Saturday, July 5, 2008
Why Every Guitar Player Should Learn the Ukulele
The ukulele is generally seen as an instrument for kids to learn on before they graduate to guitar. However, the truth is quite different. I played the guitar for over ten years when I first picked up a ukulele - more out of curiosity than anything. Since then, not only have I become a complete ukulele addict, it has also made me a better ukulele player. I'm absolutely convinced that any guitarist would improve their playing by learning to play the ukulele. Here's why.
Improved Chord Knowledge
There are only four strings on the ukulele, so there's a tendency amongst ukulele players to make sure that every one counts. Most guitarists are quite happy with three-note major and minor chords. Since I started playing the ukulele my knowledge of how chords are formed and how they can be manipulated to create new and interesting sounds.
Use More Interesting Rhythms
So often guitar chord parts are just strumming up and down in a 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & pattern. Ukulele playing, on the other hand, has much greater emphasis on techniques such as triplets and syncopated rhythms.
I don't think I've ever heard a guitar player discussing a picking pattern. But ukulele players are forever comparing different finger combinations, rolls, split strokes and fan strokes.
All the Greats Play Ukulele
What connects Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Brian May, George Harrison and Dick Dale? As well as being the greatest guitar players who ever lived, they are or were all ukulele players. Some of their ukulele playing made it onto record. Pete Townshend on Blue, Red and Grey, Brian May on Good Company and George Harrison on The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
If those guys all found the ukulele helpful, then I doubt there's any guitarist who is too good for it.
It Sparks Your Creativity
After making five albums with Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder was hit by writer's block. The guitar didn't inspire him any more. So he picked up a ukulele and wrote Soon Forget. Writing this song kick his song writing back into gear and the song went on to appear on Binaural.
Just a slight change in instrument can give you ideas you might never have had otherwise and get you excited about playing again.
I'm convinced that the ukulele has resulted in a huge improvement in my guitar playing. I'm sure it would do the same for you.
Al Wood writes about the ukulele and has guidance if you are looking to buy a ukulele. Or stick to the guitar with Fender guitar spare parts and Gibson guitar spare parts.
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Lakeland, Florida Revival Bizzare Revival? Charisma Editor Lee Grady's Caution & Warning Of Revival
Charisma editor Lee Grady takes a conservative & cautious look at the Lakeland, Florida Revival.
On May 14, 2008 Charisma's editor stated "honest questions" & concerns below. Thereafter I give my thoughts and admonition to Grady and Charisma.
Grady: "...But as the noise from Lakeland grows louder and its influence spreads, I'm issuing some words of warning..."
Davis: "What you call 'noise' Lee is the roar of the young lions breaking forth in the earth with the zeal of the Lord. They may not speak, dress, act, or maneuver according to the clever dictates of professional men within Christendom, but they possess faith that works by love which casts out fear and throws caution to the wind."
Grady: "'Beware of strange fire. The name of Jesus is being lifted up in the Lakeland revival, and three people came to the altar for salvation the night I attended. Larger numbers have come to the front of the auditorium to find Christ every night since then."
Davis: "If the name of Jesus is being lifted up in Lakeland, we need not worry. If man's name is being lifted up, let us beware. The two services I attended in Lakeland, Todd was careful to exalt & uplift Jesus. Should his heart, manner of ministry & focus change the glory will leave. God doesn't share His anointing with carnal & vain men. When God's glory leaves, the people will as well. As long as both are present, let us rejoice in the risen Christ."
Grady: "Yet I fear another message is also being preached subtly in Lakeland-a message that cult-watchers would describe as a spiritual counterfeit. Bentley is one of several charismatic ministers who have emphasized angels in the last several years."
Davis: "Cult-watchers should not be our concern, as they are not discerning themselves. True discernment begins with awakening to that which is good (Hebrews 5:14), not merely hunting that which is evil (see Romans 16:19). When we are enamored with evil, we ourselves become evil. We become what we behold (see 2Corinthians 3:18). Ultimately we attract & attend to what we ourselves are, as our perception leads to our personal detection & projection."
Davis: "What a man or minister did several years ago, need not have any bearing upon what they believe or do today. Shall we ask what you did several years ago? A person's past does not have to dictate their future. As for angelic visitations, these are common throughout Scripture. We should seek God, not angels. Yet should the Lord choose to send an angel to answer our prayers, we should not limit the holy one of Israel."
Grady: "...Paul was adamant that preoccupation with angels can lead to serious deception."
Davis: "Agreed, heard, understood & acknowledged."
