Me singing ‘Dream’ by Priscilla Ahn – (cover)
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I’m doing a project for school. I need the to the know the most popular music genre and/or the most popular musicians in Venezuela in 2011. I’ve been researching for a while and I can’t find anything!
There are three general ethnic areas associated with music in Venezuela: indigenous (with little Spanish influence or mestizo tendencies), Hispano-Venezuelan (including several traditional Spanish forms being included along with the mestizo forms) and Afro-Venezuelan (largely along the coastal region, and representative of numerous folkloric drumming styles).
The indigenous music includes flutes and percussion instruments, and has maintained its more “organic” role in community life, from the supernatural and ritual to healing. Some of Venezuela’s native populations include the Piaroa of the Amazon region, who emphasize the important role of the shaman in their community, each with his own musical repertoire. While many traditional forms were eventually replaced as these tribes absorbed the Christian faith (and music), there still remain a few native tribes who speak their aboriginal languages.
Hispano-Venezuelan music encompasses the rich traditions of old Spain as well as the newly formed mestizo genres, incorporating styles such as the malagueña as well as the central role of the guitar. Other stringed instruments of European origin were also adapted, including the bandolín (derived from the mandolin) and the bandola (derived from the Spanish bandurria, a lute-style guitar). Perhaps the most significant “offspring” in the guitar family is the Venezuelan cuatro, which serves as the premiere instrument along with the arpa (harp) in much of the inland styles. The indigenous instruments used in these genres include the maracas (typically smaller than other varieties), which are played quite vigorously.
Referred to as música llanera (music of the plains), this area of Hispano-Venezuelan music includes several rhythms and dances such as the joropo, which is the national dance, and features ornate harp playing. The term joropo became commonly used by the mid-19th century as a way to define the rhythm, the dance, the song and the actual event. It rose to prominence by the 1920s, and is played in a complex rhythmical structure combining 3/4 and 6/8 time.
One of Venezuela’s most important artistic figures is Simón Diaz, who helped to preserve and popularize the country’s folk music. A unique aspect of Hispano-Venezuelan music is its “functionality” on several levels. Many musical forms serve in religious or quasireligious celebrations (also referred to as “folk Catholicism”), such as the fulía (a devotional song in honor of the Catholic Holy Cross celebration) as well as an elaborate series of songs and dances in honor of St. James of Padua known as the tamunangue (which includes indigenous and African influences) from the Lara state in the northwest. The Hispano-Venezuelan tradition also includes children’s songs (including lullabies) and work songs—some dating back to old Spain—as well as slave songs from the colonial era.
Afro-Venezuelan music features an array of drumming forms along its coastal area, and gave way to numerous folkloric styles primarily of West African origin, generally referred to as música criolla (Creole music). However, unlike Brazil and Cuba, where religious elements were retained through the drumming language, African-derived music in Venezuela did not maintain its traditional role. Instead, Afro-Venezuelan rhythms and dances became an added feature in Catholic celebrations, such as the style known as gaita (originating in the Lake Maracaibo area), which is associated with the Christmas holiday, and features a lively percussion-based music which serves as a social as well as political platform for Venezuelans. The group Guaco has been a frontrunner in the style since the 1970s, fusing modern harmony and contemporary instruments and arrangements into gaita music.
Other African-derived styles include the sangueo, the tambor San Millán and the culo e’ puya, and each style has its own unique drums, dances and call-and-response singing traditions. One of the most important groups in the legacy of Afro-Venezuelan music is Grupo Madera, which avidly performed and recorded these styles with the hope of preserving the colonial-era music and dance tradition.
One of the more fascinating traditions in Venezuela incorporates all three of its ethnic ancestors: Spanish, indigenous and African. The quitiplás are bamboo stamping-tube instruments of indigenous origin, but the traditional style of music created when performing with them evolved into a tricultural blend of African polyrhythms and Spanish singing in call-and-response fashion. While the instruments are undoubtedly part of a more ancient practice, the Creole expression of this style shows a clear example of the ever-evolving traditions in Venezuela and throughout South America.
1960s, musicians in Venezuela have explored the wealth of the country’s numerous traditional forms within a more popular context, as demonstrated by the group Un Solo Pueblo.
How was Princes’s music at that time (80′s) a “sign of the times”?
