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Thursday, October 18, 2007

13 Halloween Party Themes

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:35 AM, under ,, |

Halloween is quickly becoming a favorite holiday for both
children and adults. Halloween parties are a lovely way to
celebrate the season, and there is a party for every style and
group of people.

1. Night Garden Party - If you have a patio or deck, you can set
up a party for after dark with lanterns or strung outdoor
lights. This is great for any number of people.

2. Ouija Seance - Contact the dead and spirits from the beyond
with a small group of friends.

3. Scary Movie Marathon - Choose several favorite scary movies
to share with each other. Prepare the viewing room for
atmosphere and comfortable viewing.

4. Murder Mystery Dinner - Boxed games are available for parties
of eight to ten adults. Each person comes in character and you
spend the evening detecting "who done it" over a pleasant dinner.

5. Paranormal Party - Set up experiments for your guests to test
their paranormal abilities and E. S. P.

6. Monster Bash / Costume Party - What better way to have fun on
Halloween than to ask people to come in costumes for dancing and
fun.

7. Bonfire and Ghost Stories - Good for all ages. Ask each of
your guests or families to come with one ghost story to tell. If
someone plays a guitar, ask them to bring it, too.

8. Witches Night - Celebrate the night with magic spells. Ask
your friends to bring items they wish to burn.

9. Harvest Party - Have an elegant sit down feast for eight to
twelve to celebrate good foods of the season and good
conversation.

10. Scavenger Hunt - For adults or children, roaming near or
far, for small groups or large ones, scavenger hunts are fun.

11. Haunted House - Get your whole household involved in
spookifying your home for guests and playing the roles of
vampires, headless murderers, and ghosts.

12. Pumpkin Carving Party - This is a fun activity for families
to come together and enjoy.

13. Film a Horror - Have fun with amateur cinematography. If you
feel creative, write a short script or borrow loosely from a
film you like. Make even shy guests be extras in the film.

Paul Cullen Releases Independent CD Dreamdance

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:34 AM, under ,, |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Philadelphia, PA-October 10, 2007- Paul Cullen's
resourcefulness reaches fruition on his new release
Dreamdance. By combining his love of music, fine food and
wine, Paul brings his music to wine related events in several
different regions of the country.

Paul was inspired at 19 years old by jazz-fusion artist Pat
Metheny and Weather Report. After hour upon hour of diligent
work with his new obsession, life was about to change. The
opportunity to perform presented itself he started paying his
dues on the road. It all paid off when he had a chance meeting
with members of AC/DC in 1989, whom were friends with rock
legends Bad Company. As they say, timing is everything in life,
as the band needed a bass player. In the early 90's Paul toured
the world with Bad Company, playing in front of millions of
people. For Paul, it was a dream come true: "It was the most fun
I ever had until now," he remembers, "To get to the point where
I was playing in front of 20,000 people every night...it was
incredible."

In 1992, Paul's successful run with Bad Company ended and
another phase of his career began. At that point he decided to
start writing, playing acoustic guitar and singing. Taking his
vision and love for fine wine and food then transforming it into
music was something he knew was not only possible but also very
marketable. Dream
dance is now a reality and it was all done the indie
way. The music is all ready in motion currently through the CD
and live performances on a worldwide level. Paul is traveling to
fine wine and food locations everywhere from Bermuda back to his
home turf in Delaware.

Dreamd
ance offers a cross-section of music ranging from
adult contemporary pop to jazz flavored tracks. Paul commented:
"I've had everyone from their 20's to their 60's approach me and
passionately convey how much they take pleasure in my music.
It's been even more than what I envisioned."

Catch Paul Cullen live Unplugged & Uncorked on Wine Lover's
Wednesday-October 27th @ 6pm at the Casa DiLeo in Rehoboth Beach
Delaware. Visit Paul's website for more information, updates,
sound samples and more.

Clint Black Drinkin Songs and Other Logic Contemporary Country

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:32 AM, under , |

Drinkin Songs and Other Logic is the latest release from
Contemporary Country Sensation Clint Black, and I can only think
of one word to describe it... AWESOME!

I wish it weren't the case but, it's not everyday that I get a
CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen
to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I
just can't force myself to get through. Not at all the case with
Drinkin Songs and Other Logic. Every track is enjoyable and was
pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the way all
of the participating artists seem to be really enjoying
themselves. Combine that with the overall presentation and
you've got one of Clint Black's most impressive releases ever.

