Free Theme

Free Theme

In this post, probably my last one, I chose my theme as “Free Theme”. On the one hand I will talk about my consideration about “why I choose this theme” on the other hand it relationship with music.

“We can think about however we want, we can write about whatever we want, we just need some imagination, inspiration and concentration.” It’s a thought’s way of many people inclusively mine. Therefore free theme is a form to show other what himself is thinking or was thinking in that moment, so that it can show us their knowledge and mentality.

I, as free theme’s chooser, clearly had no idea about what I want to write, furthermore I hadn't idea about what I could talk, and thus this theme is certainly appropriate to me. Firstly because it’s a difficult theme, we haven’t many ideas about it, secondly it’s a theme that we could talk about in this post, and lastly I think that it’s perfectly proper to me, because it show you about my thought’s form that is poor in imagination and I’m a challenger, I like challenge a hard theme like this while I could choose a theme more easy.

Music is like free theme, started in blank, and when you start to write you are starting to win knowledge and you will able to write more interesting lyrics, you “just need imagination, inspiration and concentration”.

In this way I can conclude my post with last commentary which is the hardness of a free theme, because you are searching in the void ideas, like beginning of music’s creation, and the void is the beginning of everybody. As last post, it's able to be a paradox between the beginner and end.

Thank you for your watch, see you next time.

Last but not the least.

Hi folks.

This will be my last post in this blog. I could start enumerating several clichés like how much fun I had posting in this blog and how it made my life shine everyday. But I won't. This will be my conclusion.
12 years preparing this moment. From 1st to 12th grade we have been preparing our ingress in the university. It's closer than ever. But at the same time it looks like we will have to wait another 12 years. It's like our adulthood really starts now.

Believe it or not it freaks me out! Our parents have been telling us, since I remember, that we have responsabilities and duties and we always ignored them. We are 18 years old now. That middle-term between teenagers and adults. It looks like he have been carrying a backpack full of paper and now, came from nowhere, someone fills our backpack with rocks that weigh way more than I can carry. But that is growing up, that is what makes us responsible adults. I mean, I really want to grow up and to have my house, my family, my job, my money, make chips my main meal, ban fish from my alimentation, buy my own things. But at the same time I don't want to have to pay my taxes, my house, my car, my food, I don't want to be responsible for my choices especially if they are the wrong ones. I think that this time of our lives is one hell of a mess. But that's life, we have to face it and, I mean, if others could do it, why couldn't I?

My biggest wishes are that you can follow your dreams, do something that will be remembered, make your own choices and ,especially, deal with whatever they bring to you.

Be right back.

Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

Bil Keane
 

Whaam!

Whaam! is a 1963 painting by Roy Lichtenstein.

Whaam!

The painting is large in scale, measuring 4.0 x 1.7m and we can easily see dark tones combined with vivid colors. It is considered one of Lichtenstein’s war paintings by conveying "brilliant color and narrative situation". 

In fact, this painting is an adaptation from a comic-book panel from a 1962 issue of DC Comics' All-American Men of War.

Lichtenstein altered the source so that the exploding plane was more prominent than in the original relative to the dominant conquering plane.

Even the title of this painting is in true connection with the painting by conveying the idea that the crash of both planes would emit the sound Whaam! .

Original comic book panel

By dealing with a comic book panel, this painting easily illustrates Pop Art’s ideals, that everything, even things that could be considered useless, could, in fact, become art. Pop Art was in the 60’s a movement that broke free from all the previous ideals of art and that, in one way or another, influenced the way art is appreciated nowadays.

Pop "Meme" Art

   Hello followers, namely Mrs. Helena Rodeiro. Unfortunately this might be my last post and for that I will show you my full potential as an artist critic!

   Did you ever looked at Nyan Cat and think, “Man, this would make for an awesome painting hanging on my wall.” Some people have, and now thanks to California-based Gallery 1988, internet memes are getting the pop art treatment.

   
   The art gallery features work from various artists who are selling paintings and framed prints all inspired by popular internet memes. Everything from “First World Problems” (above) to “Hipster Ariel,” a take on trendy Disney princesses, have gotten an artistic pop-art makeover, turning memes into collector’s items. Check out a few of the art pieces available for sale on their website.

   "First World Problems", made by Aled Lewis. With Lichtenstein style crying woman inspired by the ‘First World Problems‘ meme (explained here). 420 x 594 mm (16.5 x 23.4 in) 4 colour screen print on Sirio 350gsm. It portraits a blond women crying with a speech balloon saying: "MY SANDWICH IS TOO FULL --AND NOW IT'S HARD TO EAT". The colors (yellow, red, blue) are Bold N' Vivid. The Ben-Day dots (the hallmark of Lichtenstein) are obvious.

