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Have you ever dreamed of owning your own recording studio, but always thought that this would simply be much too expensive. Who could possibly afford all of those extra accessories, the extra microphones and tracking material, the speakers, or a sound-proofed room? Lucky for you, with computer technology today, much of the extra heavyweight equipment has become, for the most part, outdated. With much of the technology that has come today, you can now have your very own recording studio right in your home, on your laptop or desktop computer, equipped with either computer speakers or simply a ch...

After years of a rather provincial existence, Vietnamese fine art is finally coming out of the closet to present itself in its full glory before a wider audience. The growth of interest and the rise in popular enthusiasm about Vietnamese fine art have been truly phenomenal in the past few years. The last decade, especially, has witnessed a dramatic growth in the number of people world-wide taking an enormous deal of interest in Vietnamese fine art. It is safe to assume now that Vietnamese fine art has finally come of age. The contemporary art scene of Vietnam is buzzing with activity, and...

Interview with an American photojournalist in China American photojournalist Tom Carter has spent the past four years in the People's Republic of China, traversing all 33 provinces and autonomous regions not just once but twice. The San Francisco native's hardback book, a definitive 800-image volume aptly entitled CHINA: Portrait of a People, is due out this winter from Hong Kong publisher Blacksmith Books. Tom took a day off from travelling to discuss the challenges of taking pictures in China, how he evaded censorship in the tightly-controlled republic, and to share a few insider tips ...

Graphics design is presenting information visually with images and text. It involves a wide range of cognitive skills, aesthetics and crafts. It is used from the simple traffic road signs to the logos of company we are working or dealing with. True that graphics design evolves as fast as technology. From the paintings in the caves of Lascaux around 14,000 BC to the numerous use of it not only to attract the eyes of people but also to bring information and to communicate visually. Here are several uses graphics design: In Advertising Graphics design plays a big part in adv...

Hitler starts speaking about nationalism from the very beginning of his book. He starts by saying that German-Austria, at that time just Austria, must be included into Reich. He says that this must be done without taking in account any harmful results of it. Basically, it must be done at any price so as to bring all Germans together under one Reich. Later, after Hitler’s coming to power, one of his first aims as Fuhrer was to add Austria to Reich and unite many ethnic Germans and half-breed Germans (Hitler was the last one). After that he would Blitzkrieg Poland to regain the Central Prussia i...

I was one of those dragged kicking and screaming into the computer age. I don't adapt well to change. Up until a few short years ago, I considered "high tech" to be moving from eight track to cassette and still believed that being a "geek" was a bad thing. The turning point came one day at work. A very patient co-worker enticed me to sit down at his desk and try his computer. He connected to the internet, then told me to just "type in anything you want to see." I took a deep breath and clumsily entered "art" into the little search window. Looking back, the impact of that moment ranks rig...

Contemporary Native American flute music duo NightDancers performs at storied New York City venue Kenny's Castaways on Thursday, December 6th, at 7:00pm. Billed as the Official New York City CD Record Release Party, NightDancers' set will include songs from their debut CD entitled, MONTANA CROSSINGS. MONTANA CROSSINGS - the debut studio recording from New York City based composer/flautists Gera Clark and John Sarantos is a well-crafted, melodic gem of an album featuring themes of exploration, transformation, interconnection and grace. Recorded at the world-famous AVATAR Studios in NYC by ...

Organizing images or finding a particular photo can seem a daunting task. Having a digital photo management system in place for archiving and cataloguing your images will make the process much simpler. Besides devising a consistent method for cataloguing your images, using a photo organizer or album software program will make managing your digital collection a breeze. While everyone has their own organizing method, here are some guides based on what works for me. Archive Originals Right after downloading your photos, it's a good idea to burn them to CD or DVD. This prev...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jamestown, New York--March 20, 2006--At first glance Larry Lareau looks like an ordinary guy, very relaxed and sure of himself. Looks can be deceiving, inside there is a tiger on the prowl, and he lets it loose on the new album from his band Lareau titled Changes. Right from the outset Lareau decided that they wanted to make music with a focus on quality. If you were to judge them by their recording Changes, you would have to agree that they succeeded. The band believes in tradition, craftsmanship, and above all, delivering a package that speaks to its audience....

Covered Bridges first appeared in the U.S. around 1805, but the history of these monuments to another age date back thousands of years to China. Covered bridges had also existed in Europe since medieval times and there were once hundreds of them in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. But it’s here in the Northeastern U.S., where wooden covered bridge design and construction reached its pinnacle in the nineteenth century. A combination of pressing need, plentiful old growth northern forests, and sheer Yankee ingenuity, advanced the development of wooden covered bridges to a rare combination...