Overall Drinkin Songs and Other Logic is an outstanding release.
Quite possibly Clint Black's best to date. Really spectacular
from beginning to end. If you're even mildly into Contemporary
Country music you'll enjoy this album.

While the entire album is really very good some of my favorites
are track 1 - Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic, track 3 - Code Of
The West, and track 9 - I Don't Wanna Tell You

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On
REpeat"] is track 10 - Back Home In Heaven. Great track!

Drinkin Songs and Other Logic Release Notes:

Clint Black originally released Drinkin Songs and Other Logic on
October 4, 2005 on the Equity Music Group label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic 2. Heartaches 3. Code Of The
West 4. Rainbow In The Rain 5. Undercover Cowboy 6. Go It Alone
7. Too Much Rock 8. Big One, A 9. I Don't Wanna Tell You 10.
Back Home In Heaven 11. Thinkin' Of You 12. Longnecks & Rednecks

Personnel include: Clint Black (vocals, various instruments);
Hayden Nicholas (guitar); Jeff Peterson (steel guitar, dobro);
Dick Gay (drums).

The Boys in the Band Are in AARP

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:32 AM, under , |

Like a child who has discovered a new toy, this information will
open up a whole new world of awe and wonder for you.

DARREN REIS isn't disparate to the band practice that takes
place in his house every Tuesday night. But there's only so
greatly loud sway tune he is ready to tolerate. So when the
umpteenth rendition of the Monkeys' "Last sequence to
Clarksville" creates rattling the windows, he goes downstairs,
knocks on the door and makes his request: "Dad, do you think you
guys could keep it down? I'm wearisome to review."

ADULTS WITH TOYS rework Ego practices in Weston, stack. In bands
with elder people, says songster chant Cheney, Threes no drama.

The classic American midlife emergency has found a new retailer:
garage-band sway 'n' spin. Baby boomers across the country -
generally inside-aged dads who never utterly outgrew an
obsession with the tune of their youth - are cranking up their
amps and living their sway 'n' spin fantasies.

We hope that you have gained a clear grasp of the subject matter
presented in the first half of this article.

The Tennyson Seven in Palo Alto, Calif., is normal. The
two-year-old band includes Darren's dad, Rob Reis, 53, a Silicon
Valley entrepreneur, who gets together once a week with five
other amateur sway 'n' spinners - some more-experienced
Tunisians than others - to play the tunnel comfort food of their
generation: the Beatles, Van Morrison, the Monkeys and the
Romantics.

The band won't be signing with Virgin account any time
presently. But that's beside the situation. With one son at
seminary and Darren, 17, last high prepare next year, Mr. Reis
said he can think of no better way to consume inside age. "What
do other people do?" he asked, as if only randomly conscious of
his other options, nobody of which request to him in the
slightest. "A daydream car? An issue?"

Mr. Reis has amply of visitors. In his urban forlorn, there is a
wealth of such bands. The Tennyson Seven newly sent out e-send
letters to numerous Palo Alto prepares present to play open of
indict at some support-raising actions. The retort, Mr. Reis
said, was, "No merit, we have our own dad band that theater for
us."

Mike Lynda, 55, who lives just north of Palo Alto in Redwood
City, theater deep, drums and guitar in a six-guise band called
distance untaken. Mr. Lynda, who has a day job as a marketing
essayist at Deloitte & Touché, said nothing utterly compares to
the therapeutic aspects of practicing riffs with a group of
like-minded sway aficionados.

"I don't know what has done me better - Leapfrog or Thursday
nights jamming with the band," Mr. Lynda said. "You're effective
out a intact lot more than chord patterns when you're live tune
together."

NAMM, a trade group that represents tune retailers and apparatus
manudetailurers, has noticed the increasing records of
inside-aged sawyers, and now oversees what it calls the Weekend
Warriors encode, a six-weekend sequence planned specifically for
baby boomers to get back into live in a band - or create live in
one. The encode brings would-be sawyers into tune food around
the country and provides gear, practice legroom, coaches and,
for those in requisite, additional band members.

Joe Almond, the chief executive of NAMM, created the encode when
he was effective in a tune keep in Sacramento and began noticing
a change in the keep's clientele. "I created since customers
advent in who you'd think would have been shopping for their
kids," he said. "But they were shopping for themselves."

