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The Dave Matthews Band CD Weekend On The Rocks

Not sure what’s happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better Weekend On The Rocks gets. Weekend On The Rocks put simply is one of their best CDs to date.

Dave Matthews Band have been a super stars in the Rock genre for quite some time now and Weekend On The Rocks is an excellent illustration as to why.

Weekend On The Rocks has a pleasantly varied, mix of 17 tracks that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly outstanding musicians. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are their own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

If you’re a Dave Matthews Band fan, or just a fan of Rock music this is a CD your collection simply should not be without.

While the entire CD is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 3 - disc 1 - Time Of the Season, track 7 - disc 1 - Hunger For The Great Light, and track 9 - disc 2 - Everyday.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - disc 1 - The Stone. Great track!

Weekend On The Rocks Release Notes:

Dave Matthews Band originally released Weekend On The Rocks on November 29, 2005 on the RCA Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

DISC 1: 1. The Stone 2. American Baby 3. Time Of The Season 4. Say Goodbye 5. #34 6. Steady AS We Go 7. Hunger For The Great Light 8. Bartender DISC 2: 1. Don't Burn The Pig 2. You Never Know 3. Stand Up (For It) 4. #41 5. Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd 6. Smooth Rider 7. Halloween 8. Louisiana Bayou 9. Everyday

Dave Matthews Band: Dave Matthews (vocals, guitar); Boyd Tinsley (vocals, violin); Leroi Moore (vocals, horns); Carter Beauford (vocals, drums); Stefan Lessard (bass instrument). Additional personnel include: Robert Randolph (pedal steel guitar).

Music Download Sites are Affordable and Convenient

Music download sites provide an affordable way to download mp3 music from the internet. All you need is a personal computer with a fast internet connection. You can burn the downloaded music to the compact disc or dvd. Listen to your favorite songs where ever and when ever you want.

It is more convenient for music stores to operate on internet. Online storage is much cheaper than the physical storage. Payment handling is also secure, fast, safe and convenient. Technology helps to increase efficiency and reduce overheads.

Competition increased as the number of music download sites rose. That resulted in easing the prices to a great extent. It became very affordable to download mp3 music from the internet rather than purchasing from a local store.

Downloading music also became very convenient due to small file size of mp3 file format. It gives the compact disc quality of sound. Thus mp3 became the popular file format choice. All major companies adopted it.

Apple iTunes and Amazon are the leading music download sites. They charge per download fees. Gives you freedom to get the song of your choice instead of buying a full album. Other major players are Yahoo, MSN and Napster among many others. They also offer monthly memberships.

Movie download websites give an economical way to download movies from the internet. No need to go to a local store to buy a cinema. You must have a personal computer with a sufficient storage capacity. A broadband internet connection is must. Do not waste your time and money on a slower connection. You can burn the downloaded movie on a compact disc or dvd.

Amazon Unbox and Movie Link are the leading movie download websites. They have per movie download charges. Cinema Now, Use Next and Movies Capital provide movie download service against monthly subscription charges. Credit: Jayshree Shah

Free and Paid was to Learn How to Play Guitar Online

You no longer have to take private lessons to learn to play the guitar. Thanks to the Internet, and new video technology you can learn to play guitar online. How ever it might not be as straight forward as you'd like it to be. There are a lot of options for where you get your lessons from. In this article I'm going to give you the cut and dry options of free, paid, and downloaded guitar lessons. After reading this article you should be able to make your own decision about where to learn how to play guitar online.

Free Guitar Lesson Videos

Thanks to all of the video sharing websites on the web now there are thousands of people sharing different tips and lessons on the guitar. These range from probably one to ten minutes in length. This is a great way if you're looking to learn something straight forward, such as a new chord or a particular song. How ever as a beginner guitar player it can be difficult. You don't know exactly what you need to learn, and you won't find any sort of learn this then that plan. I'd suggest staying away from free videos if you're a beginner.

Downloaded guitar lessons and Ebooks

Better then free videos guitar lessons ebooks and video courses are structured to the extent that they have a lesson plan. They teach you the right things in the correct order. The downfall to this format of lesson is they often lack depth. Meaning you can learn the basics, chords, how to read tab, and strumming but you won't get an advanced education of how to play guitar. These lessons are great for beginners to get started fast, and for those that just want to learn to play popular songs. They're also reasonably inexpensive.

Video Guitar Lesson Memberships

The best alternative to learn how to play guitar online is by subscribing to an online video guitar lessons membership websites. These sites charge you an monthly, quarterly, or annual fee to access their entire archive of lessons, which are usually top notch HD recorded videos by professional guitar instructors.

