Violent Entity Music Project

Music is a magical gift we must cultivate and nourish. Casals says music fills him up with the wonders of life and the incredible marvel of being a human. Berstein says it is enriching and ennobling. Music teaches us to appreciate the wonders of life.

Music builds up the skills of creativity, cooperation and communication and helps us to see the world from a new prospective. We are introduced to the myriad rhythms, richness and diversity of human life. Music has a great power of bringing the world together.

In today’s busy and hectic world people young and old look for an opportunity to chase away their blues with good music. There is a variety of music available in the market these days. You can even download music from the net on to your computers and from there to your mobiles. No family function or gathering is complete without a good DJ system – everyone dances together enjoying themselves for hours. Music and a good voice are God’s gifts to humans. Even animals have now been proven to respond to music.

A disc jockey or a DJ is a person who selects and plays prerecorded music for an audience. In 1934 American commentator Waller Winchell coined the term “disc jockey” the combination of “disc” and “jockey” which is the operator of a machine.

In 1943 Jimmy Savile launched the world’s first DJ dance party playing Jazz records in England. In 1947 he became the first DJ to use twin turntables for continuous play.

In 1947 the “Whiskey-a-go-go” night club opened in Paris, France, considered to be the world’s first discotheque or disco deriving its name from the French word, meaning a nightclub where the featured entertainment is recorded music rather than an onstage band.

There are several types of disc jockeys –

Radio jockey – They introduce and play music that is broadcasted on AM, FM, shortwave or digital stations.

Club Jockey- Select and play music in a bar, club, disco or a rave.

Hip hop jockeys- They select and play music with multiple turntables with one or more backup.

MCs Reggae disc jockeys- In Reggae, the DJ is a vocalist raps, beat boxes or chats over digital music recording.

Mobile disc jockeys- They travel with a portable sound system and play at a variety of functions like birthday parties, marriages, and a variety of other events.

DJ equipments:

-The music recording is done in a DJ preferred medium eg. Vinyl records, compact discs, computer media files.

-A minimum of two devices to play sound recording for alternate back and forth to create continuous playback of music.

-A sound system for amplification of or broadcasting of the music.

-A DJ mixer, an electronic two channel mixer with a cross mixer with a crossfader to go from one song to another.

-Headphones used to play one recording while the other is being played to the audience.

-A Microphone so that the DJ can introduce songs and speak to the audience.

Several techniques are used by DJs as means to better mix prerecorded music like cueing, audio mixing of two or more sound sources. Club DJs use turntable techniques like cutting, scratching, needle drops etc. In part two of this article we will learn more about music.

One genre that appeals to most everyone is pop music owing to its light and catchy qualities. Pop music is so aptly called because it is a categorization that is largely based on the popularity of a song. There is no clear and distinct parameters to classify a song as pop music. For the most part, its popularity should translate to records sold and radio air times.

Pop music is a combination of various styles influenced by the evolving music forms. The development of pop music is one that is progressive, rolling over from generation to generation to snowball into its current form. As this is so, pop music has taken so many forms through each decade to reflect the musical preference of a particular generation.

Rich Vocals

During the 50s, popular tunes were those that were vocally rich with a string accompaniment and a vocal chorus back up. Country music and American folk music were great hits along with variations of standard formats. Great American songbook classics, crooners and big band singers adopted other musical techniques to give their music a modern twist. The listening public lapped these enhancements up and caused songs like Mack the Knife and Singing the Blues to top the charts. In contrast to these classics, rock and roll likewise rocked the American music industry with fast and infectious beats of Rock Around the Clock, Heartbreak Hotel, and Tutti Fruitti. These tunes not only rocked the airwaves, they also rocked the dance floors.

All in the Band

The next decade brought in what is called as the novelty song characterized by humorous lyric combined with melodies that are simple yet catchy (i.e. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, California Girls, and Good Vibrations). Worthy of note is the fact that the vocal harmonies and lyrics of these songs revolved around Californias surf, girls and cars. Thus the label Surf pop. Other popular music during the sixties were youth-oriented band music in up-tempo beat, I Want to Hold Your Hand,Cant Buy Me Love, Downtown, and To Sir With Love.” African American music likewise joined the popular music scene with its doo-wop style that gives prominence to melodic sounds and vocal harmonies. Rhythm and blues as well as Motown soul music were also chart-toppers during this period.

