by adviser | Apr 19, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Breakup songs: From “You’re So Vain” to “All Too Well” For almost seven decades, the break-up song has remained one of the most ubiquitous and consistent staples of 20th and 21st century pop music. Sometimes they’re angry, meant to be screamed in the car and shouted...
by adviser | Apr 18, 2022 | Blogs, Concert Previews, In the Press
Mild High Club is the solo project and psychedelic dream pop group led by LA-based and Chicago-naïve Alexander Brettin. Using keyboards, computers, guitars, and a four-track recorder, Brettin used his affinity for jazz and AOR to develop Mild High Club content in 2012...
by adviser | Apr 18, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Music matters deeply to the emotive value of a film. The sonic emotion determines the views interpretation and own emotive association to a scene. Recently I happened to watch the films Perks of Being a Wall Flower and Jojo Rabbit within the same week. I realized that...
by adviser | Apr 18, 2022 | Blogs, Concert Previews, In the Press
At the beginning of 2021, Second District Records was down to three members. Decimated by the pandemic and unable to put on events and shows, American University’s student run record label was stripped to its barest of bones. However, with a return back to campus and...
by adviser | Apr 18, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Lo-fi music is somewhat bewildering at face value. Why, after all, would anyone want to make their music sound worse? With that question, though, comes the assumption that music must be perfect, without any technical flaws to speak of, if it is to be considered...
