Now, each week when I begin my workshops, I play a different song to emphasize the importance of music in our lives. Live Music - we all love it in one form or another, whether a classical orchestral concert or a Rock concert in a baseball stadium or somewhere in between, nothing quite gets the juices flowing than hearing your favorite song played live. This brings together the art and love of music.



Once the mechanical music industry was started and settled, trade was brisk and further developments with musical boxes continued to improve until they reached their peak in 1870. In the early days karaoke music was delivered by cassette but the times they are a changing and technology now means new means of delivery which include VCD's, CD's, DVD's and KTV boxes.

Applying music, dance, laughter and mirth to the buying and selling process of properties, has acquired critical acclaim because of scientific studies that can now measure some of the perceived health, stress and anxiety release attributes from music and dance.

If karaoke as party music does not appeal to you, consider hiring a disc jockey or a band, so you will not have to leave your guests to change CDs, or worse yet, have guests attempting to change the music themselves. Whenever possible, party music should be used, not just as entertainment, but as an interactive game for your guests to insure that they will have plenty to do, a lot of laughs, and you will be surprised how even the most introverted partygoer can come alive behind a karaoke machine. At the reception, you can choose from live band music, music from duo or trio performers, or perhaps you can just settle on recorded music to be played by a disc jockey.

As a music lover, you may know that DJ's play a major role in giving out the best music. Now regardless of what music genre a DJ specializes in, the key to the event is not the actual songs themselves but the mix that the DJ puts together. Most DJs have a set routine for how the night will play out according to music, sound, lighting and other effects such as bubbles, background buzz, DJ banter and audience participation.

And over the past three years in particular the Sauti za Busara (The Sounds of Wisdom) music festival is becoming increasingly popular from within Tanzania and from overseas. While I applaud the Essence Music Festival for providing a platform to discuss the portrayal of black women in popular media, it is essential that we take action that will begin to make a difference in our lives in the form of music.

Vanity labels are the fourth, the last and the most specialized segment of the music recording industry. All these factors altogether provided CCM with the opportunity to make music recording industry affordable and attractive for small studios.

If you want to play music that everyone will be familiar with and can even sing along to, choose select albums by popular artists, so long as their music fits your luau theme. And did you know that Hawaiian music is so profound that its influence has expanded to even mainland American, good 'ol Rock and Roll. Try it out.