   This example, once again, reflect the quick recognition art that pop artists tried to convey. It can be drawn a clear line between the old "fine art" with the "commercial art". Compared to the "fine art", this is easy to do, you just need ideas, accessible to everyone, heedlessly to his/hers social situation. For the first time, art it's not UNIQUE. For example, at the moment you can buy two "First World Problems" paintings, meaning, that there isn't only one example of this art, there are two available to be bought, two people can have the same art in the pleasure of their homes. The concept of art, forever, has been revolutionized. 

YouTube

   In the back in the days, there weren't many ways to a musician become famous. You had: radio; tapes; later, television; but the ultimate and latest means of "popularity" is the INTERNET, and by that, YOUTUBE.With that have your "tube" (channel) where you can publish/share almost everything you desire. By that , a new world of the music and television industry has been born.
 
   Nowadays, YouTube is a very serious company with a lot of money invested on. There are several well made and devoted on, series made purposely to the YouTube viewers. Series as good and better than those seen on the television.

   The music industry has been also changed, because, beside having good music, you need a complementary videoclip. Without that, isn't likely to have any recognition. My favorite artists known in and by YouTube are: Epic Rap Battles of History, Gwatsky and Ronald Jenkees.

   

Pop Art

Pop Art

Still Life #20, in 1962, by Tom Wesselmann(February 23, 1931, Cincinnati – December 17, 2004).

He was an American artist associated with the Pop art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture.

The method is very similar to Richard Hamilton.

This image is of a drawing, painting, print, or other two-dimensional work of art, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the artist who produced the image, the person who commissioned the work, or the heirs thereof. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of works of art.

To Tom Wesselmann, to history of paiting and to pop art:

-This is a historically significant work that could not be conveyed in words.

-Inclusion is for information, education and analysis only.

-Its inclusion in the article(s) adds significantly to the article(s) because it shows the subject, or the work of the subject, of the article(s).

To 20th century Western painting: 

-The image is low resolution and unsuitable for commercial purposes.

-A subject of the article.

-Its use enhances the reader's understanding of the topic.

-No free-use equivalent is available or can be made.

The idea is to understand this image subjectively, without any objectivity.

These are characteristics of pop art in 60’s, mass-produced, celebration of daily object, bright colors, collage, among others.

“Rebel without a cause” Sheng’s Version

“Rebel without a cause” Sheng’s Version

In the Observatory Jim and John (Plato) solved their problem, but Jim Stark knows that Plato as shot many people, and has the notion that it wouldn’t end good for himself to, so he made a plan to escape with him and Judy.

Jim said “The first part of the plan is to use my jacket with a heavier thing, which is similar to a person, with the function of bait. It can catch their attention and they will point all illumination to it, so we could have space to escape, but we must be quick! After this we could be free! We just need some money and we can go to other city or even other country!” Plato and Judy in spite of being still scared they simultaneously said “Okay!” because they liked Jim and wanted to stay with him.

As they expected, when Jim threw the jacket outside the window everyone pointed the flashlights to it and in that moment three teenagers escaped quietly without being noticed.

Judy understood that after this situation nobody could come back home “Now we have no home and we need money to survive. Ah! We can take this opportunity to assault people in the street or even people on their home. Why not now? As we know the police are all over there. This is our chance. Plato! We can use your gun.”

(…)

In this night they easily obtained money and started their travel. But before that Jim said “We need to be conscious that we will never come back again, so I will give you 20 minutes to go home, write something to your parents and prepare yourself! Hence 20 minutes we gather here with my car.” With no more talk everybody went home.

(…)

Of course they all have left a farewell message to their parents. The 20 minutes quickly passed. Jim came back to the same place and Plato and Judy were already waiting for him. They will finally start their travel. As money may not be enough, along their path they will rob and attack rich people to get some money.

(To be continued…)

Rebel Without a Cause

Plato while hide, starts thinking about all the problems that he had in life. The absence of his parents were the most important issue that came to his mind. He realized that he couldn’t become like his parents. After hours of reflection, he decided to give up, many weak thoughts and solutions came to his mind, like suicide. However, he managed to, in the middle of all that fear and anger, realize that it would not solve the problem. He wanted to help. To help those in the same situation that he was.

