Helllooo people of Earth (and possibly Mars?)
I know, it's taken me a few days to put up another post, but I've gotten back into work, and I have my little brothers here, so between all that, i'm having an interesting time finding a moment for sleep... O.o...
buuuut I have decided on our next country, and it iiiiissss
*DRUM ROLL PUHLEASEE*
Brazil!!!
Why Brazil, you may ask? Weeeelll the music is interesting, because it's similar to music from Mexico, yet they still put their own little cultural bits into it, which makes it in its own way, unique!! (that and Brazilion guys are uber yummy! ;D)
sooo here we gooo!
The music of Brazil encompasses various regional music styles influenced by African, European and Amerindian forms. After 500 years of history, Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as samba, zouk-lambada, lambada, choro, bossa nova, frevo, forró, maracatu, MPB, funk carioca, RAP, sertanejo, Brazilian rock, pagode, tropicalia, axé, brega, and many, many others. Samba has become the best known form of Brazilian music worldwide, especially because of the country's carnival, although bossa nova, which had Antônio Carlos Jobim as one of its most acclaimed composers and performers, have received much attention abroad since the 1950s, when the song "Desafinado", interpreted by João Gilberto, was first released. Instrumental music is also largely practiced in Brazil, with styles ranging from classical to popular and jazz influenced forms, featuring composers like Heitor Villa-Lobos, Pixinguinha and Hermeto Pascoal. The country also has a growing community of modern/experimental composition, including electroacoustic music.
Basically, it's influenced from many other continents from around the world, and they don't discriminate against many different styles in music, as long as they can get up and dance to it, or use it to sing to their lovers!!
and again, here are a few links to some preeeetyy cool artists, courtesy of yours truely <3
Carmen Miranda.... she was an actress, dancer and singer. I find her... entertaining. In an old, black and white movie sort of way (: but she does have a beautiful voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2N5fQSfS94
but this... this is MY FAVORITE :O
Victor and Leo.... i'm so in love. their ridiculously yummy and beautiful and.. omgahh. their voices, this is the only music I've been listening to for like two days straight now lol!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIrRp-1X9wo
I bet you'll fall in love just as quickly as I did!!
Well I hope you enjoyed, please comment, subscribe, follow, inbox questions, I'll be here!!
Mucho amor a vosotros, mis queridos!!
xoxo
Monday, June 11, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Universally Heard part 1
Well lovies, took me a couple of days of rather quite frusterating indecision, buuuut I FINALY made my decision on our new "squeeze" for the day! Normally I would just take one day for the one blog, but this is too big for just one day, so I think we'll stretch it out a bit(: whatchy'all think?
Ok, so let me get to the point here. I am going to be looking into, listening to, and sharing my findings with you about different kinds and forms of music from around the world! May sound a bit bland or PBS kids at first, but you'd really be surprised about what you'll learn and find out.
I think today, we can dooo... South Africa! (:
South Africa:
In the 1600s, in the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments and ideas. A tribe called the Khoi-Khoi developed the ramkie, a guitar with three or four strings, based on that of Malabar slaves. They used it to blend Khoi and Western folk songs. Then there was this instrument called the mamokhorong. It was a single-string violin that was used by the Khoi in their own music making and in the dances of the colonial centre, Cape Town, which rapidly became a melting pot of cultural influences from all over the world.
In the 1800's, a style similar to that of British marching military bands, coloured (or a mixed race) bands of musicians began parading through the streets of Cape Town in the early 1820s, a tradition that was given added impetus by the travelling minstrel shows of the 1880s. This tradition has continued to the present day with the great carnival held in Cape Town every New Year.
In the late 1800s, early African composers such as John Knox Bokwe began composing hymns that drew on traditional Xhosa harmonic patterns. The development of a black urban proletariat and the movement of many black workers to the mines in the 1800s meant that differing regional traditional folk music met and began to flow into one another. Western instrumentation was used to adapt rural songs, which in turn started to influence the development of new hybrid styles of music-making (as well as dances) in the developing urban centres.
