Type: Shenzhen Music History By Alastair Dickie Rumour has it that punk was once a musical genre, not merely a character attribute. In such an era, sentences like “gee whizz is that girl with the luminous pink hair punky or what?” would get you your head kicked in by the skinheads wearing Doc… Read more »
Type: Personal By Rue Moyer For anyone that has added Shenzhen Local Music to their bookmarks section, Google chrome front page, mobile phone, etc. and have come to enjoy the strangeness that is our music community in Shenzhen, my apologies for not posting much this past week. Truth is, I was both resting up a… Read more »
By Alastair Dickie I have been hiding under a rock. For years. Or at least that’s how it seems… I’ve seen more live music in Shenzhen in the last six months of living here than I have for the last three years, and I have been wondering why. My default (and usually spot-on) reaction is… Read more »
By Alastair Dickie Irritant 1: a refusal to see what we are doing as worthwhile. Morning readers. I just read the “About” section of this blog. So you should too. Go do that. Then read on. OK, so, a lot of what’s there details the frustrations that musicians in Shenzhen feel: undervalued, commercially exploited, lacking… Read more »
By Rue Moyer The title is a line of lyrics from the beautiful song, “Take Me Away” by Hayes Carll. I love the rawness of Soundcloud: Hayes is awesome, taking nothing away from him. But, Elliott really owns this song when he performs it. Have a listen: (my phone camera doesn’t pick up sound the… Read more »
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{ Yeah these guys are awesome! I was jamming to their tunes earlier today. The craziest thing is they perform most of their tracks in Chinese!... } – May 16, 11:57 AM
{ great pics, great weekend #lifesabeach } – May 14, 12:50 AM { Tell me about it! Year's fly when you're having fun i guess! We definitely are. "A-team, form in the shape of, a Bikini!" } – May 08, 12:08 PM { Indeed...I can't wait to bring in my bday with all of you wonderful folks! #dopeness } – May 08, 9:43 AM
{ Cant believe its been a year all ready! Longing to escape the hustle and bustle of city life for a day! } – May 07, 11:33 AM
