Ricky Martin-Mini biography

Date of Birth24 December 1971, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Birth NameEnrique Martín Morales
NicknameKiki
Height6' 1" (1.85 m)
Mini Biography
Ricky was raised in Puerto Rico. He began his career at the age of 12, as a member of the Puerto Rican music group Menudo. During his time in the group, he had the opportunity to travel and record in various languages including Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and English. Ricky left the group in 1989 and went to study in New York. During a trip to Mexico, his plans changed when he was offered a part in the musical play, "Mama ama el Rock". He went on to portray "Pablo" in the Mexican soap opera "Alcanzar Una Estrella II". He won a Heraldo, the Mexican equivalent of the Academy Award, for his role in "Mas que Alcanzar una Estrella", a film loosely based on the soap. In 1991, he began his career as a soloist, with the release of his first album, self-titled. This album sold over 500,000 copies world-wide, becoming one of the highest debuts for a Latin artist under the Sony label in the last ten years. He followed with another album, "Me Amaras", a more mature compilation of personal and romantic songs which also skyrocketed to the top of the Latin charts and earned him "Best New Latin Artist" at the 1993 Billboard Video Awards. Seeking further opportunities as an actor, he moved to Los Angeles in late 1993. He appeared on two episodes of the NBC sitcom "Getting By" (1993). In February 1994, he made his debut on the ABC daytime soap opera, "General Hospital" (1963), as "Miguel Morez". After dedicating two years of his career to acting, Ricky has returned to his first love, music. His latest release, "A Medio Vivir", is a compilation of songs reflecting pop, rock and latin influences. Ricky Martin is as passionate about helping others as he is about his work. He always finds time to give to drug-addicted and abused children, as well as to educate and inform the youth of the countries he visits about AIDS.

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Named one of "People" magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1999]
Singer.
Had a cameo in the film "Idle Hands", but the scene was deleted. He can still be seen in the background at the Burger Jungle carpark.
Sings the Spanish version of "Go the distance", main theme of Hercules (1997)
Opened a restaurant in Miami beach, 'Casa Salsa' in 1999. The restaurant was later closed.
Is a vegetarian.
His nickname among his immediate family members is Kiki.
Ricky has created the "Ricky Martin Foundation" which gave a million dollar worth of musical instrument to Puerto Rican public schools. The Foundation is also deeply involved in helping children who are victim of child prostitution and/or pornography, especially in India but also all around the world. According to Ricky, "this is the biggest problem our society is going to face within the next 10 years".
Speaks 5 languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, French & Italian.
Lives in Miami
Is the sponsor of three children in India.
Ranked #42 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 16, 2007.
Jon Secada, Desmond Child and Emilio Estefan have all been his music producers for his self-titled album.
His song, "The Cup of Life" was the official theme of the World Cup in France, for 1998.
Welcomed twin sons Matteo and Valentino by gestational surrogate in early August 2008.
His twin sons names are Valentino and Matteo.
Sons, Valentino and Matteo.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Personal Quotes
Ignore the ignorant
The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every [writer] thinks, I'm the journalist who's going to make him talk. I pray for them. I pray that they get a life and stop living mine!
When asked if he has any aspirations for adopting his own children: "I don't know when, but right now I am sponsoring three children in India and we have a very beautiful connection."
"Self-respect and to fight for what you want. I love my dad because he allowed me to do what I wanted, even though he know I wouldn't succeed in some moments. With success or failure, people grows. I wouldn't limit the life of my child, because that way you learn the importance of being realistic." (on what he would pretend to teach to his child).
"I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling." (at how he take care of himself).
Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self control.
I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!
[on Michael Jackson death] I am very sad. No one will be able to replace him. But I know that the light that he emanated from the stage will live on with all of us who saw him for what he was and always will be - a great teacher, pure musical inspiration.
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(July 2003) In Australia promoting his album.
(October 2005) In Australia promoting his new album. Has just come back from Thailand where he was building houses for poor children.

Music theory

Contents
1 Elements of music
1.1 Melody
1.2 Pitch
1.3 Scales and modes
1.4 Rhythm
1.5 Harmony
1.6 Consonance and dissonance
1.7 Dynamics
1.8 Texture
1.9 Form or structure
2 Theories of harmonization
2.1 Four-part writing
2.2 Music perception and cognition
2.3 Serial composition and set theory
2.4 Musical semiotics
3 Music subjects
3.1 Notation
3.2 Mathematics
3.3 Analysis
3.4 Ear training

Vengaboys

Vengaboys are a eurodance band that came to prominence in 1997. They were formed by Dutch DJ’s Danski (Dennis van den Driesschen) and Delmondo (Wessel van Diepen), who toured Spanish beach parties in a bus. They formed in 1992 and gained four dancers during 1995-96. Some of their most successful singles include “Uncle John from Jamaica”, “We’re Going to Ibiza”, “Boom Boom Boom Boom” and “We Like to Party”. Like in Spanish, the V is pronounced with a soft B sound, as such- “Bengaboys”, which could be translated as “The ‘Come on’ Boys”. A guest-singer from Spain, for the producer’s previous project Nakatomi, kept repeatedly singing “¡Venga!” (“Come on!”) in their songs. This led to the name ‘Vengaboys’ as their following project.Never critically acclaimed, the group continued making records that were distinctly “Eurobeat”, following in the footsteps of previous Dutch-Dance sensations 2 Unlimited. The ploy worked and by the beginning of the year 2000, the group had achieved 4 top 10 entries, including 2 number ones (Boom Boom Boom Boom and We’re Going to Ibiza). The group’s success continued throughout the beginning of the 21st century, with the “Platinum Album” (their third album release) going top 10, spawning 3 big hits (Kiss, Shala Lala and Uncle John From Jamaica) and 2 lesser known tracks (Cheekah Bow-Bow, which included their fifth cyber-member Cheekah, and the ballad Forever As One, which gained more notoriety for its video, which was banned after the group used unlicensed pictures of them meeting pop group Westlife).

Famous indian singer Sunidhi Chauhan personal life

Chauhan, whose family basically hails from Uttar Pradesh,was born in a Gujarati-speaking household in Delhi,. Her father is a minor theatre personality who pushed her into the music industry from a young age. She has a younger sister, Suneha.
She completed her schooling from Greenway Public School, Dilshad Garden. She has only studied up to grade tenth, admitting she "was never interested in studies."
Chauhan, who believes herself to be "the most versatile singer today," attributes her success to her parents and Indian singer Sonu Nigam. She has cited Sadma (Shock) as her favourite film; gymnastics and cricket as her favourite sports; and Akshaye Khanna and Madhuri Dixit as her favourite actor and actress, respectively.Chauhan also loves western music, and cites Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson as her inspirations. She has noted that one of her ambitions is to achieve global fame like them.She is also known for her admiration to international divas Celine Dion and Whitney Houston
Chauhan "changed" her image after making it big into Bollywood, upgrading her wardrobe and losing twelve kilos by jogging and working out. In 2000, she revealed a "secret dream" of seeing herself as a Bollywood actress. In an interview, she said: "I have many acting offers too, but I don't want to rush it. Frankly, I would like to do just one or two films to fulfill that secret dream of seeing myself as an actress. But my life is singing and my aim is to keep singing better."

