Sum Up from Kayu

Hey guys, I reckon this is the last chance for me to make a post here.

Anyway, there is no more idea and concept in the filed of Asian Pop music to explore anymore. So that, im just going to sum up what I have commended on.

In this cast here im trying to get rip of 'Asian' and combine Western together here as well. By the way, Pop or Pop music includes many different factors, such as style, songs, singers, animation, instrument and so on. For the posts i have made, and yet i was trying to introduce the new influence and trend of pop music to youth culture.

I have been briefly talk about new instrument used in making music, one of the famous Chinese singer who provide many kinds of features and advantages to pop music culture, animation where people apply recent music on them to impress audience and the current event organized in Sydney; the Sydney festival.

Lastly, i have done a short interview or You may say its a conversation only. Yea anyway, he is Jason Wong, one of my friends from Hong Kong. He works in one of the studio in Hong Kong, and therefore he possible know more about Pop Music. In fact, his company sends him to Australia for working stuff, and he catch this opportunity to visit the Sydney Festival and he shared his opinion to it during the interview.

Thats all for my posting so far, and we are going to take a short break.

Hopefully we may offer some more news about pop music in the future, Cya guys.

Last findings

Hai Hai, Aight pretty much to sum up the Asian music industry vast variety of genre, not only now fames it self within the Asian country itself but is able to spread throughout the international market. Although there are distinct differences between the cultures, their genres and rthymn did not change.



At the moment people arent familiar with the international asian music scene, due to the language differences but there have been many cases of the western culture embracing and showing interest. The diversity of music as a whole is spreading across as people are able to share eachothers unique music background, as every countries music have have its own significant history that influences their music from generation to generation.

The youth culture of today, due to the diversity of different genres, begin to explore the mysteries of music around the world. Everyone begin to appreciate each others music. Fashion, attitude and the manner are all influenced by the like of music.



We will keep you posted on newer findings in the coming weeks, for now we go on a bit of a break so, hang in there.

Thankyou all la !!!!

6th Post by Fanli- My suggestions to the youth generation

We have talked a lot about the Asian Music influence the youth generation. Face to the powerful influence, I suggest some advices to the youth generation.


Firstly, the youth generation should realize that music just a kind of entertainment. Our central goals are work and study. Do not so crazy about music. It is terrible to stop working and studying for music.


Furthermore, if you really want to as music artist, you should make every effort, no just thinking and imagination, it will seriously influence normal life. But you should clearly realize that music is a hard way to go. You should consider more about your dream and decide what you really want in this way. It is hard to become an excellent and successful music artist. You should pay more times hard working to focus on it.


But we can not deny, the youth generation can be influenced some positive idea and ideology. Mostly the influence of music bases on the successful of artist. From these super stats, the youth generation can learn some merits and spirits. For example, we can learn from Jay chou who dares to break through the old music ideology and create a new kind of music era; S.H.E life attitude: confident and shine; Lee-Hom Wang who is excellent for lots of music equipments.


Nowadays the youth generation stays in a freedom world. What we need to do just distinguish which things are benefit to us. If you love music and want to contribute to this career, you believe yourself will be successful as long as you make great efforts on it.

week 5 post by Kayu

greets, after going through many posts from me the rest of my teammate, do you guys understand more about the field of pop music or even start liking them. Anyway, as i mentioned before, pop music includes many things such as style, music, dressing, singers and so on. But do you guys realize that the starting point of pop music is all about the instrument. Obviously, only one instrument is not able to make a nice pop music, and that is why we need band.

Within a band, there are usually 5 or 6 position, they are 1 drummer, 1 keyboard, 1 bassist, 1 lead guitarist and 1 rhythm guitarist. Sometimes there will be a singer position, but usually one of the guitarist players will take this job.





Obviously, you guys should know what is and what does drummer, keyboard and bassist do right. However, I was told that many people who doesn't understand band well sill somehow get confused by the difference between lead guitarist and rhythm guitarist. Actually, lead guitarist keeps the melody goes smoothly, rhythm guitarist has the job to make the beat and the bassist maintains the transition between chords.

Once again, each of the instrument plays important role in band, and none of them can be missed or otherwise a good pop music would not be formed. Moreover, in contemporary world, new element has been added in the band which make it a bit or you can say totally different from the typical one. Such as more people, and that means more instruments are applied. Meanwhile, new kind of instrument can be added in as well. like some that you would never expect, such as violin, organ piano, rattle and harp and so on.



some people will be like WTH!! and do not believe that this kind of new combination is an good idea. But trust me, they just perfectly fit in the pop music and somehow form a new style of pop that you never imagined before. Try to listen to musice made by the following bands like, Mariah Carey, Fall Out Boy, Lupe Fiasco and Mario Barrett. They all like making special music products.

! Asian music at the moment !

