Sabtu, 09 Februari 2013

One Direction

One Direction singer is a group of British-Irish man who formed in London in 2010. This group consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. One Direction signed by Syco Records, a record label owned by Simon Cowell, after taking third place in the talent show The X Factor season-7 in 2010. After the success in the UK, One Direction and then signed by a record label home of North America , Columbia Records in 2011.
In November 2011, One Direction released their first album, titled "Up All Night". The album became the fastest selling album in the UK in 2011. In the same year, in the United States, they were also successful album perched at the top of the Billboard 200. "Up All Night" dominates the top ten of the UK Singles Chart with debut single "What Makes You Beautiful". Through this single, One One Direction also successfully sold the digital singles chart with 2,060,303 total downloads as much. Their second album entitled "Take Me Home" was released on 12 November 2012. Meanwhile, One Direction world tour is scheduled to take place in 2013. This tour will start from the cities in the UK and Ireland and then proceed to countries in North America and Australasia.
Upon this success, One Direction said to trigger the revival of the boy band era Europe who previously had triumphed in the 1990's. One Direction were also labeled as new wave "British Invasion" (British Invasion) that hit the United States, following in the footsteps of The Beatles in the 1960s. In Indonesia, despite being hit by the hysteria of the South Korean boy band, boy band echo is also very tight sounding. Between the months of February to April 2012, recorded "Indonesia Wants One Direction" had several times been a hot topic in one of the social networking site. 


Sabtu, 02 Februari 2013

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born in Ripley, Surrey, England, March 30, 1945, age 67 years), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer from England, who won a Grammy Award. As one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century and the 21st century, his name immortalized in museums Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times (as the personnel of The Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo career). Fans and music critics flattering as the greatest guitarist of all time. Ranks 4th in the list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time magazine Rolling Stone announced. In addition, his name is also on a list of "100 Greatest Artists throughout the Ages "(the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time), which was announced the same magazine.
Throughout his career, Clapton is known to have a very varied musical styles, but all rooted in the blues. In addition, the name of Clapton recorded in music history as the originator of the flow of blues-rock (with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Yardbirds) and psychedelic rock (as with the band Cream). Not only that, the songs Clapton success in the charts different schools, ranging from Delta blues (Me and Mr.. Johnson) to the category of pop music ("Change the World") and reggae (while singing a song Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff "). Clapton's famous song "Layla" when joined with a band Derek and the Dominos.