Scattered, chaotic drum beats echoed around the courtyard as 20 high school students tried out their first percussion sets. By the end of the quarter, however, this incoherent clamor became cohesive rhythms as SLAM! volunteers watched their students transform into musicians right before their eyes "“ and ears. Read more...

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UCLA’s SLAM!, or Student Leader Advocates of Music, is holding its quarterly concert on Thursday evening in Kerckhoff Hall at the Charles E. Young Grand Salon. Mind the Gap will be the headlining band for the show.

Video game consoles are meant to be played, but for a "chip" artist, playing means taking one of these devices and constructing a music scene using only nostalgic "bleeps" and "bloops." Read more...

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Attic Bits member Mike D’Errico, also known as Attic Bat, creates electronic music through his modified vintage video game console. This is a part of the “chiptune” subculture, which prides itself on reformatting old electronics to create new music.

Greg Laswell has always been a bit of an enigma in the singer-songwriter genre. His vocal range is relatively limited, strongest in lower registers and delivered with an almost wry, deadpan singing style. At the same time, however, Laswell's voice is smooth and typically pitch-perfect. As a result, music listeners seem to either love his voice or move on to more overtly emotive singers. Read more...

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It's common to see students selling baked goods on Bruin Walk, but it's less common to find a group who will trade a cookie for an online vote. For the past few weeks, members of the UCLA Music Choral Outreach Program have passed out baked goods in exchange for a vote in Zipcar's "Students With Drive" program. Read more...

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On Monday, the UCLA Choral Music Outreach Program was presented with a $25,000 grand prize.

Richard Carpenter, the multiple Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, arranger and half of the dynamic brother and sister duo, the Carpenters, is set to speak with students at UCLA as part of professor David Leaf's Music Industry 105 course: "Songwriting: Killer Hooks, Essential Songs and Songwriters of the Rock Era." Carpenter spoke with Daily Bruin's Manjot Singh about the direction of music, his career and how to make it in the music industry. Read more...

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Famed rock duo Karen and Richard Carpenter, better known as “the Carpenters.” Richard Carpenter will be a guest lecturer for the undergraduate class Music Industry 105.

Coachella's first weekend has come and gone. With many music fans headed home from Indio, and just as many looking forward to the second weekend, now is the perfect time to look at a few of the performers in more detail. Daily Bruin's Leah Christianson spoke to the members of three groups "“ The Airplane Boys, Nero and We Are Augustines. Read more...