Monday, February 23

Student guitarist, Spring Sing winner aims to continue music outside UCLA

David Miller launched his musical career at UCLA in De Neve Plaza with a white electric guitar. Miller was holding a jam session in De Neve Plaza during week zero of his first year when Eva Barrosse randomly stopped and started to sing along. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student David Miller has been playing the guitar with vocalist Eva B. Ross ever since the two met at their first jam session together in De Neve Plaza. (Emma Skinner/Daily Bruin)



Student creates YouTube videos on life at UCLA, inspires others to vlog

Cindy Thai documented the entirety of her Rieber Vista dorm room during her move-in day vlog, which has since amassed over 600,000 views on YouTube. “In the video I am shrieking with happiness half the time,” Thai said. Read more...

Photo: Cindy Thai poses in front of the first dorm she ever stayed in at UCLA. She documented the process of moving into the Rieber Vista dorm in a vlog which has since garnered more than 600,000 views on YouTube. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)


TFT film festival to celebrate students’ animation work

UCLA’s animation festival was a first-time prom experience for some students featured in the event. “Prom: Festival of Animation” is a featured event of UCLA’s TFT Film Festival that will showcase student-created animated films Saturday. Read more...

Photo: “Prom: Festival of Animation” is a showcase of original short films made by UCLA students, both within and outside of the animation program. The event will take place Saturday and feature around 40 student-made films. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)


Tea Tunes: Ceara Cavalieri makes pop songs her own with soothing covers

Music inspires the soul and allows listeners to feel joyful and free, and behind every piece of inspirational music lies a songwriter and a story. Throughout spring quarter, columnist Kaitlyn Peterson will sit down over tea with UCLA singer-songwriters to explore their musical goals, personal inspirations and what makes their songs so special. Read more...

Photo: Ceara Cavalieri’s covers of “Crazy in Love” and “Hotline Bling” earned her online popularity. However, the singer is working on branching out from covers and is beginning to write her own songs. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)


On The Rise: Rilan

Rilan would take his mother’s Walkman and listen to Madonna and David Bowie for hours when he was a child back in New Orleans. The 21-year-old singer now lives in Los Angeles, but his passion for synth-pop and glam-rock has not faded. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles-based pop artist Rilan uses his synth-pop- and glam rock-influenced music and his distinct sense of style to express his inner personality. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin)


Dance community looks to UCLA to improve studio availability

This post was updated June 8 at 9:55 a.m. Practicing in UCLA’s concrete parking lots has become status quo for UCLA’s dance community because of a lack of available space. Read more...

Photo: ICARUS Contemporary Dance Company practices hip-hop, contemporary and jazz in Parking Structure 4 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The student dancers wear tennis shoes instead of dance shoes to protect themselves from the concrete floor. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)