Plato found his friends, and together they faced the fear and told the truth to the police. After 2 long years of trials and investigations related to Buzz’s death, they were free. Free to live the lives that they never had the possibility to live.

They solve the situation with their parents. No, they didn’t live happy forever. They explained their situation and decided to move on with their lives far from the parents that were never truly present.

The group of friends created an association in order to help children in the same situation, so that they could have someone to talk to. It was an astonishing success and managed to help hundreds of child and, also, use the problems that they had as something that could be turned into something helpful.

New "Rebel Without A Cause" 's Ending

   Hello folks, today I will bring you a different theme. It's about the movie "Rebel Without A Cause" but with a twist in the end, hope you like it!

   

   Plato, microseconds before being shot, his hole life flashed in his mind, all the good memories and of course all the bad memories, everything came to his mind, for a single moment he had peace and saw everything clearly.

   Suddenly he woke up, two days later, in a stretcher with Jim crying at his feet and Judy was hugging Jim, also crying.  When they realize that Plato is waking up, Jim immediately call the nurse to take care of him. After he was fully awaken, Jim and Judy explained him what happened and that he was paraplegic  because he was shot near the spine. For now on he had to use a wheelchair. Frightened, stunned, he cried, cried a lot, he was lonely, left over, at least that's what he was thinking, but he was wrong, because for that moment on he will live with Jim's family, he couldn't leave his friend like this. After all, that was what Plato always want, paid a high price, but for him, was worth it.

   

 

   

Icon of the 21st century

There's no time.

Icon of the 21st century

From a Blackhole, came God

Icon of the 21st century

We are the change we’ve been looking for. Change can’t happen without you.

BBC Radio 1

   Hello followers, today I will write about my favorite radio station, BBC Radio 1. Is a such complete station, it evolves almost all types of music and have all type of awesome guests, like: Mila Kunis, Flux Pavilion, Rick Ross, Mick Jagger, Nicky Minaj and much more. Also, they do streaming of live concerts: UKF concerts, Tomorowland.
 
  It's an British station and as pioneers of Dubstep and Drum and Bass, they promote it. Many artists gained a boost in their carriers due to this awesome station.
 
  Sometimes I get to know some news faster and different news by listening to their news feed. They make some games and riddles, it's enjoyable. I improved my English listening this radio and I still do. Recommend everyone to listen to this wonderful radio.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_one

Music in the Global Village

We live in a world that everyday tends to be more connected than it was the day before. The notion of ‘Global Village’ is today clearly understood and followed by every single person on the planet. And as a matter of fact, music is nowadays one of the fastest means of communication.

The way how, nowadays, new bands and artists are still influenced by many artists of the 50’s/60’s clearly shows us the power of music through generations.

Iconic songs as ‘We are the Champions’ by Queen, ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson, ‘Mercedes-Benz’ by Janis Joplin and many others are known by all of us in every corner of the globe despite the many years that have passed since their release.

 All these arguments clearly illustrate the way how music has been achieving its place as one of the unifying factors of the world’s population and that for many years that pass, not a single song is forgotten.

Pedro Nunes

Les Misérables

“Les Misérables”

“Les Misérables”, colloquially know as “Les Mis” or “Lez Mis”, is musical movie then it was totally represented in songs sung by actors, everybody spoke singing. It’s one of all other methods to captive attention of listeners. I saw this movie and make me think it strange. I didn’t like it, due to never having seen it before. Although it already exists in 1980.

The musical was originally conceived and produced in France, before its English-language adaptation, which opened at the Barbican Centre in London, England, on 8 October 1985, where the production overcame bad reviews through word of mouth, launching what has turned out to be a global phenomenon.

Nevertheless I consider it a good movie, even though I think it boring. Do you know why? Because we are living in 21th century and it’s new. It will be upgrade for music.

After one movie represented in songs sung by actors, all people of the world will do more movies with musical representation. Then it will be each better than other.

Not only it representation is good, but also it story. It talk about a person who was a thief, but he understood the way is incorrect. For reward he started to help a child (image) of a woman witch died because he didn't help her.