The big benefits here are:

• Lesson plans from beginner to advanced
• Different styles of lessons (blues, jazz, rock, metal)
• Lots of content available all the time
• Low cost for access to a lot of information

If you want to learn guitar the right way and learn to read music, play scales, etc. Then online membership sites are the best alternative. They'll offer the most current content, and allow you to keep learning as they add new lessons and information to their members area.

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The Donell Jones CD Where I Wanna Be

Talented Rock artist Donell Jones has released him latest CD on the LaFace recording label, entitled Where I Wanna Be.

It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that’s exactly what I must say about this one. There simply is NOT a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all, with each song standing tall on it's own.

These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.

If you’re a Donell Jones fan, or just a fan of Rock music this is a CD your collection simply should not be without.

While the entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are track 3 - Where I Wanna Be, track 8 - Think About It, and track 13 - U Know What's Up - (bonus track, featuring Left-Eye)

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - U Know What's Up. It’s a great track!

Where I Wanna Be Release Notes:

Donell Jones originally released Where I Wanna Be on October 12, 1999 on the LaFace label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. U Know What's Up 2. Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me) 3. Where I Wanna Be 4. Have You Seen Her 5. This Luv 6. All Her Love 7. It's Alright 8. Think About It (Don't Call My Crib) 9. He Won't Hurt You 10. Pushin' 11. I Wanna Luv U 12. When I Was Down 13. U Know What's Up - (bonus track, featuring Left-Eye)

Personnel includes: Donell Jones (vocals, various instruments, drum programming); Eddie Ferrell, Darren Lightly (various instruments); Sheldon Goode (acoustic guitar); Serban Ghenea (electric guitar); Tomi Martin (guitar); Kyle West (keyboards); Omar Phillips (percussion); Wesley Hogges, Scott Gaddy (drum programming); Left-Eye.

Producers: Donell Jones, Eddie "Eddie F." Ferrell, Darren Lightly, Wesley Hogges, Eric Williams.

Engineers include: Mike Alvord, Rich Keller, Andrew Cardenas.

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Robyn New CD Review

Known primarily for her 1997 top ten hit in the US, Robyn has grown into a hard hitting dance music mastermind with strange, tough lyrics and her own label.

Swedish pop’s reining queen, Robyn, releases her self titled album this week in the United States. The new CD features international smash “With Every Heartbeat” and comes out three years after its release in the rest of the world.

While unfamiliar to many on these shores, it’s hard to call Robyn’s new CD a debut or even a comeback, even though technically it could be considered both.

Stateside, top 40 followers may remember Robyn from her sugar sweet 1997 top ten single “Show Me Love” (not to be confused with Robin S who had short-lived success in the early 1990’s with a song of the same name).

Robyn emerged at the same time as Britney Spears. But instead of following the planned pop prescription, Robyn scrapped a planned tour with the Backstreet Boys, (Spears took the slot) dumped a record deal with Jive (Spears inked a deal) and headed out on her own.

Max Martin, who produced Robyn’s debut, went on to produce Spears’ Baby…One More Time, which sold a gazillion copies and made the Spears a household name. Meanwhile, Robyn had a handful of hits in her native country, but quickly faded into obscurity in the US.

Bionic Woman

After going indie, the platinum blonde recreated her image based on a hairdo made popular by the Thompson Twins, started own record label ‘Konichiwa’and produced music she wanted to make.

Teaming up with a group of experimental producers and songwriters including The Knife, The Teddybears and Kleerup, Robyn produced one of the best electronic dance albums of 2005.

Late last summer, club smash “With Every Heartbeat”, a remix performed with Kleerup from that album, became a radio hit and topped the charts in the UK, followed by the release of her album.

Follow up singles “Be Mine” and “Handle Me” dominated the UK top 40 throughout the rest of the year and latest single “Who’s That Girl”, her collaboration with The Knife, has begun a steady climb up the charts.

Konichiwa Bitches

Mixing swooping 80’s synths and hard beats, intelligent, hard-hitting lyrics and tracks ready for the floor, Robyn pulls more punches than many of her contemporaries.

Like Madonna, Robyn deals a lot with sex in her songs, her way. “You be the girl and I'll be the guy / Let's pretend everything has changed / and then would you love me any different” she asks in “Who’s That Girl”. And like The American pop music icon, Robyn proves time and again she won’t easily fulfill a predetermined conception and won’t be pushed around.