Throughout the 1900's, many different artists started to arise and different styles of music started to take over South Africa's musical culture. Artists such as Eric Gallo, Solomon Linda and Yvonne Chaka Chaka began to rise and became rather popular. In 1997, pop legend Brenda Fassie hit it big time and made hugs hits such as "Memeza" (meaning "Shout"), which spawned the huge hit "Vulindlela" ("Clear the path" or "Make way"). She became the reformer for music for all of the Afrikaans, but then sadly (but not shockingly) she died of a drug overdose in 2004.
I know, probably a little boring, but I found it rather interesting, and enlightening.
Here are a couple of links for some of the songs that were listed above!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sSgJNh_cQQ This one's for Memeza by Brenda Fassie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxOepJiw4K4 aaand this one is Vulindlela also by Brenda Fassie!
(I'm actually rather beginning to like her alot!) Not too bad, I can see why she was a hit(:
Aaaand so my dears, I shall be back tomorrow, where I will post yet another fun country's culture in music (:
ta-ta for now.
xoxo
Ok, so let me get to the point here. I am going to be looking into, listening to, and sharing my findings with you about different kinds and forms of music from around the world! May sound a bit bland or PBS kids at first, but you'd really be surprised about what you'll learn and find out.
I think today, we can dooo... South Africa! (:
South Africa:
In the 1600s, in the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments and ideas. A tribe called the Khoi-Khoi developed the ramkie, a guitar with three or four strings, based on that of Malabar slaves. They used it to blend Khoi and Western folk songs. Then there was this instrument called the mamokhorong. It was a single-string violin that was used by the Khoi in their own music making and in the dances of the colonial centre, Cape Town, which rapidly became a melting pot of cultural influences from all over the world.
In the 1800's, a style similar to that of British marching military bands, coloured (or a mixed race) bands of musicians began parading through the streets of Cape Town in the early 1820s, a tradition that was given added impetus by the travelling minstrel shows of the 1880s. This tradition has continued to the present day with the great carnival held in Cape Town every New Year.
In the late 1800s, early African composers such as John Knox Bokwe began composing hymns that drew on traditional Xhosa harmonic patterns. The development of a black urban proletariat and the movement of many black workers to the mines in the 1800s meant that differing regional traditional folk music met and began to flow into one another. Western instrumentation was used to adapt rural songs, which in turn started to influence the development of new hybrid styles of music-making (as well as dances) in the developing urban centres.
Throughout the 1900's, many different artists started to arise and different styles of music started to take over South Africa's musical culture. Artists such as Eric Gallo, Solomon Linda and Yvonne Chaka Chaka began to rise and became rather popular. In 1997, pop legend Brenda Fassie hit it big time and made hugs hits such as "Memeza" (meaning "Shout"), which spawned the huge hit "Vulindlela" ("Clear the path" or "Make way"). She became the reformer for music for all of the Afrikaans, but then sadly (but not shockingly) she died of a drug overdose in 2004.
I know, probably a little boring, but I found it rather interesting, and enlightening.
Here are a couple of links for some of the songs that were listed above!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sSgJNh_cQQ This one's for Memeza by Brenda Fassie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxOepJiw4K4 aaand this one is Vulindlela also by Brenda Fassie!
(I'm actually rather beginning to like her alot!) Not too bad, I can see why she was a hit(:
Aaaand so my dears, I shall be back tomorrow, where I will post yet another fun country's culture in music (:
ta-ta for now.
xoxo
Monday, June 4, 2012
Topic: Relationships 0.o
As much as I hate it and as much as it is overused, relationships. Yes, I know, so abusé de et doux, but let's face it. It is a huge part in everybody's everyday life, and no matter where you live or who you are, it's a part of your everyday life too. Don't worry though, it's not gonna be like one of those cheesey, tween articles you'd find in teen vogue or that magazine with all the disney and nick stars on the cover talking about their 16 year old "love life". Just some personal thoughts, ideas, outake and (maybe not so great) advice.
The way I decided on this extremely interesting and lovely idea is from conversing with my friend Emma about my new blog and she suggested that yes, it may be overused but we can turn it into an interesting post. Yours truly has just come out of a very interesting, very confusing, very short relationship that i'm still reflecting back on, and trying to make sense of. So when Emma suggested relationships as a first topic, I thought shoot, why not?? And so my darlings, here we are.
