18th Music Broadcast "Jamaican Reggae, World Music"

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The theme of the 18th music broadcast is "Jamaican Reggae" music.

Korean Broadcast (Spoon Radio)

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3703807

 

English Broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/18th-music-broadcast-jamaican-reggae-world-music/

 

YouTube Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43G16Z1nHog

 

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17th Music Broadcast "Argentine Tango, World Music"

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The theme of the 17th music broadcast is "Argentine Tango" music.

Korean Broadcast (Spoon Radio)

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3700189

English Broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/17th-music-broadcast-argentine-tango-world-music/

YouTube Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhvmKC7MuMg v

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World Music Album Now Available on Ko-fi/Gumroad

Hello!

I’m excited to announce that my self-produced music album is now available for purchase on two popular platforms that support creators and specialize in selling digital products.

The two platforms are:

• Ko-fi, a UK-based platform established in 2012, which allows creators to receive direct support from fans and sell their works.
• Gumroad, a US-based platform launched in 2011, which helps creators easily sell their digital products and generate income.

The product being sold on both platforms is a world music album consisting of 14 original tracks. The album title and track list are as follows:

 

Title: Echoes of the World Music

Tracklist:

1. Без тебя, Russian Romance

2. Les mots qu’on ne dit pas, French Chanson

3. Quedó en el Silencio, Cuban Bolero

4. Fuaim na Gaoithe, Irish Celtic

5. Sombras da Madrugada, Portuguese Fado

6. Fuego del Corazón, Rumba Flamenco

7. Σαν Καπνός, Greek Rembetika

8. Sogni di Primavera, Italian Canzone

9. River of the Heart, Native American Music

10. Viento de los Andes, Andean Music

11. Susurros de Amor, Mexican Bolero

12. Saudade do Teu Olhar, Brazilian Bossa Nova

13. Luna de Mi Tierra, Mexican Ranchera

14. Sombra del Beso, Argentine Tango

 

You can review the album from the links below:

 

Ko-fi

https://ko-fi.com/s/c209e6b053

 

Gumroad

https://csydr.gumroad.com/l/mkzsjg?layout=profile

 

All the included songs can be previewed for one minute each in the YouTube Promotional Video below.

 

YouTube Promotional Video"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgqIXaqPWzA

 

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16th Music Broadcast "Mexican Ranchera, World Music"

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The theme of the 16th music broadcast is "Mexican Ranchera" music.

Korean Broadcast (Spoon Radio)

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3696762

 

English Broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/16th-music-broadcast-mexican-ranchera-world-music/

 

YouTube Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lad9X9NO9CQ

 

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15th Music Broadcast "Brazilian Samba/Bossa Nova, World Music"

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The theme of the 15th music broadcast uploaded today is "Brazilian Samba/Bossa Nova" music.

Korean Broadcast (Spoon Radio)

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3693397

 

English Broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/15th-music-broadcast-brazilian-sambabossa-nova-world-music/

 

YouTube Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mlC4A7nOPI

 

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14th Music Broadcast "Mexican Bolero"

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The theme of the 14th music broadcast uploaded today is the sweet "Mexican Bolero" music.

In this broadcast, I introduced the origin of bolero, the development process of Mexican bolero, and representative musicians throughout this development process.

 

Starting with this broadcast, I have uploaded the English version and the language version of the country being introduced on "PodBean" together.

 

In other words, for this broadcast, since the language used in Mexico is Spanish, I have produced the Spanish broadcast as well, and you can listen to it from the links below.

Korean broadcast (Spoon Radio)

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3689896

English broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/14th-music-broadcast-mexican-bolero-world-music-english/

Spanish broadcast (PodBean)

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/14th-music-broadcast-mexican-bolero-world-music-spanish/

 

YouTube Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqN3oK0IOw

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12th Music Broadcast "World Music, North American Indian"

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The music show that was broadcast in Korean on "Spoon Radio" until last week will now be aired in English on the internet radio platform "PodBean" starting this week.

 

This week's 12th broadcast features "North American Indian" music among the world music genres.

In this broadcast, I introduced North American Indian music, including powwow music, chicken scratch music, and flute music; musicians who played a leading role in Indian Identity Restoration Movement; music by North American Indian women; and Indian fusion musicians.

You can listen to my broadcast by clicking the link below.

 

https://csydr.podbean.com/e/12th-music-broadcast-world-music-north-american-indian/

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Korean Broadcast (Spoon Radio)

 

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3682861

Spoon Radio’s 11th Music Broadcast, “World Music, India”

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I uploaded my eleventh music broadcast on “Spoon Radio.”

The theme of this week's broadcast is the music of "India," the birthplace of the ancient Indus Civilization and a historical trade route, among world music genres.

In this broadcast, I introduced an overview of India, the characteristics of Hindustani music and Carnatic music, along with their representative instruments, and notable singers from India.

You can listen to my broadcast from the link below.

https://www.spooncast.net/kr/cast/3679287

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Background Music: लालसा की प्रतिध्वनियाँ (Echoes of Longing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d21kSwDGY4

83. New Age Music: 10. World Music, ACJ Music Academy

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This week's lecture is “World Music”, the 10th topic of “New Age Music”, which is a summary of the contents of “83. New Age Music: 10. World Music” introduced on April 15th, 2017.

World music is a music category that includes many different styles of music from around the world, including music that more than one cultural tradition intermingles. Unlike pop and folk music of North America or Britain, this music was designated by the European and North American music industries under the generic term "world music", which was popularized in the 1980s as a marketing category for non-Western traditional music.

