So okay.. I'd be lying if I told you I never watch pornography. But truth of the matter is, it doesn't matter what my porno watching habit is.. It's only beside the point for this next video clip. Here's a Japanese advertisement for Dars Chocolate that aired in 2002 featuring the J-Pop duo Kinki Kids and the THEN not so famous 16 year old Maria Ozawa. (In complete day-dream face: Can't you just notice the innocence in her eyes then?)
Apart from the awesome casting, I love this ad's storyline and how it was filmed. Poor guy with his hands around Maria Ozawa doesn't know what's going on behind him as guy number 2 (far left. I don't know which one of the Kinki Kids he is) is secretly holding hands with Maria as guy number 1 (center) feeds her chocolates. In a figurative sense, it's a very ambiguous but very common setting in real life don't you think?
To cap it off, I think filming it all on black and white with acoustic guitar playing all throughout gave it a very classy and emotional feel.
For the girls: I hope you like the Advert. For the guys: I hope you like what Maria Ozawa looked like before porn.
For all you lonely boys and girls out there without dates, feast your eyes on our self-proclaimed "longest" list of epic love songs! With the participation of my friends Joey, Drew and Jayson, we put together this playlist solely for the purpose of being able to draw and design our works with feeling and emotion but now it is available for your very own consumption this Valentines month. It's 5 and a half hours of chart topping hits from artists such as Whitney Houston, Elton John, Peabo Bryson, Celine Dion and a whole lot more! Perfect songs for singles wanting to piss the night away this valentines! So without further adieu, we present to you "The Desncon slow down mix... FROM HELL!"
I'll be loving you forever - Westlife
Waiting for your love - Stevie B.
Love Me For A Reason - Boyzone
Total Eclipse of The Heart- Bonnie Tyler
Nothing's gonna stop us now - The Starting Line
Out of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? - Elton John
All By Myself - Celine Dion
A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson Feat. Celine Dion
Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi
When I See You Smile - Bad English
I Ain't Missing You - John Waite
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
Baby Come Back - Player
Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Kiss From A Rose - Seal
I Finally Found Someone - Bryan Adams Feat. Barbara Streisand
To Love Somebody - Michael Bolton
Amazing - Aerosmith
Nandito Ako - Ogie Alcasid
Sana Dalawa And Puso Ko - Jano Gibbs
Mr. DJ - Sharon Cuneta
Closer You And I - Gino Padilla
I'll Be Over You - Toto
Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder
Make It With You - Bread
I'll Make Love To You - Boyz 2 Men
Heaven Knows - Rick Price
Thank God I found You - Mariah Carey Feat. 98 Degrees
It Might Be You - Christopher Cross
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
It's All Coming Back To Me - Celine Dion
If - Bread
I swear - All 4 One
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
25 Minutes - Michael Learns To Rock
4 seasons Of Loneliness - Boyz 2 Men
She's Out Of My Life - Michael Jackson
Sweet Lady - Tyrese
When I Fall In Love - Celine Dion
I Wanna Know - Joe
Cupid - 112
Ngayon At Kailanman - Basil Valdez
On The Wings Of Love - Peabo Bryson
Dreaming Of You - Selena
I Remember You - Skid Row
The Gift - Jim Brickman
Baby Can I Hold You Tonight? - Boyzone
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Truth of the matter is I haven't really sat down in my room to play my guitar in a couple of weeks --months even! But for this month's guitar lesson I think I can afford not picking up the guitar to teach this particular topic.
The time signature is just as important to a piece of music as the notes you write. It's the convention at which the pace of our notes will be playing. Think of it as the bounds of your measure. The common time signature musicians use since, God knows when, is 4/4 time. That's your run of the mill "one-two-three-four-one-two-three-four" count. An alternative to this time signature that is equally as popular is 3/4 time that goes "one-two-three-one-two-three." The latter is commonly used in Waltzes. Now if you're currently taking up Music Production or just like geeking out on music like I do, you probably already know there's more to this topic than just these two time signatures. For everybody else, let me explain.
To breakdown the significance of the fraction meant to denote a time signature:
The top number of the fraction represents how many beats there are in one measure and the bottom number represents the note value of one beat. Just to make the idea a lot simpler, think of the bottom number as the kind of speed you'd have to count your notes with. In the case of 3/4 time the bottom number is a 4 which means a quarter note. This means there are three quarter notes in one measure.
Examples of alternate time signatures are 1/2, 2/2, 2/4, 3/4, 3/8, 6/8 , 9/8 and 12/8 the latter three being compound time signatures (meters divided into three or two unven parts).
Most alternate time signatures were prevalent during classical times. But there still are a multitude of songs that use other time signatures in modern music. These songs however are in some way obscured due to the fact that some of their time signatures are just not danceable. Nonetheless, musicians still use them to showcase their ability. Just to cite an example, the song "Schism" by Tool employs several meter changes. First at 5/4, then 6/8, a bar at 3/8, 3 measures of 13/8, then alternating between 9/8 and 5/8 and so on. Apart from Tool mutilating their music sheet, perhaps an example of meter changing that's easier to spot would be The Foo Fighters song "Times Like These" where the meter changes shortly during the main riff from 4/4 time to 7/4 time (one-two-three-one-two-three-four).
Although not common, using unusual time signatures give songs a different feel to it. Not even entire songs but just a couple of bars of meter changing can take most people aback. So if want your song to have a sound that's very foreign or you want your song to stand out, you might want to experiment with using different meters. Not to mention it gives your audience something to think about the next time they start bopping their head to your song and they "mysteriously" lose count. Have fun!
