Gig me.
I have always said that culture is our story and that story is formed where we live. So UAE culture is as much the Emirati as it is the expat who calls the UAE home. That being said how do we promote our local culture? By creating an environment for creativity! One such environment is [...]
Dubai Music
Every so often you turn on the radio, my show of course, and you discover something that you had no idea existed. In this case Paul Kelly of Triplew joined me to introduce some homegrown Dubai musical talent. We went from hip-hop to fusion to rock and we could have probably kept going. What I find [...]
Local/regional thinking
It is amazing how often we don’t look around us for ideas, inspiration and talent. Too often if you are from Canada, like me, you might think Canada is the place to look for inspiration. Or you might go to the US or a bit farther, but the reality is that there is a lot [...]
Middle East Music
Triplew.me‘s Paul Kelly joins me every other week on Nightline every other week to talk music, photography and film that is independently produced in the middle east. I never cease to be amazed by what Paul comes up with. What is clear to me, more than ever, is that the UAE and other countries in the [...]
Talent Among Us!
One of the things that makes Dubai such a vibrant community is the amount of talent that is living here. When I say talent, in this case anyway, I am talking about cultural talent. My Canadian sensibility leads me to listen to music that is being produced here in the UAE as a piece of [...]
TEDx Global Music Project
TED is cool. TEDx is cool. And a few TEDsters got together and asked what happens to the original music that comes out of TEDx events? Of course that indie music just went up into the ether. Well now there is the TEDx Global Music Project. I love this project because it is all about [...]
Can you get past the name? Holy F*%@
This is one of the coolest “genre bending” bands I have listened to in a long time! And these guys are playing the music! Can you get past the name? What I love is that these guys are bending ideas and expectation! Watch, listen and marvel. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djf12oejy-Q[/youtube]
Finding Inspiration
Like everyone, from time to time I need a little inspiration boost. The problem is where to turn? This is going to sound funny but I let the inspiration boost find me. I know what you are saying, sounds a little new age. What I am not doing is assuming a yoga stance and meditating, [...]
Music as a Career?
I wonder how my life would be different if I had taken up music as a career? Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to Tim Hassall about his music. The message was simple, so simple, do what you love and if you do what you love you will do it exceptionally! What you [...]
ONE Love! WITH KILFORD THR MUSIC PAINTER
What happens when you combine music and art? ONE LOVE! Kilford is one of those rare people who had a passion as a kid, actually wanted to work at Disney as an artist at 6 and was rejected as being too young and returned to the art passion! He takes a song, listens to it, [...]
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