Cacophony of Sounds

From the 1970s to the present, pop music is as diverse as they come. A slowdown in musical tempo was seen in the early seventies when folk-based artists took center stage. Popular during these times were songs written by the singers themselves. Tempos picked up again towards in the second half of the decade when disco-dancing became a favorite pastime among the youth. Dance tunes Play That Funky Music, Staying Alive, and YMCA dominated the airwaves and the disco scene.

The 1980s and 1990s music scene was composed of music soundtracks, international hits, rock and roll, and pop icon duets. Another music development in this decade is the advent of charity records where artists put their talents together to raise funds for a cause. Particularly characteristic of the last two decades are the prevalence of songs by female artists like Mariah Carrey, Celine Dion, and pop icon Madonna. The new millennium kept with soulful ballads, hip hop pieces and dance tracks. Movie soundtracks remained chart-toppers.

Pop music is a genre that will always be around. People will always listen to music and music labels and radio stations will continue to track what songs people are listening to. For as long as people are playing and listening to music, there will always be a chart-topper.

Youtube- They aren’t the only one’s to use those videos

Youtube is a revolutionary Internet site that allows people to put movies of theirs on the web. However, apparently some people apparently thought this to mean cram as much vile content on it as possible. In fact, there is a site that uses youtube videos for what it calls “HOT-FUNNY-VIDEO”. On this site, there are: over 25 pages on the keyword strip (albeit the word leaves a lot of options, but there was more than enough smut), over 25 pages for porn, over 25 on XXX. Under the search box is a small list of recent searches, and when I looked up baseball, I found that people had searched for: girls being bad, panty panties, thick ass, lingerie, and ass. That makes you feel good, doesn’t it? The ironic thing about this site is that even though it’s called “hot-funny-video” and you would therefore be a little suspicious, it also has videos like a Backstreet-Boys music video and India vs. Pakistan cricket highlights. So what if a minor is looking for a Baskstreet-Boys music video and comes across the site, then he notices titles like: “Is this ass or boobs?” “SuperSexyStrip er” “hot girl mmmmmmmm” and “NeverWatch My ass”? Then I decided to search by categories with innocent names like comedy, news & politics, and sports. Silly me. Here are some video titles under some categories (on the all time most watched list):

Comedy: “sex”, “banned commercials-condoms”, and “HOT ASIAN SEX”

Entertainment: “sex hardcore xxx”, “sexy bikini contest”, and “naked chicks”

Film and Animation: “sex”, “XXX”, and “New Midnight Sleazy Train”

Gadgets & Games: “xxx”, “humping dog”, and “Barbie girl- aqua” (two women kissing)

Howto & DIY: “Inner thigh massage”, “Chinese sex video”, and “Carmen Electra striperobics”

News & Politics: “BRITNEY SPEARS SEX TAPE – kevin federline PRIVATE”

People & Blogs: “Britney spears topless photos”, “Blow job on the beach” (I’m not going to write the rest of the title), and “Lezberado: Revenge Fantasies”

Pets & Animals: “Cheerleaders gone wild”, “Slug sex”, and “Spanking cat again- THE ORIGINAL”

Travel and Places: “the art of dirty sex”, “GAY SEX”, and “HOT LESBIANS”

The saddest thing here is that these are just the sexual titles. There are plenty of other things unnecessary to show, like “Steve Irwin’s real death”, and “Fatal Skydiving accident caught on tape.” Now there’s a reason to microwave some popcorn and gather the family around, watching someone die. Remember now, these are videos that don’t even bother to ask if you are 18 or older, and even if it did, you just click a button and you’re in. The only ones I applaud are veoh.com and Youtube, as they require that you register to view anything that is for mature audiences. However, the downside is that these videos, as mentioned above, aren’t just to be found on the parent sites, but on others as well. So we as a people have to tackle this stuff. I don’t enjoy searching through the depths of sleaze to find things like this, but you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s time we stood up and said no more. To say that Youtube is a wonderful site for creativity, but if your idea of that word is smut then stay off of it! And that’s all there is to it.