Sing it, sisters!

It’s Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus: Halloween Song Contest

Music sets the tone for a scene, or lets you know what may happen. Though I could delve into semiotics, music therapy, or any other hundred topics that have to do with music and the mind, I will put a pause on that for now. My favorite time of the year-Autumn-comes with one of my […]

Anna Haas, courtesy of The Musebox

Crazy Is…A Triple Threat

The song starts and I can almost feel the cold of the backstage and smell the set construction. The rhythm and vocals instantly take me to a theater setting. The articulation and projection of the vocals pretty much require choreography. Luckily, the choreography has been taken care of by the talent of Anna Haas. Haas […]

I didn't even get to wear a gown!

Everything About It Is Appealing?

I was sitting in one of my college performance classes, waiting to speak to the professor. As I waited, another student was speaking to him, asking him questions. This student, my peer, was one of the fastest and most precise musicians in the tiny class and he knew it. Yet he was asking our professor […]

The Off Chance

The Off Chance’s Outlook

The Off Chance has a show coming up at The Middle East in Central Square, and a new EP. Remember my interview with them? They’ve been over the top busy and are ready to break out some tunes, and I’m ready to give them a listen. Shall we? The EP, Change, has fitting themes for […]

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Look At Her Now: Amy Heidemann and the Music Business

“I still count Amy among the very small number of people in that town who did not make my life a living hell when I was growing up. She was always incredibly sweet and open to talking to me when our paths crossed, and she treated me like a human being not ‘the fat weird […]

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My Burrito, Won’t You Help Me Place This Call?

As mentioned before, I sure do have some profiles and features coming up on other bands! These are in the works but in the meantime I had come across this article on Slate about jingles and music and memory. For some reason, hours after I read it I recalled an incorrect lyric I had created […]