When was the last time you connected with someone online, without having heard their voice, seen them properly or met in person, and clicked pretty much straight away? How did you know’d clicked? What did you feel? Why DIDN’T you click with someone in a similar instance? How have you…

Music streaming (i.e. what musicians are being paid per stream) + Covid + changes in arts / music funding (e.g. recent ACE grant changes, especially in the classical arena) + Brexit + have had / are having a dramatic impact on performers in the UK. I studied music for many…

8 things you could post on your social media pages, profiles or in groups Take your own picture of a CD / Record / Book / DVD you’ve got — and tell us when / where / why you got it, how it’s helped you, a link so people can…

Cheeky Fest is an arts festival created by and for members of the Cheeky community. Our members love art (inc drawing, installation, painting, sculpting), dance (inc ballet, street dance, tap), fashion, film, music, opera, photography, poetry & theatre. Cheeky Fest is a beautiful, bold, bright, collaborative, colourful, creative, daring, dramatic…

I work at an after-school club at a primary school. The school has (at least) 2 upright pianos, and 2 halls; 1 bigger than the other, where I watched the end of year production in July. What if (a) staff member(s) performed on said piano(s) at a concert in the…

I have One Vision; Ladies and gentlemen, This is something they call a ground-breaker … What you’re about to witness is no illusion And now, we got the bass banging from here to Buckingham Palace* I’ve been awkward when I spoke Ain’t got the perfect smile** don’t turn heads on my…

Morgantown, West Virginia natives Cellophane Riot makes DystoPop. We initially connected on Twitter when they replied to my offer of free promo. Cellophane Riot consists of Evelyn Swan [who sent me this info] and Cheat Code (AKA Mozart with an L / Nauticus). I gave “Cheat Code” his nickname…

No F****** Thing(s)? No F****** Thanks! I’d rather pay for and have a CD, vinyl record, physical picture that I can Feel in my hands than a virtual, digital representation of said Thing. I’ve paid musicians £20 or £30 directly for a number of newly created, recorded, produced & printed…

Jasmina Kulaglich is a pianist based in Paris, France. …