How my first artist date went
I’ll be honest, I’ve had a very sad start to my week. I actually didn’t even feel like writing this post (and I still don’t have an artist date for this week, but I trust the Universe’s timing) but in my initial The Artist’s Way post, I said I would try to give some feedback. […]
A LITTLE TENDERNESS
My favourite thing in the world used to be talking to musicians… about music. This marks the 12th year since my byline first appeared in print and I’ll admit: my favourite thing in the world is still talking to musicians…about music. But I didn’t always know that that was what it was. I used to […]
An African Soundcloud?
Can you remember when you first used Soundcloud? I can’t. But I know that it’s been a part of my life for a very long time. It was often a treasure trove for me when I was stuck at a desk in a job that I was quarter past bored with. And although I’ve had […]
The cost to be the boss, or just yourself, really
I’m a recovering people-pleaser. There. I said it. In the past six months, though, I’ve been forcing myself to be ok with potentially making someone upset. I’ve been forcing myself to be comfortable in my own skin. To not hide my double chin. You’ve seen my InstaStories. You know what I mean. Essentially, I have […]
Prince and a Queen
I want to blog every day and in an effort to be a woman of my word, here is today’s post. It’s short but it counts. I was driving home and listening to the radio – my CD player is broken and I believe that’s the Universe trying to teach me how to be a […]
Listen to your elders
Before I ever accepted that I was going to be a music journalist, I was and am a music lover. That fact sometimes gets in the way of me being a Karen Civil type. A decade later, I still go geek when I hear a song I like or when an artist teases, for the […]
Triggers and taking shots
Everybody got a story. We all ghetto, b. Last year was tough for me. No, let me be specific. The last half of 2016 showed me flames. It burned my outlook on life, left me with a charred ego and my self-esteem? Mlora. This weekend, something happened that triggered those feelings of where I was […]
5 DJ Tips for Life
There were two reasons I wanted to join Fuse Academy. First, I wanted to learn how to DJ in an environment where your individual skills are evaluated and enhanced. Plus I wanted to improve without being faced with the hostility that women are sometimes treated in areas of sound of technology. Secondly, I am so […]