Monday, February 25, 2002		Music Beat

Get some Spanglish on the Net

BORN in Madrid on May 8, 1975, son of Latin legend Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias is no longer living in the shadow of his famous father. Enrique created his own identity after the success of "Bailamos," which was featured in the 1999 Will Smith film 'Wild Wild West.' In spite of the fact that the lyric of "Bailamos" was in Spanglish, it got very famous even among those who didn't know the language. Recently, Enrique Iglesias was spotted with tennis star Anna Kournikova during the shooting for the video for Enrique's newest release 'Escape,' a song that is very famous on music channels. Filmed at the Universal City Walk Mall in LA, the clip features the Russian beauty wearing a beige top and denim hipsters. Known as one of the most beautiful athletes in the world, she has already appeared in a cameo role alongside Jim Carrey in 'Me, Myself And Irene.' Enrique has sold over 25 million albums in seven years and scored a Grammy for 'Best Latin Performer.' All of which puts him well on the way to catching up with his father's world record of 250 million in sales (The Beatles haven't out-sold Julio).

On the index page of www.findmidis.com one can find a long list of singers. Archiving is done by name, which makes this site easy to surf. All songs are available in Midi format. Sound quality is good and there are no broken links. Songs by Enrique Iglesias, which are available for free download, are "Bailamos," "Be with you," "Could I have this kiss forever," "Rythm divine" and more. Other singers on the site include N Sync, Oasis, Offspring, Puff Daddy, Queen, Ricky Martin, Robbie Williams, Savage Garden, Shaggy, Shania Twain, Spice Girls, Sting, U2, Venga Boys, Westlife, Will Smith, Aerosmith, All Saints, Backstreet Boys, Blink 182, Bon Jovi, Boyzone, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, DMX and Yanni. One can listen to the songs online before downloading them. The site also provides the lyrics of the songs.

This is a big resource of English songs. On the index page there is a link 'Artists,' which opens up a long list of artists, alphabetical arranged. Several latest songs of Enrique Iglesias are available. Generally the songs are available in the Mp3 format, but there are some that are available in other formats, too. There is a separate section of rock and classical songs. A good search engine is provided to help the surfers search the songs.

The site has a good collection of songs, generally in MP3 format. Hero, Bailamos, Rhythm divine are among those on the list. It offers links to US Top20, UK Top20, Europe Top20, Norway Top20, Swedish Top20, and Australian Top10. There is a long list of artists to choose from. — Amit Puri