The last time I saw a gong, it was in my high school music room, and everyone loved to “play†it when the teacher left the room. But recently, I started dating a drummer, and he has an authentic Chinese gong in his gear room! It’s quite magnificent – it’s made out of [...]
Most of the friends I hang around with are related to music in one way or another. Most of them are percussionists (including me). I have played many instruments like drums, bongo etc. But never did I come across the “tabla drumâ€. However, to my surprise, one of my friends brought a “tabla drum†for [...]
The importance of equine dental care has long been neglected. In the horse world, in general, it is important to emphasize the importance of good horse mouth, teeth hygiene and maintenance.
Dental work always improves the horse’s digestion, and better food uptake means better performance. Over and above that, a surprising proportion of horses [...]
I like to download movies, altought there are some cheap dvd movies that I would open the wallet for. Usually I’ll just buy a 25 pack of DVD-R’s for $10 and burn my own movies. For the most part you can find almost anything online, sure there are some rights issues, but I don’t get [...]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix thus finds its title character on the backfoot for much of its running time, with a select band who firmly believe his story, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Blu-ray very powerful figures who don’t.
The Bourne Ultimatum is the latest film by Paul Greengrass, whose previous two credits are United 93 and The Bourne Supremacy. Probably the best threequel of the summer, The Bourne Ultimatum DVD keeps to the same seamlessly smart, hair-raising action of the first two installments.
It’s been said by our friends, and by our foes: Movies plus cars equals America. Well, car stunts plus a star like Bruce Willis equals a good action movie. A scene like the one in “Live Free or Die Hard” (Die Hard Collection) lets crazy-gifted stunt drivers bend the laws of physics, geometry and adrenaline [...]
At first look, a wedding insurance is just an extra expense. Most couples overlook it because they never thought something almost perfect could ever go wrong. Minus pessimism let us not ignore the unforeseen. Life is not a bed of roses. There will always be curves along the way. So, [...]
A voice actor must be able to accept and deal with constructive-criticism, as well as negative-criticism. If the talent’s voice instructor asks for a different ‘read’ of a script and the talent reads it in the exact same style as before, frustration can set in, before the voice over talent is even be close to [...]
Have you heard of the phrase “starving artists� Here is a tidbit on what this means. There are artists out there who are so creative that they can make some of the most mind-blowing masterpieces. But, somehow, along the way, they tend to lose their interest in their art after finishing what they [...]