Caught in UK

Last Caught in UK show at Camden Club tomorrow!

Doors @ 7.

Boxing Day is a collab of music kids from the US/UK who play protest indie rock.

Catch them in London this Thursday at Camden Club!

Don't miss Close the Gap tonight at Camden Assembly - 7 PM!

Green Amber is an indie-pop R&B group in London for a limited time.

Catch them and this week ☘️

Follow the members at:
    .garland  .stv 

Graphics by .stv

🖤 Meet Andrew Rudy 🤍

When you mix powerhouse vocals with catchy pop hooks, and add a dash of divine and dramatic concepts you get Andrew Rudy’s music.

Andrew is a true pop/rock/punk artist, serving as the amalgamation of the most flamboyant parts of both genres. From being Possessed to being Gold Blooded, Andrew’s music tackles more than just the concept of love and heartbreak, there is a full spectrum of human emotion that Andrew is here to shine a light on in the most avant garde way.


As an openly gay artist, Andrew strives to show the experiences of the LGBTQIA community. Andrew’s music is here to make an impact. Whether that be social anxiety in confessing your feelings to another person in his record Do U Like Me or whether it be about encouraging someone to come out of the closet and live their best life in Gotta Get Out or perhaps a strong feelings towards a long distance lover in German Lover, Andrew’s music is here to make an impact.

Follow Andrew on socials @
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1C6hV7Tydpe0bheBjG2gQ
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-rudy/

Andrew Rudy - YouTube Andrew Rudy is a pop singer, songwriter, and producer.

Acoustic set tonight at The Slaughtered Lamb!!!!! Come support the Caught in UK team with some laid-back originals.

Catch Close the Gap 229 in the heart of central London 🤘🖤

With..




Doors @ 7


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Close the Gap 229 in the heart of central London TONIGHT!

With




Doors @ 7
Free entry.

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🌴 Meet Joshua Wilson 🌴

Born in Houston, TX in 2002, Joshua is no stranger to the stage having spent his early years performing lead roles in numerous school plays.

Joshua’s young voice is heard at the end of the 2016 Grammy-nominated song, ‘Worth Fighting For’. He performed alongside his father, multi-award-winning artist, Brian Courtney Wilson on the televised 46th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

In 2018, Joshua performed a high-energy, show-stealing rendition of ‘A Great Work’ bringing everyone to their feet at The Kingdom Guys Rock Awards. It was apparent the audience had not just received another singer, but a rare gift. Most recently, Joshua paid tribute to Earth Wind & Fire's longtime bassist, Verdine White at the 2019 Motif Awards in Houston, TX at the historic House of Blues singing their hit song, 'September.'

Dubbed ‘The Voice’ by his peers, Joshua is often called upon to sing and play guitar for various events citywide. He currently lends his talents as a member of USC's premier a capella group, SoCal Vocals.

Inheriting a love of music from his father, Joshua has musical ambitions of his own. He continues to brand himself as a multifaceted game-changer as he blazes his own trail with his music and ministry efforts. Joshua is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in Popular Music at The University of Southern California.

Follow Joshua on socials @
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joshuagordonwilson
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuawilsonmusic/

Welcome USC Londoners!

The Accent welcome dinner is booked for tonight Thursday night, rather than Friday. It is near your ACCENT housing, so not far to travel with jet-lag.

Here are today and tomorrow's details, read carefully!

My Accent colleague Robbie who will be the main contact for you whilst in London. He is arranging the transit passes for the group and will be at the housing on Thursday to check the students in as they arrive. Tonight, Thursday Robbie and ACCENT have arrange a Welcome meal! Robbie has booked a pub for the welcome meal, the Wilmington, for 6:30pm on Thursday 19th. He’ll meet the students at the housing at 6:10pm and walk over with them to the pub, join you all for dinner and pick up the tab. Then on Friday morning he’ll meet students outside their housing at 10:30am, walk them to Accent for Orientation at 11am, followed by a local area walk and free time for lunch. Prof. Smith will then do a special Lecture and schedule review at ACCENT classrooms, and students can go to ICMP and rehearse or relax and get organized.

Just a reminder that the students and John can check-in directly at Crawford House, Crawford Passage, London, EC1R3DP, so they should head straight there from the airport. If there is a turnaround day with students checking out that morning, your check-in will not be until 2pm to allow time for cleaning and maintenance checks. Luggage can be left until the rooms are ready.

