Item

Holy Nights

Title (Dublin Core)

Holy Nights

Description (Dublin Core)

Since May one of my biggest outlets from the stress of the pandemic has been watching MIYAVI perform live from Tokyo, Japan. I stumbled across his music on YouTube in 2008 and he's been one of my favorite artists since. After my dad passed in 2016 I made a promise to not let life slip by and last year I kept up with that promise by going to see some of my favorite musicians live, including MIYAVI. I was hoping to see him in concert again this year since he tends to tour worldwide often but when the pandemic hit I knew that wasn't going to happen. Instead, he has been holding virtual concerts from his home in Tokyo or an empty studio with drummer, Bobo, a GoPro, and a couple of drones. Even though for me seeing his performances means waking up at 7 am, it's so worth it. A lot has changed because of the pandemic but with technology, we can still connect and have fun with people from all over the world. Something MIYAVI mentions often during his virtual performances is that music won't stop, musicians won't stop playing, and that we are connected through music. I think it's very important to remember that more than what divides us, connects us and music is a large part of that. For an hour people from Japan, China, Europe, Africa, South America, and North America join into one virtual space because of music and because MIYAVI continues to remind us we are connected.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 27, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

MIYAVI

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Stephanie Berry

Type (Dublin Core)

story
video
screenshot

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCDnwPeAobQ

Publisher (Dublin Core)

YouTube

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Emotion
English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Events
English Home & Family Life
English Music

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

release
connection
endorphins
enjoyment

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

music
MIYAVI
connection
worldwide
outlet

Collection (Dublin Core)

Performing Arts
Asian & Pacific Islander Voices

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tracking For Sanity

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

7/23/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

8/9/2020
09/23/2020
11/16/2020
03/27/2021

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on July 23, 2020 by Stephanie Berry using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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