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Finally Microsoft has declared that it will be going to launch its own music player named Zune. Confirming weeks of rumors, Microsoft revealed that it will launch music software and player under the Zune brand name.

According to Chris Stephenson general manager marketing, Microsoft is working on a new music and entertainment project called Zune and under Zune brand they will deliver an array of hardware and software products. He also confirmed that the first of the series will hit the market later this year.

The initial Zune device will have a wi-fi and use a hard drive to store music. Revealing further Stephenson said, ?we see a great opportunity to bring technology and community to allow consumers to explore and discover music together?.

Competition reaction

Apple and RealNetworks representatives so far have declined to comment on Microsoft announcements.

On the other hand Napster spokeswoman said that the company isn?t worried about competing with Microsoft. ?We have held our position as number tow service through launch of MSN and Urge and a host of others,? She said.

Experts in the industry are not convinced yet whether Microsoft will able to bring the integrated and seamless experience provided by the partnership of iTunes and I-Pod.

It is the first of many such announcements relating the product for music industry, where Apple has maintained its lead over both selling the music player and downloadable music business. It has sold over 58 million iPods and more than a billion songs.

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Shanghai?2000

When I first walked down the street by the hotel called, ?The Grand Hyatt Shanghai,? I found myself looking over towards the Oriental Pearl Tower; it reminded me of the tower in Kyoto, Japan [1999. It was a marvelous looking city?this Shanghai, I thought at the time, with its modern architecture and western fashion. Thus, the old civilization I pictured had faded away like the movies of Charlie Chan; whom I watch in the 50s; although I think they made them in the 30s and 40s. Oh, my name is Milton Carpenter, and I write travel articles for a magazine.

As I was about to say, I ended up visiting the beautiful Shanghai Huangpu River a dozen times when I was in Shanghai. Reminds me when I was in San Antonio, Texas [1994, I visited the Alamo five times. I get this sense of wistfulness, or is it nostalgia in me and I go back to the places I love, many times; yes, I see it once, end up thinking about it often and feel it in my soul, and got to go back again and again, until my thirst is quenched. Like in Paris, I went back to Notre Dame several times, each and every time I?m in Paris, and I?m normally only in Paris for less than a week each time; but that?s the way it is for me.

Anyhow, I found myself going back to the river-walk, or front, along the banks of the river over and over in Shanghai. And I should add, rivers calm me, so it is second nature for me to do this, should I find a river, and should I need calming; for example, like in Cardiff, Wales, the river runs right through it, right by its Millennium Stadium, and the Seine in Paris, seems to run right through it, as does the Tames in London, and the Mississippi which runs through St. Paul, St. Louis and New Orleans?I end up always in a daze walking by them, or along side of them I should say; as if they were hypnotic.

So I found myself at the riverside watching all the cars go by, like in any big city of eight-million I suppose, such as Lima, or Cairo, but I think the worse traffic is in Madrid, and the worse air pollution is in Quito, Equator, yet I love the city and its people in Quito. As I was about to say, Shanghai has all the electrical gadgets any big city has also, like New York City, or Chicago, Rome or San Francisco. And let me add, Mai has not been forgotten in Shanghai either, his picture is everyplace, like in Habana where Che?s picture is all over.

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The Huangpu

?But it is the river front I wanted to tell you about, the Huangpu River, that is where it all started, and ended. It was most recently I experienced this mishap, which is the best I can call it. The year was, the year of the new century, 2000 AD. I left Beijing, did an article on ?The Forbidden City,? I traveled a lot back then. Now they wanted me (The Travel Magazine, Editor) to go to Shanghai and do a travel article on ?The Dogbianmen Watchtower;? which I really never got to do.

When I arrived the riverfront was sparkling with reflections from the gold, red, blue, yellow and green neon lights that covered the city riverwalk area. The red Chinese flag was waving in the wind, as a mist filled the port region?it was a whimsical day.

