MIC Talks Music

Welcome back  to the newest edition of MIC Talks Music! It's Mitchell once again, bringing you a shorter segment this week. If you are reading this on the day of release, don't forget that there is an Open Mic at 8:00 tonight at the Bowen Thompson Student Union in the multipurpose room. For that reason, I think it would be nice to do a more laid back post this week and hear from the viewers. So without further ado, let's see what burning questions you had for me? "What was the first memory of music that you had that stood out to you?" Interestingly enough, I was obsessed with Sugar We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy when I was a toddler. My parents would tell me that I used to embarrass them in the super market by yelling "cock it and pull it" over and over again. I don't think I'm anywhere near as proud to know the lyrics to a Fall Out Boy song at 19 years old though, haha. "What are your top 10 female musicians?" This is tough but I...

Hello and welcome to this charity special  of MIC Talks Music. A couple weeks ago, I was approached by a former Music Industry Club member who is now the founder of Beautiful Rat Records, Jacob W. Fowler. He was messaging me to tell me about a charity collaboration he was doing with fellow label, Ska Punk International. This collaboration consists of two compilation albums called Songs For Moms: Volume 2 and Songs for Dads. Jacob has kindly provided some information for the two labels as well as the inspiration of these charitable compilations. Please give his words a read and feel free to keep reading at the bottom for my thoughts on the projects! Beautiful Rat Records Beautiful Rat Records is a radical label with the goal to help artists and the communities they come from thrive. The label was founded and is currently solely ran by former MIC member, Jacob W. Fowler, who was tired of not being able to find a job with his audio and music industry degree, so he decided to create on...