Mus·lim A·cap·pel·la
–adverb, adjective Music.

• Someone adhering to the faith of Islam and without instrumental accompaniment sings songs of benefical nature that have reminders of good character, faith, hereafter, and encouragement of good deeds.
• **note; In modern usage, a cappella often refers to an all-vocal performance of any style

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I guess I can call this a follow up Spotlight to my earlier post on “Naturally Seven“. Saqib recently made a post about Muslims in A cappella. (Its funny when you read that knowing the word “A cappella” comes from Italian meaning “in the chapel”. Read up on A cappella on wikipedia to know what I mean.)

Islamtoday.com has an interesting read on Music in Islam and the opposing arguments. — Just a reminder, this is a spotlight post. Not a post for debate and discussion on fiqh issues (such posts will be deleted). If you want to know more about the issue, consult a person of knowledge. Not me, and not your friend on your gmail chat list (unless he/she happens to be a person of knowledge).

After reading Saqib’s post, I decided to check out YouTube and see what creative works I can find that have Muslims doing A cappella. The following is what I found…

786 feat. Aman | Make Dua

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Zain Bhikha feat. Dawud Wharnsby | Allah Knows

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Yusuf Islam (formally Cat Stevens) | A is for Allah

and my favorite…

Ahmed Bukhatir | Forgive Me

Forgive Me always manages to bring a lump to my throat. Its an excellent reminder of how ungreatful we tend to be, and the amazing blessings we have that we many times take for granted.

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If you can find any other creative works of Muslims in A cappella (professional or not), go ahead and post it in the comments. I’d love to see it!

     

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Know anyone that works with the media? Muslim OR non-Muslim?

Know any reporters, people who work for local TV stations, newspapers, magazines or even in the big leagues?

I want to here from YOU…

I’m putting together a media list and a database for Muslims to access. This will include all the contact information, their position, the company they work for, and this is going to be part of a bigger database in which you can seek services. Need a press release? No problem i’ll have you covered inshaAllah.

If you know someone or you yourself work with the media, please email me at media@ leechon.com (no space)

People who email me contact information will have a week of free access to this information insha’Allah once compiled.

~Shirien (not albaraa)

     

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There are about 6 major media conglomerates in the U.S.

(also click the thumb nailed image above)

What is a conglomerate you ask? Basically when companies merge under ownership.Some conglomerates have so much power and ownership, that their costs are drastically reduced increasing their overall profit. And think about cross promotion… when you watch the history channel why do you see a lot of ABC commercials or Lifetime commercials?

So lets take a look at some major media conglomerates today: who owns what?(i’ll only list the well known ones, but if you want to see all of what they own click the link below)

Taken from here:

DISNEY:

• ABC Radio Networks
• A&E - (37.5% Disney-owned)
• E! Entertainment Television - (34.4% Disney-owned)
• ESPN Radio
• ESPN Sportszone
• History Channel, The - (37.5% Disney-owned)
• Lifetime - (50% Disney-owned)
• Radio Disney

NEWS CORP: (Rupert Murdoch is crazy..)

• 20th Century Fox
• BSkyB
• Fox Movie Channel
• FOXNews.com
• FoxTel

Newspapers:

• The Courier-Mail
• Herald Sun
• New York Post
• Post-Courier Online
• The Sun
• The Times
• The Weekly Times

SONY CORP:

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Sony Pictures

• Columbia Records
• Epic Records
• RCA Records
• RCA Victor
• Sony BMG Masterworks
• Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Sony Music USA

TIME WARNER

• AOL Time Warner
  • AOL Instant Messenger
  • ICQ
  • Netscape
  • Winamp
• Warner Bros.
• Atlantic Records
• Rhino Records
• Warner Brothers Records
• Bay News 9
• NY1 News
• Turner Classic Movies

VIACOM

• CBS
• UPN
• Dreamworks
• Paramount Pictures
• Comedy Central
• Country Music Television (CMT)
• Noggin
• Showtime
• Spike TV
• Sundance Channel
• TV Land
• VH1
• Paramount theme parks

VIVENDI:

• Universal Studios
• Def Jam.com
• Motown Records

6 companies controlling almost all the media.. hmm

More on cross promotion later, inshaAllah.

     

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