Journey Through Musical Explorations!

Growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska was not the ideal situation for my teenage years. There isn't much that goes on in this town that is classified as 'exciting'.  However, I was lucky enough to know a family that was heavily into the electronic music scene, and happily put together a weekly event for the town's underage crowd.   Rave Parties. I am talking about an organized dance party in a warehouse, abandoned building, or private property, typically featuring performances by DJs, playing endless tracks of electronic dance music. It's a flurry of light beams, glow sticks, high energy, and fun! This helped not only feed my passion for music but showed me a completely new genre of music that has spread into most common day sounds. And it got me thinking, where did it all begin? History of Electronic Music: Point A 1970-1999 It may surprise you to find out that electronic music has been around a lot longer than you expected. The inventions of electronic instruments date ...

When we were counting down to celebrate the New Year for 2020, I don't think anyone could have prepared for what was to come.  2020 will undoubtingly go down in history as one of the craziest years, not just for Americans but for the whole world.  When Covid-19 first made its way into the news here in the US, there was so much confusion and a lot of resistance to the change happening in our world.  Thankfully, we have musical artists like Tom MacDonald.  However, many disagree with me.  'This artist refuses to conform to thesocietal norm' and it leaves listeners shocked at first',  says Denise Baboukis from Sam Ash Spotlight. He is known to revolve his music around controversial topics, such as politics, religion, conspiracy theories, and many more sensitive subjects. I consider myself a fan, but he has produced a few songs that I don't necessarily agree with. Nonetheless, Tom writes his lyrics, composes his music, and he also produces his music. Shortly af...

Ever since I was a child, I have always been considered kind of weird, so is there really a big surprise that I was attracted to the strange and unusual things in life? So, Disney's Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" practically screamed at me, sitting on the shelf at Hollywood Videos. With it's dark and spooky feel, with a skeleton man and his ghost dog on the cover of this Claymation glory, I had decided rather quickly, that this will be my pick for the weekend.  The first time I watched this movie, it was an experience. I was excited, anxious and very curious. I had similar feelings when I watched Disney's 'The Black Cauldron' and 'Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland' for the first time. For a child who had somewhat a morbid curiosity, this was right up my alley, and in the 90's, these kinds of movies were a few and far between. The Nightmare Before Christmas premiered in the United States on October 29th, 1993 and is now c...

  Hello everyone! My name is Crystal Poulsen, I live in Fairbanks, Alaska with my husband, Terry and our two pug mix breeds, Luna and Rocco. I am working towards achieving an associates of applied science in business management at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. My interests vary from snowboarding when its warm outside to curling up with a blanket and watching the whole Harry Potter series again, when it's too below zero for my liking. I also enjoy traveling (pre-covid), playing video games, watching and/or drawing anime, and lots of different kinds of arts and crafts/DIY projects. Music has always been one of my biggest passions throughout my life. I would say my taste of music is quite open to almost anything, but if I had to choose my favorite genres I would narrow it down to  alternative/rock/rap. I was lucky enough to have been able to attend several "Road to Van's Warped Tour" (Huge tour that traveled across North America every summer since 1995) tours in A...