Unlike Madonna, however, Robyn rarely hits listeners over the head with her toughness – she’s subtly strange. “Handle Me” a bouncy guitar-pop track contains one of the best kiss-off lines ever recorded: “but you're a selfish narcissistic psycho freaking bootlicking Nazi creep and you can't handle me”.

On “Bum Like You” a catchy Euro-dance track, Robyn sings about the bad boyfriend. But instead of dissing the guy, she stoically sings “You're always up to no good / Your fingers in my cookie jar … You could be my dog / I would push your bail bonds when cash was tight /We could fall in love”.

Every track from this album contains the potential to become a monster smash if radio and other music outlets give it even half the chance it deserves.

It may only be April, but this CD warrants a spot on the best of 2008 list.

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Things come full circle for the talented artist. Robyn recently hit the top ten in the US as backing vocalist for the Britney Spears track “Piece of Me”. Now Universal Music Group has picked up the American distribution of her album.

Robyn releases her self-titled album on April 29. Unfortunately Madonna releases Hard Candy on the same day.

Robyn is currently on a short North America tour

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Madonna Hard Candy New CD Review

Step into Madonna's Candy Shop and discover why at 50, the former Material Girl's incredible beat goes on.

After a career that has spanned 25 years, multiple sound directions, Grammy’s, films and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Madonna delivers “Hard Candy”, her 11th studio album.

Where in the past she has strived to re-invent herself, creating new trends and catapulting young producers into the limelight along the way, on this album Madonna treads a safer, more US radio-friendly route.

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You

After the brainier acoustic-electronica on American Life and the continuous disco romp of Confessions on a Dancefloor failed to set American radio ablaze, Madonna had a choice to make: cease ignore pop culture and truly push the limits or bow to the hip-hop scene and rule the charts in the US once again.

On Hard Candy, she succeeds at doing both, to some degree.

"4 minute" lead the world to believe that Madonna was another has-been trying to establish herself among the young set that pop music caters to. The hip hop influence worked – the track went top 3 in the US and number 1 in the UK.

But this track does not necessarily set the tone for the rest of the album. Hard Candy has sugary layers of hip hop covering a pure dance-oriented core, somewhat like a jawbreaker.

She's Not Me

“My sugar is raw / Sticky and sweet” she belts on opening track “Candy Shop”; unfortunately some of the candy has an early expiry date. She teams up with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Nate 'Danja' Hills and Pharrell Williams who rule the charts today much like Madonna did back in her 80’s heydays. Together they seem like a match made in heaven, but like most start studded collaborations, the results often sound sour.

The contrived “Dance 2night” filled with Timbaland’s familiar pseudo funk and a bored Justin Timberlake as well as lead single “4 Minutes” contain far too much producer and too little Madonna. Kanye West guests on the disposable “Beat Goes On” sounding as coy as ever with a rhyme about his favorite subject, himself.

And after years of churning out cherished faux-Latin tracks on her own (Who’s That Girl, La Isla Bonita) Madonna could have dispensed with Williams’ interference on “Spanish Lesson”; it sounds like it was written by a grade-schooler.

Incredible Beat Goes On

“Give It 2 Me”, the best mélange of dance and hip hop featuring heavy beats and strange floating synths has Madonna chanting “I can go on and on”. No one will ever deny her that.

The true heart of this record hovers around dance tracks such as the fun “Incredible” and the mirror ball danceathon “Heartbeat”. Both cuts stand out as Madonna anthems along the lines of “Vogue” and “Holiday”.

While rare, Madonna has at times poured her story into her music. Like A Prayer and Ray of Light, two of her most beloved albums, were also her most intimate. “Miles Away” the most intimate track on this album, details her long-distance relationship with her husband, “You always love me more when you’re miles away / I guess we’re at our best when we’re miles away”.

“Voices” closes the candy shop with one of the most haunting pieces of music Madonna has produced since working with William Orbit. Swooping strings over a dark drum, Madonna longs to hear an answer. “Are you walking that dog…is that dog walking you” she confronts the confused lover. A perfect ending to an imperfect album. Credit: dancetechnomusic.suite101.com

Portishead prove that even after a ten year gap between albums, they haven't lost any of their bitterness.

It’s been 11 years since Portishead released their first two albums. Back then the world was a dark, strange place. On Third, Portishead prove that the clouds still haven’t lifted and their world remains a brooding place inhabited by haunting noises and film noir soundtracks.

