On Saturday February 18Th, I Visited World Cafe Live In

It is years later and I can still remember my first visit to Lou's Cafe. Stopping in to see if anyone could tell us where to locate the turn we had missed, my dad and I received a large dose of culture shock. It seemed as if we had opened the door to a place where time stood still.

Have you ever tried listening to everything going on at the same time at a fast food restaurant during the lunch time rush hour? Well, I did and I am going to share the results of my whirlwind encounter last week. Within my observation, I will go over the layout of the establishment in which my observation was conducted, as well as who came to the establishment, the conversations and the interactions that took place. I hope you enjoy my observation and respect my findings from this visit.

After doing exceptionally well in my district-level audition, I had the opportunity to continue to try out for the state level. Now, throughout the first audition, I had the help of a few people. Of course my middle school band director, Mr. Carter, had helped me on this treacherous road; however, a man named Andrew Bennett had also decided to chance with me.

After close to four hours of waiting at Java Jolt and endless cups of coffee, the bell on the crowded coffee shop door rang, and London walked in looking around for us. “How’s the scene? Do you know how many casualties?” I asked.

Just filling me in on what it really means to do music and me apart of the music industry. During the studio session I watched him work. I watch how big cuz orchestrate his voice to bring life to the track. Pure Magic. He walked in the booth no chains, not under the influence of any substance and he works. A professional already at this stage in my career. He even played engineer as he already knows how he wants to sound. But how? Man than talent. As a rapper/poet myself I had to ask doog how could I make it. "Have a plan and be ready to sacrifice. Just work bra and be yourself and if they feel you they'll follow you". After a long day of work and running round I'm glad I got a chance to ride with Doog and really see him work. Thanks

I am fixing my hair, and humming along to a song I heard on the radio, when I hear the concert start. I heard the announcements begin and the lights go dim. There was people all around me. People tripped over cords or called out demands. Some had microscopic mics on their faces, some had been putting on makeup on.

As a newly graduated journalist, Ben Woodward, from a third generation Cairns family, contributed in the latter part of the 90s and early in the new century used his considerable talent with words to inform the LGBT community and the general public about the latest gigs, and artists to listen to and look out for. His great interest in music helped to nourish his passion as a DJ.

Ever since I was a little girl, New York City always seemed like a place that was magical. My family’s TV on Thanksgiving was always broadcasting the enormous balloons, extravagant floats, and millions of people lining the streets of the city for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Freshman year, excited squeals and giggles erupted from my brother and I after our parents told us that we would be visiting New York City for the first time to witness the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. After several months of waiting and lots of turbulence, our plane hit the landing with a thunk at Laguardia airport and reality set in: we were in the city. Walking out of the airport was absolutely surreal. The sights, sounds, and smells surrounded my family and

Tyson Koh, from the Keep Sydney Open initiative, said “We would like to see measures put in place that borrow from other global entertainment precincts, for example cities like Amsterdam, Melbourne, NYC, because they’re more appropriate comparisons to Sydney than Newcastle”. Tyson Koh’s Keep Sydney Open initiative has attained close to 10,000 members, all of whom are against the 1:30am lockouts and 3:00am last drinks. A recent protest rally attracted nearly 10,000 people including notiable establisment owners and prominent music icons who were for appealling the new

Then we walked into the New Jersey Preforming Arts Center, which is a very nice building. The acoustics of the hall were very nice which made for easy listening. The seats themselves were not the greatest because once again we like saving money.

On November 10th from 12:30 to 1:30, Taxi Chain performed a free concert in The Family Martin at York University. Grier Coppins founded Taxi Chain in 1993. They offer bluesy jigs and strong overtones of old school funk, R&B, rock n roll, country, folk and world music. This vast amount of styles allowed for their performance to be very intriguing. The styles are versatile, daring and fun (York university website). The setting of the performance was at The Family Martin Lounge, so the environment was relaxed. Everyone was doing their own thing in addition to listening. The atmosphere of the space was relaxed and most people were just doing their own thing while getting to enjoy the fantastic music that was being played. Truthfully, I choose this

Even in rehearsal, the team themselves wanted themselves wanted to experience the impact they aimed to communicate to an audience at the showing, and they did so by preventing unauthorised light and sound into the rehearsal space while they worked. The soundtrack of the production reached gentle hums and whispers at points, and thus the sound of the air conditioner in the Rex Cramphorn Theatre was impinging on its effect and Richard was called to turn it

The area I am going to explore is to interview Ryan Connell that is an audio engineer for Chameleon Production. I would like to interview him and maybe even shadow him at one of his many gigs he has coming up, because he works at multiple venues and even with multiple bands, I will be able to gain more knowledge in this field. Some of the venues that Ryan has worked at include: Marquee, Birds Nest, Salty Senoritas, and even Copper Blues Bar. Ryan had also worked with the band Rocker Lobster, which is part of the Chameleon Production. He sets up at the venues and does the quality checks and make sure everything runs smooth. He also is a CNC programmer, CAD designer along with audio engineer. Some of the questions I may want to ask during the

The studio was a small place with not much budgeting put into it at all but it still gave you a good science. When you walk in you saw 4 chairs and 4 stands which the Instrumentalists read off

     Anyway, “Can’t buy me love”, “Help”, and “ Yesterday” were the next songs played. “Can’t buy me love”, “Help”, were mediocre, but “Yesterday” was impressive. I have always liked that song, and it was good to hear it live. Not to mention, the band players were very good with their instruments. “A ticket to Ride”, and “She loves You”, were to follow. The festival was being sponsored by 104.5 fm, and the DJ from 104.5 named Bruce something or other, stepped in and played drums on “She loves You”. He said that he had always wanted to play with the Beatles, and what an honor it was to be able to do this. And I’m not doubting his enthusiasm, but, I think that the whole thing was rigged. The next song was the last song before the band took their one and only break of the night. Very impressive, that this band is putting on a show like they were getting $20/ ticket. They played for about an hour and a quarter before taking the break.