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Rockin’ In The Free World with Charvel & World Music Nashville
A group of World Music Nashville students, with Charvel® guitars in hand, recorded and taped a performance of Neil Young’s famed song. Wes Ernest, an instructor at the Education Center, made arrangements for Charvel Guitars and it’s parent company, Fender Musical Instruments, to see the students in action with their Charvel®s as the principal instruments. Each student invested in either a Charvel So-Cal or San Dimas model electric guitar and by that notion, they appear in this video.
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Rainforest World Music Festival 2007
Visitors who plan to attend the Rainforest World Music Festival 2007 at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Kuching this year can rest assure that they are in safe hands.
According to Sarawak Tourism Board’s CEO, Gracie Geikie, security has been beefed up in numbers of personnel and also with the addition of drugs detecting police dogs. Such measurements are only to ensure that patrons can truly enjoy the night with no worries with regards to security at the event.
This is also done in lieu with the increase in numbers of visitors this year, which is targeted at 24,000 people.
“We had such a great response from music lovers, loyal fans to the event and also people who have heard about the event through friends. Sales of online tickets were great. In fact for Saturday, all of the tickets are sold out,” explained Geikie.
Those going for the show can expect a big turn out and also amazing performances by 20 bands from all around the world, most of which are second timers of third timers to the Rainforest World Music Festival.
“The aim of the festival has always been and will always be the preservation and conservation of ethnic music and traditional musical instruments.
As we went along the event also became an instrument to promote peace through rich culture and heritage. We are happy that the festival has grown bigger through the years. For next year, we plan to bring RWMF to another level, not in term of quantity but by adding fringe events,” she said.
Some of the events in discussion are tribal arts workshop and tribal arts forum. Such events are hoped to encourage visitors to stay longer and really be exposed to Sarawak’s heritage so that they can truly experience what Sarawak has to offer.
The Rainforest World Music Festival, organised by the Sarawak Tourism Board, kicks off today at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong untill Sunday where visitors will also have the opportunity to take part in the various workshops carried out throughout the three days.
The stage performances that will feature various bands from all around the world will be held every evening starting from 7.30pm. Day passes are still available for purchase for Friday and Sunday while Saturday’s passes are sold out.
Those wishing to check availability can go online at www.ticketcharge.com.my or head on to the Visitor Information Centres in Kuching.
Tickets are priced at RM80 for a one-day Adult Pass. Children aged three to 12 years of age can purchase half-priced tickets.
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Sain Zahoor – BBC 2006 World Music Award – Allah Hoo
Pakistani Street Sufi singer Sain Zahoor sings at BBC World Music Awards Ceremony after receiving Award
Sain Zahoor or Saeen Zahur Ahmad (Urdu: سائیں ظہور) (b. around 1945) is a leading Sufi musician from Pakistan. He spent his life singing in the Sufi shrines, and had not cut a record until 2006, when he was nominated for the BBC World Music awards based on word of mouth[2]. He emerged as the “best BBC voice of the year 2006″[3], an award that had earlier recognized other prominent Sufi singers such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen. Sain is not his first name but an honorific and is also spelt Saeen or Saiyan, and Zahoor may be spelt Zahur.
Born in the Okara/Sahiwal region in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), Zahoor was the youngest in a rural peasant family. He is said to have started singing at the age of five,[3] and from that early age, he had dreamt of a hand beckoning him towards a shrine. He left home at the age of thirteen, roaming the Sufi shrines of Sind, Punjab and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, making a living through singing. Eventually, Sain was walking past a small shrine in the south Punjab town of Uch Sharif (known for its Sufi traditions), when “someone waved at me with his hand, inviting me in, and I suddenly realised that it was this hand which I saw in my dream.”[4]
For some time, he studied music under Ustad Sain Raunka Ali of Patiala Gharana, whom he met at Baba Bulleh Shah’s dargah (shrine), and who became his first guru for Sufi kalams (verses). Sain also learned music from Uch Sharif based musicians Ustad Ronaq Ali and Sain Marna.