Barak Obama singing.........?????????????????

Barack Obama got a Beantown birthday bash 4 aug. 2008, but a new Bay State poll showing him fading, and grumbling from disgruntled Hillary Clinton backers, sure wasn’t the icing on the cake.
“I never heard from them,” sniffed state Rep. Colleen Garry (D-Dracut), a former Clinton supporter who says the Obama camp hasn’t reached out to Hillary backers. “All I’ve ever received were e-mails from Clinton asking me to support Obama, but just because Hillary has united forces doesn’t mean he should forget to ask.”

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Music Review: Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O.

It was twenty years ago that Janet Jackson broke out onto the pop and R&B charts with Control, a defiant independence anthem that paved the way for the culture warrior she embodied in 1989's Rhythm Nation 1814. Those two blockbuster albums barely hinted at the nymph beneath the armor, and soon their angular, industrial beats were replaced by a softer, warmer sound on 1993's janet. Emerging like a gym-toned Venus on the cover of Rolling Stone, Janet announced that, at 27, the shy pop star of "Let's Wait Awhile" had found her G-spot.
It's been a bumpy road since that hit-machine triumvirate for Ms. Jackson, with sales declining even before the infamous wardrobe malfunction. Each successive album has had at least one great single ("Together Again," "All for You," "I Want You"), but after 2004's disappointing, sex-drenched Damita Jo, Janet (and her record label) seem eager to remind people why she's still around.
All leading to 20 Y.O., her ninth album. The title is a reference to both how old she feels (with a body to match) and to her breakthrough in 1986. The album is at odds with itself, trying to reclaim the dance hits of the '80s and '90s without losing the liquid R&B of her more recent albums, all while trying to create a modern sound to attract new fans without alienating long-term fanatics. Whew. That's a lot of pressure to put on eleven songs.
And Janet is responding to that pressure by having nothing but fun. No angst, no anger, no nasty boys or son-of-a-guns to piss her off, which is strange, since Control was all about asserting herself. "I want to keep it light, I don't want to be serious. I want to have fun," she says in the opening spoken interlude. Okay, fine, that sounds good, but then how is this a throwback to... oh, never mind. The first half of 20 Y.O. is a five-song suite that blatantly tries to put Janet back in the dance clubs where she belongs. The album lead-off and second single, "So Excited," isn't the flawless dance floor anthem fans were hoping for in the tradition of "If" or "Miss You Much." On any other Janet album, it would be a good third or fourth single, but the breathy vocals and monotone chorus are way too laid back to create any urgent excitement promised by the title.
The one-two punch of "Get It Out Me" and "Do It 2 Me" are where the album really takes off, and either song would have made a much better lead single to announce that Janet's back, she's having fun, and she's ready to dance. Her whispery coo is just one of two or three vocal personae that Janet pulls out on the former in a three-minute kitchen-sink anthem praising the mysterious skills of her lover, and while it may be trying too hard, I'd rather see Janet work her ass off to please her audience than coast on her charms.

Natioanl Anthem of Nepal

"Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka Hami" (Nepali: सयौं थुँगा फूलका हामी, translates to Hundreds of Flowers - Us) is the national anthem of Nepal. It was officially declared as the national anthem of Nepal on August 3, 2007 amid a ceremony held at the conference hall of National Planning Commission, inside Singha Durbar. Speaker of interim parliament Mr. Subhash Nemwang played the CD of national anthem amid a ceremony.
The lyrics of the National Anthem were written by poet Pradeep Kumar Rai, alias Byakul Maila. The music has been composed by Ambar Gurung. The national anthem is simply worded, praising Nepalese sovereignty, unity, courage, pride, scenic beauty, progress, peace, cultural and biological diversity, and respect.

Nepali lyrics
सयौं थुँगा फूलका हामी, एउटै माला नेपाली
सार्वभौम भई फैलिएका, मेची-महाकाली।
सयौं थुँगा फूलका हामी, एउटै माला नेपाली
सार्वभौम भई फैलिएका, मेची-महाकाली।
प्रकृतिका कोटी-कोटी सम्पदाको आंचल
वीरहरूका रगतले, स्वतन्त्र र अटल।
ज्ञानभूमि, शान्तिभूमि तराई, पहाड, हिमाल
अखण्ड यो प्यारो हाम्रो मातृभूमि नेपाल।
बहुल जाति, भाषा, धर्म, संस्कृति छन् विशाल
अग्रगामी राष्ट्र हाम्रो, जय जय नेपाल।

English Translation
Hundreds of flowers - Us, one garland - Nepali
Sovereign, spread out from Mechi to Mahakali.
Hundreds of flowers - Us, one garland - Nepali
Sovereign, spread out from Mechi to Mahakali.
A playground for millions of Nature's gifts
By the blood of heroes, independent and immovable.
Land of knowledge, land of peace, Terai, hills, mountains
Indivisible - our beloved, motherland Nepal.
multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and with a large culture
progressive nation ours, oh hail Nepal!

SPICE GIRL-Second reunion rumours (2009)

In September 2009, rumours emerged of a second Spice Girls reunion after Brown, Chisholm, Halliwell and Bunton were photographed having a night out in London. Victoria Beckham was absent from the night due to her work schedule. Brown then mused about the possibilities of another tour on her Twitter.Halliwell was then quoted during a television interview saying; “We always talk about creative plans and possibilities, definitely... And yes [we did talk about that last week]. Right now, we are gathering information and thinking about possibilities... but when you're evolving a plan you don't share it to the world until it's concrete...If they do cement themselves, I'll be the first to tell you." watch video."
Brown then responded to questions regarding another reunion via her official message board, saying; "I would love to tell you. But until all 5 of us have finalized everything, out of respect for each other and the Spice brand, mums the word for now. All 5 of us are in discussions right now, I’ll let you know what we decide on once all 5 of us agree. But it is all very exciting!" Bunton then told readers of Now Magazine that they had been discussing work-related subjects and that she's "...sure all five of us will be catching up again soon. Watch this space!" Bunton also stated later that the Spice Girls would not be reuniting for the world cup.
In mid-October, Melanie C denied on GMTV all rumours about a possible reunion with Spice Girls, explaining that it is not feasible to have a comeback at the moment. In the same month, reports suggest that the Spice Girls are to star in a reality show in which they’ll cast actresses to play them in a musical, although Melanie B denied this rumor but stated all 5 girls are indeed signed on for and planning 'something exciting'.
On November 1st 2009, Simon Fuller supposedly suggested that the Spice Girls would get together to perform at the 2012 Summer Olympics and kick-off their second reunion tour,though this has not been verified by any of the girls.

