Most expensive musical instrument by : Apolonius Dwiyan Putra

If the last post is about "greatest musician", then this post is gonna be about " Top-ten most expensive musical instrument that ever exist", well those instrument is "expensive" it's actually because the "Previous Owner" is a famous figure in the world, and here's the list of those instrument.

10. Classical guitar by Robert Bouchet - $122.150
 9.  Classical Guitar by Antonio de Torres - 157.000
 8.  Violin by Giovanni Batista Ceruti - $158.500
 7.  Viola de Gambia by Pieter Rombouts - $212.500
 6.  Violin by Carlo Giussepe Testore -$218.500
 5.  Violoncello by Gennaro Gagliano -$362.500
 4.  Viola by Gasparo Bertolloti da Salo -$542.500
 3.  OM-45 Deluxe Guitar by C.F. Martin and Company -$554.500
 2.  Eric Clapton's "Blackie" Stratocaster Guitar by Fender -$959.500
 1.  The Hammer Violin by Antonio Stradivari - $3.544.00 (what a price!!)
 source : http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/entertainment/the-top-10-most-expensive-musical-instruments-in-the-world/ 

The hammer violin 

And these are ten most expensive musical instru ment, guess with all those price we could buy lot car, and house of course, and that's all today's posting, the next posting will be the continuation of what affect the quality of music, thank you.

Greatest musician of all time by : Apolonius Dwiyan Putra

Music is all about taste, there're some whose just can listen to it, but there are some who has such a skill to make a sheet of music and bang it's so popular untill today, and here are " The people" who's create their own music and last up to this day. This list is based on people's vote 

1. Michael Jackson                   6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
2. Paul McCartney                   7.  Elvis Presley 
3. Freddie Mercurry               8. M.Shadows
4. Ludwig Van Beethoven      9. George Harrison
5. John Lennon                       10. Slash
List source : http://www.thetoptens.com/greatest-musicians/

source : www.lbi.org

And hat's some list of greatest musician based on people opinion, as i've said before Music is all about  taste, everyone has their own favorite who's the best, so it's actually just to naive if we force someone to likes the same as we do.

What is "Music" itself ? By : Aplonius Dwiyan Putra

According to the dictionary “webster” music is the art of arraning tones in an orderly sequence so as to produce a unified and continous composition. In reality, music does not have one concrete meaing. Music has different meaning for people music is unique in everryone’s life person. To a musician, music is their life, they eat, breathe and live with music, music is their passion, For others, music is a hobby, pasttime. Music is something that arouses interest and is pleasureable. 

source : kloipy.wordpress.com

And that is music based on dictionary and some people opinion, while for me myself music has such ‘musical dimension’ that is much more difficult to capture in words. This dimension might be indicated as ‘the sensual’, something which can and should (at least according to Søren Kierkegaard) only be expressed in its immediacy. This immediate – perhaps one could also speak of ‘the physical" is erased at the moment when it, through reflection, would be conceptualized; it is by definition indefinable and therefore unreachable by means of language. There is something in music which can only be expressed through or as music. 

The Power of music by : Apolonius Dwiyan Putra

As we know up to this day, music was one of human greatest invention from the very ancient one to the classical one till the modern one, music has almost influence us on our every activity.

         

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Some people said that music is a " Real heart opener" , according to Dr. Mike Miller For years, a research cardiologist, has been studying the effects of happiness  or things that make people happy  on our hearts. He began his research with laughter, and found watching funny movies and laughing at them could actually open up blood vessels, allowing blood to circulate more freely.

Miller thought, if laughter can do that, why not music? So, he tested the effects of music on the cardiovascular system. "Turns out music may be one of the best de-stressors  either by playing or even listening to music," said Miller.

The setup was basically the same as with the laughter study: Using high-tech imaging, Miller measured blood vessel size as people listened to music.

The results did not surprise Miller. "The inner lining of the blood vessel relaxed, opened up and produced chemicals that are protective to the heart," he said.

But when participants listened to music they didn't particularly enjoy, Miller said, "the vessels actually began to close up.

from that statement of Dr. Mike Miller we can conclude that Music does really affecting our heart, in this case our heart has such a direct link with our activity, so if you're in a bad mood, or in such spirit mood, make sure to listen to the music to make your heart calm or to make your heart fired up.

