Sung Si Kyung set to become army man on 1st July

Well it’s just 1 more week left before he’s going to the army…I lost count on who has joined but I know the Shinhwa members will be the ones next…not sure about Tei/Wheesung :O

 

Sung Si Kyung is going to the army soon

I will miss him :/

And I will not forget you

Sung Si-kyung Bids Farewell to Fans Before Military

 

Korean artists who will be going to the army in 2008

Next year will be the “golden” year of artists in the army. O_O Here’s a list of who will be joining the barracks soon. If you know any that’s not on the list, let me know -__-
These are all the artists who have received the notice but they never said the final date when they are going so I’m assuming (since now it’s year-end already) that they will go sometime in 2008.

Looking at the list below, so sad that I like a LOT of them :/ (see my emoticon)
Actor

• Chun Jung Myung – confirmed to go on first week of Jan 2008 …
• Gong Yoo – confirmed to go on 14th Jan 2008
• Jo Hyun Jae – said will go after latest drama, G.P501, ends…
• Jo In Sung – he’s going end of 2007…
• Kim Rae Won
• Lee Dong Gun
• Lee Dong Wook – after his latest movie… x 10
• Yang Dong Gun – he’s a singer-actor actually….

Singer

• ERU – confirmed by agency -most probable date is 2nd half of 2008 (
• Eric Mun (of Shinhwa) – haven’t receive but people are assuming…
• Jang Woo Hyuk – before June 2008…
• Kangta
• Kim Dong Wan (of Shinhwa) – the only one who actually received the notice…
• Kim Jong Min (of Koyotae) – before March 2008…
• Lee Min Woo (of Shinhwa) – same with Eric…
• Sung Si Kyung – most probably in March 2008 ?
• Tei – he said he will go after his Vol 4 album promotion ends…
• Tony An
• Wheesung – same with Tei, said will probably go after Vol 5 album promotion ends… x 100!!

List compiled from various online sources by fangorn @ reikanorakuen.wordpress.com
Credits as usual when posting elsewhere

 

MBC FM4U 2007 event pics

Hmm…don’t know if there will be any file links for me to download …I want to watch wheesung perform …

There’s lot of artists performing besides wheesung… SG, Epik High, T, Lexy, Sung Si Kyung, etc . The event was held in Seoul’s Han Yang University on 2nd August.
Note: Please do not hotlink pictures.

 

Sung Si Kyung will release new album before military service

Bit news about SSK from SINA. He will go for his mandatory service next year. Most probably same time as Wheesung or Tei.

 

[MV] Music Is My Life Part 2 single mvs

These are all the MVs from this single. Earlier I have posted the tracklist here. Anyone knows the romanized / english translated tracklist for SG Wannabe and Sung Si Kyung songs?

When I listened to all 3 songs, even though the song arrangement are different, I find that they are similar in melody / lyrics. Is it just me or ??

 

Music Is My Life Part 2 Single, cover and tracklist

** 15th May: updated with romanized track names **

Single Title: Music is My Life Part 2

Artists: SG Wannabe, Sung Si Kyung, Epik High and K.will

Release Date: 7th May, 2007

Tracklist
01 비틀즈의 음악보다 / Piteuljeu ui eumakboda  – SG Wannabe
02 추억이 들린다 / Chueoki deurinda – Sung Si Kyung
03 Music (Feat. K Will) – Epik High

Credit: FantasyX @ Z-degrees forums

First heard about the song (track #3) from shenyue site when she put that youtube MV link. Then someone at ZDegrees requested the MV and song so I downloaded the MV. Unfortunately, it is not very clear version so I’m waiting to see if there’s a clearer version at Oi.

As to why Part 2…. I think Part 1 belongs to Lim Jeong Hee, I’m not very sure.

 

[Live] Yoon Do Hyun Love Letter – Cuts – Various artists (I)

Eh, I just realised the lack of updates from me on live clips or mvs. Gomen. I’ve been busy trying to figure out how to cut the YDH LL clips to individual versions .

Artists: Park Hyo Shin, Cho Young So with KCM, Kim Jin Ho (SG Wannabe) and Lee Ki Chan, Evan, MC The Max, Kwill, Kim Hyung Joong, Lisa, Sung Si Kyung and Kim Gun Mo.

 

Ballads find a place in a digital society

The lovely Baek Ji Young (left), (right top) veteran Lee Seung Chul, (right middle) Park Hyo Shin, (bottom right) Sung Si Kyung.

It seems that digital technology has met its analog counterpart.

The current ballad trend in the Korean music industry is sizzling as the music charts, both on and offline, are flooded with songs that tell stories. Ballads have been on the rise for two or three years, but the trend has reached a new level. Medium tempo ballads are steadily becoming more popular, and stars from the genre’s past, as well as new balladeers, are gaining ground with a vengeance.

