Welcome readers first of all let me introduce myself my name is Matthew White I have recently set up a website called “Rock And Metal Domain” its a website based on rock and metal music.

Not just rock and metal but all types of rock and metal music such as thrash, speed
metal, death metal, and hardcore.

There a various sections of the website that might interest you we have the “news
section” that gets updated on a regular basis the news section contains news about
all the things happening in the rock and metal world such as band news, new album
releases and various rumours.

Next we have a section called “Bands Of The Week” this section contains some of the
best metal and rock bands that I hand pick each and every Wednesday and post
them on my site there are also links to there websites so you can check out there
music.

Next there is a section called “Artists” this page contains many different Rock and
Metal bands in the industry today it also contain detailed descriptions of there work,
Track listings and links to there official websites the section also contains mp3
music
samples so you can sample some of their music work there is also a link to a site
where you can purchase there albums at a affordable price you just click on there
album covers.

Also on my site there is a section called “Hot Links” this generally contains links to
other music related sites i.e. mp3 music

There you have it so why not check out my site you can find my site at:
http://www.rockandmetaldomain.co.uk/

Thanks

Matthew White

If you are one of the thousands of people in the country that are beginning to get crazy about karaoke, this will help you pick the best karaoke music out there. In a can, karaoke music is a music file that has no voice so people can sing along with it.

People love singing, whether they are professionals or newbies, singing is a really great way to release stress and have fun. If you are new in the karaoke craze, you must be thinking about the things that you should sing or do in order to sing well. Singing is not really as hard as it seems, most karaoke machines can even change the pitch and tone of the music to suit your voice quality. To help you out, here are some tips that you can follow to find the best karaoke music fit for you.

The standards

Whether you are singing in a bar or in your own living room, the standards are the best songs to start with. The reason for this is they are the easiest to sing. This type of music is usually pop songs and slow. Most Karaoke CD’s contain music for the standards genre since most beginners prefer it. Aside from this, these songs are usually so popular so you can follow the lyrics and the tone easily.

The divas circle

Intermediate to advance singers prefer this type of music. This really takes an effort on the singer’s end. Usually this karaoke music is filled with love songs with all those high pitched bridges. However, the main point of singing in karaoke is the enjoyment that comes with it. If you think you have the guts to sing these songs, just enjoy the moment and don’t think about what people will say.

Rock and alternative

Most young male karaoke singers prefer this type of music. This genre usually consist songs from rock and alternative bands. Men prefer this type of music since they can easily identify with them. From old school rock namely the doors to something new like Maroon 5, these songs can really get you in the groove and enjoy the moment.

The classics

It’s impossible that you have never heard a Frank Sinatra song inside a karaoke bar. The people who love this type of music are usually the older ones. However through karaoke music younger people are starting to appreciate these songs that are no longer played in the airwaves. Singing the classics is usually easy, but you have to make sure that you practice its phrasing first and you have heard the original score. Most classics have a way different tone and pitch with the popular songs today.

What type of music to sing

This is entirely a personal choice. Singing is a very personal enjoyment, if you feel like singing any song that you like; don’t feel the pressure of not being able to sing it well. Karaoke singing was primarily made for enjoyment and not to compete with people. And if you are a really karaoke enthusiast, then you should try different type of karaoke music as much as you like. Sometimes you would not know that you appreciate a certain type of music until you listen to it and sing it.

Karaoke has been so popular that it has included every major type of music in its play list. If you frequently go into a bar to sing in a karaoke, then you should look for the diversity of the bar’s play list so you can enjoy more. If you have your on karaoke machine in the house, then it’s best that you try different genres and experiment on your own voice quality. Remember, the main point in karaoke singing is the enjoyment, so pick up that microphone and start singing your heart out.

Stephen Kreutzer is a freelance publisher based in Cupertino, California. He publishes articles and reports in various ezines and provides Karaoke resources on http://www.yourkaraokeguide.com

If the latest news flow from several countries is to go by, UK may soon find itself way behind other countries in 3g broadband development. Italy is now all set to join the league of countries with a super fast mobile broadband network.

Telecom Italia, in collaboration with the Sweden based Ericsson has been working on a 28 Mb mobile service and expects to launch the service in the next few months. Milan residents will be the first to experience the service this June. The rest of Italy will follow in the second part of this year.

