Writing about music since 2005

About MusicTGC

"Music, the great communicator!"

'Can’t Stop' lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Front cover of Red Hot Chili Peppers album which includes their name in red and blue text along an image of a woman with colour inverted blue and her eyes covered by a bar of yellow across the width of the image.
(Credit. Warner Bros.)

MusicTGC was inspired by a Red Hot Chili Peppers lyric.  TGC stands for “the great communicator” as sung on their 2003 single ‘Can’t Stop’.

Founded in 2008, MusicTGC served as a digital platform / blog for chronicling my music reviews. Throughout the years, my reviews found a home on Glasswerk.co.uk, a prominent music review site, from 2005 to 2012. Unfortunately, all the music reviews contributed to the site were purged, during a rebranding effort.

After graduating, I went to work for HMV (Sales Assistant) and an independent music PR company (PR Assistant).  In 2005, in my spare time, I started reviewing singles, albums and live music for Glasswerk.co.uk.

A huge part of my life has been spent attending gigs and, as a life-long music fan, I love seeing bands/acts live.  You can see an almost exhaustive list on my setlist.fm profile, which features setlists I’ve created and contributed to.

Communal experience of waiting in line at music venue Roundhouse in Camden, picture of five clenched fists with numbers on them from 44 to 48 outside a Radiohead gig.

Some of my favourite…

Live experiences:

  1. Seeing Prince at the Roundhouse (4 June 2014)
  2. Watching Radiohead perform 6 times (Old Trafford – 4 July 2017; Roundhouse – 27 May 2016; Victoria Park – 24 June 2008; V Festival – 19 August 2006; Hammersmith Apollo – 18 & 19th May 2006). 
  3. Marvelling over Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall (Oct 23, 2015)

Venues and why:

  • Eventim (Hammersmith) Apollo / tiered standing
  • Royal Albert Hall / best sound quality
  • Roundhouse / great views of the stage wherever you are

Bands/acts:

  • Radiohead
  • Smashing Pumpkins
  • Beck