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Monday, February 1, 2010

2010 Grammy Award Winners

Here are the list of 2010 Grammy Award Winners:

Album of the Year: 

Song of the Year: 
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Solo Rock Performance: 
“Working on a Dream” — Bruce Springsteen

Record of the Year: 
“Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon

Best Country Album: 
Fearless — Taylor Swift

Best Rock Album: 
21st Century Breakdown — Green Day

Best Hard Rock Performance: 
“War Machine” — AC/DC

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: 
“Run This Town” — Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West

Best Dance Recording: 
“Poker Face” — Lady Gaga

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: 
“Halo” — Beyoncé

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 
“Use Somebody” — Kings of Leon

Best New Artist: 
Zac Brown Band

Best Electronic/Dance Album: 
The Fame — Lady Gaga

Best Alternative Music Album: 
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix — Phoenix

Best Contemporary R&B Album: 
I Am… Sasha Fierce — Beyoncé

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: 
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” — Beyoncé

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 
“I Gotta Feeling” — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Rock Song: 
“Use Somebody” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)

Best Pop Vocal Album: 
The E.N.D. — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: 
“Pretty Wings” — Maxwell

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 
“Blame It” — Jamie Foxx & T-Pain

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: 
“At Last” — Beyoncé

Best Rock Instrumental Performance: 
“A Day in the Life” — Jeff Beck

Best Urban/Alternative Performance: 
“Pearls” — India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore

Best R&B Song: 
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” — Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)

Best Rap Solo Performance: 
“D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)” — Jay-Z

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group: 
“Crack a Bottle” — Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent

Best Rap Song: 
“Run This Town” — Jeff Bhasker, Shawn Carter, Robyn Fenty, Kanye West & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)

Best Rap Album:  
Relapse — Eminem

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: 
“Make It Mine” — Jason Mraz

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: 
“Lucky” — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Female Country Vocal Performance: 
“White Horse” — Taylor Swift

Best Male Country Vocal Performance: 
“Sweet Thing” — Keith Urban

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: 
“Dissident Aggressor” — Judas Priest

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: 
“I Run to You” — Lady Antebellum

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: 
“I Told You So” — Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis

Best Country Song: 
“White Horse” — Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best Americana Album: 
Electric Dirt — Levon Helm

Best Contemporary Blues Album: 
Already Free — The Derek Trucks Band

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: 
Slumdog Millionaire — Various Artists, A.R. Rahman, producer

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: 
“Jai Ho” (From Slumdog Millionaire) — Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)

Best Recording Package: 
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today — Stefan Sagmeister, art director (David Byrne & Brian Eno)

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: 
Neil Young Archives Vol. I (1963-1972) — Gary Burden, Jenice Heo & Neil Young, art directors (Neil Young)

Best Short Form Music Video: 
“Boom Boom Pow” — The Black Eyed Peas

Best Long Form Music Video: 
“The Beatles Love – All Together Now” — (Various Artists)

Best Comedy Album: 


Friday, January 29, 2010

Soundgarden reunite!


Soundgarden was and still one of my favorite band. Alongside with Nirvana and Pearl Jam, they popularized grunge in the early 1990s. I remember the first time I bought their album, Superunknown in 1995. At that time, it was hard for me to enjoy their songs. Not like Nirvana or Pearl Jam that were more easy listening, this band was very deep and have harder sound than the other two bands from Seattle. It took several times listening to their songs until I began to enjoy and became die hard fan of this band.

Anyway, Superunknown that was released on March 8 1994 became the band breakthrough album. Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The music video for Black Hole Sun became a hit on MTV and received the award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards and in 1995 it received the Clio Award for Alternative Music Video. Their singles Black Hole Sun and Spoonman both won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance. The album itself was nominated Grammy for Best Rock Album in the same year.

Unfortunately, their fifth album, Down on the Upside, seemed to be their last album. After their worldwide tour, Soundgarden shocked fans around the world when they announced they would be breaking up on April 9, 1997. Internal conflict seemed to be the reason behind their breakup.

After 12 years of breakup,  now came the good news about Soundgarden reunite. Lead singer os the band, Chris Cornell revealed the news via his Twitter on Friday, January 1, 2010.

"The 12 year break is over and school is back in session," he Tweeted. "
Knights of the Soundtable ride again!"


 Hope we can hear more progress about this news shortly. Next time I am going to review about this band.



Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Joe Satriani New Live CD/DVD


For all Joe Satriani fans, get ready for the upcoming new live performance on DVD. The brand new live two-disc CD and DVD will be released on February 2, 2010, through Epic Records. Joe recorded Live in Paris: I Just Wanna Rock! on May 27, 2008, at The Grand Rex Theater in Paris, France.
Following the success of his other "live" DVD releases, Satriani Live in 2006 and Live in San Francisco in 2001, Satriani has gained new heights with Live in Paris. The extraordinary editing and artful stage lighting makes this Satriani "live" DVD a pleasure for the new viewer, as well as the long-time fan. An anticipated bonus offering on the Live in Paris DVD is the in-depth interview, unlike any other, with Satriani as well as behind-the-scenes footage. 

