N*E*R*D BATAL TAMPIL DI JAKARTA

N*E*R*D (No one Ever Really Dies) batal tampil di Jakarta karena para anggota takut untuk hadir di Indonesia karena pengalaman buruk yang dialami para anggota grup tersebut di Malaysia.

Promotor di Malaysia telah dua kali meminta izin kepada pihak otoritas Malaysia, namun ditolak karena penampilan grup tersebut dianggap tidak sesuai dengan tata karma kesopanan yang digariskan oleh pihak otoritas Malaysia, sama seperti penyanyi Beyonce yang tidak bersedia merubah busananya yang dianggap sensual.

Meskipun N*E*R*D dianggap tidak pantas, grup tersebut tetap diperbolehkan untuk memasuki negara Kerajaan Malaysia. Anehnya, saat N*E*R*D tampil di Sunburst Music Festival, tidak satupun otoritas negara Kerajaan Malaysia, dalam hal ini pihak imigrasi maupun polisi, melarang grup tersebut untuk manggung di atas pentas. Justru setelah pertunjukan usai, selurus paspor anggota N*E*R*D ditahan. Hal tersebut merupakan preseden yang sangat buruk. Pihak promotor Malaysia tidak mendistribusikan informasi dengan baik.

Namun, setelah adanya negosiasi dan penyelidikan oleh pihak yang berwajib, diputuskan bahwa yang bersalah adalah pihak promotor penyelenggara “Sunburst Music Festival”. Penyelenggara yang harus bertanggung jawab atas kejadian tersebut.

Akibat pengalaman kurang baik tersebut, para anggota N*E*R*D mengalami depresi berat karena mendapat ancaman tahanan selama maksimal dua minggu, suatu hal yang belum pernah terjadi dalam industri musik, terutama karena kejadian tersebut sama sekali bukan kesalahan pihak N*E*R*D.

Alhasil, promotor di Indonesia, Java Festival Production dan Urbanite-Sinjitos, menjadi korban atas kejadian tersebut. Meskipun usaha persuasi sudah dilancarkan dan mendapat dukungan dari Kedutaan Indonesia yang berusaha meyakinkan bahwa Indonesia adalah negara yang aman dan pihak berwajib di Indonesia tidak akan melakukan tindakan seperti layaknya otoritas Malaysia, grup N*E*R*D tetap mengurungkan rencananya untuk tampil di Jakarta Indonesia, karena takut kejadian yang sama akan terulang, meskipun diyakinkan bahwa pertunjukan di Indonesia selalu diurus dan mendapat persetujuan pihak imigrasi dan kepolisian. Tetap saja, Pharrell Williams dan kawan-kawan tidak mau datang ke Indonesia, dan memilih untuk kembali ke negara asal mereka.

Kejadian ini akan menjadi preseden buruk bagi penyelenggara pagelaran musik di Malaysia. Diharapkan bahwa hal ini tidak akan mempengaruhi kepercayaan musisi/grup asing untuk datang ke Indonesia.

Sangat disayangkan karena penggemar N*E*R*D di Jakarta telah menunggu penampilan grup hip hop terkemuka tersebut. Hal ini tentu sangat mengecewakan penggemar jenis musik hip hop, rap dan funk, terutama mereka yang telah membeli tiket untuk pertunjukan N*E*R*D di Tennis Indoor Senayan yang sedianya akan tampil pada hari Minggu, 22 Maret 2009, jam 8.30 malam. Java Festival Production dan Urbanite-Sinjitos akan melakukan pengembalian uang dari pembelian tiket mulai hari Rabu, 25 Maret sampai dengan Jumat, 27 Maret 2009, antara jam 10.00 sampai 18.00 WIB. Pengembalian tiket dan refund dapat dilakukan di tempat pembelian tiket masing-masing. Harap membawa tiket atau voucher asli untuk melakukan refund. Untuk info lebih lanjut, harap menghubungi HOTLINE 0813 090 2424, 021 570 3704 atau 96810022 (jam kerja).

Ketentuan untuk kompensasi bagi pembeli tiket Jamiroquai yang dijadwalkan untuk tanggal 8 April 2009 masih akan dipertimbangkan dan dapat diikuti melalui website www.jf-pro.com.

YES IT'S TRUE! JAMIROQUAI LIVE IN INDONESIA!

