Community Stories

Community Stories

Reacting to the Straight “Vancouver’s scrappy music scene”

Nerding out in search of a relevant, substantive question via yesterday’s Georgia Straight piece on local artists and venues

Community Stories

"Big Things Coming": recovery from the pressure to create

I'm calling for unfettered, weird creation with no expectation that anyone needs to see it.

Community Stories

David Blake opens up about the Tangent Cafe closing down

The venue that played such a big part in our lives for 10 years is renamed to Daybreakers

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A burned-out jazz musician in recovery: my halfway report

I made a career transition away from music to become a video game sound designer in 2023

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I wanted to quit streaming. I was wrong. Here's why

We can’t afford to skip this opportunity to be heard