Sain cannot read or write but is known for his memory of song lyrics; mostly he sings compositions of the major Sufi poets, Bulleh Shah, Mullah Shah Badakhshi, Muhammad Buksh, and others.
Born in the Okara/Sahiwal region in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), Zahoor was the youngest in a rural peasant family. He is said to have started singing at the age of five,[3] and from that early age, he had dreamt of a hand beckoning him towards a shrine. He left home at the age of thirteen, roaming the Sufi shrines of Sind, Punjab and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, making a living through singing. Eventually, Sain was walking past a small shrine in the south Punjab town of Uch Sharif (known for its Sufi traditions), when “someone waved at me with his hand, inviting me in, and I suddenly realised that it was this hand which I saw in my dream.”[4]
For some time, he studied music under Ustad Sain Raunka Ali of Patiala Gharana, whom he met at Baba Bulleh Shah’s dargah (shrine), and who became his first guru for Sufi kalams (verses). Sain also learned music from Uch Sharif based musicians Ustad Ronaq Ali and Sain Marna.
Sain cannot read or write but is known for his memory of song lyrics; mostly he sings compositions of the major Sufi poets, Bulleh Shah, Mullah Shah Badakhshi, Muhammad Buksh, and others.
All his life, Sain Zahoor has performed mainly in dargahs (Sufi tombs/shrines) and festivals, and in the streets. He adopted the folk instrument Ektara (ek= one, tar = string), in its three-stringed version, as his main instrument. Like some traditions of Sufi music, he has a passionate, high-energy style of singing, often dancing in a frenzied style with the tassels on his instrument whirling around him (see his performance on YouTube[5]). Dressed in embroidered (kurta), beads, tightly bound turban, as well as ghungroos (anklet-bells worn by dancers), Sain Zahoor cuts an impressive figure. His voice has an earthy tone, almost cracking at the edges, but capable of a wide vocal and emotional range.
In 1989 he performed on a concert stage for the first time at the All Pakistan Music Conference[3], which brought him into musical prominence. Subsequently he has emerged as a leading performer in Pakistan, frequently appearing on TV and in concerts attended by President General Pervez Musharraf[2]. Zahoor has also given concerts in UK, Japan[6], and India.[citation needed]
Sufi singing is focused on poetry with themes of devotional love, which shares much with Persian mystic poets like Rumi and with other South Asian traditions such as the Bhakti cult. Sufi traditions highlight a softer, multi-cultural aspect of Islam, and are seen as a countering “the extremism of the mullahs who use the mosques to spread ill-will” against other cultural groups, according to some organizers of Sain Zahoor’s concerts[2].
In 2006 Sain had a record out (Awazay, sounds) with Matteela Records[4]. In 2007 he helped produce the soundtrack to the Pakistani film Khuda Ke Liye.
Source: Wikipedia
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United Breaks Guitars
SONG 2 is posted. Click here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-UoERHaSQg
There is now a video response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_X-Qoh__mw
Full Story: http://www.davecarrollmusic.com/story/united-breaks-guitars – In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise. Follow me at http://twitter.com/DaveCarroll . Video Produced by Curve Productions of Halifax, http://www.curveproductionsinc.com.
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Has anyone any ideas of what materials I could use to make musical instruments from around the world.?
The materials MUST be of natural origin and safe for a Year 1 class to use. I have cut down bamboo poles and natural reeded twine at the moment and coconut shells. Is there anything else I haven’t thought of? All ideas appreciated!
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The Most Unique Instrument in the World
Imagine that you play a musical instrument so rare that no one knows it exists. Imagine further that this instrument weighs several tons, making it next to impossible to perform indoors. To complicate matters, imagine that you have combined this unknown, very large instrument with other musical instruments thereby creating a completely new sound and musical style never before experienced.
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