about PGLM3 Backstage Crew

PGLM3 mungkin dah berakhir tetapi tidak bermaksud the fun stops there! lihatlah kerenah krew PGLM3 beraksi dikala kepala sudah sarat dengan kerja :) rakaman ini dibuat semasa pementasan PGLM3 masih lagi berlangsung.

About AF7 minggu 4

menarik sangat lagu lagu pilihan minggu ini, ada yang kena dan ada yang bakal membunuh... lebih menarik bila lagu lagu ini bakal betul betul menguji mereka sebagai "thinking performer" sebab semestinya masing masing mungkin tak terfikir atau bermimpi nak bawa lagu lagu sebegini...  

gelihati melihat gelagat mereka pagi tadi menerima tugasan masing masing... terkedu ada, tercengang pun ramai. yang pasti tugasan minggu ini bakal mengundang rating tinggi tinggi sepanjang minggu hinga malam konsert. 

yang penting tiap tiap malam kena tengok diari... mana tau kut kut ada kejutan ke apa ke hmmmm...  yang pasti lagu lagu tugasan minggu ini milik 2 nama besar industri seni suara tanah air... Siti dan Amy, dan kejutannya, Lagu Siti bakal dibawa pelajar lelaki dan lagu Amy bakal dibawa pelajar wanita...

malam nanti saya letak gambar gambar obri dan rini semasa mereka terkeluar sabtu lepas dan minggu sebelumnya. maaf sedikit lambat update sebab sibuk membantu Tiara dan kerja pejabat sekaligus...

p/s : lepas geram sambil nangis nangis lagi!!!! aiyo

Tugasan Akademi Fantasia - Minggu 4

Akim - Destinasi Cinta
Qhaud - Di Taman Teman
Hafiz - Cinta Ini
Sidi - Ku Milikmu
Aril - Lakaran Kehidupan
Yazid - Aku Cinta Padamu
Claudia - Suralaya Dalam D Major
Isma - Kerja Gila
Zizi - Aku Dah Bosan
Rubisa - Tiada LagiAishah - Mentari Merah Di Ufuk Timur

Lagu Bonus  Isabella dan Jerat Percintaan

wajah adila ketika disingkirkan minggu lepas

about AF7 konsert minggu 1

with principal Tiara and cikgu A Aris before the show start after group circle of concentration

what a night it was... say what you want but i thought it was the best 1st week performance ever in the history of AF (matilah aku lepas ni ada yang kutuk aku) bukan nak biased but it was truly and enjoyable night and it WAS a BLOODY good night. a grand opening to the season. cuma takutnya, boleh ke they all sustain or go further and better next week?... yang itu kena tunggu dan lihat transformasi mereka.

berikut saya senaraikan top 6 performance yang saya suka. perlu diingatkan pilihan ini tiada kena mengena dengan produksi atau undian. cuma pilihan hati saya sebagai penonton dan pemerhati.

My top 6 choice performances 

no 1 

Hafiz : Lagu Kita

without a doubt the best performance tonight : almost perfect pitch!

No 2

Rubisa : matahariku

although a bit terkucil on the last note, still a powerful performance. a bit macam berlakun but must say ... good choice of song , penguasaan pentas yang bagus.

no 3

Aril : Rahasia Perempuan

superb performance ada attitude yang chantek but why i put him at 3 place? vocal macam semput sikit

no 4

Aishah : Dan Sebenarnya

good choice of song...menghiburkan

no 5 

Qhaud : Phoenix Bangkit

performance and style tersendiri

no 6

zizi : Molek

persembahan yang molek dan menghiburkan walaupun low note masa pembukaan lagu hmmmm...

watch the videos of the concert and more links and reviews at Sultan Muzaffar's Blog

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About Wednesday With Zubir Ali By BEE ALI

this might come a bit to late but receive this in my inbox from abang roslan aziz

2009/03/12

" Zubir’s look of consternation was just a bluff, the big give-away being the twinkle in his eye." Bee Ali.

JUST like how American author Mitch Albom had his Tuesdays with Morrie, many former students of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) had Wednesdays with the late Zubir Ali.

Zubir died of heart complications at Damansara Specialist Centre, Kuala Lumpur on March 6. He was 59. 

To the world at large, he was a singer-songwriter and a good one at that. But to the students who had chosen to join Peska, the cultural unit in UiTM some 30 years ago, he was Cik Zubir, the department’s head honcho and mentor, who gave meaning and motivation to their creative and artistic dreams.

I was among the thousands of impressionable young people who entered college then, streamlined as we were into our chosen vocations as diverse as engineering to hotel and catering and computer science.

I studied Mass Communications but while subjects such as Fundamentals of Journalism and Communication Law were necessary tools of the trade, the picture wasn’t quite complete.

There was this need to express (and perhaps impress) that hovered like a shadow. It vanished as soon as I found my soul mates in the cultural unit — boys and girls who wanted to act, dance, sing, recite verses or just play a musical instrument or two.

