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I've come to believe recently that the time we spend outside of our studios is just as important as the time we spend inside our studios. Those late night sessions are great for getting stuff done, but we need life experience to fuel our work in the first place.

Work:Ethic photographer and all-round loveable homeboy Danny Wood is part of a new exhibition at the Roundhouse called 'All The Way Live'. Featuring photography and artwork, it showcases pieces by Danny Wood, David A Richardson, Liz Amadi, Zayneea Nesat and Cath Love. The photos capture live performances from shows at the Roundhouse over the last year, including Jay-Z, Speech Debelle and Mos Def.

’Toothache’, a self-portrait by Michael

Spirit Level 1, Koestler Exhibition 2009, Royal Festival Hall - Free Entry

Art by Offenders features creative work from a range of mediums by prisoners, psychiatric patients and immigration detainees from across the world, but what’s really interesting here is that 6 prisoners from HM Prison Downview in Surrey were chosen by the Koestler Trust to curate the exhibition.

Depending on who you ask, it's either getting easier or harder to get your music heard nowadays: you can upload a song onto the internet in seconds, but when 20 zillion people are doing the same thing, how are you supposed to get your ideas heard?

Saturdays at Rat Records are a treat for record-collectors who like a broad range of music, but not many record-collectors seem to know about it.

Walking around a council block in Elephant & Castle in your spare time doesn’t initially seem like a wise thing to do, but Seizure gives you a good excuse to do it anyway.

Theo Parrish plays records at Plastic People on the first Saturday of every month and has done since early 2008. So far, I’ve been four times this year.