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Singer Noname performs onstage during Weekend 2, Day 3 of the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for Coachella) Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Admittedly, I’m […]
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV) NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 12: Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at […]
TheGrio’s Senior White House Hip-Hop Party correspondent Michael Harriot and Vice President Kamala Harris (Courtesy of Michael Harriot) Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Because most of my friends are Black, I am not a regular target of “pranks” or […]
Loading the player… The premiere of Lil Nas X’s highly anticipated documentary at Toronto International Film Festival was delayed on Saturday after a bomb threat was uttered by a “passerby.” On Monday morning following the occurrence over the weekend, TheGrio reached out to the Toronto Police Service. A spokesperson told us that Saturday evening, “a […]
The 90s undoubtedly marked the Golden Age of underground music zines cataloguing subcultural movements. Without an avalanche of Tumblr accounts offering endless information on what your favourite band is wearing, Soundcloud recommendations about who to listen to next, or Twitter documenting your most-loved guitar player’s childhood fear, publications such as the pioneering DIY zine Sniffin’ […]
Chances are, you are already ruining your potential to succeed in the music industry because you believe in one or more music career myths. How do I know? I am sent e-mail messages on a constant basis by tons of musicians (all seeking the answers to the WRONG questions). These are questions that may seem […]
You are about to learn the five critical elements that have fueled the success of all great musicians’ careers. Until you possess these key elements for yourself, it will be nearly impossible for you to reach your musical dreams and build a successful career in the music business. Read below to discover these five key […]
As festival season rapidly rolls in, we’re constantly being reminded of the continuing lack of diversity on our lineups. With a recent study indicating 86 per cent of the lineups of 12 major music festivals last year including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and Creamfields were male, it seems that the ears at the top are […]
As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I’ve worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a “good chart” as a piece of written music that effectively tells […]
Music is a form of art that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. It is normally expressed in terms of pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which includes tempo and meter), and the quality of sound (which includes timbre, articulation, dynamics, and texture). Music may also involve complex generative forms in time through […]
