It’s a toy! It’s an instrument! It’s the Otamatone! A few weeks ago, I stumbled on some videos of people playing this strange object in the shape of an eighth note (or a quaver, if you prefer). This instrument, created in Japan by Maywa Denki, produces a sort of electronic sound when it is…
I am pleased to introduce our newest blogger of the month, which comes at a fitting time because it is also her one-year anniversary blogging on Youth Are Awesome! Since September 2016, Hilary Guo has written delightful and humorous posts ranging a variety of topics, from personal opinions, to creative writing, to modern trends! Her cheerful…
Yesterday afternoon I came across a comical video on Facebook promoting Canadian songs in horribly broken french. “FrancoCon: Your Favourite Songs in French” is brought to you by Calgarian broadcasters Beckler and Seanna of X92.9 radio. The video is reminiscent of the kind of advertisements you’d see on TV promoting an album, though admittedly not…
I’m exhausted. I mean, we all are, with school coming to an end and all of us being swamped with final exams. But what better way to wallow away our pain than with music? This year has done wonders for us in terms of music, and I’ve put some of the best tracks from this…
Album Review : “hopeless fountain kingdom” Is Our 21st Century Romeo And Juliet Told Through Music
After one long year of being away from social media and the spotlight, Ed Sheeran has finally made a comeback. His highly anticipated album, titled ÷, dropped on March 3rd, and the fans are in a frenzy. The entire album has been scattered about the Spotify Global Top 50 chart. It’s currently the #1 album on iTunes. The single Shape of…
To most violinists, buying a violin made by Stradivari, Guarneri, Guadagnini, or Amati is an absolute dream. To luthiers, producing an instrument to the likes of those great makers is a life-long venture. And Joseph Nagyvary made that venture a little bit easier. Joseph Nagyvary was a chemist. Born in 1934 in Szeged, Hungary, he…
Ever since I started playing piano as a child, music has become an integral part of my life. Throughout the years, I’ve picked up guitar, violin, clarinet, and saxophone. To this day, music remains one of my passions, and as horribly cringe-worthy and cliché as it sounds, I honestly don’t know what I would do…
You know how sometimes you hear a song come on for the first time, and after listening to it only once, you already think it sounds really good?
Music is probably the best gift that has been given to mankind. It’s awesome because no matter who you are and where you are in the world, music is there with you. I owe a lot of the good things that has happened to me to music. And I don’t know about you, but I’m…
here are bands, and then there are bands. You know, the ones that understand you and are your go-to for a musical pick-me-up? Yeah, those bands. Once in a blue moon, even, those bands perform in your city during their tour. And that’s how it all starts. The 1975 is an English rock/synth-pop/indie/alternative band that…
So it is this time of the year again, yay! I personally love fall as it is one of my favourite seasons. I decided to write this post as a way to convince you readers that it is in fact as awesome as I make it sound. What’s not to love?! Fashion, Thanksgiving, Halloween, beautiful scenery and so…
I was freaking out the day before day 1 of X-Fest 2016, and not just because I’d be seeing some of my favourite artists live. My first year attending the festival, 2014, was interesting to say the least. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun for the most part and I saw a lot of…
On September 5th, Queen fans around the world, myself included, celebrated the 70th birthday of the man who is without a doubt one of the greatest rockstars of all time. Despite his untimely death in 1991 at the age of 45, Freddie Mercury has left an indelible mark on the music world. He had a…
As a writer, poet, singer, filmmaker, and visual composer, Toronto based artist Vivek Shraya has been generating a continuous flow of creative content for about 22 years. Her numerous and multimedia works have been critically acclaimed and recognized by institutions like The Globe and Mail, The Huffington Post, the CBC, and The National Post. Shraya is a…