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Karamel Kel & Joseph Jacobs

 

So, you won't find these next two artists on Wikipedia, which goes to show how relatively new these kids are. Yes, kids. One is 16 year old producer Karamel Kel. The other is 21 year old producer, Joseph Jacobs. Okay, maybe he's not so much a kid but in the music world this is still hella young! It's amazing how talented (and smart) kids are today.

I want you guys to get to know these producers because unlike most artists today, these kids produce music that is well beyond their age. It is hard to describe what kind of music this is but imagine looking like the coolest person on the block and everyone knows you. You're walking down the street. The kids are all waving at you, the barber in the shop notices you, smiles and nods his head. You nod your head back. As people pass you by, you get more nods and smiles. Some greet you by shaking your hand, some high five you and others give you the fingerbang gesture...(Not the dirty kind)...Now imagine all this as you're walking down the street in slow motion. You can kind of imagine what kind of music it is they produce. Surely, these kids were greatly influenced by Japanese jazz/hip hop producers like the late Nujabes and Uyama Hiroto.

You can check out their bios and download their albums at Roots of Society. For now, just have a listen to their beats :)

Rollie

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Best R&B artist! Who is it?

Hey guys, its Elizabeth back again talking about R&B and Hip Hop. Unlike my other posts, today’s blog post will not be about a new upcoming artist. Todays post will be about the most amazingly talented singer that I have grown up listening to.  She is the known as the Queen of R&B, yes ladies and gentlemen its MARIAH CAREY.

Now Mariah Carey has said her influences have come from singers such as Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and influenced hip-hop and r&b singers such as Beyoncé, Rihanna and Mary J Blige. For anyone that grew up in the 80’s or 90’s I assure you one or more of Carey’s songs has had an impact on your life and reminds you of a stage in your life, whether good or bad. 

Born in 1970 Mariah is still one of my favourite singers of all time. Although some of her new music has moved to more pop music I still love her old meaningful music that forever changed my view on life and music. She is an ageless superstar who’s song such as One Sweet Day, Emotions and Always Be My Baby I believe has set the standard and shown what real music and singing is meant to be. The countless number ones have shown the real talent she has. There are so many number ones that she has created a whole album of them. Here are the number one songs by Mariah Carey!

• 1990 - "Vision Of Love"
• 1990 - "Love Takes Time"
• 1991 - "Someday"
• 1991 - "I Don't Wanna Cry"
• 1991 - "Emotions"
• 1992 - "I'll Be There"
• 1993 - "Hero"
• 1993 - "Dream Lover"
• 1995 - "Fantasy"
• 1995 - "One Sweet Day" (w/ Boyz II Men)
• 1996 - "Always Be My Baby"
• 1997 - "Honey"
• 1998 - "My All"
• 1999 - "Heartbreaker"
• 1999 - "Thank God I Found You"
• 2005 - "We Belong Together"

Last Year i had the privilege of going to Mariah's Carey concert in Sydney. To be honest i didn't think Mariah would be as good as she sounded in her songs, for the reason that these songs were made almost 20 years ago. To my amazement Mariah hit every note perfectly and sounded even better live. To me this shows that she has true talent, some concerts people go to the singers dont sound anything like they are on the radio and sound really awful. This was not the case for Mariah even in the song Emotions which shows amazing vocal range that i didn't think anyone could hit. If you havent heard it, here it is!

I have to say that my favourite song by her is definitely One Sweet day, it spent 16 weeks atop Billboard top 100 making the longest running number one song in US chart History.  This song came out the year I was born but I will forever remember it. The song reminds anyone who have had struggles, deaths and sadness in their lives that ‘One Sweet Day’ it will all be better and it gives hope for happiness. It is a song containing both powerful meaning and powerful vocals, which really brings the point out.

For anyone who remembers this song I want you to really listen to this song and let it bring the memories back. For anyone who hasn’t listened to this, what hole have you been hiding in? Just Kidding, Just listen to this wonderful song and you’ll see why it is loved so much.

By Elizabeth

Ludwig van Beethoven.

Hello my friend, welcome back to the Classical Music World. I am Chris.

Today, I am going to talk about the Ludwig van Beethoven.

Can you imagine what it would be like to listen to music, but not hear it at all?

Beethoven had become completely deaf. He could sometimes be seen roaming around his town, making awkward faces and hand movements. People considered him to be slightly insane, but they know it was his genius at work. He would walk around coming up with music in his head until he saw fit. Many musical historians today consider Beethoven’s late period to be when he had written his best pieces of music.

Beethoven is an amazing inspiration to me, showing to never give up, even if the challenges showed to be impossible. Listening to his music today, I’m still amazed he wrote most of them, without ever really hearing what they sounded like. The sad part was that he had never heard anything he wrote in person. Was that really a bad thing though? It was in his late period, when he was completely deaf, that he wrote his greatest pieces and pretty soon, ended up being the bridge to Romantic music, my favorite era of music. Maybe, in the end, being deaf could very well have been the greatest thing that’s ever happened to him.

                                                              Chris(LINDAZHENG)

Pogo & P.SUS

Hi folks, Rollie here and no, I will not be ranting today. Instead I invite you to listen to two artists who I think are ridiculously talented. As I mentioned before, I will not focus on your usual type of music. It's kind of hard to put these artists into a specific genre but I like to think of their type of music as alternative to alternative electronic music. They rely on using samples from all forms of media, from TV, Film & Animation, old vinyls, the world and I guess just everyday sort of recordings, and mash them up into their own original songs. Now, I don't mean like Kanye West, who blatantly takes samples from old RnB tracks and reuses them to make his own tracks, ala Gold Digger and Stronger and others. I mean taking samples and recutting and resequencing them to make unique sounds as if they were completely different yet so alike.

Firstly, I give you 24 year old, Australian electronic artist, Pogo, also known as Nick Bertke. Nick Bertke has created a remarkable presence online from recutting old children's classic films and animation from Disney to Pixar and more. These range from Alice in Wonderland, Snow White & The Seven Dwarves, Up and Monsters, Inc. to Willy Wonka, Mary Poppins, The King and I, Hook and Harry Potter. Listening to his music has made me appreciate my childhood even more. More recently though he has been remixing the world. His latest tune is the very catchy, Kenya Chords (my favourite!)

Hook Remix

Check out his website PogoMix to gain access to his blog, videos and download his tunes. You can follow him on Twitter, YouTube, and Soundcloud.

Secondly, I give you P.SUS, a producer from Pittsburgh, USA. With dreamy tracks, P.SUS offers you a sense of peace. It's great to play when you're just not in the mood for anything else but to relax and I often play his tracks when I am cooling down from a great workout. Here's a track from one of his albums, Daydream.

You can follow P.SUS on Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud. You can download his albums as well through Bandcamp.

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Rollie

Indie... The Jungle Giants

Hey... It's Gemma again! I am back to introduce another amazing indie band and this time it's an sizzle band.

...you may have heard of them, it's 'The Jungle Giants', this group originated from Brisbane (QLD), there are 4 members ; Sam Hales -vocals and guitar
Cesira Aitken - guitar
Andrew Dooris - bass guitar and vocals
Keenan Bijker - Drums

Surprisingly these guys all came from the same school, although none of them knew the talents that each of them had until they reached university. They first started out in 2011, and since then have been playing all across Australia. They have also played alongside indie giants the 'Two Door Cinema Club' and 'The Vaccines', just to name a few.

One of there recent EPs (2012) has become a major hit, 'She's a Riot'.

The band are now working on their first official album, which should be released later on this year.

You don't want to miss out on The Jungle Giants, you will love them.

.gemma. :)