Music is a Part of our life

Presented by Hammam Pratama

                      Music is a part of our life, because since we were children. we knew about music, when we still a baby and like to crying, Our parents certainly sing a song to us and make us to relax. when we were adult still to listened a song. without music, we can't feel relaxing and bring us to a good spirit. i think, music is a medicine for eliminate depression or stress.

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with the music of our lives more colorful and make our day more spirit.

I got some inspirations about this topic from this link...:)

source : http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic56399.html

Screamo

Screamo

By. Bayu Hermawan

source : http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2F-aAGLWcPM8IE%2FUlxzysK2NrI%2FAAAAAAAAAuk%2FJ9VekjfLhys%2Fw1920-h1080%2F13%25252B-%25252B1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.google.com%2F106383188721211485271&h=1080&w=1920&tbnid=g929_iIVkK2NmM%3A&zoom=1&docid=TeKE2_UMZfhYzM&ei=FzpMU9bGFsKCrgeAqoB4&tbm=isch&ved=0CJUCEIQcMD0&iact=rc&dur=471&page=3&start=50&ndsp=30

                    Screamo is one kind of music genre, it’s post-hardcore influenced subgenre of emo that was be trend on early 1990’s. In it’s development, it becomes more aggressive than emo. And now, some musicians are starting to combining with the other genre such as metal, electronica, and so on. In Indonesia itself already familiar with the flow since the early decades of the 2000’s, and it was growing rapidly and was be very famous began among teens to adults. Bandung city is a biggest musician for this genre, they’ve system on their relation to each other. They’ve been made a comunity fro their genre, a big comunity that copping almost of Screamo’s musician in Bandung.

Source : http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-NYNQPhhOo3s%2FTzrBLLjrDbI%2FAAAAAAAAABo%2FPDcGqctF0WA%2Fs1600%2F223016_221748564538056_169004269812486_667762_1934980_n.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fscreamstoring.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F03%2Flast-kiss-from-avelin.html&h=253&w=720&tbnid=HKC-B9eFd1oDeM%3A&zoom=1&docid=nVZBPtXlT71HMM&ei=BEBMU_TuCI6zrgfVsYCACg&tbm=isch&ved=null&iact=rc&dur=76&page=5&start=80&ndsp=25

                    The most striking characteristics of them is sticker from all their relation’s community that always on their keyboard when they’ve concert. And they always brought their keyboard on their concert althought it’ll use or not. according to the development of screamo in Indonesia, it adds some strange voice such as evil voice, but in the stranger level, they’re able to copy pig voice. And they can include it on their music well. When they’re at the stage and sing, they’ve their own characteristic movement,and they usually called ‘’ headbang ‘’. Headbang means that you’re shaking your head following the thump of the music that being played. At last, usually their appearance just like an emo style. And tend to like a girl, I’m not actually know how they thinking their style. Maybe they’ve a better feeling when they’re able to express their style by theirself. So, are you starter to interest in screamo? J

Sound of Trasher

Sound of Trasher

By. Bayu Hermawan

            In generally, Trashers is a person that have a fanaticism or love in something but they use their depression or stress to express their feeling. They may love music or something else, some trasher who love music may to write full of their depression on their lyric. But in fact, trashers are very different than haters. Trashers aren’t hate other people who work in art, they just like to express their feeling by their own ways. There’s some trahser writing, sometime I was included on there. Hehe J

In the middle of the world

I feel cramped

Wishful my beautiful wings

I feel oppressed

Staring at the sun

Withstand all loads

Enjoy the atmosphere

Heart full of revenge

Deliver my soul

From all this nightmare

Hold up my body

Away from this pain

Alone in my dark

Let me peace in my world

Although restrained tears

Who was unable to stop

Under the rain

This heart cry

But this patient

always dismissed

Through a cold night

I still like it

Maybe until tomorrow

This heart will die

Pure of Music

The Pure of Music

By. Bayu Hermawan

                Did you know? Everyone in this world was already knew about the sound since long time ago. But our great-grandmother didn’t know yet how to arrange those sounds to change into a systematic sounds that we call as music. But they knew how to make a sound as communicate and entertainment. But just by the simple instrument like stone, wood, etc.

                Actually, music was already stay on all of our mind. Whatever we’re come from or whatever we’re skills or ability, music was already stay on our mind. The human brain have a little musicaly’s room on the side of their brain, particulary on their right side of brain. And that place can be an engine of human brain to produce and accept arrangement sound from the outside.

