Table Of Contents For This Medium Page — Welcome reader! If you are scrolling through my medium page then look no further! Check out this one-stop-shop with most of my thematic content. Below you can explore my work according to theme (with a detailed blurb). I hope you find a section or piece title that strikes your fancy. …

A detailed description of my music writing background — A Team or Single Person? Despite the royal “we” I use sometimes If Ever Your Listening (IEYL) is a solo venture. All the content is original and written by me. For the longest time I was the only one who published it as well. Even though it is just me and I could have made…

A Review Of The Popular International Song Competition — “Rest Of The World” Votes For the first year, Eurovision opened the gates for non-participating countries to join in on the fun. Thanks to this system, citizens from 144 countries voted in the competition. This system of allowing citizens from all over the world mixed with social media allowed for the competition to feel truly…

A history of musicology — Back To The Bach Gesellschaft Days The scholarly pursuit of music history is the foundation of musicology. Although music was studied for centuries, and as far back as the ancient Greeks, modern musicology scholarship was established in the 1860’s. In antiquity, the ancient Greeks wrote about music under the study of philosophy. Moreover, they discovered that…

A Review of Kacy Hill’s Album, Simple, Sweet, and Smiling — Background Music has long been a part of Kacy Hill’s life. As a high school oboe, saxophonist, and choir singer Hill had been growing her musical acumen for years. After taking on a modeling gig with American Apparel the singer made her way to Los Angeles. Once Director/photographer Stephen Garnet connected…

A History of Salegy — Traditional Music With An Electronic Twist The island nation off the southeastern coast of Africa has a mysterious past. There is much debate about the first settlers of Madagascar, some saying the first humans to arrive came 11,000 years ago, others saying it was closer to 1,500 years ago. Either way, the foundation of salegy music…

A Memorable Day During My Time in Ghana — Bed Weighing Down On Me I only had one full day off, so I needed to make the most of it. This Sunday morning was particularly brutal. For a good 30 minutes, I laid in bed, completely wiped of any motivation. *Why even bother*, I kept asking myself; you’re just going to be awake the…

InTune Welcomes New Writers and Articles — Hi Readers! We at InTune just wanted to give a quick PSA that our doors are open to new and hungry writers. Please feel free to ask to be apart of InTune’s writing squad here. In that link you will also see a description of the type of music posts…

Searching For New Music? Look No Further! — Happy Thursday Listeners! Quick update, I got a new job! I’ll be working at a university now connecting international and domestic based alumni in different engagement events and activities. Transitioning to a university job has been on my vision board for years. I’m very thankful to finally be here. I’m…