Thanks to everyone who submitted ideas in last month's Mad Science contest. The question called for your best idea for using Sugru, a temporarily malleable silicone modeling clay that self cures for a soft-touch permanent bond. It's a marvelous product for at-home quick fixes and for even making some cool DIY bumpers and grips for your electronics. William scoured through all of the comments and chose the two winners he felt best deserved a pack of Sugru.
Products with dual capabilities make life easier, allowing us to carrying around one less electronic device. The PlayStation Portable does just that. You not only have hours of entertainment with hand-held games but can store music for on the go as well!
Finding a venue, planning a music tour, promoting a concert and working with other musicians are a couple aspects of touring that are discussed in this free video series that will ensure that your band is ready to hit the road before the tour begins.
In these lion dance video instruction clips, learn about the music of the Southern style Chinese New Year Lion Dance and how it influences and directs the ceremony. Listen to the cymbals and drums as the Buddha puts the lion through its paces, taunting him with his fan. Learn how the different instruments create emotional soundscapes related to the narrative of the lion dance. Get an in-depth look at Chinese lion dance drum music in this video series, a thousand years in the making.
In this series of online video tutorials you'll learn how to use Reason 3.0 music recording software. Expert Jerus Arte demonstrates how to use the program, from installing it on your computer and setting it up with the right preferences, how to control the master volume, and how to use features like the NN-19, the NN-XT, the Dr, Rex loop player, and the Redrum machine. He shows you how to use effects like the compressor and reverb, and how to mix down your song into a format that can be burn...
You’d like to be strong and supportive for your wife in the delivery room… if only your knees would stop knocking. Keep both of you from freaking out with these tricks. Watch this video to learn how to stay calm when your wife is in labor.
If it's all you can do to drag yourself through the day, why not increase your stamina with these time-honored techniques. Watch this video to learn how to boost energy naturally.
Self-recording and mixing music today is easier than ever with programs such as Apple's Logic Pro 8. Mix any piece of multi-track music easily and quickly with tips from an experienced studio engineer in these free recording videos.
It is cheaper than ever to create your own music easily at home on your computer. Learn how to use the Apple program Garage Band; learn to create, edit, and mix your own music in this free instructional video series.
Reason is one of the music industry leaders in digital recording software. Learn how to use Reason Music Tools recording software from a music recording expert in this free video clip series of tips.
In this video series, watch as computer, internet and software expert Matt Nichols teaches how to use BearShare to download music. Learn the basics of BearShare software, how to download BearShare, how to install BearShare, how to search for songs to download, how to download music, how to get a monthly subscription to BearShare, how to use the playlist, how to burn CD's using BearShare, and how to use BearShare for social networking. File-sharing is a great way to learn about new music and s...
In this video series, watch as expert piano player Ryan Larson teaches how to play classical music in the Key of G.
Whatever your musical interest is, in these free accordion playing videos, learn all about this amazing instrument. Our expert will show you the part of the accordion and how it works, and he’ll inspire you with several songs, styles of music, and types of accordions and concertinas you can play. Take my word for it: after you watch these video clips, you may find yourself scouring eBay for a gently used squeezebox of your own.
Katie Liesener shows us how to read sheet music and scores. Part 1 of 15 - How to Read sheet music notes & scores.
In this instructional video series, learn how to read piano sheet music for yourself. Our expert will walk you through a step-by-step tutorial that covers such basics as which notes to play with which hands, what key signatures mean, how to interpret the rhythm of the song, and how to sight read without knowing the song.
Unlike most Western music that is based upon the singing of words, Hindustani vocal music is based upon the practice of singing notes. These notes make up Ragas, which are the basis for Hindustani music. These videos will show you some of the more popular Ragas that are often sung in Hindustani vocal music, as well as teach you some of the different techniques that performers use to spice up these Ragas.
If you have a natural ear for music and have perfect pitch, then tuning any sort of instrument, including the guitar, is probably not a problem for you. But for the rest of us, a piano or a pitch finder is necessary to make sure our guitars are in tune.
Katy Perry's music video for "California Gurls" was irresistably cute and fun - so well done, in fact, that we won't be surprised if we see half the girls dressed up as Katy with her cupcake boobs this Halloween. But before you decide which outfit you want to wear from the video (the candy dots dress? The cupcake boobs?), make sure you get her makeup spot-on.
In this video, we learn how to improve the quality of movement in a tango dance. Focus on the connection with the other person, the music, and connecting with the body as you are dancing with the other person. Be very strong and heavy into the ground as you are dancing and very light as you are moving around. Do a strong walk and make sure you are in touch with the rhythm but also make sure your body moves lightly around the dance floor, like it's effortless. Keep your body in contact with th...
Hikaru Utada is a drop dead gorgeous Japanese pop star who isn't afraid to take chances with her makeup. Though she plays it safe with neutral eye and lip colors when she's just walking around town, for music videos she amps up the volume and goes for a sexy feminine look.
In this tutorial, we learn how to add iTunes songs to Movie Maker without a CD. First, open up Windows Movie Maker, then click on the narrate timeline icon. After this, change the audio input source to "wave out mix". Make sure the input level is set at its lowest. Then, leave Windows Movie Maker open and open up iTunes. Find the song you want to import, then create a playlist if you would like. From here, drag your songs onto Movie Maker and then press play. Once you do this, you will be abl...