The announcement follows similar news from Australia, with Telstra, the Australian telecommunication company declaring the commercial launch of a 21 Mb mobile broadband service for its business customers and a general release expected in April this year.

The Italian network is yet to announce the price of their service, but going by the steep price being charged for the Australian service, there is reason to believe that the Italians too will have to pay a little extra to avail the service.

Ericsson, which is employing its network expertise in the Italian network, is also at the forefront of the HSPA technology. The network will incorporate a novel technology, Multiple Input and Multiple Output, which makes data transmission reach much higher speeds by using multiple antenna branches. This allows for a greater download speed to the end user. In reality though, as any broadband user will tell you, the end user speeds hardly ever attain the theoretical maximum. This is usually because the actual speed is determined by various local factors like the weather, network traffic, and distance from the transmission tower.

Start using the 305 Garmin GPS gadget, and it will soon become your indispensable training partner. The 305 Garmin package includes a heart rate monitor, a Garmin CD, a docking cradle, expander strap, charger, and a manual.

Whether you are biking, hiking, or jogging among skyscrapers, the 305 Garmin system will keep track of your surroundings. The GPS antenna wraps around your wrist, and ensures excellent reception wherever you are. The unit is comfortably light-weight. No calibration is needed, making it a pleasure to use.

The 305 Garmin GPS system doesn’t limit you to one sport. It is easy to switch between your different interests, without resetting the Garmin. The system is even waterproof, and will survive submersion for up to half an hour in one meter of water.

If you aren’t quite in form yet, you may need to take a break along the way. The Auto Pause feature allows you to stop, and resume training once you’ve managed to catch your breath. While the 305 Garmin keeps track of your movements, the convenient ANT wireless heart rate monitor keeps tabs of changes in your heart rate.

The 305 Garmin Training Center CD reports your workout results in an analysis detailing everything from speed, distance, and pace, to calories burned. Customize the screens to your liking, and monitor up to 12 data fields. With the software included, targeting and meeting personal goals is done with minimal effort.

To keep things interesting and challenging, consider choosing a virtual partner for a bit of competition. Another possibility the 305 Garmin GPS system offers, is that of joining forces with MotionBased.com and TrainingPeaks.com for additional training assistance.

This company understands that the best GPS systems are those that are simple to operate, with concise manuals. The 305 Garmin has been designed to have you up and running in no time at all!

For more information visit Best-Gym-Equipment.com

Rika Susan of Article-Alert.com researches, writes, and publishes full-time on the Web. Copyright of this article: 2006 Rika Susan. This article may be reprinted if the resource box and hyperlinks are left intact.

I’ll never forget it. Several years ago I was on my way to see KISS in concert (first time seeing them with makeup, I might add) with a good friend of mine. She was interested in music as I was; she had taken piano lessons for ten years or so. Inevitably the conversation during the drive turned to music…all different aspects of it.

We got to the subject of what exactly music instrument lessons really teach you, and I asked her a very simple theory question: “What is the chord spelling for a minor chord?” (in case you are wondering, the answer is 1, flat 3, 5…more on this in later articles).

I was shocked to find out that she had absolutlely NO idea what I was talking about.

I tried to explain to her the basic theory behind this question, but see seemed to get more confused as we went. I just could not understand how someone that had taken lessons for ten years could not have the slightest inclination as to what she was playing. She stated “all I ever was taught was how to read music - what notes on the page corresponds to what key on the piano”.

This simple conversation had shown me how important it was to at least have some sort of understanding of basic music theory. I know…there are many, many guitar players and musicians out there that are perfectly happy with their level of knowledge ( my brother-in-law has been trying to learn guitar for the past year simply to be a chick-magnet).

I guess my point is this: going beyond the chord books and scale charts and guitar tab and standard music notation is this living, breathing “thing” that you can’t really appreciate until you “get into it”. I have found that once you get the urge to develop more knowledge about theory, it can be hard to stop. Granted, everyone has a level where they are comfortable…but you would be doing yourself and your music a dis-service by not trying to get to that point. It kind of struck me as sad that I would never be able to jam with my friend and be able to yell out “follow me - play a 1-4-5 12 bar blues in ‘E’”.

