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- Guitar Microphone For Guitar Recording
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] One of the very first things most of us do is record a guitar in our home recording studio. Once the drum groove is up you wanna grab the guitar and go.
- Vocal Microphones - Pro Quality For Under $200?
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Performing-Arts] Did you know that some of the best vocal microphones can be had for under $200? This is not to say the very high end mics that sell in the $1000-3000 range aren't good but from my experience sometimes when compared side-by-side often times the $200 mic is as good and sometimes even better depending on the person using it.
- Boss Micro - 4 Track Digital Recorder
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] So many smart musicians get a small hand held digital recorder just to keep handy so if an idea pops up you can hum it into the recorder real quick and not let it get away. Years ago I had one but it was a mini cassette recorder, until it got stolen out of my car.
- Lexicon Reverb - MX200, MX300, MX400
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] The Lexicon "Hardware Plug-in" USB feature is something most of us really need. Knowing how much of a memory hog reverb plug-ins are within your audio recording software program. You can plug these right into your computer recording software via USB and not only increase the amount of computer memory for other plug-ins but you will upgrade your reverb as well.
- Audio Recording Software Programs - Which One to Use?
[Computers-and-Technology:Software] Remember, it's all about the end product, not which recording program got your there. If you record a song at home and play it to a friend, he probably won't say something like "Wow, did you record that on a Mac with Pro Tools or a Roland VS-2480CD with a 24 bit audio engine @ 96kHz?" What he'll say is "hey cool tune" or "that sucks!"
- Rock and Roll Saxophone
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Ahh... those crazy kids. This was a new generation, born in the 20's right around the time Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins were coming on the scene. They probably thought these guys were nuts, but they fueled the bands and drove the audience crazy with their energy.
- The Secret to Make Affiliate Marketing Money - Focus!
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] As you look around at how to get started you'll be bombarded with a ton of information and you will feel like you've got information overload. Now, there's a lot of very good free advice online and after a while you'll start to recognize the good stuff from the crap. One of the most common mistakes beginners make is to try everything everybody's telling them. Even if it's all good it still won't work for you because you'll spread yourself too thin and not follow through on any one method long enough to see it through.
- More Traffic to Website = More Sales
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Social-Networking] And it's free if you get it from social sites! If you've been thinking "more traffic to website" over and over, you're a member of a large tribe! For most people in the internet game more traffic means more money so this is a very popular subject indeed. Everybody can always use more traffic
- Building a List to Sell Way More CD's
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Imagine if you had a list of say, 10,000 serious fans and you just finished a new recording. You send out the news to your list and a few of them buy your new cd, let's be modest and say only 20% buy. By writing a tiny email and pressing the send button you just sold 2500 cd's! Let's say you sold then for $15 each.. hello $37,500.
- Digidesigns Pro Tools Bundles
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] If I needed to set up a home recording studio that was quick, easy and cheap first package I'd take a serious look at would be Digidesigns Pro Tools Bundles. Digidesign has put together 4 of these bundles ranging from around the 600 dollar mark up to about a thousand.
- Learn Piano Blues
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] No matter what level of playing you're at now or which musical instruments you may know how to play, learn piano blues and you'll be much better off for it. As someone who spends a lot of time playing the saxophone and writing music I have found learning to play the piano invaluable for musical ideas, arranging for other instruments and just plain fun and relaxation. Not to mention being able to accompany other performers when the opportunity comes up.
- Laptop For Home Studio Recording
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] After trading in my big ol' desktop a few years ago I put everything onto my laptop including my music recording software. What made this change-over so appealing to me was how much laptops have improved in the last couple of years. With the speed, power, and storage capacity rivaling some of the top desk top models. Throw in the portability factor and it was a no-brainer.
- Creative Real Estate Investing Mortgage
[Real-Estate:Investing] When I bought my first property back in the 80's you basically had to have about 20% down in cash and get a mortgage from the bank for the other 80%. Today, whether you're going for your first home or looking at an investment property there are more creative options for buying real estate.
