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Ulek Mayang: The Rhythm That Wrote My Warrior Princesses
This is the beat that shaped my book, and the breath behind my warrior women Ulek Mayang is a traditional healing dance-ritual from the state of Terengganu. It is a ritualistic dance performed to appease or invoke the spirits of the sea and is always accompanied by a unique song. The word ulek means “to soothe” or “to lull,” and mayang refers to the flowering fronds of the coconut palm, used as a sacred object in the performance. It’s believed to heal fishermen or villagers who fall ill due to spiritual disturbance, especially from sea spirits or unseen forces tied to the ocean.
By Black Vanilla7 months ago in Beat
🗺️ Sound as a Place: How Music Becomes Emotional Geography . AI-Generated.
Close your eyes. Think of the last song that truly moved you. Now think: Where did it take you? Not just emotionally—but physically, spatially. Did it drop you into a rainy city at midnight? A sunlit rooftop in summer? An empty bedroom at 2AM? Did it make you feel like you were somewhere else entirely—maybe even a place that doesn’t exist?
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
Rikki La Rouge Latin Crossover 🇨🇺 🎼 🌕
MTV has acknowledged Rikki La Rouge as an artist and Latin artist she even had a MTV website too. RIKKI wrote a lifetime achievement award proposal to The Latin Grammys 2014 for Willy Chirino to which Willy received that year. on the reverbnation latin music chart in Miami,FL Rikki spent alot of time at number one. Mi Corazon Cubano and Bombon Sexual (Reggaeton Remix 2012) are the two singles from Rikki La Rouge that received double credit for radio from Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI). Rikki La Rouge album "San Antonio" released on Christmas Day 2013 on Interscope Digital Distribution (UMG) /Universal Music Group is a 57th Grammy award 1st round nomination ballot album. With Clear Channel communication as an IHEARTRADIO artist Rikki has had 5 hit songs : LA CESTA HIERBA (52 PLAYS), El Aqua y El Sol (29 plays), Sexual Bombon (21 plays), Mi Ruego Por tu Dulce Amor (21 plays), and Caminare Caminare (15 plays). Rikki La Rouge credits Willy Chirino and his daughters Angie and Nicolle and Jesse The Chirino sisters with Musically discovering her. Rikki La Rouge discography: Interscope Digital Distribution/Tunecore/Universal Music Group (UMG) All Releases on Interscope via Interscope Digital Distribution for the entire Rikki La Rouge discography please the Rikki La Rouge All Music Guide page. Rikki always wanted to have a song that would inspire a "dance craze" like the Macarena and she found it in the song "Sazon" which was originally a merenque then was a cumbia on the album "el otro lado de yo" and it's finally incarnation as a 'dance craze" song "Sazon-(MIAMI REMIX). Willy showed support for Rikki and the song by retweeting it to his followers on twitter. Jango.com-Internet Radio (a leader in internet Radio) introduced my music to listeners and fans of Willy Chirino and Celia Cruz. The single was "La Cesta Hierba". on recording her first Spanish musical cd's created a new kind of are they called 'lo sabor de Nueva York ": 1/2 Cuban music and 1/2 Mexican music with American music of the streets. Rikki is a crossover artist into Musica Latina. Rikki La ROUGE Singer/Songwriter/publisher/producer. Rikki is lifelong supporter of CUBA LIBRE and her people and all other countries in the fight. With her music RIKKI recorded an album called "Operacion:La Verdad", in the name of democracy and libretad for Cuban people and Bolivian people. put it on the list of Latin Grammy registration as a way to bring the whole world attencion that is exactly happening in Cuba and Bolivia.Rikki's music made it to Cuba. the song "Libretad Por BOLIVIA" from the album "Operation: La Verdad" found its way to Bolivia courtesy of YouTube with the message of democracy and freedom came to Bolivia. Primary influences for Rikki in musica latina who also broke through to become international stars influences Willy Chirino and Selena. On youtube in rikki's profile in the similar artists who rikki is similar to and they to her in vice versa are Willy Chirino and Selena.
By Rikki La Rouge7 months ago in Beat
☀️ Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1 . AI-Generated.
When the air gets warmer and the days stretch a little longer, there’s an unspoken magic that settles over everything. It’s in the quiet stillness of early morning light, the soft hum of a fan in the background, or the way sunlight dances on your skin during a lazy walk home. Dreamy Summer Vibes Vol. 1, the latest compilation from The Yume Collective, captures that magic in musical form.
