Movie Music

Archive for the ‘New Music’ Category

A new musical fusion has arisen in New York and it’s not the kind you can catch for ten dollars at a club in the West Village. For the many thousands of Chinese immigrants trying to stay afloat in a new world and for those westerners who have always wanted to understand the Chinese but have shied away for lack of a way in–for anyone who has wondered where the two civilizations connect, the answer may lie not in words, but in music.

Lisa Li is a master of the pipa (Chinese lute) and a graduate of the Chinese Conservatory of China. She has composed and performed across Europe, Asia and the United States, and her playing was featured in the Academy Award-winning movie The Last Emperor. Now, as one of the lead composers for New Tang Dynasty Television’s Chinese New Year Spectacular, a grand scale performance of traditional Chinese dance and song, Lisa has created what she believes to be a new kind of sound–based on ancient Chinese folk and religious music, but going beyond either of them.

“Music is alive, because in the view of the Chinese ancients, every single object in the world has life. In fact, in Chinese, when we refer to a musical note we call it a ‘live note,’” she explains. But according to Lisa, it must be composed and played from the heart—sometimes in ways that sound foreign to the western ear.

But the melodies are far from random. Lisa’s music, like all traditionally composed Chinese music, is based on a series of pentatonic (5-note) scales. This system has its roots in Taoism, which teaches that all matter is formed from the five basic elements of metal, earth, wood, fire, and water. It teaches that in order for a being to be healthy, it must have all of these elements in balance. So, from the Chinese perspective, a song or piece of music must also contain a uniquely crafted balance of these elements. There are also eight note scales that relate to the Taoist symbol called the bagua, which is most commonly known in the West as part of the practice of fengshui, or geomancy.

An example of this is the piece she wrote for the dance “A Dunhuang Dream.” The dance is set against a backdrop of thousands of caves carved into the sides of cliffs as they are in the Moago Grottoes in the Dunhuang region of China. Seated at the mouth of each cave is a Buddhist or Taoist deity. As the dancers emerge, one can hear from the orchestra pit the voices of the erhu (Chinese violin) and guzhen (zither), but these are soon joined by the more recognizable resonance of cello, bass, oboe, and brass. The result strikes the ear as achingly otherworldly and yet also solidly familiar.

In fact, the specific ya yue used in the score is the same as that found in the ancient pipa music written on scrolls that were discovered by archeologists in the actual Dunhuang caves years ago.

“I feel very deeply that music is a heavenly language, a divine language,” Lisa says. “It is able to uplift people’s hearts and minds. It is good for the soul.”

For many new artists seeking for a record deal, the idea of placing their ink onto a contract directly between a major distribution label and themselves may be far fetched, to say the least. Just like this world turns devoid of any effort from us, people are simultaneously positioned here with certain abilities to further along progress in certain studies. These predestined beings can be seen in history as the cycles of music give in the new wave of innovators. So if anyone would be granted direct access to companies without the presentation provided by a smaller one, it would be the music revolutionary.

The same person to distinguish the gifts of Eminem, Stevie Nicks, and Gwen Stefani was prompted to state what he observed contained by Prema LaNay. “You are the next sound of music,” the new artist was told with not a blink of the music mogul’s eye. As Dr. Dre introduced Eminem’s tape to Jimmy Iovine, Cee Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley delivered on a cd. Just in a matter of a couple months before that night, Green was asked to hear music that a petite Georgia peach passionately grew over the years before. Once Cee Lo played the voice of the songwriter turned vocalists, Iovine took a quick look at her image and requested her to be flown out to the Santa Monica office. During a 5 day stay, LaNay was provided the label’s recording studio, given her choosing from some of Dr. Dre’s selection of artworks to work with, and sat in for a few of the co-founder’s meetings together with other  potential talent. As the talents sat adjacent to Jimmy, they complimented the work of Prema, who did not know how these individuals previously knew her.

 

Many have heard Prema LaNay’s music as it was transferred from Iovine’s office, to the car, and so on. Close friends such as, music producer, Polow Da Don were being told from their Interscope acquaintance about this new musical find. Right after her visit, LaNay sealed her direct deal to the major distributor. A direct deal was granted for the fact that, as an artist, no independent label molded her project. For the few years before, Prema had hunted for sounds and through distinctive “beat makers” and studios developed herself as an artist, amid advice from entertainment friends.

 

Now what seems a blessing is also another challenge for an artist from a city where most entertainment companies are more accustomed to developing their artists then respecting them as business partners. Back in Atlanta, Prema found herself to be “over-qualified” for the majority hip-hop tailored independent labels within arms reach. It was hoped by Interscope that an independent label would respect what they did of the artist that would mainly just need strategic marketing services more than artist development in a deal. She finds her music and creates classic hits in studios with just an engineer. The complete concept is already in her head from the beginning. After her most recent project was completed, she also composed storyboards and detailed narratives of 10 videos ready for shooting. Even though, the major label signed her directly due to her formation of the project, compensation was given to Radiculture Records in hopes to aid with the exposure of Prema. With no contractual agreement to do so, Prema was left to search for for outside assistance.

Instead of shaping an artist, the opportunity seemed to good to be true for most. The opportunity being that an artist signed and endorsed by a major needs nothing more than a business team now. Instead of partnering with a major distributor with her as nothing more than their artist or hoping to sell her to them, an independent would only have to the partnership with Prema who has already partnered with the major.

So, the missing piece of the puzzle is finding the small company ready to expose a product that is automatically promised.

Are you looking for a phone that has music, touch screen and many other features? Well, then you must give a look to Nokia 5800 Xpress music. It is full of latest technologies that can grab the hearts of users by its stunning characteristic features.

The most attractive feature of this phone is its media player. This new music cell phone gives you a lot of features that can help you to find the desired music. It also provides you the features of downloading music on your mobile phone.

The display of the phone is quite bigger then usual phones. It also provides you the feature to see the videos you want from downloaded content. This mobile phone also provides you the in built digital camera that is 3.2 mega pixels. So, you can click high resolution, sharp pictures.

With its touch screen feature you can easily view your favourite videos and photos in seconds with high resolutions. You can also share them with your friends and relatives with its Bluetooth feature.

This handset is enabled with HSCSD, EDGE and GPRS technologies. It has very good software for browsing for files and it also help you to find the files you are looking for in the cell phone. This mobile handset also supports 3G networks to offers global connectivity to its users.

This latest gadget also provides you the 16GB memory card so; you can store multiple songs, pictures and videos. The Wi-Fi that is built in provides you the best connectivity in a phone.

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music comes out with several vibrant colours such as black, red and blue to attract the users. It comes with several features and a good look makes it popular among the users.