Yes guys!!! it’s true!!! It’s official!! Salah satu legenda acid jazz dari Inggris akan mampir untuk manggung di Sentul, Indonesia. Bagi yang belum tahu Jamiroquai adalah sebuah band beraliran Acid Jazz, Funk dengan unsur Electro, sangat identik dengan sang vokalis yang atraktif dengan ciri khas topi yang eksentrik, Jason Cheetham alias Jay Kay. Sukses dengan single-single catchy seperti Too Young To Die, Virtual Insanity, Cosmic Girl, Little L, 7 Days in Sunny June, membuat Jamiroquai mempunyai banyak fans. Dan akhirnya Java Festival Production berhasil mengabulkan mimpi para fans Jamiroquai di Indonesia dengan membawanya ke tanah air. 8 April di Sentul City Convention Center, yang dikabarkan sebagai convention center terbesar di Asia Tenggara, Jay Kay dan anggota Jamiroquai yang lain akan membawakan lagu-lagu mereka. So be there, in one of the biggest concert in 2009!!!

N*E*R*D IS COMING TO TOWN!

N*E*R*D adalah sebuah hip hop supergroup yang terdiri Pharell Williams, Chad Hugo dan Shay Haley. Mereka dibilang supergroup karena Pharell dan Chad tergabung juga dalam grup produser yang bernama The Neptunes, yang merupakan duo tangan dingin di belakang banyak lagu hits para artis-artis terkenal. Akronim dari No one Ever Really Dies, mereka membawakan musik yang beraliran alternative hip hop dan alternative rock. Pertama kali sukses dengan hits Lapdance, Rockstar dan Provider, mereka berhasil membentuk fan base yang kuat. Menghasilkan 3 album yang sukses di pasaran, album terakhir mereka adalah “Seeing Sounds” yang mengandalkan hit single “Everyone Nose” berhasil melenjitkan nama mereka kembali setelah vakum untuk beberapa lama.

Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta akan menjadi saksi konser perdana mereka di Indonesia pada tanggal 22 Maret 2009, yang artinya akan digelar dalam beberapa hari lagi. Konser ini dipromotori oleh Java Festival Production yang beberapa waktu lalu sukses menggelar Java Jazz Festival 2009 dan kali ini bekerjasama dengan Urbanite untuk merealisasikan konser N*E*R*D nanti. So Jakarta are you ready to watch one of the greatest supergroup? N*E*R*D is coming to J-town!!!

Musical Instruments : "Harmonica"

The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers) or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound. Each chamber has multiple, variable-tuned brass or bronze reeds which are secured at one end and loose on the other end, with the loose end vibrating and creating sound.

Reeds are pre-tuned to individual tones, and each tone is determined according to the size of reed. Longer reeds make deep, low sounds and short reeds make higher-pitched sounds. On certain types of harmonica the pre-tuned reed can be changed (bending a note) to another note by redirecting air flow into the chamber. There are many types of harmonicas, including diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, orchestral, and bass versions.

The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical music, country music, rock and roll, and pop music. The harmonica has other nicknames, especially in blues music, including: "harp," "blues harp," and "mouth organ."^[1]

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Michael Heart - WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)

WE WILL NOT GO DOWN (Song for Gaza)
(Composed by Michael Heart)
Copyright 2009


A blinding flash of white light
Lit up the sky over Gaza tonight
People running for cover
Not knowing whether they're dead or alive

They came with their tanks and their planes
With ravaging fiery flames
And nothing remains
Just a voice rising up in the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight

Women and children alike
Murdered and massacred night after night
While the so-called leaders of countries afar
Debated on who's wrong or right

But their powerless words were in vain
And the bombs fell down like acid rain
But through the tears and the blood and the pain
You can still hear that voice through the smoky haze

We will not go down
In the night, without a fight
You can burn up our mosques and our homes and our schools
But our spirit will never die
We will not go down
In Gaza tonight




you can download the mp3 for free.. ^^
just copy and paste the link below on the new tab/windows and press the enter button.... :D
http://www.freelancesyria.com/mh/we_will_not_go_down_6502.mp3

Musical Instruments : "Cello"

The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli—the c is pronounced [tʃ], as in the ch in "check", thus "chel-lo") is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra. It is the second physically largest member of the violin family of musical instruments, next to the double bass.

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Musical Instruments : "Contrabass"

The term contrabass (derived from the Italian contrabbasso) refers to very low musical instruments; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.

The term "contrabass" is relative, usually denoting a very low-pitched instrument of its type rather than one playing in a particular range. For example, the contrabass flute's lowest note is approximately an octave higher than that of the contrabass clarinet. Instruments tuned below contrabass instruments, such as the double contrabass flute or subcontrabass saxophone, may be referred to as "double contrabass," "triple contrabass," "subcontrabass," or "octocontrabass" instruments. On the other hand, the "contrabass" classification is often taken to include such instruments as well.

