With the advancement and proliferation of music mixing software, making your own music has never been easier. Currently, bedroom pop, the genre of the burgeoning twenty-something musician, is glaring proof of that. Pop music–or music in general–is no longer solely dictated by radio DJs or record labels. Anyone can be a pop star. That’s the […]
It’s been nearly two years since Toronto-based singer/producer/director Monsune (Scott Zhang) first released his debut single “Nothing In Return.” An R&B-inflicted song filled with qualms about unexpressed love and nerves layered atop soaring harps and trumpets, “Nothing in Return” quickly drew attention from various media outlets for its clearly unique vision. That’s not to mention […]
In most cases, debut songs are very straightforward. Most have an obvious chorus, a memorable (and often catchy) hook, and production that’s safe and familiar. First impressions are everything. Maybe that’s why we were so surprised when we first listened to Vancouver-based seungjin’s debut single “RollerCoaster”, a song that breaks all of those rules from […]
It’s been a great couple of months for 19 year old Manila-based artist Denice Quimbo. A full-time film student and part-time musician, Quimbo (who goes by the name Ruru online) made waves in the Internet community after self-producing and self-releasing two successful projects, Sleep EP and Far Out. Her bedroom-pop aesthetic, saccharine yet confessional, has found quite the […]
Now that the Internet has become an integral part of this generation, “making it” online as a singer seems more like a fever dream than anything else. Playing covers of your favourite songs and putting it on YouTube simply isn’t going to cut it anymore. Aspiring musicians today have a much steeper mountain to climb […]