For the most part it was a cool day in late September, and capitalism seemed to be exploding, and free expression likewise. Kids on bikes, art centers open, rolls of lights along the streets patrolling the river, like in Malta, akin to policemen. So I stood leaning against a solid stone divider between the sidewalk, street and the river itself, waiting for the ferryboat to take me down the river on a short tour, it was near dusk.

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Murder In

He departed the bank of the river along with a crowed of others whom went directly into the dinning hall, which was on the first of the three floors of the huge ferry. He was left alone on the lower deck and paced back and forth in the front of the vessel?close to the bow, watching a dog run loose and listening to a man and women argue some twenty-five feet to his left, they were somewhat covered, better put, camouflaged by a winding white stairway that lead to the second and third decks.

It wasn?t long before the boat and passengers were headed down river. As he looked into the water leaning over the edge of the vessel a giggle of music came out from the loud speakers?fading back and forth with some static attached to it, as if the airwaves were being disrupted from a radio antenna; at the same time waves within the river were picking up he noticed, a storm was brewing. He started to fall, to sway a bit here and there as the vessel seemed to wobble with the influence of the torrent waters, consequently creating sluggishness to its forward thrust. Then he fell?I should say crashed into moving objects, and he found himself getting wet from the waves, and then the rains came pouring down.

As the storm started to increase so did the waves and everything on the deck become more slippery, icy, slimy, everything started to slide, or tried to slide that could slide: chairs, tables, ropes, lifeboats twisted, lifejackets tied down, all moved about with the rocking of the boat. He looked to the dinning hall, and many folks had gathered by the secured tables, holding on tightly?as others were hanging onto railings overhead.

?There, over on the other side of the boat was the couple, in-between two small safety boats, and some lifevests. And that dog, the dog he seen before, he was now slipping and sliding trying to get to the lower deck door and each time he made it, he slide back to the edge of the ship, almost becoming airborne into the water. But a more serious matter seemed to dawn on Milton, the man and woman were actually fighting, in fact pushing and grabbing each other, as the black clouds of Hades-water filled the sky overhead. He seemed as if he wanted to [he being the alleged assailant, trying to throw the woman overboard; she looked at Milton as if in desperation, her attacker was an elder man in his 40s, she a younger woman in her 30s. He was much larger than her, he could see. And should he throw her over, who would know but him. She looked at Milton again: bellowed out,

?Save me, save me, please, he wants to throw me overboard!?

The man looked briefly towards Milton?almost an indifferent look and went back into a guarded position

he had time for one quick thought, and that was all??save the woman,? his mind said, ?it?s now or never.?

Even though he was having trouble saving himself he managed to hurdle himself to their side, and although he?the other man?was more muscular, Milton was quicker with his hands and feet and kneed him in the groin, and as he bent over he throw him overboard?with a quick thrust, landing him into the hammering river. He got his senses back and went to throw a lifejacket to him, yet he could not see him; hence, he bent over to get one and slipped a bit, grabbing onto the cold wet railing and as he did; the woman to the side of him took a hold, a solid grabbing onto the small boat and pushed it against Milton?s side, and he flew head first through the railings into the water with the lifejacket in his hands. As he found himself in the water he had come to the conclusion it was her trying to throw her so called husband in the waters, and he ended up doing the dirty work for her.

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The water

It was classical he told himself, kicking his shoes off and undressing to his flesh and underclothes in the bogy-cold water; he told himself, ?where now!? He was feeling more like a glacier by the minute. She was calling over the railing, ?Murder, murder,? yelling it into the wild storm, into the river in somewhat of a frantic warning. Sure enough he thought, ??now she?ll tell them all I was the murderer, yet she does not have my name, matter of fact, if I can make it to the shore before the storm lets up, before they come looking for me, whose to say I was even on the boat [?? he asked himself, he told himself, which of course was a rhetorical question.

