Pacific Islands Radio (Island Music) Newsletter

Jane's Pacific Islands Radio Newsletter (Island Music)
Vol. 1, Edition No.5, October 2004
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/

I N T H I S I S S U E _______________________________________

Objectives
News and Views
Pacific Islands Radio
Feature Artist
Suppliers
Links
Letters

Welcome everybody to our October edition of
Jane's Pacific Islands Radio Newsletter
(Island Music). I do hope that this Newsletter
finds you all well and that you are enjoying
the beautiful and enchanting sounds of the
Pacific Islands.

I would like to extend a very warm Pacific
Island welcome and very sincere greetings to
all our many new members who have joined us
since our last Newsletter. Welcome on board,
please make yourself feel at home, relax and
enjoy the enchanting sounds and magic of the
Pacific Islands!

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this Newsletter is to provide
supplementary information to the listeners of
our four Internet Radio Stations. These being
the two Pacific Islands Radio Stations as well
as Pacific Music Radio and Micronesia Music
Radio. This information will embrace some of
the exciting changes taking place in the
Internet Radio Revolution as well as updated
information on the Programming and Playlists.

NEWS AND VIEWS

MICRONESIA MUSIC ANTHOLOGY

Firstly, I would like to thank all those
wonderful and good people who have taken the
time and opportunity to enjoy the anthology
of Micronesia music which is available on
Micronesia Music Radio:
http://www.live365.com/stations/jane_resture

The anthology can be accessed by clicking on the
Broadcast Schedule after logging in to Micronesia
Music Radio. This should allow you (and our other
listeners worldwide) to determine when the anthology
is available in your beautiful part of the world. For
example, on the Australian Gold Coast, the anthology
is available at 12 noon each Saturday and Kiribati at
2 pm each Saturday afternoon. In California, the
anthology is available at 7 pm each Friday evening,
New York at 10 pm each Friday evening along with
Florida and Boston, Massachusetts, USA. etc.

The Broadcast Schedule can also be accessed at
the following URL:
http://www.live365.com/broadcast/scheduler/?stationname=jane_resture

The supporting Web site to the anthology
is as follows:
http://www.janesoceania.com/micronesia_music_anthology/index.htm

GOSPEL MUSIC

Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be able
to advise that a collection of some of the most
exciting and absorbing gospel music from the
Pacific Islands is now being featured on Pacific
Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific
Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific
Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps)

With an extended running time of three hours,
the gospel collection has proved to be extremely
popular and features the music of a number of
extremely talented artists and groups such as
Vanessa Quai (Vanuatu), Bata Teinamati,
Betania Gospel Singers and Emmaus Family
Singers (Republic of Kiribati), Lia Osborne
(Fiji), and The Auckland Pacific Gospel Choir.

Please monitor the Broadcast Schedule of the
above three Pacific Islands Radio stations for
the availability and time for the Gospel Music
collection. At present this exciting collection
is available at 12 midday Australian eastern time.
http://www.live365.com/broadcast/scheduler/?stationname=janeresture&site=..

http://www.live365.com/broadcast/scheduler/?stationname=drjaneresture&site=..

http://www.live365.com/broadcast/scheduler/?stationname=janeres&site=..

PACIFIC ISLANDS RADIO

Pacific Islands Radio continues to offer a range
of broadcasting formats in order to allow a wide
range of listeners to enjoy our beautiful island
music. These formats, in terms of Connection
Speed and Sound Quality are basically as
follows:

STATIONS

Pacific Music Radio with a connection speed of
32 kbps is FM Stereo - FM mp3PRO;

Pacific Islands Radio 33K and Micronesia Music
Radio 33K with connection speeds of 24 kbps are
AM Quality; and

Pacific Islands Radio 28K with a connection speed
of 16 kbps is AM Quality.

Perhaps I should mention also that the previous
practice of specifying a minimum connection speed
has now been upgraded. Now, instead of specifying
a bitrate, our broadcast formats are specified in
terms of a combination of bitrate, sampling rate,
stereo mode and codec.

These changes have allowed the introduction of
Pacific Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo)
broadcasting in high fidelity FM stereo as well
as allowing an upgrade in the fidelity of Pacific
Islands Radio 33K and Micronesia Music Radio
33K while still broadcasting at the same bitrate
(24 kbps).

Also, in the longer term, 33K will be referred
to as 24kbps and 28K will become 16 kbps -
please keep an eye out for these changes.