I say because his music was real free ,and was out there ,and that’s how the 80′s were (well how it’s depicted in movies anyway). There are also still allot of musicians influenced by him today ,and his style from back in the 80′s.
I don’t know about back then but now he is because he sues any website (including a fan site) if it has him performing on it
so can you list me all the subject i need to take order to take that job?
i am gonna be gr 10 next year and i still choosing i know iam suppose to ask last year ago but i didnt get a chance so please tell me.
you have to be a runner up.
I would love some music about nature and I don’t know how to find something that specific so if you know of some please let me know. I do not care about genre. Thanks!
try the band DRUGS (srs)
in country music as a whole – from the beginning of C & W music to today? Doesn’t have to be an artist only. Can be a songwriter. Can be a musician.
Check the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame list of inductees for possible suggestions. There’s no right or wrong answer here.
Great answers so far! Anyone on the Cindy Walker bandwagon? How about Lefty Frizzell?
Being a traditional country music fan I love Texas music, most of the good country music around today is coming from Texan artists, the most popular, influential and highly respected artist has got to be Gene Watson, he is still recording with top artists like Rhonda Vincent, Vince Gill, Trace Adkins etc. and selling out venues across the world.
How many other artists could have the cream of country music on their feet after a performance like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9RyFXmwww
I want to add my souncloud music to my facebook page but i dont know how i want it to appear so people can listen to my music …how do i add stuff to my musician page/???
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Log on to your Facebook page and click the word “Applications” on the left column of your screen. You should already have several pre-inserted applications such as Photos, Groups, Events and Marketplace.
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Look at the applications you already have. There will be a list in front of you. You can choose to remove applications, but you can have as many applications as you want if you’d like to keep them all.
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Click “Browse more applications” in the right corner to see the full directory of applications.
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Browse through the “Recently Popular,” “Most Users” and “Newest” tabs at the top of the list, or the various categories in the right column. This will help you find the applications you are looking for.
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Click on the application you’d like to add. A screen telling you what the application entails will appear. Click “Add Application” on the right side of the screen. The application will appear in your list in the left column.
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Your new application will appear when you log onto Facebook. You can also access it by clicking on the name in the left column.
Past or present who would it be, and what kind of song would you do? There’s so many that I don’t really know who I’d pick, but at the top of my list is George Jones. I’d like to do a good old drinking song with him, although Garth Brooks already beat me to it.
I am going to have to say Gary Stewart. I an totally a Gary Stewart Junky!!
He sings inside of a song, and even though most of all his songs are drinkin’ songs & quite mournful I still have to listen to him daily.
Tragically he didn’t live long enough to reach his full potential.
He should have been a country legend.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/garystewart.html
Can a band cover a song on myspace music as a musician? I’m in a band (unknown) and we are playing the song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. and we want to know if we can cover the song and post it on our myspace page legaly. so is this illegal if we present the song and band as the original artists ?
I believe the rule is, if you’re making money off of it you need permission. If you’re just doing it on myspace and not preforming it live at a place where you earn money it should be fine.
Like say a hot girl sings and writes her own music WELL, would it make her any hotter?
I am just curious because when I like a guy and find out he is a musician (especially if he is good) it makes him SO much hotter. Thanks!
Yea thats so true…but the girl has to have a nice voice though
I’m a professional musician exploring the music industry. I want to sell my music to well-known & popular artist mainly in the pop world. (main stream) What are your views about posting material/music on myspace? Im unsure if this route is the way to go for what I want. Help!
I agree 100% with Rayven. I’m an artist currently signed with Warner Bros & I love answering questions like this in hopes that people will spread the word! There’s nothing that I despise more than some management company or production company attempting to sale me a song that they have on their myspace, facebook, & public websites. Silently Im thinking….. why would I want them after everyone has heard them already????? Duuuuhhh! That’s the question that I always ask them in our meetings, and to be honest I don’t think they even think about it that way. LOL! If you want to be an artist then I say put the songs on your myspace page. But if you want to sell your music/songs then something like myspace, facebook, & twitter etc is not only the WRONG place to go, but a definite dead end to your music/song as far as shopping goes. Perhaps you can keep the song for yourself & perform it as your own if its already doing well on your myspace page.