His knees seemed to melt and bend along with his lower body, everything collapsing in the slapping winds and waves of the water; his neck-muscles cramped, his forehead bumped into his lifejacket several times which was halfway on him, but the waves slapped his head so bad he couldn?t tie the strings properly. For the moment the wind was free, and so it seemed to make his eyes evaporate into the thick of the fog; he could only see but a foot or two in front of him.

He had the foretaste of drowning. He put his arms out so he could get more floating buoyancy with his armpits. Yet he knew he had to make it to shore quick or die within these waters, no one was coming back looking for him. What a predicament he had gotten himself into, he admitted. His brain was slipping, he felt like a fossil of a murder. He had killed a man for her, and airily he thought, ?who was she, nobody but a stranger? (his heart was still hammering; it told him he was still alive though).

Just then, just when he felt all the earth was dead and its grave was this water, something alive moving by his side touched him a few times, he looked, it was the dog, the dog on the ship, and he was a good size mutt. His big dog eyes looked up to him, barked at him and started paddling to the shoreline. He grabbed his tail and padded with his feet as much as he could?it took all his energy, and every once of hope, and he prayed and prayed, and within fifteen minutes they found themselves laying on the shore, he was still hanging onto the dog?s tail.

The last time I heard, Milton had taken the dog to Lima, Peru, and he is guarding his friend?s house, he lives on top of the roof in a little wooden house, but he never uses the damn house he just sleeps outside and guards the premises; Milton named the dog Tomasa [he died recently.

Author Dennis Siluk, this is his third new short story recently completed you can vist his website: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com

Did you ever wish that it was your song playing on the radio? It could be. It is not that hard once you know the formula. With a little creativity, a little knowledge, a little luck and a good formula to follow, your song could be one of the next biggest hits.

Songwriting comes easy for some, and is very difficult for others. I have actually written songs in my sleep, and immediately upon awaking, written it as quickly as I could get the words on down on paper.

What I want to discuss here is popular songwriting, like the songs you hear on the radio. A good pop song, whether rock, country, middle of the road, is composed of two things: a catchy tune and some good lyrics.

There is a formula that most great songwriters use to write great songs. It regards the structure used to write a song. Granted, it is music and it is art, so the rules are not hard and fast. But if you want to increase your chances of getting your song on the radio, it is a good starting point.

Here is the formula. Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus.

Write that down on paper leaving plenty of space between each word and this will be your script.

Verse

The verse is the part of the song that tells the story, the part that leads to the chorus. Each verse is usually different, telling a different part of, or adding to, the story. It usually explains how you got to the things you are singing about in the chorus.

Chorus.

The chorus is the part of the song that is repeated after each verse. The lyrics are usually the same each time the chorus comes around. The verse usually leads to the chorus, and the chorus is usually the pay off for listening to the verse. Does that make sense?

Here is a lame example (you did not think I would give you my best work, did you?):

(verse)
My dog is sick, he’s got a tick
He’s my best friend, don’t let it end

(chorus)
Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free

(verse)
My car broke down, just out of town
It got towed in, but it’s broke again

(chorus)
Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free

Now, if you would kindly stop laughing at my lame song for a minute, I want you to think about whether or not you understand my point. Songwriting is story telling. The verse tells the problems, the chorus expresses the results or the emotions.

All right, now that you have that mastered, let’s tackle the bridge. Ah, yeah, there is more to the song than the pain and the release. We need the diversion. That is what the bridge is; it is the diversion from the verse and the chorus.

The bridge may have a slightly different melody to it, or it could even have a different rhythm or a different tempo (Elvis’ Suspicious Minds did a great job on this technique).

Let’s go back to the lame song and add a bridge:

(verse)
My dog is sick, he’s got a tick
He’s my best friend, don’t let it end

(chorus)
Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free

(verse)
My car broke down, just out of town
It got towed in, but it’s broke again

(chorus)
Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free

(bridge)
Tomorrow is a better day, I’ve got a new truck on the way
My dog just had a flea it seems, so once again I’ll live my dreams

(chorus)
Oh, woe was me, can’t you see
Woe was me, but now I’m free

The bridge offers a solution to the problems I was having. You don’t want to leave your listener on the edge of suicide, you want to give them hope.

