Books & Music

Horror Writing - Ten Cliches to Avoid
By Wliliam Meikle · 17 years ago
For anyone thinking about writing in the horror genre, there are certain situations that, over the years, have been done so often that the audience knows exactly what to expect. Using any of these is ...
A Short Explanation of Classic Detective Fiction
By Chris Haycock · 17 years ago
Classic detective fiction is the type of fiction that really makes a reader focus on the pages. These types of stories are not generally very gory or bloody as such stories can be today, but ...
Bookend Beginnings
By Alan Beggerow · 17 years ago
Bookends are first and foremost an item of function. A bookend’s only reason to exist is to be placed at the end of a row of books to keep it from falling over. While it ...
A Brief History Of The Resonator Guitar
By Joe Stoebenau · 17 years ago
Spurred on by the popularity of Bluegrass and acoustic Blues music, the resonator guitar is enjoying a renewed popularity. While the Gibson Musical Instrument Company® currently owns the copyright to the Dobro® name, it is ...
12 Tips for Ward Choir Conductors
By Natasha Young · 17 years ago
1. The selection of the music is one of the most important things a director can do to make singing with the choir a worth while experience. Since ward choirs are made of amateurs and ...
Paul Potts The Best New Music Talent Of 2007
By Andrew Conway · 17 years ago
He looked like an unlikely star when he took to the stage in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. But as Paul Potts began Nessun Dorma for the judges of the Britain's ...
Audio Book Rental Clubs Review - Getting Your Membership Started
By Madonna Jeffries · 17 years ago
Do you love books but somehow never have the time to sit down and read them? The introduction of audio book rental clubs means that there are no more excuses - you can listen to ...
A Retrospective Look at Every Ozzy Osbourne Album
By Richard Jackson · 17 years ago
Another Ozzfest, another album, and another year of the Ozz-Man is in the books. No one can argue with the fact that Ozzy Osbourne is an icon. I like to call him "The Johnny Cash ...
A first lead guitar lesson
By Andrew Webber · 17 years ago
The very first thing I think any aspiring lead guitarist should learn is the major scale. This should be learned to cover the entire fretboard. Learning just one position of the major scale just won't ...
The Exciting World of How To Books
By Brian Bees · 17 years ago
When asked, most people will respond that a How To book has something to do with home repair, home improvements, or something like that. How to paint your house. How to make a garden. How ...
Lead Your Organization in Ideal Ways to Make More Beautiful Music
By Donald Mitchell · 17 years ago
One person can only accomplish so much. No singer, no matter how well amplified or reproduced, will sound as good as a chorus of singers backed up by appropriate musicians. The same lesson is true ...
Audio Books – Not Just for the Blind.
By Harry Rackers · 17 years ago
All my adult life I have been listening to audio books. And I am not even blind! Let me tell you how come, and why I love this form of reading. To pass my exams ...
Country CD Sets
By Anand Dongre · 17 years ago
A CD set is a precious collection of music, videos or films that are one of its kind. When you lay your hands on the popular CD set, what you have with you is collection ...
CD and DVD Covers as an Art
By Adrian Larrsen · 17 years ago
It all began with the rise of the music industry in the latter part of the 20th century. Popular music started hitting the charts of each continent and so did the demand for albums that ...
Forbidden Dances-their impact on the dance scene
By David Bird · 17 years ago
Have you heard of the term, Forbidden dance? Do you know how these dances have affected the current dancing scene? I will be writing about the most popular Forbidden dances that have influenced dances throughout ...
Album Cover Design
By Adrian Larrsen · 17 years ago
What makes a good album cover design? Is it the graphics, the photographs, the layout or the text? Whatever it is, the visual impact is what these elements try to consider. Excellent graphics, well-conceptualized layout ...
A history of French dance music
By Matt Crook · 17 years ago
If there is one sound that has come to represent something about quality in today’s dance music industry, it is the French sound. You can’t go to a club today without hearing those distinctive filters, ...
Album covers have become a necessity in today's music industry
By Adrian Larrsen · 17 years ago
Album covers have become a necessity in today's music industry. A common fixture in today's album before getting into the song collection itself, album covers, not only protects the cd or dvd inside the case, ...
Learn guitar online- tips for choose a great online guitar program
By Matthew Cook · 17 years ago
Playing the guitar, as you probably all ready know, has become a very popular hobby all over the world. Many young people are interested in playing the latest songs and possibly even starting a band ...
Learning to play guitar online or offline, which is right for you?
By Matthew Cook · 17 years ago
Are you interested in learning to play guitar? Are you considering taking private lessons or possibly learning online? Many people never learn how to play guitar because they cannot afford private guitar lessons or simply ...