Sandwiched Between a Clash of Civilizations

By admin On February 3rd, 2012

From the director of the Titanic, Judgment Day, True Lies and other great movies comes the new movie ‘Avatar’. This movie is one of the most challenging films ever made and that is why it is part of the must-see list of films in UAE. Watch the trailer at www.avatarmovieme.com.
In the movie ‘Avatar’ a character called Jake Sully is the one sandwiched between a clash of civilizations; namely the humans on earth and the humanoids on Pandora. “Even the jist of this movie sounds interesting… ” says Jamillah Wasem from Fujairah in UAE.
As Jake is paralyzed from the waist below he volunteers to participate in the Avatar programme to save the human race. Through it he would be able to experience walking again. He actually volunteers to become 10 feet tall, have blue shiny skin and a long tail. As he is introduced to the Navi civilization on Pandora he starts to like their way of living. Forgetting his mission and the reason why he was sent to Pandora, he starts ...read more

How to Write Your Own Songs – Part 1

By admin On February 2nd, 2012

It’s easier to learn how to write your own songs than you think! But the trick is to build a quick, solid foundation of songwriting basics from which to build upon.
Listen to any contemporary recording on the radio or from your personal music in any genre and you will find they all contain the following basic songwriting principles; song sections (a combination of any or all of verses, prechorus, chorus, bridge, etc.) and song forms (verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus or other variations).
So, if you want to learn how to write your own songs, listen to your favorite song and use this as a quick blueprint to success:
1. Study song sections and learn to identify the differences between each basic section, i.e.,
(a) the verse tells the story and uses a great opening line to keep us interested enough to want to hear more, and each verse should contain different lyrics and keep the story moving forward in a logical progression
(b) the ...read more

Top 5 Popular Christmas songs

By admin On February 1st, 2012

Every year at this time, in December the entire mood of everyone changes, all are happy, everyone has a smile on their face and there are greetings all around that’s the change that Christmas brings to each and every one of us the joy and the happiness all are a very important part of the Christmas spirit.
But there is one more thing that is a very essential part of the Christmas spirit that are the Christmas songs or better known as the carols, you can hear them coming out of every Christian house and church during the Christmas season.
Just to describe few of the most popular Christmas songs.
1. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”:
It was written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor’s radio show in November 1934. It is a beautiful song, and beautifully sung aimed especially at children but there would be no one who does not like this song. With a beautiful melody “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” ...read more

Josh Grobans Rise To Fame.

By admin On January 31st, 2012

Josh Groban knew he had a gift in the 7th grade, but he also knew that straight A’s were also very important. As much as Josh Groban tried to push singing to the back of his mind he eventually gave in by taking up vocal lessons once he reached Bridges Academy. Josh Groban has always been interested in performing and even majored in theater. He is a natural showman and has always been kept with his feet firmly on the ground thanks to his religious upbringing. After Josh Groban was offered a recording contract with Warner Bro’s records he was shot to fame which included several TV appearances. Thanks to his friend David Foster he was cast in the TV production of Ally McBeal three times! He had already sung a movie soundtrack for the movie AI:Artificial Intelligence but this was his first time in front of the camera.
Josh Groban then released his self titled album Josh Groban in 2001 which turned into a double platinum selling album. This was mainly due to the ...read more