STRINGER ' S NOTE
This blog will give its readers a glimpse on different genres of music like pop , rock , classic , mellow , and a lot more . Latest trends and updates about the current events in the music industry will also be featured .
YOU ' RE THE INSPIRATION CHICAGO
BY MA . ELLAINE MAGPANTAY
Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago , Illinois . The self-described " rock and roll band with horns " began as a politically charged , sometimes experimental , rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound , generating several hit ballads . The group had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s . Second only to The Beach Boys in Billboard singles and albums chart success among American bands , Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups in history . The 1970s : ' Chicago ' The band released a second album , titled Chicago ( also known as Chicago II ), which was another double-LP . The album ' s centerpiece track was a seven-part , 13-minute suite composed by Pankow called " Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon . The 1980s : Changing Sound , and the Ballads CIt ' s a beautiful evergreen song that has stood the test of time and remains # 1 to many Chicago fans , such as myself . " You ' re the meaning in my life . You ' re the inspiration . You bring feeling to my life . You ' re the inspiration ." hicago XIV ( 1980 ), produced by Tom Dowd , relegated the horn section to the background on a number of tracks , and the album ' s two singles failed to make the Top 40 .
MASK UNRAVELLED . MUSIC REVEALED .
BY MA BRIDGITTE RAFLORES Listen . http :// mp3crow . mobi / mp3-masskara-festival-music-2012 . html ( Click the link above and hit play button for the musical score ) You won ’ t have to go to Bacolod to try a Maskarra festival experience . It ’ s just within your reach , within the bounds of your stingy personality , within the corners of your up-to-date resources . Have you gone to PUP last August 7 , 2013 ? Well , that ’ s a missed one if you haven ’ t . I just wanna share a Masskara festival experience in PUP . Lemme .
It is the 12th Foundation Anniversary of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines – College of Communication that made me brought myself in there and joined the gaiety . And as part of their annual celebration , there was a streetdance organized . Arrayed in bright colors , participants dance to their graces with the festivals they are representing of . Caught my ear was the musical score of the Masskara Festival group from BABRC I-1N . Energy . Liveliness . That suggests the festival of Masskara . ( Because , indeed , there is no such festival that hasn ’ t merrymaking or dull-spirited festivity .) And the lovely smiles that would attract and make you show yours too , it ’ s such an experience worth watching . It does not only highlight the beauty of our land but touches our socio-cultural values .
Did you have a visit on the link above ? The music is something away from the current genres we have at present , isn ’ t it ? From a folk music , it transcends to an upbeat , modern one . A proof that tastes of people differs from time to time , generation by generation . “ Kari na sa Bacolod kag magsinadya kita sa MassKara !” ( Come to Bacolod and let ’ s have fun at MassKara Festival !), as the song says and it ’ s like you can never refuse to such invitation .
We look for ( mostly ) several foreign songs that are reiterated time to time in radios . We get hooked at it . We forget the ones we are rooted upon . But thanks , we have events like this , for the unremembered will be remember , the tones that will linger in our soul , that once bound our fellows as whole , -- Masskara Festival , its music , will be ours in our home . “ Masskara , Pasigarbo kanato ini !”( Masskara , This is Our Pride !)
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE WORLD STOPPED TURNING ?
BY ESSAN MARIE O . CALAJATAN
" Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning )" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson . Written in the wake of the September 11 attacks , it was introduced at the Country Music Association ' s annual awards show on November 7 , 2001 . It was released in November 2001 as the lead single from the album Drive , and reached the top of the U . S . Billboard country .... ( Continue to page 5 .)