As usual, Pacific Islands Radio is always keen
to promote our talented island musicians
worldwide in order to satisfy the continuing
demand for our beautiful and distinctive Pacific
Island music! In this respect, should you know
of any island artists whose talents you would
like to see promoted, please contact me on:
jane@pacificislandsradio.com

Our four Pacific Islands Radio Stations play the
enchanting music of the Pacific Islands 24 hours
daily.
www.pacificislandsradio.com
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/index.htm
http://www.janeresture.com/radio/index.htm

Pacific Music Radio (mp3PRO)
http://www.live365.com/stations/drjaneresture
Pacific Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps)
http://www.live365.com/stations/janeresture
Pacific Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps)
http://www.live365.com/stations/janeres
Micronesia Music Radio 33K (24 kbps)
http://www.live365.com/stations/jane_resture

FEATURE ARTISTS

XAVIER X FETHAL

Born in Yap, Federated State of Micronesia,
Xavier X Fethal is a talented artist,
musician and composer who is at the forefront
in presenting contemporary Micronesian music
to a worldwide audience. The music of Xavier
X Fethal blends the traditional music of
Micronesia with contemporary musical
techniques to produce a pleasing and
distinctive musical style. Xavier's new
album is due out in November 2004, and
will be proudly featured on all our four
Pacific Islands Radio Stations.

For a recent and interesting profile of
Xavier X Fethal, including his photographs
along with his own hand-written message
to us all, you are invited to visit the
following URL:
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/profiles/xavier_fethal/index.htm

SAMOA MUSIC

The Polynesians are natural musicians and the
Samoans are no exception. They love to hear
and sing good music. Robert Louis Stevenson
once said that the Samoans composed a song
for every trivial occasion. . . Song is almost
endless. The boatman sings at the oar, the
family and evening worship and the workman
at his toil. No occasion is too small for the
poets and the musicians; a death, a visit,
the day's news and pleasantries will be set
to rhyme and harmony.
http://www.janeresture.com/samoa_music/

Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to
be able to feature a number of outstanding
musicians and groups from Samoa. The
groups include The Silver Band, All Stars
(formerly Pacific Soul) and the RSA Band,
recorded live at the RSA Nite Club, Apia in
1996.

FIJI MUSIC

From the WELCOME! music and enchanting
sounds that one receives upon arriving in Fiji
to the haunting melody of "Isa Lei", the music
of Fiji has that rare and special appeal to
embrace, excite, charm and lure the very
soul and being of the listener.

The music of Fiji represents the indigenous
traditions of the Fijian people along with those
of India, China, Europe and other Pacific islands.
Fijian music styles and structures include and
combine elements of Polynesian and
Melanesian music.
http://www.janesoceania.com/fiji_music/

The traditional and contemporary music of Fiji
is featured prominently on three of our four
Pacific Islands Radio stations. From the
traditional music "Bula Fiji Bula" and Kade to
the beautiful harmonies of Semi Keli and Lia
Osborne - these are only some of the talented
artists from Fiji presently featured on Pacific
Islands Radio.

OCEANIA LANGUAGES

As Captain James Cook's ships, the Resolution
and the Discovery, sailed along the coast of
Kauai, on the afternoon of January 19, 1778, the
first canoe loads of Hawaiians paddled out from
the shore to visit the strange vessels.To the
amazement of the Europeans, they found that,
on asking them for hogs, breadfruit and yams in
the dialect of Tahiti, they found were understood.

For the first time the extraordinary geographical
spread of the Polynesian peoples was fully
apparent to Europeans, and it was the similarity
of language that most strikingly marked their
kinship.

What is also apparent is that the language of
Polynesia as well as Melanesia and Micronesia,
has its own inherent similarity of expression in
the music of Oceania.

For more information in the evolution of Oceania
language, you are invited to visit the following URL:
http://www.janesoceania.com/oceania_language/index.htm

SUPPLIERS

The following are some of the main specialist
suppliers of our music from the Pacific Islands,
which are now being used and are highly
recommended by Pacific Islands Radio.

KINGMUSIC - AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Kingmusic offers a wide selection of Pacific
Island music which is available on the Internet.
Their mail order service is very responsive with
orders generally being dispatched on or about
the same day! I am very impressed by Kingmusic's
excellent service and I would highly recommend a
visit to their extensive and excellent Web site:
http://www.kingmusic.co.nz/

ISLANDMELODY.COM

Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be
able to recommend Islandmelody.com for a
selection of traditional and contemporary
music with an emphasis on Micronesian
music. Whether you are a Pacific Islander
or simply a lover of beautiful music,
Islandmelody.com is certainly the place to
go for music with that special island flavour.