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Musical Instruments : "Harp"

The harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. It is also considered to be a percussion instrument. ^[1] All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while stood on the floor. Harp strings can be made of nylon (sometimes wound around copper), gut (more commonly used than nylon), wire, or silk. A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or a harper. Folk and Celtic musicians often use the term "harper," whereas classical/pedal musicians use "harpist."

Various types of harps are found in Africa, Europe, North, and South America, and a few parts of Asia. In antiquity harps and the closely related lyres were very prominent in nearly all musical cultures, but they lost popularity in the early 19^th century with Western music composers, being thought of primarily as a woman's instrument after Marie Antoinette popularised it as an activity for women.

The aeolian harp (wind harp), the autoharp, and all forms of the lyre and Kithara are not harps because their strings are not perpendicular to the soundboard; they are part of the zither family of instruments along with the piano and harpsichord. In blues music, the Harmonica is called a "Blues harp" or "harp", but it is a free reed wind instrument, not a stringed instrument.

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Musical Instruments : "Viola"

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.

The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range (the viola is a perfect fifth below the violin), and nearly identical playing position. However, the viola's timbre sets it apart: its rich, dark-toned sonority is more full-bodied than the violin's. The viola's mellow voice being frequently used for playing inner harmonies, it does not enjoy the wide solo repertoire or fame of the violin. The name of the instrument is properly pronounced /vɪˈoʊlə/ ("vee-oh-la")^[1] but often incorrectly pronounced "vye-oh-la" pronounced /vaɪˈoʊlə/ as the woman's name and plant "Violet" is spoken.

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Musical Instruments : "Violin"

The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello.

A violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. The word "violin" comes from the Middle Latin word vitula, meaning "stringed instrument";^[1] this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle".^[2] The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th century. Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Cremona.

A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier, or simply a violin maker. The parts of a violin are usually made from different types of wood (although electric violins may not be made of wood at all, since their sound may not be dependent on specific acoustic characteristics of the instrument's construction), and it is generally strung with gut or steel strings.

Someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler. He or she produces sound from a violin by either drawing a bow (normally held in the right hand) across one or more strings (which may be stopped by the fingers of the other hand to produce a full range of pitches), plucking the strings (with either hand), or a variety of other techniques. The violin is played by musicians in a wide variety of musical genres, including classical, jazz, folk and traditional, and rock and roll.

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Musical Instruments : "Drum"

The drum is a member of the percussion group, technically classified as a membranophone.^[1]. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound. Other techniques have been used to cause drums to make sound, such as the "Thumb roll". Drums are the world's oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.^[1] Most drums are considered "untuned instruments", however many modern musicians are beginning to tune drums to songs; Terry Bozzio has constructed a kit using diatonic and chromatically tuned drums. A few such as timpani are always tuned to a certain pitch. Often, several drums are arranged together to create a drum kit that can be played by one musician with all four limbs ^[2].


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Musical Instruments : "Guitar"

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four, seven, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen and eighteen string guitars also exist.

Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in jazz, blues, country, flamenco, mariachi, rock music, and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 1940s and continue to have a profound influence on popular culture.

Traditionally guitars have usually been constructed of combinations of various woods and strung with animal gut, or more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Guitars are made and repaired by luthiers. There are many brands of guitars, but some commonly known brands are PRS, Gibson, Dean, Gretsch, Ibanez, Martin, Jackson, Schecter, and Fender.

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Musical Instruments : "Piano"

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal. Although not portable and often expensive, the piano's versatility and ubiquity have made it one of the most familiar musical instruments.

Pressing a key on the piano's keyboard causes a felt covered hammer to strike steel strings. The hammers rebound, allowing the strings to continue vibrating at their resonant frequency.^[1] These vibrations are transmitted through a bridge to a sounding board that couples the acoustic energy to the air so that it can be heard as sound. When the key is released, a damper stops the strings vibrating. Pianos are sometimes classified as both a percussion and a stringed instrument. According to the Hornbostel-Sachs method of music classification, it is grouped with Chordophones.

The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is seldom used except in formal language and derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, clavicembalo [or gravicembalo] col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud). This refers to the instrument's responsiveness to keyboard touch, which allows the pianist to produce notes at different dynamic levels by controlling the speed with which the hammers hit the strings.

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