Ballads have always been a big part of the Korean music scene along with dance, hip-hop and rock, but now they are replacing all other genres on the charts. Seasonal drifts of the past, including dance music being popular during the summer, are fading.

Last year, only the Turtle’s dance number, “Airplane,” managed to stay in the No. 1 spot for five weeks beginning in late August. SG Wannabe’s “My Love,” Baek Ji-young’s “Will Not Love Again,” Lee Seung-chul’s “Calling,” Sung Si-kyung’s “On the Street” and “Black Glasses” by Eru were all super players in last year’s ballad craze.

Even singers who are labeled as dance music artists are joining in. The dance music group Typhoon released their ballad “I Will Wait” earlier this year. Former members of idol groups have also released ballad singles including Sohn Ho-young, a former member of the boy band god, and his single “Crying” and Gan Mi-yeon, a former member of the girl band BabyVox, who released “Old-Fashioned Woman.” Lee Jae-hoon, from the group Cool, also released the sentimental single “Illusion.”

The new wave of balladeers ― Park Hyo-shin, Lee Ki-chan and Tei ― have all taken advantage of this trend and released full-length albums “Memories Resemble Love,” “Beautiful Woman” and “The Same Pillow” respectively, which reviewers said have taken hip-hop and rock undertones and softened them to fit a mellower sound.

Many experts attribute this shift to the change in how people buy music ― from record stores to online. With a boom in producing digital single albums that feature one or two songs, there has been a tendency for music producers to concentrate on making mostly ballads because they are easier to sell.

“Ballads are the most accessible musical form for Koreans, as they like strong melody lines, accentuated choruses and sentimental lyrics,” said Kim Seung-hyeon, a manager in the marketing team at Bugs, an Internet music download service. “As the market for music is in decline, ballads, which are often seen as the most marketable genre in Korea, are chosen,” he added.

Another important reason for the trend is music being used as a sort of accessory for personal spaces online, such as in mini-homepages (in the Korean portal Cyworld) and on blogs.

Music is also used for ringtones and other mobile phone services. In this case, ballads are preferred as consumers want a comfortable, softer song that allows visitors (or callers) to concentrate on something besides the background music.

Suh Hae-sik, the director of Muz, another online music site, commented: “For background music on mini-homepages and for bell tones, soft ballads are favored, much more than other genres. Many music producers say that the ballad genre is the only money-making genre for this ‘music accessory trend.’”

It seems that digital technology has met its analog counterpart. According to a statistic by Muz, the top-10 background music singles for mini-homepages last year are almost all ballads, including Vibe’s “That Man That Woman,” “My Love” by SG Wannabe and HowL’s “Is This Love.” Among the top 100 songs, 70 percent were ballads.

This solitary long-running trend of ballad music is likely to continue as the music market moves online.

“Record producers are now asking songwriters to write more ballads,” said Lee Chang-hui of CJ Music.

A songwriter who wished to remain anonymous said, “A producer asked me to make the last part of a song last a specific time period to fit this trend so that it can gain popularity in the digital contents market.”

There are voices of concern regarding this shift, saying that quality does not meet the rise in quantity of ballad songs.

Music critic Kim Jakga (a pen name, jakga meaning author) said: “The music industry is targeting the online digital market. Songs are now made to have a strong impact in a short time. Therefore, ballad singers’ vocals are emphasized, oftentimes accompanied by melodramatic melodies and vocal techniques that seem to scream and cry rather than sing. This is not the way our industry should turn.”

By Jung Hyun-mok JoongAng Ilbo [jainnie@joongang.co.kr]

Source: JoongAng Ilbo

I 100% whole-heartedly recommend all the songs mentioned in this article. I love Korean ballads . There were some songs from the above list that I do not have their MVs like SG’s My Love (don’t seem to come across this mv even though I have collected almost ALL of their MVs), Lee Seung Chul’s Calling (hmm…don’t remembered this title also), Typhoon’s I Will Wait and Gan Mi Yeon’s Old Fashioned Woman. XD maybe time to go and search for them.

List of ballad songs mentioned in this article:

• SG Wannabe – My Love
• Baek Ji Young – Will Not Love Again – this is the MV starring the late Jung Da-Bin
• Lee Seung Chul – Calling
• Eru – Black Glasses – this is the first song that I like from his Vol 2.
• Sung Si Kyung – On the Street – he filmed this in Japan
• Typhoon – I Will Wait
• Son Ho Young – Crying – his album is worth a listen
• Gan Mi Yeon – Old-fashioned Woman
• Lee Jae Hoon – Illusion/Fantasy
• Park Hyo Shin – Memories Resemble Love – download MV here
• Tei – Same Pillow – download MV here
• Lee Ki Chan – Beautiful Woman
• Vibe – That Man, That Woman – the MV has Jo Hyun Jae and Kim Ji Soo and was like an extension to their Romance movie.
• HowL – Is This Love? – hmm… I think this song is that duet song with J for Goong theme song called “Perhaps Love”.