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Pop essentials and a little bit more

Into The Unknown, ‘Frozen 2’ Movie Review

November 27, 2019

There may be spoilers ahead! Josh Taerk reviews Disney’s ‘Frozen 2’.

Girl Goin’ For A Grammy, Ashley McBryde And Her Amazing Grammy Nominated song

November 22, 2019

It’s not every day that you hear about an artist being signed to a major record label at the age of 36 years old, especially in the modern country music landscape. It’s also not every day that you hear that artist is nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song, with her first major-label release. However, not every artist is Ashley McBryde. Combining the classic country sounds and instrumentation of 90s country music, with honest, heartfelt vocal performances, McBryde is distinguishing herself from the pack and carving out her own place in modern country music.

A Star is Born – Celebrating Poker Face, the Song That Made The Fame Monster

November 20, 2019

Lady Gaga burst onto the music scene back in 2009 with the re-issue of her debut album ‘The Fame Monster’. The album quickly peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 charts and topped the Dance/Electronic charts – an early indicator of Gaga’s rapid rise to fame.

BTS And K-pop Are Driving A Resurgence In The CD

November 6, 2019

Over recent years, K-pop has had an increasingly influential role in the music industry, even in western markets. Reflecting the open internet culture, music from South Korea has cracked the U.S. and European markets in a way it never could before. It also seems K-pop is having a wider impact on the music industry as a whole by helping to revive physical music formats.

How to Become a Digital Composer

October 28, 2019

So, you’re thinking of becoming a digital composer? Good call. Digital composers have awesome jobs and get to turn their passion and creative flair into something everyone can enjoy. To become the best, you need to already love music and have an ear for detail – but you also need the tools to help you succeed.

How Do You Break Into The Music Industry?

October 19, 2019

Breaking into the music industry is a dream that many artists have. Imagine getting up on stage in front of thousands of people, and performing a song that you’ve written and recorded? However, whilst you may count guitars instead of counting sheep at night, without a solid plan your music industry hopes will remain a pipe dream. But how do you reach the stardom that you want, and are there steps worth taking that will work out in your favour? In short, yes. We’ve noted down some of them here.

Top 10 Modern Pop Piano Songs Worth Learning To Play

April 19, 2019

Is there anything more impressive than listening to a beautiful piece of piano pop? While bands and guitars and electro pop are still popular on the airwaves, it’s still a welcome sound to listen to a big piano anthem on the radio.

Eliza & The Bear To Release Long Awaited Second Album ‘Group Therapy’

September 13, 2018

Watching Eliza & The Bear has become a regular occurrence for me from the first moment I saw them live at Barn On The Farm in 2014. Since then I’ve seen them grace Scala, Islington Assembly Hall And two more BOTF and they have never disappointed.

Essentially Pop Makes #8 Spot On Feedspot’s Top 25 Pop Music Website List!

April 17, 2018

Here at Essentially Pop we don’t do a lot of tooting our own trumpets, rather we just get on with it, writing about all your faves and highlighting a lot of artists that you might never have otherwise come across. But from time to time, something amazing happens that makes us really very very proud, and today is the occasion of one of those things.