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Perpetuum Jazzile: a Slovenian choir that performs both jazz and popular music.
Perpetuum Jazzile: a Slovenian choir that performs both jazz and popular music.
It isn't a new gadget, but the EyeClops Mini Projector still makes a great stocking stuffer for Christmas Day. It's great for kids to play with, but for techies— it's sure to be something fun to hack and mod this holiday season.
Popularized by artists like Son House and Skip James, Delta blues is not only one of the oldest forms of blues music, it is among the most stylistically distinct and technically rewarding to play. In this video guitar lesson from YouTube user deltabluestips, you'll learn how to adapt Delta blues-style technique for Rolling Stones style right-hand playing. While this lesson is geared more toward intermediate and advanced guitarists, this means beginning players merely have all the more to lear...
This interactive Kodak EasyShare camera tutorial takes you through every step necessary to set picture quality. If you have a Kodak EasyShare digital camera, you're going to need to know how to do this important step in maintaining your camera. Let Kodak teach you how. It's easy to setup the photo quality, the size of the image, the resolution, and is basically the same on all Kodak EasyShare digital cameras. Set picture quality on a Kodak EasyShare camera.
What's the next best thing to being an official scientist? Being a non-official one. A new website called Science for Citizens helps you find the science experiment of your dreams, hook up with the scientists involved, and actually take part in the experiment itself. Here are some examples of what you can do:
Choosing the right axe for you There are many choices and factors when it comes to buying a new electric guitar. Price, style, quality and comfort are major players.
Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to to create an armband that projects a touchscreen interface directly on to your skin. The best part? Skinput knows which part of the body you've tapped, based on the sound that's matched against skin, muscle or skeleton.
You don't need a 30,000 or even 3,000 dollar camera to shoot high-quality fashion photographs. A regular point and shoot and a lighting umbrella are all it takes to take quality images. Watch this video photography tutorial and learn how to take magazine quality beauty headshots with a point and shoot camera. Take top fashion photos with a point and shoot camera.
Have you ever tried to do work in a completely silent room? Not only is it nearly impossible, but it also makes me feel like I am doing something wrong. The headline might seem counterintuitive, but it really does work. Background noise is a friend to those looking to concentrate. Music is usually my go-to when I am trying to get a bunch of work done and want to be super productive. It's kind of like a poor man's Adderall. But many people, myself included, can become distracted by lyrics, esp...
Here is a step-by-step video guide on how to create your own homemade pop filter for your recording microphone, using easy-to-find materials. A pop filter is used to prevent popping sounds while recording. Most pop filters range from $15 to $80. This particular pop filter costs much less, and you can make multiples of them.
We've seen the talented Diego Stocco's music from a tree and experibass. YouTube's Julian Smith now brings us something equally unusual. The combined sounds of an old Jeep Cherokee (slamming doors, pushing door locks, revving the engine, setting off the door alarm, etc) make a techno song.
Tim Hawkinson is an artist who truly inspires. The Los Angeles based artist creates complex, whimsical sculptures with simple mechanics and basic materials. One of his most notable pieces is the art-world-renowned "Uberorgan", a giant football field sized, fully-automated bagpipe, cleverly constructed with plastic sheeting and pieces of electrical hardware.
Need to record narration for a PowerPoint presentation. Watch this video to learn how. Adding narration to PowerPoint presentations is easier than it sounds. You can record your voice to narrate your slide show and then link to or embed the sound file to your presentation. This video shows you the steps. Record narration for a PowerPoint presentation.
If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to learn than with MusicRadar's so-called "Tuition" instructions. Although the title tuition is misleading, this video class is anything but costly, because it's free, right here. Whether you're looking for help with your voice, bass, electric guitar, drums, guitar effects, piano, Logic Pro or production techniques, Music Radar is here to show you the way.
If you're a musician in need of some lessons, there's no better way to learn than with MusicRadar's so-called "Tuition" instructions. Although the title tuition is misleading, this video class is anything but costly, because it's free, right here. Whether you're looking for help with your voice, bass, electric guitar, drums, guitar effects, piano, Logic Pro or production techniques, Music Radar is here to show you the way.
It's more addictive than Angry Birds, perhaps as relaxing as transcendental meditation, and satisfyingly simpler than GarageBand. It's Otomata, a newly programmed generative sequencer designed by Batuhan Bozkurt, a Turkish sound artist, computer programmer, and performer. But really, it's best described as an audio/visual music toy that anybody can play online—with beautiful results.
Tired of getting calluses from incessantly strumming along to 'No Woman No Cry'? Just hook up to the brain-music system and use your brain power to play a tune instead. I'm not talking—humming along in your head. The machine, created by composer and computer-music specialist Eduardo Miranda of the University of Plymouth, UK, is composed of electrodes taped directly onto your skull that pick up tiny electrical impulses from neurons in your brain and translates them into musical rhythms on a co...
