within the music

WELCOME TO WITHIN THE MUSIC

This is a blog for someone who appreciates music, loves discovering new artists, and may not have the time to go searching. 

I will do all the hard work, present them to you and if you like them we can start to build a great relationship together!

This whole idea for this blog came to me when my cousin who is in her 30s with a job and two young kids, asked me to make her a mix CD with music that I love and current artists that she can discover. She reminisced that a few years ago she had her pulse on the music scene but the changes in her lifestyle, have caused her to be a tad busy to be up to date with the next big act or discovering indie artists. Even in the car, she said that children CDs rule her stereo that was once full of all sorts of music. She loves the mixed CD and has now passed it onto her mother (My Aunty), who also loves it!

I'm in no way stating that I'm some expert on what's good, have the best music taste or that I'm a trendsetter. I simply love discovering new acts that I haven't heard about yet and sharing them with close friends and family. So this is just a platform for me to share it with other people.

Now to introduce myself; my name is Darcy, born in 1992 and living in Melbourne. I grew up in a household that always had music blasting. Mum and Dad have a great music taste from Joni Mitchell, Joe Jackson, Tracy Chapman, Wendy Mathews to The Corrs, Crosby Still Nash and Young, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Waits, Sherbet and Daddy Cool. My sister and I would often spend hours dancing around in the lounge room, to lots of different tunes. A music loving household, with no true musical ability. Even though this is true, it didn't stop my sister and I at an early age, from writing many wonderful songs that we would record using our tape machine, playing under the band name 'Brother and Sister'. Our music career was short, due to arguments over creative differences....

My love of music only grew more fierce once I hit my teens. I even tried the music avenue again by having guitar lessons for 2 years. Whilst trying so hard I just could never get that coordination thing right. At 16, I landed my first job at our local CD/DVD store, which exposed me to lots of different types of music, from customers and co-workers. I loved that feeling of opening a shipment of brand new releases and watching people rush in to pick up their copy. I got to go to work and talk about music all the time and try and convince customers to buy my favourite Aussie acts. It made me feel like I was part of the music system. This just made me itch even more to turn 18 so that I could go out to see all the live music Melbourne has to offer. Once I did I spent many nights at the Corner Hotel and other venues seeing bands that I only dreamed about seeing before.

After High School, I completed a Bachelor of Applied Business (Music Industry) which I learnt lots from both the business world and the music industry. This gave me experience in organising and putting on gigs, working in artist development with an incredible solo artist and interning at one of the world's top online music distributors. I also met a great bunch of like-minded people who made the threes years full of laughs.

This brings me to this year, 2015. I was lucky enough to go overseas to Europe and explore amazing  countries, full of history and beauty . One of the best times of my life and I cherish each memory and each beautiful person I met along the way. However, like everything it had to end. Currently I am still working at that same CD/DVD store that I got when I was 16, and planning the next stage of my life. Whilst I'm building up the funds again from going on my trip, I thought to keep my finger on the pulse of the ever-changing music industry, I would create this blog as a hobby.

I hope to post as often as I can, from new acts I discover to events and issues in the music industry. I hope it's insightful, interesting to read and a little bit of fun. I am no writer so if there is a spelling or grammar mistake, just turn a blind eye.

Most of all I can't wait to share with you all!