Do I know or claim to know everything about theory? Absolulely not…but I am comfortable with the level I am at. I can sit in with any rock back and hold my own. Now jazz on the other hand…I know I would have to do some work. But you know what? That’s OK!

By the way (just in case you were wondering)…the concert was AWESOME!!!

For years, you have been searching for a song lodged in your brain that is driving you nuts. Unfortunately, you have forgotten both the song title and the artist and all you remember are a few words. Don’t you wish you could just name that tune once and for all so that you can get on with your life??

Below is a simple yet surprisingly effective procedure for naming that tune when all you have are a few song snippets and some hazy memories. Your search will draw from the voluminous Usenet archives which contain one of the largest repositories of searchable song fragments on the Internet.

1. Write down the most unique words and phrases of whatever song fragments you can remember. Jog your memory by brainstorming on the following: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
   • The “who” could include the singer, the person(s) to whom the song is addressed, the subject of the song (e.g., as in a ballad), or any other person, animal, fictional character, or even cartoon character. Tip: If you can remember any first names, surnames, nicknames, titles, and proper nouns, you may already have an important clue as to what the title of your “mystery song” could be.
   • The “what” could include any material objects, ideas, concepts, or events that may be central to the theme or otherwise contribute in some way to the story line. The possibilities here are endless, e.g., relationships, phone numbers, first dates, current events, modes of transportation, symbolic objects, the supernatural, anatomy, flora and fauna, food and beverages, drugs and alcohol, etc. (you name it).
   • The “when” could be the time of day, a season, a day of the week, or a year.
   • The “where” could be a city, state, or country, a street address, a locale, or a direction (e.g., East, West).
   • The “why” could be an expression of love, a social commentary, or a lament about a relationship gone sour.
2. Try to remember other words and phrases that stand out in any way, e.g., colors, descriptive adjectives, acronyms, numbers, greetings, foreign language words and phrases, sets of rhyming words, and incongruous, nonsensical, or bizarre phrases (e.g., “Crystal Blue Persuasion”).
3. Pay special attention to any repeating words and phrases as may occur, e.g., in a chorus or refrain, as they often point directly to the song title.
4. Verify correct spellings (names can be especially tricky) and also allow for all possible alternate spellings and misspellings as often found in Usenet postings. Here are some alternate representations of some words often found in pop tunes: tonight/tonite; love/luv; going/gonna; want to/wanna; night/nite; out of/outa; you/ya, u; and/’n. Also, for words ending in “ing” an ending apostrophe (’) is often substituted for the ending “g.” (To cover all bases, try searching on a word both with and without its ending “g.”)
5. Right click here (to open in a new window) to access the Google Advanced Groups Search form. Enter the word “music” and up to 9 words in the “with all of the words” field. (Tip: To get as many search results on one page as possible select “100 messages” for number of results to display.)
6. If your initial search results look hopeless, cut and paste your word set in the “with at least one of the words” field, leaving “music” in the “with all of the words” field.
7. If you are getting too many hits and your song is not on the first page of search results, narrow your search using any of the following methods as appropriate.
   • Remove any unnecessary “OR”s in the search box at the top of the first page of search results. (To be systematic, shave off one “OR” at a time starting with the ones that are between those words about which you are most certain.)
   • If you find a group of words that occurs as a phrase in your song, enclose it in quotes.
   • Sometimes, certain common words such as “I,” “a,” “was,” and “in” may be ignored in a Google search, even when the entire phrase is enclosed in quotes. In case that happens, just repeat your search with a “+” sign in front of any word that was ignored the first time around.
8. Repeat Step 7 as necessary. It is generally best to experiment with one permutation at a time. As you try different combinations, this will further jog your memory and you can weed out any words you discover to be incorrect.
9. If your first word set does not pan out, try a new set or change one or more words in your original set (e.g., see the tips above on alternate word spellings).
10. Repeat Steps 5-9 until you find your song (hurray!). If you have no luck with Google Groups repeat your search on Google. Good luck in your song search!

Amy Gold

(c) Copyright 2005, allbutforgottenoldies.net

Amy Gold is the webmaster of http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/. Visit her website where you can search and browse thousands of song titles from 1960-1975 with links to audio clips. Her website also has interviews, RSS feeds, and many tips and resources of interest to oldies music collectors and other music hobbyists.

