Music

Long time no post!
My life has been quite eventful these few months- I moved to NY for an internship at a music label. It was a sudden decision to move here but I feel like I am getting closer to my dream Hopefully, I will have time to finish my demo songs. thanks all for your support !

This is my tribute to one of my favorite artists and 前辈 Kim Dong Ryul from Korea.
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Old Song (storyline)

Song is about a singer/songwriter who find this old cassette tape which contained a love song that he once wrote for his girlfriend as her birthday present when they were both young. The recording of the song had a bad piano arrangement, no lyrics but at the time it made her very happy. Listening to this old recording, I reminisce the time when we both used to be so innocent and child-like. (puppy love) Now, I am singing this song on the stage/radio hoping that you are somewhere out there listening to this same old song.

Music and Lyric written by Kimdongryul (graduate of Berklee, Korean Pop-singer)

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I wish I could be half as talented as Kim Dongryul : ) I need to work harder!

‘One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time. (unknown)’

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ACAPELA. Trio Bulgarka (also known as “Three Golden Coins”, previously known as “Bulgarka Folk Trio”) is a Bulgarian vocal ensemble…
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Marcel+Cellier&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1

Strati angelaaaki doumaaaashe
Aaaangeaalaaaki, shoaa li stori d(z)janam kuaamiiita
ooootkak tiii tragnal d(z)janam kumita
tiiii seeee nai napred d(z)janam varveshe
saga podire poooostava
zaaaasto podir reeeee d(z)janam ostavash
neeeemoooga stratiiii dzjanam da varne
neeee neeee meee luto dzjanam raniha

They gained international prominence through their contributions to the groundbreaking 1975 world music album Le Mystere des voix Bulgares, originally released on the Swiss label Disques Cellier and later reissued on Britain’s 4AD Records and the German Jaro label.

The trio comprises Stoyanka Boneva from Pirin, Yanka Rupkina from Strandja and Eva Georgieva from Dobroudja. Their diversity of regional backgrounds enabled them to create a unique sound to their music. They signed to record labels Bulgaria Balkanton and Hannibal in 1987. Two years later they featured on The Sensual World album by Kate Bush on the songs “Deeper Understanding”, “Never Be Mine”, and “Rocket’s Tail”. In 1993 they appeared on another Kate Bush album, The Red Shoes, in the songs “You’re the One”, “The Song of Solomon”, and “Why Should I Love You?”, which also featured Prince. The trio have since concentrated on solo projects but often re-form for concert appearances

The three female vocalists in the Trio Bulgarka /Yanka Rupkina, Stoyanka Boneva, and Eva Georgieva/ have also performed and recorded with the Sofia Radio Choir, who can be heard on the famous series of Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares albums. The trio’s performances, understandably, place considerably greater weight on the harmonic and solo vocal skills of each member. Several respected Bulgarian musicians accompany them on some of the tracks on their album, The Forest is Crying, which was co-produced by Joe Boyd (more famous for producing rock acts such as Fairport Convention and R.E.M.). The Trio Bulgarka are also part of the group Balkana, have made well-received tours of the U.S. with the Radio Choir, and recorded a few tracks with rock singer Kate Bush.

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GRAMMY award in 1989.
Elica Todorova & Stojan Jankulov – Water Bulgaria – 5th on Eurovision 2007)
Yanka Rupkina Song: Ah, Mara

About Yanka Rupkina
Yanka Rupkina played a major role in the growing popularity of Balkan music in the 1980s. Together with Stoyanka Boneva and Eva Georgieva, Rupkina formed the Trio Bulgarka,
later reissued on Britain’s 4AD Records and the German Jaro label.

Trio Bulgarka comprises Yanka Rupkina from Strandja, Stoyanka Boneva from Pirin and Eva Georgieva from Dobroudja. Their diversity of regional backgrounds enabled them to create a unique sound to their music. They signed to record labels Bulgaria Balkanton and Hannibal in 1987.

Two years later they featured on The Sensual World album by Kate Bush on the songs “Deeper Understanding”, “Never Be Mine”, and “Rocket’s Tail”. In 1993 they appeared on another Kate Bush album, The Red Shoes, in the songs “You’re the One”, “The Song of Solomon”, and “Why Should I Love You?”, which also featured Prince. The trio have since concentrated on solo projects but often re-form for concert appearances.

Rupkina subsequently performed as a solist for the national television and radio Bulgaria group, the Balkana.