Look forward to seeing you in London soon!

Matt - ACCENT Director

🌿 Meet Nischal Chaubey 🌿

From the early age of 12, Nischal picked up the guitar and since then, there was no looking back.

A free spirit at learning the instrument, Nischal utilized his lack of formal education with the instrument by capitalizing on his freedom and focusing on creativity more than rigid learning.

Since then, he has been part of an indie band based out of Mumbai called Ferry Tales, which has received critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone India and Vh1.

After managing the press release of his band's latest EP, "Long Time, No Sea", Nischal moved to London, UK to pursue his Masters in Popular Music Performance at the ICMP. He is currently involved in multiple projects within and outside of the music school environment.

Now a music educator for the past 2 years, Nischal has been utilizing his time in the pandemic, helping people enjoy an artform to alleviate stress and to bring back the small joys of life.

Follow Nischal Chaubey and catch him on tour with Green Amber at Caught in UK:
Instagram - https://instagram.com/nischalchaubey
Twitter - https://twitter.com/NischalChaubey
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nischalchaubeymusic
Website - https://spark.adobe.com/page/YTrysJ706qp94/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5d0PxO0zLJwjinl0MezjpQ

TONY's new single!
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🍀 Meet Alex Oliva 🍀

A multi-faceted musician as a keys player, singer, and songwriter.

His studies in USC Thornton’s popular music program have allowed him to explore a variety of genres such as R&B, Soul, Rock, Funk, and the Blues.
With his main passion of songwriting, Oliva has taken influence from artists such as Stevie Wonder, Anderson Paak, and Bruno Mars.

Recently Oliva has been writing songs with the intention of pitching them to larger artists. Additionally he has released two songs on his own titled, “u & i” and “Baby Girl”. His drive, tenacity, and joy for creating has driven him to make art that will affect listeners on an emotional and spiritual level.

Check out his music here and catch him on tour with Green Amber Band:

https://open.spotify.com/track/1k5SALiKnAbkA2zYrMMTgq?si=2c05b52d67b74adb

UAL will NOT supply wardrobe. Connect with your band and decide on a few unified looks - 2 great articles:

https://blog.sonicbids.com/lets-get-visual-how-to-keep-your-bands-identity-consistent-and-memorable

https://blog.reverbnation.com/2019/11/19/nailing-band-identity/

RS/Prof

4 Steps To Nailing Your Band's Identity | ReverbNation Blog When done well, branding isn’t something your audience should ever really notice. Here are 4 steps to nailing your band's brand identity.

MUSC 470 assignment for Quiz:
Memorize one quote and author from each of the 5 areas listed below:

A career in the arts seems to have 4 essential components that have resonated with great thinkers on a number of subjects over time...they are:

Fear, Dreams, Risk and Struggle

1) The acknowledgment of the power of fear as a formidable opposing force in the pursuit of success throughout history:

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell

Action conquers fear.
-Peter N. Zarlenga

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it...that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
-Dale Carnegie

The fear of unworthiness is the greatest obstacle that prevents people from asking for what they want.
- Diane Loomans

Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mans doubts and fears are his worst enemies.
-William Wrigley, Jr.

Hold your friends close, but your enemies closer.
-Mario Puzo

F-E-A-R has two meanings:
‘Forget Everything And Run’ or
Face Everything And Rise.’
- Zig Ziglar

2) The importance of dreams:
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
-James Allen

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. We are what we think.
- Dhammapada

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
- Goethe

We must select the illusion that appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion.
- Cyril Connolly

In dreams begins responsibility.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

3) The necessity of risk:
Self-confidence is the result of a successfully survived risk.
-Jack Gibb

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are for.
- John Shedd

En boca lupo, crepe lupo. (Into the mouth of the wolf....may he choke!)
- - Italian good luck sentiment
-
Ooooooooooooh what the Heck,
Gooooooooooo for it anyway.
-Mark Victor Hansen

Life Shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
Anais Nin

“For of all sad words of tongues or pen the saddest are these: It might have been…”
John Greenleaf Whittier

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
- Albert Einstein

4) And the engagement of struggle:
Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the gods...so let us celebrate the struggle!
-Swahili Warrior Song

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do”
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Pray to god, but row for shore.
-Russian Proverb

