TEN TIPS FOR MUSICIANS IN QUARANTINE 🎸
The music industry shut its door practically overnight. Gigs are cancelled. Even Glasto is cancelled. Here are 10 of my tips on how best to use this time.
Lori Meyers
Blóm – on being kind, using your voice, checking your privilege & making some noise 🌸
We are the babies! & you are all the caregivers
Eliza Shaddad – on self imposed isolation, deep emotions & community 💜
To me being a feminist is about equal rights, & equal opportunities. It’s a no brainer … & I can’t quite understand why it still isn’t obvious everyone should be one.
DMDR talk queerscene ukeleles, toxic masculinity & the pressures of Hollywood 🔪
‘We just wanted to make something fucked up & ugly & ever changing. There’s a lot of baggage that comes with us, but it’s like Louis Vuitton baggage; you always want it. ‘
Circle None talk Snakes, Feminism, Buckfast & not taking yourself too seriously 🐍💕
‘You’re not alone. Despite the internal & external chaos we all suffer individually we’re in this living hell together.’
Shooting Daggers talk Riot Grrrl, Missandry & Covering the World in Kittens 💕⚔️💕⚔️💕⚔️💕⚔️💕
‘You can do everything yourself & make a difference in your life & other people lives.’
Boys of The Hole talk Drag Wedding aesthetics, phlegmy screaming & . . . crisps 💟
Boys of the Hole will make one beautiful mess out of life, but not before they’re done drinking at street parties & taking down terfs – more on what makes this band so magical below . . .
I,Doris – Launch New Video!! & tell us why Doris should be PM #dorisnotboris 💐
We’re driven by a love of pop music, a fundamental mistrust of the patriarchy & the need to spread the good message that getting older is actually a whole lot of fun.
Amelia from Cigarette Pie on creating community, not dating tories & filthy cute aesthetics 💕
I love the idea of creating a supportive community with like minded others. When you go to a Cigarette Pie event you’re coming out of it with new friends, networking with the other bands, artists, creators etc & just generally widening your place in the scene.
Cassie from LOUD WOMEN on capitalist hell-holes, Solidarity not Silence & world domination 💕🌎
In many ways musicians working at grassroots levels are even more vulnerable to abuse than those who have industry support & money following them . . . LOUD WOMEN talks about ‘womxn-led or female-powered’ bands, & we’re about supporting musicians not objectifying them.