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Play Your First Song by Ear

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:16:15 +0000

A person who plays by ear is someone who plays songs they already know, and he relies heavily on listening to chords and chord progressions to play his music.
A person who plays by ear can also be someone who is able to instantly play back any songs they hear from listening to a CD or radio without the need of music notations. We say this person has good ears as he can reproduce the melody that he hears without written music.
To learn to PLAY BY EAR, we need to first acquire the basic skills to start playing songs that we already know. As our ability to play by ear develops, we will grow to the point where we are able to instantly play what we hear from a music recording.
Are you able to pick out melody of a song by ear at the piano?
This is a fascinating process when you are able to play songs that you know at the piano without the need to look at sheet music.
There is a very easy path to follow if you want to play songs by ear. It is not difficult at all. It is not a path that is reserved for the gifted or for the musicians.
Next time when you are at the piano, try to pick the melody of a song using only the white keys at the piano. This is a good start. Don’t start your song with the black keys.
Try Twinkle Little Star.
Start the song with Middle C. Yes.
Sing the song and try to match the white keys to the tones that you hear. As you hear the pitch going higher, you move your finger to the right. As you hear the pitch going lower, you move your finger to the left.

Aishwarya Rai: Empress of 2010

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:49:31 +0000

Bollywood’s empress Aishwarya Rai has been silent for the last couple of seasons. She didn’t feature in any Bollywood flick in 2009. Last year, she was seen in just one film: Hollywood’s Pink Panther. But in 2010, the tigress is all set to roar again with four films lined up for release: Raavan, Endhiran, Action Replay and Guzaarish, collectively costing over Rs. 300 crores. Let’s take a look at the lady’s projects!

First comes Raavan, Mani Ratnam’s most ambitious bilingual project. Raavan, said to be the modern adaptation of the epic Ramayana, revolves around Ravana, the ruler of Lanka, who kidnapped Sita. The story culminates with Sita taking the side of Ravana instead of Rama, who suspects her chastity after having spent so much time in Ravana’s custody. Vikram plays the villain. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are the lead pair in Hindi, while Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil. Music is by Oscar winning A.R. Rahman.

Then comes the big budget sci-fi film Endhiran, starring Southern Superstar Rajinikanth. The film is said to be made at a budget of Rs. 125 crores. Endhiran, directed by Kollywood’s master filmmaker S. Shankar, is also is special for its choreography by Prabhu Deva. Lyrics by Vairamuthu, art direction by Sabu Cyril and cinematography by Ratnavelu comprise a regular Shankar team. The stylish director has also roped in Oscar winner Resul Pookutty for sound effects; it is also said that a unique sound effect has been created for the film. The story of Endhiran is set in the future, when new and bizarre fashion fads would come into existence. Music is by Oscar winning A.R. Rahman.

Action Replay, starring Akshay Kumar, is a time-travel tale in the 1950s and its storyline is based on an eponymous 1994 Gujarati play. Director Vipul Shah has emphasized a lot on the lead actors’ retro looks in the movie.

And finally, the most anticipated film of the year Guzaarish, which also marks the comeback of renowned director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and the much-loved, screen-scorching pair of Aishwarya-Hrithik. The film’s script is fresh; a married nurse (Ash) falls in love with a paraplegic man (Hrithik Roshan).

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Find New Indie Pop Music First

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:28:41 +0000

New India Music with a Touch of Electron

You will have heard teasers of this genre, set for explosion, within the more classic India and imbibe songs of 2009. If you liked it, get to know names like:

* Free Energy – inspired by late 1970s-early 1980s classic rock, they’ll give you the type of strain you’d go on an agency trip to. Think AC/DC, and Thin Lizzy
* Two Door Cinema Club – a young newborn India imbibe penalization trio who’ve toured with well famous names like The Wombats
* land Horn Rebellion – a great newborn elector-pop threesome featuring two brothers from Milwaukee, who’ve managed everything from recording to releasing themselves
* Wild Beasts – they’ve been compared to the brilliant Manganese and already raved most for their crazy and playful sounds, plus they’re amazing live.
* City – from Manchester in the UK, these guys have already had numerous appearances in top festivals and on TV. And they deserve it – creating sounds you can endeavor over and over again, city really defense out amongst the genre.

India Music Pop Folk – A New Genre

Again, more ‘traditional’ folk styles were even creeping into mainstream penalization in 2009, but is set to feature heavily throughout newborn India penalization imbibe and some rock in 2010 and beyond. Hurry up and and get listening to these people for great newborn India imbibes penalization with folksy undertones:

* Owen Pallet – previously going by the name Final Fantasy, Owen Pallet is a composer, a violinist, a singer, and an all-round great artist when it comes to fusing folk penalization with newborn indeed imbibe penalization sounds
* Dan Manda – Tunes named this guy Best New Artist in 2009 and now Vancouver’s newest and favorite indeed folk-rock artist is going orbicular – we can’t get sufficiency of his music.

Aladin team to repaint walls

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:46:43 +0000

Aladin’s team will repaint the damaged portions of the walls where their posters had been put up

The protest against Aladin posters being put up on the graffiti wall painted for the Wall Project, on Senapati Bapat Marg, has now led Aladin’s team to rectify their mistake. The posters were pulled off, but the wall had already been damaged.

