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Amazing Ethiopian Beauty, inside & out. God Bless her"img src=" http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n227/zewdi/teddy_tishert_ BACK.jpg"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/05/2007
Band Website: www.essatusound.com
Band Members:
Influences: Dallol Band( pioneers of Ethiopian reggae), Ruphael Woldemariam(my big brother & mentor), Dereje Mekonnen(the greatest Ethiopian producer ever), Melaku Retta, Gizzae Band, Wallias Band, Roha Band, the great Tekle Tesfazghi, Ibex band, Rezene Habte( the great guitar man), Abegaz K. Shiota, Muluken Melesse, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tesfamariam Kidane, Hagos Berhane, Getachew Kassa, Alemtsehay Wedajo, Ali Birra, Kuribachew Woldemariam, Mahmoud Ahmed, Teddy Aklilu, Tesfaye Hodew, Aster Aweke, Essatu Tessema, Mulgeta Abate, Adane Teka, Yirga Dubale, Abraham Wolde, Setegne Atenaw, Chalachew Ashenafi, Abraham Wolde, Martha Ashagari, Rahel Yohannes, Bitsat Seyoum, and Newaye Debebe.Yared was a semi-legendary Ethiopian musician of the 6th century who lived during the reign of Gabra Masqal of Axum (who succeeded Kaleb). He is credited with inventing Ethiopian Orthodox Church music and Ethiopia's system of musical notation. He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with a feast day of 11 Genbot (Bashans).
Sounds Like:Ethiopian music uses a Pentatonic scale, that's 5 notes scale. Ethiopian have named each of these notes, Tizita, Bati, Ambassel, Anchihoye, and Zelesegna. Three of these are found in Wello "Ethiopia" and have taken the names of Wello Districts. Illustrating the area where the scales originated. Wello is considered to be the heart of Ethiopian music and a home to some of the greatest Ethiopian singers, such as the legendary Maritu Leggesse "Bati Nigist" Bati Queen, the great Kuku Sebsbie, and Hana Shenkute. The most popular instrument used in traditinal Ethiopian music is the Massinko picture above; it's a diamond-shaped, one-stringed horsehair fiddle and the only Ethiopian instrument played with a bow. There are many great Massinko players in Ethiopia, the best Massinko player is Setegn Atenaw who's a true master of the instrument, Setengn resides in Washington DC and plays at several Ethiopian venues there. Other great players are, Adane Teka, Chalachew Ashenafi, Yirga Dubale, and many others. Another popular Ethiopian is the Kirar a harp-like traditional Ethiopian 5 string instrument, It's widely used in most traditional songs, most notably Tigray Music, the Northern regional part of Ethiopia and Eritreans used, too. Tigrigna, the language of the tribe, is a member of the semitic linguistic group and the one of the literature languages of Ethiopia. Used by missionaries as a language of preaching and prayer during the second half of the 19th centuary.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Ethiopian Singer "Wayna" Nominated for a Grammy 2008

Ethiopian-born Singer-Songwriter Wayna's Loving You Remake is a true indie stand out in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance Category. The song celebrates music and the Indie struggle of trying to g...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:19:00 GMT

St. Yared - the great Ethiopian composer, By Ayele Bekerie

This article is from www.tadias.comNew York (Tadias) - In his latest song dedicated to the Ethiopian Millennium and entitled Musika Heiwete (Music is My Life), the renowned Ethiopian popular singer, T...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Teddy Afro in Zenawi’s Kangaroo Court, by Alemayehu G. Mariam

The great Tewodros Kassahun (Teddy Afro) is Zenawi's most famous political prisoner in Ethiopia today. Zenawi jacked Teddy on bogus charges of vehicular manslaughter, failure to assist the injured and...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:09:00 GMT

Samvod a.k.a Sami Kassa Freshest sound outt Addis Ababa

Samvod is the freshest sound out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today. Today, Addis Ababa is filled with the wanna be Reggae dancehall artist, many of them doing Ragga voices in tracks, some of them don't e...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:58:00 GMT

Teddy Afro is a political symbol... Los Angeles Times

Fans say the reggae star was framed because his music was seen as anti-government. 'You don't know where the line is -- until you've crossed it,' says one Ethiopian.By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Time...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:45:00 GMT

Fresh Habesha Female Reggae Sound Sheba Sahlemariam

Make sure to stop by her page & add her. This queen is our first gal doing Reggae Music, I'm soooooooooo proud of her, go to her page and show her some love. www. myspace. com/shebasahelmariam She's o...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:59:00 GMT

Ethiopian Music Award on myspace

To all my Ethiopian peeps, I'm starting a myspace music award for Ethiopian music, now this is for 2007, the categories are;Best AlbumBest Album "Bahil Cultural"best singlebest single " Bahil, cultura...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Best Writer the world need 2 know

I call her B, this is written by her, she writes from her heart.I'm not sure if what was brought to me was a positive situation to my current state of mind& I started to believe that all I needed were...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Ethiopian person u should know

Miki Dallas, some of you might know him already. He's one of the hardest working Ethiopian promoters out there. He promoted every Ethiopian artist you can name, from Teddy Afro all the way down. Miki ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 15:37:00 GMT

Why Teddy Afro in Prison?? Facts and truth.

Teddy Afro as you all know is going to be spend ing this holid ay in priso n, he shoul d been out this past week, but thank s to the Ethio pian prose cutor s who had two years to build a case aga...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:15:00 GMT