British Rock and Roll

In the 1950s, Britain was well placed to receive American rock and roll music and culture. It shared a common language, had been exposed to American culture through the stationing of troops in the country, and shared many social developments, including the emergence of distinct youth sub-cultures, which in Britain included the Teddy Boys. Trad Jazz became popular, and many of its musicians were influenced by related American styles, including boogie woogie and the blues.The skiffle craze, led by Lonnie Donegan, utilised amateurish versions of American folk songs and encouraged many of the subsequent generation of rock and roll, folk, R&B and beat musicians to start performing. At the same time British audiences were beginning to encounter American rock and roll, initially through films including Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Rock Around the Clock (1955). Both films contained the Bill Haley & His Comets hit "Rock Around the Clock", which first entered the British charts in early 1955 - four months before it reached the US pop charts - topped the British charts later that year and again in 1956, and helped identify rock and roll with teenage delinquency. American rock and roll acts such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Buddy Holly thereafter became major forces in the British charts.
The initial response of the British music industry was to attempt to produce copies of American records, recorded with session musicians and often fronted by teen idols.More grassroots British rock and rollers soon began to appear, including Wee Willie Harris and Tommy Steele.During this period American Rock and Roll remained dominant, however, in 1958 Britain produced its first "authentic" rock and roll song and star, when Cliff Richard reached number 2 in the charts with "Move It". At the same time, TV shows such as Six-Five Special and Oh Boy! promoted the careers of British rock and rollers like Marty Wilde and Adam Faith. Cliff Richard and his backing band The Shadows, were the most successful home grown rock and roll based acts of the era. Other leading acts included Billy Fury, Joe Brown, and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose 1960 hit song "Shakin' All Over" became a rock and roll standard.
As interest in rock and roll was beginning to subside in America in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was taken up by groups in major British urban centres like Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London.About the same time, a British blues scene developed, initially led by purist blues followers such as Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies who were directly inspired by American musicians such as Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.Many groups moved towards the beat music of rock and roll and rhythm and blues from skiffle, like the Quarrymen who became The Beatles, producing a form of rock and roll revivalism that carried them and many other groups to national success from about 1963 and to international success from 1964, known in America as the British Invasion.Groups that followed the Beatles included the beat influenced Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits and the Dave Clark Five, and the more blues influenced The Animals, The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds. As the blues became an increasingly significant influence, leading to the creation of the blues-rock of groups like The Moody Blues, Small Faces, The Move, Traffic and Cream, and developing into rock music, the influence of early rock and roll began to subside.

Oscar award winner song "Jai ho"lyrics

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale

Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale

Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Ratti Ratti Sachi Maine Jaan Gavayi Hai

Nach Nach Koylo Pe Raat Bitayi Hai

Akhiyon Ki Neend Maine Phoonko Se Uda Di

Gin Gin Tare Maine Ungli Jalayi Hai

Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale

Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Baila Baila Ahora, conmigo, tu baila para hoy

Porque este dia te olvidas de problemas los que sean

¡salud! baila baila

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho

Chakh Le Ho Chakh Le Ye Raat Shahad Hai Chakh Le

Rakh Le Haan Dil Hai Dil Aakhri Had Hai Rakh Le

Kala Kala Kajal Tera Koi Kala Jadoo Hai Na

Kala Kala Kajal Tera Koi Kala Jadoo Hai Na

Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale

Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale

Jai Ho, Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho ....

Kab Se Ha Kab Se Jo Lab Pe Ruki Hai Keh De

Keh De Ha Keh De Ab Aankh Jhuki Hai..Keh De

Aisi Aisi Roshan Aankhe Roshan Do Do dheelay Hai Kya

Aaja Aaja Jind Shamiyane Ke Tale

Aaja Jariwale Nile Aasman Ke Tale

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho Jai Ho

Disco Music

Disco is a genre of dance music that had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, psychedelic and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. While disco was a form of black commercial pop music and a craze among black gay men especially, it did not catch mainstream attention until it was picked up by the predominantly white gay clubs of New York. Latinos and women embraced disco as well, and the music eventually expanded to several other popular groups of the time. In what is considered a forerunner to disco style clubs, in February 1970, the New York City DJ David Mancuso opened The Loft, a members-only private dance club set in his own home. Most agree that the first disco songs were released in 1973, though some claim Manu Dibango's 1972 Soul Makossa to be the first disco record.The first article about disco was written in September 1973 by Vince Aletti for Rolling Stone Magazine. In 1974 New York City's WPIX-FM premiered the first disco radio show.
Musical influences include funk and soul music. The disco sound has soaring, often reverberated vocals over a steady "four-on-the-floor" beat, an eighth note (quaver) or sixteenth note (semi-quaver) hi-hat pattern with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a prominent, syncopated electric bass line sometimes consisting of octaves. Strings, horns, electric pianos, and electric guitars create a lush background sound. Orchestral instruments such as the flute are often used for solo melodies, and unlike in rock, lead guitar is rarely used.
Well-known late 1970s disco performers included Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, Chic, and The Jacksons. Summer would become the first well-known and most popular disco artist, giving her the title 'The Queen of Disco', and also played a part in pioneering the electronic sound that later became a part of disco (see below). While performers and singers garnered the lion's share of public attention, the behind-the-scenes producers played an equal, if not more important role in disco, since they often usually wrote the songs and created the innovative sounds and production techniques that were part of the "disco sound".Many non-disco artists recorded disco songs at the height of disco's popularity, and films such as Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It's Friday contributed to disco's rise in mainstream popularity.
The disco phenomenon was the last mass popular music movement that was driven by the baby boom generation .
An angry backlash against disco music and culture emerged in the United States hitting its peak with the July 1979 Disco Demolition Night riot. While the popularity of disco in the United States declined markedly as a result of the backlash, the genre continued to be popular elsewhere during the 1980s.
Because the term "disco" became unfashionable at the start of the 1980's it was replaced by "dance music" and "dance pop" which described music powered by the basic disco beat.In the decades since, dance clubs have remained highly popular, and the disco beat has informed the sound of many of music's biggest stars. Disco has been influential on several dance music genres that have emerged since, such as House, Nu-Disco, Hi-NRG, and Latin Freestyle.