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
Novel writing
I have been writing my novel for 10 years as I have restarted so many times and I keep changing the story as I don't like which way the story is going or how I have written it, my first attempted at my novel it was all jumbled up and some of it didn't make sense I typed up on my laptop which wasn't the greatest idea so I decided to go old school and hand write a rough copy so that I could look back on what I had written when typing it up so I did not repeat myself and than I didn't like the way the story was going so I changed it many of times. I had no idea how much work it would be to write a novel when I sat down 10 years ago to write it I am now on my fourth attempt of writing and hopefully this time I will finish it I just struggled getting my novel going as my story and writing wasn't great on my first attempt and I lost the plot of my story so many times as I lost focus between my novel and my everyday life, on another attempt I got too quickly into my story and didn't stretch it out so many attempts and so many different problems but I won't go into them all now. I have always been a short story writer and it is very different when writing a novel you have to stretch out the story and brainstorm ideas and outline your characters and their background if you have ideas for the story later on it best to have a notebook to write it down I purchased a writing journal to help me outline my characters and my storyline it comes in handy too as there are pages to make notes so I can write down ideas I have for later in the story, my writing journal has been a great help. I have also read books about people and their writing novel adventure. My favourite novelist is Nora Roberts her novels inspired me to want to write a novel I even called my lead female character Nora. I still have a long way to go with not only my story but my characters as I haven't quite got their background and ideas on where I want them to go in the future. Wish me luck as I hoping one day to have a complete novel it doesn't matter if no one wants to publish it accomplishment to have eventually finish it, if you have written a novel I would love some tips in the comment section as it is of great interest to also hear about other people's novel writing their ups and downs, I have always loved writing short stories since I was a child and wanted to always write a novel to me it is adventure writing as you get really into your characters and that is what I hoping will happen with my characters in my novel that I will get into them and their lives. When I have read novels I have always gotten in to the characters and their lives that is what I want my novel to be to me and if it ever get published to whoever reads my novel I would love to here about other peoples writing experience as my has been a bumpy road and scary at times but for me writing is way into someone soul whether it is a short story or a novel, here I go back to writing my novel.
By Jessica Howard8 months ago in Beat
How dare you?
The Intertwined Freedoms: Why the First Amendment is Paramount The United States Constitution, a cornerstone of American democracy, is often lauded for its protection of individual liberties. Among its most frequently debated provisions are the First Amendment, guaranteeing fundamental freedoms like speech and assembly, and the Second Amendment, which protects the right to bear arms. While both are crucial, a prevailing sentiment in contemporary discourse often elevates the Second Amendment above all others, particularly the First. This perspective fundamentally misunderstands the interconnectedness of these rights and the foresight of the nation's Founders.
By Sai Marie Johnson8 months ago in Beat
Books to Match Your Taylor Swift Era: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)
Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill Poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of fairytales poetically retold for a new generation of women. Traditional fairytales are rife with cliches and gender stereotypes: beautiful, silent princesses; ugly, jealous, and bitter villainesses; girls who need rescuing; and men who take all the glory. But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Through her gorgeous reimagining of fairytale classics and spellbinding original tales, she dismantles the old-fashioned tropes that have been ingrained in our minds. In this book, gone are the docile women and male saviors. Instead, lines blur between heroes and villains. You will meet fearless princesses, a new kind of wolf lurking in the concrete jungle, and an independent Gretel who can bring down monsters on her own. Complete with beautifully hand-drawn illustrations by Gill herself, Fierce Fairytales is an empowering collection of poems and stories for a new generation.
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in Beat
Books to Match Your Taylor Swift Era: 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2023)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in Beat
Books to Match Your Taylor Swift Era: Speak Now (Taylor's Version) (2023)
Alma Presses Play by Tina Cane Alma's life is a constant of halfways: She's half-Chinese, half-Jewish; her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and, at thirteen, she's halfway through becoming a woman. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant endings: friends move away, romances bloom and wither, her parents file for divorce, and just like that her childhood seems to be over. Among this world of confusing beginnings, middles, and endings, could there be a roadmap for Alma to truly find herself?
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in Beat
Books to Match Your Taylor Swift Era: Midnights (2022)
Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi College dropout Pablo Neruda Rind works a graveyard shift at an upscale, twenty-four-hour deli in Brooklyn. He's up to his eyeballs in credit card debt, never mind his student loans. Pop juggernaut Leanna Smart graduated from child stardom, became an international icon, and has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. When Leanna and Pablo meet at 5:00 a.m. at the bodega in the dead of winter it's absurd to think they'd be A Thing. But as they discover who they are, who they want to be, and how to defy the deafening expectations of everyone else, Lee and Pab turn to each other. Which, of course, is when things get properly complicated.
By Kristen Barenthaler8 months ago in Beat