Radio doesn’t exist in this world, and the team of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley who co-wrote all but two songs on the album, drift along on a plane of dreary aloofness sounding like no one else, sometimes not even sounding like themselves.

Machine Gun Silence

“Deep Water”, a melancholy acoustic tale of longing and self-doubt, strums along to the tune of a banjo and an elfish-sounding Gibbons, until a bluesy backing chorus, performed by The Somerfield Workers Choir, pipes in giving the song an even sadder resonance. The short track, only 1:30 of dreary bliss, jaggedly ends, replaced by a full on techno assault of “Machine Gun”.

Lead single from Third, “Machine Gun”, proves that even Portishead can make a drum machine sound eerie and evasive. Where Dummy and Portishead provided the soundscape for dinner parties and late night tweak lounges, Third soundtracks the dismay and disorder seen nightly on the news. Harsh technology swallows Gibbons’ haunted-angel vocals then spits them out twisted and distorted.

Most of the songs on the album deal with doom and gloom with no hope for a brighter future. “Small” channels the pain of losing a loved one due to foolish actions. “I try to understand, but you’re just a man open to see, blinded like me.” Moody and atmospheric, Portishead’s music continues to have a soundtrack feel to it, without the accompanying images.

To say that the band has remained in a self-created rut would be an injustice. Classic Portishead elements remain intact, however, the band has evolved its sound. “Magic Door” sounds more retro rock than electronic. Deep drums, loud keyboards and the brooding voice of a scorned Gibbons singing “I can’t divide my heart from me, I don’t know who I’m meant to be, I guess it’s just the person that I am”, sounds more contemporary than anything the band has ever produced.

The Rip of Plastic Threads

The whole album, from opening track “Silence” to closer “Threads” sounds like it has swallowed a bottle of downers. Filled with themes of longing, searching, a desire to be someone else - this album covers the gamut of trouble, unfulfilled relationships, dreams and desires. “Whenever I take a choice it turns away”, Gibbons moans in “Threads”. This introspective disc sounds perfect on a rainy Saturday night, alone with a bottle of wine and a broken heart.

Stand out tracks include “Hunter” a track sinking knee deep in bitter emotions, self wondering and a longing for recognition. “The Rip”, a somber introspective track, echoes the acoustic guitar electro that Goldfrapp has recently adopted. “Plastic” sounds the most like Portishead of old with its stylish sixties film noir sound.

Though the wait was long, Third more than makes up for the 11 year gap between albums. Portishead has emerged free of its trip hop label and instead concentrates on music that defies definition.

Steinway Piano: Through The Years

All pianos are the same, right? They all have 88 keys, some black and some white, a couple of pedals and a bench. But no, that's not all. Not all instruments are held to the same standards as a Steinway piano and it is for this reason that they are so popular. Solid craftsmanship and innovation are the backbone of the company. So what exactly is it that makes this instrument so special? A look into the evolution of the instrument and the company will tell you.

Family. History. Tradition. Craftsmanship. Innovation. These are the main elements that make up a Steinway piano.
A Story of Success

Henry Engelhard Steinway was a cabinetmaker born in Germany where he built his very first piano in his kitchen. As an immigrant in Manhattan, he formed the company Steinway & Sons in 1853. The first instrument sold under the company name went for $500, a mere portion of what they are worth today. With his five sons, Henry went on to develop one of the most requested and revered pianos in the world. Royalty and accomplished musicians alike prefer this instrument above all others.

Over the years, Henry and his sons developed and improved on their Steinway piano. They won awards and accolades world wide. When Henry died in 1871, his sons continued the family business and kept the tradition of making quality instruments. It wasn't long before manufacturing plants were opened in London and Germany. Illustrating their drive for innovation, the family owns 114 patents, one of which is for a concert grand design.

The Product

Approximately 5,000 pieces are built each year and each one takes about a year to complete. With every style, each component is made from the best materials and each lends to the unique sound and design of the instrument.

The instruments are made of different woods to attain the strength and the sound, as well as the beauty each instrument is known for. Eastern rock maple is sliced into 18 layers 3/16 of an inch thick and is used for the rim of the grand piano while spruce is used for the Diaphragmatic soundboard because of its superior acoustic qualities. These are just a few of more than a thousand details in construction and design that make a Steinway unique to any other instrument. No component is used until it has been through rigorous quality control measures.