KOREAN MUSIC

Korean music had predominantly two main genres which defined its classy music. Traditional Classical and Folk Music were the main forms of music in old Korea. Korean classical music had a distinctly similar style to Chinese music. Even during old times, several customary ceremonies and recreational functions followed Confucian philosophy.
Korean folk music in contrast was more of energetic nature and it evolved from Shamanistic rituals. Impact of Buddhist music can also be seen in other cultural activities of Korea. Korean music can be segregated in courtly, scholarly, aristocratic and religious types. Its folk music is mostly melodious in nature and follows a set of rhythms called Jangdan.
Korean court music can be traced to the 13th century. Three forms of court music are; Aak, Hyang-ak and Dang-ak. However, court music is rarely used now a day.
Korean instruments are divided into three categories of string, wind and percussion instruments. String instruments include 12-string zither (gayageum) and geomungo (six-string plucked zither), haegum (two-string vertical fiddle) and the ajaeng (seven-string zither).
Primary wind instruments are piri (cylindrical oboe), daegeum (large transverse flute), Chinese oboe, saenghwang (mouth organ), panpipes, hun (ocarina), flute with mouthpiece, danso (small-notch vertical flute), and grass flute. Percussion instruments include, kkwaenggwari (hand-held gong), buk (barrel drum), janggu (hourglass drum), jing (large hanging gong), The bak (clapper), janggu (hourglass drum), pyeongyeong (stone chimes) and chuk (square wooden box with mallet).

Famous singer "Udit Narayan Jha" personal details

Udit Narayan was born in Bhardah, in Saptari district in the Terai plains of Nepal in 1955. He is an original native of Bihar. He received training from Pandit Dinkar Kaikini. He began his career by singing in Nepali, Maithili, and Bhojpuri . He was initially denied a job at Radio Nepal. He sang folk songs for Radio Nepal throughout the early 1970s. In 1978, he moved to Mumbai on a music scholarship. In Mumbai, he was trained in Indian classical music for six years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
He got his first break in 1980, when noted music director (composer) Rajesh Roshan asked him to do a song for the Hindi film Unees Bees, in which he got an opportunity to sing with his inspiration, Mohammed Rafi. However, the actual success story of his career began in 1988 with the successful Bollywood movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, earning him a Filmfare Award.[3] The film also brought actor Aamir Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and playback singer Alka Yagnik to stardom. After the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he became one of the leading playback singers in the Indian film industry.
At the same time, he became a well-known celebrity in Nepal and sang in many popular Nepalese movies. He even acted in some Nepalese movies like Kusume Rumal and Pirati, but did not achieve much success. He has worked in Nepalese films as well, in particular for composer Shambhujeet Baskota. During his early singing career, he performed songs composed by Shiva Shankar, Natikaji and Gopal Yonzan. In 2004, he released his first private Nepalese album Upahaar, in which he also sang duets with his wife Deepa Jha.
He has worked with musicians like Rahul Dev Burman, Jagjit Singh, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Bappi Lahiri, Vishal Bhardwaj, A. R. Rahman, Nadeem-Shravan, Rajesh Roshan, Shankar Mahadevan, Himesh Reshammiya, Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal-Shekhar, and leading directors like Yash Chopra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Karan Johar. These include Darr, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Swades, and Veer Zaara.
At the Hits FM Awards 2004 he won awards in two major categories for the album, Record of the Year and Album of the Year.[citation needed] Some of Narayan's other private albums are Bhajan Sangam, Bhajan Vatika, I love You, Dil Deewana, Yeh Dosti, Love is Life, Jhumka de Jhumka, Sona No Ghadulo, Dhuli Ganga, and Ma Tarini.
He was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Pariwaar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers). He shared judging duties with fellow playback singer Kumar Sanu and Jatin Pandit of the famous music duo Jatin-Lalit.
Narayan has performed in many stage shows in India and abroad and is the recipient of a large number of awards. These include Screen Videocon Award, MTV Best Video Award and Pride of India Gold Award.

Personal life -Nepali legend singer Narayan Gopal

Narayan Gopal was born to a Newar family in Kathmandu in 1996 Bikram Sambat (BS). His father was a classical musician and wanted his son to follow his footsteps. Narayan Gopal was interested in music from an early age but not exactly into classical field. He studied music in India.The late Gopal Yonjon and Narayan Gopal were good friends and "mits".(It's a nepali custom where good friends enter into a kind of a lasting friendship. This is generally seen as strengthening the friendship bond.) Narayan Gopal has sung many beautiful and soulful songs composed by Gopal Yonjon.Narayan Gopal married his long time fan from Darjeeling, Pemala Lama. They do not have any children