- Saxophone Blues Scales - If You Want To Play Blues, Rock, Jazz You Need To Start Here
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] For us sax players these flat notes are perfect to incorporate a "growl" sound to further emphasize that "bluesy" expression or make it a bit more nasty. Two other things to notice - the 3rd and 5th can be played as a flat or not but the 7th generally is only played as a flat and not the major 7th in this type of scale or musical genre.
- Saxophone Recording Techniques
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] We went to Criteria Recording Studios in Miami to work with the famous Producer/Engineer Tom Dowd, who recorded Eric Clapton (Layla), The Allman Brothers, Leonard Skynard, and Aretha Franklin to name a few. We saw all the gold records of these artists hanging on the wall, plus others like James Brown (I Feel Good), The Bee Gees (Saturday Night Fever). All these songs we had heard growing up; it was overwhelming being there for the first time. But the best was yet to come!
- Your Saxophone Neck Strap - 6 Things To Look For
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] .. we all look for different things in a neck strap: durability, comfort, looks. I've used everything from the soft comfy ones to a shoe string and a re-shaped coat hanger when my regular one broke and there wasn't anything else around.
- Flipping Real Estate - Succeed With Proven Methods And Beware Of The Scammers
[Real-Estate:Investing] Truth is, no matter which way seems best for you, we live in a time where it is very easy to buy property. Yes, the prices keep going up but that's why we're all getting rich buying and owning land. There are more ways today to structure financing and mortgage deals with a variety of brokers and lenders than ever before. When I was a kid in the 60's - 70's my parents needed 25% down to buy a house, today that's just not true anymore.
- Foreclosure Real Estate - Attending The Auction
[Real-Estate:Foreclosures] Anyone wanting to buy foreclosed properties at an auction should attend a few to get familiar with the way they work. They do present some great opportunities but some trappings as well. Some things you can expect are:
- Real Estate Investing - Residential or Commercial?
[Real-Estate:Investing] Some real estate investment advisors believe that if you are just beginning real estate investing you should avoid commercial real estate, such as office buildings, shopping centers, and warehouses for the following reasons-
- Beginning Real Estate Investing? Increase Your Profits With The Magic Of Leverage
[Real-Estate:Investing] If you had $100,000 you could buy one property outright with your cash or you could make a lot of money with leverage and buy 20 properties by putting $5,000 down on each one. So, now instead of having a $100,000 property you've got $2,000,000 worth of property.
- Anyone Can Make Money In Real Estate - If They Want To
[Real-Estate] If you've been thinking about how to make money in real estate but don't have the means to do it in the traditional way, go ahead and find yourself an equity partner. There are many people that want to get into a good real estate investment but don't either know how to find one or don't have the time or interest to look.
- Flipping Real Estate or Flipping Paper?
[Finance] For the person that is in the mindset of investing rather than being in the renovation business then flipping real estate will only involve flipping the paper contract of the property without even taking possession of it.
- Real Estate Investing Tips On The 4 Ways You Can Profit- Do You Know Your Real Estate Mathematics?
[Real-Estate:Investing] Profit is the main reason we invest in real estate so it's important to understand how and where your profits come from. We'll call this the mathematics of real estate profits. The four basic ways you will profit from real estate are:
- Foreclosure Real Estate Investor - Your Next Career Opportunity?
[Real-Estate:Foreclosures] As an investor, the business of foreclosure real estate could be the most secure and stable business you could hope to find. Consider this:
- Getting Started In Real Estate Investing
[Real-Estate:Investing] Real estate investing is one of the easiest ways to make money. In one way, that's true. You don't need a degree of any kind but you do need to educate yourself. With a reasonably small investment and a fair amount of work, you can buy a property and sell it for a healthy profit and the long-term future always pays off in real estate.
- Beginning Real Estate Investing? Your First Decision Is a No Brainer - Should I Buy Or Rent?
[Real-Estate:Buying] If you buy a home and live in it for 5 years you will have lived for free. Your mortgage payments, related closing costs, insurance and property taxes will be returned to you through tax savings and profits after you sell the property. Here's how it works:
- Do You Want To Make Money In Real Estate? - Get Off The Beaten Track
[Real-Estate] The whole concept of buying land is quite new. Fortunately for us it is an idea and a concept that is here for us to use as the greatest wealth building vehicle ever created. Anyone with a strong desire can make money in real estate.