Notice, I also changed up the wording of the chorus. This was done to reflect my new found joy.

One more thing on formula. It can be anyway you want, but most verses and chorus come in lines of 4. So, instead of this:

(verse)
Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free

(verse)
My car broke down, just out of town
It got towed in, but it’s broke again

it would be:

Oh, woe is me, can’t you see
Woe is me, will I ever be free
My car broke down, just out of town
It got towed in, but it’s broke again

The same goes for the chorus. Again, if you are creative, do it however you want. But for a new songwriter, this gives you some guidelines to scratch out and start carving out your new creation.

One more thing, do not make the notes to the melody so high that your fans cannot sing along. We are certainly all not Stevie Wonder.

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Going to the movies may not seem like a novel way for little kids to spend an afternoon. But have you ever brought your child to see a Disney flick and ended up viewing trailers for Jeepers Creepers 2 or Freddie vs. Jason? When this happened in a Birmingham, Alabama cinema last year, parents became concerned about what the main attraction would be. But before the managers at the cinema could turn off the previews, the main attraction came on, and it wasn?t Piglet. Instead they were presented with the gruesome opening of Wrong Turn, an 18-rated slasher flick in much the same vein as the previews.

Is there a more genre more criticized than the horror film? Not bloody likely. There?s the argument that horror films are socially and morally irresponsible, even influencing some people to imitate the brutal methods of the killers portrayed on screen. Horror films actually have the opposite effect on normal people ? sick minds will commit atrocities anyway. Watching horror films lets us encounter our secret fears, share them with other viewers, and eliminate the terror by meeting it head-on.

The genre is almost as old as cinema itself ? the silent short film Le Manoir du Diable directed by Georges M?li?s in 1896 was the first horror movie and the first vampire flick. The movie only lasted two minutes, but audiences loved it, and M?li?s took pleasure in giving them even more devils and skeletons.

In the early 1900?s German filmmakers created the first horror-themed feature films, and director Paul Wegener enjoyed great success with his version of the old Jewish folk tale Der Golem in 1913 (which he remade ? to even greater success ? in 1920). This fable about an enormous clay figure, which is brought to life by an antiquarian and then fights against its forced servitude, was a clear precursor to the many monster movies that flourished in Hollywood during the Thirties.

The most enduring early German horror film is probably F.W. Murnau?s Nosferatu (1922), the first feature-length vampire movie. But one movie paved the way for the ?serious? horror film ? and art cinema in general ? Robert Wiene?s work of genius The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, still held up as an model of the potent creativity of cinema even to this day.

Early Hollywood drama dabbles in horror themes including versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) starring Lon Chaney, the first American horror-film movie star.

It was in the early 1930?s that Universal Studios, created the modern horror film genre, bringing to the screen a series of successful gothic-steeped features including Dracula, Frankenstein (both 1931) and The Mummy (1932) ? all of which spawned numerous sequels. No other studio had as much success with the genre (even if some of the films made at Paramount and MGM were better).

In the nuclear-charged atmosphere of the 1950?s the tone of horror films shifted away from the gothic and towards the modern. Aliens took over the local cinema, if not the world, and they were not at all interested in extending the tentacle of friendship. Humanity had to overcome endless threats from Outside: alien invasions, and deadly mutations to people, plants, and insects. Two of the most popular films of the period were The Thing From Another World (1951) and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956).

Horror movies became a lot more lurid ? and gorier ? in the late Fifties as the technical side of cinematography became easier and cheaper. This era saw the rise of studios centered exclusively on horror, particularly British production company Hammer Films, which focused on bloody remakes of traditional horror stories, often starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, and American International Pictures (AIP), which made a series of Edgar Allan Poe themed films starring Vincent Price.

The early 1960?s saw the release of two films that sought to close the gap between the subject matter and the viewer, and involve the latter in the reprehensible deeds shown on screen. One was Michael Powell?s Peeping Tom, the other was a very low-budget film called Psycho, both using all-too-human monsters rather than supernatural ones to scare the audience.