Information about bollywood play back singer SONU NIGAM

Sonu Nigam born on 30th July, is a Leo, one who is just what he looks like-sincere and charming, and has a great sense of humour. He is the only son of Agam Kumar Nigam, a popular singer in North India. Ever since he was a child, Sonu heard the strings of music ringing through the house. No wonder he developed a liking for music early on. He was born in Faridabad and brought up in Delhi, where he studied till the 12th. He then moved to Bombay where he studied in college, via correspondence, because his struggle for work, that is to become a singer, had already begun by then. Though he would go to Delhi regularly, for his career he had to come to Bombay all the time, leading to his studies taking a back seat. Sonu didn't find the going easy. He got some work, but it was nothing to write much about. Nobody was willing to take this 17-and-a-half-year-old lad too seriously. Till he met the late Gulshan Kumar of T-series. When he was 18, he had his first hit song with 'Aacha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyar'. He was only 19 years old at that time. That's when things really took off for him. He has been performing on stage since March 1977. It's been 22 years now since he has been singing. He was three years old when he started singing. He is also a host in ZEE T.V.'s show - 'Sa Re Ga Ma'- it's No. 1 today. So as far as his role goes, he is very secure. And in the last year, 20 to 25 film songs have become super duper hits. 'Taal','Sangharsh','Haseena Maan Jayegi','Dil Se', 'Pardes', 'Aur Pyar Ho Gaya', 'Border', 'Major Saab', 'Jeans','Refugee','Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge','Hadh Kar Di Apne','Jungle','Joru Ka Gulam'- are only to name a few. All his songs have hit the jackpot. 'Sapne Ki Baat' was his first Pop album. Then he did 'Kismet' which hit all channels with a bang of 'TU...' and then 'Sanskar', which was a classical Bhajan album. 'Sanskar'was more an experimental attempt. His album 'Deewana' is worth mentioning as it was his greatest hit. Deewana did business in crores. His latest album is 'Jaan' which has songs similar to Deewana, but are more mellowed down. Recently, he did a concert in Delhi on 14 February 2000 and the concert was given the name'Jaan'. He also composed music for a singer Babul Supriyo. He got the Zee Cine award for 'Sandesay Aate Hain'. There was a time he was rushing about singing as many as 30 songs a day, trying to earn a living. His mode of traansport in those days was a scooter. Today, Sonu sings about one song a day and owns four cars. Now, he has come so far that he is the heart throb of almost everyone and is the - 'GOLDEN BOY OF INDIPOP'. A good news for all Sonu Nigam fans, Sonu is nowadays busy reading the scripts of movies. Are you amazed! yes, Sonu Nigam is taking up acting along with playback singing.All set to act! We could see it coming for a while now. The attitude and the tantrums were oh-so typical of a rising superstar. And so, singer Sonu Nigam is now "seriously considering a career in films." Yes, Nigam has been "reading scripts for a while now" and pretty soon there would be an announcement. He has got an offer of 16 movies but,had not signed any till now. But,signed one movie with Kareena Kapoor hopefully. Does that explain why he's been sporting natty designer labels and acting like a wannbe dude in his sleek music videos? "Music videos are an important means to lure potential music buyers. You have to package yourself well so that the album gets noticed. Of course, the feelers that I'm getting for film roles could be because of the music videos," he magnanimously admits. "As long as I deliver hits and do my job with all my heart, I'll get appreciation." His dream? "To be a legend like Rafi-saab!". That is quite a dream! We should all wish him success in his new venture. Sonu is not one to be swept away by the glory of it all. He's quite a loner in his personal life, preferring to spend time at home, rather than attending parties and mahurats.Sonu spends a lot of time travelling abroad and doing concerts, but he hardly does any in Bombay. "Yes, this is something my father advised me -- that I shouldn't end up becoming a stage artiste here because that kind of exposure would not help me. I realise the wisdom of that. I have concerts in Delhi, but I don?t do live shows in Bombay, the hub of the playback industry," he explains. Does he ever regret not having been trained? "I've done most of my playback singing as an untrained singer, but I have started training under Ghulam Mustafa Khan," he reveals. "He was a judge at Sa Re Ga Ma and I realised it would be helpful to learn. So I've started training with him. He has helped me fine-tune my singing. I also realised that the contestants who participate in my show are all trained singers and that they're very good. These are the singers who will be my competition, so I better gear up to compete with them!"Sonu is not known to be a person who enjoys socialising with film folks. "I do my work and come home. I have my own friends and two lovely sisters whom I adore. We spend time together at home, friends come over or we go over to their places, but we keep away from partying. I don?t understand or like that culture," he stresses. What strikes you is this young man's emphatic opinions and clear-cut priorities. His work is important, but not at the expense of his dignity. He doesn't baulk at calling a spade a spade. And he lives life by his own r

"BOB MARLEY" Biography Part-2

Rastaman Vibration, the follow-up album in 1976, cracked the American charts. It was, for many, the clearest exposition yet of Marley's music and beliefs, including such tracks as "Crazy Baldhead," "Johnny Was," "Who The Cap Fit" and, perhaps most significantly of all, "War," the Iyrics of which were taken from a speech by Emperor Haile Selassie.

In 1977 Exodus was released, which established Marley's international superstar status. It remained on the British charts for 56 straight weeks, and netted three UK hit singles, "Exodus," "Waiting In Vain," and "Jamming."
In 1978 the band released Kaya, which hit number four on the UK chart the week of its release. That album saw Marley in a different mood -- Kaya was an album of love songs, and, of course, homages to the power of ganja.
There were two more events in 1978, both of which were of extraordinary significance to Marley. In April that year he returned to Jamaica (he had left in 1976 after the shooting that had almost cost him his life), to play the One Love Peace Concert in front of the Prime Minister Michael Manley, and the then Leader of the Opposition Edward Seaga. And at the end of the year he visited Africa for the first time, going initially to Kenya and then on to Ethiopia, spiritual home of Rastafari.
Marley returned to Africa in 1980 at the official initation of the Government of Zimbabwe to play at that country's Independence Ceremony. It was the greatest honor afforded the band, and one which underlined the Wailers' importance in the Third World.

In 1979 the Survival LP was released. A European tour came the following year: the band broke festival records throughout the continent, including a 100,000 capacity show in Milan. Bob Marley & the Wailers were now the most important band on the road that year and the new Uprising album hit every chart in Europe. It was a period of maximum optimism and plans were being made for an American tour, an opening slot with Stevie Wonder for the following winter.
At the end of the European tour, Bob Marley & The Wailers went to America. Bob played two shows at Madison Square Garden but, immediately afterwards he was seriously ill. Cancer was diagnosed.
Marley fought the disease for eight months. The battle, however, proved to be too much. He died in a Miami Hospital on May 11,1981.
A month before the end Bob was awarded Jamaica's Order of Merit, the nations' third highest honor, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the country's culture.
On Thursday, May 23,1981, the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley was given an official funeral by the people of Jamaica. Following the funeral -- attended by both the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition -- Bob's body was taken to his birthplace where it now rests in a mausoleum. Bob Marley was 36 years old. His legend lives on

"BOB MARLEY" Biography Part-1

"I love the development of our music, that's what I really dig about the whole thing. How we've tried to develop, y'know? It grows. That's why every day people come forward with new songs. Music goes on forever."
--Bob Marley, August 1979
We remember the brilliant and evocative music Bob Marley gave the world; music that stretches back over nearly two decades and still remains timeless and universal. Marley has been called "the first Third World superstar," "Rasta Prophet," "visionary," and" "revolutionary artist." These accolades were not mere hyperbole. Marley was one of the most charismatic and challenging performers of our time.
Bob Marley's career stretched back over twenty years. During that time Marley's growing style encompassed every aspect in the rise of Jamaican music, from ska to contemporary reggae. That growth was well reflected in the maturity of the Wailers' music.
Bob's first recording attempts came at the beginning of the Sixties. His first two tunes, cut as a solo artist, meant nothing in commercial terms and it wasn't until 1964, as a founding member of a group called the Wailing Wailers, that Bob first hit the Jamaican charts.

The record was "Simmer Down," and over the next few years the Wailing Wailers -- Bob, Peter Mclntosh and Bunny Livingston, the nucleus of the group -- put out some 30 sides that properly established them as one of the hottest groups in Jamaica. Mclntosh later shortened his surname to Tosh while Livingston is now called Bunny Wailer.
Despite their popularity, the economics of keeping the group together proved too much and the two other members, Junior Braithwaite and Beverley Kelso, left the group. At the same time Bob joined his mother in the United States. This marked the end of the Wailing Wailers, Chapter One.
Marley's stay in America was short-lived, however, and he returned to Jamaica to join up again with Peter and Bunny. By the end of the Sixties, with the legendary reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry at the mixing desk, The Wailers were again back at the top in Jamaica. The combination of the Wailers and Perry resulted in some of the finest music the band ever made. Tracks like "Soul Rebel," "Duppy Conquerer," "400 Years," and "Small Axe" were not only classics, but they defined the future direction of reggae.

