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HOT FM"Lebih Hangat Dari Biasa"
Presented in Malay, HOT FM's primarily targets the "Young Malaysian" market of 15-30 years of age. The station's identity is a direct result of in-depth research and HOT FM denotes its hot, funky and energetic attributes.
With the theme "Lebih Hangat Dari Biasa" HOT FM seeks to bring a refreshing alternative to the radio scene as well as line-up of popular and experienced radio personalities.
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Canon Rock
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Canon Rock
Canon Rock (music)
"Canon Rock" is a Neo-classical metal arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major by the Taiwanese musician and composer Jerry Chang (JerryC). The piece became popular on the internet after a video of JerryC playing the piece was posted online. The rendition has been featured in newspapers, magazines, and television shows. Canon Rock has been covered many times on various internet communities such as YouTube and Google Video. The arrangement was composed within two weeks.
Currently, JerryC is hosting lessons to teach Canon Rock to amateurs.
Covers
The most famous of the covers is by a South Korean guitarist named Jeong-Hyun Lim, who is more popularly known by his internet alias, "funtwo". His video is the fourteenth most viewed video in YouTube history[1] with over 39 million views and counting.
Some other notable covers include versions by Learz,MattRachor guitarist from melodic death metal band TANK, Symheris. Various other guitarists have covered the piece, and opinions vary as to which cover is best. People of various ages have covered Canon Rock, from age of 12 to even as old as 80. For the best example of this, there is a medley posted to Youtube in June, 2007 which features over two dozen different individuals playing this piece.
The piece has been covered on other instruments, such as the violin and piano. There have been covers using cell phones [1] [2] and guns [3] as well.
1. Jeong-Hyun Lim at YouTube (funtwo) - 36,840,395 views (and an additional 4+ million views from other uploads)
2. Learz at YouTube - 3,864,874 views (and an additional 220,000+ views from other uploads)
3. MattRach at YouTube - 3,400,944 views (and an additional 5,000+ views from other uploads)
4. Jerry Chang at YouTube (JerryC) - 2,339,271 views (and an additional 3+ million views from other uploads)
5. 13 year old Korean at YouTube - 976,107 views
6. Rainier at YouTube (theshredda) - 947,485 views
7. MattRach (3rd attempt) at YouTube - 564,415
8. Jeong-Hyun Lim at YouTube (funtwo, first attempt) - 480,015 views (and an additional 51,000+ views from other uploads)
9. hellman at YouTube - 276,259 views
10. Nick B. - 264,757 views (and an additional 300,000+ views from other uploads)
11. Symheris - 205,300 views (and an additional 300,000+ views from other uploads)
Sources
* JerryC and the C band's webpage
* New York Times article on Canon Rock
* Ultimate Canon Rock
Thursday, March 13, 2008
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