TOM
ALEX
Our Story
TOM
We're Tom and Alex, and we run Music Social.
ALEX
We're two musicians with one idea: music is something you share.
TOM
We like meeting and hanging out with people by making music with them. Once a month, round a table, with songs you already know. We call it Super Sunday.
Tom
TOM
At school my music teacher, with a big grin on his face, told me I probably wasn’t destined for a career in music. That my grades were “a case of damage limitation”. ‘To hell with that’ I thought. I went on to study music anyway, play big stages and work in fancy studios. When I finally got there, I realised I didn't really enjoy it.
TOM
My fondest musical memory is my dad, who wasn't a musician, playing ‘Wishing Well’ outside a mobile home in France. He put the words on the table, pushed them over to me, poured me a drink and shared one of his favourite songs. He was socialising.
ALEX
That's a different way to think about music. Not something you consume. Something you share.
Alex
ALEX
I learned the bassoon as a kid, and had to give it up at university because I couldn't afford one. So I went looking for something else, and fell into Brazilian carnival music by accident.
ALEX
One moment sums it up. I was standing on a hill in Rio, somewhere tourists aren't supposed to go, while a local gave me a personal tour of the community. We were only there together because we'd played drums together. If I can do this, then you definitely can.
How we met
TOM
We met through mutual friends, planning a project about teaching ear training. Talking it through, we realised we had something more to offer.
ALEX
A year later, we ran the first Music Social. About 20 people came. We played English songs in the Brazilian format for the first time, and the room took off. No Scrubs was the moment it peaked. That was the proof.
