Chris "Woody" Wood

Chris “woody” Wood from the Hardcore/Metal band ‘Drowned with Oceans’ is a talented guitarist from Southampton Solent University. He is in his first year reading a Sound Technician degree where he has made great use of the studios and live sound equipment but finds a few of the units irrelevant to him as a musician as he said despite how “I can see why its useful but I'd rather focus more on the music side of the degree”. He’s been playing guitar...

questions bout surrogate bands article.

There’s no real beating around the bush with this intro, it goes straight into the article, describing the success of Coldplay and already making comparisons between the band and its ‘surrogates’ Keane and Athlete. Several characters were interviewed but they were all very much of the same bias as Dave Simpson, there wasn’t really anyone from the music industry that was included to back up their side. There were a few figures at the beginning with regard to sales etc. but throughout the rest of the article it was very must based on the...

Korn at Southampton Guildhall

Rise to Remain hit the stage with the energy of a toddler on red bull and the crowd matched the bands enthusiasm despite only being at half strength. With their set lasting just under an hour the initial onslaught settled down, with the band playing several similar songs after another. The momentum picked up again with the last two songs bringing on a ‘wall of death’ followed by a ten minute mosh pit. Their set ended with a bow and a promise of...

Justin Bieber

I started out with the intent to attack and degrade Bieber as a credible artist, content to join the rest of the Bieber-haters, despite having no real grounds for my dislike. Having actually read his biography and various fan sites, I find myself less certain. Even though I will never listen to his dreamy love songs through choice, I have a new respect for the 16 year old, having presumed that he was just the pretty face for a talented writer; I...

Tyler Ward

The other day I was chatting to a certain someone, they know who they are, and they introduced me to an aspiring artist from the states: Tyler Ward.At the age of 21, Tyler is a headstrong young artist with a range of talents, from singing and guitar playing, to music and video production. He hails from Colorado Springs and has an ever-growing fan base; much helped by the coverage he has received from his YouTube videos. He has his own recording setup...

Bands and a lil bit about them...

Chapel club- "incredibly loud live shows that leave listeners stunned, enraptured, anguished, awesturuck, and overwhelmed"- Sounds like Editors, white lies Red Light CompanyEgyptian Hip Hop- "What jokers! neither egyptian or hip hop, the four college students are the latest subversive pop servants coming out of manchester"Babeshaddow"dreamy indie pop"Sharks ?!?!?!?Chew lips- East London based dance pop t...

Role of a music journalist

I see a music journalist as a music enthusiast who has the creative ability to voice their opinions in print, online, and over the radio. They will have specific tastes that will be the grounding for their choice of jobs, but will also be able to put aside interests and prejudices to branch out into other genres of music. A successful music journalist must be an expert in their own field but, in order to progress in their career, must be able to write about a whole range of topics that may not be of specific interest to them as a person. Starting...

first post

hey all this blog is here for me to inflict my opinions of bands/gigs/events/etc upon the world (i joke, its pretty serious) im doing music journalism at southampton solent uni in sept and i needed a kick to start working to be a journalist again. so Caly Rivers (stands for Calypso <-- awesome name) told me to start a blog. so here it is. enjoy.MORE TO COMETaT...