On-line gambling web sites are mainly regulated through the agency of 3 structures. They are OSGA (the Offshore Gaming Association), the IGC (Interactive Gaming Council) and the Fidelity Trust Gaming Association FTGA.

The Offshore Gaming Association is a self controlling body that currently keeps checks on the thriving offshore sports gaming business, their duty is to also give sports betting lovers an avenue to easily distinguish honest internet organizations to play games of destiny on, without anguish. The agency aims to champion the rights of consumers, also they charge no membership expenses. The agency are a highly well-qualified and non-biased third party agency that pronounces unbiased opinions, based around your comments, unbiased study, conversations, prompts and additionally supplies industry information.

The Interactive Gaming Council are a non-profit-making council. The administration was established to allow a platform for concerned individuals to discuss points and also to advance collective matters in the multinational web-based betting industry, in an effort to establish conscientious and also level headed trade codes and practises which strive to heighten client faith in internet gambling commodities and utilities, also to assist as the gambling industry’s global strategy adviser and the IGC also offers an information hub.

The IGC have built up a name for honor, equity and also credibility on account of the rigid ethical standards it presents, also its appeal to ethical concerns. The Interactive Gaming Council monitors offshore sports betting via using an extraordinary ten step operating process and also charges gaming business enterprises fees for featuring their logo. Disgruntled gambling devotees may additionally recount any of their grievances to the IGC.

Online Sportsbetting

The FTGA has been established in a venture to compose a standard to upgrade the policies of machine-accessible gambling business concerns. The authority believe that by conducting business with respectable companies, they are able to found a union of the fairest and most professional internet gaming companies world-wide. There are establishments which keep an eye on the conduct practised by computer accessible betting and which should in time help to assuage any trepidation held by a few bettors. Computer accessible betting websites are now actually dependable, now that personal data should not be necessary and in addition the payments not to mention the betting odds should be as uniform and fair as in a traditional Vegas-style wager. These internet sites diminish travel expenditure, but still maintain the fundamental ethos, only nowadays you are enabled to game in your own home.

Choosing electric guitar pickup replacements is a common decision made by guitar players. Even the beginning player knows that having sub-par pickups is going to affect the sound that your new or old guitar produces. When someone purchases a guitar that isn’t very expensive, it usually comes equipped with pickups that are either poor quality, or not to the taste of the consumer. For this reason, you can order or purchase many different pickups from many different companies to best suit the sound you desire.

Many vendors offer a wide variety of pickups for all types of guitars. Some of the main types of pickups are single-coil, humbuckers and acoustic. The single-coil picks are usually seen on the popular Fender Stratocaster. The Stratocaster is not the only guitar that carries this style of pickup. Thousands of other guitars use these as well. The one main difference between a Stratocaster and another guitar using single-coil pickups is the company that manufactures them. Fender offers top quality single-coil pickups to purchase even if your “Strat” did not come equipped with the ones you were wishing for. It is probably best to try out different guitars on the same amp to see what the best sound is for you. The single-coil pickups usually have a vintage tone, with more noticeable feedback. Fender does offer pickups that have less feedback though. Some guitars use up to three different pickups at once.

If you are searching for a more powerful tone, grabbing some humbucking pickups is the best choice. Such companies as “Seymour Duncan” and “Dimarzio” offer pickups for a wide range of guitarists. There are humbuckers for anything from a blues sound to a heavy crunch sound. These manufacturers have descriptions on whether the pickups produce a high pitch tone, or a warm, bass sound. To obtain these sounds, the pickups are loaded with different magnets, screws and wires. There are vintage sounding humbuckers as well, usually seen on the “Les Paul” style guitars by Gibson.

Acoustic guitars only require one small pickup and the variety is not as wide. Acoustic guitars don’t have nearly as many pickup choices due to the fact you are just trying to amplify the sound of the acoustic guitar and not change the acoustic tone. The three major types of acoustic pickups are soundhole pickups, soundboard transducers and undersaddle transducers. The soundhole pickups generally make your acoustic guitar sound and look more like an electric guitar. These soundhole style pickups normally sound less like the unplugged acoustic. Soundboard transducers are the most natural sounding of the three. Although they are more prone to feedback problems, they give you the more authentic sound. That just leaves the undersaddle transducers, which are less visible than the other types. The undersaddle style has a more natural sound than the soundhole pickup but is used for finger picking and light to moderate strumming. Strumming too hard, or using a heavy pick can cause the undersaddle transducer to produce an awkward sound.

