The Sufi Rockers

      Junoon started their singing career in early 90s. Their vocalist Ali Azmat came from a band whose name was Jupiters and who was one of those bands who introduced pop music in Pakistan and also they together gave a very hit song which is still a favorite song of lot of people that is Dosti (friendship).

The most important member of this rock group is Salman Ahmad, who left his old band that is Vital signs when it was on it’s peak, in search of rock music. Brian is a lead guitarist and an American national, is the third and last member of the Sufi rockers.

Junoon are rightly famous as the Sufi rockers, Sufi if translated in English means mystic. Lyrics of Junoon`s every song are mystic and mostly these lyrics are of some famous mystic poet like Baba Bulle Shah (Junoon`s second last album was also dedicated to Baba Bulle Shah). Junoon`s basic concept is to convey the message of God in their own mode.

Learn How to Play Guitar

Generally you would find an experienced guitar player and friend to teach you how to play on the guitar or you will join one of the commercial music schools to learn playing guitar when you are interested in learning how to play on guitar. But for many it is not always convenient or possible to do so.




Alternative avenues are available. Many websites provide online instruction courses to teach you how to play on guitar. These online instruction courses are written by experts in guitar playing and are teachers by profession, and their instructions are fairly exhaustive. You can teach yourself guitar by following these instruction courses or online lessons.



The advantage in learning from these online lessons is that you can learn at a time that suits you best and at your own convenience. These instructions go right from the basics, telling you how to hold the instrument, how your "fretting arm" should be positioned to give you maximum ease in playing, how your strumming arm should be positioned and so on.



You require an experienced musical ear to be able to tune a guitar. But for beginners like you, learning online, there is a solution. If you invest in a small gadget called "guitar tuner" your problem will be solved. The guitar tuner listens to each string as it is played and its blinking lights advise you of the correction required to get the note in tune. This is an invaluable help because a novice like you cannot be expected to develop an expert's sense of tuning.



By following these online lessons and following them diligently it is possible for you to teach yourself guitar. The lessons will take you through the whole process step-by-step, explaining how to play the scales, how to strum, how to play the chords, and so on. The lessons will explain how the guitar notations are read and played. You will enjoy the whole process of learning when you will be memorizing "Every Body Goes Down At Eight" or "Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats" to remember the strings.



To make the learning more interesting after playing the scales and chords, the lessons will gradually show you simple songs that you can play with the limited proficiency you would have attained. This will break the monotony and will also help build up your confidence too. After you learn about major chords and minor chords, you will learn to play suitable songs that can be easily downloaded.



These comprehensive lessons will give you the resources to many lyrics with their tab so that variety of styles can be practiced and gradually you gain expertise. Various special techniques of playing guitar will be taught and they will take you to a point at which you would be able to figure out songs off a CD.



There are many websites at which video instructions also are available. Nowadays there are many resources available on the internet by which it is not difficult to teach yourself guitar to a point of high proficiency.

Who is behind the iPod

Apple Computers came out with their first computer on April 1, 1976. It was AppleI but this one did not go over very well, but when these two Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs, created Apple II, the computer became a success. Over the years they produced quality computers and computer accessories, but began to notice less sales and public demand decreasing.




Then in October 2001, announced a non-computer product that would have them back on the top of charts once again. It was the iPod. The very first one, came with a large price tag but was a designed smart and was a great way to carry around your favorite tunes.



Apple iPod now creates some of the most popular iPod’s you can find all of which would be wonderful gifts for any occasion.



Apple has a variety of unique and original iPods to choose from and finding one that is perfect for you or a friend or even a family member will be as easy as browsing through their selection.



The iPod shuffle is one of the most unique iPods around. This is a flash MP3 player so it is great for anyone who is active and enjoys listening to music while jogging, rock climbing, or exercising. You will be listening to your own favorite tunes, but in a random order which is decided by the iPod. You never know which song will be coming up next. It can hold up to 240 songs and will play up to 3 hours of continuous music. Not only will you enjoy the great music and sound but you will also like the size. This cool iPod does not weigh any more than your car keys. Prices of the iPod Shuffle differ according to how many MB’s you prefer. For the 1GB iPod Shuffle you will find it for £99.00 and the 512MB is only £69.00.

MP3 Encoding Technology

The MP3 is a complete godsend for anyone who enjoys and appreciates good music. Not only does it afford users the convenience of purchasing music online and ripping from purchased CDs, it also provides the utmost ease in portability. There are more MP3 players on the market than I can name. These players allow you to download hundreds and in some cases thousands of MP3’s to take along with you anywhere. I create MP3 CD’s containing up to 120 of my favorite songs for my listening pleasure in my car. But how can so many audio files get stored on my 800MB (Megabyte) CD?