                When someone was listening a music, automatically they’ll napping their head slowly. That chase indicate that the musicaly’s room was accepting the sound from the outside. But some chase said, that not of musicaly’s room can be acceptable. Some people have their own preference on music, for example ; when a pop singer was listening a metal song, his musicaly’s room may not accept well the sound. 

The History of Indonesian Music

The History of Indonesian Music

By. Bayu Hermawan

Source : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Javanese-Court-Gamelan/106151102748587?nr

Indonesian music, at the first time is affected by foreigners. The first foreigners are from the foreign religion, Hindu-Budha and Islam.Hindu-Budha used music for their Religion’s ritual and the otherside was developing for Palace’s music as an show and entertain. Gamelan music is a basic music of it, it was very famous in java. Javanese music is basicly branching from Gamelan music, majority of tradition music in java had a Gamelan music colour. Gamelan music itself was consist of five groups ; Balungan, Blimbingan, Pencon, Kendang, Pelengkap. At the other side, Islam also has their own music ways in Indonesia, their music majority is comsist of Gambus and Rebana. From that chase, so we know that Indonesian music have some music group’s of gambus until right now. As far as I know, Islam also have including their music style to their religion such as Rebana and Gambus.

The second foreigners are come from West’s People that had a adventure to the East Side, include Indonesia. Their also give a colour in Indonesian music at that time. They have also their own instrument, for example ; violin, cello, guitar,flute, and ukulele. So as long as time flow, Indonesian people may able to combine them to be Indonesian music itself. At first time, we have a Kroncong’s music as Indonesian music.

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Source of materials ; https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/issi--ikatan-sarjana-seni-indonesia-/kAcBzVG9Pp8

Ten Myth of Metal Music that Misguided

Ten Myth of Metal Music that Misguided

By. Bayu Hermawan

Source : http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipangrock.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2FSejarah-Musik-Metal.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipangrock.com%2Fsejarah-musik-metal.html&h=406&w=650&tbnid=vqBBXCSbgy1ZSM%3A&zoom=1&docid=FWBJtKs2ZfuTGM&ei=gZhNU8TjGYjYrQeb84GoDA&tbm=isch&ved=0CIIBEDMoJTAl&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=1692&page=2&start=18&ndsp=23

            Many people said that they knew about metal’s music, but did you know? Sometimes they’re holding their wrong perceptions and said that they’re true.

Here are some little fact and myth of metal’s music ;

1. Heavy Metal ( A music that we called Heavy-Metal )

            Heavy metal is one kind of subgenre of metal, but it’s not actually true.  Even heavy metal subgenre almost not included in the metal itself as referring to people who think as heavy metal rock. Yet just because their assumption is wrong.

2. Barbar Ways

Myth : Metal musician is a stupid people that didn’t abel to arrange a word.

            Here’s a little preception, some people said that metal’s lyric is simple and impressed to stupid. In the fact, metal’s musician is a smart and focus for their writing lyric.

3. Un-Religion Ways

Myth : All of metal genre is unrelogion.

            The majority opinion says that the metal band as hate religion, but perhaps it is true that they are only slightly distorting and lead to a religion, but don’t hate other religions.

4. Satanism

Myth : Metal promoted satanic

            Sometimes I think that some of the flow in the metal does embrace Satanism, let’s said, black-metal that tends to lead there. However the reality is very few of those who believe, they also dont’ promote it.

5. Criminalism

Myth : Metal promoted the act of criminality such as homicide.

            In fact, some of metal’s musician are able to have a contact with criminality. We can see from their song, they usually include criminality and sex on their lyric.

6. Sexysm Ways

Myth : Metal is Sexysm

            In the 80’s, this ways are creating to underestimate for women and sex. Underlayer gradually, this ways started to dissapear.

7. Facism

Myth : Metal is facism, racist, or have a neo-nazi views.

            They may said and believe this myth, in fact that metal’s lyric are indeed to it. But maybe, they don’t fully like it, and they have a specific reason.

8. Bad Affect to Boy

Myth : Metal music has bad affect to boy

            Some people may said that metal had bad affect to their boy, but they’re need to know that some people else are need their own ways to reduce their stress. And some boy might have a indeed to listen metal when they’ve tension. But old people said that metal broke their boy just cause of metal history.

9. Untalented Musician

Myth : Metal don’t need skills to played.