When Rosemary?s Baby began ringing tills in the late Sixties, horror film budgets rose significantly, and many top names jumped at the chance to show off their theatrical skills in a horror pic. By that time, a public fascination with the occult led to a series of serious, supernatural-themed, often explicitly gruesome horror movies. The Exorcist (1973) broke all records for a horror film, and led to the commercial success of The Omen.

In 1975 Jaws, directed by a young Steven Spielberg, became the highest grossing film ever. The genre fractured somewhat in the late 1970?s, with mainstream Hollywood focusing on disaster movies such as The Towering Inferno while independent filmmakers came up with disturbing and explicit gore-fests such as Tobe Hooper?s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

John Carpenter?s Halloween introduced the teens-threatened-by-superhuman-evil theme that would be copied in dozens of increasingly violent movies throughout the 1980?s including the long running Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street series. Horror movies turned to self-mocking irony and downright parody in the 1990?s ? the teenagers in Scream often made reference to the history of horror movies. Only 1999?s surprise independent hit The Blair Witch Project attempted regular scares.

So go ahead, take a stroll through these favourite horror movies of all time. But pick your way very carefully, this walk is not for the faint of heart. And if you happen to hear what sounds like some subdued whispering or soft creepy grating sounds, just pay no attention to it. It?s probably only the wind.

About The Author

Astrid Bullen is a freelance writer and movie buff living in St. George?s, Grenada. Visit her cool movie website at http://aboutfilm.info.

Music is to the soul

What oil is to an engine

Do you not know

What the nations possess

Within them?

For in the midst of the world’s nations

Are songs and new creations

Solutions to every problem

Answers to all your questions

Subtle hints and suggestions

Prophetic songs

Making their declarations.

Moreover it is the Creator’s will

That such songs reconcile and heal

Enabling all at war to feel

To forget

Their pain and misery

To forgive

Open their eyes and see

That there is a better way

If we listen attentively

Employ our heart’s sensitivity

Express ourselves communicatively

Rid ourselves of such hostility

Endeavor to be all we can be

Make an attempt for unity

Celebrate each others diversity

So during times of relaxation

Rest and recreation

Music is a divine invention

With which comes new sensations

Wisdom and divine revelation

Within songs you will hear

People pray

People say

People humbly crying out

To acknowledge God above

Seeking to fill the earth with love

If we all could

Simply listen and learn

Intuitively discern

Not be so quick to spurn

But rejoice in music

And turn

Turn ourselves around

Let love abound

Embrace freedom’s sound

Put our weapons down

Remove from our faces

The scowl and frown

Embrace all races

White, yellow, black and brown

From our pedestals

Come down

Mingle with the people

All around

Relate, be real

Try again to sincerely feel

Just think how many people

We could heal

From hurts within

Liberate from self and sin

With music

All mankind wins

Therefore sing a new song

Rejoice all the day long

Try to humbly get along

Get through your daily

Stress and monotony

Impart purpose and prosperity

Negotiate your matters peaceably

Work together intelligently

To make the world a better place

For you and me

Music mediates and works

Magnificently for humanity

Now let’s employ

Its machinery.

Paul Davis is a life coach (relational & professional), traveling minister and fitness trainer. Paul is the author of several books including Breakthrough for a Broken Heart; Stop Lusting; and God vs. Religion.

Paul is a popular worldwide keynote speaker, creative consultant, humor being, explorer, mediator, minister, liberator and dream-maker.

Paul’s compassion for people & passion to travel has taken him to over 50 countries of the world where he has had a tremendous impact. Paul has also brought revival to many in war-torn, impoverished and tsunami stricken regions of the earth. His nonprofit organization Dream-Maker Ministries is building dreams and breaking limitations.

Paul’s Breakthrough Seminars inspire, revive, awaken, impregnate with purpose, impart the fire of desire, catapult people into a new level of self-awareness, facilitate destiny discovery and dream fulfillment.