Mr. Almond said the encode has burgeoned in current living, as
the sway 'n' spinners of the '60s and '70s become clear nesters
with time and disposable revenue on their hands.

Nostalgia provides the backbeat for this advance. "The tune we
pass through our lifetimes is tune we eavesdrop to in our recent
youth and early 20s, because it was such an emotional time," Mr.
Almond said. "That tune is plainly sheltered into your usage -
your wits, your body, and your emotions."

For those now in their 50s defective to alter back the timer,
that means live "brunette eyed youngster" and "I Saw Her rank
there." And "Mustang outing," in the key of C.

"We commend? Mustang outing' as a good creature song," Mr.
Almond said. "A bad creature song is something by hard Dan, or
truthful Zappa. Or Yes."

Part of recapturing perplexed innocence means laboring under an
illusion or two. Mr. Almond commends that the practice quarters
be open of mirrors. "You don't want to be living your guitar,
emotion like you're 20 all over again, then look in a mirror and
see some paunchy bald guy," Mr. Almond said.

Not only do many spouses pass of the bands, some even
participate. Rob Reis's spouse, Julie, 54, is a songster in the
Tennyson Seven.

And when such bands get the occasional gig, the faces in the
viewers lean to distort to the bands own demographic, a detail
that helps verify song span. Mike brunette, who was taught as a
classical pianist and came to sway 'n' spin a bit recent in life
as the keyboardist for the Palo Alto band the Wildcats, said his
band's repertory is simply recognizable, with a basic of Beatles
and Double Brothers. "We want each to know the song in the first
pair of comments," he said.

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resources.

Faith Hill Cry Contemporary Country Music CD Review

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:30 AM, under ,, |

The super talented Contemporary Country artist Faith Hill has
released her most recent CD on the Warner Bros. Records
recording label, entitled Cry.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop
in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track
is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start
to finish.

Contemporary Country music fans will recognize some of the well
known contributors on the project including Marti Frederiksen
and Damon Johnson plus a few other notables as well.

Cry is a first rate CD, delivering a little something for
everyone. I give it my highest recommendation. It's quite simply
great listening. A must buy for the Contemporary Country fan.

While this entire album is outstanding some of my favorites are
track 4 - When The Lights Go Down, track 8 - If You're Gonna Fly
Away, and track 10 - If This Is The End

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On
REpeat"] is track 14 - You're Still Here. Wow!

Cry Release Notes:

Faith Hill originally released Cry on October 15, 2002 on the
Warner Bros. Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Free 2. Cry 3. One 4. When The Lights Go Down 5. Beautiful 6.
Unsaveable 7. Baby You Belong 8. If You're Gonna Fly Away 9.
Stronger 10. If This Is The End 11. This Is Me 12. Back To You
13. I Think I Will 14. You're Still Here

Personnel includes: Faith Hill (vocals); Damon Johnson
(acoustic, electric & slide guitars); Marti Frederiksen
(acoustic & electric guitars, percussion, background vocals);
Tim Pierce (acoustic & electric guitars); Dean Parks (acoustic
guitar); Michael Landau, Bryan Gallimore (electric guitar,
background vocals); Suzie Katayama (violin); Jim Cox (piano,
Hammond B-3 organ); Jamie Muhoberac (keyboards); Paul Bushnell.
Leland Sklar (bass); Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Bekka Bramlet
(tambourine, background vocals); Eric Carter, Frank Macek
(programming); Erik Lutkins (loops); Doug Moffet, Lisa Gregg,
Lisa Cochran, Crystal Taliefero, Chris Rodriguez (background
vocals).

Producers: Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, Marti Frederiksen.

CRY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country
Album. "Cry" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Country
Vocal Performance.

Kenny Chesney Be As You Are Country Music CD Review

Posted by hiyosinaga 7:26 AM, under ,, |

The exceptionally talented Country artist Kenny Chesney has
released him CD entitled Be As You Are. I am very confident and
happy to announce that I believe Kenny Chesney fans, and Country
fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Be
As You Are Kenny Chesney's artistic excellence is on full
display as Chesney has once again delivered a brilliant
collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to
date.

I wish it weren't the case but, it's not everyday that I get a
CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen
to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I
just can't force myself to get through. Not at all the case with
Be As You Are. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for
me to listen to from start to finish.

