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For us at Schoolkids Records and a lot of you, our favorite time of the year is almost upon us. Record Store Day 2021 fall on June 12 & July 17, 2021. As always the days will feature special releases, picture discs, unreleased music as well as 7″ singles, 10″ singles, full-length LP’s and compact discs. This year, Schoolkids Records-The Label is proud to announce 3 exclusive Record Store Day Drops titles!
Noctrorum – Sparks Lane
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One of the worlds most popular and respected finger drummers OddKidOut continues to rise in popularity. Praised by the likes of Timbaland, Skrilex and others OKO is currently in studio working on activations for product and gaming companies.
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Mark Sharp & the Bicycle Thieves are the latest product from a thriving West Lothian music scene. The five-piece are well known for their energetic live show and have SOLD OUT every single headline gig, including venues across England, plus King Tuts, G2 and most recently St Luke’s in Glasgow, with 700 fans packing in for their biggest headline show to date.
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This post is in collaboration with Markson Pianos. If you are looking to buy a piano, they are the piano shop that will help you out!
Let’s face it, 2020 is the year that literally changed all of our lives. The entire world was thrown into a global pandemic and as we have reached its 1 year anniversary, looking back at the past year, its amazing to say that we have survived it.
While we are yet to come out the other side, 2020 also saw small miracles happening in the form of hobbies. As many of us were left with more time on our hands than we are used to, a lot of us (including myself), dedicated this time to our existing hobbies or creating new ones for ourselves.
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Cheshire pianist and composer Adrian Lord pursued his interest in the affect that music can have on the brain following the completion of his most recent work, ‘Piano Meditations’: an extended playlist of five slow tempo piano pieces. As part of his journey, Adrian Lord interviewed Dr Andrew Budson, Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School to discuss the science behind why music is good for the brain.
Jem Girl at the Piano 