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From the New York Times: Determining the winner is about the only part of “American Idol” left to chance. That was made clear during recent visits to Stage 36 in Television City, near Hollywood, where each Tuesday and Wednesday on Fox “American Idol” creates hopes and dashes dreams.
From the placement of local sorority members along camera sight lines to the instructions to the audience members about when to stand and how to wave their hands, “American Idol” is as scripted as a “reality” show dare be.
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For the audience members who stand in the “mosh pit,” the area immediately in front of the stage, special instructions are required. “When you are applauding after a performance, we need your hands above your head,” Mr. Almeida said before a recent Tuesday performance. Then, three minutes before the live broadcast, the introductions: Ryan Seacrest, the host, who, after the theater is darkened, announces the entrance of the judges as the true stars of the show. A Stage-Shrinking Trick
The most striking thing about encountering the sparkling “American Idol” stage set is how much smaller it seems in person than on television. The audience too looks expansive on television, but the hall includes only 12 rows of seats, four at floor level and eight in bleachers. Performing a live television show is an exercise in exactitude. Fifteen seconds to air, as the stage manager, Debbie Williams, began the countdown, Ms. Abdul scurried into the auditorium from the green room, ducking into her seat as Mr. Seacrest began his routine.
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During most commercial breaks the three judges leave their seats, sometimes chatting with the executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, at other times floating toward the audience to greet guests or sign autographs. Herding Sororities
Last week it was the Delta Gamma and Delta Delta Delta sororities.
Stage assistants choose specific women and place them where the hand-held cameras will swoop during performances. A veritable platoon of security guards monitors every aspect of the performance, and all judges have bodyguards who follow them from backstage to the judges’ table. The guards apparently spend all week with the contestants as well. When Mr. Seacrest and others bill “American Idol” as being live, they are slightly fudging the truth. Parts of many shows are recorded, particularly some performances by guests and the segment where callers pose questions to the contestants or judges. On April 1, after the Tuesday broadcast was completed, the producers taped Chris Brown and Jordin Sparks, last year’s “Idol” winner, for broadcast a week later. Mariah Carey appeared on last Wednesday’s show, but her performance had been taped a half-hour before the live broadcast, then played back during the show.

Learning to play the guitar is often the most popular choice amongst many musicians. These days more younger people are looking to take up guitar playing, this can often be due to the fact that not only does it look pretty cool, its also a great note being able to play along with your favorite songs. When deciding to guitar lessons you can go down many routes, one is buying courses and self teaching yourself another is to hire an instructor. Both methods have their advantages but only you will know which one suits you best.

If you wish to learn to play guitar through online courses then you will be amazed with the options available in the internet. If you with to learn under the guidance of a home tutor then you should select a teacher who is well versed with guitar. If you wish to opt for guitar classes then you can find people who are like you and take your interest much further.

Before learning any musical instrument, you should keep in mind that practice makes a man perfect. Always give your complete dedication to what ever you do to gain success. Some beginners lose interest when they are not able to grasp the first few months, music needs practice and some are born talented while some need regular practice to make them perfect. So don’t ever give up with your first failure as whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe it can achieve.

Some beginners have the desire but have no time; such people should not give their passion away. There are many solutions for such problems. They can find many books than can help them play guitar or they can teach themselves by using some DVD’s that’s easily available in the market. In the market you can get flash cards that can explain and each chord of the guitar beautifully. Learning things such as acoustic guitar lessons will help greatly.

Napoleon Hill an author has clearly said that “Perfection will come through practice. It cannot come by merely reading instructions. So have faith in yourself and go ahead as faith transforms the ordinary vibration of the thought into spiritual equivalent.

Learning to play guitar is not rocket science. Its just mastering the six strings of it perfectly with its notes and chords, then you will surely be able to create magic. So go ahead and learn to play guitar and release out your stress and enjoy music which is the most melodious language.

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From the New York Times about Bill Nye: This old house: It wasn’t green when I bought it two years ago. It had single-paned windows, a heat-pump-style air-conditioning and heating system and all incandescent lights. First green renovation: The first thing I did was replace the incandescent light bulbs. It’s always shade-grown organic coffee. Favorite memento: I did a show called “Bill Nye, the Science Guy,” which ran on PBS in the 1990s. Healthy competition: I’ve got to crush Ed Begley! He lives down the street. Best addition: My solar panels. Lab work: I drink my lemonade in a beaker.
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Prized collection: These small, handheld objects that demonstrate various scientific phenomena. Lawn doctor: I got rid of the big water-wasting lawn in the backyard and replaced it with vegetable gardens. That’s cut my water use by about 50 percent.
Greengrocer: I never buy lettuce anymore. Right now I grow six different types of lettuce. Chard. Comfort food: A single slice of organically raised bacon, from the froufrou hippie grocery down the street. Solar systems: The solar panels are for electricity. Then there is a solar collector for hot water. A low-power pump, about 30 watts, moves water through a tank after the sun heats the water. It works very well. For hot water and heat I pay around $100 a month. Now the patio is cool and comfortable and shades the house.
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Natural lighting: I have a skylight with a domed lens over it that conducts light through mirrored tubes. Exotic souvenir: I was in India for the International Astronautical Congress, and I bought this marble Lazy Susan. Treasured object: The table in the backyard, which is built from Australian jarrah wood. Bigfoot: Planes are the biggest percentage of my carbon footprint. But I have to travel all the time for work, so I buy carbon credits from a company that invests in CO2-free energy. I’ll have to travel light enough to fit my luggage on the bike.
Obsession: I love swing dancing. The big thing you wear is swing pants. It’s beautiful.
Border patrol: My neighbor has lived here since 1947. The fence between our houses was falling down, so I got contractors to take it apart and replace the fence posts with plastic lumber.
Worst thing about house: It is under the flight path for Burbank airport.
Guilty pleasure: Martinis.
Nothing gives me greater joy than riding my bike.