Kenny Chesney possesses the characteristic of being able to win
you over with him talent alone. The kind of artist I really
enjoy listening to.

I'm of the opinion that Be As You Are is certainly Kenny
Chesney's best work in a few years. A totally enjoyable CD and
an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it
two thumbs up because it's a collection that even the casual
Country fan can appreciate and enjoy.

While this entire album is really very good the truly standout
tunes are track 2 - Be As You Are, track 3 - Guitars And Tiki
Bars, and track 7 - Something Sexy About The Rain.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On
REpeat"] is track 10 - Sherry's Living In Paradise. Wow!

Be As You Are Release Notes:

Kenny Chesney originally released Be As You Are on January 25,
2005 on the Bna Entertainment label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Old Blue Chair 2. Be As You Are 3. Guitars And Tiki Bars 4.
Island Boy 5. Somewhere In The Sun 6. Boston 7. Something Sexy
About The Rain 8. French Kissing Life 9. Key Lime Pie 10.
Sherry's Living In Paradise 11. Magic 12. Soul Of A Sailor 13.
Old Blue Chair - (Ocean mix)

Personnel include: Kenny Chesney (vocals, acoustic guitar); Amy
Jo Stelzer (vocals); John Willis (acoustic guitar, gut-string
guitar); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar);
J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Pat
Buchanan (electric guitar, harmonica); John Jorgenson (electric
guitar); Tommy White (dobro); Jim Hoke (pennywhistle, tenor
saxophone); Jim Horn (tenor saxophone); Steve Herman (trumpet);
John Hobbs, Randy McCormick (piano, Hammond b-3 organ,
keyboards); David Briggs (piano, keyboards); Larry Paxton (bass
guitar, fretless bass); Paul Leim (drums, shaker); Chad Cromwell
(drums); Robert Greenidge (steel drum); Tom Roady (tambourine);
Eric Darken (percussion).

Recording information: Emerald Entertainment, Nashville,
Tennessee; Starstruck, Nashville, Tennessee; Westwood Studios,
Nashville, Tennessee.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

50 Cent's Next Power Play

Posted by hiyosinaga 10:46 AM, under , |

Hate him or love him, Curtis "Interscope" Jackson a.k.a. "50
Cent," is a bread-winner. Fresh off a $100 million dollar profit
from the sale of Glaceau's Vitamin Water to Coca Cola for $4.1
billion, 50 Cent has rocketed into a new "financial space," and
plans to leverage his worth in his next multi-million dollar
power play.

Back in 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent to a 7 figure deal which
contractually obligated 50 to release four albums and a greatest
hits disc, totaling five solo albums to be released under
Interscope Records.

In 2003, 50 Cent's debut album, "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'," was a
massive success and sold over 11 million records and catapulted
Curtis into hip hop history.

50 followed up with "The Massacre" in 2005, scoring another hit
record that sold over 9 million copies.

This time around, 50 Cent utilized a media frenzy between him
and Kanye West to promote his album href="http://more-than-music.blogspot.com/2007/08/50-cents-curtis
-and-kanye-wests.html">"Curtis," which is the third album of
his four album contract, plus one greatest hits record.

Curtis has realized his enormous negotiating power now because
he IS the sole bread-winner of Interscope, and if he decides to
not re-sign with them, he is eligible to receive MASSIVE offers
from other labels, most importantly, Warner Music Group. Lyor
Cohen (CEO of WMG), has expressed interest in 50 Cent and has as
much marketing power as Interscope Records CEO, Jimmy Iovine.

This is why 50 Cent is taking shots at Jimmy Iovine on href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/36329251c6c02c/">Smile (I'm
Leavin), because this is terribly nerve-wrecking for Jimmy,
considering 50 has made him hundreds of milllions of dollars.
Jimmy's weekends on the islands are all of a sudden worry filled
because 50 is seriously considering leaving Interscope, and has
been publicly making statements href="http://allhiphop.com/blogs/news/archive/2007/09/12/18579728
.aspx">blaming Interscope for his not as successful launch of
"Curtis."

The departure of 50 Cent from Interscope would almost totally
shut down Interscope's ability to get songs played on radio.
Why? Because when you have a 50 Cent on your label, you can also
get the other wack rappers on your label easy radio spins!
People get it twisted, 50 Cent is a music powerhouse.

