My Saturday photos of River & Sky are up on Ride the Tempo now. Here are a few favourites:
Music
Little Scream, Fet.Nat, Corridor, Un Blonde, Walrus, PONY @ River & Sky 7/21/2017
Here are some of my favourite photos from Friday at River & Sky. Check out the full gallery on Ride the Tempo.
RIP Chester from Linkin Park
Today I learned of Chester Bennington’s passing. I’d fallen out of fandom of Linkin Park as I grew up but when I was in high school albums like Meteora, Hybrid Theory and even Collision Course. Their depressing and lyrics complemented my teenage angst.
I remember excitedly playing the piano melody to “In the End” for everyone in class when it first came out. Whenever I had problems in life I would put on my headphones and blast songs like “Crawling” or “Numb”. These worked whether I was sad about relationships or my parents. It didn’t really matter. I related to the (somewhat suicidal in retrospect) lyrics. It probably gave me life.
It is sad to know that while Chester saved teens like me, he wasn’t able to save himself.
Saya @ The Drake 7/22/2017
I saw Spotify superstar Saya at The Drake on Thursday. Full review on Ride the Tempo! Shot the photos with my Fujifilm. I still use it just as much as my DSLR because it’s so handy if I’m out and about!
Backstreet Boys, Nick Jonas, Geoffroy @ Festival d’été
I totally shot Backstreet Boys and Nick Jonas over the weekend at Festival d’été. You can find the full gallery on Ride the Tempo, where you will see gems like this:
I’m in Quebec for Festival d’été
I’m currently in Quebec for Festival D’été. It’s all sorts of magical. I’m going to spend the day time exploring the city, so I’ll get back at you with more blog posts tomorrow.
For now, you can enjoy this video of P!nk flying over the crowd.
Happy 25th Exclaim!
This year is Exclaim! Magazine’s 25th birthday. They are one of Canada’s last surviving (print) music magazine. It was also where me and Nash first received some of our first industry experience. Many of my friends also had their roots there.
The Exclaim! crew is like my mini festival family and I hope they’ll be publishing for many more years!
Going Wireless With Airpods
I love the idea of being less wired, so I couldn’t resist trying the Airpods. At home, I use the Harmon Kardon Aura as my computer speakers, but on the go, it’s nice to have something compact.
Look how small the case is compared to the box! The case doubles as a charger for the earphones. I’ve had them for a week and haven’t charged it yet.
Like most mobile Apple devices, it uses the lightning cable. Now my entire house is just lightning cables and USB-Cs.
Anyways, I find the quality of these decent. I do have B&O H2’s for when I want something better, but it’s not practical always be carrying real headphones. Airpods can fit in my purse or pocket and connect to both my iPhone and Macbook in seconds! On a phone, it’s just a matter of opening the case. They also pause the music when they are removed and can activate Siri. I’m still learning all the tricks but I’ve been listening to so much more music now that it’s so easy to pull these babies out.
#CRJProm Dreams Come True
I’ve had such a crazy week. First there was Saturday’s #CRJProm. Then coincidentally on Monday night, I had to work our awards show and I ended up have a second to chat with her about Saturday, our party, and the karaoke afterparty. She was so nice and thought our whole adventure was adorable.
So yeah, your dreams can come true, even accidentally.
Making the Most of the Night at #CRJProm
Last night, my friends and I had front row tickets to see Carly Rae Jepsen play with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Before the show, we dressed up and had a mini prom party at a friend’s house. It was a fun surprise when we found out CRJ noticed our prom party and actually shared it with all her followers.
I’m still freaking out about this hahaha.
The show itself was pure joy. It was cool to see the Toronto Symphony Orchestra do arrangements of her biggest hits. We had a moment during “Call Me Maybe” where she sang directly to us in the front row for a moment. The way performs with huge smiles and a positive attitude stole all our hearts. We couldn’t resist getting up to dance, which is probably abnormal for normal orchestra concerts.
These pop-orchestra crossovers hopefully encourage younger people to go see the TSO. Back when I was in choir, we performed the entire Mozart’s Requiem with the TSO. It was a lot of hard work, but it was one of the coolest experiences.
Anyways, after the CRJ concert, we topped it off by heading to The Abbey for karaoke. They only had a few Carly songs but by the end of the night, we treated the entire bar to all of them. #CRJprom was perfect.
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