Live In Paris: I Just Wanna Rock DVD Track List:
1. I Just Wanna Rock12. Out of the Sunrise
2. Overdriver13. Time Machine
3. Satch Boogie14. Cool # 9
4. Ice 915. Andulasia
5. Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat16. Bass Solo
6. Flying In A Blue Dream17. Cryin'
7. Ghosts18. Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
8. Revelation19. Always With Me, Always With You
9. Super Colossal20. Surfing With The Alien
10. One Big Rush21. Crowd Chant
11. Musterion22. Summer Song


Get your chance to win a signed Ibanez guitar, a Vox Satchurator pedal, a Planet Waves guitar strap, Joe Satriani discography, and more by entering Joe Satriani I Just Wanna Rock Paris Sweepstakes.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Handle Guitar

Yesterday I was browsing the net about weird guitars and I found this cool guitar, THE HANDLE. The most revolutionary electric guitar of our times. An extremely advanced musical instrument which is a result of combining new acoustica studies, a striking formal identity and cutting edge technology. That's what they say about it.


It is an XOX Audio Tools product, designed by the award winning designer Peter Solomon. The Handle is mono-chassis, from headstock to the body of the guitar is completely manufactured out of carbon fiber (Wow! Just like the body of F1 race cars). Surprisingly, carbon fiber offers a much wider harmonic range than wood.

 The body is mostly cutaway, resulting in an extremely lightweight instrument (4.85 lbs). This also creating a resonance chamber similar to that of a semi-acoustic guitar. Its mono-chassis construction favors direct transmission of acoustic vibrations without sound dampening nor loss.  The fretboard is constructed of a pressure-formed thermostat laminate containing twenty-four full-scale frets, and the neck has a slim tapered profile measuring a 12” radius.

The handle was designed for comfort. Its concave form anatomically fits the body, its thin profile of the neck for all 24 frets, and its lightweight offer truly pleasing experience to anyone who plays it.

More information may be found at www.xoxaudiotools.com
Thursday, October 29, 2009

My Music

Hi all!
If you see box.net on the right bar, you will find there is a song I named Theatrical. I made it using software FL Studio 6 about a year ago. I made it entirely with FL Studio. No musical instruments involved, just the computer software. I've wanted to add guitar solo in it and I'm still working on it.
The song I made as a tribute to Dream Theater, one of my favorite band. I hope they can use it on their album (...just kidding...).
Anyway, there are other songs that I have not uploaded yet. I hope I can publish it in the near future. Feel free to download and listen to it. Don't forget to give comment about it. I know there are lots of weaknesses on the song, especially on mixing. I'm still learning about it.


Thank you.
Monday, August 3, 2009

Building To Scale

The notes of a chord can also be determined by assigning a numeric formula, indicating the tones used from the major scale. For example, based on the C major scale, 1-b3-5 would mean play the root (C), a flatted (E b), and the fifth (G) – a C minor chord!
The chart below is a construction summary of the chord types in this book (based on the key of C only):

C MAJOR SCALE = C-D- E-F-G-A-B-C

(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1)

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Introducing Chords

Chord

A chord is defined as three or more notes played at the same time.Chords provide the harmony that supports the melody of a song.

Sometimes chords are indicated by chord symbols, written above the musical staff. A chord symbol is simply an abbreviation for the name of that chord. For example, the symbol for an C-sharp minor seven chord would be C#m7.

A chord symbol tell us the chord's root and type.

The root gives the chord its name. For example, the root of a C chord is the note C. Unlike trees, however, the root note is not always at the bottom of the chord. Notice the difference in these two types of C chords:




The chord's type is indicated by suffix (m, 7, sus, aug, maj9). The chord types and suffixes listed below:

Building Chords

Chords are built from intervals. An interval is the distance between any two notes. You can see below the basic intervals, using C as a root.



These intervals are divided into two groups, major (M) and perfect (P). 4ths, 5ths, octaves and 11ths are perfect; all other intervals are major.

There are many shapes and sizes of intervals, but they only have five categories, which are major, minor, perfect, augmented and diminished. These categories are related each other.The relations are:

1. A major interval lowered one half step equals a minor interval.



2. A major or perfect interval raised one half step equals an augmented interval.



3. A perfect interval lowered one half step equals a diminished interval.



An interval's type is determined by the number of steps between the two notes.

All of the interval types are reviewed on the following chart:




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