Folks and Baul music

India is regarded as the center for art, culture and music. It has got different types of music inside. Various forms of music have developed from different regions of the country. One of the famous forms of music is Baul songs and folk music. It has evolved from Bengal. Baul music started to loose its importance. But in recent years, research and other stuffs helped to gain its importance. Through the Baul and folk songs the scenario of the contemporary world is denoted. It has got a typical tune and various regional instruments are used for the purpose. The young generation is really attracted towards these types of music.

27 Strikes Again!

The eternal debate over Rock n’ Roll, drugs and the figure of 27 just heightened recently with the death of Amy Winehouse, presumably after an overdose of prescribed drugs. This is not the first time that the combination of the three proved to be fatal as we have already seen in the deaths of music greats like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and some others as well at the age of 27 years after reaching the pinnacle of success. Conspiracy theorists tend to believe that there is a deep seated satanic meaning in the number 27 which caused the untimely deaths of these rock legends and they claim that there are more to follow. Not going into all those supernatural matters, it can just be said that 27 claimed another victim from the world of Rock n’ Roll.

Music for Your Soul

The term music therapy is very much in vogue now. Music therapy is the form of treatment of hypertension patients with soothing music. Sometimes classical music like Mozart or Beethoven’s composition is used. Music therapy can also be applied to children with attention deficit disorder or patients who suffer from high stress. It has been scientifically proven that some forms of music can help to soothe the nerves and make one relax. Spas offering music therapy have already sprung up across the United States. Music therapy offers a very safe and efficient solution to hypertension and high stress situations in a very effective way without the side effects of anti depressant drugs available on the market.

Technology and Music – A Brilliant Combination

Modern technology is presently at its zenith and with the use of more and more technology; it has become possible to reach a wider variety of audience. As a result, most of the modern bands and solo artists are using the music blogs to promote themselves, streaming live performances for free over the internet and even launching new records on the internet. More and more people are following the music blogs nowadays to be up to date with the latest happenings in the world of music as well. Bands like Radiohead, Take That have all been known to take a liking for the blogs and as time goes by, and these music blogs will become one of the biggest source of income for the music industry.

Gregorian

Consisting of Frank Peterson, Carsten Heusmann, Jan-Eric Kohrs and Michael Soltau, Gregorian is a band that has its roots in Hamburg, Germany. Initially a pop group called Enigma, the band reinvented itself into what they call the Gregorian style. The Gregorian style is a chant infused version of popular present day rock and pop songs that are sung with 12 session and choir singers. The band selects songs that can be translated into a 7 point scale. This selection is done unanimously by all the members and they call this the Masters of Chant. They have released one album every year under this name, since 1999.

Vh1 Legends

If there is one show on any music channel that a person simply must watch is ‘Vh1 Legends’. The show was conceived and first aired in 1995 and was broadcast till the year 2001. The show basically comprised documentaries of the personal lives of many music legends such as Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton and Elton John and commentary by personalities such as Steven Tyler (of the Aerosmith fame), Ossie Davis and Levon Helm. The main unique selling point of the show is that it airs much rare footage of artisits during concerts and other private recordings. The channel often airs the series now and then, and it is certainly a must watch.

A Music Lover’s Nirvana

An upcoming trend of the 21st Century is music blogs or MP3 blogs in which, the site creator makes available for download music files of all genres. Some sites maybe genre specific but most offer files which are hard to find. Many of these sites are free while others require a membership fee and yet others charge per song. These sites are available online in various languages and require nothing more than a “right click” to download. The download speed of each song is an average of 5 minutes. These sites provide easy access to songs to music lovers worldwide.