            In fact that metal and jazz are two kind of music genre that very difficult to played, the significan characteristict is a fully distortion, fast riff, and nature percussion. Some of them was very focus on it as if they wanna show their own character.

10. Just Albe to Scream

Myth : Metal’s musician just able to scream

            Some people opinion said that metal’s vocalist just able to scream, in fact, they must able to harmonize their voice to the music. And it was very difficult, maybe, people that said that a vocalist of metal just able to scream must try to it by theirself, so they’ll know the truth.

Source : http://sorayamaricar.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/10-mitos-tentang-aliran-musik-metal-yang-salah-kaprah/

Music in united states (America)

Presented by Hammam Pratama

                              Do you know about the music scene in america? i will trying to explain it little bit as i know. America, as we know that America is the most major country with the best music qualities. all musician want to go to america for learn how does their work in making music. several singers from all over the world want to go there for a career and learn to making a music in america. I think music in america can combined with different types of music like in Asia and music another continent. 

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                                         America's Music has kind of types genre they use in music in America such as Rock, pop,jazz, hip hop etc. but in the U.S. more toward pop and hip hop as I know. in america most of those artists who sing pop and hip hop,i think Pop and hip hop the most widely preffered by lovers in america,compared with jazz, rock, and others.

Ok, that's all 'bout this topic...
please wait for another posting,. thank you :)

   

Music Traditional ( Indonesia )

Presented by Hammam Pratama (F1021131035)


                          so many cultures in indonesia, from Music Instrument, Dance and tradtional clothing. Here I will explain about the Indonesian traditional music. Indonesian has many music type from various provinces like sundanese, malay, javanese etc. there are including indonesian traditional music all provinces. the music was given to generation to generation for entertainment facilities. And preserve that for state and nation successor.

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                                  The indonesian traditional music the means of entertainment, music is one to relieve boredom, as well as for recreational facilities and meet with other residents. 

source : http://senibudaya-indonesia.blogspot.com/2012/05/musik-tradisional-indonesia.html

K-Pop Music ( Korean Pop )

Presented by Hammam Pratama ( F1021131035)

                             As we know, about K-POP music is music from korean . this genre using pop music style coupled with modern dance, K-POP has successfully worldwide to major countries like USA, France, UK and Japan etc. this music is so drugged and made ​​people become like all about K-POP music. because, from a cool dance, artist, style of clothing, video clip and music.

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                            K-POP originally appeared in the 1930's and K-POP music is influenced by pop music from Japan and in the 1950's and 1960's, was a pop entry from western countries.

in south korea, K-POP was crowned as their culture. because, they have made the genre (K-POP) with their own by combining Japanese pop music and western pop music into one.

source : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop

Some Fact That Affect Quality of the Music

Lately as we know, there's so many complaint in social media, the internet, or even in media that quality of the music got degradation, inside even outside our country.

This isssue makes me asking myself, is is true that is a parameter for an art, in this case let's focusing on the music itself, it's because i always think music is all about taste, and u can't force it to anyone else, everyone has different taste.

But behind it I also consider if music also has such theory, rules, etc, that makes the music has quality. Okey, now here is some of the parameters based on article which i found.

There's so many out there the parameters of what make music has it's quality, so here some of it that i think the best of, this parameters is the very basic, the foundation of it.

1.       Theme

Every piece of music has a theme. It will be categorized by 3 ingredients:

a)  Rhythm, the thematic rhythm a melody might have like the for notes of the famous theme from beethoven 5th symphony which play a big part.

b)  Intervals, a theme usually has a defining intervals and using the same example : going third down in main theme of beethoven’s 5th.

c)  Countour, (seeing the “shape” the theme creates). When it is going up, when it is going down, regardless of the actual pitches.

2.       Development

99% of musical pieces go through some sort of development to make it such a wonderful thing/music to be heard, (to be clear i will only use the same piece) how does the 4 note theme of the 5th symphony by beethoven gave him enough information to create four movement, how is the theme transform etc. The arrangements of musical pieces etc.

Here are some of the very basic thing for quality of the music. The next thing for parameters of music will be posted on the upcoming post. Thank you.

Source:

·   https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091217193640AAaYWDy

·  http://www.kaskus.co.id/thread/533ec7c438cb17231e8b4607/inilah-faktor-faktor-yang-mempengaruhi-kualitas-musik/