MP3 Encoders and MP3 converters are the software that creates MP3s by using an MP3 compression and decompression algorithm. For example, an average 3 minute WAV file can be as large as 15MB. Using MP3 encoders and MP3 converters, a large WAV file can be cut down to a much smaller and more portable MP3 file of about 3MB.



MP3 stands for MPEG Audio Layer 3. At layer 3, psychoacoustics principles are used to find and remove all unnecessary sound data, leaving behind only the crucial audio data. By unnecessary sound data I mean all of the stuff that we humans don’t hear anyway. Most people can’t hear sounds above 16 kHz so why would you want it hogging your disk or hard drive space? Non-music audio such as speeches, sermons, audio books and comedy albums, can be reduced even less based on this.



Compression occurs after the essential data has been separated from the redundant data. At this stage, the same amount of data can be stored using fewer bits and less space. The bit rate is the ratio of the number of bits transferred between two devices per second. The higher the bit rate, the higher the sound quality. The lower the bit rate ratio, the lower the sound quality. 192 Kb/s is the most popular bit rate used in peer-to-peer networks. For the most part, MP3 converters and encoders today use variable bit rates. This allows for much better quality audio because the bit rate conforms to the dynamics of the audio frames being stored which in turn keeps more of the important music data.



There are dozens of MP3 compressor and encoder software programs available online and at stores. Some of the main encoding engines are: LAME, Blade Enc, Fraunhofer Encoders and Xing. Deciding which MP3 encoding engine technology is right for you depends on your individual needs and preferences. Blaze Media Pro is an excellent option if you're looking for a powerful, yet easy to use, all-in-one multimedia solution.

The Incredible Apple iPod - The World’s Most Innovative MP3 Player

One of the greatest inventions of the 21st century is the iPod, made by apple. An iPod is a small portable, walkman-like mp3 player with a hard disk inside. Hard disk sizes vary but come up to 60 gigabyte. A 60 GB hard disk easily fits thousands of high quality full music albums. Image having all your music at hand, no matter where you go!




Now let’s take a 60GB iPod photo, which has a lovely colour screen. It also allows you to store thousands of photos. It’s easy to use interface allows you to browse through your pictures at an impressive speed. You can connect the iPod photo to your television and use the slideshow. .Imagine what it’s like to always have say a months worth of non-stop music playing in your back pocket. Being able to play this music on your home or car stereo .Or through your headphones in the train or on your bicycle.



If you like an mp3 player at the size of a packet of chewing gum, the iPod Shuffle is the answer. At the moment they come in 512 MB or 1 GB size, and a 2 GB and 4 GB iPod shuffle have been announced. Don’t be fooled by its small size as it sounds just as impressive it’s bigger brothers. The iPod shuffle has no LCD display like the iPod, iPod mini and iPod Photo. The iPod mini is a smaller colourful version of the normal iPod and come in 4GB and 6GB at present.



Not only the iPod itself is fantastic, but there are literally tons of super cool accessories available for this device.



For instance, one accessory called Roadtrip, made by Griffin Technology, is a dock you can fit in your car. The dock has a built in FM transmitter and will send out the music being played by the iPod through an FM signal. My car radio picks up the signal and blasts it out my car speakers.. How cool is that?!! You simply get in your car, slot in your iPod and turn the ignition key and off you go. The Roadtrip draws its power from the cigarette lighter. It can also draw its power from USB. That way you can use it to route the sound of your computer to your home stereo.



Another accessory for instance is AirClick, a remote control for your iPod or iPod mini. You can even get card readers so you can transfer the photos from your digital camera directly to your iPod. How handy is it to have 60 GB of storage with you if you like photography?



Since I bought my iPod I have been enjoying music more than ever before! I would like to recommend it to any music lover, its well worth the money.

How to Find and Download Your Favorite Music Videos

With all of the latest technology of downloading songs to burn


onto CD’s, iPod’s, and more, the simple thought of music video

downloads often passes peoples minds anymore. With burning

songs onto CD’s, and listening to songs on your iPod, you’re

only retaining the audio portion of music and completely

overlooking the visual aspect of music.



Sure you can tune into MTV and VH1 and all of the other music

channels. However, anymore there are more TV and reality shows

on the music channels then there are actual music videos.