Want to play guitar like the great B.B. King? This free video guitar lesson will get you started. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
Learn how to play blues rock guitar licks. In this video, you'll see how to play a couple of Gary Moore licks in the key of B. Regardless of your preferred style of music, if you want to be great, you'll need your head and hands on the same page. And there's no better way to get your head and hands on the same page than to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in video tutorials like this one.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to boost the volume on an iPod Touch or iPhone. Begin by opening the iTunes program and select all the songs in your library. To select all the songs, simply press the Control and A keys. Then right-click and select Get Info. When a window pops up, click on Yes. Now click on the Options tab and set the Volume Adjustment to 100%. Finish by click OK. This video will benefit those viewers who have an iPod device, and would like to learn how to boost the ...
Due to the current bohemian/indie trend in music, film, and fashion, vintage and recycled wares are in high demand and sell like hotcakes in many stores. But don't waste your hard-earned money on overpriced vintage goods when you have the materials lying around the house to make them yourself.
Alicia Keys is gorgeous so she'd look good bald and wearing a trash bag. Knowing this, she revels in taking risks on the red carpet and tends to really push the envelope with her fashion, makeup, and hair.
Let's be honest. Who actually pays for their music these days? Take your internet piracy to the next level and become a certified bucaneer by watching this video on how to get free applications on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
Windows Movie Maker is the PC's answer to iMovie. It is a user friendly, relatively easy way to create and edit movies.
This is a video tutorial that is showing its audience how to perform a dip while doing a hip hop dance. The first step is to push your weight towards your right foot with your knee bent. Then drop down onto your new and then come back up. Next you should practice this while counting. Next you should speed up your dancing. Instead of using a full eight count then this time use a four count. Next you should go in tempo with your move. Keep practicing until you have the move perfect. Finally you...
Iphone is a innovative product from Apple, which can be used for many purposes. Some times even when using different applications and having a collection of music in your Iphone you may still be left with some space on it. Now you can use this space to fill it with other files which are not necessarily supported by the phone. Air sharing is a wonderful application which lets you drag and drop files into your Iphone. You can now browse it from any connected computer in your local network. So a...
The iPhone pc suite is an application that allows you to connect easily to your phone. This video will show you how to download this application, reset your phone and then use your audio and video on your iPod. This is a helpful application and is not too difficult to set up. Some of the possible functions include:
Follow along as we are shown how to make a movie in Windows Movie Maker. -To begin, open up Windows Movie Maker, if you do not have this you can download it at http://www.microsoft.com
This film explains how to count cards in black jack to gain an advantage. Every suit in a deck is said to add or minus up to a count of zero. So the whole deck has a count of zero. There's some synthesized high speed music in the middle while the presenter extracts the spades to show us. Ten to ace have a value of minus one. Seven, eight and nine have a value of zero and the numbers below seven have a value of plus one. The pluses and minuses cancel each other out to produce zero. The numbers...
In this tutorial you are inside a music store. From the beginning you are told stringing a Nylon string guitar is different than other guitars. You start by removing the old string from the machine head. You thread the new string through the head towards you. You will need to loop two times over and under and hold both ends of the string in place. As soon as the string is tight you can bring the end that is in the back over and through the main part of the string. Once the new string is in pl...
This video teaches the secrets of burning a CD from a playlist in iTunes in simple steps. First open the iTunes, click 'File' and select 'new playlist'. Now click 'music' and go to your library to select the songs to add to your playlist. Now click and drag the songs of your wish to your playlist. Insert the empty disc, right-click on your playlist and select 'burn to disc'. Change the options if necessary, click 'burn' and then press 'OK' to start burning your disc.
Do you want to know how to sync an iPod with the XBox 360? You must have an iPod and a XBox 360. Connect your iPod with your XBox with the USB cable. Transfer the files from the iPod to the XBox XBox helps play AAC format as well as MPEG movies. The iPod must be connected to the portable device section. This will help you share movies, music, pictures and other data and you can even copy the downloaded data to your iPod from the Xbox.
This video shows how to download songs from MySpace using the software Gopher. First the software should be downloaded from the site indicated. After the download is completed install the program and head over to the MySpace page where the song can be streamed. Next the MySpace friend ID should be found as indicated and the code should be entered into Gopher. Select the song to be downloaded from the list and save it to your hard drive following the steps of the video closely. Happy downloading!
This video demonstrates the steps to restore your iPhone or iPod Touch to original factory settings. This is a way to undo or repair any damage to your phone caused by downloading unauthorized files or corrupt files. Be aware that this will delete all the files that are on your device including music, pictures, videos and contacts, so use this method when all others fail. First connect the device to a computer via USB and select the device in iTunes as shown. Go to the device's information pa...
This video is a how-to video on how to get over a broken heart using the authors fifteen tips. The video scrolls through the fifteen tips one at a time with encouraging sounding music playing in the background. The segment explains different ways of fixing that broken heart by deleting an ex from your contacts and friends lists to getting rid of those sappy love songs that are on your MP3 player. This video is to help those girls with a broken heart. By using these fifteen tips to get over an...
This short video tutorial presents a step by step method for soldering a wire to a pin of an IC chip.