Here are a few tips of advice I think everybody looking for a genuinely good and happy relationship should take into account:
1) Get to know each other before you decide on any commitments. Talk about yourself, listen to them talk about themselves. Find some common interests, likes and dislikes. Go do something together! Whether it's mini golf, ice-cream, going to a museum or going for a bike ride (skip the movies, you can't get to know each other while staring blankly at a screen!) even have a movie night back at your house! Let them get to know your friends and you get to know theirs. Because if y'all can't work as friends, you sure as heck ain't gonna work as anything more. I think that's where I went wrong in my previous relationship. I saw a cute guy who was funny and sweet and a really crappy pool player that made me feel better about how bad I play, and we didn't even take the time to get to know each other. Just jumped the gun.
2)Ignore everybody else!! Once you guys do make it to that next level in your friendship and have decided to make it more of a commitment type relationship, then be confident in it! So what if he's not the hottest guy with the best abs? So what if she's not the thinnest, blonde haired, blue-eyed girl on the block? If you find him/her to be a good person who treats you well and makes you happy, then you're on the right track. Race, origin, religion, sex... none of that should matter if you truly care about the other person! Forget about what everyone else thinks, just worry about yourselves!
3)TAKE IT SLOW!!! Alot of times, people are so excited about being in a new relationship, that they think they develop feelings that they actually haven't! A couple weeks in, they may think that they've "fallen in love" or are ready to take it to that next level already, when all they really are is just mesmorized by the fact that they have someone new and exciting to share their life with. I can't say if love at first sight really happens or not, it hasn't for me yet, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't happen! There can be some cases in which you really do fall in love at first sight, but make sure you keep it calm, cool and slooww! Rushing too fast into things can really make a person get scared, nervous or just feel too caught up and then want to just rid of it all together. So, the point here is, if you think you really really do care about this person, then just wait. Wait it out, enjoy every moment together, because if it's supposed to work out, then it will.
Aaaaaaand now! Some fun little random facts about relationships and all that blahblahblah shtuffs! (:
1) The most common time for breakups is around three to five months.
2) On free dating sites, at least 10% of new accounts are scammers.
3) If a man can't decide what to wear on a date, he might want to wear blue. Studies show that women are attracted to men in blue.
4) According to Planned Parenthood and MSNBC, 10% of all teenage girls get pregnant before turning 20. (In otherwords, WEAR A HAT!)
5) Nearly 40% of men do not feel confident when meeting a woman for the first time.
6) Four common date blunders include showing up late, talking about yourself too much, revealing too much about your ex, and an obvious over-eagerness.
7) Research shows that men know they’re falling in love after just three dates, but women don’t fall in love until date 14.
8) A woman can increase the likelihood of a man approaching her if she uncrosses her arms, makes subtle eye contact, and smiles.
9) Mirroring, or repeating someone's body language, often impresses a date because it subtly conveys interest to the other person. One should avoid copying every move however.
10) Humans like mystery and "the chase", so don't be too "available" to a date. Dating experts typically suggest not sleeping too early with a date because the longer the chase, the more likely love will blossom.
There ya have it, hope you enjoyed! Ideas for another topic or comments, opinions, ideas? Feel free to comment or e-mail me!
xoxo
The way I decided on this extremely interesting and lovely idea is from conversing with my friend Emma about my new blog and she suggested that yes, it may be overused but we can turn it into an interesting post. Yours truly has just come out of a very interesting, very confusing, very short relationship that i'm still reflecting back on, and trying to make sense of. So when Emma suggested relationships as a first topic, I thought shoot, why not?? And so my darlings, here we are.
Here are a few tips of advice I think everybody looking for a genuinely good and happy relationship should take into account:
1) Get to know each other before you decide on any commitments. Talk about yourself, listen to them talk about themselves. Find some common interests, likes and dislikes. Go do something together! Whether it's mini golf, ice-cream, going to a museum or going for a bike ride (skip the movies, you can't get to know each other while staring blankly at a screen!) even have a movie night back at your house! Let them get to know your friends and you get to know theirs. Because if y'all can't work as friends, you sure as heck ain't gonna work as anything more. I think that's where I went wrong in my previous relationship. I saw a cute guy who was funny and sweet and a really crappy pool player that made me feel better about how bad I play, and we didn't even take the time to get to know each other. Just jumped the gun.