Yanka Rupkina appears on:

- Various Artists — “Music of Bulgaria: Balkana” (1987)

- Trio Bulgarka – “Forest Is Crying” (1988)

- Kate Bush – “Sensual world” (1989)

- Various Artists — “Voices [MCA]” (1990)

- Various Artists — “Voices [Hannibal]” (1991)

- Kate Bush – “The Red Shoes” (1993)

- Various Artists — “Heimatklange, Vol. 1″ (1994)

- Various Artists — “Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria” (1995)

- Leftfield – “Leftism” (1995)

- Merl Saunders – “Fiesta Amazonica” (1998)

- Various Artists — “Female Factory: Live at the Royal…” (2001)

- Various Artists — “World Connection (2001)

- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – “Music From The Motion Picture” (2001)

- Trans-Global Underground – “Impossible Broadcasting” (2004)

- Yanka Rupkina — “Keranka” (2005

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LABELS

I sit and watch them talk
I hear every word they say
I hear my name
They talk about me not to me
Am I from outerspace where do I belong

Im sick of being labeled
Disabled
How many times must it be said
Im sick of being labeled
Disabled
I cant take it anymore

Surrounded by a thousand eyes
All staring at me
Im waiting to be judged
I have had enough
Courts closed
I walk out slow

They say I’m unassertive
They say I should say more
But I just sit and listen
I feel my heart beat
I feel nervous inside
I’ve got my pride

I cant relax
Just open the door
Cause I cant take it anymore
All these labels people put on me
All through the night I hear them endlessly

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Switchback music video by Celldweller plays on the Sterling Signal Digital Entertainment Network.

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A Static Lullaby’s music video for the song “Toxic” on the Fearless Records label plays on the Sterling Signal Digital Entertainment Network.

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Learn how to get your songs heard in this free music business tips video for independent recording artists.

Expert: Christopher Knab
Contact: www.fourfrontmusic.com
Bio: Christopher Knab is co-author of Music Is Your Business & was voted by Rocket “One of the Most Influential People in the Northwest Music Industry.”
Filmmaker: Mike Purdy

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HIGH QUALITY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnMP6v1uTF0&feature=email&fmt=18
-All rights go to Lady GaGa and her record label!!!

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The Power of the Human Voice
Elica Todorova & Stojan Jankulov – Water Bulgaria – 5th on Eurovision 2007)
Yanka Rupkina
Hypnotic, transcendent, eerie, jubilant…when they open their voices out come timeless melodies and rich, strange harmonies that make every hair on your body stand on end.

“Her voice shines like the golden spray of water ” ,”Absolutely fantastic, I can feel the emotions. Tears are quickly coming to my eyes. Wonderful song… ” . ” breathtakingly, incredibly beautiful-melody, voices, feeling, everything.I cannot stop listening to this…”
Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
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The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir is an internationally renowned World Music ensemble that blends traditional six-part a capella repertoire with modern arrangements. It is most recognized under the recording name Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. First created in Bulgaria in 1952 by Philip Koutev, “the father of Bulgarian concert folk music,” the choir is now under the direction of Dora Hristova. Koutev also created and conducted the Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic in 1951.

Singers are chosen from country villages for the beauty and openness of their voices, and they undergo extensive training in the unique centuries’ old singing style. Influenced by Bulgaria’s Thracian, Ottoman and Byzantine history, their music is striking in its use of diaphonic singing and distinctive timbre, as well as its modal scales and dissonant harmonies (abundant second, seventh, and ninth intervals).

Though the choir became widely known when the trend-setting English alternative record label 4AD released a pair of anthology albums in 1986 and 1988 with the now famous title Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, their recordings date as far back as 1957. The first pressing of the Voix Bulgares album was the result of fifteen years of work by Swiss ethnomusicologist and producer Marcel Cellier and was originally released in 1975 on his small Discs Cellier label. Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of 4AD) was introduced to the choir from a third or fourth generation audio cassette lent to him by Peter Murphy, singer from the band Bauhaus. He became thoroughly entranced by the music, and tracked down and licensed the recordings from Cellier. The group has since performed extensively around the world to wide acclaim and were honored with a Grammy Award in 1989 for their second album.

Three prominent soloists of the group have also performed together as the Trio Bulgarka, notably on the Kate Bush albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes.

In 1992, the choir divided into two: one for radio, one for television. Bulgarian television signed a contract with the one half, which is the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir; the other half organised itself as a collective, and now performs as The Bulgarian Voices ANGELITE.
Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Rome, Turkey,Serbia, Thracians, Byzantium

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Mayday Parade music video for the song Jamie All Over on the Fearless Records Label plays on the Sterling Signal Digital Entertainment Network.

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