Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Hot Apple Pie

Hot Apple Pie

View photos taken of Hot Apple Pie at their show at the Huron Amphitheater on July 29, 2006.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: The Wiring Specifications for an Electric Guitar

The Wiring Specifications for an Electric Guitar

The late 1930s and early 1940s ushered in the electric guitar era. Pioneers such as Adolph Rickenbacher, Leo Fender and Les Paul, famous names to any guitar aficionado, invented circuit designs that led to primitive versions of the instrument. While countless models of electric guitars have been pro

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Remove Beats From Songs on Audacity

How to Remove Beats From Songs on Audacity

Audacity is an open-source audio editing application available free for download. Audacity is very versatile and enables the user to edit audio tracks that are split into channels. Normally, a song includes several channels, with each channel containing a specific segment of the audio recording, suc

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Write a Short Autobiographical Life Story

How to Write a Short Autobiographical Life Story

Writing an autobiography allows you to share your experiences with the world, but it can be overwhelming to try to write an entire book. Writing a short autobiographical story instead of a book gives you the opportunity to focus on a particular experience or to give a general timeline in significant

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Audio Output Transformer Installation

Audio Output Transformer Installation

An output transformer is really the "business end" of an amplifier. It performs the electronic conversion that makes up the amplifier's primary job - it makes things louder. It's the last component in the chain before the signal is sent to the speaker. Other components in the chain balance the input

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: The History Of Rap Music

The History Of Rap Music

These days, rap music is such a significant part of popular culture that it is difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without it. However, the truth is that rap music has only been in the mainstream music market for just over thirty years.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Smart Tips For Ukulele Rookies

Smart Tips For Ukulele Rookies

Ukuleles are becoming increasingly well-known and more young people are drawn to learning how to play this small but great instrument. If you decided to give ukes a chance, then there are a few things you need to know before taking your first strum. Here are a few smart tips for ukulele rookies that

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Some Words on the Two Styles of Music Funk and Disco

Some Words on the Two Styles of Music Funk and Disco

Funk music is a musical style which originated in America in the mid to late 1960's. This musical genre blends together Rhythm and Blues, jazz and soul music into a trendy and danceable style. Nothing sets of a party better than a bit of disco music, the genre which blended together two favouri

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Devices That Can Change Your Voice on a Microphone

Devices That Can Change Your Voice on a Microphone

John Lennon of the Beatles, regarded as one of the best singers in rock, hated the sound of his own voice and was constantly imploring producer George Martin to find new ways to change it. The history of recording is filled with developments to make voices sound better: richer, deeper, larger-than-l

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How To Warm Up a Voice of a Beginner

How To Warm Up a Voice of a Beginner

Warming up your voice is extremely important prior to singing. Would you go into a gym or go for a long run without gentle stretching? Even if you only have five minutes to spare, this is better than nothing. Breathing Exercises It is beneficial to precede the actual warm-up exercises with a few, sp

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Ludwig van Beethoven: A Brief Biography

Ludwig van Beethoven: A Brief Biography

Born in 1770 in Bonn, Ludwig von Beethoven was forced to care for his two younger brothers at the tender age of 16 due to his mother's death and his father's alcoholism. His first works garnered critical acclaim, but unfortunately, his hearing began to suffer shortly thereafter. The situat

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Extract Only Drums in a Song

How to Extract Only Drums in a Song

Digital audio workstations let you record, edit, mix and master your music using a computer. One of the many advantages to digital music production is the ease with which you can separate and recycle audio. For example, you can extract the drums from one song and use them in a remix or even in a com

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: How to Replace an Epiphone Pickup Switch

How to Replace an Epiphone Pickup Switch

Epiphone Musical Instruments is one of the brands owned by Gibson Guitars. It specializes in creating student and beginner versions of Gibson models of guitars. Epiphone instruments are of lower quality than their Gibson counterparts but substantially cheaper to purchase. The pickup switch on an Epi

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Major Brands of Multimedia Speakers

Major Brands of Multimedia Speakers

The article talks about the major brands of multimedia speakers. It states their history in brief and also names some of their popular models.

Society & Culture  & Entertainment: Flogging Molly

Flogging Molly

As we wind our way toward St. Patrick's Day, we have the photos from two weeks worth of Celtic and Irish punk rock.