denero\’s diary

August 9, 2006

Nasyid

Filed under: Music — denero @ 10:37 am

Nasyid is a form of religious singing based on Islamic teachings, stories and so on. It used to be more in the Arabic tune but nowadays Nasyid is sung to newer musical tempo to suite taste of current listeners.

Professor Margaret Sarkissian has published a paper entitled “Religion never had it so good”: Contemporary nasyid and the growth of Islamic popular music in Malaysia, in the Yearbook for Traditional Music, vol. 37, pp. 124-152, 2005.

Ska

Filed under: Music — denero @ 10:30 am

Ska is a form of Jamaican music combining elements of traditional mento and calypso with an American jazz and rhythm and blues sound. Originating in Jamaica, possibly in the 1950s, it was a precursor to rocksteady and later reggae. It was the predominant form of music listened to by Rudeboys. It is also popular with Mods and Skinheads, with artists such as Symarip, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker and The Pioneers aiming songs at these groups as early as the 1960s.

Musical historians typically divide the history of ska into three waves. There was revival of note in England in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and another wave of popularity in the 1990s, mostly based in the United States.

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April 1, 2005

MP3 – a worldwide mania

Filed under: Music — denero @ 11:45 am

Who is the one who had never downloaded a song from the Internet? Although companies try to prohibit or simply prevent people from downloading, MP3 download is a reality: MP3 is there, at anyone’s disposal. All that people need is a computer and a connection.

All this concern about this type of download has to do – of course – of how much money the music industries are not earning. Besides, there is risk of piracy. Studies suggest that piracy – the practice of building CDs or DVDs with no permission of the owner’s – has increased a lot in the past few years. Music companies and artists blame the possibility to download their songs or videos from Internet.

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February 23, 2005

Reach (S Club 7 song)

Filed under: Music — denero @ 1:45 pm

Reach was a single released by UK pop group, S Club 7 on May 22, 2000. Reach is an uptempo track co-written by Cathy Dennis and A.Todd. The song was a massive hit and is to this day, a classic party track. Reach was the theme tune to the second series of the hugely popular CBBC series, LA 7.

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