A 4 hour non-sitting concert was very extremely painful and infected me with those evil viruses. At my school, Korean International School, one of the clubs, opened a fund raising concert called the Project Global Cooling Concert in order to help the global cooling project with the tickets sold. The concert took place at Hongdae, one of Korea’s hippest young partying cities. The party was held from 4:30pm through 8 pm. Although, I was able to hide the painful standing from the performers- it indeed gave me the evil sore throat. Band performers were mostly from my school. Three KIS student band performed and kept me awake with a moving head and feet, following the rhythm and beat. More surprisingly, the two faculty bands were incredible. I’ve never imagined my own teachers could be so passionate about music when they always seemed to prepare for classes. Rock on Mr. Brightman with your fabulous drum sticks and Mr. Joo with your cool stage manners and singing skills! But most of all, the SIS band, from Seoul International School, gave me goose bumps. Unlike my fellow schoolmates, it was my first time hearing and seeing the famous SIS band. Simply, they were like real professionals.  The guitarists, drummer, vocalists were outstanding and moved the whole crowd as one. I heard they had a personal website, but I don’t know the address right now. I will for sure link it on my blog!

It was a great way to help the earth and have a fantastic time experiencing the talented people at my school and fellow high school students.

(From the left: Victory, G-Dragon, Tae Yang, Dae Sung, and TOP)

BigBang is a 5 boy group- and their name is self explanatory. Right after they’re first debut, no doubt their songs and style was a huge BANG in the Korean music industry. Even before their official debut, they were famous from a Korean version of “Making The Band” with Yang Hyun Suk, not Puffy.

Here are some brief descriptions about each of the five members.

• G-Dragon is the leader of this group and has been apart of the YG family since he was a little child, almost for 8 years now. He produces Big Bang’s album and writes songs that unites the millions of  ring tones in Korea as one- Big Bang’s songs. And he is a fabulous rapper.
• Tae Yang is a vocal in this group. Just like G-Dragon he has been apart of this entertainment for almost 8 years, with G-Dragon. His vocal chords are like a huge trumpet because of his echoing deep voice.
• Victory, _{or Seung Ri} is the youngest of the member. His dancing skills are incredible and has a high pitched voice that adds a little spice to the songs.
• Dae sung is the smiling machine. He also is the vocalist with his husky, unique voice. He is extremely funny with his boring jokes. I adore him for his unique 4D, not 3D, mindset.
• Last but NOT LEAST, is my favorite member: TOP. Yes, he is the ^TOP on my list. He no doubt has an extremely deep voice, sometimes compared to a “creature’s voice.” He is another rapper in this group and brightens up the group with Dae Sung and their unusual jokes.

This is the first boy group I ever went CRAZY with. If you mess with Big Bang, you mess with me..
(Be careful John)

This year, they produced an all-English recorded album called “For the World.” This was for their international buisness. Some of their best hit title songs are: Lie and Last Farewell. They have so much hit songs that it would be easier for you to check out the Korean group- BIGBANG.
Check out their website and listen to their Banging songs!

The Korean music industry has 3 MAIN Entertainment management companies.

They are: SM, JYP, and YG. All the names of these three companies stand for the names of the president of the company.

• SM: Lee Su Man is the owner of the SM entertainment. Although Lee Su Man was not a singer, his company has been extremely successful. All of his idol groups have been successful in Korea. Dong Bang Shin Gi-a 5 member Korean Pop Idol group is mentioned in the book of Guinness World Record for having the most fans in the world..
• JYP, mentioned in the previous posts was an ugly, one of Korea’s sexiest man singer when he was young, and still is today. He works at America with one of the greatest singers as a producer today.
• And lastly YG, was part of Korea’s BIGGES IDOL group- Su Tae Ji and the kids band when he was younger.

Few of my favorite singers- Big Bang, Gummy, Se7en, Jinusean- are part of the YG family, or also called the Yang Goon Entertainment. The owner of this entertainment, Mr. Yang, was part of the biggest Idol Group in the history of Korea, “Su Tae Jee and the kids.” It would not be an exaggeration to describe the YG Entertainment as Korea’s biggest Hip Hop & Pop management company. Check out their website. Because of their international extensions, it is easy to view the English website.

: YG

: JYP

: SM

These videos are the performances of singers during the end of the year concert in 2007. In my opinion, the best overall company is the YG family (my personal favorite), then JYP, then SM. SM entertainment singers are almost products- rather than singers. They can’t sing….

But sure YG can, and maybe JYP (: