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Sludge, Cardiff University has arguably the best music school outside of the very top major universities - top 10 in the UK last time I checked. One of the biggest draws for music students is the music scene in Cardiff. So many opportunities in so many areas for music students. You might be shaking your head at the moment, but I can promise you this is true.
Cardiff offers many opportunities for musicians of all types, and all local, on our doorstep. Sorry if some of it doesn't suit you, but Cardiff has a very big reputation on the world stage.
Opera , classical maybe
But it doesn't have a decent rock , alternative , metal , indie scene ?
It certainly doesn't have the small and mid sized venues that Bristol has
The problem with classical , opera etc is that venues are built but the people don't come
That's not to say that classical is crap , it's clearly not
But Cardiff doesn't produce bands like Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester etc does and considering Cardiff is bigged up .....especially on here and in the local media ......it should really be better
Food is another area that Cardiff is criticised for .....it is , according to those that know , a bit conservative with a small c and samey
Actually I think samey could apply to the music scene too
There are some good hip hop style sounds , mace the great is excellent imo
But the chances of him having a night at the millennium centre is virtually non existent .....but there are opera and classical nights there where the crowds are dismal
It's a similar size
Cosmopolitan
Industrial past
Cardiff has had proportionally more investment than the three I mentioned but that's about it really
It's a good city but it's too small really
I think if it had the population of Sheffield for example it would be a lot better
Cardiff Bay sometimes seems too big and the city centre too small for a modern city
Cardiff doesn't have many decent music venues , it's ironic that both Newport in the past and now Swansea have modern , seated entertainment venues .....plenty of money was spent on the millennium centre but its rarely used for touring bands , you are more likely to see a puppet show or dancing clowns .....in front of a few hundred people
It has nowhere near the number of art galleries that Liverpool or Glasgow have
Newcastle has an extensive metro system
It's train station is inadequate and small compared to most UK cities
Those are facts not opinions
I would agree it's got a nice civic centre
The irony
plenty of money is put into opera , classical and non contemporary music but very few people pay to go and watch it
A lot of white elephants in Cardiff , the millennium centre being a prime example
This capital city stuff thrown around is nonsense , it's just a name .
Cardiff should focus on getting the basics right instead of trying to be so pretentious
Having a Romanian women's dance group is great but nobody goes to watch them
My gripe with Parking, the roads, the council, and Drippy is clouding my judgment, I talk to a lot of people from all over the southwest and up to Birmingham. I would say 90% of people love Cardiff as a City and talk positively about visits for weekend shopping, concerts, sporting events etc, it compares well for things to do with most other Cities in the Country.
I think that Sludge has a point on some of the music stuff. Theres things any city is good at and things any city is less good at. I've always felt Cardiff has a good 'top-down' music offer, with the big gigs, venues, opera etc but is pretty poor at grassroots or 'bottom-up' venues, where there is a real lack of choice really, whether it's seeing a guitarist in a pub or paying a tenner to see an upcoming band. If that's what Sludge is saying, then I think he has a point.
More generally, five things I think Cardiff has that would grace any global city:
1 - Bute Park.
2 - Cardiff Bay. Though we have done little with it, most places would love a huge freshwater lake on the edge of its city centre
3 - Millennium Stadium. Until the Bernerbau was recently completed it was the largest coveredarena in Europe
4 - Civic Centre. Our architecture generally isn't much to write about but that is
5 - Cardiff Castle. Loads of cities boast stunning castles but we are also one of them
Hopefully the metro will sort many of the transport issues, next thing on the list needs to be homelessness and litter.
It's a fact that Liverpool has more art galleries than Cardiff
It's a fact that Cardiff Central is a very small train station and doesn't have the capacity of Leeds , Manchester Piccadilly , Sheffield Midland , Bristol Temple Meads etc
It's a fact that Newcastle has an extensive metro system , including an underground , Cardiff doesn't
I am all for people being proud to an extent of where they come from but most of the praise of Cardiff seems to be hyperbole and comes straight out of Wales Online
Totally agree with the litter aspect. My grandson lived just outside Malvern and on his frequent visits to us when he was younger, he always questioned why there was so much litter around, especially in the city centre areas. Ironically he's now in Cardiff Met, so I hope during his nights out with his fellow students he's not adding to the problem.
I'm not sure if it's an issue with all major cities in the UK but I know larger cities abroad seem to have it under control. Maybe their residents have more respect for their cities than we have.
Does anyone bar a few lost goths like the rock shit you listen to? Isn’t that what the moon club on womanby street doe or one of those places along there? That’s enough isn’t it? Strangely, when I lived in Bristol for 4 years I found myself coming back here quite a lot as there seemed to be a lot more going on. I can’t stand the carling academy either…..
Nevertheless it seems that Cardiff Central is a busier station than Sheffield Midland, Newcastle and Bristol TM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._Great_Britain.
And far busier than cities of a similar size such as Coventry, Stoke, Nottingham etc.