Breathing SZLM Community Spirit into New Venues

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Brue.Penthouse Bar.Grand Hyatt. Shenzhen. Uran 2

As Shenzhen Local Music’s newest addition in the form of Chief Editor, I’ve made it my mission over the last couple of weeks to show face at as many gigs as possible. This Chief Editor role is a blessing actually, as my previous position of “professional groupie” would have looked nowhere near as impressive on my CV.   On… Read more »

Shenzhen shows to catch in the coming weeks…

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ryan goodnight, shenzhen musicia, fresh crew album launch

In case you missed it, here’s a link to the SZ Daily piece on OPEN MICS in Shenzhen: szdaily.sznews.com/html/2012-10/19/content_2243184.htm  Featured Shows: Friday, Oct 26 – Ryan Goodnight  9pm @ Little India, Coco Park The 1st ever Fresh Records album release!RYAN GOODNIGHT, a talented electronic musician, guitarist, and singer – performing his new album Re-Animation and more, LIVE!Venue: Taking place at Little… Read more »

SZLM Interview's Alec Phillips, American pro-musician living in Guangzhou

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Alec Phillips, american muscian, shenzhen china

By Rue Moyer On June 18th, 2012/6/26 I met up with Alec Phillips at Starbucks, OCT Loft to record the stories, adventures, craziness that has been his life. Alec was down that Saturday night for Rapscallions 1 year anniversary party and we ended up scoping out the city, swapping performance stories and discussing the future of… Read more »

Where Have I Been?

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Brue at Rapscallions, Alastair Dickie, Rue Moyer, Gabree Kwan,shenzhen china

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 »

"Grass around your ankles in the field before the flood, you're a rough-cut diamond in the Mississippi mud… Take Me Away"

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take me away

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 »

Nanshan Eyes; Watch His Feet

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nanshan eyes, shenzhen china

By Rue Moyer   I’ve watched him play on a number of occasions in some of the busiest intersections the city has to offer (BinHai and Nanshan Da Dao)  Every time, at least 5 people are standing by, listening to his mastery and taking the road down memory lane.  Obviously, I don’t connect in quite… Read more »