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16 February

Ecole DJ NETWORK - Cours DJ n°7 avec FG DJ Radio / Video DJ / Apprendre a mixer

CONSEIL DJ N°7 : LE CUT Video DJ NETWORK (Ecole de DJ) Au travers de 18 videos, PARIS BARCLAY vous présente différentes techniques DJ. Que vous soyez DJ debutant ou confirmé, l'objectif de ces cours de mix illustrés n'est pas de vous apprendre a mixer mais plutôt de vous aider à réaliser vos propres effets de style ! * L' ecole DJ NETWORK propose : Stage DJ, Stage MIX, Formation DJ et Formation MAO

13 February

Ecole DJ NETWORK - Cours DJ n°11 avec FG DJ Radio / Video DJ / Apprendre a mixer

CONSEIL DJ N°11 : L'ACAPELLA Video DJ NETWORK (Ecole de DJ) Au travers de 18 videos, PARIS BARCLAY vous présente différentes techniques DJ. Que vous soyez DJ debutant ou confirmé, l'objectif de ces cours de mix illustrés n'est pas de vous apprendre a mixer mais plutôt de vous aider à réaliser vos propres effets de style ! * L' ecole DJ NETWORK propose : Stage DJ, Stage MIX, Formation DJ et Formation MAO

10 February

Ecole DJ NETWORK - Cours DJ n°2 avec FG DJ Radio / Video DJ / Apprendre a mixer

CONSEIL DJ N°2 : LE REVERSE Video DJ NETWORK (Ecole de DJ) Au travers de 18 videos, PARIS BARCLAY vous présente différentes techniques DJ. Que vous soyez DJ debutant ou confirmé, l'objectif de ces cours de mix illustrés n'est pas de vous apprendre a mixer mais plutôt de vous aider à réaliser vos propres effets de style ! * L' ecole DJ NETWORK propose : Stage DJ, Stage MIX, Formation DJ et Formation MAO

7 February

Ecole DJ NETWORK - Cours DJ n°5 avec FG DJ Radio / Video DJ / Apprendre a mixer

CONSEIL DJ N°5 : TRANSFORM Video DJ NETWORK (Ecole de DJ) Au travers de 18 videos, PARIS BARCLAY vous présente différentes techniques DJ. Que vous soyez DJ debutant ou confirmé, l’objectif de ces cours de mix illustrés n’est pas de vous apprendre a mixer mais plutôt de vous aider à réaliser vos propres effets de style ! * L’ ecole DJ NETWORK propose : Stage DJ, Stage MIX, Formation DJ et Formation MAO

1 February

Ecole DJ NETWORK - Cours DJ n°18 avec FG DJ Radio / Video DJ / Apprendre a mixer

CONSEIL DJ N°18 : ACAPELLA + EFFETS Video DJ NETWORK (Ecole de DJ) Au travers de 18 videos, PARIS BARCLAY vous présente différentes techniques DJ. Que vous soyez DJ debutant ou confirmé, l’objectif de ces cours de mix illustrés n’est pas de vous apprendre a mixer mais plutôt de vous aider à réaliser vos propres effets de style ! * L’ ecole DJ NETWORK propose : Stage DJ, Stage MIX, Formation DJ et Formation MAO

25 July

Madame Butterfly: Review of the Opera

Madame Butterfly is an opera written by Giacomo Puccini which is very popular. We strongly recommend opera glasses for this breathtaking opera. The reasons why are about to be shown to you.

The Madame Butterfly opera begins with a United States Naval Officer, one of the main characters named Pinkerton and a Japanese Marriage Broker named Goro. Pinkerton and Goro are looking at a little house with a gorgeous view from the top of a hill overlooking the bay. Pinkerton wants to have the house home for 999 years. His 999 years include being able to cancel the housing agreement.

The wedding ceremony is soon to take place between Pinkerton and Butterfly. A lot of Butterfly’s relatives will be flying in and coming to the wedding. Butterfly’s uncle will not attend the wedding as he is a priest.