For concluding, in my humble opinion, you must see this movie, it brings many emotions. And try to get a different sensation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHHHUk8RCw

-Sheng Wang

Oppa Harlem Shake Style

   Music is a clear example of Globalization. Information never traveled as fast as it does nowadays, small videos can go viral in days, it´s an enormous impact in our world. But it doesn´t last as long as the old hits did, for example: "Oppa Gangnam Style", the now biggest hit of all time, almost everyone in the world have seen it, is currently, being replaced by "The Harlem Shake", a 30 second video that everyone can make and i'm sure that this viral fashion won´t take long to be replaced
  With this I conclude that the world is "moving faster", by having more and bigger hits for a small amount of time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyT_KyAqDEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGR6SXazeEI

Globalization

Globalization

Hey! This time I will show you some advantages and some disadvantages face to music. Nowadays I can sure that everyone loves music, and they love listen it everywhere and whenever they want. Therefore each country has different language that cause a bad understanding, but each country has your own music that captive people of other country to listen, so it could prompt people to learn the language of that country (globalization).

Advantages:

-This is music in Chinese that help a Englishman learn Mandarin. It imply him singing in Chinese and in English as same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XTBwvi0h2E;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy-5cUcKgwM.

-Most advertisement commercials, most romances, most films and among other are introduced by music. Majority in English that imply us learn it more easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuxJhrFbThU;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA3Cd-To8io; 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHCuA0KnITY.

-The most popular singer’s English and the entire world meet him. He’s Michael Jackson witch expanded to the world with your dance and music. It’s advantage because prompt his fans of various countries learn English, and move to the USA to see him (immigration).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90AmXnguw.

Disadvantages:

-The mistake of communication between immigrants (super common nowadays).

-The lost of their own language (This case has coming to increase).

-The two or more different languages could be confused easily. Sometimes a person want speak English but he spoke Portuguese or Chinese.

-A mistake of words [example: “add oil” (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=add%20oil) in this music -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NQRitbCO1Q].

-Sheng Wang

Human Right

Human Right

Well, human right is the more defended nowadays. And I will show you a person named Wang Zhaoguo, a defender of human right, is a Chinese politician who came to prominence during the era of Deng Xiaoping. At age 41, he had already acquired a ministerial position job.

He was born in Fengrun, Hebei in 1941. He Joined the Communist Party of China in 1965. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1966 specializing in Mechanical Engineering.

He served as the First Secretary of the Communist Youth League from 1982 to 1984, at which point he was of a higher position than both current President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. He became Governor of Fujian from 1987 to 1990.

He was the Head of United Front Department from 1992 to 2002. In 2003 he became the Vice-Chairman of standing committee of 10th National People's Congress, and was re-elected in 11th National People's Congress in 2008. He is a member of the 16th and 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China. In addition, he serves as the Chairman of the All China Federation of Trade Unions.

He hates everyone that do harm to others. At 3 of August, 2012, did a update recalling everyone about the law number 110 that is “Respect and protection of human rights” (“尊重和保障人权”).

Sheng Wang

Pussy Riot

Hi everyone, it’s been a while since my last post. However, today I bring a very polemic theme. 

Nowadays fighting for the human rights is absolutely necessary to keep a cal and peaceful world. And this is what the members of Pussy Riot defend… Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk-rock collective that fights against violations to women’s right in Russia. In 2012 they were arrested for ‘hooliganism’ and, today, they are still in jail. 

This is a very troubled issue that involves governments that crossed the human rights. As a form of protest, Pussy Riot wrote a song named "Putin Lights Up The Fires". After that, they became famous and since that day, TV’s from all over the world report the development of their case. This case is still open and I really hope that the truth can be discovered…

Musicians for Human Rights

   Hello fellow followers, how have you been?  Sorry for the delay but I have been enjoying my vacations! Without further delay, today’s topic is the influence of music in the Human Rights.

   In 2009, an organization called “Musicians for Human Rights” as been founded, in Rome. Alessio Allegrini (horn player),  the founder of this organization, and a group of fellow musicians and humanists, actively efforts to leave their mark on four continents. The founders have their roots mostly in classical music and include some of the finest musicians of the world.

   The project consists of a series of meetings between musicians, teachers and students, in which a specific theme concerning human rights will be tackled. Their goals are:
1. to spread human rights culture
2. to spread the understanding that the practice of music can be a means for civil and social growth, as well an efficient tool for the assertion and defence of human rights
3. to create an orchestra modelled on the Human Rights Orchestra


   It is an open organization, if you want to join their cause, just contact them by clicking here.

   Now talking a little bit about the founder, Alessio Allegrini has performed as solo and principal horn with virtually all of the world’s leading conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Bernard Haitink, and Daniel Barenboim. He is the winner of prizes in both the Prague Spring International Competition and the Munich International Competition. Mr. Allegrini is an International Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy in London and holds masterclasses in Europe, South America and Japan.