As for me, I have been playing the Piano for about six years now, and I've enjoyed it ever since the day I started. It's very relaxing to play a piece on the Piano, and my favorite one is Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven composed in 1810. This song is extremely melodious and flows elegantly through the chorus where the tempo suddenly increases, and then softly ends with a repeat of the chorus. The changes between the loud and very quiet parts of the song make the experience even better. The riveting talents of German composer Beethoven emanate from this piece as he grabs the attention from any listener.
Besides Piano, I enjoy listening to many other types of music. From my last blog entry, I shared the wonderful aspects of Bollywood music. Some of my favorite artists from the Bollywood industry include A.R. Rahman, Atif Aslam, Vishal Dadlani, Kay Kay, Sonu Nigam, and Shaan. These people are all extremely popular in the industry, but my favorite band would have to be the Bombay Rockers which is a fusion of English and Indian music. There are two members of the band, Navtej Singh Rehal and Thomas Sardorf who both contribute their specialties from seperate cultural backgrounds to combine into one great song. Popular songs of the Bombay Rockers include Rock the Party and Ari Ari. Their album Introducing has gone platinum 5 times.
My favorite English artists and bands include Coldplay, T.I., Kanye West, The Fray, Beyonce, ABBA, and the Beatles. The lyrics in many of the songs produced by these artists and bands are extremely intriguing and meaningful. I always like songs with a good beat and tempo and also like some slow songs. My favorites (right now) are Viva la Vida, Dead and Gone, Heartless, and have loved ABBA songs since my childhood. Here is the url address to the music video of Viva la Vida: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44xirQ55IgA
The last two weeks have been alright, and with Spring Break it has been pretty relaxing so far. Getting back to school has been extremely hectic, as I've had soo many tests and quizzes to study for recently, but I guess that was expected...I can't believe we only have about 9 weeks of school left! It feels like it started just yesterday, but I can't wait till this year is over!
haha. I think it's cool that you have this mix of cultural backgrounds of music and that from the English artists, some are pretty freakin' amazing.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the patience to learn how to play piano, I use to know how to do easy stuff, but it just didn't interest me at the time. Now I half wish I would have stuck with it.
used to like BR but i kind of lost my intrest in music. I'm just busy these days. they are good artists.
ReplyDeleteBollywood. Straight makes me laugh all the time. but i could see where the songs might be good... The fact that the bombay rockers cd went platinum 5 times is pretty outrageous, definitely going to have to go check them out.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with your piano playing! it is really relaxing. i played for a whoppin 4 years!