers, thus why I only knew how to sing high notes as opposed to now. Now my voice range has extended, I can do bass and Sapreno parts, but it is currently not documented.
Jason JamesPublished 4 years ago in BeatBehind The Fame
The sky was falling. The air was cold, making the wind feel even colder as it rushed towards Dezminās face, along with the rain drops. The year was 2010, and Dezminās life was about to change forever. He had been trying to make it in the music industry, but it was next to impossible with everybody else doing the same thing. It always seemed like he was wasting his time when trying to get noticed for his talent. He was about to give up. However, today would be the beginning of the end of his life of poverty, struggle and strifeāhe just didnāt know it yet. Heād been on many a journey like this; after performing in some club, or competing in some contest; someone would sometimes claim to be able to help him further his career. It was followed by some meeting, in which the party suggests to Dezmin some type of business proposition. But nothing ever came of any meeting. Theyād always end up lying, or trying to make themselves rich, richer, or all three! This always left Dezmin back where he was, trying to get noticed. At his last show, after he performed a song heād recently written, he got the attention of a man by the name Wesley Adams. Mr. Adams told one of his scouters to meet with Dezmin and discuss business. Why it had to be on this day, only God knows. Dezminās car was in the shop, and he had to catch a bus to the meeting. That would have been enough, but as luck would have it, the meeting place wasnāt even on the bus line! He would have to walk another five miles to the meeting, in the cold rain. He had time to think as he walked, reflecting on his life. Why am I even doing this shit? And five fucking miles, bruh? Damn. What the fuck, man? How did I get here? Five fucking miles, bruh? Fucking bus. Fucking rain! Fucking cold ass rain! Why donāt you just freeze already? Damn. Turn into snow or some shit ācuz man I can handle snow, but this rain-being-cold-as-fuck-and-stabbibing-my-face-shit aināt cool bruh! Damn. And the damn wind. Donāt even get me started on you, nigga. Always blowing and shit. You helpinā the rain, aināt you? Yaāll in cahoots? Damn. Shit.
Jonathan MosbyPublished 4 years ago in BeatThe Early 2000's
Ah, the early 2000's. It was a time of blinged-out hot pink Motorola Razr's, body glitter (a must-have for school dances and birthday parties), CD Walkmen's, and the introduction of the iPod Nano.
Evie SinclairPublished 4 years ago in BeatMusic is such a personal thing!
A sure sign that a person is not a psycho is if they are 'in touch' with their emotions. Ask my family, I'm more in touch with my emotions that anyone on the planet. Embarrassingly so! I cry in action movies! I cry at television commercials! I well-up at funerals of people I never knew. I am an emotional person!