It's difficult to properly understand Bob Marley's music without considering Rastafari. His spiritual beliefs are too well known to necessitate further explanation. It must be stated, however, that Rastafari is at the very core of the Wailers' music.
In 1970 Aston Familyman Barrett and his brother Carlton (bass and drums, respectively) joined the Wailers. They came to the band unchallenged as Jamaica's HARDEST rhythm section; a reputation that was to remain undiminished during the following decade. Meanwhile, the band's own reputation was, at the start of the Seventies, an extraordinary one throughout the Caribbean. However, the band was still unknown internationally.
That was to change in 1972 when the Wailers signed to Island Records. It was a revolutionary move for an international record company and a reggae band. For the first time a reggae band had access to the best recording facilities and were treated in the same way as a rock group. Before the Wailers signed to Island, it was considered that reggae sold only on singles and cheap compilation albums. The Wailer's first album, Catch A Fire broke all the rules: it was beautifully packaged and heavily promoted. And it was the start of a long climb to international fame and recognition

The Catch A Fire album was followed a year later by Burnin', an LP that included some of the band's older songs, such as "Duppy Conquerer," "Small Axe," and "Put In On," together with tracks like "Get Up Stand Up" and "I Shot The Sheriff" (which was also recorded by Eric Clapton, who had a #1 hit with it in America).
In 1975 Bob Marley & The Wailers released the extraordinary Natty Dread album, and toured Europe that summer. The shows were recorded and the subsequent live album, together with the single, "No Woman No Cry," both made the UK charts. By that time Bunny and Peter had officially left the band to pursue their own solo careers.

ब्रिट्नी स्पेयर्सले आफ्ना भोगाइ सार्वजनिक गर्ने

अमेरिका, अक्टोवर १४/विभिन्न उटपटाङ घटनाका कारण चर्चामा आइरहने पप स्टार ब्रिट्नी स्पेयर्सले आफ्ना केही महत्त्वपूर्ण भोगाइलाई मिडियामार्फत सार्वजनिक गर्ने भएकी छिन् । 'मेरा विषयमा मान्छेहरू धेरै कुरा जान्न चाहन्छन्, तर मेरा जीवनमा घटेका केही महत्त्वपूर्ण कुरा अझै पनि धेरैलाई थाहा छैन ती कुराहरू म सार्वजनिक गर्न चाहन्छु,' - ब्रिट्नीले भनिन् । एमटिभीबाट प्रसारण हुने सो कार्यक्रममा ३० नोभेम्बरमा प्रसारण हुने भएको छ । साथै सो कार्यक्रम प्रसारण भएपछि आफ्नो करियर थप मजबुत हुने अपेक्षा गरेकी छिन् उनले । ब्रिट्नी भन्छिन्,''साँचो कुरा पाएपछि मेरा प्रशंसक पक्कै बढ्नेछन् ।'यस कार्यक्रममार्फत गायिका ब्रिट्नीले उनमा देखिएको मानसिक समस्या र त्यसको उपचारका विषयमा केही समय बोल्ने भएकी छिन् । त्यस्तै, पूर्वपति केबिन फेडरलिनसँग बच्चा लिनका लागि लडेको कानुनी लडाइँ र त्यस क्रममा आइपरेका झन्झटका शृंखलालाई पनि उनले प्रस्ट पार्ने भएकी छिन् ।

Nepali popular singer Ram Krishna Dhakal

Ramkrishna Dhakal is a very famous young musical artist or more specifically a singer (of modern-flavored songs) from Nepal. He started his musical carrier since his early childhood by singing famous songs by Narayan Gopal - also known as Swor-samrat (= Emperor of Voice). During his early period he struggled by singing amongst his group but after he got a break he established himself as one of the best Nepali singers. He rose to fame with his song "Orali lageko harin ko chhal bho". As a small kid, he used to sing at social functions and events. People were impressed by his singing ability and voice (although not mature). He modelled his singing style after Narayan Gopal; Dhakal acknowledges that he is a big fan of the late maestro. It would be fair to say that he benefitted from the void left by Narayan Gopal's death. People were looking for some one to fill the void. In fact, they were looking for the next Narayan Gopal. And the next Narayan Gopal was Ram Krishna Dhakal. But he was able to make his album and be a popular singer because of his god father (Gopal Karmacharya)
He has released several very popular albums of modern songs/ghazals (adhunik geet). All his album names so far have started with the letter "A". Aashish, Aashirbad, Asha, Aroha, Aashraye, Adhar, and Aagraha. Among them, Aasha is the most popular album.
Apart from adhunik geet, he has also sung bhajans and patriotic songs (rastriya geet) and many film songs. RamKrishna Dhakal also acted in (a lead role) in a Nepali film, Aashirbad. The story was based or inspired by his own personal story of struggle and his rise to fame helped by his god-father Gopal Karmacharya. It was a successful film, partly aided by good music.(Music is composed by Sambhujit Banskota). His most recent song Bihani Pakha Surya Le Bhanchha Sagarmatha Lai... has been a great hit all over the world, especially in Nepalese community worldwide. The music is given by Nhyoo Bajracharya and Lyrics by Prem Guragain, Itahara, Morang, Nepal. He is one of the most popular singer in Nepal.

SUFI MASTER "NUSARAT FATEH ALI KHAN"