Grady: "We have no business teaching God's people to commune with angels or to seek revelations from them. ...We need to remember that Mormonism was born out of one man's encounter with a dark angel who claimed to speak for God."
Grady: "Beware of bizarre manifestations. ...where do we draw the line between legitimate experience and fanatical excess?"
Davis: "Christ never called 'we' His disciples to 'draw lines' but to love and lift people. Jesus said let the wheat and tares grow together. The Lord Himself can remove the weeds and pluck up that which He has not planted" (see Matthew 13:30; 15:13). To my knowledge Bentley isn't teaching 'God's people to commune with angels,' neither to seek them."
Grady: "...Paul called for discipline and order ...In other words, Paul was saying that no one under the influence of the Holy Spirit should act out of control."
Davis: "The apostle Paul said 'let all things be done decently and in order' (1Corinthians 14:40). Before trying to harness, discipline, and order a move of God; first let it flow and 'be done' before endeavoring to structure and order it. Grady and Charisma can write about revival, but until they can birth and do revival they should not criticize, nor seek to contain it."
Davis: "People under the influence of the Holy Spirit respond in innumerable fashions. Since where the Holy Spirit there is liberty (2Corinthians 3:17), people can respond to God freely and don't need Grady's permission to do so."
Grady: "In many recent charismatic revivals, ministers have allowed people to behave like epileptics on stage... such behavior feeds carnality and grieves the Spirit."
Davis: "What feeds carnality and grieves the Spirit is the arrogance of men like Grady who fight a move of the Spirit rather than supporting and birthing one. Casting out demons and healing the sick is not always pretty to the professional eye."
Grady: "...emotional euphoria doesn't guarantee a heart change. ...When we put bizarre behavior on the platform we imply that it is normative."
Davis: "Being a Christian critic and unbelieving believer doesn't produce a heart change either. A heart of unbelief breeds evil and causes people to depart from the living God (see Hebrews 3:12)."
Grady: "Beware of hype and exaggeration."
Davis: "Beware of embracing an evil heart of unbelief and becoming a Pharisee who knows the Scripture, but not the power of God" (Matthew 22:29).
Grady: "The church is in a backslidden state and our nation has rebelled against God."
Davis: "Perhaps you and Charisma magazine are as well. Yet if you will rend your hearts and go hard after God with humble desperation, the Lord of life will revive you with the power of the resurrection."
Grady: "In our longing for a holy visitation, however, we must be careful not to call the first faint breeze of the Spirit a full-fledged revival. If we do that, we are setting people up for disappointment...."
Davis: "Instead of trying to label and name a revival, call out for it in prayer in your own life. I find no disappointment in revival, only in those who try to deny and restrict it."
Grady: "Some of the language used during the Lakeland Revival has created an almost sideshow atmosphere. People are invited to "Come and get some." Miracles are supposedly "popping like popcorn." Organizers tout it as the greatest revival in history."
Davis: "According to your faith, be it unto you (Matthew 9:29). Better to go to God's show than Hollywood's. Better to get 'some' of God's glory than dead religion. If Charisma and Grady don't like 'some' than let them change the name of their magazine to Jesus instead of promoting their 'some' and new 'someone' on the cover every month."
Grady: "Let's stay humble and broken before the Lord ....miracles and crowds alone don't guarantee a revival. ...It was the few disciples who followed Jesus after Calvary who ushered in a true revival-one that was bathed in the fear of God, confirmed by signs and wonders, tempered by persecution and evidenced by thousands of conversions, new churches and the transformation of society. We should expect nothing less."
Davis: "Thanks for providing the persecution Lee. We're almost there! Now, please teach us humility and brokenness. Perhaps you can match the commitment of Mormons to go overseas for 2 years to birth a true revival of your own. Until you can win as many souls, birth as many churches, and transform societies be quick to hear and slow to speak. As Jesus said the fruit speaks for itself (see Matthew 7:20). I pray we all keep our hearts and eyes on Jesus. Beware of trying to steady the ark or seeking to straighten the flow of God's Spirit lest you be swiftly judged (1Samuel 6:6-7; Micah 2:7). If this revival is of men, it will cease and be brought to not (Acts 5:38). If however it is of God, it shall continue unhindered full force with signs and wonders as God confirms His holy Word with power (see Mark 16:20; Hebrews 2:4).
Paul F. Davis an international minister & author of "God vs. Religion"; "Supernatural Fire"; & "Waves of God"
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Winsor Pilates Review - Learn The Truth About Pilates
With Winsor Pilates being one of the top fitness programs worldwide, its reviews have been excellent.