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In the past all movies were made for the big screen because studios could only bring a certain amount of movies to theaters each year. After they left the big screen they would go straight to video and cable. Now things are much more different than they were in the past. VHS?s are nearly dead and many studios are not only producing movies for theaters but they are also producing movies for direct to consumer sales. This trend, which has been growing over the last couple of years, is expected to hit its peak in the next few years. The reason is because consumers like to watch movies from the comfort of their own home. Furthermore, there are many things that studios can release on DVD that they can not show on television, such as uncensored footage from controversial television shows. It also allows studios to introduce quality entertainment at a lower cost.

It has lead to the development of several video series for children which they can take with them everywhere the go. Since DVD?s where introduced they have been taken to new levels every year. From bringing back classic movies, to putting television shows on DVD, to netflix. It has to make everyone wonder what will be next in the world of DVDs.

Andre Bias is the owner of http://www.kidfriendlyentertainment.com, and online source for top notch DVD?s for children 10 years old and younger.

OK - so I am biased. I’ve spent hours and hours practicing my instruments and I’ve spent thousands of dollars on my education. I could come up with 20 Reasons. But I’ll start with 5.

1.CLASSIER: The right band adds a certain amount of class to any event. A pianist playing a Grand Piano in a tuxedo of any event adds romance and dignity. A DJ behind a record player never will be able to produce that effect.

When you hire a live band or musician, you are telling your customers and friends, I am a class act.

2.VERSATILITY: DJS are limited by their recorded product and tempos on the recordings.

Musicians will adjust to their surroundings. If the dance floor is packed, a band can keep the song going and will not be limited to the length of the original recording.

A musician can also change his tempo to the activities in a room. When I see a romantic couple dancing to Frank Sinatra tune, I will frequently add that spark that I feel for my wife.

Granted, a DJ may have a repertoire that is only limited by the amount of CDs they buy. But a good musician knows thousands of songs.

I know I have probably forgotten more songs than I learned over the years. You will love watching the band ‘fake’ their way through a tune they haven’t played in years.

That kind of spontaneity is only possible when you use live music instead of a DJ. Which brings us to Reason #3.

3.PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE SCREW UP: Let’s face it. Musicians are human beings. We make mistakes like everybody else. Why is American Idol so popular? Because we all want to see someone fail. And succeed!

Your friends and customers will love to try and stump the band when we’re playing at your Sales Event or Product Rollout. (Watch their amazement when we succeed.)

?Music is a Manifestation of Emotion. The feeling must always override the Technique? - Jan Hammer (Keyboards for Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck)

4.INTIMACY: There is something very intimate about seeing someone play an instrument and create music on the spot. Music is magical. It is almost surreal. Can a DJ play with emotion? Intimacy?

People love to watch my hands as I play the piano. It is as if the music appears out of nowhere. When a musician performs for you, it feels like they are creating just for you — right on the spot. Magical!

5.INTERACTION: Not only will a great entertainer adjust his performance to a live audience. A live band will interact with each other onstage. A DJ is only one person. Surely a DJ can and will interact with his audience. But a good musician will interact so much better.

Also, just imagine the added dimension a live band will bring to your next Corporate Event. A live band will interact with your audience AND the musicians in the band. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to a group of musicians ‘hang out’ after the gig, you know what I am saying is true. A DJ has only an audience for interaction.

Music is truly the universal language. It transcends any barrier — geographic, cultural or economic. Hiring the right Musical Act will enhance your ability to reach your customers and clients.

What is it with these performers and their politics? Do they really think that people who pay $100 or more to hear them sing want to hear them utter political opinions? The audience pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to see and hear a performer PERFORM. You want to spout politics, run for freakin office, you moron! When performers use a paid venue to play politics they are abusing the paying audience, the venue, the sponsors and everyone connected to their artistic performance. It’s an inappropriate venue and inapproprite behavior to voice your political viewpoint, you jerk! And they wonder why people boo.