Resurrecting the dead is nothing new in music. Remember Natalie Cole singing and dancing with her late father, Nat King Cole? The latest luminary to be revived is the Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. August 16 marks the tenth anniversary of his death.
In his short life, Nusrat was the world's greatest singer of qawwali, a boisterous and passionate music of mystical Islam. He embraced western pop music, teaming up with Peter Gabriel and Eddie Vedder. Now, Nusrat returns with the help of Italian dub reggae producer Gaudi. Their new CD is called Dub Qawwali.
Gaudi is a veteran producer with 11 solo albums over the past two decades. He specializes in dub reggae, a style that often reworks existing material, mixing booming bass and drums with electronic effects.
After dabbling in punk music, Gaudi began experimenting with synthesizers, and was fully steeped in reggae when he first heard one of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's records in the mid-1980s. By this time, Khan was already being called the "Emperor of qawwali."
Gaudi displays an appropriate reverence for the emperor, a fact that most likely helped him when he approached Khan's old record label. Gaudi says he was thrilled when they gave him full access to original 40-year-old reel-to-reel tapes of unreleased Nusrat sessions.
"It was incredibly emotive for me, seeing the writing, handwriting and everything, I had goose bumps, really," Gaudi recalls.
He took the tapes and worked some studio magic, removing unwanted instruments and laying the bare vocal tracks over his own beats. It was a daring venture, to be sure, but Gaudi says that in all that tinkering, his aim was not to adapt Khan's music to his own beats, but exactly the other way around. He was even careful to preserve the message of Khan's music.
"I couldn't understand what he was thinking about," Gaudi says, "so I had to employ a translator. And making sure that all the vocals that phonetically for me sounded great, even meaning-wise made sense."
That's part of the reason the record took Gaudi two years to make. He says he spent months just listening, before touching anything. And in the end, his careful study convinced him that he could safely use Jamaican dub beats without compromising the spirit of Khan's music.
"Because the message of that music and the message of reggae is exactly the same," Gaudi says. "It's peace, love, and spirituality. So that was my common denominator for me, just to try and unify the two elements."
Still, as harmonious as it felt to him, Gaudi says sometimes felt he should abandon the project.
"I know already that whatever I do with this music," Gaudi says, "it will not be as beautiful as the original material, and that's for sure. So I was about to give up. And the same feeling happened when I remixed Bob Marley four years ago. It's bigger than me, bigger than anything I did so far."
But he went ahead, trying to imagine that Khan's spirit was there with him in the studio. After all, Gaudi says, the studio is his "temple."

Oscar Award Winner Asian Musician "A.R.RAHMAN"

Early life and influences
A. R. Rahman was born in a musically affluent Mudaliar Tamil family. His father R. K. Shekhar, was a Chennai based composer and conductor for Malayalam films. Rahman lost his father at a young age and his family rented out musical equipment as a source of income. He was raised by his mother Kareema (Kashturi). During these formative years, Rahman served as a keyboard player and an arranger in bands such as "Roots", with childhood friend and percussionist Sivamani, John Anthony, Suresh Peters, JoJo and Raja.Rahman is the founder of the Chennai-based rock group, "Nemesis Avenue".He played the keyboard and piano, the synthesizer, the harmonium and the guitar. His curiosity in the synthesizer, in particular increased because, he says, it was the “ideal combination of music and technology".He began early training in music under Master Dhanraj. At the age of 11, he joined, as a keyboardist, the troupe of Ilaiyaraaja,one of many composers to whom musical instruments belonging to Rahman's father were rented. Rahman later played in the orchestra of M. S. Viswanathan and Ramesh Naidu, accompanied Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L. Shankar on world tours and obtained a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music where he graduated with a degree in Western classical music.

Michal Jackson last rehearshal

Michael Jackson on June 23, 2009, rehearsing for planned London shows
Photos from Michael Jackson's last performance, taken just two days before his death, have surfaced and show the King of Pop rehearsing for his upcoming London tour. Jackson, dressed in several stage outfits and showing off his dance moves with backup dancers, was photographed at a rehearsal inside L.A.'s Staples Center on June 23 where "he had great energy," according to producer Ken Ehrlich, an executive at AEG, the company that was promoting the singer's tour. Ehrlich, who watched the performance and met with Jackson, tells PEOPLE, "He was definitely in rehearsal mode [and] wasn't giving it full out. But vocally, he had started to really project. I thought he was in great form. He just seemed really healthy. He really looked good and he was very upbeat."During their brief 20-minute conversation, Jackson was "cracking jokes," adds Ehrlich. "He was having a good time. During rehearsal, I could tell that he was feeling it. He was feeling good. He was on his way to giving a great performance."

Music stands for beginners

Instrument Stands
Step 1:As beginners learn an instrument, they place their music on stands at a level where it can be seen and read comfortably. Music stands are generally placed in front of a person who is playing an instrument. Stands for instrumental music are adjustable, so they can be placed at eye level, even when a person is sitting down. Instrument music stands often have small clips which can be adjusted to fit over the music pages. This is especially good for children, who might have a tougher time situating the music on the stands securely. The metal rods help to hold down the music pages, even when the stand is used in a windy area. Instrument stands support the music for beginners, so they don't have to worry about having their music memorized.Some instruments can also come with music stands attached to them. Small stands, or music holders, can be attached to trumpets and other types of marching band instruments, for situations in which using a stationary stand is not possible. The attached stands make it easier for beginners who then don't have to memorize the music, and can also move more easily with their instrument.
Vocal Music Stands
Step 1:Vocal music is another area in which music stands help beginners. Most vocalists will end up memorizing their music, but beginners need to rely on the sheet music to make sure that they know what they are singing. A vocal music stand can be the same make and model as an instrument music stand, but it is pulled to standing height so that it is tall enough for a person to see. Vocal music is usually sheet book music, and beginners often set it open on their stands so they can easily see it.
Piano Music Stands
Step 1:Piano music is memorized for contests and concerts, but beginners need to see their music to practice and learn their pieces. Piano music stands might come attached to the piano, or they can be wire stands that are purchased for electric pianos. As a beginner learns their piano music, it is helpful to have the music clearly displayed on the stand.

"Sur -Sudha" Musicial Ambassadors of Nepal

Sur Sudha is known as Nepal's MUSICAL AMBASSADORS' and are devoted to making music to disseminate a universal message of peace and harmony supporting the effort alleviate poverty from the face of the earth. Through its music, Sur Sudha bring to the world the message of peace propounded by its son of the soil, Lord Buddha and demonstrate how two of the world's great religions-Hindu and Buddhism-find perfect fusion in Nepal. Sur Sudha seek to promote these ideals through traditional Nepali instrumental music rendered with the flute, sitar and tabla; three instruments most popular in Nepal Sur Sudha consist of three sons of NepalThese three talented musicians have built a reputation for their innovative interpretations of traditional Nepali folk tunes and for composing their own original music, stretching the parameters of a formal setting of a trio. Their CD album. showcase the virtuosity of the individual musicians and offer listeners an opportunity to go on a musical journey through Nepal-from the Tarai (pastoral lowlands) to the remote areas of Mustang, nestled high in the mighty Himalaya.Sur Sudha have held more than 2,000 concerts, on the steps of ancient Hindu temples to the concert stages of Europe, India, Japan and the USA, and have been the subject of TV documentaries in France and Germany. The trio has already released four CD. Melodies of Nepal, Image of Nepal, Festivals of Nepal and Third Eye- except the last one others are available worldwide through Schtung Records in collaboration with Universal Music (formerly MCA) supported by BMG Records and Warner/Chappell.In the International front, Sur Sudha's music is widely recognized by music companies, Sur Sudha is coming with new album dedicating to Mt. Everest print and electronic media through out the world. Sur Sudha held second position in KALX WORLD MUSIC CHART for the week ending May 11, 1998 as the most frequently played international music. This apart, Sur Sudha remained in the top ten in the KALX World Music Chart for months as a popular world music in 1998