As a result of the dedication to quality workmanship and materials, the Steinway is the preferred instrument to around 90% of concert pianists who perform worldwide. While other companies mass produce their instruments, it is evident that people are willing to wait for quality. With only 5,000 being produced a year, they do not sit in the showroom for long. And, while they may be more expensive than their mass-produced counterparts, the old saying is really true- "you get what you pay for." It also goes to show what a hard-working family can accomplish when they don't compromise on their dreams. Because of their continual development in pianos, we get to enjoy some of the most beautiful music in the world.
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Review Of The Jim Brickman Cd Visions Of Love

The exceptionally talented Jazz artist Jim Brickman has released him CD entitled Visions Of Love. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Jim Brickman fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Visions Of Love Jim Brickman’s artistic excellence is on full display as Brickman has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.

I wish it weren’t the case but, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Visions Of Love. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.
Visions Of Love is a nicely varied, mix of 12 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They’re all here.

If you’re a Jim Brickman fan, or just a fan of Jazz music this is a CD your collection simply should not be without.

While the entire CD is outstanding some of my favorites are track 2 - After All These Years, track 11 - My Heart Belongs To You, and track 12 - We Live For Love

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - That’s What I’m Here For. Outstanding!

Visions Of Love Release Notes:

Jim Brickman originally released Visions Of Love on July 14, 1998 on the Windham Hill Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. That's What I'm Here For - (with David Grow) 2. After All These Years - (with Anne Cochran) 3. One Heart One Love - (with Phil Perry) 4. Still In Love - (with Larry Stewart) 5. Partners In Crime - (with Dave Koz) 6. Your Love - (with Michelle Wright) 7. Like Love - (with Phillip Ingram/Marilyn Harris) 8. Getting Over You - (with Janis Ian) 9. Shower The People - (with Amanda Upchurch) 10. Gift, The - (with Collin Raye/Susan Ashton) 11. My Heart Belongs To You - (with Peabo Bryson) 12. We Live For Love - (with Stephen Bishop)
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Review Of The Jay-z Cd Volume 2 Hard Knock Life

The exceptionally talented Rap artist Jay-Z has released him CD entitled Volume 2 Hard Knock Life. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Jay-Z fans, and Rap fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Volume 2 Hard Knock Life Jay-Z’s artistic excellence is on full display as Jay-Z has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.Rap music fans will recognize some of the well known guests that have been assembled to play along with Jay-Z on several of the tracks. Artists like Jermaine Dupri and Kid Capri just to name a couple.

Listen to this CD and I believe you’ll find there's not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and Jay-Z is clearly in top form. So much so that if you're even mildly into Rap music you'll enjoy this CD.

While the entire CD is outstanding the truly standout tunes are track 2 - Hard Knock Life, track 8 - Coming Of Age, and track 14 - Money Ain’t A Thang.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Intro-Hand It Down. What a nice track!

Volume 2 Hard Knock Life Release Notes:

Jay-Z originally released Volume 2 Hard Knock Life on September 29, 1998 on the Def Jam label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Intro-Hand It Down - (featuring Memphis Bleek) 2. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) 3. If I Should Die - (featuring Da Ranjahz) 4. Ride Or Die 5. Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) - (featuring Big Jaz) 6. Money, Cash, Hoes - (featuring DMX) 7. Week Ago, A - (featuring Too Short) 8. Coming Of Age (Da Sequel) - (featuring Memphis Bleek) 9. Can I Get A... - (featuring Amil/Ja Rule) 10. Paper Chase - (featuring Foxy Brown) 11. Reservoir Dogs - (featuring The Lox/Beanie Sigel/Sauce Money) 12. It's Like That - (featuring Kid Capri) 13. It's Alright - (bonus track, featuring Memphis Bleek) 14. Money Ain't A Thang - (bonus track, featuring Jermaine Dupri)

Personnel includes: Jay-Z (rap vocals); Wais, Half Dead, Big Jaz, Amil, Liz (vocals); Steven Jordan, Lil' Rob (various instruments); Jake Carter, Mike (guitar); Kid Capri (programming); Memphis Bleek, Da Ranjahz, DMX, Too Short, Ja Rule, Amil, Foxy Brown, Jermaine Dupri, The Lox, Beenie Siegel, Sauce Money. Producers include: Premier, Mark 45, Swizz Beats, Steven Jordan, Timbaland.