Go over, go under, go around or go through. But never give up.
- Sky mall plaque

If you are going through Hell, keep going.
- Winston Churchill

Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times; they can only make you stronger.
- internet

5) Other salient quotations:
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
-Herbert Spencer

I consider that one of the main tasks of a teacher is to ensure as quickly and as thoroughly as possible that he is no longer necessary to the pupil.
-Heinrich Neuhaus

Develop an infallible technique, then set yourself at the mercy of your inspiration.
- Zen Proverb

From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines.
- Walt Whitman

"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven."
-Martin Luther

Without discipline he has no understanding or inner power, without inner power he has no peace; without peace, where is joy?
The Bhagavad-gita (400 BCE-400 CE)

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very, long time.
-Chinese proverb

Guitar is hard and tricky.
-Jack Petersen (NTSU)

Shut up and play your guitar.
-Frank Zappa

Meet LALO! Soothing r&b melodies meet pop culture themes. Check them out on Instagram for their member feature week!

Teaching/learning moment...

The original Slaughtered Lamb was a pub in a small town just north of London, cursed with the bloodline of the Werewolf. The inhabitants of East Proctor would sacrifice a lamb of their flock and smear the blood over the doors as part of a ritual to ward off the evil spirit of the Werewolf. https://www.slaughteredlambpub.com/history.html #:~:text=The%20original%20Slaughtered%20Lamb%20was,evil%20spirit%20of%20the%20Werewolf.

Here's a picture of me mid-shred at Tommy's Place. Can't wait to play in London!!

Daily 'Caught in UK' teaching moments from the greats:

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
- Goethe

In dreams begins responsibility.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stoked kick off the tour with a jam sesh at The Fiddler - a brand new two-floor bar in the heart of Kilburn High Road 🎻

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/close-the-gap-tour-at-the-fiddler-tickets-334890706117

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• Elevator Pitch: Program Director Richard Smith is a tenured full professor at the USC Thornton School of Music, which is ranked as one of the top music conservatories in the world. He is also a chart topping contemporary instrumental composer/guitarist with 14 solo albums released.

• CAUGHT IN UK mission: to form bands with top young musicians from L.A. (USC) and London (ICMP) co-write, arrange, perform, promote, record, mix and master an album of original music, in 3 weeks!

• Richard Smith's fourteen solo recordings have established him as a veteran of the contemporary music world - with critical and charting success a on every one of his releases. His albums have garnished praise such as “Best Contemporary Jazz Guitar Album” (Tune Up Magazine), a nomination for “Record of the Year” (Ad Lib Magazine), and “Best New Artist” (Radio & Records Magazine). His most recent single, Soul Share, 2021, went to #2 on the USA Today National Airplay Charts,



Richard is also Full Professor and former Chair of the Contemporary Guitar department at the renowned Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His students are working professionally from Broadway and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to recording and have touring with such luminaries as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Marc Anthony, Thundercat, Justin Bieber, Michael Buble, Jason Mraz, Knower, Moonchild, Vulfpeck, Elton John, Madonna, Maroon 5, Jenifer Lopez, John Mayer, Thunder Cat and hit television programs American Idol and Glee.



In EUROPE Richard has taught master classes at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, London, The London College of Creative Media, the Academy of Popular Culture, Leeuwarden, Holland, The Rotterdam Conservatorium, The Utrecht Conservatorium, The Royal Academy of Music, Denmark, Music Academy 2000, Bologna, The Universtate d'Rome, Ionian University, Greece, The Sydney Conservatory, Australia and others. He wrote and led the Master of Culture and Arts, Music, Media & Marketing in Fall of 2018 at Novia University, Pietarsaari, Finland.

"A beautifully played, beautifully produced album."

- Joe Beck, New York jazz and session legend



"Masterful musicianship"

- Dale Turner, West Coast Editor of Guitar One Magazine



“In the forefront of a new generation of exciting artists.”

- Ad lib magazine, Tokyo



“ The leading educator and spokesperson for the instrument and its role in American culture."

- Bruce Forman, Professor, legendary jazz guitarist

Caught in UK presents the CLOSE THE GAP TOUR 🎙️ Spread the word and come party with us in London 🤘

5/22- Kilburn - The Fiddler
5/24- Central London - 229
5/26- Great Sutton St - The Slaughtered Lamb
5/30- Camden - Camden Assembly
6/2- Camden - Camden Club
6/4- Kilburn - North London Tavern