The coolness of different cultures and their music with Jackson

 For the first Asian culture I am going to chose is Thailand, i found a piece of their traditional music on YouTube but they incorporate some other cultures into this piece if you check the description The instrument being played down below is called the Seung and it is a traditional instrument of Thailand and it kind of is like a guitar in how it is played and how it looks. To play it you need metal rings on all your finger except for the one doing the cords and your thumbs, here is the video of them playing. Most of Thailand's music is string dominate because they like the sound of it and its deep within their culture and its been that way for a long time, the other instrument i found in this culture is called the Khim and its my favorite from here it is a mix of a drum and string instrument, the player sits down and hits the strings with two sticks and it plays notes here is a quick video of someone playing the song.

Soul Music First what is soul music? Soul music is African American created and is a genre of music. The music was kind of a combination of gospel, jazz and rhythm and blues. Soul music began in African American culture as a way to describe the “black experience” back in the late 1950 and into the 1960s.   Soul music normally had the performer try and interact with the people listening to the music with things like clapping and extemporaneous body movements (Wikipedia 2011). Soul music is meant to make the listener feel their emotions and to think about the words that are being sung. I choose Soul music for my blog. I have never really listened to soul music much but I thought it might be interesting to find out more about it. I know that my parents and grandparents listened to soul music a lot when they were growing up. One thing I did not know was that Soul music came from religious music but I can see some things that are similar when listening to the early days of S...