How to produce strange noises using your mouth and throat. Guttural Noises
While digital samplers have their merits, they're predictable in a way that can cause them to sound stiff or sterile. The solution? A return to the analog, tape-based samplers of yesteryear, which, with their inherent mechanical noise and euphonic distortions, offer a more musical take on the sampling process.
Sometimes, the volume buttons on a MacBook can be pretty annoying. It's too loud, so you turn it down one notch, and now you can't hear your movie at all. It's too low, so you turn it up one notch, and now you can't even hear yourself think.
If you like your breakfast on the go, then breakfast wraps (or burritos) are the way to go. And if you want restaurant quality, you don't have to actually go to the restaurant— you can make them at home! This amazing wrap covers just about every food group: eggs, sausage, potatoes, cheese, onions, black beans and two heart-healthy oils. Okay, it doesn't have fruit in it, but you have to admit, it's got everything else. And, by the way, it tastes incredible. Make restaurant-quality breakfast w...
Warning: don’t buy or install underdrive pulleys on your car until you watch this video! They show you which quality brands to go with and why low quality pulleys can cause problems with your Mustang (or any car for that matter). Install underdrive pulleys in a 4.6L Mustang.
If you are using, or plan to use Camtasia Studio 5 software to record screencasts, you definitely want to check out this tutorial. It covers the options to optimize your recordings so you get clearer video, smaller file sizes, and other enhancements like removing black bars, and dealing with camera video. Get the best quality & smallest file size in Camtasia.
Ever wonder how to get the audio file out of your favorite dvd? Find out how to use AoA Audio Extractor to extract audio from a video file. Video quality is poor on this demonstration. Extract sound from a video file in AoA Audio Extractor.
A practice amplifier can be just about anything, but by definition it’s probably not something you are going to gig with.
Yep, it's just as yummy as it sounds. Mix it up in more ways than one by putting a sophisticated spin on tacos and use some new meat while you're at it. Wild boar is delicious and nutritious. This video will show you how to cool wild boar tacos with peppers and squash. Cook wild boar tacos with peppers and squash.
What qualities do you feel a successful manager should have?" This quick video covers what you need to know for answering this tough interview question. Watch this video to find out how to best answer the question. Answer interview questions about manager qualities.
Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for a cold air intake, make your own version for your car. Cold air intakes can free up about 4 horsepower to the wheels, increase fuel economy, increase torque and make your engine sound better. All you need is a mass airflow sensor adapter, some metal pipe, couplers, and some clamps to hold it all together.
Who could resist a gummy bear? Those rubbery little candy creatures shaped like a bear are just too cute and too delicious to pass up. If you can't get any enjoyment out of those gelatin-based confectioneries, then you're simple not human. Even scientists love them, but not for their seductively sweet properties...
Who knew that a thin, innocent piece of paper had so much potential for creating loud and annoying sounds? This video will teach you how to make a paper popper in only three easy steps that will allow you to make loud noises over and over again, scaring friends, family, and pets. No non-paper materials required. Make paper poppers in three steps.
Learn how to encorporate the barking Hi-Hat effect in your drumming. Drummer Darren Matthes gives an excellent breakdown for when to hit the cymbal, when to close it, and how to add this sound into a variety of beats. Play barking Hi-Hats.
There are a lot of important things to keep in mind when you’re recording a kick drum. It seems like it’d be as simple as putting a mic in front of the drum, but there is so much more! Here are some quick tips on recording and mixing a good kick drum.
First you are going to need some big speakers. Then you need to record the sound of a car accident. Now hide the speakers near a busy crosswalk. Turn up the volume and wait for people to cross the street.
Check out the winner from Beyond the Still's Chapter Two: Job Security. "Job Security" written & directed by Josh Thacker.
Fantastic reissue of this all female punk group from Switzerland. Formed in the early 80's, this was their first single released on their own label Farmer Records. Now Portland's Mississippi Records has finally released this obscure classic. Their sound is a cross between punk and twee pop. Catchy melodies with sing along choruses, upbeat tempos, thumping bass lines and noisy post punk guitars. Very much in the same vein as bands like the Shop Assistants (whom they toured with), Kleenex/Lilip...
SQLyog is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the popular Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) MySQL. In this Dreamweaver 8 video tutorial you will learn how to create a database with SQLyog. It sounds complicated, but it really isn't. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Create a database with SQLyog and Dreamweaver 8.
Once you already have a keyword-researched name, it's time for you to register your domain in your favorite registrar/web hosting service—Godaddy, America Registry, Asia Registry, etc. You can definitely register foreign-sounding names, which are most likely not taken, but if you want a name that's rich with relevant keywords, this video can help.