Somebody pays a small fortune for their ticket to see them perform and ends up being subjected to a political opinion from someone who makes millions of dollars a year but doesn’t have a real job, doesn’t have to live in reality and doesn’t have a clue about the real world! Yeah, right, tell me about your political views while I’m sitting here waiting to be entertained by you. That’s why I came here and that’s what I paid for isn’t it, you ungrateful clueless idiot. You want to spout off, do it for free. Yes, free. Why don’t you perform for free then you can say anything you want to your audience. Then it’s fair and balanced. Then the audience gets what it pays for.

And what about the incident in Orange County, CA where the performer makes a comment about Linda Ronstadt and audience starts booing and the performer responds with how America used to be a place where you could openly discuss your views. Ha! Twenty thousand people and he’s the only one with a microphone! Open discussion, my ass.

So, a word to the wise. You want to keep performing, keep making millions, keep living in your fantasy world? Shut up and sing.

Maya Pinion is a freelance writer and contributing editor for News4Net. Article inspired by radio talk show host, Dennis Prager, who has a brain in his head and a heart in his chest.

Pakistan is blessed with talent and when we talk about Pakistani Music, you can never stop picking up one of the best Pakistani pop song uptill now because there are number of such hit songs nobody can judge the best one in past decades such as Dil Dil Pakistan? , ?Huwa Huwa?, ?Mehndi ki Raat?, ?Na Kaho?, ?Dil Haray?, ?Ankhain Milanay Walay?, ?Wakt?, ?Neeli Neeli Ankhain?, ?Jaisay Chao Jeo?, ?Garuj Burus?, ?No More?, ?Ankhoun ki Sagar?, ?Na Tu Aigi?, ?Addat? left the audience agape and many more. Our artists’ are popular all over the world. Many new talented artists in Pakistan are still working hard to bring quality Pakistani music.

We can easily judge Alamgir as the pioneer of music industry who’s first big hit was DEKHA NA THA KABHI HUM NAY YEH SUMMA, and remains the song he is still most identified with, though later songs such as Yeh Shaam Aur Tera Naam and Mein Ne Tumhare Gagar Se Kabhi Pani continued to add to his composition. Alamgir, it must be said, laid the groundwork that countless others used to break into the music industry. He not only sang well, he was a performer in the true sense of the word. There is no denying Alamgir?s contribution to the evolution of the pop music genre in Pakistan.

NAZIA HASSAN was the first one to cross the forbidden Pakistan-India border to sing in an Indian film called Qurbani which was APP JAISA KOI. And later this song became a youth anthem in both India and Pakistan. And next NAZIA, ZOHAIB and BIDDU (an Indian composer) teamed up to release DISCO DEEWANE which became the biggest pop selling album till then in Pakistan. The Hasan siblings released one more album, Boom Boom, in 1984. This second collaboration with Biddu, the undisputed king of Indian filmi disco music, was also a huge success. Their success marked a turning point in the pop history.

And later Vital Sign ventured on to Pakistani television screens with their guitars and a catchy, patriotic song named Dil Dil Pakistan in 1986. Their album released in 1987 with gems like Yeh Shaam and funky Goray Rung Ka Zamana.

Then came Jupitars with their evergreen hit songs ?Yaroun Yehi Dosti Hai?, continued with Hassan Jehangir?s ?Hawa Hawa? in 1990, Sanwali Saloni by Vital Signs in 1991, Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar in 1992 by the Strings, Sajjad Ali?s Didi ripoff Babia in 1993, Najam Shiraz?s In Se Nain in 1995, Junoon?s Saeein in 1996 or Awaz?s Mr. Fraudiye in 1997. Junoon came into the race with their World Cup Hit song ?Jazaba-e-Junoon Tou Himat na Har?. This is only to be expected in a growing industry.

