James Ingram is one of the many balladeers I love listening to. He is known for his heartfelt rendition of various love songs that people of all walks of life can relate to. Seldom I hear him sings Christmas song. But look what I’ve found – a Youtube video of James Ingram singing The First Noel. Sadly, the version of this song is incomplete but since it’s James Ingram who is singing… I still feel the song. I so love it!
You may have been too busy to spend quality time with your loved ones. This must be bothering you for a long time now. You will notice that time passes by too quickly for you that you have lost a lot of chances to make it up to them. Whenever there are special gatherings, you might be always in a rush or too busy to attend. These things bother them too. You might be wondering how you could make it up to them.
Here is the answer. Give them the time they need. When you give them time make sure it is something special that they could remember for a long time.
The best way to mingle with anyone is through music. Some may not seem to like singing but this can ease the feeling of stress for a minute there. This works every time a person needs a time out. And when a song is played that is familiar, everybody just starts singing with it.
Getting this Magic Sing karaoke to work is the perfect gift you can share with your family and friends. You don’t have to worry on how to make them happy anymore because the minute you plug and play it, this will start all the fun you can dream of having again.
Just recently, www.magicsing.org has been redesigned and relaunched as a community website for magic sing users. It has forums, blogs, special groups and shopping pages where users and even anonymous visitors can utilize. It’s rare these days that community like this is given with such a priority. Kudos to the management of www.magicsing.org.
The community is currently accepting new members… Register to the newest magic sing community today!
They say that fathers are the most under appreciated individuals. But today is their day so we are dedicating it to the greatest man in our lives. Here are some notable quotes that you can live by. Happy Father’s Day to all Dads out there!
• ‘Honour thy father and thy mother’ stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.” — Aeschylus
• “Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.” — Louisa May Alcott
• “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” — Alexander the Great
• “Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do…but she’s certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did.” — Anonymous
• “A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.” — Enid Bagnold
• “If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.” — Bill Cosby
• “A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he’s in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.” — Bill Cosby
• “Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, Who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, And joined in thy innocent glee.” — Margaret Courtney
• “I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.” — Mario Cuomo
• “I watched a small man with thick calluses on both hands work fifteen and sixteen hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language, who taught me all I needed to know about faith and hard work by the simple eloquence of his example.” — Mario Cuomo
I believe that Facebook is for ordinary people and I must say that Twitter are for the stars. Even though ordinary people has all the right and means to use Twitter, only the stars has the most sounding tweets that every people would want to follow. If you are using this technology and would want to reach the stars and be updated about their lives, here’s the list of music artists with their legitimate twitter accounts.
Lady Gaga – ladygaga
Kanye West – kanyewest
Rihanna – rihanna
Taylor Swift -taylorswift13
Nick Carter – nickcarter
Britney – britneyspears
Chris Brown – chrisbrown
Adam Lambert – adamlambert
David Cook – thedavidcook
Sean ‘Diddy’ – iamdiddy
Justin Timberlake – jtimberlake
Lea Michele – msleamichele
more to come…
I love watching romantic comedy movies. But I can also occasionally get struck on some really serious drama films because of the love lines thrown by the actors. Definitely love is in the air and so in these movies…
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
~ City of Angels
Life is like a box of choclates, you never know what your gonna get.
~ Forest Gump
A heart can be broken; but it keeps beating just the same.
~ Fried Green Tomatoes
Love is passion, obsession, someone you can’t live without. If you don’t start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who’ll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I’m not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you’ll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love – well, you haven’t lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven’t tried, you haven’t lived.
~ Meet Joe Black
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
~ Moulin Rouge
There’s an Italian painter, named Carlotti, and he defined beauty…He said it was the summation of the parts, working together in such a way that nothing needed to be added, taken away, or altered, and thats you, you’re beautiful.
~ Nicolas Cage, Next
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.
~ Notting Hill
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
~When Harry Met Sally
I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you’re always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it that you’re not around, and the fact that you didn’t call. But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.
~ Ten Things I Hate About You”
You are what I never knew I always wanted
~ Fools Rush In
Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at night not knowing there was someone like you out there.
~ Good Will Hunting
My personal favorite is the lines from the Meet Joe Black movie. That’s where I fell in love with Brad Pitt.
In YouTube, we find different races singing Filipino songs. While others are like twisting their tongue in pronouncing the words, others can conveniently speak the language. Despite of the difficulty, there’s no doubt that these foreigners are loving the Filipino music because they sing from the heart. Here are some proof.
Kaytagal (Originally done by Rachel Alejandro), Andrew Philip Version.
Bukas na Lang Kita Mamahalin (Roginally sung by Lani Misalucha)
Bahay Kubo, a Tagalog Epic Song
A 3-year old girl singing Bahay Kubo.
There’s a lot more from YouTube…
Christmas rush is definitely felt when you are outside. Good thing now that we can rely on online shopping services that makes shopping truly hassle-free and less time consuming. Online shopping is not just for busy people, this new mean of shopping is also for people who are avoiding the irritating crowd in malls.
Deciding to buy your needs online will not only make you feel accomplished and relaxed, it also awards you with different ways to save money. Here are some tips that you can use before you do your shopping.
1. Look for coupons. It’s everywhere. Look for valuable and legitimate coupons that you can use in your shopping.
2. Take advantage of the Free Shipping. Some online shops offer free shipping when your order reaches a certain amount. Try to calculate your buys and see if adding more stuff to reach that certain amount will give you much saving than paying for the shipping.
3. Look for the red tags. There are also sale items online. They may don’t have red tags like what we usually find in physical stores but their prices are in red fonts.
Buying what’s in our Christmas list should not be a daunting task now. Enjoy the spirit of giving without annoying yourself and joining the crowd with their Christmas rush shopping dilemmas.
No doubt, many aspiring singers who want to make a name in the international scene are taking their talents online. Evidence of this proven strategy is the discovery of many artists of today in YouTube. Ever wonder who among the newest artists that have been discovered and made famous by the #1 Video hosting site, YouTube? Well, here’s some of them.
1. Arnel Pineda (Filipino) – Currently the lead singer of the American band, Journey
2. Charice Pempengco (Filipino) – Known as the International Singing Sensation
3. Justin Bieber (Canadian) – Oh girls giggle each time they see and hear him singing
4. Esmee Denters (Dutch Singer-Writer) – Justin Timberlake discovery
5. Terra Naomi (American) – became popular by uploading her performance of the song “Say It’s Possible”
6. Lisa Lavie (Canadian) – Produced her own album, Everything or Nothing
7. Mia Rose (English/Portuguese singer songwriter) – became popular when she uploaded in YouTube her recorded song “Let Go”.
8. Soulja Boy (American) – discovered with his single “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” uploaded in the internet
PS. The list was based in the information I gathered in the internet and personal knowledge. Any correction and suggestions are very much welcome.
YouTube-discovered artists such as Charice and Justin Bieber are just two of the living proof that fulfilling your dreams is now just a click away. Unlike before when reaching other part of the world can take you several days, today we can explore, learn and appreciate the beauties of other countries via the Internet.
If you have that exceptional talent that you want the world to discover, uploading your videos while singing could be the key. Or, if you just want the world to know that you are happy doing your favorite past time, then here’s a way to share them. Your videos can be rated, featured and shared via social networking sites.