At the centre of it all, to advise, supervise and even reprimand at times was Zubir.

He was a diminutive man but his spectacles gave him a severe look that, when displeased, could put the fear of God in you.

More often though, his look of consternation was just a bluff, the big give-away being the twinkle in his eye.

The building, a small section in the sprawling Shah Alam campus where lessons were held in the name of the arts from playing traditional instruments to studying the intricacies of asli dances, was one bustling place especially on the compulsory Wednesdays.

If one’s skills weren’t in any of the abovementioned areas, one could find a niche as a member of Himpunan Penulis dan Dramatis and be encouraged to write, read and recite the various forms of verses, be they sajak, syair or plain citations.

As you approach the cultural unit and hear the beats of the gendang and cak lempung get louder and louder, you feel uplifted!

After all, you would also have made firm friends. For me, there were Atuk, Aida, Aina, Boon, Lloyd, Hazlan, Jamal, Ogie, Putri, Roslan, Zailan, Nizam, Wak2, Zurina, Zubli and Zuraidah, to name a handful.

The rigorous practices led to actual performances, of course. There were small ones involving maybe just a group of “poets”, and others that required the presence of the entire troupe such as at convocations 

or inter-college cultural shows with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Regardless of the scale of the show, we were taught that one’s input and commitment to a performance was the same. You have to give your all. Come what may, the show must go on. You learnt all these and more. Looking back, these stuff prepares you for life.

Exhausted by the rehearsals? It would surely be nothing compared to the midnight oil-burning “marathons” when one prepares for a presentation in the real world later.

Chagrined by the dancer beside you? Well, you’d had better learn to grin and not bare it onstage because your prospective business contact 20 years down the line may not be the sweetest of women.

The pointers you learnt then were just as invaluable. Zubir would spend hours explaining the theory or philosophy behind anything that you queried, selflessly sharing his deep knowledge if it would help make you more insightful. Where was I in the scheme of things, you might want to know? Zubir was the founder of Kum

pulan Harmoni, a vocal group that sang songs shaped from poetry written by luminous literary figures including the late Datuk Usman Awang, Firdaus Abdullah and Zurinah Hassan.

The members (Joei and Roslan on their acoustic guitars plus Ogie and I as vocalists) always felt special because the group was, after all, Zubir’s “baby”. Zubir played the guitar and sometimes the harmonica, and was mighty proud of us.

We used to perform at cosy and even exclusive puisi events attended by leading thespians in the country. After having heard a whole string of poems, our songs always made for a welcome break, at least that was what I thought.

Moreover, Zubir had the knack for putting even the most complicated of verses to beautiful music. One example was Firdaus’ Patricia Takamoto. Zurinah’s Sepanjang Jalan Ke Pulau Pinang was also my personal favourite.

Kumpulan Harmoni went on to release an album, Penantian, in 1981. Being in my tougher final year then, I stupidly opted out and often wondered whether Zubir had ever forgiven me.

Anyway, the title track became a hit. The group cut another album, Nyanyian Ombak, before Zubir joined Roslan Aziz Production later and was featured in the outfit’s compilation album, RAP 96 and ikhlas in 1991.

Being the trouper that he was, Zubir made a solo album titled Zubir 06. His songwriting talent was also heard in Datuk Siti Nurhaliza’s latest album, Lentera Timur.

To the end, this man remained a crusader who was happy making songs out of literary works. Proof of this was when he formed Trio Harmoni two years ago (with Joei still!) to sing tunes in the same vein and verve as his other compositions.

He performed with the group at a fund-raising event, Malam Puisi Utusan Demimu Palestin, at Istana Budaya on Jan 23.

His commitment to culture and entertainment never wavered. He established Koperasi Industri Muzik Malaysia (along with some members of the Music Authors and Copyright Protection Bhd not too long ago to champion the rights of artistes and music practitioners.

Zubir is survived by his wife Faudziah Ismail and three children — Fauzul Azhan, Badiatul Adawiyah and Raihan Nurani.

To the many young minds that he has nurtured, Zubir will remain more than a memory.

Like many great teachers, he’s lit candles that no wind can put out and he has our doa that he will be in a good place...

Alfatihah...

about Aishah AF7 singing Yuna's - Dan Sebenarnya

I am hoping that aishah will do justice to this song at the concert tomoro night for the first AF7 concert. she dares to choose a not so popular song as her first performance. tabik sama lu aishah.

this is such a great song, great voice by Yuna and even more surprised to see her image, Yuna a tudung rock chick! awesome! yet undiscovered. love it. i am ordering my EP soon. more info at YUNA's myspace  

(no affiliation with me whatsoever i just thought great talent like this need our support)

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about tiara's interview with aznil and din on era fm

recorded from her phone interview with Era FM accompanied with photos taken during her AF7 Press Conference