Think Pieces

The mainstream music industry has changed and is changing. BBC Introducing's Sam Bonham delivers some interesting tips on how to get a radio station to take a risk on your music.

For the creative, the path of inspiration cuts through their very mind. They are able to meander through their own thoughts, witnessing the most incredible sights and sounds, all heavily laden with emotion.

Leisure Records' Christian Northwood on what it's like to start a record label.

Rhys Buchanan asks if our love of limited edition releases damages the whole point of physical music.

"For me though, heavy, angry music provides a salve for anger when the hot wound threatens to crackle to the surface."

Bristol Live Magazine writer Ross Jones shares his thoughts on mental health and how music has helped with his personal experiences.

What are your assumptions on the mainstream? They’re quite possibly wrong.

Dan Sylvester of the Bristol Craft Beer Festival highlights the essential symbiosis between beer and music (and it's not just trashed hotel rooms).

If I’d never been diagnosed with Lymphoma, you wouldn’t be reading this.

Journalists. Artists. Fans. Analysis. Criticism. Face-to-face. On social media. Turns out we've all got opinions. Harriet Taylor surveys the minefield.