After brief introductions to all the different types of pickups available today, you should have an easier time choosing which pickup or pickups suit you best. Just remember to do at least a little research before spending your hard earned money and experiment until you make a decision you will never regret.

Michael Russell

Your Independent guide to Guitars

When the practicing “blahs” strike, you just need an attitude adjustment. You don’t have to sweat blood to practice well. You don’t even have to think of it as work, or duty, or even something that you ought to do.

Stop a minute and think about it. You like music, and you want to play some special piece that really means something to you. You want it to sound through you - right through your fingertips.

Okay? Well, you practice it to fulfill that desire, not to frustrate it.

Pause here and ask yourself some questions:

What if you could look at a piece of music for the first time, and play it correctly straight off, just as fine as you please?

How would you feel about practicing then?

Or, what if you were practicing for the Olympic swim meet next year, and felt deep down that you had a chance? How would you feel then about the training? Would you plunge into it each morning?

What if you were interrupted at a good point in yesterday’s practicing? What if you had just about broken through a tough spot when you had to stop? Would you want to get back to it today as soon as possible?

You answer those questions, honestly, for yourself. There are ways to say “YES!” every day.

But, first, you’ve got to stop blaming yourself. You don’t have to be perfect every time. You don’t have to be the best player, today. And you don’t have to listen to what other people say about your playing - people who are only half listening, and don’t care the way you do.

Put all that out of your mind. What matters is your desire to play as well as possible.

Just start with playing - one note after another, and keep going. As the Chinese say, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first, step.” And, if the very first step leads to the first slip, be glad for it. You can’t, repeat, cannot learn without mistakes!

Now, start to think more personally about your instrument.

The piano, like the guitar, is a “touchy” instrument. Touch it, and you both produce and color its tones, like a potter molding clay. Think of the keys, all gleaming white, as the “skin” of the piano; you can either please them or hurt them. Stroke them, and the sound will come out mellow and purring. Poke them, and the sound will either “bark” sharply or woodenly “thud.”

Stop thinking of yourself as playing “on” or “at” the piano. Rather, think of the instrument as an extension of your own body. When an artificial leg is fitted to an amputee, he is then taught to walk with it. Gradually, it feels more natural - more like his own leg walking. The French call the keys “les touches,” or “touch-points” - as if the keys, not you, were doing the feeling.

Every musician wants to personalize this instrument. Take a look at the vocalist who hugs his guitar, or without a guitar, woos his microphone, or, without a microphone, simply woos the audience?

Every musician seeks to make his instrument an extension of his own body, the tool he or she needs to put across the strong feelings he as for the music.

Nadia Boulanger, one of the greatest teachers, put it best: “Don’t speak to me of talent; speak to me of desire.”

Go to the piano or keyboard not to reproduce a piece, but to experiment with your best way to bring out what is there. There is no one right way to play a piece - no matter how loudly some people protest that there is.

Artists in fact, vary greatly, and audiences return again and again to hear the same piece, as played by pianist X or pianist Y. You simply cannot play a piece twice the same way. Try it!

Here’s how to practice an exercise or a song:

Six quietly, upright and relaxed Hear the music in your head: hear it better than life. Sense its movement and pulse rolling through you, turning and adjusting your own pulse, you are the prime “instrument” of this music - sitting there alert, tuned by silence, vibrating to is rhythm, lending it your own life entirely.

As you feel the music filling you, heart and soul, you will know that it is getting ready to be born.

When it has stirred you, lift your hands to the keyboard. This is the reason you wanted to play in the first place: to bring alive what has already moved you. And, suddenly, by centering your focus, you’ve turned practicing from a duty into an attraction.

Copyright 2006 RAW Productions

Ron Worthy is a Music Educator, Pianist and Songwriter. He offers online instruction that focuses on Rock, Pop, Blues, Cocktail, R&B and “Smooth Jazz” piano styles. To Download Your FREE Piano Lesson Video, go to: http://www.playpianotonight.com/VC.html

Knowing how to choose the right guitar and how to identify a bad one will save you from countless headaches, not to mention finger aches. Also, choosing the right acoustic can be tough, especially these days, when there are so many styles to choose from.

