I have been listening to the music of Kris Barras since his debut album release back in 2016. Unfortunately to the nature globally of the last two years of the pandemic I have not had the opportunity to experience actually seeing him live.A few months ago I had provisionally secured a ticket to see him play a local date in Manchester as support to Black Stone Cherry but that fell through at the 11th hour for personal reasons. I was fortunate enough to receive an advance link to his new album “Death Valley Paradise”which duly motivated me into placing  an advance order(plus a tshirt).On se ..read more

I am thankful to be starting fresh with Scholastic Perspectives. It’s been a long time coming but I figured I better release a few final episodes under the Madness To Creation umbrella. Here, Mark Dean interviews Dino Jelusick.  Dino is the singer of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Dirty Shirley, and recently joined the legendary Whitesnake. Follow Mark Dean on Facebook and Twitter and learn all about Dino below: www.facebook.com/Mark-Dean-Media-Journalist www.twitter.com/DeanoJou     The post Madness To Creation “From The Vault: Dino Jelusick of Trans-Siberian Orchestra and White ..read more

Contributor’s Note:  Recently, legendary singer/songwriter Chris De Burgh released his 27th studio album entitled “The Legend of Robin Hood.”  The album takes on his story and conceptualizes the injustices, circumstances and the life that Robin Hood lived and brings it to life for the listener.  The album was so well put together that a production company out of Germany is going to make it into a musical. “The Legend of Robin Hood” was produced by Chris Porter and it takes the listener through an aural extravaganza through a wide variety of musical genres including Medieval, tr ..read more

Contributor’s Note:  “I ain’t missing you at all, missing you, since you’ve gone away”, that song by John Waite is such a timeless classic.  That song and his voice has me feeling some kind of way as it did for over 60 million people that have clicked on his YouTube video.  I miss the 80’s, where you can roll the windows down, let the wind blow through your hair and just sing until your heart is content as God offers up his beautiful landscapes in the background.  We are lucky and fortunate to have John Waite on Behind The Yearbook via Scholastic Perspectives. John Waite ha ..read more

Contributor’s Note:  Scottie Brown interviewed frontman Scooter Ward of Cold before their hometown show at the Underbelly in Jacksonville, Florida.  The band has been hitting it hard for years with classic albums and tracks such as “13 Ways To Bleed On Stage”, “Stupid Girl” and their critically acclaimed record entitled “The Things We Can’t Stop.”  Scooter and the band was so gracious to Scottie as Scottie has been a fan of this band for years and Cold’s music touches lives and captivates imaginations towards the voiceless and the hurt.  They talked mental health briefly a ..read more

It’s a rainy Thursday night for my first concert since the COVID-19 pandemic began. According to some of the more frequent concert-goers I spoke with, despite the vaccine rollout and eased restrictions, show attendance has not returned to its normal, pre-pandemic state. This was certainly the case in this instance, with a crowd of maybe 40 fans in attendance, exacerbated by it being a Thursday, and at the same time as a Green Bay Packers game, something the average Wisconsinite is not going to miss. Click to view slideshow.   Despite the smaller crowd of dedicated fans, there was certainl ..read more

Recently, or ages ago since our hiatus, heavy metal heavyweights CRADLE OF FILTH brought their show to Irving Plaza, however, the show was compromised.  Cradle Of Filth ended up being the only band playing due to positive Covid-19 cases from the Once Human and 3Teeth camp.  Cradle of Filth more than made up for it with their rabid fanbase by delivering a blistering set that pleased old and new fans alike.  The “Lustmord and Tourgasm” tour of 2021 brought fan favorites such as “Nymphetamine(Fix)” and their set closers “Necromantic Fantasies” and “From the Cradle to Enslave ..read more

With the Helloween season set kick-off at the end of October, Helloween fans this year will receive a special gift earlier to prepare them for an exciting Helloween season. The surprise gift is Helloween’s own comic book, Seekers of the Seven Keys.  Production of the comic book was made possible through combined efforts by Incendium, Pumpkin fans, and Unitel Helloween. Fans who will buy this book will be treated to a mixture of fantasy and supernatural horror. Already, a large number of fans have begun placing their preorders.  Characteristics of Helloween Every year, Helloween fans ..read more

I have missed all of you, it has been weeks(literally) since I’ve made a post.  I wanted to issue a statement for the relaunch. Due to my vision, I have decided to put Madness To Creation to bed.  It was a good starting point, but then I realized that we were doing things that literally ever other music website was doing, and I decided to put my educational background and my current occupation as a teacher and created “Scholastic Perspectives.”  I believe that Scholastic Perspectives is going to be a fresh look on things, looking at the music industry, the state of education and ..read more

Editor’s Note:  Here at Scholastic Perspectives, we’ll be examining social media usage and its impact on students coming up.  As an educator, one thing I’ve noticed is missing is the lack of digital citizenship that is being taught towards our students.  Because of this, students aren’t socialized like they should be and major cyberbullying issues arise because of the lack of digital citizenship in the curriculum.  As educators, we need to realize that cell phones are here to stay and we need to adapt, and that’s teaching students how to interact appropriately on their cell ..read more