Most experts believe it will be a long time until another breakthrough comes through the fitness industry that changes the industry so dramatically.
Since Winsor Pilates reviews have been so excellent it has attracted a substantial amount of clients including top Hollywood stars and it has created a whole market of books, videos, DVDs which show different versions of the training methods.
The core of this article will focus on a review of Winsor Pilates contrasting the popular conditioning, shaping and body workout method.
As with any fitness program, there is positive and negatives and this article will attempt explain both the positive and negatives of Pilates, which I have found in a review of the method.
Many of the Winsor Pilates reviews I found were highly positive. However, on rare occasions in my research I have found some negative reviews as well.
Positive Winsor Pilates Reviews
Many of the people who I found that did a positive Winsor Pilates review provided informational proof that the Pilates methods really worked for them.
Many of these people blogged about it and included photos and testimonials that the Pilates training helped them lose weight become more fit and healthier.
In addition, in many of the positive reviews people would state the challenges they faced and how much fun it was to overcome those challenges with Pilates. Most of the people would end their positive review with the declaration that Pilates changed their life.
In the positive reviews of winsor pilates the most talked about spots of improvements were the tights, back, abs and legs. All of these areas were normally mentioned but most people claimed Pilates provides a total body workout.
Some positive Winsor Pilates reviews also made the claim that Pilates was much deeper than just physical. It was also psychological provide them with a sound mind that allowed for greater concentration.
Negative Winsor Pilates Reviews
Why they were much harder to find, there were some negative reviews on Winsor Pilates. Some of these reviews focused on the fact that purchasing Pilates equipment can be an expensive endeavor.
In addition most negative Winsor Pilates reviews also talked about how you needed to purchase a DVD or Video or take personal training to really learn the method. These people seemed unhappy that they could just not learn it by reading.
Lastly, a few of the negative reviews sighted that it takes time to learn the Pilates methods and they were looking for a quick fix to loose weight, which Pilates did not provide.
In the end even the negative reviews seem to end on a positive note that they believed that Pilates worked, but they just had a false expectation.
If you would like to read specific reviews of Winsor Pilates methods visit: Winsor Pilates Review
Video Downloads Future Threatens Internet and Hollywood
The technologies of television and the internet are converging. This trend has been obvious for ten years. The rapid adoption of HDTV is currently driving the growth. Most customers of a fine video system want to take advantage of the associated benefits, including high definition audio, and merging their computer systems with the theater.
The primary forces impacting this trend include internet capacity constraints caused by video download demand, property rights of the movie producers (and the technical solutions), and an analysis of the who is likely to reap the financial windfall from it all.
Do We have the Internet Bandwidth to Support Downloaded Movies?
According to Google, the popularity of video downloads, especially High-Def downloads, could overwhelm internet bandwidth capacity. Services such as YouTube (owned by Google) are problematic, and new developments could create even more problems.
Joshua Danovitz, general manager and vice-president international for TiVo, said the issue of download limits differs in each country. In the United States and Asia, where bandwidth capacity is still available, users have few constraints (though not truly unlimited), while other countries, including Canada, ISPs are restricting users to some degree. The problem will only get worse with the increased popularity of video downloads. Currently, more than half of internet bandwidth utilization in the United States is peer to peer, and most of that is video download.
Time Warner said that it was going to start testing a new rate plan in Beaumont (Texas) that would limit the amount of bandwidth each customer can use each month before additional charges applied. New plans would offer between 5 gigabytes and 40 gigabytes of download a month. The top plan would cost roughly the same as the company's highest-speed service ($50 and $60 a month).
Time Warner wants to test bandwidth limits to crack down on a minority of customers who are heavy downloaders. Only five percent of Time Warner's customers use over half of its total bandwidth.
Bell Canada has imposed bandwidth limits on its customers. Bell Canada charges as much as $7.50 for each gigabyte when customers exceed the 30-gigabyte limit on a plan that costs about $30 a month. Since the average high-definition movie is 4 gigabytes to 5 gigabytes, that would mean a charge of at least $30 a download for customers on a plan like that who were over their limit.
On more expensive plans, the over-limit charges at Bell Canada are as low as $1 a gigabyte. That would represent a $4 to $5 charge for an HD movie for people over their monthly limits. Standard-definition movies are typically 1 gigabyte to 2 gigabytes.
A lot of the movies are not downloaded from authorized vendors.