Engineers include: Eddie Sancho, Paul Falcon, Joe Quinde.
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Essential and rules for guitarists

Ten Commandments For Guitarists
1. LISTEN TO THE BIRDS That's where all the music comes from. Birds know everything about how it should sound and where that sound should come from. And watch hummingbirds. They fly really fast, but a lot of times they aren't going anywhere.
2. YOUR GUITAR IS NOT REALLY A GUITAR Your guitar is a divining rod. Use it to find spirits in the other world and bring them over. A guitar is also a fishing rod. If you're good, you'll land a big one.
3. PRACTICE IN FRONT OF A BUSH Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush doesn't shake, eat another piece of bread.
4. WALK WITH THE DEVIL Old delta blues players referred to amplifiers as the "devil box." And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you're bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts demons and devils. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
5. IF YOU'RE GUILTY OF THINKING, YOU'RE OUT If your brain is part of the process, you're missing it. You should play like a drowning man, struggling to reach shore. If you can trap that feeling, then you have something that is fur bearing.
6. NEVER POINT YOUR GUITAR AT ANYONE Your instrument has more power than lightning. Just hit a big chord, then run outside to hear it. But make sure you are not standing in an open field.
7. ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CHURCH KEY You must carry your key and use it when called upon. That's your part of the bargain. Like One String Sam. He was a Detroit street musician in the fifties who played a homemade instrument. His song "I Need A Hundred Dollars" is warm pie. Another church key holder is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin' Wolf's guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty making you want to look up her dress to see how he's doing it.
8. DON'T WIPE THE SWEAT OFF YOUR INSTRUMENT You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.
9. KEEP YOUR GUITAR IN A DARK PLACE When you're not playing your guitar, cover it and keep it in a dark place. If you don't play your guitar for more than a day, be sure to put a saucer of water in with it.
10. YOU GOTTA HAVE A HOOD FOR YOUR ENGINE Wear a hat when you play and keep that hat on. A hat is a pressure cooker. If you have a roof on your house the hot air can't escape. Even a lima bean has to have a wet paper towel around it to make it grow.

Help find all the surviving music gear shops in the world

I'm always talking about my name and citysake Tom Bugs, but his cool stuff always sells out within hours of being announced. Meanwhile, Squarewave Parade have a shop full of cool-looking things, like the Safeplace - a $59 handmade metal shaker with a contact mic inside it and a tone control on the outside, the Mole - a $229 filter based on the MS20, Downgrade - an analog pseudo bit reducer and Parade - a $44 kit with a circuit board and various pots, which is six squarewave oscillators to tweak together.
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Hip Hop girls

Hip Hop girls

Have you seen a rap music video that does not have a beautiful and sexy lady? Guess not. There is actually no meaning of watching a rap music video or a hip hop video that does not have a sexy lady showing her moves. The artists know it, directors know it, producers know it - in short, everybody knows it. Therefore, in most of the rap videos, sexy ladies appear to make the videos attractive. The ladies of such are known as hip hop models. They are the heart of the videos. They are the souls. Other names of hip hop models are eye candy, video vixens and hip hop honeys; the models are as catchy as the names suggest.

Not only in rap videos, hip hop models appear in magazines, calendars and other forms of media, giving pleasure to the men of all age. You may be a teenager or an old man; it does not matter; hip hop girls will burn down yours eyes, your heart, your pulses and your feelings. After watching a video, if you feel that you should watch it again, it means, the hip hop girls did a great job there.

Hip hop models have sweet bodies, sexy acts and eye catching body shapes. In the modern world of attractiveness, hip hop girls make huge impact in selling products, promoting businesses, popularizing music videos etc. Some hip hop models only focus on print media such as magazines and calendars while some only appear only in the hip hop videos.

Hip hop models actually appear in the videos just to show, what they are capable of. They use the music videos as their launching pad and as a way to get noticed so that they can pursue a career in entertainment industry. If they do well in the initial video, directors from all over the country contact them to sign up for the next movies of TV shows. The better the moves, higher the rate!

Over the last few years, the hip hop modeling industry has become popular and complete. Trainers are available now, who teaches the moves a hip hop model needs to make during the videos. Agents are also there to take care of the new models as well. As it has become a complete industry, more and more ladies are coming to test their luck as a hip hop model. As a result, you and I are watching sexy videos, when ever a hip hop or a rap song is seen on video channels.

However, some people of the mainstream say that hip hop models basically represent negative subservient images. Some critics also accuse hip hop models for causing falsification of the mainstream models. Well, who cares what they say? Believe it or not, many established mainstream models and movie starts started their career as hip hop models. Eva Mendes is one example. She did couples of rap videos before she got a chance to prove her merits in the mainstream media. Look, where is she now. Credit to : Dwayne6699 Adams6699