HAI HAI again…

Well Asian music at the moment is at its most prominent times, with a variety of singers from all the over the Asian continent they are almost difficult to name. Every country has its own idol and singer that is pretty much recognized in the Asian music industry. Right now the music scene in Asia, is reached into international regions, especially J-Pop, the Japanese has certainly accomplished a tremendous feat. Collaborations with other western bands is just an example of how the Asian music is becoming more diverse, an example of this includes Coldplay’s collaboration with Japanese group SMAP with their performance of Viva La Vida. Not only does the two cultures are able to appreciated each other music but also to work together to create a piece of music is many people’s dreams, the uniqueness is rarely seen.



As for myself, being a Chinese-Australian, I enjoy both culture music both the western and the eastern music scene really do show its own uniqueness while still both sharing the same interest in genres and style. To hear music in a different language is amazing, the lyrics compared to the western music take time to analysis as its meanings aren’t as concise, but it is figuring out what the lyrics actually mean is the most fun and interesting part.



I highly recommend people who do not listen to music of a different culture, to give it a try even though you do not understand the lyrics, to be a true music lover, you must know the music from different backgrounds, learn to appreciate it. Asian music has certainly skyrocketed its way into mainstream music, and for a future prediction, its will only expand its territory, not just in Asian but to the western cultures as well.

week 4 post by Kayu

Hey guys, this is Kayu again. This time im gonna present you guys a special event which is about music. It is the current event organized in the whole Sydney and which is Sydney Festival. Im not sure if there is any Asian pop music show in the festival and even though it is a typical western stuff, and i still think this is a very meaningful events to introduce and you guys should have gone and check it out.

Sydney Festival Last for about one month long, and last Saturday was the starting day. So there are still plenty of time to enjoy it. Everyday, the festival goes for the whole day. Actually, they probably have different show and events everyday. I knew that they have free movie show where it shows many recent films and music concert in which they invite different singers. Even though the singers are not that kind of famous and everything include the movie show takes place outdoor. However, Everything just go perfectly fine and I could feel a very good when i was there.



The night i went was where they have a black lady to run the concert, songs she song were not any pop music song but some special festival song to bring up the atmosphere. In fact there was no dancers, no special effect and the costumes are not that exaggerated but she certainly change a new one every time when she finished one song. This is a feature where you would hardly see in local concerts.



Although the show or the festival is not that good as you expect, however you could hear different type of music everywhere, since the festival takes place in a very huge spot and there are few concert platforms. That means at least one show progresses at any single moment. People dance, sing, chat, drink and it has a real enjoyable time. As long as the festival is still existed and Im sure that there would be some more new event coming up. I hardly recommend you guys to go and have a look, and i also suggest to stay there until that day's events are all finished since it is a very good opportunity to listen and understand different type of music rather than only focusing on pop music.

check out www.sydneyfestival.com.au for more information!!!

D2B-Thai pop-Ripina 6th post

D2B (ดีทูบี)



It can be said that “D2B” is one of the most famous boy bands in Thailand at present.
“D2B” consists of 3 boy members: Panrawat Apichet Kittikorncharoen,Worawech Danuwong and Kawee Tanjararuk . It was set up in 2000 in possession of RS – Promotion.

They have 3 cool nicknames referring to the name of the band “D2B”: Dan, Big and Beam.

Known as “the RS angles in competition with “Grammy Thai” company in 2003-2007, “D2B” has a great influence on the set up of many boy bands from RS Company later.
It’s unfortunate that “Big” ( Panrawat Apichet), the most famous member of the band loved by many fan clubs had a tragic accident. This made this boy band go into lots of following difficulties. His accidents led many Thai students to quitting school, gathering at the hospital with the movement of making paper cranes to pray for his health.

But he died after many efforts in vain from those who love him truly, deeply.
Without “Big”, Beam and Dan continued their career but really didn’t get any particular success as it used to be.

• 1-2002: Album vol1. D2B Special Friends
• 5-2002: D2B Summer Vol2
• 20-5 -2002: D2B Summer Live in Concert
• 6-2002: Marathon Dance Concert
• 13-6-2002: Good Time Concert
• 2002: D2B attended “Top Awards 2002 TV Foot Magazine”
• 2002: Concert RS
• 12-10 -2002: Album Wai Rai Freshy
• 5-3-2003: the hit “Chak Ko Hok Pay Thung Nay” (How long have you been lying to me?) into Asian MTV.
• 25-3-2003 Album D2B Type II
• 27-3-2003: album Vol 3: D2B Type II
• 1-5 -2003: horror movie: Omen
• 9-6-2003: D2B Miracle
• 2003: Awards Channel 7
• 2003: Concert in Chiang Mai.
• 7-2003: Big got an accident.
• 8-2003: Album remix: D2B Mixa.
• 26-2-2004: D2B Never ending (without “Big”)