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Who Is ELEV8? ELEV8, a singer-songwriter, producer based in Toronto. With a passion for songwriting and production running through her veins, ELEV8’s R&B and Pop-influenced melodies. ELEV8 grew up with influences from Sade, Alicia Keys, and Earth Wind & Fire to name a few. ELEV8’s debut single “Tell Me You Care” (April 2021) is her […]
KING SHADROCK, one of the greatest reggae artists alive, has accumulated notoriety over the last decades due to the fact he is LIVING his music instead of singing it, because he STAYED CONSCIOUS throughout the time and also because he KEPT TO HIS cultural and musical ROOTS. Living music rather than singing means that the […]
Vernon Maytone ( Vernon Buckley) Started singing in Jamaica from as early as the seventies. He formed the group The Maytones with his neighbour Gladstone Grant and almost instantly went in the studio after auditioning for Alvin Ranglin of GG records in Kingston Jamaica . From the beginning The Maytones were successfully making a string […]
What do you believe is the number one thing that musicians are doing to ruin their chances at succeeding in the music industry? Is it: not practicing their instrument enough? Not putting together enough good music industry connections? Living in a city with no music scene? The answer to all of this is NO – […]
Chances are, you are already ruining your potential to succeed in the music industry because you believe in one or more music career myths. How do I know? I am sent e-mail messages on a constant basis by tons of musicians (all seeking the answers to the WRONG questions). These are questions that may seem […]
Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields? The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had […]
As festival season rapidly rolls in, we’re constantly being reminded of the continuing lack of diversity on our lineups. With a recent study indicating 86 per cent of the lineups of 12 major music festivals last year including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and Creamfields were male, it seems that the ears at the top are […]
The National have confirmed that they will start recording their next album “soon”. The US band released their sixth album ‘Trouble Will Find Me’ in 2013, more recently showcasing new song ‘Roman Candle’ live. With frontman Morgan recently saying that the group need to “change and evolve” on their next record, guitarist Morgan has now […]
We had some truly stellar photos come out of our photographers this week, as they attended shows from Vance Joy, Ball Park Music, Matt Corby and Groovin The Moo sideshows, with the common theme being some amazing light shows. As Forbes notes, in the missive, Sixx and bandmates James Michael and DJ Ashba implore YouTube […]
John has joked with Q that he is yet to find any upsides to being a solo artist. Speaking in a Q25 video interview to mark his appearance on the cover of our special 25th anniversary issue, Q304, which is out now, the former Oasis leader. The Chief declares in the video interview you can […]
