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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.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
story
video
screenshot
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
YouTube
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
music
MIYAVI
connection
worldwide
outlet
Collection (Dublin Core)
Performing Arts
Asian & Pacific Islander Voices
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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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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://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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