The term "world music" was coined in the early 1960s by Robert E. Brown, an ethnomusicologist who was a professor at Wesleyan University in the United States.

Robert E. Brown

Since the birth of the term world music, its market has grown significantly, and sub-genres in the form of fusion such as ethnic fusion and worldbeat also have been created. Good examples of such fusion are the Irish-West African music fusion of Afro Celt Sound System and the Jazz/Finnish folk fusion of Finnish folk music band of Värttinä.

Source, Afro Celt Sound System (2016)

6.12, Värttinä (2001)

Good examples of fusion music in which elements of Western pop are more increased in certain indigenous music are Paul Simon's album "Graceland", where South African mbaqanga music can be heard, a collaboration of Peter Gabriel and Pakistani singers Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and a mix of West African vocal forms and Western contemporary rhythms and harmony by Deep Forest.

Graceland, Paul Simon (1986)

Deep Africa, Deep Forest (2013)

Ethnic fusion is generally rooted in the sounds and philosophies of new-age music, seeking to incorporate traditional ethnic folk music, which is included in world music, into contemporary electronic music. This music is often aimed at finding ways to create unity and harmony between Western technology and more indigenous and nature-oriented cultures.

Good examples of ethnic fusion are "Face-to-Face" from Nicholas Gunn's album "Beyond Grand Canyon," featuring authentic Native American flute music combined with synthesizers, and "Four Worlds" from his album “The Music of the Grand Canyon”, featuring spoken word from Razor Saltboy of the Navajo Indian Nation.

The Music of the Grand Canyon, Nicholas
Gunn (1995)

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33. World Music: Korea, ACJ Music Academy

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Following the last week, I am going to start my 33rd lecture.

I had conducted music lectures at Art Collage JANG in Seoul, South Korea every Saturday from March 2015 to December 2017.

I am going to introduce some of the music in the lecture with a brief overview of the lecture by the lecture’s order every Saturday.

Please refer to the following link for my previous lectures.

https://blog.naver.com/csydr/220995605864

Today, I will end the world music series introduced for about 8 months every Saturday with “Korean Traditional Music” and start another genre of music from next Saturday.

Today’s lecture was the 33^rd lecture of ACJ Music Academy which was held on December 11, 2015.

Korean traditional music is largely divided into Jeongak and Minsogak.

Jeongak is the music which were enjoyed by the upper-class literati of the Joseon society, and Minsogak was the music that the common people enjoyed in their daily lives.

If we look at the form of playing Korean traditional music, instrumental music includes solo, byeongju, ensemble, and vocal music includes solo and byeongchang.

Jeongak is a very peaceful music, which is not sensual music that momentarily stimulates the emotions of the listener. Therefore, it takes some time and effort to get used to the music.

“Aak” is a word that is used similarly to Jeongak. Aak was originally used to refer to music, such as 'Munmyo Jeryeak', which was composed mainly of Daesung Aak from the Song Dynasty during the Goryeo Dynasty. However, after the Japanese colonial period, the court music, and Jeongak which were enjoyed by the upper-class literati, were included in the category of Aak.

In Jeongak, the Jeryeak was used in the rituals in the court and the Pungryu Music was enjoyed by the upper-class literati in their lives. Jeongak also includes Jeongga such as Sijo, Gagok, Gasa, and Gochwiak which was used in the parades of kings and high positions’ officials.

Minsogak is the music of the common people. In Minsogak, there are Pansori, Danga, Seonsori, Jabga and Minyo as vocal music, Sanjo, Shinawi and Pungmulnori as instrumental music and Beompae and Musok Music as religious music.

Korean traditional musical instruments are made of materials from Korea. The materials used to make the Korean traditional musical instruments are eight notes, which are eight kinds of materials such as iron, thread, bamboo, leather, wood, earth, gourd, and stone.

Korean musical instruments can be classified as follows according to the materials which are made and how they are played.

Classification by material

- Iron: Jing, Nabal, Pyeonjong, Teukjong

- Thread: Geomungo, Gayageum, Haegeum, Agaeng

- Bamboo: Daegeum, Sogeum, Piri, Danso, Taepyeongso

- Leather: Janggu, Buk, Sogo

- Wood; Bak, Chuk, Eoh

- Earth: Hun

- Gourd: Saenghwang

- Stone: Pyeon-gyeong, Teuk-gyeong, Nagak

Classification by playing method

- Wind instruments: Daegeum, Piri, Danso, Tungso, Sogeum, Saenab, Nabal, Nagak

- Stringed instruments: Geomungo, Gayageum, Haegeum, Agaeng, Yanggeum

- Percussion instruments: Janggu, Buk, Jing, Kkwaenggwari, Sogo, Bak, Pyeon-gyeong, Teuk-gyeong, Unra

Like many other countries in the world, Korean traditional music is also showing a crossover aspect that is mixed with music from other genres. Due to this trend, we can see a lot of concerts combined with Korean traditional music and various western instruments.

Today, I will introduce 3 music as follows:

1. Jongmyo Jeryeak

2. Sarang-ga (In Pansori Choonhyangga)

3. Daegeum Sanjo

You can listen to all the songs from following YouTube link.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSmshmgJzYhdCgXS7hAUa5H2X6AIOyEqG

Next week, I will lecture "Classical Crossover" as my 34th lecture.

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