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William Shatner is God. And Pharaoh. Just in time for Passover, the Jewish Music Group (a division of Shout Factory) has released “Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts,” performed by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. “It’s perfect seder entertainment,” Shatner said recently, but more than that, “it speaks to people of all religions. Exodus: An Oratorio” is divided into three parts: “Moses and Pharaoh,” “The Ten Plagues” and “Redemption.” The music mixes symphonic and sacred, modulating strings, choral voices and baritone solos to provide both uplift and ballast to the biblical material — as well as gentle musical transitions between some of Shatner’s narrative performances. “It was quite a happening,” Shatner recalled in a recent telephone interview.

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Shatner was born in Montreal, Canada, to Jewish parents and grew up in a kosher home. Shatner also had roles in such now-classic films as “The Brothers Karamazov” (with Yul Brynner and Claire Bloom) and “Judgment at Nuremberg.”

Although only 79 original episodes ran between 1966 and 1969, the “Star Trek” series cemented Shatner in the popular consciousness.

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Nonetheless, after the series was cancelled, and following a divorce, Shatner was forced to live out of his truck, performing summer stock. During this period, concerned that he had been typecast as Kirk, Shatner wandered in the wilderness, taking whatever roles he could.

More recently, Shatner hit gold again, portraying attorney Denny Crane on “Boston Legal,” a role he originated on the series “The Practice.” Shatner’s life has also had its share of tragedy: his third wife, Nerine, drowned after mixing valium and alcohol. Shatner recently told Details magazine that he didn’t “understand closure … we grieve forever.”

In 2004, Ben Folds produced “Has Been,” a collection of songs, many of which he co-wrote with Shatner, including featured guest performances by Joe Jackson and Aimee Mann. Which brings us back to “Exodus” and its composer David Itkin.

Itkin grew up in a conservative Jewish home, began writing music at 14 and conducting at 16. A graduate of the University of The Pacific Conservatory, he has been music director of the Arkansas Symphony since 1993, while also conducting and serving as music director for the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra. “We kept winnowing and winnowing the list” he said, “and Shatner’s name kept coming up. Itkin contacted Shatner, and it turned out that not only was he interested, he was available on the needed dates.

“It was intriguing,” Shatner recalled.

So with little preparation, other than years of reading the haggadah at seders, Shatner arrived in Little Rock the night before the first performance.

“He was great fun to be around,” Itkin recalled.

Itkin was impressed by how Shatner was able to deliver his narrative within the very proscribed places and vary each character, much like different “takes,” affording choices for editing the eventual produced work.

“On Saturday,” Shatner said, “everything fell into place.” “There’s no magic like a live audience,” Shatner says in the recording’s liner notes. Shatner recalled. In recent years, the immediate post-seder entertainment has been funny Passovers songs (like “There’s No Seder Like Our Seder” to tune of “There’s No Business Like Show Business”). This year may well find our seder going forth with Shatner and the “Exodus Oratorio.”

Percussion is the most tribal and primitive form of music . It has been the first musical experience of men and it still remains as a fascinating form of cultural creativity .

Jack Constanzo if for many of us the number one percussionist of all times . Specially if we are talking about bongos or congas ..

The way he played these drums is unique ..and , at the time, it was completely revolutionary ! No one had ever heard percussion sounds so explosive , contagious and powerful .

Jacks legacy will live throughout many many years , as long as there are people who feel the vibe of Constanzo´s rhythms flowing in their bodies and minds ..

Constanzo´s joy in playing could not only be seen in his face but every time he touched a set of drums you could see that he was destined for something much higher than what was previously done before .

He introduced millions of people to grooves from latin america , africa and exotic islands from the pacific . He showed us all how beatifull music can be when you dont care about frontiers or genres .. From cuba , to mozambique , from hawai to brazil , all elements of these rich cultures is present in every performance .

He still is making live gigs , even though he is well over 80 years of age now .

Everyone wants to know him and say they have had the chance to play life with one of the most outstanding and mind-blowing percussion artist ever to step into planet earth .

Costanzo started as a dancer, touring as a team with his wife before World War 2. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked as a dance instructor at the Beverly Hills Hotel when Latin band leader Bobby Ramos heard him playing bongos in a jam session and gavie his a job. Through the end of the 1940s, Costanzo worked with a number of Latin bands, including a revived version of the Lecuona Cuban Boys, Desi Arnaz, and Rene Touzet.

He was the first bongo drummer to join a jazz orchestra when, in 1947, he became part of the Stan Kenton organization. His musicianship was so unique that Kenton had “Bongo Riff” written to feature Costanzo. Since leaving the Kenton organization to work as a soloist, Jack Costanzo has
been featured with Nat Cole, Peggy Lee, and Francis Faye. He was featured with Buddy Rich in the Betty Grable-Harry James show. He has been seen on such unlikely programs as “Person to Person” with Ed Murrow and Marion Brando. He
has been a constant performer on “Shower of Stars,” N.B.C. Spectaculars, the Colgate Comedy Hour, the Red Skelton Show, the Perry Como Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.

For me he will always be known as the one and only , “Mr.Bongo” .

If you are interested in learning more about percussion loops and if you want to download some percussion samples try visiting www.futureloops.com . They have an amazing percussion loops title called “Future Percussion “ !