Property Control (reference: Downloaded Music)
One fifth of U.S. citizens have pirated a major film and two thirds of this group have downloaded a film at least monthly. 80% of overall movie downloaders use unauthorized services to get their movies for free, as opposed to using a legal solution. The RIAA and MPAA have already resorted to legal action against thousands of U.S. citizens.
If we assume a parrellel path with the audio recording industry, then the business implications are huge. MP3 players have now been around for about 10 years. Audio CD sales are down about 15% last year, 20% in 2006. The best estimate is that only about 42% of music acquisitions being paid. NPD (a retail tracking group) estimates that one million consumers "dropped out of the CD buyer market" in 2007, a trend led by teenagers, 48% of whom did not purchase a single CD in 2007.
Thomson is exploring methods for preventing bootlegging by the covert camcorder user. The company's technique involves inserting "artifacts" (extra frames, flashes of light, pixelated grid patterns, etc.) into the movie before it's shipped to theatres. The idea is to mark a camcorder recording without degrading the images moviegoers see.
The artifacts exploit the differences in the way a human brain and a camcorder receive images. In the technique that's furthest along, extra frames with the words like "Pirated Copy, You Are Scum" are inserted into the frame. These warning words appear at a frequency too fast for the human brain to process, but they will appear in a camcorder recording.
From a technical standpoint, it is probably impossible to completely prevent users from making copies of the media they purchase, as long as a "writer" is available that can write to blank media. The basic technical fact is that all types of media require a player. The player has to be able to read the media in order to display it to a human, then a player could be built that first reads the media, and then writes out an exact copy of what was read.
In practice, almost-perfect copies can typically be made by tapping into the analog output of a player (e.g. the speaker output or headphone jacks) and, once redigitized into an unprotected form, duplicated.
Since these basic technical facts exist, it follows that a determined individual will definitely succeed in copying any media, given enough time and resources. Media publishers understand this; copy protection is not intended to stop professional operations involved in the unauthorized mass duplication of media, but rather to stop "casual copying".
Copying of media which is downloaded (rather than being mass-duplicated as with physical media) can be inexpensively customized for each download, and thus restricted more effectively. They can be encrypted in a fashion which is unique for each user's computer, and the decryption system can be made tamper-resistant.
Publishers of music and movies have turned to encryption to make copying more difficult. CSS is a form of copy protection that uses 40-bit encryption. Copies will not be playable since they will be missing the key, which is not writable on DVD-R or DVD-RW discs. The work is encrypted using a key only included in the firmware of authorized players, which allow only legitimate uses of the work (usually restricted forms of playback, but no conversion or modification).
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act would make it illegal to distribute unauthorized players was supposed to eliminate the possibility of building a DVD copier. However, encryption schemes designed for mass-market standardized media such as DVD suffer from the fundamental weakness that once implemented, they can never be changed without breaking the standard. Manufacturers have been prevented from enhancing their DRM technology until recently, with the release of next-generation media such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. This period represents more than enough time for the encryption scheme to be defeated by determined attackers. For example, the CSS encryption system used on DVD Video was broken within three years of its market release in November 1996 (see DeCSS), but has not been changed since, because doing so would immediately render all DVD players sold prior to the change incapable of reading new DVDs. This would not only provoke a furious backlash amongst consumers. More recent DVDs have attempted to augment CSS with additional protection schemes. Most modern schemes like ARccOS Protection use tricks of the DVD format in an attempt to trip up pirating programs, though it is noted that any scheme must stay within the bounds of the DVD Video format, limiting the possible avenues of protection and making it easier for hackers to learn the details of the scheme and find ways around it.
HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, attempt to address this issue. Both formats employ the Advanced Access Content System (AACS), which provides for several hundred different encryption keys, each of which can be invalidated should one of the keys be compromised. Revoked keys simply will not appear on recorded discs, rendering the compromised players useless for future titles unless they are updated to fix the issue. For this reason, all HD-DVD players and some Blu-ray players include an ethernet port, so that they can download updates. Blu-ray Disc goes one step further with a separate technique called BD+, a virtual machine that can execute code included on discs to verify, authorize, revoke, and update players as the need arises. Since the protection program is on the disc rather than the player, this allows for updating protection programs within BD's working life by simply having updated programs included on newer discs.
The Rich Get Richer
Everyone from Apple and Microsoft, and smaller companies such as TiVo and Netflix, are marketing their version of the "digital living room". Since the software is the most challenging (read value add) component of these systems, the author believes companies with a track record of success in the software arena are likely to end up on top.