Perhaps the biggest unexpected success of an experimental song, however, was Sajjad Ali?s street-wise 1995 hit Chief Saab. Full of Karachi slang and tough imagery, Chief Saab, perhaps more than anything else signified the coming age of pop music. It showed that one did not necessarily have to remain within pre-determined saccharine-sweet boundaries to be popular, and that people liked hearing of issues other than puppy love. Partly, as a result of this expansion of the pop market, established musicians from non-pop genres such as qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan were also drawn towards experimenting within it. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan gave numerous hit one after another and he gave the music for Hollywood movies and as well as for many Bollywood movies too.

The pop band that most successfully seized upon this idea was, of course, Junoon, which used its success with the haunting Saeein to recast itself as a completely different sort of band. Here we saw pop again intersecting with folk and vice versa.

In 1994, FM radio brought about another mini-revolution in Pakistani music. From Landhi in Karachi to Krishan Nagar in Lahore, names like female vocalist Hadiqa Kiyani and young Shehzad Roy suddenly became household names. Even iconoclastic recluse virtuosos like guitarist Amir Zaki (whose almost purely instrumental album Signature did well in the market) were receiving the kind of airplay the big bands of the ?80s could only have dreamed of.

Pop industry had big turnaround when private channels came into the scene, Like IM which became the medium to introduce young talents in the pop industry names like Fuzon, Aaroh, noori, Aks, Ahmad Jehanzaib, Mizraab, Karavan, Ali Zafar, Jal which not only rock the Pakistani pop music but also made their names worldwide. The new arrivals made their presence felt through remarkable individual songs, even though full albums for now seemed beyond most new acts. Ahmad Jehanzaib’s Ek Bar Kaho, Fuzon’s Ankhon Ke Saagar and Schehzad Mughal’s Bas Yunheen were each excellent. The first two were carried by soulful, ardent vocals and the last shone through affecting lyrics. Hot on their heels, honourable mentions must also go to Aks stunningly understated Neela Aasman, noori’s jangle-pop perfection Tum Hans Diyae, Junoon’s excellent Garaj Baras, Sajjad Ali with Teri Yaad, Aamir Zaki’s insightful and incisive People Are People, EP’s piledriving Hum Ko Aazma, Najam’s infinitely catchy !

Jaisay Chaho Jiyo and Aao Wahan Chalain, Ali Zafar?s startling Chanoo ki Ankh, Jal?s splendid addat and yes even Ali Haider’s insipid but still memorably melodic Chandi Ratain. Abrar’s Preeto was the novelty hit of the year. The Pepsi Battle of the Bands did a great job in throwing up a wealth of talent. EP, Aaroh, Brain Massala, Messiah, Schahzad Hameed and others all have Pepsi to thank. The Pepsi Battle of the Bands got all these fledgling bands great exposure.

Recently, a team of talented Pakistani musicians and artists took the long road to Mumbai, via Dubai, possibly to make history, for this was the first time in recent memory that Pakistanis had gone to India to create the background score for a Bollywood film. The film in question is Pooja Bhatt’s Paap, and former Vital Sign Shehzad ‘Shahi’ Hasan, cinematographer Faisal Rafi, singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and studio session player and keyboardist Faiz Ali Naqvi, were the foursome representing the world of Pakistani music in India.

Strings enjoyed considerable success with Dhaani. Probably the most hyped album of the year, with lead single Chaaye Chaaye being the standout favourite. String gave the soundtrack for Spiderman 2 which was a remarkable effort.

Junaid Jamshed’s Dil Ki Baat was understated but assured and notwithstanding JJ’s quite public and tortured ruminations over religion and music, the album showed that JJ is still competent at middle of the road pop and that Shoaib Mansoor still has the magic touch. Shahzad Roy’s Rab Jane was hobbled by his illness and yet catches the fire while Karavan’s Gardish seems to have suddenly picked up and was sold like hot-cakes. Schahzad Mughal’s Jhoom Lay was one of the most pleasant of surprises of the year.

So this proves that our music industry has dared to move forward with hope rather than skepticism.

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