Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Levantine buzuq, a long-necked fretted lute. A car sped away from the city of Detroit, and a […]
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Alumnus preserves immigrant parents’ legacy through rap, mixtapes
Raymond Mai’s foray into rap was motivated by a pretty girl sitting next to him in class. Determined to catch her attention, Mai scribbled in his notebook a love poem, which he rapped to her during break. The musical expression of love did not impress the girl, but it intrigued another classmate who invited Mai […]
Alumna Princess Fortier releases ‘Dirty Ballerina’ music video
Princess Fortier sat in her home studio soaking up the fast-paced rhythms and percussion instrumentals of a track sent to her by a producer via Facebook. As she listened, an image formed in her mind that fit in perfectly with the beat. The UCLA alumna pictured a fun-loving Harajuku girl who was bold and courageous […]
Second Take: Sony Music should release Kesha from recording contract
Pop singer Kesha Rose Sebert, known professionally as Kesha, lost a bid Friday to be freed from her recording contract. Kesha alleged that her music producer Lukasz Sebastian “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, of Sony Music’s Kemosabe record label, drugged, sexually assaulted and emotionally abused her for a decade. New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich denied […]
Love | Hate: Is Kanye creating fashion or a fiasco?
This just in: Kanye West announces the beginning of Yeezy Season 4. Though it’s been just over a year since the premiere of Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 1, the hype is as strong as ever. The secrecy and celebrity appeal surrounding the highly anticipated fashion shows of Yeezy Season 2 and Yeezy Season 3 completely […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The American washtub bass
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the American washtub bass, an instrument made of weed-whacker line, a washtub and a wooden pole. Marc Bolin […]
EDM group creates hybrid form of electronic music from classical roots
Stephen Spies was working on a student film, “Young Americans,” when the director asked him to score an electronic beat for it. Spies only had experience with classical pieces, however, so he tried creating electronic sounds by recording himself clapping or sliding his fingers down a bass guitar to make it sound like a drop. […]