2)Ignore everybody else!! Once you guys do make it to that next level in your friendship and have decided to make it more of a commitment type relationship, then be confident in it! So what if he's not the hottest guy with the best abs? So what if she's not the thinnest, blonde haired, blue-eyed girl on the block? If you find him/her to be a good person who treats you well and makes you happy, then you're on the right track. Race, origin, religion, sex... none of that should matter if you truly care about the other person! Forget about what everyone else thinks, just worry about yourselves!
3)TAKE IT SLOW!!! Alot of times, people are so excited about being in a new relationship, that they think they develop feelings that they actually haven't! A couple weeks in, they may think that they've "fallen in love" or are ready to take it to that next level already, when all they really are is just mesmorized by the fact that they have someone new and exciting to share their life with. I can't say if love at first sight really happens or not, it hasn't for me yet, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't happen! There can be some cases in which you really do fall in love at first sight, but make sure you keep it calm, cool and slooww! Rushing too fast into things can really make a person get scared, nervous or just feel too caught up and then want to just rid of it all together. So, the point here is, if you think you really really do care about this person, then just wait. Wait it out, enjoy every moment together, because if it's supposed to work out, then it will.
Aaaaaaand now! Some fun little random facts about relationships and all that blahblahblah shtuffs! (:
1) The most common time for breakups is around three to five months.
2) On free dating sites, at least 10% of new accounts are scammers.
3) If a man can't decide what to wear on a date, he might want to wear blue. Studies show that women are attracted to men in blue.
4) According to Planned Parenthood and MSNBC, 10% of all teenage girls get pregnant before turning 20. (In otherwords, WEAR A HAT!)
5) Nearly 40% of men do not feel confident when meeting a woman for the first time.
6) Four common date blunders include showing up late, talking about yourself too much, revealing too much about your ex, and an obvious over-eagerness.
7) Research shows that men know they’re falling in love after just three dates, but women don’t fall in love until date 14.
8) A woman can increase the likelihood of a man approaching her if she uncrosses her arms, makes subtle eye contact, and smiles.
9) Mirroring, or repeating someone's body language, often impresses a date because it subtly conveys interest to the other person. One should avoid copying every move however.
10) Humans like mystery and "the chase", so don't be too "available" to a date. Dating experts typically suggest not sleeping too early with a date because the longer the chase, the more likely love will blossom.
There ya have it, hope you enjoyed! Ideas for another topic or comments, opinions, ideas? Feel free to comment or e-mail me!
xoxo
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Heyy Guys(:
Not really quite sure where to start, so might as well start at the beginning. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Kayla, born in Ahaheim, CA and raised in Las Vegas, NV. Have 3 beautiful baby sisters and one handsome little miracle baby brother. To some up a long, boring, unpleasant childhood, things weren't working out for me in Vegas with my bp(birth parents) Lori and Jason, so the most beautiful, loving, caring couple took me in! My new mom and dad, Tina and Joe. Tina has 2 gorgeous daughters Lily (15) and Gabie (11), Joe has two cute-as-hell boys Logan (6) and Lucas (2). They've graciously tooken me into their home and made me a part of their family! Poor people, I honestly feel bad for them, raising 3 teenage girls and 2 toddler boys!! haha! But, this has honestly been the most happiest 7 months of my life. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see it that way for the longest of times! I was upset, depressed, caught in a whirlwind of issues and just couldn't see the beauty and sunlight life was shining in my face. Recent events have made me open my eyes, and cherish every second I have with them, for as long as I'm allowed to keep them! That is a main reason I am writing this blog. I want to be able to find the beauty in life and the sunlight in my days and be able to share all of that with everyone else who is looking for a little happiness in their day as well! So! Enough about me, here's what this blog will consist of: EVERYTHING! I'm thinking about having a new topic each week, and if anyone wants to pick a topic for discussion, want their art exposed, music explored, youtube video of you singing added to my page, just email it to me!! I'll be more than happy to respond to each and every email and request! I hope y'all have a blessed night, for me? It's time for family and rootbeer floats with Gabie!
xoxo
xoxo
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