So, director Sujoy Gosh, music directors Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani and the lead pair Ritesh Deshmukh and Jacqueline Fernandez have decided to repaint the wall where the movie posters were put up. The team will paint the wall today.

The posters were immediately removed when the complaint from concerned citizens reached the producers. Director Sujoy Ghosh commented on the incident, “We don’t know who put up the posters on these walls.

I completely agree that it was wrong. It is unfortunate that our film posters were put up there. We thought that we should make up for the damage. Then one of the guys in the team suggested that we should repaint the walls and Vishal agreed as well.”

Sujoy also apologised for the mistake, “We are sorry for the inconvenience. If I had it my way, this would never have happened.”

Bipasha Basu gets cornered

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:47:16 +0000

Being beautiful may not always work in your favour. This ringed true for Bipasha while she was shooting for her film LAMHAA in Kashmir.

It so happened that during her shoot in Kashmir the security around her was so tight that she was completely surrounded by the men in uniform. With the beauty surrounded by the men, the situation became a bit intimidating for the actress and her discomfiture was quite vivid in her expression.

Sensing the predicament of his actress, the producer of the film Bunty Walia came to Bips rescue and ordered the security to leave her alone.

Speaking about the incident, Walia says, “Actually, it was after a long time that a full fledged shooting of such a large scale was happening in Kashmir. So, the crowds used to gather whenever we went out to shoot. Consequently our security was also beefed up to deal with the swelling crowds that used to throng the sets. On this particular day, when Bipasha was surrounded by security men, I could sense her discomfort at this heightened security blanket around her and had to intervene. Finally, the actress breathed a sigh of relief when the security around her was relaxed.”

LAMHAA is one of the few films that has been shot in Kashmir over the years and is slated to release early next year.

Kristin Cavallari Is Faking It With Justin Bobby, Duh

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:47:43 +0000

“Kristin and Sonny are an item, but he knows that she has to pretend to date Justin Bobby if she wants to stay on The Hills. It’s a complicated situation,” an insider says.

What’s complicated about it? She’s a famewhore that needs to lie to keep her job!

Sonny himself didn’t confirm or deny their relationship, but he did say that they “have been friends for awhile” and they “hang out.”

We bet you do more than that, Sonny!

[Image via WENN.]

Lily Allen Confirms End Of Singing Career!

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:14:41 +0000

t was never her music we hated, it was her words and actions! And we’re gonna get A LOT more of that now that Lily Allen is taking time off from music – indefinitely.

The singer has confirmed that she has no plans to tour anymore or record a follow-up to her latest album, It’s Not Me, It’s You.

“I do however remain a fan of new music, so this is not some selfish crusade,” says the retired singer on her new anti-piracy blog. “The days of me making money from recording music has been and gone as far as I’m concerned, so I don’t (at this point) stand to profit from legislation.”

Illy is taking time off to star in the West End production of Neil Labute‘s Reasons To Be Pretty!

As terrible the notion that someone put her in a play, it may be a great casting decision. The lead female role in the show is Steph, a girl who is bat-shiz crazy!

But, she’ll probably pull a Pivert!

You can’t pAArty like that and do 8 shows a week!!

[Image via WENN.]

Britney Being Normal!

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:45:58 +0000

Stars, they’re just like us! Sort of.

Britney Spears was spotted out grocery shopping at her local Ralph’s back in El Lay on Wednesday before performing at the Staples Center.

Naturally, she was accompanied by her bodyguard and several members of the Ralph’s staff.

Not normal for U or us, but definitely normal for her. Just another day in the life of Brit Brit!

Nice to see her doing normal things!

P.S. She’ll always love wedge sandals!!!!!!!!!

[Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

Miley Debuts Her Aussie Beau!

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:33:50 +0000

Miley Cyrus had a special guest in the audience at her concert at the Staples Center Tuesday night – her Last Song costar and real-life boyfriend, Australian actor Liam Hemsworth!

That’s right: BOYFRIEND! A source confirmed that the two have been dating now for almost five months and Tuesday night was their debut as a serious couple. They had no problem showing off their PDA at Miley’s super after-show bash at Katsuya, where people say they were very “lovey-dovey.”

Two noticeably absent friends of tween super star were her bestieMandy Jiroux and ex-bf Justin Gaston. Mandy had a concert of her own to play with her band The Beach Girl5 and Justin decided to sulk out there instead of going to Miley’s gig.

Yeah, we wouldn’t want to see our ex smooching with someone twice as handsome and five times more successful than us either. That’s a heartbreaker!

[Image via WENN.]

The DWTS Curse Strikes Debi Mazar

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:25:16 +0000

The Dancing With the Stars curse is in full swing!

First it was Tom DeLay, then Kathy Ireland who was quickly followed by Mya – and now Debi Mazar has gone and injured herself!

Mazar Tweeted about her DWTS accident, which left the formerEntourage star with a “torn muscle in [sic] neck to chest”, and a brace around her neck, according to the Tweet.

She continues: “Foxtrot… cruel & sadistic. If only judges knew.”

But never fear, a rep for Debi says the funnywoman will be appearing on Wednesday night’s episode of Dancing With the Stars, and is currently on set preparing for tonight’s taping.

Be careful!