humanity
Humanity topics include pieces on the real lives of music professionals, amateurs, inspiring students, celebrities, lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories in the music sphere.
The Rocking Life: A beautiful virtuoso named Larissa - A New Yorker among New Yorkers
A beautiful virtuoso named Larissa: A New Yorker among New Yorkers I knew Larissa from afar. A far, far, far, afar. She lived on the East Coast in New York and I lived on the West Coast in California. We lived as far away from each other as two artists could live from each other. I am a brilliant writer and she is a singer/songwriter/musician extraordinaire. I smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and she poses with cigarettes because, well just because I guess that's what you do in New York when you are an amazing artist in a city of amazing artists trying to get something, anything, to set you apart from the rest of the people who would slit your very throat to get ahead. Not so in California.
By Legend Gilchrist6 years ago in Beat
TSAR PARIS
Tsar Paris was born on November 15, 1992 but was originally born in Tucson, AZ. She is a mother of 3 children, a wife, entrepreneur, model, Hip-Hop artist, songwriter, artist and celebrity clothing designer. She defines a Jack of All Trades with her creativity, dedication and multiple talents. She has built her legacy, from the bottom, for years with the support of her family, husband and close friends. Tsar was raised by her grandparents and her aunt with her older sister. Tsar has always expressed how important her family is and how grateful she is to be blessed with such a supportive family. While attending high school, Tsar worked at Dairy Queen part time and also started her music career after dealing with the pain of loosing her first born son to pregnancy compliciations and watching him pass away in her arms and also from the pain from not having a mother so she decided to use music as her outlet. Tsar has always been passionate about music, art and poetry. The first producer she worked with was former cheer coach David Baxter in Tucson, AZ. David Baxter and his Wife Sam Baxter has continued to be a mentor throughout her life to this day. Tsar graduated from high school with honors while pregnant with her daughter and had to under go an unexpected surgery right before graduation but she still managed to graduate with honors. She then later had her second daughter. Her and her husband saved money and decided to invest in their dreams of being Fashion Designers. They spent years studying fashion, styles, and trends. In 2018, Tsar and her family moved to Las Vegas, NV and started thier clothing brand Superior, By Tsar Paris, which then became based out of Hollywood, CA and has been apart of Ivan Bitton Style house for now 2 years. Ivan Bitton Style House is one of the most creditable and known celebrity style houses in California and the world. Her first design was a Unisex Velvet Polo Collection and her collection was worn by T.I, Kathy Griffin, Don Benjamin and other celebrities. Superior By Tsar Paris has been featured twice at the Daytime Emmys, Coachella, and featured in multiple magazines like Marie Westwood Magazine, our own private magazine Superior Magazine and International Magazines such as Cest Prune, 1883 Magazine and featured in another fashion blog site Fashion Bomb Daily. Tsar and her husband Josh has been published in Marie Westwood Magazine as celebrity designers of Hollywood, CA and has attended multiple celebrity fashion events as exclusive designers. Tsar then got back into music working with celebrity producers the moment she moved to Las Vegas. She now has two Albums titled “Trap Witch Album”, “Scorpio Album”, two EPs titles “The Woke”, “The Woke Pt2” and two singles Titled “Debo”, and “Copycat” and a few features with other artists. She has also wrote multiple songs for other artists. Tsar is very passionate about being a strong woman in the industry of predominately men. She has had to face extremely hard obstacles being accepted and respected in the industry of music. She wants to help and educate other women and young women on the ways to get in the industry without being sexually harassed, disrespected and mentally abused by the ones in power that make women feel powerless. She wants to shine light on the industry and how women are treated to be accepted. Tsar and her husband have worked extremely hard and has grown her brand to 285,000 followers on Instagram, 1.36K subscribers on Youtube and is continuing to grow their brand and legacy.
By Jason James 6 years ago in Beat
The Rocking Life
The DJ A tribute to KCLB DJ “TK” I remember my first radio and the stations that I used to listen to on the AM band. My favorite station was a station called KLOS in Los Angeles. I was only 14 at the time but it was a magical time of rock music with bands that would transform rock and roll music forever. Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Queen, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Jethro Tull, the Allman Brother’s band, the Ramones, The Clash, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater, ZZ Top, Yes, KISS, Rush (my personal favorite in this era), Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Journey, Thin Lizzy, King Crimson, The Kinks, Styx, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, The Moody Blues, Bad Company, Electric Light Orchestra, Steve Miller Band, T. Rex, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Steely Dan, Mott the Hoople, The Talking Heads, The Byrds, Boston, Cheap Trick, and many other bands and one hit wonders that went by the wayside.