The Officer is to marry Butterfly, but does not plan on this as being a lasting marriage. His ambition is to gain the love from every beautiful woman that he meets. Although he did agree to buy the house for 999 years, he chose retain the right to cancel, to be able to leave the home, and the marriage. At this point of the opera, you are about to meet the beautiful Butterfly. Be prepared to use your opera glasses to see her charm and beauty.

Before you have the chance to see the beautiful bride Butterfly, you see the American consul who is with Pinkerton. He asks Pinkerton if he truly loves his bride to be. Pinkerton tries to say yes, but alas he cannot say for sure, but knows that he is mesmerized by her innocence, charm and beauty. He then speaks of having a true wedding with an American bride.

We finally at this point see the beautiful and elegant Butterfly enters the stage. The wedding begins, and the beautiful Butterfly and uncommitted Pinkerton are wed. A party in honor of the event begins, again all members of the family are in attendance. All are enjoying the festivities when Butterfly’s uncle, the priest breaks into the party. He condemns butter fly for her abandonment of her own religion to join her now husbands religion, and curses her. At this, the party breaks up leaving Butterfly weeping uncontrollably.

Butterfly finally gets over the condemnation and curse that she received from her uncle, and remains happily married to her beloved Pinkerton. Weeks turn to months, and she can hardly contain her joy and love for the man of her dreams, she continues to fall more deeply in love with a man that does not love her back. Pinkerton one day receives notice that he is to go on duty as a naval officer; before he leaves he gives Butterfly money, and promises to return as soon as possible.

As act three begins, we come to know that three years have passed since Pinkerton walked out the door for the last time. Butterfly faithfully watches out the window each day to see if his ship will come in. One day as she is watching out the window, she sees a figure that she recognizes walking up the path. No it is not Pinkerton coming up the path, but his good friend that she has known from the beginning as his friend the American Consul. She greets him excitedly hoping that he brings news from her husband. Unknown to Butterfly, the American Consul has been sent to her by Pinkerton to tell her that he has married an American woman named Kate, and that he would not be returning to her ever. Broken hearted, the American Consul Curses Pinkerton, and gives the news so hard to bear.

Destroyed by the news left by Pinkerton’s friend, Butterfly leaves the room weeping, only to return carrying Pinkerton’s son that she has given birth to. Butterfly tells the American that Pinkerton could not leave his wife and son for another woman. After some convincing she succumbs to the fact that Pinkerton did not love her, and is not to return.

The story does not end here, but to find out the end of the story you will have to see Madame Butterfly for yourself. The costumes are sure to amaze, the music cannot be forgotten, and the story riveting. Make sure you don’t forget to bring your opera glasses so that you can fully enjoy every moment.

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9 July

Picking New Pickups For Your Guitar

The sensual and colorful pitch of electric guitars was the most important creation for rock and roll. During the 1950’s, this inclusion of the electric guitar was being tried and then in the 60’s and 70’s, that sound was added to until it was perfected. The gorgeous sound that comes out of an electric guitar is like no other. It is amazing to wonder where music would be today if it hadn’t been for the creation of the electric guitar; a scary thought. A band without an electric guitar is like a child without its mother.

Electric guitars come in different contours, sizes, colors, and designs. Some people have the belief that it does not make a difference what electric guitar you get because they all sound the same. This is is not the case; brand, size, pickups, and neck play a part in the sound that spews from the guitar. Because of this, certain brands of electric guitars have been the choice for decades because of the precision that is put into making them. Although, the largest contributing factor to the sound type is the pickups.