- Real Estate Investing Tips - Use A Second Mortgage For Lower Downpayment On Investment Property
[Real-Estate:Investing] Here' a creative idea you can use with a willing and motivated seller - Even if you can't get the second mortgage you may still buy the property "subject to" the second mortgage. In this way the seller stays on the second mortgage agreement as guarantor but you are making the payments.
- At What Point Of Proceedings Is The Best Time To Buy Foreclosure Real Estate?
[Real-Estate:Foreclosures] If there's not enough equity or the debt is just too large, or you can't find or negotiate with the owner buy at the auction because some of the liens will be eliminated and once they are the remaining equity may be sufficient to turn this into a very profitable purchase.
- Why Are Some People Hooked On Flipping Real Estate? - For The Quick Profit Potential
[Real-Estate:Investing] What we're talking about here is reselling or flipping a contract and not the actual piece of property like a house or apartment building. By selling the contract you avoid all settlement expenses such as attorney fees and all the transfer costs that go along with it.
- Beginning Real Estate Investing - The Worlds #1 Wealth Builder
[Real-Estate:Investing] Yes, in 5 years today will be 5 years ago! When is the best time to get started? Today. It's a mistake to think that you've missed out, or there aren't any more good deals out there. Remember Mark Twain's famous quote... "Buy land, they're not making more of it!"
- King Curtis - King Of The Rock & Roll Sax
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] His versatility showed as he went from the swingin' big bands and smaller jazz combos like Horace Silver through the rock & roll groups like The Coasters and Buddy Holly to soul like Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. One of the last recordings he did was in July, 1971 for the John Lennon album Imagine
- Portuguse Fado Music and American Jazz Saxophone - Is There a Connection? Oh Yeah
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] I heard a recording by the Portuguese jazz saxophonist Rao Kyao playing Fado music on his sax, no singing, just beautiful melodies played on a tenor. This put it in a whole new light for me. I guess I started to hear it differently since it was a sax speaking to me rather than some old Portuguese singer singing about stuff I couldn't understand, I could understand this though...
- Louis Jordan - One Of The Most Important Contributors To The Birth Of Rock & Roll
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Louis Jordan must have been the most prolific songwriter of the genre in his time. They didn't call him "king of the juke box" for nothing - He had 57 hits on the R&B charts between 1942 and 1951.
- Saxophone Mouthpiece Tips
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Your mouthpiece and reed combination will make a bigger difference in your sound than your saxophone. We all look for a good horn that's well made and is working properly but the mouthpiece is were the air hits the road. This is where first contact is made so your reed and mouthpiece combination play the most important part in the tone you will produce through the other end of your horn.
- What Type Of Saxophone Should I Play?
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Many people wouldn't really know the differences between the alto and tenor saxophones if they glanced at them from a distance but there is a big difference between them. Thinking about playing the saxophone? Adolphe Sax, it's inventor drew up plans for 14 different types of saxophones.
- Edgar Winter: The Raunchiest Alto Sax Of Them All
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] White Trash played R&B, rootsy rock & roll, gospel, and funk flavored tunes. You couldn't pigeon hole these guys like you could every other artist that was on the radio in those days.
- Big Band Swing - How It All Started
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Every band in New York would stop in at the Savoy either to take part in the "battle of the bands", or just have a drink and check out the "King". Through the 30's the list of musicians that frequented the club is a who's who of the swing era; Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa - just imagine being there!
- The Saxophone - Closest To The Human Voice
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1842 making it one of the newest instruments. Next to the human voice it's the most expressive instrument and the one that closest resembles the human voice.
- Big Band Swing and the Lindy Hop
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] 1927, it was new and it was hot! It was big band swing and lindy hop, and it was happening in Harlem at the Savoy Ballroom, New York City. It wasn't called the Ballroom just because there were bands there.. no, the Savoy is were the kids went to dance. The Charlston was on the out and the lindy hop was coming in...
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