These home theater systems are basically PCs designed to be connected to home theater systems. One benefit is the ability to access and use all your home media files in the living room, on the big screen. These systems have been poular for dire hard enthusiasts, but are only now becoming mainstream.
Microsoft
Windows Media Center (included on premium editions of Windows Vista, Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate) is critical in Microsoft's vision of the digital lifestyle that the company aims to push as a standard of entertainment for consumers. This in the context of the intimate connection between the Windows client and Windows Media Center, but also because of Microsoft's strategy focused on connected entertainment.
With the addition of a TV tuner card, Media Center can play back and record TV shows from a High-definition TV, Digital Cable (1080i Premium HDTV), standard antenna, cable, or satellite signal.
Like TiVo, Windows Media Center allows fast-forwarding through commercials of recorded programs. Some users deliberately wait 10-15 minutes to start watching a program in the live buffer so they can fast-forward through the commercials and catch up to "live TV" by the end of the program.
Commercials can be skipped automatically (not supported by Microsoft) by installing external plug-ins like DVRMSToolbox or Lifextender.
The problems that Microsoft Vista has experienced are well documented, but buggy software has never prevented Microsoft from dominating other software applications.
Our Recomendation: use XP MCE until Vista gets the bugs worked out.
Apple
Owners of the Apple TV set-top box are able to rent movies directly from their living rooms and begin watching them within minutes. "It will do for movies what iTunes has done for music," said Michael Gartenberg (JupiterResearch).
Apple will offer about 1,000 movies, 100 of them in high-definition. The new service will also offer movies from all the major studios. That's a big step, Apple has also tried to make Apple TV easier to use.
Apple faces more competition than it did when it launched the iPod. There is Sony, with its PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray disc players, and Comcast, which plans to offer 6,000 movies on demand each month, including more than 3,000 in high-definition.
Even the local Blockbuster has a larger selection of videos for rent than Apple, said John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates, a market research firm focused on emerging technologies. And instead of worrying about a movie expiring within a day of starting to watch it, as with iTunes, Netflix customers can hang on to movies rented from its service for practically as long as they like, Barret added.
Should Apple's product prove popular, cable providers are likely to start integrating similar features into their set-top boxes.
Summary
It is likely that at least 3 main players will emerge over the next 5 years. It's a good bet that Microsoft and Apple will be competitive.
Since the product life of this type of system is 5-8 years, if you are in the market now, you can judge the winners on your next purchase. There will always be rationales for waiting. If you are building a World Class Home Theater, procrastination is not an option.
About the Author: Brian Bradshaw is a Certified Technical Specialist (InfoComm CTS). Areas of expertise include Audio, Video, HDTV, Satellite Systems, Computation, and Communications. He has a communications technology business in Plano, Texas (Dallas). More information can be found at his Website.
How to Organise a Gig or a Live Music Event - the Budget
Three times in the last month Ive been asked the question, what do I need to do to organise a gig? In reality, when this question is asked it can mean several things: How do I find a venue? How do I sort out the PA? How do I get an audience? And so on.
But there is a stage before all of this: the budget. I would suggest that the moment you start thinking about organising an event you should write a budget. This budget spreadsheet informs you of most things that you will need to consider and will also show you the risk, projected profit and the breakeven point. A sample spreadshhet is available to download from this address http://www.josaka.com/features/2005/Organise-A-Gig/Event-PandL.pdf
If the budget numbers dont look like they are working perhaps the event is not the right thing to be running. If you dont like the level of risk, perhaps you arent cut out to be a promoter.
So the start point is a spreadsheet. This should include all costs and all incomes. The key headings for costs should include: performer cost, PA, lighting, venue hire, marketing, box office costs etc. The income is likely to be largely ticket sales but dont forget the opportunity to add a sponsor to the event.
The spreadsheet will help you work out the breakeven point for the event i.e. how many tickets you need to sell to cover all costs. Every sale beyond breakeven is of course profit (exluding any box office commision). The added bonus of creating an event spreadsheet is that helps define all the key tasks to be performed.
The realisation of the forecasted numbers becoming actual figures suggests that all parties have got the deal they were looking for or agreed to. The sample speadsheet also illustrates that everyone else involved in the gig is largely earning a fixed fee and therefore the only person taking a financial risk is the promoter.
So if you are thinking of organising a live event I coomed you to work on the numbers first. This will help ensure you deliver a great show and have control over the money.
Kevin Harrington is the founder of josaka http://www.josaka.com the site that supports live music in Berkshire, UK. He is also director of marketing for Arkade http://www.arkade.com the mp3 distribution business.