Whether creating a band, jamming solo, or adding some weapons to your band’s collection, you should learn the different arrangement of pickups for electric guitars prior to your purchase. Many stores will be ok with you to try them and can be very helpful in including facts to help one in choosing the perfect electric guitar. Make sure to get an explanation about the differences in pickups. Thetypes of pickups for electric guitars are:

* Single Coil Pickups - This type of pickup has only one coil or wire. This kinds of pickup remains the oldest of electric guitar arrangements. When strumming on single coil pickup, the sound is drowned by other frequencies in the room which result in an unwanted hum. These types of pickups are not often seen today but still the pickup for some very well known musicians because of the blues-like sound they give.

* Humbucker Pickups - This kind of pickup has two coils wherein the unwanted hum of the single coil pickup is killed. Basically, the coil processes two signals: one that the music is letting out and one that eliminates the hum. The actual piece in this arrangement is called a Humbucker which was patented in 1954. The humbucker is the process of two coils.

* Double Coil Pickups - This type in pickups, like in the name, consist of two coils. But, for an unknown reason, guitar players do want the hum sound once in a while so the double coil pickup electric guitars are usually made with a switch that can cancel the second coil.

There are things that go into the sound an electric guitar makes. But, pickups are the sound makers. Other parts such as: neck length, shape, material, frets, and tuners make a difference too but not like the pickups. For years, rock stars have been trying new things in hopes to finding the perfect guitar to make the perfect sound. Rock and roll has changed in some ways but in other ways it has not.

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2 July

Guitar Lessons DVD: Have Fun While Practicing

Educate yourself! No matter what level you are at today, you can be and should be learning more. If you are currently studying with a teacher or enrolled in a music program at a high school, college or university, you are on the right track. If you aren’t doing this (or if you feel that your current teacher is not helping you enough in reaching your goals) I strongly recommend looking for a new teacher.

I prefer to be wise like the Buddha, and take the Middle Path. This is the one I have chosen, and I will describe it for you.

NEVER GIVE UP! Never say can’t. Never say I can’t. Never say someday. Never say if… If your IQ is higher than room temperature, if you have all of your fingers and if you really want to succeed, you can.

You should be able to play all the techniques of the guitar. Van Halen did tapping but not with all his fingers as others have done. He didn’t play finger style much either, but we still regard him as an important guitarist, the same thing can be said for Vai and many others. Classical guitar master John William’s probably doesn’t play well with a guitar pick (I am assuming this to be true, I have no proof of it), but he is considered one of the greatest classical guitarists alive today.

Skills like improvisation, songwriting and playing with a guitar pick or not going to be high on his list of skills to acquire. This is because classical guitarists generally don’t do those things - and don’t need to to be great at what they do. These players are great players in their own ways and they have spent many years developing their skills. Learning everything about guitar playing would have taken away precious practice time from the things they needed to focus on to reach their goals.

Chopin’s natural ability was his ability to improvise. He was the master, but he worked very hard to become the virtuoso pianist that he would later become. Chopin also was the master at small forms, but struggled with large scale forms.

To be GREAT means I have to be BETTER than everybody else. We already touched on this one above, but it is worth mentioning again here. What matters is reaching YOUR goals, not someone else’s goals. Who cares if you are or are not better than someone else? This is not the olympics. Music is the art of expression (or for some people, the science of entertainment).

Now I know I have to work on something very fundamental. I have to work on the behavior of my third finger, and change the way it reacts to it’s neighbor being used, the second finger. If I can get down to the matter with that degree of specificity, that degree of clarity and focus, I am in a position to cause major Vertical Growth. If I can change the way that finger is behaving in that situation, I will see many playing problems I am having in other pieces of music begin to “melt”, and eventually disappear.

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12 June

The History of the Guitar

The guitar is perhaps one of the most recognized musical instrument apart from the piano. What many people dont realize is that this symbol of rock and roll has been around for over 4,000 years, in some form or another.

Origins The first real guitar-like item to be discovered was the tanbur. One of these was actually found in Egypt, near Queen Hatshepsuts tomb. The tanbur was built of polished cedar and had a soundboard made of leather. Though featuring just three strings, it resembles a crude guitar. The tanbur can be seen in the Archeological Museum in Cairo and is about 3,500 years old.