"Curtis Jackson is about to pull off the ultimate, music
industry stick-up, to be hot on his fifth and last album!" (Funk
Master Flex)

This brings us back to Lyor Cohen, CEO of Warner Music Group.
Chris Lighty, 50 Cent's manager, is head of the marketing
department at WMG, which means it only makes sense for 50 to
head there, knowing he will receive full marketing and promotion
for his projects. This places Interscope in a terrible position
because the only way they can keep 50 Cent is to offer him a
historic, record-breaking, music deal!

This historic event will happen very soon because 50 Cent is
planning to release his fourth album, "Before I Self Destruct,"
December of THIS YEAR.

50 has stated he has already completed 80% of the album.

His fifth and final album under Interscope would require him to
almost do nothing simply because it is a greatest hits CD.

You might be wondering, "what happens to the rest of G-Unit if
50 does leave Interscope?"

They leave too.

The History Of The Bass Guitar

Posted by hiyosinaga 10:44 AM, under |

In this material we take a look at the history of the electric
bass guitar. When talking about bass history the first person
that people normally think of is Leo Fender. He is credited with
introducing the world to the Precision bass in 1951. The bass
was called a Precision bass because of the accuracy of the
notes. Players were able to play notes that were perfectly in
tune because of the presence of frets on the electric bass
guitar. To many people, this was the first real electric bass.
This bass was mass-produced and very recognizable when it was
created by Fender and up to this day it still is.

But while we give Leo Fender his dues for creating the modern
electric bass, it must be said that way before 1951 there were
at least five other prototypes that resembled the design of
today's electric bass guitar. In talking about the history of
the bass guitar we must talk about the double bass. In fact,
today's bass is a direct descendant of the double bass, dating
way back to the 17th century. Although it was really in the 20th
century that one with a more practical design was created.

When talking about bass guitar history mention must be made of
Lloyd Loar, known for designing the first electric double bass
in the 1920s while working for Gibson. The bass used an
electro-static pickup but there was no practical way of hearing
it play. Unfortunately, bass amplification still had a long way
to go.

The evolution of the bass guitar now takes us to the early 1930s
when Paul Tutmarc built a more practical bass in terms of size.
The first one came with a pickup and was the size of a cello but
was too heavy, so the designed was changed to that of a guitar.
This 42 inches long solid body bass was made of black walnut and
came with piano strings and a pickup. A few years later, in the
mid 1930s, established firms like Lyon & Healy, Rickenbacker and
Gibson began selling basses that, although less bulkier than the
standard double bass, were still tall, unfretted and upright.

Around 1940 was the first time a large distributor handled the
electric bass. The distributor was L.D.Heater Music Co. in
Portland Oregon, and the basses were manufactured by Paul
Tutmarc. This was a fretted instrument that was no longer to be
played upright, but horizontal. It came with a pickup and was
much smaller than earlier versions.

It was only then that Leo Fender came up with the modern
electric bass. As said at the beginning of our discussion on
bass guitar history, it was the year 1951. In the year 1957 the
pickguard and headstock were redesigned and the pickup was
changed to a split pickup. This took us to the year 1960 when
the Jazz bass was designed. Unlike the Precision bass, it came
with two separate pickups. The modern bass guitar became very
popular.

The first 6 string bass was created in 1959 by Danelecto and the
first 5 string in 1964 by Fender. The first fretless was created
in 1965 by Ampeg, and in 1968 an 8 string bass by Hagstroem.
Carl Thompson is credited with building the first fretless 6
string bass in 1978.

Many developments have taken place since then. For instance, Ned
Steinberger introduced a headless bass in 1979. In 1987, the
Guild Guitar Corporation launched the fretless Ashbory bass.
This bass used silicone rubber strings and a piezoelectric
pickup to achieve a "double bass" sound. The bass was very
short, only 18 inches long.

Throughout the years, pickups have also evolved. In addition to
single coil pickups, you now have several others such as
humbuckers, hybrid pickups, passive and active pickups. These
seem to be capable of producing every tone imaginable, from pure
signals to the grittiest dirt sounds.

The electric bass seems to have become more popular today than
ever before. For instance, when someone refers to a bass it's
more common to think of the electric bass than the upright
acoustic.

