Everything posted by Ja sa bong
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Who is your favorite music artist of all time?
My favourite musical artist is undoubtedly Gwen Stefani. If you enjoy listening to punk and pop rock, there's no way you wouldn't love what she have done. Her song Hollaback Girl and 30 million records was impressive.
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What's the saddest song you have ever listened to?
Songs where the artist is filled with grief is always very heartbreaking. The saddest song I've listened to is Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. He wrote the song after the tragic death of his four-year-old son in a fall. The whole lyrics is about an unimaginable loss of a father and the fear of reunion in the afterlife.
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What's your favorite streaming app?
Spotify and YouTube music is my favourite music streaming app. I've been using both of them for a long time. I don't think I can choose one over the other because they serve me well.
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Rock Fans vs. Afrobeats Fans – Who Owns the Dancefloor?
Afrobeats is cool but rock is way much better in every sense. The dominance rock music have witnessed over the years shows how superior it is over Afrobeats. I'm not saying Afrobeats is bad but they have a lot of catch up to do with rock songs.
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Mental Health Conversations in the Music Industry
It doesn't matter how good and talented someone is as an artist, promotion is the biggest thing that's going to determine how successful the artist is going to be. This promotion is very expensive, if an artist decided to sign with a record label, they will have him slave for years before let him go.
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What song are you currently listening to?
Currently, I'm listening to one of best instrumental songs that's ever been made. It's Yanni's ”Nightingale” song. I'm going to be playing it on repeat until I'm satisfied today.
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What genre of music is perfect for studying?
Yanni's ”Nightingale” is my favourite of all his songs. The song was inspired by a bird that comes to sing for him in his window. It's a good song to study with.
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Do you still listen to full albums, or just playlists now?
I make playlists like that too because I know 100% there are different songs for different purposes. Which album are you currently listening to?
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What Made You Smile Today?
Manchester United players have gotten it well now with Ruben Amorim and his system of play. I see them moving to 2nd in the English Premier League table by this weekend. They are going win Nottingham Forest 100%. I had a very sound rest last night. It made me so happy.
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What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever listened to the radio?
As long as I came with my headset to such gym, I wouldn't bother about no music being played there because my bang playlist for working out will do more than enough to keep me lively.
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When’s the best time to listen to music — late night or early morning?
Yeah, it's a great time to enjoy music. At that time, it's so easy hearing every word of the song's lyrics without needing any music software doing it for you.
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Has social media made people more connected or more isolated?
Do I need to talk about those people who take pride in snubbing someone looking out or trying to check up on them? It's worse with people who managed to travel to countries with better job opportunities. They start neglecting their friends.
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Do you think people work too much these days?
No one needs to told anything about having to stop. If their body start showing serious signs of wear and tear, they are going to slow down immediately to take care of themselves.
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Is cancel culture necessary, or has it gone too far?
Honestly, it's total bonkers with what they are now doing all in the name of cancelling someone. They go as far as cancelling someone because of their own opinion on something.
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Has comedy become too cautious?
It's the same thing going on the international scale with comedy. I can remember during the 94th Academy Oscar Awards on March 27, 2022 when Chris Rock made a joke with Will Smith's wife, he came to the stage and slapped him.
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What’s more important: doing what you love or doing what pays the bills?
The struggle is real all over the world now. If anyone is following passion, it's never a bad thing but they should make sure that such the said passion is capable of proving for all their needs.
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Classic rock vs hard rock, what's better?
I appreciate both hard rock and classic rock songs too. The mood which I found myself in would be what's going on determine if I'm going to prefer hard or classic rock. What's your favorite classic rock band?
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What do you make of musicians claiming their songs were inspired by ghosts?
If anyone have watched the movie named Sinners, something very similar to what we are discussing happened in the movie. It shows the relationship some spirits have with music. They appreciate quality songs and can give inspirations too.
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What songs motivate you to do better in life?
Our life is journey in this world until the day we take our last breath. This is why songs which are about someone's life have deep meaning always. It's completely different from the rap lyrics many artists sing about money, sex and guns.
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Vinyl or Digital – which one actually feels better to listen to?
Vinyl records are the only thing my father would listen. The whole fuss about digital dominance in the music industry have never bothered him. He's a perfect old school man.
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Vinyl or Digital – which one actually feels better to listen to?
Age is what draws the line in this one. Our modern generation will 99% of the time choose digital streaming of music over using vinyl because of convenience as you pointed out. But older people will never give up on vinyl.
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When’s the best time to listen to music — late night or early morning?
Both late at night and early in the morning are my best time for listening to music. I'll play music until I feel very sleepy before reducing the volume very well. In the early morning, it puts me in the mood to start my day right.
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Has social media made people more connected or more isolated?
Social media and internet have made the world a global village but it have successfully alienated us from each other in terms of have a good interpersonal relationships. People prefer being on their phones than meeting in person. Even the ones who meet in person are giving more time to their phones than the person they are meeting with.
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Do you think people work too much these days?
Sadly, yes. Most people work too much and very hard daily but do you want to know the craziest part? It's never enough because that's why they keep working until most of them become old.
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Should celebrities be expected to be role models?
I've never seen any celebrity openly ask anyone to choose them as their role models. This is done based on choice and those celebrities are only responsible for their own actions, not what someone else choose to do by looking up to them.