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Soundshop’s journey from Akpanoluo’s living room to Club Curious

Regardless of one’s walk in life, access to the creative process is vital. Yet, that access is often relegated to a narrow aspect of our…

Sep 22, 2023

Soundshop’s journey from Akpanoluo’s living room to Club Curious

Sep 22, 2023

Inside “Humpty Dumpty,” the New Song by Alphie

Written and Recorded Live in One Week for The Acoustic Guitar Project

Aug 22, 2022

Zoom interview between Alphie and Noah Evan Wilson

Aug 22, 2022

Inside “Bluebird,” the New Song by Laura Westman

Written and Recorded Live in One Week for The Acoustic Guitar Project

Aug 12, 2022

Zoom interview of Laura Westman and Noah Evan Wilson

Aug 12, 2022

Inside “Tangled Up In You,” the New Song by Joelle Montoya

Written and Recorded Live in One Week for The Acoustic Guitar Project

Aug 2, 2022

Joelle Montoya holding up a guitar covered with signatures

Aug 2, 2022

Inside “Gulf Shores,” the New Song by Candid Bandit

Written and Recorded Live in One Week for The Acoustic Guitar Project

Jul 20, 2022

Inside “Gulf Shores,” the New Song by Candid Bandit

Jul 20, 2022

Music and the Brain in “Stranger Things”

The Magic Power of Kate Bush

Jul 8, 2022

Music and the Brain in “Stranger Things”

Jul 8, 2022

Inside “The Exhibitionist,” the New Song by Sotto Voce

Written and Recorded Live in One Week for The Acoustic Guitar Project

Jul 7, 2022

Inside “The Exhibitionist,” the New Song by Sotto Voce

Jul 7, 2022

How Songwriting is Therapy (Emma G)

Do you remember as a teenager listening to certain songs and thinking that finally someone understood how you felt? Finally: you weren’t…

Feb 23, 2022

How Songwriting is Therapy (Emma G)

Feb 23, 2022

Monday Morning Quarterbacking the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Alexandra Cochrane reflects on reality vs expectations for a show that proved challenging to predict

Feb 14, 2022

Monday Morning Quarterbacking the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Feb 14, 2022

How do you discover new music? We asked 6 more of our fav musicians!

And we’re back for part 2!

Dec 17, 2021

How do you discover new music? We asked 6 more of our fav musicians!

Dec 17, 2021

Failing and the Creative Process

Seven New York City musicians confront failure in a one-of-a-kind Soundshop salon.

Nov 18, 2021

Failing and the Creative Process

Nov 18, 2021

How do you discover new music? We asked 7 of our fave musicians!

In today’s music climate, there’s more music out there than ever. It can become overwhelming to keep up — Spotify, Bandcamp, Soundcloud…

Nov 18, 2021

How do you discover new music? We asked 7 of our fave musicians!

Nov 18, 2021

An Homage to Halloween, the Blues, and Neuroscience

The story of how Akpanoluo Etteh’s first recording as a musician came together

Oct 30, 2021

An Homage to Halloween, the Blues, and Neuroscience

Oct 30, 2021

Is Music the foundation of Language? [Video]

On May 28th 2020, Akpanoluo Etteh joined forces with The Brain Bar Salon to host an event called “Music and Language.” In addition to…

Oct 21, 2021

Is Music the foundation of Language? [Video]

Oct 21, 2021

Soundshop’s 15-song Exquisite Corpse

An ongoing surrealism-inspired playlist

Sep 9, 2021

Soundshop’s 15-song Exquisite Corpse

Sep 9, 2021

The Soundshop 2020 Review

2020: The growing pains of becoming.

Jan 18, 2021

The Soundshop 2020 Review

Jan 18, 2021

I Came Back to Music to Find It Completely Different (and Exactly the same)

I’ve been doing music my whole life. I grew up playing violin and went to a boarding arts high school. My peers were musicians, modern and…

Nov 6, 2020

I Came Back to Music to Find It Completely Different (and Exactly the same)

Nov 6, 2020

Dead Serious Music

Lessons Learned from an Ex

Oct 28, 2020

Blue-toned photo of Ivan Anderson performing with a guitar in front of a microphone

Oct 28, 2020

Books About Music to Read Now

Recommendations from People in the Industry

Oct 24, 2020

Covers of four books about music

Oct 24, 2020

A Recap: Marcie Grambeau (Purelands) Interview

The Soundshop’s Instagram Live Series

Oct 1, 2020

Akpanoluo Etteh and Marcie Grambeau on Instagram Live

Oct 1, 2020

The Soundshop Music Blog

The Soundshop Music Blog

This is the blog of The Soundshop music salon and community of New York City. This blog aims to analyze music in a way that enhances general music knowledge.

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