The Songs of Wine

Posted by hiyosinaga 10:44 AM, under , |

When it comes to wine, we use a variety of our senses. Our sense
of taste and our sense of smell helps us perceive flavors and
aromas, our sense of sight helps us look for legs, helping us to
identify body, and our sense of touch, well, that just helps us
to make sure we grab a glass of wine, and not a can of beer. In
fact, there is only one sense we don't really use: our sense of
hearing.



Now, I've done it myself: I've had a few too many glasses of
wine, put the glass up to my ear, and sworn up and down that I
could hear the ocean. Except for those rare, okay frequent,
instances, hearing, when it comes to wine, is a bit left out.
That is, however, until it "auditions" for inclusion in the form
of song.



The following is our list of some of the best wine songs to ever
grape, er grace, us with their presence.



Alcohol (Brad Paisley): So, this song might not be just
about wine. With lyrics that talk about all kinds of alcohol,
the spotlight isn't on a bottle of Shiraz doing a rather long,
but oddly touching, interpretive dance. Still, any song that
gives a shout out to Bordeaux, France is a must listen for the
wine lover. Not too bad, Brad.



The Wino and I know (Jimmy Buffett): One of the best
singers to listen to at any kind of party, Jimmy Buffett
delivers a song that acknowledges the wine drinker in all of us.
There is, however, one problem: the line "the wino and I," for
many of us, is redundant.



Red Red Wine (UB40): A song that has made many of us feel
so fine, "Red Red Wine" is just a fun fun time. We might not
know what the heck "Monkey pack him rizla pon the sweet dep
line" means, but who cares: let's just focus on memorizing the
rest of the song's rap section.



Bottle of Wine (Tom Paxton): An oldie, but a goodie,
"Bottle of Wine" pays homage to the fruit of the vine. But, when
Tom sings the "When you gonna let me get sober?" line, we can't
help but think he's joking. Seriously Paxton, pour another
drink.



Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter): Even though we are pretty
sure the "Strawberry Wine" in this song is likely Boone's Farm,
it's still a good tune. It talks about first loves, summer
nights, and remembering when 30 was old. As someone who turns 30
in a few months, allow me to state that 30 is the new 20, oh
wait, the new 21.



Little Ole Wine Drinker Me (Dean Martin): We can only
expect a great song from the man who was once quoted as saying,
"You haven't drunk too much wine if you can still lie on the
floor without holding on." Very true Dean, very true.



Champagne Supernova (Oasis): I know that I may be one of
the few people who actually love Oasis (call me Liam!), but this
is a great song. Hopefully we will all someday find ourselves in
a "Champagne Supernova," or at least like a Champagne brunch.



Blood Red Wine (Rolling Stones): Wine's greatest chance
of ever truly rocking out, this song allows us to picture a
Merlot with a Mohawk, a Pinot with a pierced nose, and a
Traminer with a tattoo.



Two More Bottles of Wine (Martina McBride): A tune that
teaches us that our lovers can move out and, as long as there is
wine, everything will be okay, "Two More Bottles of Wine" would
have been just a little bit better if it had replaced the word
"bottles" with the word "cases."



Wine, Women an' Song (White Snake): As a female, I might
not identify with this song as much as the male gender. After
all, it talks zealously about landing a good woman. But, who
cares: I can turn lesbian for one article and chalk it up to
experimentation.

Everyone Is A Social Singer

Posted by hiyosinaga 10:42 AM, under |

Absolutely everyone is a social singer and I'll give you a
perfect example.

Let's say you're at the office and you find out that today is
Mary's birthday. At some point in the day, everyone will be
asked to gather into the kitchen and sing a rousing rendition of
Happy Birthday to Mary.

If you find yourself in the back of the room count yourself
lucky, because everyone in the back will just mouth the words to
the song. But, what do you do if you find yourself in the front
of the room, or worse yet, your standing next to the boss?

Well this, my friends, is when social singing comes into play.

You can't fake it while standing next to the boss, and I can
tell you that everyone in the room is half singing and half
listening to the singing voice of everyone around them.

In this instance, you need to show your team-spirit, your
eagerness to participate, and your abundance of self-confidence.
You need to belt out those happy birthday lyrics with pride. If
the boss likes your voice, he/she will remember that in the
coming days. It is a silent advantage and could prove valuable
for things to come.

Don't let yourself get caught in an embarrassing situation. Try
some basic social singing techniques. You will shine in these
social singer settings, and you will find that hidden advantage
in the workplace.