What first got you into music? Here is what some artists said

What first got you into music?

Here are some answers from 

Lachie A'rden
BlaziQue
The Zooeys
Yarku
Whitman Rinaldo
Jemas Collective
One Guild
Neutral on Paul
Living Waters
Jasmine
Danielle Hollobaugh
Lucy, Racquel and Me

My kidney transplant I.had in 2002 failed and I went onto dialysis in 2018. By early 2029 this had forced me out of my job (at the time working from home was not accepted) so when I finished up my last client I decided I'd do something I enjoyed (for fun) and booked a DJ course. One thing led to another, i started producing, found I not only loved it but was quite good and have been obsessed with music ever since. I had no previous musical background or training.

When i was 8 or 9 I played the saxophone for about a year. That was my first real focused experience with music. A few years later I got into hiphop music and movie soundtracks. A friend of mine introduced me to FL Studio and Mixcraft and I started to experiment making music.

My brother took guitar lessons and would show me what he learned every week. By the next week, he forgot it all and I had to teach him so he could be somewhat prepared at his lesson.

Singing is just something I've always loved to do, so when opportunities presented themselves to compete or perform I'd be there.

Being around family members from an early age that loved listening to and making music

I felt the need to express my feelings somehow so I started writing songs

Hearing The Beatles on the radio. Hooked for life.

I was born singing and hitting things in rhythm.

My ex girlfriend, she wrote songs and lyrics

My Dad playing guitar when I was a child

Classic 90s film “THAT THING YOU DO”

Praying and playing music together

My first band at 2013

Christian Classics Three due out on all platforms 2nd Oct 2020

 

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I composed this classical album to fill the time. I chose to use  the F minor Pentatonic to base the works around. On the whole I'm pleased. Turned out better than what I expected. As invariably they all do. 

Funny song about Trump

 

Introducing Jasmine 'My Flesh and Blood'

 

Jasmine is a 26 year old singer-songwriter from Helsinki, Finland. Her music is inspired by the early 2000's pop culture which has made an impact on her own musical style.

To be released 25 th September 2020 Sword

Artwork by James Alexander Day 

My good friend James did this artwork for me. 

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also due out 18th September 2020 Guitar Works Jazz Fusion

I got a guitar case chord book and decided to put it to good use. Its been hanging around my room for ages I chose some simple movable open chords and created this jazz fusion with the F minor pentatonic scale. I think its quite effective. Very pleased.

Due out on the David N Slater profile 18th September 

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Due out 18th September 2020 Bamboo Flute

I got my Bamboo Flutes about a month ago. This is my first serious attempt at playing something proper. I must say I am pleased with my purchase. I got them cheap as owt $30 for a set of 3 G tuning, C tuning and B tuning. It was hard at first. Its a completely different embrochure than either recorder or flute. I will be adding to my collection as soon as finance allows. I have decided to release these as an album.

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New Album Flute Creations

An album of improvised flute 

Artist Feature Awesimon

Awesimon is a 21-year-old musician, rapper and songwriter whose lyrics and delivery are truly unique and exciting. Heavily influenced by Travis Scott, Drake and Offset, his ability and willingness to utilise new sounds is reminiscent of such hip-hop innovators as XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD and Joey Bada$$. 

A NUI Maynooth student, Awesimon began by playing shows to college crowds which were the culmination of a journey that began as a child when he saved up for nearly a year in order to buy his first microphone. With ambitions to build a global audience and ultimately make music his solo career, his dedication to his craft is one of the most outstanding characteristics displayed by this up and coming artist.

Awesimon’s musical ability underlines the clear abundance of talent we have in the much-overlooked Irish Urban scene. We are extremely excited to be working with an Artist who possesses the talent and raw potential he has.

Radiate

Releasing his first EP ‘Antinode’ in April 2019, which was an emotional and raw offering which was reflective of his writing style and the message he wanted to tell. He began to accumulate listenership and fans both domestically and abroad. This confidence led to begin performing on stage for the first-time playing gigs across the country.

Awesimon is ready now to offer up his second EP ‘Radiate’ a much more complex and rich piece of work which was produced by the acclaimed producer F.O.B who has recently produced works for RTE’s Songs from an Empty room, Uppbeat & Aaron J but to name a few.

The EP as Awesimon describes is a “Summer EP that will hopefully bring respite to the year we have had, this is a project for sunny days in the park, garden or wherever you get to chill on hot sunny days, we have experienced so much darkness in the past few months that hopefully ‘Radiate’ will help people feel brighter in themselves and about our situation when they listen to it”

Artist Feature Amritha Shakti

Born in Chennai, India and raised in Sydney, Amritha is a proud bi-cultural singer-songwriter who weaves her Indian classical music training into her original soul and RnB tracks. In 'Ghost Town', Amritha draws on the anger and pain she felt as she left a toxic relationship, and delivers a fiery, raw and electrifying track that has a distinct 'bluesy' vibe. 'Ghost Town' is one of five songs from Amritha's debut EP, 'The Process', which releases in full this year.

