ESTETIKA PERMAINAN MUSIK BARAT PADA BIG BAND SALAMANDER

<p>This article describes the aesthetics of the big band jazz music by Salamander Big Band. Aesthetics is a study of the processes that occur in three basic elements: aesthetic objects, aesthetic subjects, and aesthetic values related to aesthetic experiences, aesthetic properties, and attractive and unattractive parameters. This paper presents the basic elements of western music aesthetics, especially big band jazz music, and how Salamander Big Band can implement the aesthetic values of western jazz big band music in the music played. This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive analysis method. Through a process of appreciation, habituation, additional insight into jazz music and continuous and consistent practice, Salamander Big Band members can adapt to cultures from outside Indonesia's popular music culture, namely playing American big band music with the right aesthetic.</p>

BRASS BAND MUSIC IN GHANA: THE INDIGENISATION OF EUROPEAN MILITARY MUSIC

Local brass bands have become an indispensable factor in weddings, processions, rituals of birth or death, at Christmas and New Year festivities in many parts of the globe. Remains of European brass bands are widely distributed throughout Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. )ese bands are of both military and missionary origin. They are an important component of the nineteenth and early twentieth-century colonial expressive culture. Despite their uniqueness and widespread presence across the world, brass bands have received limited attention in Ghana. )is paper aims to address this lack by offering a comprehensive account of the contemporary situation of brass band music in Ghana. I trace the history of this musical world and explore the diverse ways military and missionary activities have shaped amateur brass band musical activities in Ghana. I discuss the distribution and band formations across Ghana, viewing it in five sections that detail different types of brass bands; church, town, service, school and “sharbo” bands. I continue by looking at the beginning, development, workings and indigenisation of European military music in local popular culture and provide an account of brass band music as observed in Ghana today. I argue that indigenisation is not a straightforward process of adaptation, rather, indigenisation is a process of ongoing aesthetic tensions and differences resulting in new musical forms and new forms of socialisation organised around musical performance.

Karakteristik Individu pada Band Indie di Yogyakarta

ABSTRAKPermasalahan retensi nyatanya tidak hanya ada pada organisasi umum, namun juga ada di dalam organisasi kesenian, dalam hal ini adalah band (kelompok musik). Dalam modelnya retensi dipengaruhi oleh niat untuk tinggal. Niat untuk tinggal sendiri dipengaruhi oleh beberapa variabel, salah satunya adalah karakteristik individu. Karakteristik individu inilah yang dijelaskan melalui penelitian yang sudah dilakukan oleh penulis dengan topik retensi pada band indie di Yogyakarta. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian deskriptif dengan data yang diambil ada data observasi serta wawancara, yang diambil ketika menyebar kuesioner. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa karakteristik individu seorang anggota band dapat meningkatkan niat untuk bertahan pada sebuah band. ABSTRACT The problem of retention is not only in general organizations but also in arts organizations, in this case, is the band (music group). The model of retention is influenced by the intention to stay. Then the intention to stay is influenced by several variables, one of which is individual characteristics. These individual characteristics are explained through research conducted by the author on the topic of retention in indie bands at Yogyakarta. The method used in this paper is a descriptive research method with the data taken on observational data and interviews when distributing questionnaires. This research found that individual characteristics of a band member can increase the intention to stay in a band.

“Music is Sweet When Your Praises Are Sung”

This paper interrogates the asymmetry that is inscribed in the patron–client paradigm often used to describe the relationship between artists and consumers of art who, also, promote it in Kenya. It does this by latching onto and inspecting a practice where members of the audience gave cash to musicians while making song requests in the “live band” music performances of Ja-Mnazi Afrika at The Noble Hotel in Eldoret town. The practice is shown to be an exchange of gifts on the basis of which a transactional relationship characterized by mutual dependence and reciprocity between musicians and members of their audience was established and maintained. A consideration of the power relations between musicians and members of their audience as read from the exchange of gifts leads to the argument that patronage was part of the “live band” music performances of Ja-Mnazi Afrika in Eldoret town and was a source of the social meaning of the performance. By participating in it, musicians and members of their audience embodied and enacted power—and thereby constructed a sense of the value of their lives.

"Beso Mediterráneo", tangos flamencos

Los tangos son uno de los palos más conocidos y reconocidos del universo flamenco. Su versatilidad les ha permitido adaptarse a diferentes enfoques, confiriéndoles de este modo la posibilidad de adherirse a una amplia variedad de estéticas sin perder por ello sus señas de identidad. Este artículo pretende dar a conocer, analizando sus aspectos más relevantes, una de mis más recientes composiciones, unos tangos flamencos sinfónicos, Beso mediterráneo, escritos originalmente para clarinete solo y arreglados para banda de música. "Tangos flamencos" are one of the best known and recognized flamenco music styles. Thanks to its versatility and since the first appearance of tangos in history, many of them have been adapted in many different ways without losing their main characteristics. This article has been written to speaks about Mediterranean kiss, a symphonic tangos flamencos for concert band. Although they were originally written for solo clarinet, the composer has just orchestrated this piece for symphony band. For getting a better understanding of the mentioned work, this article will analyse many of the most relevant aspects of this band music composition.