The new look Islandmelody.com Web site
is also highly recommended for ease of
navigation, music availability and the
excellent service that is readily
provided.
http://www.islandmelody.com

BWANARAOI MUSIC SHOP -
TARAWA, REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI

The Kiribati music of Bikan Singers Vol. 8,
Te Uaereti Ae Karina Rokona and Emmaus
Family Singers Vol. 6 - Waakin Te Maiu
along with other various talented artists
from the Republic of Kiribati, is available
from the following exclusive distributor:

Bwanaraoi Music Shop
C/- Angirota Enterprises
P.O. Box 299
Te Ununiki
Bikenibeu, Tarawa
Republic of Kiribati
Phone/Fax (686) 28236
E-mail: angirota@tskl.net.ki

LINKS

MUSIC OF MICRONESIA

Encyclopedia Article about Music of Micronesia
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Music%20of%20Micronesia

RARORAMA
"The Power and Magic of Cook Islands Music!"

Welcome to Raro Mana a site proudly dedicated
to the Power and Magic of Cook Islands Music!
It was created and made for Cook Islands songs
and music lovers.
http://www.geocities.com/raromana/index.html

WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES:
PASEFIKA MUSIC

Wellington City Libraries has over 600,000 books,
over 450,000 magazines, and over 85,000 CDs,
DVDs, videos and other items. They look forward
to seeing you soon!
http://www.wcl.govt.nz/popular/pasefikamusic.html

PACIFIC BOOK'IN - NEW CALEDONIA

Pacific Book'In is the Internet distributor
of albums produced by Mangrove, the leading
recording studio and music publisher and
producer in New Caledonia. The studio is
known throughout the South Pacific. In
addition to the leading Kaneka groups
(Gurejele, Edou, OK! Ryos, Tim et Wececa,
Mexem), Mangrove also produces Pacific
reggae bands. To these two major musical
movements of the South Pacific should be
added world music productions, traditional
music and much more.
http://www.shop-island.com/new-caledonia/bookin.htm
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LETTERS

The following are extracts from a few
of the interesting and most welcome
letters that I have recently received
about our four Pacific Islands Radio
Stations. I would very much like to
share them with you as I find many
of these letters to be most gratifying,
motivating and touching. Please join
with me in thanking these wonderful
people for sharing their thoughts
with us all.
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Recently, several times I had the pleasure
of listening to some of the music played,
which I find most enchanting, as I do all
things Pacific, and like very much. Also,
I had the even greater pleasure, if this
is imaginable, of hearing your charming,
warm, and sympathetic, lovely voice.

While typing this, I am tuned in Pacific
Islands Radio and heard you explain
about how you were able to make your
many nation's music available over the
internet, mentioning the many places
from where you have received expressions
of support for your network. NOW YOU
CAN ADD MY NAME AND THE STATE
OF OKLAHOMA, USA, TO YOUR LIST.
Your music is playing on my REAL
PLAYER PLUS while I am typing this.
It is cheering me up a great deal and
inspiring me to write to you. Reception
here of the LIVE! broadcast is excellent
over my broadband connection (COX
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS)!

Surely, Polynesian speakers must get
even more out of the music than I who
do not know the meaning of the lyrics.
Yet, we know that music has a way of
speaking directly to the soul even in
the absence of verbal communication.

Dear Jane,

Nice listening to your Pacific Islands
Radio music. More nice to read your
eternal Pacific Islands stories.

So happy to find a source for the wonderful
music I enjoyed so much when we were
on Kwajalein 1990-1992.

Hi Jane, thank u for the wonderful pacific
island music. Have some friends in Samoa
and am planning to visit them soon, so it's
a bonus to listen to the pacific island
music in the meantine. Great job, keep up
the good work.Cheers

Jane, the music of the islands is simply
romantic. It makes me dream of beautiful
beaches and swaying palm trees -- great
stuff!

Thanks for the awesome service for us
homesick islanders. Part solomon islander;
part fiji indian. Huai Ngaoi and iu fala
namba wan tru!!

What a great job Jane you are doing for
South Pacific islands. There are very very
few web sites with some amount of
information about the South Pacific
islands. Addition broadcasting South
Pacific music - it could not have been done
better.

I listen to Pacific Islands Radio all the
time wherever I may be. Fantastic work Jane...
keep it up.

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COMMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

These are always most welcome and can be
e-mailed to me at:
jane@pacificislandsradio.com

As usual, it has been my great pleasure to be
able to share this edition of our Pacific
Islands Radio Newsletter (Island Music) with
you all.

Let us all hope for continuing peace and
harmony for the people of the Pacific Islands
and everywhere. As always, I look forward to
enjoying the pleasure of your company next
month. Thank you.

Best Wishes and take care everybody!
May our God bless us all!

Jane Resture

(E-mail: jane@pacificislandsradio.com -- Rev. 16th December 2007)