It is an aspiring composer’s fantasy ““ one day you’re holding jam sessions in the privacy of your tiny Westwood apartment, waving your finger around like Mozart, and the next, you’re in a recording studio working on your first album.
Author Archives: Patricia Guzman
The loss of love, as only a melancholy machine can experience
Are you a sad robot?
Soundbite: Plain White T’s
After the unforeseen success of their song “Hey There Delilah,” Grammy nominees Plain White T’s are taking their music in a different direction.
Canadian duo turns lifelong friendship, love of funk into distinct sound
Take two seemingly opposite guys ““ Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch ““ give them a talkbox, a guitar and a synthesizer, and you’ve got the best friends that make up the electrofunk band Chromeo.
Make air, not war
Years of rocking out alone in the bedroom, layering on the KISS makeup and shredding the air to Queen has led up to this: the U.S. Air Guitar Championships.
Peace, love & sustainability
The crowd comes for the music, but the 22nd annual JazzReggae Festival will try to leave its audience of about 30,000 with something to take home beyond a ringing in the ears.
On an international scale
Strike the Spring Sing stage, but UCLA traditions remain.