Tuesday, November 18, 2008


Mirror Ball

A mirror ball is alleged to bring prosperity to those who own one and, alternately, to ward off evil spirits, particularly witches.

Legends formed about the mysterious powers of the ball. A globe was said to bring happiness, good luck and prosperity to those who owned it. The globe was known to ward off evil spirits, misfortune, illness and, of all things, witches!

The ball is purposed to keep witches away but the methods vary from story to story. Some say the ball should be placed near the entrance to the house so that if a witch came to your house she would not be able to get past her reflection as she cannot tear herself away from her own image. There are other accounts that say a witch cannot bear to see her own reflection so she will not come near a "witch’s ball". A witch cannot sneak up on a person gazing into a globe as he can see if a witch approaches from behind. The smaller ball made of colored glass as opposed to the reflective kind was believed to attract and trap evil spirits.
well !!! if its true...... then why do I play music to witches....

Thursday, October 30, 2008


Music As Expression
Music is an art form in which the medium is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses".
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.

To people in many cultures, music is inextricably intertwined into their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indians defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound. "According to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez, "the border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus.… By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be, except that it is 'sound through time'."

Sunday, April 6, 2008


Stardust
The short-lived group released the immensely popular club track titled “ Music Sounds Better with You” in June 1998. The song, which is based around a sample from “Fate” by Chaka Khan, was an instant smash, and many have dubbed it the greatest house song of the millennium. It was recorded in Paris by Daft House productions, of which Bangalter, one half of the popular French house duo Daft Punk, is head. The song was conceived in Rex Club, Paris, where the trio were playing a live set. Bangalter and Braxe created the instrumental, which Diamond instinctively sang the title words over. The next day they laid down the track in the studio, adding the Chaka Khan sample.
Though Bangalter was offered three million dollars to produce a Stardust album, the three members of the band parted ways after their highly auspicious debut. Diamond and Braxe pursued solo careers, and Bangalter, along with his usual partner Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, went on to release the second Daft Punk album, Discovery.
The song "Music Sounds Better with You" lacked its own music video for several months after its release. This was taken to advantage by British music series The Chart Show that had received requests to show old graphics before the show ended in August 1998. They used the fact this song had no video to create a compilation of old graphics, backed by the song. Eventually a proper video was made, directed by the acclaimed Michel Gondry.
"Music Sounds Better with You" is one of the most remixed songs ever, with most mixes on bootlegs or white label. It is also one of the first songs to introduce the mashup style of remixing.

Thursday, April 3, 2008


What is music?
What is music? According to Webster's Dictionary, music is “the art of arranging tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continuous composition”. In reality, music does not have any one concrete meaning. Music has different meanings for different people. Music is unique in each person's life. To a musician, music is their life. They eat, breathe, and live music. Music is their passion. For others, music is a hobby, a pastime. Music is something that arouses interest and is pleasurable. The casual fan may learn about music, how to read music, how to sing, or how to play a musical instrument, but they do not have the all encompassing passion a musician possesses. Music is a means of relaxation for some, while others simply enjoy listening to the sounds, melodies, and rhythms that music brings to their ears, minds, and hearts.
It allows a human being to create humanism, feeling, emotion, call it what you will.

Sunday, December 2, 2007


Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (song)
"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" a song written by Michael Cleveland for R&B/dance group Indeep has been all time favorites and the smashing remix that almost all the professional DJs lay their hands on.
It features vocals from Reggie and Rose Marie Ramsey, and its protagonists recall how they were bored to death until a DJ played a hot song and saved their lives by giving new energy to the night.
The song was released as a single in 1982 and became the most popular and successful hit released by their record label, Sound of New York. In the U.S. "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" reached number ten on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart and number two on the Club Singles chart, and it peaked at number thirteen in the United Kingdom. The track appears as the third track of the namesake album released in 1983. And ever since then it has ruled the minds of all the DJs across the globe.
The song also provided the inspiration for the title of the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (2000). Because of the limited success of Indeep's later releases, the group's first single was their only hit and placed them into the one-hit wonder category of artists. In 2004 UK house/trance music producer Seamus Haji made several popular remixes of the song through his own label, Big Love Records, and released them on a 12" single titled "Last Night a DJ Saved My Wife (ATFC mixes)".

Friday, July 6, 2007


Hear my Voice

She has been always my girl........my dream girl.....her voice divine......and she........is gorgeous

"Oye mi Canto (Hear My Voice)" is a single by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 at Europe and in 1990 to the rest of the world as the fourth single from the album Cuts Both Ways The song exemplied some of Gloria's musical roots, much like in the style of her earlier music with Miami Sound Machine, and is much in the style of "Conga" and " Rhythm is Gonna Get You".Though the song was only a minor chart hit in the US, in Europe it increased Gloria's popularity. Furthermore, she obtanied her first MTV Video Music Award for this song for the "Best Pop Video" at the Ceremony in 1990.The remixes of the song and short editions were created by: Pablo Flores, who would go on to remix many other Gloria recordings, as well as Keith Cohen and David Morales.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007


DJs have arrived.

There are many reasons for one to become a DJ, for many, reasons rang from a passion for music to being attracted by its glitz and glamour. Many feel that a DJ is required to know much more than the latest music trends. He or she has to feel the party, and understand the audience in order to give them the music that they would enjoy the most. In fact, there is no particular age bracket for a person to become a DJ.

Well what I can say is, imagine being able to make people sway to your tunes. The high of making people dance to your beats is a high like no other. If DJ is your God, music your passion and mixing tunes your hobby, you have just streamlined the exciting new career of a DJ for yourself. A disc jockey, or DJ as he or she is commonly known, is the person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience. In fact, most professional DJs do much more than just playing music; they are responsible for mixing tunes, forming beats and creating an ambiance in the club, since they are the ones who build up a party with their choice of music