Indian music

Classical musical culture of the Hindustani tradition found in North India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and of the Karnatic tradition in South India and Sri Lanka. An oral culture with a long history, it is linked to Muslim traditions of the Middle East and Central Asia. It resembles the medieval European troubadour tradition of composer-performer, being an art of skilful improvisation in a given mood (rasa), selecting from a range of melody patterns (ragas) and rhythmic patterns (talas), understood in the same way as in the West ‘blues’ defines a mood, a scale, and a form, and ‘boogie-woogie’ an associated rhythm.
Indian music is geared to the time of day, and a composition/performance does not have a fixed length. An ensemble consists of a melody section, featuring voice, sitar, sarod, surbahar, violins, shrill reed woodwinds, or harmonium, solo or in combination; a drone section featuring the vina or tambura, providing a resonant harmonic ground (repeated bass line); and a rhythm section of high and low tuned hand drums. The music has a natural buoyancy, the melody effortlessly rising, while the drone has the same function as a tonic or key chord in European tonal music, exerting a gravitational pull to provide tension and release in the music. The sounds of Indian music are rich in high frequencies, giving an impression of luminous radiance. Indian music became more popular in the West after world tours in the 1950s by virtuosos Ravi Shankar (sitar) and Ali Akhbar Khan (sarod). In Britain, a tradition of both popular and classical music thrives among expatriate communities and in schools.

Informtaion about Islam music

Read an introduction to Arabic Classical Music . It describes Arabic music as "mono-phonic", which means the melody is by itself. ["mono" = one, "phonic" = sound in the Greek language.] There is no harmony or chords in classical Arabic music. The author says that Arabic music is much more than 2,000 years old. He also tells of the influence of the nomads (Bedouins) who developed this music originally. The author tells us that the classical music can still be heard today, but he is worried about the mixing of the old forms with modern, so that the classical music and the skilled classical musicians might die out soon.
Learn more about music from other parts of the Middle East in such cultures as Iran (Persia), Egypt, and more at classical music from the Near-East (by the same author as above).
See another general introduction to "Music History". This site tells about the great tenth century theorist Al-Farabi. His book "Alkitab Alkabeer" included immense and detailed information on music and musical instruments. He was a practical musician and could appreciate the art as well as the science of music. He was more thorough than the Greeks in handling the physical bases of sound, he could also make valuable contributions to acoustics, i.e. the sensations of tone, a question which the Greeks left practically untouched. Al-Farabi (who died 950 A.D.) described a musical instrument called Al-Tunboor Al-Baghdadi which was used in his time. The instrument's frets gave a "pre-Islamic scale." It was a quarter-tone scale which was developed by dividing a string into forty equal parts.
Persian Classical Music (from Duke University) tells of the influence of Persian music and its influence by Islamic rule - and the influence of Sufi poetry and music as an expression of religious mysticism and the release of the soul. Persian musical instruments (which influenced the music from Spain to China) are also shown as you scroll down. The musical "scale" is also described at this excellent site.

Arabic music

Arabic music or Arab music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arabic classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music.
Arabic music, while independent and very alive, has a long history of interaction with many other regional musical styles and genres. It is an amalgam of the music of the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula and the music of all the peoples that make up the Arab world today. It also influenced and has been influenced by ancient Egyptian, ancient Greek, Persian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Indian, North African music (i.e. Berber), African music (i.e. Swahili), and European music (i.e. Flamenco). As was the case in other artistic and scientific fields, Arabs translated and developed Greek texts and works of music and mastered the musical theory of the Greeks (i.e. Systema ametabolon, enharmonium, chromatikon, diatonon).[1] Such inter-influences can often be traced in language; for example, the word Shi‘r (poetry in Arabic) bears much similarity to its equivalents in other Semitic languages (such as Shûr in Aramaic and Shîr in Hebrew), and Shîro in Babylonian.[

Useful music tips

Jazz music came form Chicago around 1915. Jazz was played in New Orleans prior to that time but was not called jazz. In the 1920’s, big jazz bands began to form. White and Black Jazz had a lot in common. One thing that they had in common was their tune. In the early 1930’s, Black Jazz became extremely popular. For example, Ella Fitzgerald made tremendous fame from her wonderful singing. Jazz is not as popular now as it was in the 50s and 60s. Since a lot of the jazz legends have died, like Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis. Now, jazz is almost starting over with new stars and music. Pop
From the very beginning pop music associated with music which had popular appeal. But since 1950s it has been used as separated music genre. Pop music contains the majority of the music on today's top charts. It is an eclectic mix of many different styles of music - from jazz to country; rock and roll to rap; be-bop to hip-hop. Pop artists such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Maxwell, and others smoothes out the lines between these musical genres with their award-winning tunes. For this reason, pop music has helped make the music industry a multi-billion dollar a year business. It can be easily downloaded from various online music stores

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MP3 is a near-CD quality file format for sound files, and is very popular for music on the web. It's becoming more popular as people use it to swap music online because of its powerful compression. For example, you can get hundreds of songs on a single CD using the MP3 format.
It is a revolutionary digital audio format developed by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Thompson Multimedia in the late 1980s and brought to the mainstream through the Internet in 1997. MP3 is short for MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) Layer - 1 , the group that help make MP3 an international standard.
In the first half of 1995 through the late 1990s, MP3 files began to spread on the Internet. MP3's popularity began to rise rapidly with the advent of Nullsoft's audio player Winamp (released in 1997), the Unix audio player mpg123 and the peer-to-peer file sharing network Napster (released in 1999). These programs made it simple for average users to play back, create, share and collect MP3s.
The small size of MP3 files has enabled widespread peer-to-peer file sharing of music which would previously have been impossible. The major record companies, who argue that such free sharing of music reduces sales, reacted to this by pursuing law-suits against Napster, which was eventually closed down, and eventually against individual users who engaged in file sharing.
Despite the popularity of MP3, online music retailers often use other proprietary formats which are encrypted (known as Digital Rights Management) to prevent users from using purchased music in ways not specifically authorised by the record companies. The record companies argue that this is necessary to prevent the files from being made available on peer-to-peer file sharing networks. However, this has other side effects such as preventing users from playing back their purchased music on different types of devices. Some services, such as eMusic, continue to offer the MP3 format which allows users to playback their music on virtually any device.