FREE ONLINE MUSIC

Where To Listen To Your Favorite Music For Free?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 May 2008 17:05:00 +0000

Limewire and all other file-sharing software is not actually illegal. It is called a "file sharing" software so you can share files - just not ones with copyright on them. E.g. you can listen to a song your friend might have put on the file sharing software as a little joke - but you can't download one of Eminem's songs. I will show you why it not only can affect yourself, but how it affects others too.

Nothing in life is perfect. When you want to do something there will always be something in your way. In this case when you are trying to download music it is not only illegal, but you could face much more severe consequences than a £1000 fine if caught.

As you may already know, the world is crawling with hackers who try and ruin your computer for fun or as a "business". A business? Yes, they can exploit your account and blackmail you. They do this via the following way:

If you wanted to download your favourite music, say a song by Eminem, you might go onto Limewire to download it. So what these hackers can do is infect all these music files with spyware (a bug that hackers send out to spy on your computer) and trace your IP address (computer's identification) back to their own system. From here they can easily exploit your bank accounts, crash your systems and if you own your own website, corrupt your server. They could then email/phone you asking for a hefty sum of money ( in the hundreds of thousands) and blackmail you by demanding a ransom and then they say they'll stop hacking into your account. For them it is a win - win situation. All this could be caused by downloading just one song. Crazy when you think about it.

Pornographers on the internet do the same thing. They promote their websites though and are not too interested in the account exploitation. However, if they get hold of your IP address, they could flood your desktop with pop-ups and eventually causing your computer to crash to a point that it can't be fixed.

These are the two MAIN ways in that your computer could be affected by illegal downloading. I think you would have learned by now the consequences that affect you. However there is one more consequence that could make your favourite singer to go out of business.

Imagine that you download a smash hit new single from Eminem of Limewire. He loses about $4/£2 profit. What is £2, it is a very nominal amount of money, isn't it? However, because the song is so popular, 1 million people download the same song for free. This means that Eminem would lose out on about $4 million or £2 million. If this kept happening, he would become broke, and you would be able to hear any of his new music ever again.

So, there is a way to listen to music for free, WITHOUT the financial consequences. The two main ways are:

1. If you have BT Yahoo Broadband, you can listen to your favorite songs of Yahoo Music.
2. You can go to the fan site of that artist and usually they have 3 of his/her main hits on the website that you can listen to for free.
3. Sometimes you see those annoying pop ups asking you to pick a ring tone of your choice for free to put on your phone. Well actually, it is FREE. They will send you that ring tone/ real sound for free if you have a phone and give them your mobile number.

This is not illegal AND it is free.

SOURCE : http://ezinearticles.com/?Where-To-Listen-To-Your-Favorite-Music-For-Free?&id=492988

Olympic welcoming tour waving baton in Europe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:12:00 +0000

Guangdong Chinese Traditional Orchestra will give a concert at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne for the International Olympic Committee tomorrow to celebrate the Spring Festival as well as to welcome the Beijing Olympic Games in August.

Under the baton of Hu Bingxu, who enjoys fame by conducting traditional Chinese music and Peking Opera, the 80-member Guangdong orchestra will play a program including Cantonese music Dragon Boat Race and Autumn Moon over a Placid Lake, the guqin piece Flowing Water, the pipa concerto Spring and Autumn and orchestral piece adapted from Peking Opera Mu Guiying Takes Command.

It is one of the concerts in the orchestra's European tour during the Spring Festival. They embarked on the one-month-tour from Lucerne in Switzerland on January 25 and perform in Munich, Antwerp, Bremen, Hanover, Prague, Vienna and Lausanne.

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A welcome mat for foreign folk music lovers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:18:00 +0000

Mai Thanh Son and Mai Thanh Nam’s interest is shared by their international friends, who perform with them to entertain traditional music lovers.

They occasionally raise money for charity, but most importantly they retain the traditional forms.

Son and Nam live in Go Vap District in the middle of the bustling city.

Their house is a special stilt house where international musicians and students can get together and play the traditional instruments Son has collected.

Since the first time he performed at the 2000 Asian Drum Festival in Busan in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Son has been a regular in international music shows introducing his traditional music to people overseas.

“It left a very deep impression on me because it was not only an inter-national performance, but it was an influential one,” Son recalled.

“I had a good chance to make friends with international musicians and learn lots of things from countries such as India, China and RoK which are eminent in percussion performance.”

“Since then I have got more performing experience and more interest in the traditional arts. I feel like I became more mature after each overseas show, and of course, I have more international friends,” Son said.

In late 2007, Son toured Japan to raise funds for Agent Orange victims.

The charity tour was organized by Kamata Atsunori, from the Japan-Vietnam Peace and Friendship Development Council.

According to Son, Atsunori has organized 12 charity tours for the traditional troupe to perform in Japan.

Rea hails traditional music scene

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:11:00 +0000

Hollywood star Stephen Rea has paid tribute to Ireland's thriving traditional music scene saying it defines the nation in an ever shrinking world.