With music video downloads on your personal computer, you can

download a video of your favorite artist or favorite song in a

matter of minutes depending on your internet connection speed.

Once downloaded you can save it to a file or if you download

from one site, most contain a library in which all of your

favorite music videos will be saved to.



In this day and age nothing is legally free, so one might ask

themselves how much it will cost to actually watch music videos?

Is it really worth it to pay for music videos when you can

watch them on TV? Depending on the site you download from, it

is very much worth it to pay the low cost and have a much larger

selection than on TV and be able to watch them whenever you want.



There are millions of sites that offer music video downloads for

free, so what’s the catch. For a majority of the sites you can

only view 30 seconds of the song such as at music.lycos.com.

Other sites such as music.yahoo.com allow you to view one music

video, kind of like a teaser to see the quality of video. After

viewing the video if you attempt to watch another one, it takes

you to the sign in page where you can either log-in if already a

member, or you can learn the prices and register to get

unlimited access to millions of videos.



At music.yahoo.com they offer a deal where you can get unlimited

downloads of music videos and music in general to save to your

computer for just $4.99/mo. At music.yahoo.com there are over 1

million songs to choose from allowing you to never be left

unsatisfied. There are system requirements in order to download

the program that can be viewed at

http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/, but with music that cheap

it’s hard to pass up.



Another site worth checking out is www.imusicshare.com. At this

site you can purchase a 2 year membership for $1/mo. or a single

year membership for $1.57/mo. With a membership to this site

you receive unlimited access to billions of songs, no software

is required to download, and you can burn unlimited songs as

well. With this site you also are not limited to just music

video downloads, but you are also capable of downloading mp3s,

movies, TV and Radio shows, and much more.



Now that you have knowledge of how to download music videos and

why to download music videos, get out there and begin building

up a large library videos for a low cost.

Downloading MP3's Made Easy

The MP3 movement started out with a huge audience of music enthusiasts on the internet. The MP3 digital music format has had, and will continue to have, a huge impart on how people, gather, listen to and share music.




The MP3 format is a compression system for digital music that helps reduce the size of a digitized song without disturbing the sound quality. Digital music is converted to MP3 format and made available for use, usually via the web. MP3 files can be downloaded onto your computer from the internet and special software, either commercial or freeware. Using your computer and software you can convert digital music from a CD into MP3 format.



MP3 files can be played in three different ways:



•They can be played directly onto your computer.

•They can be decompressed and recorded onto a CD.

•These files can be played on a portable MP3 player.

The advantage of MP3 players is that they are small, lightweight and rugged. They are a great way to carry your MP3 files with you!



With a portable MP3 player, a personal computer, and the appropriate software, you can do the following:



•Obtain free or low-cost music from the web.

•Create your own mix of music by downloading MP3 files from the web and converting the tracks from CDs.

•Listen to near-CD quality music wherever you go.

•Listen to more music (up to 10 hours' worth).

If you want to convert your songs from your CDs into MP3 files, you can use ripper and encoder software. A ripper copies a song's file from the CD onto your hard disk. The encoder compresses the song into the MP3 format. By encoding songs, you can play them on your computer or take them with you on your MP3 player. The ripper and encoder software may come with your MP3 player.



The specific instructions will vary with the individual software programs, but the following steps will definitely take place:



•Place the CD from which you want to convert songs into your drive.

•Select the track(s) that you want to convert to MP3 format.

•Convert the selected track(s).

•Copy the new MP3 files on to your computer's hard disk.

Now you are ready to download these MP3 files into your portable MP3 player.



Once you have MP3 files on your computer, you can use the software that came with your MP3 player to download the files into your MP3 player. Again, the specific instructions will vary depending upon your software program and player, but you will:



•Create a playlist from your MP3 files.

•Plug the player into your computer's parallel of USB port.

•Transfer the MP3 files according to the instructions.

Once you have downloaded the MP3 files into your portable MP3 player, you are ready to take your music anywhere. Most MP3 players are small, lightweight, and solid-state. Because most players are solid-state, there are no moving parts to break down or skip, so the sound quality is uninterrupted regardless of your physical activity. MP3 players are equipped with various types of headphones or earpieces.



Portable MP3 players can play music longer than a portable CD player. The length of play for a CD player is about 74 minutes, the length of one CD. However, the length of play for an MP3 player depends upon its memory capacity, which can be upgraded on some models. A standard MP3 player can play for about half an hour (32 MB) to a few weeks (40 GB)! Some models can be upgraded with additional memory devices.