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What do you talk About in Music Chat Rooms?
Have you wondered if playing a musical instrument is really for you? Or, have you wished you could talk to someone who could help you figure out that guitar riff you are having so much trouble with. What about trying to decide if a career singing is really what you hope it will be. Does your voice play rock and roll or should you consider singing opera. What about wood instruments, do you have the power to blow a flute or a trombone?
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Twelve Top Performers of the Twentieth Century
Music is a difficult field to get into. It is not always how good your performance is that makes you a recognizable performer it is also how popular what you are singing becomes and how your audience views you; the performer. There are many different methods of gaining recognition. There is how well your albums sell, how well tickets to your performance sell; any awards you may win and what lists you get on.
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Top Twenty Record Artists Based on Record Sales
An artist knows their album has done well if it goes platinum. But what exactly does that mean? For an album to go platinum it would have to sell at least one million units. But, as well, it must go through a process of certification to prove that this number of copies have been sold for it to get the award. In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America, known as the RIAA, collects this information.
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When it comes to owning a musical instrument there are diverse styles for different instruments. Guitars may be one instrument that has more unusual types than most others. This is in part because of their great popularity. But it is also because of the imagination of musicians and designers together. Not all of the unusual guitars that you will see are even playable, but they are certainly there to make a statement of individuality.
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Top Seven Reasons Your Music Demo Might be Rejected
The dream of so many musicians is to cut a demo and after sending it around to find that their music has been accepted and they have been offered a contract to record. It may be a dream, but it is very often an impossible one. Whether it’s an independent or a well known recording label the first step is to get listened to. All too often musicians make so many errors with their demos that they never get the attention they may deserve. Here are some of the pitfalls that must be avoided.
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Protect your privacy on online networking sites: govt - News.com.au
BEFORE posting the latest photos of yourself up to no good on Facebook or MySpace , think again - your next employer could be watching. That's the message from the Victorian government, which today released a list of security tips to assist people to
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Facebook, MySpace users warned of cyber crime risk - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Victorian Government has warned users of social networking sites not to post private information online. The Government has released a list of security tips for users of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace in response to the
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Who are traditional media moguls going to call for the next MySpace? - Globe and Mail
LOS ANGELES -- Pop quiz: Name all the breakout digital businesses that have been spawned by the so-called traditional media giants that are not just online offshoots of existing brands. There is, let's see, Time Warner's gossip site TMZ, and maybe
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CNN, Weather Channel win on the Web - Atlanta Journal Constitution
A peek inside the offices of two of Atlantaâs largest news organizations â CNN and the Weather Channel â is all you need to understand the growing importance of their Internet operations. At CNN.com, reporters, writers, editors and producers
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Michaelson anchors all-girl Hotel Cafe tour - AZCentral.com
NEW YORK - The fall leg of the Hotel Cafe tour has gone all-girl. The stint kicks off Oct. 9, with a lineup boasting Ingrid Michaelson, and acts like Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Priscilla Ahn and Kate Havnevik. Pre-sale for the fall tour begins Aug. 19