Shortly after the tanbur was popular in Egypt, the lute was developed in Europe. This instrument was made up of a rounded body with a very short neck. Many historians say that this developed into a completely different line of musical instruments and has nothing to do with the guitar, while others claim it does.

What we do know is that there are a number of inventions throughout history around the world that utilized the basic idea of a soundbox body, long fretted neck and varying numbers of strings, including the sitar, setar, and the chitar, a four stringed musical device that was renamed ‘chitarra’ or ‘guitarra’ when it reached Spain.

Early Guitars The original versions were rather stumpy in appearance, with just 8 frets above the soundbox and most had only four strings. These were popular during the 16th century, but by the following century, the instruments had evolved to have six strings and 12 frets along the neck.

During the 1800s, the guitar was in essentially the same form we see it today, only smaller in size. The form of the body was fairly curved. In the 1850s, a Spanish instrument builder named Antonio Torres took the initiative to create a larger body, changed the proportions, and invented the top bracing pattern that gives todays guitars more volume, in a fan shape. However, just a few years later, a German by the name of Christian Frederich Martin designed a version with an X brace. When steel strings began to appear in 1900, the older, fan shaped brace was unable to stand up to the tension provided by the steel strings. Martins design took hold, as it was far stronger and held the guitar together very well, withstanding the far louder steel strings. This version has changed very little in the intervening decades, the design was finally settled.

Altering a Classic Once the basic form was established, people began to come up with their own versions. Orville Gibson developed an arched top guitar with sound holes, Lloyd Loar altered that design further to create the jazz guitar with f-holes, cello tail and a floating bridge.

Then, in the 1920s, the electric guitar was built, without the need for a soundbox since it had electrical pickups. This form didnt become popular for another couple of decades, but then a number of variations were made on this, as well.

The guitar has a long and varied history. Still, it has fascinated people for centuries and we probably havent seen the end of the variations on the basic form.

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3 June

Tips and Tricks on How to Learn Guitar Fast

In today’s modern world, no one wants to spend time doing a lot of things. We are conditioned to have instant gratification. This applies to learning a music instrument. People want to learn the guitar but they want to learn it fast. If you want to be great at the guitar, it will take a long time to learn the instrument but there are ways to learn the basics fast.

Guitar players are very popular nowadays thus many people especially teenagers are interested into enhancing their musical talents. Mastering this art can very much rely on talent. However, if you put your heart into the learning process, you can find it easier to absorb the skills necessary in playing the guitar. Even if you are learning the guitar fast, you will be able to pick it up more easily because you will have a natural talent.

Nowadays, concerns on how to learn guitar fast has been facilitated by vast selection of instructional guides. You can even find systematic guides on how you can achieve the professional level of playing the guitar. Learning the guitar would definitely require you to understand the basics of how to use the instrument. This would definitely relate to handling the instrument while you play such as finger positions and producing simple chords.

The guitar that you will use for your lessons is very important. You should be comfortable in using your instrument of choice so that you can easily apply the ideas that you have learned from the instructional guides. A guitar that can last for a very long time is a great choice when it comes to giving the learning procedure a serious thought. However, if you just need to master a few tricks and only need to have the capacity to play some tunes, renting a guitar is a more plausible option.

Another key factor on how to learn guitar fast is to have someone teach you how to do the tricks. An instructor can help you learn some basic knowledge for you to explore on your own. Most people start their lessons by trying some simple chord patterns and asking out their mentor if they got it right. By this way, you can easily determine the methods that would produce the best sound and are very comfortable for your playing hands. However, you may want to pay your instructor generously in which could be a costly way of learning how to play.

Learning the guitar is hard work but there are many ways to speed up the process. The next time you are looking to learn the guitar don’t get dismayed by the fact it takes a long time. You can learn many of the basics of playing a guitar on your own and at your convenience. This is great for people who don’t have much time. So go get a guitar and start rocking!

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