Acoustic guitar bodies come in basically the same shape, with some variations, but they do vary in size, colour, wood-type, style, and extra features. You can even buy an acoustic guitar so small that fits into a hiking backpack.

The most common type of guitar in use today is the folk-style of guitar. This is the guitar you will see played around most campfires and parties, and is the one found in most music groups, church choirs, and in the corner of most homes.

Guitars come in a very wide range of prices, but when it comes to instruments, in general, you get what you pay for, especially when you buy new. There’s a difference between getting a bargain and buying cheap.

But whether you buy new or used may be determined by many personal factors, and each has their own pros and cons.

Buying new, gives you a warranty and, hopefully, a return period, if for some reason you’re not totally satisfied with your purchase, or something goes wrong.

Under ‘normal’ circumstances, a used guitar can usually be purchased cheaper and has already gone through its “break-in” period.

Commercially built guitars are usually mass manufactured. “Custom-made” guitars are exactly that. They are custom built and tailored to your specifications by a highly skilled guitar maker.

Prices for a custom-built guitar vary considerably, depending on the skill level of the craftsperson you contract the job to, but, as a rule, they are generally quite higher than a commercially built guitar of “similar” quality. Each custom built guitar is unique and therefore hard to compare in price to a commercially built guitar.

Understanding some of the parts of a guitar will definitely help you when it comes to the Pre-Purchase Checklist.

BODY: This is the part with the sound hole in the front. It is where the strumming is done, and it can vary in size. The actual size, shape, type of wood, coating, and general build of the body also affects how the guitar will “sound”, whether it’s a rich and warm sound, or a thin and ‘twangy’ sound. The body tends to be the part that also gets scratched, damaged, and generally banged-up the most.

NECK: This is the long piece extending from the body and ends at the ‘head’ of the guitar where the ‘Tuning Heads’ are, also known as ‘machine heads’. The strings travel from the ‘Bridge’ on the body, across the sound hole, along the ‘Fret Board’, which is attached to the front-side of the neck, and finally arriving at the tuning heads where they are wrapped around tuning posts. The tuning heads are then turned by hand, which then turns the posts, making the strings tighter or looser, thus affecting their ‘tuning’. Necks tend to warp and twist if not looked after, or if the guitar is left propped against a heat source.

BRIDGE: The Bridge is normally located on the front of the body, by the sound hole, and on the side of the hole opposite to the neck. The strings are usually fed through the bridge first before they cross the hole and travel up the neck to the tuning heads. The bridge is like an anchor-point for the strings. Metal bridges are best, but on most acoustics they are either hard plastic or wood. Bridges have a tendency to crack and split over a long period of time.

FRET BOARD: The fret board is glued to the front of the neck. This is the part you press the strings onto to make chords or play individual notes. Because it’s glued on separately, a fret board can be made of a wood that’s different from the neck.

The strings travel over the fret board and the distance they are above the fret board makes a difference to the playability of the guitar. If the strings are too far above the fret board, then they will be hard to press down, making the guitar hard to play.

When a beginner plays a guitar, initially his or her fingertips are very soft and need to be hardened. A guitar with the strings too far above the fret board, also known as having a ‘high action’, will cause the player’s fingers to hurt so much that they are likely to put the guitar away in discouragement and possibly stop playing altogether.

STRINGS: Acoustic guitar strings, come in a wide variety of ‘flavours’. They can be made out of nylon, brass, steel, or a combination. Nylon strings are usually only found on Classical guitars and Student guitars, because they’re easier on the fingertips. They have a rich, warm sound to them.

Strings sets come in different ‘weights’, or sizes. Strings that come from a package marked ‘Heavy’ are usually quite thick in size and sound “beefy”. Strings that are light, or extra light, are very thin and usually have a brighter sound to them, but are also quieter sounding than heavy strings.

String choices are purely personal taste. Light strings are easier to press than heavy strings but also sound quite different. The more often strings are played, the dirtier they get. If a cloth isn’t run over and under them, from time to time, the sound becomes very dull.

No matter where you buy your guitar, if you know what to look for, and spend a little extra effort in your search for that ‘perfect’ guitar, not only will your fingers thank you, but also your ears, and all those who will come to join you around the campfire, or even go to see you in concert. Who knows?