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Gibson Les Paul History

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:31:12 +0000

1952 marked the beginning of the modern day guitar revolution. It was in this year that Les Paul and Gibson teamed up to create the Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. Whether you are aware of it or not, you have probably experienced this guitar in someway or another. You may have gone to a live a show and seen your favorite musician playing it or you've heard it on your favorite record, this guitar is a staple in the music industry and has been since its creation all those years ago.

The story of the guitar's burth is a little different depending on who you ask. Les Paul is responsible for adding elements to the guitar such as the trapeze-style tailpiece. Les Paul was a very popular Jazz musician at the time. When the guitar was created, Ted McCarty was in charge of Gibson. There are claims that the guitar was completely designed before Gibson ever talked to Les Paul. Gibson did this to get an endorsement for their new guitar from a well known jazz and pop guitar player.

Despite the legendary status the Les Paul has these days, believe it or not, it was rejected when it was first introduced. Les Paul's prototype was called 'The Log' and it was rejected when he submitted it. His thought was to put electronic pickups onto a solid guitar as opposed to the semi-hollow bodies that were popular then. His unique design spurred the industry in a new direction and expanded on the idea of the electric guitar that became wildly popular. Since then, Les Paul's guitar has gained traction with guitarists through the decades to finally rise to icon status.

The rich, storied history of the unique Gibson Les Paul electric guitar still attracts guitar enthusiasts and collectors to this day. The unique tone spectrum of the guitar is used by many studio musicians. Many notable musicians use this guitar still today. Some notable users have been: Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, The Edge, David Grohl, Eric Johnson, Ted Nugent, Keith Richards and many, many more. It has a rich clientele that continues to grow, making this guitar one of the most landmark electric instruments to hit the market.

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Aces high! The Iron Maiden merchandising machine

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:31:11 +0000

What are the benefits of branded merchandise for your band? Lets look at one of last night’s winners to proove a point.

Iron maiden, The band won ‘best live band’ last night to the delight of headbangers everywhere. (UP THE IRONS!). I went to Maiden’s twickenham gig in June last year, and there were 5 seperate full-sized merchandise stands around and inside the venue which were always packed. one of the music industires dirty secrets: bands dont make money on album sales generally, but on touring and merchandise sales. For bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica who sell thousands of t-shirts at concerts this is a very sweet piece of pie, considering twickenham holds 55,000 people for concerts, and a t-shirt was £20 each, not knowing the sales figures we cant really do the maths -im betting its a HUGE number in the five figure region. But when they were a smaller band in the late 70’s early 80s Merch sales were keeping them on the road until 1983’s ‘number of the beast’ exploded and took them to the next level as a band. Cannibal Corpse’s bloody imagery that is shown on their t-shirts have kept them making a living out of their music and on tour for years.

Promotional merchandise can also help get your bands name out there.

People will buy cool looking merchandise to wear/ display, out in public, which will be seen by other people, and if they also like the design/ logo, they may come to a gig or at least check out your myspace page. The more people are exposed to your logo, the more can become interested and quickly become merch buying fans. Unless your a die hard fan, most people will buy one copy of the album (why would you need anymore?) but 2 or 3 t-shirts to wear out.

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Kannagi DVD 1 commercial

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:15 +0000

Japanese release for Kannagi dvd 1 advertisement

Duration : 30 sec

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Why should I rent the DVD of “Wall * E”? (10 points for reasoned case)?

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:11:58 +0000

It’s not yet available at my nearby Video/DVD Family rental store – - but make your case for 10 points – BEST ANSWER – as to why I should rent it versus say, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” or just wait for the eventual release of “Dark Knight” – - thanks and good luck!

It is animation for “grown-ups” – - it is needed as a parable about humanity’s lack of regard for Planet Earth – - it is a great example of state-of-the-art movie technology (high resolution picture quality)

Is the movie industry really hurting due to piracy?

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:06:38 +0000

Piracy has taken a hit, but not enough to hear the movie industry whining. They have been ripping the public for years.

For example:

1 – The movie "Little Mermaid" made a chunk of cash in the theaters. It wasn't a box office smash, but did fairly good!

2 – Theater release to other countries made millions more

3 – DVD releases made it more money

4 – DVD rentals made even more money

5 – Pay-Per-View made some cash

6 – Cable subscribers (Like HBO) pay for some

7 – Broadcast on Network TV with commercials for extra cash

8 – Ten years later, it is Re-released and newly mastered! And makes more money

9 – Remastered DVD sales and rentals

etc….. etc….

How many times can they take the same crappy movie and turn it into cash?

seriously hollywood has no more ideas and is trying to either make money from the same movie or remake an old movie.
have these people no imagination?

does anybody know when apple will release itunes movie download/ rentals in the UK?

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:20:23 +0000

my nearest blockbuster is closing, and i rent movies alot, why cant they just do it now, and why can sky box office have movies the same time as they are released on dvd. it is the same as renting, so why dont they do it???

They don't already? It should be sometime in 2008 then.

when do redbox new releases come out?

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:06 +0000

ARe the redbox dvd rental’s supposed to come out at midnight? if not when b/c i really want to see a movie and want to besure to get it! thanks

I can’t find a real answer either but I know I rented a new release one time at like 5 am so that’s all I got for ya. Sorry

When will Simpson movie release to DVD?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:48:15 +0000

Anyone know when the Simpson movie will be out of Theaters and in Movie rental stores? Just curious.

Thanks.

Probably just a couple weeks before Christmas

where you live, approximately how much is….?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:04:30 +0000

the local newspaper?
a 2 bedroom house?
a large pizza?
a bottle of milk?
a loaf of bread?
a kit kat chocolate bar?
a new release dvd rental?
a packet of chewing gum?
in $ please

the local newspaper? 50c – $1
a 2 bedroom house? $200,000 – millions depending on location
a large pizza? dominos around $18
a bottle of milk? $1 1 litre
a loaf of bread? $1.50 – $3.00
a kit kat chocolate bar? $1
a new release dvd rental? $8
a packet of chewing gum? 60 cents

I live in the UK so relativley speaking those prices are probably on the high side since US currency is weak.

Need DVD Movie Rental Ideas?

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:04:03 +0000

I love Sci-fi, Action Adventure & Dark Comedies. I have seen most of the big popular movies that have been released. Does anyone have any ideas of lesser known titles for a good rental / purchase?

List as many as you like.

Go to www.blockbuster.com and you'll be able to see some of the lesser known movies which may suit you, check it out!