Thirsty curses new video out now

Raleigh, N.C.-based indie rock band Thirsty Curses is releasing a new music video on Tuesday, August 4th for the song "Bruises On Your Shoulders," which is from Thirsty Curses' self-titled label debut. The music video was directed by band member Clayton Herring and filmed at the Edna Boykin Cultural Center theatre in Wilson, NC. The music video stars several top actors from the Raleigh drama community, and was co-produced by faculty and staff from Studio 67 in Nashville, NC. Indeed, the music video was a collaborative effort of some of the best creative minds in central North Carolina

https://youtu.be/TnAfsV0kbVM

Thirsty Curses is a garage rock outfit formed in 2017 by singer-songwriter Wilson Getchell and currently consists of Getchell (vocals, guitar, piano) and Kelley Otwell (lead guitar), Clayton Herring (bass), and Evan Miller (drums).

Thirsty Curses' sound covers a vast array of rock ‘n roll subgenres including punk, folk, country, prog rock, 90s alternative, and pop. Vents Magazine wrote of Thirsty Curses' recent label debut album, "Their new self-titled album provides a raw, unapologetic perspective on the roughness we all feel through the ins and outs in life. This musical masterpiece of an album draws from several genres – such as punk, lighter and heavier rock, alternative and even country – although this album gives off a true “classic rock” vibe through and through. Every song beautifully blends diverse sounds and styles with harmonious and catchy lyrics." One of the region's top college radio stations, 88.1 WKNC (NC State) also praised the band's most recent album, writing, "There is some phenomenal songwriting on this album. In every song, the lyrics flow and swing together extremely harmoniously, creating a sense of continuity and balance that lets you just sink deep into the music."

The official website for Thirsty Curses may be found at https://www.thirstycurses.com. Additional links provided in the signature line. 

For interviews or other requests, please contact Thirsty Curses at thirstycurses@gmail.com or the band's record label, Spectra Music Group at: info@spectramusicgroup.com

Lo-Fi Slacker Indie Rock - Three Minute Heroes Vol2, 1st single (Joe Russell-Brown)

Take a bunch of talented musicians from Hull currently making waves with their own releases at Radio 1, 6Music and Radio X, then hook them up with the young people in the area who’ve been incredibly brave in expressing their feelings in both moving and insightful lyrics, and what do you get? An album of amazing music called Three Minute Heroes Vol 2. If ever there was an example of

the healing power of music, Three Minute Heroes Vol 2 is it.

This mental health & music initiative is put together by the Hull based Warren Youth Project and is a continuation of the story following on from Three Minute Heroes Vol 1, which enjoyed love & support from BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Radio X, MOJO, RnR Mag & Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch.

First single from the album is Joe Russell-Brown’s Nausea / Fatigue – a hazy, laconic song that expresses the over-thinking of young people during moments of doubt & insecurity –something we can all relate to at some point in our life. Joe says of the process involved with creating the track, “initially I got sent a load of PDF’s of things that these young people had written & it was kind of just a pleasure to read through them. I had to think what would fit my sound, maybe what is something similar to what I would write, and eventually I found a piece”.

The video for the track is cleverly illustrated by young people from The Warren & filmed by AOO Media.

As with all of the contributors on Three Minute Heroes Vol 2, Joe Russell-Brown is a Hull based artist. He’s enjoyed support on BBC 6Music, BBC Humberside ‘Introducing’ & others in recent years for his single Black Lungs & debut EP Post Youth Depression, which was recorded in his Gran’s bungalow & described as capturing Joe’s transition from acoustic songwriter to dream-pop band leader –lo-fi yet anthemic.

The release of Nausea / Fatigue will be in conjunction with a Three Minute Heroes online launch event on Friday 14th August, streamed live on Facebook from the Three Minute Heroes page & including music, videos & interviews from Joe & other musicians involved in the making of the album. Meanwhile, please follow on your preferred social media platform to keep up to date with the Three Minute Heroes story over the coming weeks leading up to the album release.

Artist Feature Branches and Sequels

Introducing the world to the phenomenon that is

Branches and Sequels

Based in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom 

This Synthpop group is set to take their chosen genre by storm.

Their unique take on a popular genre is truly ground breaking 

Fronted by TheCfShow's very own Chloe Ferguson

Branches & Sequels is a project originally started by James Steer (Bass/synth) and Richard Fury (guitar/keys). The duo wrote and released an album in 2017 after working on new electronic music after being in Hayfu together previously. They met Chloe Ferguson (vocals) and Oli Hill (drums) in late 2018 and began writing more material. The band are influenced by a range of genres but mainly resonate in the synth/electronic pop genre. 

Both Fury and Ferguson provide the harmony and melodies and Steer and Oli construct the fundamentals of drum and basslines. 

The setlist in our music is a hybrid of feel-good, empowering, euphoric and anthemic numbers, however, there is contrast underneath the “happy” and “eccentric” synthesizers which relies on dark, deep and rather morbid lyricism. 

The band bonded over a mutual like for bands such as Bloc Party, Avec Sans, The Futureheads and CHVRCHES and dabbled in elements of all these ensembles. Fury and Ferguson write with strong use of imagery, metaphor and fairytale-esque perception and outside-the-box structures and shapes in the music. Perhaps listening to the music on its own would suggest the band promote happy-go-lucky songs but there is more than meets the ear in the lyrics! The order of setlist in this performance was constructed after some careful consideration about which songs would compliment each other effectively.