Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Music has always been with us whether you would like to believe it or not. If you ask me, everything is music. Every pattern of song is music, it might not be the best pattern but music is all around us. It’s in the morning rush when people are honking at each other and as you drive by you hear construction going on. If you can hear it, I say that it’s music.
Some artists that I can think of is 2pac, Johnny Cash (He has some amazing haunting lyrics), Nine Inch Nails and handful of others. What great lyrics can do to a song is get you emotionally involved not just through the music but the lyrics too. Now the artist have you in their total control and has two great weapons that are holding you to listen to their piece of work.
Lyrics don’t matter but great lyrics do. Sometimes if you can’t remember the name of the song, you can just think of the lyrics and do a search on google and find them. Besides that obvious fact, lyrics can sometime make or break a song. Just look at how rap music got started, it wasn’t the beats, it was all about the lyrics. Now the trend is a little different because now it seems like the emphasis is on the beat more rather than the lyrics.
Yes the meaning of music is globally the same, but what if you know the language of a particular culture, you seem to understand music a lot more than just a mere translated version. Every language and culture have their own flavor and the best way to experience is to learn the language. Music is music regardless of where it’s coming from and music is one of the few things in the world that remind us that we are all the same human beings.
See everything only matters if you think it matters. Do good lyrics make a good beat even better? Naturally yes, but if the meaning is something you can’t relate to, than it doesn’t matter. Just take some of the songs out there, some people love the lyrics and some are like what the heck is that crap? See if it matters to you, than it matters.
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
My Bloody Ears! From the light, ethereal intro of “I Only Said” to “When You Sleep” all the way to the seizure-inducing, tympanic membrane-shattering 30 minute “You Made Me Realize” finale, My Bloody Valentine completely rocked the Aragon Ballroom and uptown Chicago, likely causing some sensorineural hearing loss among those in the mesmerized crowd who opted not to use earplugs. But hell, if
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
The blues is a form of music that can be vocal, instrumental (blues guitar) or both. It utilises the ‘blue’ notes which are accomplished on a ‘minor pentatonic’ scale almost all the time, otherwise recognised as the blues scale.
Blues music was inferred from the African-American communities in the U.S. out of job songs, spiritual songs, field hollers, chants, shouts and elementary ballads that rhymed. A lot of aspects of the blues are indicitive of African roots
The call-and-response aspect of the music came immediately from African origins and there were a lot of riffs that would get duplicated thrice or more. This later developed into a line repeating twice and then on the third time around there would be an ‘answer line’. You will be able to still discover these characteristics of early blues in modern day music, especially hip-hop.
The term ‘The Blues’ refers to the ‘blue devils’ which signifies down spirits or unhappiness.
The blues guitar brings a essential role in blues music as well as modern-day music. It has influenced Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Bluegrass and even heavy rock genres The original blues of the early 1900’s, otherwise known as “poor man’s blues” was usually associated with hard times, oppressiveness from white folk, cruelness of the police, gambling, economic depression, floods, magic, farming and dry periods. This music was fueled by a lot of brokenheartedness and anger. Typically a lost loved one or an overall harsh surrounding prompted the lyrics and the tone of the blues guitar.
After the world war, you start to see blues songs that were about relationships and sex. Also, wit was widened to the mix. Here is a funny example:
“That must be your woman, cause mine don’t look like that… I said That must be your woman, cause mine don’t look like that… Have you seen my baby? She’s so big and fat…”
The blues guitar style came forth from the American South’s instruments of the time which were the banjo and the Diddley Bow. This was a home made one stringed instrument that was popular in the early 20th century. Figures such as Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Son House and Blind Willie McTell were a part of the delta blues style which used a lot of finger picking techniques and slide guitar innovations.
Eventually, after WWII ‘electric blues’ became increasingly popular where the blues guitar was played on electric guitars as were the bass guitars. This was most prevalent in the Chicago area.
The history of blues guitar and poor man’s blues is rich with culture and chronicles of good times and bad. I could go on for days about the history of the blues guitar but let’s make this part 1 so you don’t fall asleep on me!
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
There are so many methods for any avid fan to download 90’s rock music. The 90’s is indeed such a huge decade in the history of rock music. This is because around this time, many rock bands in the music industry have certainly come up with their own innovative styles, which in turn, have defined them even more.
There are actually a lot of reasons why the option to download 90’s rock music from the Internet is becoming quite popular these days. For one thing, the Internet has long become one of the most turn-to resources for just about anything under the sun.
It did not take too long for webmasters all over the world to recognize the fact that much money can indeed come from downloading music online. This has certainly become more than a fad right now because this is indeed one of the many online businesses that are garnering much profit.
The first batch of online music sites that offered music files were the $0.99 per download services. At that price, you may download a piece of music or song. However, as time goes by and newer music file formats appearing on the scene, even $0.99 is apparently too expensive.
Peer-to-peer was a great idea for people to share home brew music files over the internet. But careless users have abused the networks by flooding them with songs that are patented or carry a degree of copyright. This led to music infringement policies to prevent such abuse. That however made way to paid music services that allow you to download 90’s rock music without getting into any form of trouble.
For the most part, these websites offer its visitors a chance to download music files to their heart’s content. However, you still need to become a member of the site itself, and to become a member, you will have to pay a monthly fee. Once this payment has been made, you can then have unlimited access to all of their music files, and you can download all kinds of rock music already.
Another significant benefit is the wide selection of music genres. You get more than just 90’s rock music. If you are a hip hop fan, you will find your hip hop music there. If you are a fan of R&B, rap, pop or classical music, be sure to search their libraries for your desired titles. It is different from free sites as the downloading is done in a secured interface protected from adware, spyware and viruses.
Such an option is a no-brainer for most music lovers as many can now download 90’s rock music safely and affordably.
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