Borrowing in Music, Part 2
In order to survive in the current musical culture where borrowing other artist’s ideas is a normal practice, it is becoming more and more important for musicians to develop skills in arranging and producing.
Borrowing In Music, Part 1
There is an age-old debate going as far back as the Baroque era as to whether or not borrowing other musicians’ music for your own songs is permissible.
Performance Update: Bold Back By Popular Demand
Several Bold Music students took the stage once again on October 12th to perform at the Davidson Farmers Market.
Performance Update: Handy Cousins Rock Out
The normally quiet town of Davidson got a heavy dose of classic rock this past weekend when Chris and Johnny Handy, two of Bold’s brightest young protégés jammed out…
Practicing Music, Part 1
It’s not every day that you come across an ex-division 1 athlete turned professional guitarist, but alas, here I am. And I can say from experience that there are many similarities between playing a sport and an instrument…
Jay Z’s ‘Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film
Jay Z’s film about his six-hour performance of “Picasso Baby” at a New York art gallery made its debut on HBO on Friday night. Directed by Mark Romanek, Picasso Baby…
Nine Inch Nails Return to America for Lollapalooza
If Trent Reznor surprised fans when he announced recently that he had secretly been working on Nine Inch Nails’ impending album Hesitation Marks (out September 3rd)…