By Legend Gilchrist6 years ago in Beat
Justin Winley & Jude Steffers-Wilson Release HvO Episode IX of Harlem's Very Own Podcast
From Harlem's Very Own 🚦📯 HEAR YE, HEAR YE 📯🚦 Episode IX is up and rarin to go. Show love to our guests by listening, sharing, & commenting. There are some real gems dropped, so we hope you can catch a few 💎 Next up: another music episode! And if we have our way, you’re in for a surprise beloveds ...💚 Keep it right here!
By StageScene Magazine6 years ago in Beat
J Sherea- Way More Than Just Music It’s My Life
J_Sherea is a 26 year old New Jersey native who was born in Cleveland, Ohio. As a child Jessica always inspired to work in the legal field as an FBI agent. At the age of 8 is when she realized that she had other talents which included writing poetry.
By Jason James 6 years ago in Beat
My Time With B. B. King
From a little boy I've always enjoyed playing music, It didn't matter to me rather it was the drums, the piano, the organ, the lead guitar or the Bass guitar or even a flute I was ready. I was adopted at 8 months old and the family that took me in was a very musical but church going group of people. It wasn't long I found myself wanting to play something too. In those days we would walk to church down a long dirt road and as we got closer and closer you could hear the people singing. The Church floor was wooden so you could hear them keeping time with the patting of they're feet as they were singing. One Sunday I went into the church and sat in my favorite seat right down front as always but this Sunday the Pastor Elder John pulled out an electric guitar. Wow, boy did he play and those old people danced all around with so much joy I thought I was dreaming. I was about 6 years old then and I'm sure that was when the "I Got To Do That" bug bit me. Every Sunday I would go to church in a hurry, sometimes actually running to hear Elder John Play and see those people shout and dance. One Sunday it was very hot and an usher handed me a fan to fan with but somehow, I ended up holding it like a guitar and trying to help Elder John Play.
By Apostle Cash6 years ago in Beat
The Power of Music
Back in the 60's and 70's people mostly heard songs on the radio from a small radio they carried or a radio in their car or playing in a store somewhere as they shopped. It didn't really matter who was singing, rather they were black or white, young or old, it was the way the music made you feel that made that song your favorite song. Every time that song came on the radio it made you feel happy or think of the person you loved or just think of a happy moment. There were houses on a block where only one or two homes had a radio and when that song would come on they would play the radio in the window so everybody could hear that magic song that seemed to make everybody smile at the same time. All music is not like that now but every now and again you hear a song that reminds you of those days.
By Apostle Cash6 years ago in Beat
The Effect of Music On A Woman's Worth
The song, “Hit Me Baby” by Britney Spears marked the encouragement of stereotypically sexualized personas among young girls and women. Apuke, Jigem, and Lingbuin (2019), stated that research has shown a significant rise and development of music videos due to its enormous appeal to express a variety of emotions, ideas, and feelings. Meanwhile, there is an increasing concern about the negative impact of music on the perception of women in society including its misogynistic connotation of women. Sexuality in music videos has become more intense and more frequent and women face a constant reminder of images informing them who they should be, what they need to resemble, and how they are expected to act.
By Cozy Queen A’da6 years ago in Beat
Legendary Poetry
The DJ A tribute to KCLB DJ “TK” I remember my first radio and the stations that I used to listen to on the AM band. My favorite station was a station called KLOS in Los Angeles. I was only 14 at the time but it was a magical time of rock music with bands that would transform rock and roll music forever. Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Queen, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Jethro Tull, the Allman Brother’s band, the Ramones, The Clash, The Doors, Creedence Clearwater, ZZ Top, Yes, KISS, Rush (my personal favorite in this era), Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Journey, Thin Lizzy, King Crimson, The Kinks, Styx, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Doobie Brothers, Foreigner, The Moody Blues, Bad Company, Electric Light Orchestra, Steve Miller Band, T. Rex, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Steely Dan, Mott the Hoople, The Talking Heads, The Byrds, Boston, Cheap Trick, and many other bands and one hit wonders that went by the wayside.
By Legend Gilchrist6 years ago in Beat
My Song Bird History
I remember as a little girl singing with my family. I remember the sounds of the piano, the hard boom from the bass and the sweet melodies from the guitar as I and my sisters sung back up to my mother. We were and we are still a happy family yet as a kid I endured so much pain and heartache. Music for me was like falling in love everyday, since none of the relationships I involved myself in were healthy or secure. As I grew older music for me was a release from my addiction that burden me.
By Jontal Malone6 years ago in Beat
Music is The Magic
In the short time I've been on this planet I have listened to and absorbed over 500,000 songs by Artists from 4 decades of Pop Culture. I've made some headway in my quest to improve on guitar and completed enough music to consider myself active as a music maker. There is no trophy, no grammy, no oscar or other award on my mantel over the fireplace or next to the flat panel screen or iMac. There is just great memories.
By James Walsh: Guitar@Bristol Kids Band6 years ago in Beat
