Pacific Islands Radio (Island Music) Newsletter

Jane's Pacific Islands Radio Newsletter (Island Music)
Vol. 1, Edition No.4, September 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
Playlist
Links
Letters

Welcome everybody to our fourth edition of
Jane's Pacific Islands Radio Newsletter
(Island Music) for September 2004. I do hope
that this Newsletter finds you all well and
are enjoying the beautiful and enchanting
sounds of the Pacific Islands.

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

Since the first arrival of the missionaries in Oceania,
gospel music has been a feature of music in the Pacific
Islands. The musical forms given to us by the missionaries
have been embraced by our island people and embellished
with distinctively island flavours of vibrancy, rhythm
and harmony to produce an exciting and uplifting musical
experience.

In this respect, 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 will soon become a regular feature on Pacific
Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific Islands
Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific Islands Radio
28K (16 kbps)

Running for over sixty minutes, without introduction
or voice-overs, the gospel collection will be
available each weekend and will feature 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 Vol. 6
(Republic of Kiribati) and The Auckland Pacific
Gospel Choir (APGC). The collection will be available
this coming weekend!

Please monitor the Broadcast Schedule of the above
three Pacific Islands Radio stations for the
availability and time for the gospel music collection.
These will also be advised and confirmed in our next
edition of this Newsletter.

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

DENNIS KAMAKAHI

Dennis Kamakahi presents a delightful range
of traditional and modern Hawaiian music.
Also featured are some beautiful harmonies
with Dennis's son, David. In addition, Dennis
Kamakahi is a recognized expert in the
technique known as slack key guitar which
he learned from his father, a member of the
Royal Hawaiian Band who played slack key
and trombone.

In slack key, players usually tune down some
of the strings from the standard guitar tuning.
The bass strings are played with the thumb
while the other fingers play the melody and
improvisation in a finger-picked style. The
roots of slack key can be traced back to the
1830s when the guitar was brought to the
Hawaiian islands by Spanish and Mexican
cowboys. The Hawaiians quickly adopted
the guitar into their culture, creating many
ingenious tunings to suit their music, often
to match a vocal range.

The music of Dennis Kamakahi was obtained
from www.amazon.com

THE AUCKLAND
PACIFIC GOSPEL CHOIR

The Auckland Pacific Gospel Choir (APGC)
is New Zealand's premier Pacific Choir -
known for their unique and distinctive Pacific
Gospel fusion sound which is distinctively New
Zealand Pacific.

It is widely recognized that Pacific peoples
have a gift for story telling through oratory
and music. The combination of these two mediums
has allowed APGC comprising Pacific peoples
in New Zealand, to continue this age-old
tradition through the chants and melodies of
traditional folk songs and chants as well as
the simple message of hope through Jesus Christ.
These songs tell their own stories which only
Pacific peoples can tell.

The music of the Auckland Pacific Gospel
Choir can be obtained from Kingmusic:
http://www.kingmusic.co.nz/

GEORGE TELEK

The music of Papua New Guinea's George
Mamua Telek perfectly captures the spirit
of the Tolai people. George Telek comes
from the village of Raluana, near Rabaul
on the Papua New Guinea island of New
Britain.

The sound of George Telek is essentially
acoustic with the gentle guitars underpinned
by ancestral drums such as the hourglass
shaped kundu and the massive slit logs
known as garumut. Above all, however,
the music embodies the rich and unique
three part harmonies, sung both in the
Tolai language as well as pidgin English.
The music of George Telek was obtained
from www.amazon.com

BATA TEINAMATI

The music of Bata Teinamati, from the Republic
of Kiribati, has a strong compelling combination
of rhythm and vocals which produces an exciting
and absorbing musical style. Bata Teinamati has
successfully integrated the traditional music of
Kiribati with contemporary musical techniques
and instrumentation in a manner which results
in an enthralling musical experience.

The vocal style of Bata Teinamati allows the
Kiribati language to be represented in a modern
idiom that is both dynamic and compelling. The
songs tell of the life of the Kiribati people,
love songs, gospel songs and contemporary
representations of chants to Kiribati gods and
mythology. Bata Teinamati has a commanding
vocal style which sets him apart as an
outstanding musician.

