http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/03/chinese_indepen.php
This website is devoted to Chinese Indie Bands, and I find it very interesting in light of our class discussion on the evolution of Chinese music. This web page introduces 5 Indie Bands and offers opportunities to listen (for free) to their music. I love that I found this website because for so long Chinese musicians had to censor themselves--so for me finding a page devoted to Chinese musicians that speak their mind and are laying new ground for future artists is liberating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqNp3H6PPJ4
This is a video for an Indonesian pop song, and I find it very interesting because it is an example of the fusion music that we discuss in class (the blending of traditional and modern elements). It is actually an instrumental which is very interesting to me because the video was made in 2002, and nominated for 3 MTV Indonesia Awards that same year--and it is a great example of how other cultures have instrumental music that is very popular currently--which I do not find to be the case in the Western world in terms of our popular music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usaD-ltuW_0
This is a video for a Hawaiian rap song! I found this very entertaining...."another day in the H I" ....the performer talks about Hawaiian culture, and this is another example of fusion music. Often times in class we just get exposed to traditional music, so I find it interesting to look at these cultures and see their music of today, from all genres. This looks like a video we might see on television here on the mainland. It is interesting though, as I am typing this, that Hawaii is part of America. Seems a silly thing to say--but it is so far away! The culture is so different from our own. I am glad though because it adds to the cultural fabric of America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9hV4zVommA
I really like this video of various artists playing the Didgeridoo! It is not a video as much as collection of really nice artwork being shown while varioust artists play the didgeridoo in the background--but I love hearing this instrument! At first, it sounds really very foreign to me...but as I listen further it is relaxing. I can fully understand why this would be considered meditative and theraputic. After watching the didgeridoo being played in class I have a new found respect for the difficulty involved, and love listening to this and the talent being displayed.
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That rap song was interesting. I read that there is so many different influences from different cultures mixed into hawaiian music that it is hard to tell what is truly hawaiian.
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