“If music be the food of love, play on”

I’m sure I’ve used that Shakespeare quotation before…

It aptly suits the topic of this blog post so we’ll have to risk the possibility of repetition!

For those of you in bands, or aspiring to be a solo artist, the music industry can be a difficult place in which to wedge your foot in the door. I imagine this to be a rather solid, heavy oak door. Something one might find at a large manor house or even a castle… I digress. With my metal band Disconnected Souls and my business Deviate PR, I’m trying to experiment with new approaches that may help benefit others who are trying to ‘get out there’.

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My Experience of Blogging

[This article was originally published in the University of Chester Student News, Issue 1 2018/19. View the magazine online here: http://www.chester.ac.uk/sites/files/chester/Student_News_Autumn_2018.PDF]

Writing is something that I have always enjoyed and being able to produce pieces that can be shared with others is fantastic. My writing varies in genre from music journalism, including reviews and interviews, to literary related articles, poetry and blog posts sharing my thoughts on a range of subjects.

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What Does our Word Choice Reveal About us?

We adapt our language to the present situation and the people who surround us. Obvious examples of this is the use of more informal language around friends and more formal language use at work. Language use goes further than these two binary distinctions. The way you pronounce words or choose certain phrases over others can reveal aspects of your personality, without necessarily being aware of it.

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