The music of Bata Teinamati is available
from the following exclusive distributor:
Bwanaraoi Music Shop:
E-mail: angirota@tskl.net.ki

EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)

The remote Polynesian outpost of Easter
Island (Rapa Nui) has developed a unique
and beautiful musical style that is a reflection
of the unique and interesting lifestyle of the
people of Easter Island. With an initial strong
Tahitian influence, the music has evolved into
a style that uniquely belongs to Easter Island.

As an example of the best of contemporary
Easter Island music, Pacific Islands Radio is
very proud and pleased to be able to feature
the music of Mito in an album entitled "Rapa
Nui". This album can be obtained from
Kingmusic: http://www.kingmusic.co.nz/

For a little more information on the music of
Easter Island, you are invited to visit the
following URL:
http://www.janeresture.com/easter_music/index.htm

VANESSA QUAI

Congratulations to Vanessa Quai on being the
only Pacific islander to be selected from among
thousands of teenager artists worldwide to
compete in the Final of the Golden Star Teenager
Singing Competition! The competition, which is
organised by the FIDOF (International Music
Festival Organisers Federation) and is to be
held in Bucharest, Romania, from 29th September
2004 - 3rd October 2004.

This international singing competition is for
teenagers ranging from 15-18 years old. Vanessa
qualified with her rendition of her song "Sweet
Angel" from her most successful album "Pacifika"
which was released in 2003 and which is being
proudly featured on three of our four Pacific
Islands Radio stations. Vanessa will sing "Sweet
Angel" in the competition.

Once again, let's offer our loving Congratulations
and Best Wishes to Vanessa!

VANESSA - VANESSA QUAI PICTURE GALLERY

Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to advise that
a Vanessa Quai Picture Gallery is now online which
will be progressively developed as more pictures
become available. The Vanessa Quai Picture Gallery
can be viewed at the following Web site:
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/profiles/vanessa_quai/pictures.htm

Also, Pacific Islands Radio is proud to say that the
following two CDs of Vanessa Quai have now been
added to the Playlists on our Pacific Islands Radio
stations:

"Beautiful Pacific Islands" - Vanessa Quai (First Album)
"The Untouched Paradise" - Vanessa Quai (Second Album)

Colourful covers of the above Vanessa CDs can be viewed at:
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/profiles/vanessa_quai/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/

Some of the excellent music that I have recently
obtained from Kingmusic and which is being
featured on the Playlists include the following:

Rapa Nui - Mito
Rasta Nui - Just One Look
APGC - Through The Years -
The Auckland Pacific Gospel Choir

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

The Mundo Étnico Foundation is a Dutch non-
profit organization studying and promoting
traditional, contemporary and developing Pacific
cultures by means of book and CD publications,
workshops, seminars and educational programmes
at primary schools. All programmes and
publications are the result of field work
research trips to the islands by Ad and Lucia
Linkels, which altogether lasted about five
years.

The entire archive of Mundo Étnico now
includes hundreds of hours of live recorded
music, eighty thousand colour slides and black
and white photographs, and numerous songs and
dances collected and learned on the islands in
the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.mundoetnico.nl/default.asp

Music Archive for Pacific Island Nations
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PacificArchive.html

Music of the Pacific Island Nations
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/carts/contmusic/musicarchive/PacificInfo.html

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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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Hello Jane,
I'm just writing to thank you for the music.
I've been listening for about 30 minutes and
I'm loving it!!!!!! It just brings me to tears
hearing the beautiful harmonization of the
pacific islands. Again, thank you for the music.
Now on faithful listener from the U.S of A

Hello People,
Daba namona ... Good morning, from
Port Moresby, PNG ( it's now about 12
noon )... would just like to ask if there's
any listing available of Pacific songs on
your Great website, so I can open them
to play. I have d'loaded ver. Radio365
and WinMedia Player ver.9

Hello Jane,
I saw on the Pacific Islands Radio that
Vanessa will be in Fiji on the 29th of July
2004. Can you confirm this and tell me
where it will be and what time of the day?

Jane
All I know is I like your kind of MUSIC
very very much !
http://www.pacificislandsradio.com/index.htm

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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 such a great pleasure to be
able to share our Pacific Islands Radio Newsletter
with everybody.

Let us all continue to hope for continuing greater
peace, harmony and prosperity for the people of
the Pacific Islands and worldwide. As usual, I look
forward to enjoying your company next month.
Thank you.

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

Jane Resture