The Belfast-born actor, patron of this year's Temple Bar Trad Festival, said the tradition is alive and vibrant and an important part of culture which celebrates Ireland's national heritage.

Launching the programme for the five-day celebration of Irish music, Rea said Dublin city's legacy of great traditional musicians means it more than deserves its right to showcase and celebrate native music and culture. More than 200 musicians will descend on heart of capital's cultural quarter for the Temple Bar Trad Festival, which kicks off on January 23

Angklung : The Bamboo Shaker

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:56:00 +0000

The most indigenous Southeast Asian (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei)bamboo idiophone is the angklung, the bamboo shaker. Concussion idiophones are struck together, usually in pairs. The instruments is normally shaken rather than struck. They include vessel types, with loose ratting objects enclosed in a container; strung rattles, with small, hard objects tied together or to a handle; and frame rattles, such as the sistrum and the Javanese angklung (tuned bamboo tubes sliding within a framework). The jingle, or pellet, bell is a metal vessel rattle, not a true bell. Angklung is a popular bamboo musical instrument in Southeast Asia. It I s the easiest instrument to play: You just shake it.

An angklung is a pair (or more) of bamboo tubes mounted on a bamboo frame. The tubes are in different lengths and are cut halves at the upper two-birds. The lower end of each tube is closed by a node. Two prongs extend out and fit loosely into a corresponding slot of the horizontal bass tube.

The structure of an angklung

The two tubes are tuned an octave apart (three tubes can be two octaves or can form a chord). When shaken, the concussion of the tubes against the base procedures a pitch. Since each instrument makes only one pitch, it takes many single angklungs to make a complete melody.

Even though angklung can be found in many parts of Southeast Asia, it is generally believed that it originated on the island of Java. Traditional angklung music is also used in East Java, Central Java and other islands. However the Angklung is now widely played in many parts of Malaysia.

MALAYSIA : Rainforest World Music Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:16:00 +0000

The Rainforest World Music Festival is a unique festival that brings
together on the same stage renowned world musicians from all
continents and indigenous musicians from the interiors of the
mythical island of Borneo.

Its formula of afternoon informative workshops, ethno-musical
lectures, jamming sessions and mini concerts, followed by evening
performances on the main stage has proven to be a hit with the
audience, who come from near and far.

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Banned and Denounced in the Middle East, Renowned Lebanese Musician Hits Unexpected Roadblock in U.S.A.

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:36:00 +0000

Just a few weeks ago, a venue in San Diego, California denied on political grounds the use of their theater to renowned Lebanese musician Marcel Khalifé, after local concert organizers had already arranged the event with the Salvation Army, who operates the venue, The Joan B. Kroc Theatre at the Salvation Army Corps Community Center.

The possibly discriminatory incident demonstrates the misperceptions and tensions that exist in today’s political climate towards Arabs, even those who advocate for peace. Concert organizers—who had been in touch with the venue for several months and had followed their application process rigorously—were told that a concert by Khalifé—an UNESCO Artist for Peace— would be "divisive" and "unbalanced" because it does not present an Israeli artist alongside Khalifé.

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The Billboard 200 [TOP 5 LIST]

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:25:00 +0000

List of Top 5 Billboard
1. Kanye West
2. 50 Cent
3. Kenny Chesney
4. Soundtrack
5. Miley Cyrus

MUSIC AND MUSICIAN : With 2005's "All the Right Reasons" still sitting in the top 10 of The Billboard 200 music after 102 weeks, Nickelback has no plans to rush a follow-up into the marketplace. "Everything is completely up in the air, and no one's in a hurry to do anything," frontman Chad Kroeger tells Billboard. "We just finished up two years touring on this record, and we're all a little crispy.

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New CDs from Foo Fighters, Will.i.am

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:09:00 +0000

NEW YORK - Foo Fighters, ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace’
On their sixth album, Foo Fighters have renewed their membership in the “if it ain’t broke” school of songwriting. And essentially, there’s nothing wrong with that. “Echoes” hosts plenty of the Foos’ usual soft-louder-loudest “radio friendly unit shifters” (to borrow a phrase from frontman Dave Grohl’s old band): Lead single “The Pretender” and “Let It Die” start with near-whispers before kicking into giddily catchy, fuzz box-driven hollered hooks, while “Erase/Replace” chugs with shouts and power chords from the top. Amid a brace of undifferentiated midtempo rockers and a couple of quieter pieces (hence “Echoes, Silence ...”), the only truly disappointing track is the treacly strings-and-piano closer, “Home.” Meanwhile, the brooding, melodic “Stranger Things Have Happened” and “Summers End” stand out for their delicious sundown grooves.

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Traditional music

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 06:07:00 +0000

The Malays of Kelantan and Terengganu are culturally linked to peoples from the South China Sea area, and are quite different from the West Coast of Malaya. The martial art of silat, while essentially still important as a branch of the self defence form, is also popular among the Malays as an art presentation. Similar to tai chi, though of independent origin, it is a mix of martial arts, dance and music typically accompanied by gongs, drums and Indian oboes.