Monday, July 9, 2001		Entertainment

FOR many persons in the world, music is life as it is the best source of entertainment and relaxation for them, whereas for others life is music as it could mean entertainment as well as the source of livelihood. No matter what music mean to you, there is something for everyone on the Internet.

For persons to whom music is life, there are many good sites on the Internet, where they can listen to the music of their choice and also download it for future listening. One of the good sites on entertainment, which also has huge resources on Music, is www.teenstation.com. On this site you can find a lot of interesting channels like Astrology, Audio, Concerts, Jokes, Cartoons, Chat, Movies, Radio and Video Channels. In the Audio channel there are various popular sections like Bhangra, Classical Music, Dialogues, Forthcoming Ghazals, Hindi Jokes and Mimickry, Instrumental Themes, Oldies, Qawwali, Remix, Smash hits, various artists etc. Each of these sections further has albums based on artists and groups. You can select the artist or the album of your choice and play the music using your Real player. The songs under these categories are rated on the basis of their popularity. Since the list of artists and albums present on this site is large and virtually covers most of the popular music albums and artists who have come out with their albums in the recent past, it is most likely that you can find your favourite song here and can even play it. In other popular sections of this site like movies, you can read the Bollywood movie reviews of the latest movies and can also see the interviews of stars who are in news currently. Also you can find the ratings of the movies based on their popularity and there is also a section for Hollywood movies review.

For music lovers, there is also a radio station on this site, which has channels like Bollywood Latest Hits, Bollywood Smash hits, Bollywood Golden Era, Remix, Indi Pop, Bhangra, Ghazals, Jagjit Singh, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Marathi, Hindi BhaktiSangeet etc.

For those for whom life is music, there are also some interesting sites on the Internet. One of such site is www.melodyjunction.com. This is a music site with a difference as it is the site for all aspiring musicians and singers. If you have the desire and also the talent of a new age singer or musician, then you can send your recording to this site. It has currently over 40 amateur musicians from 14 countries. So, if you think that you have the talent but you are not able to find the vent for your talent, then this site could invoke a lot of your interest.

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