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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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NETFLIX WORLD MOVIE WATCHING CHAMPIONSHIP

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:48:41 +0000

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Is it just me or is Gamefly an extemely slow service?

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:12:21 +0000

I was expecting it to be like Netflix. Sadly I was mistaken. With Netflix, I could receive a DVD on Monday, send it back Tuesday and receive another DVD on Friday. At $11 a month I averaged 6 or 7 movies a month costing less than $2 per rental.
So far, I joined Gamefly on January 4th… they sent my first game on Jan. 7th, I didn't receive it until January 14th, I sent it back the 17th, they just received it today(the 28th!!!) and my next game to be sent says "Processing"….which means they won't send it for a few days.
Obviously they are fudging the dates to suit them as far as when they sent and received it. If they keep that up, 1 video game rental per month is NOT worth $16.
What I want to know from other Gamefly members is… is this the type of service I can expect from now on or was this a rare occurrence? What kind of experience have you had, good or bad, with Gamefly?

I just started too and I think it is slow…so far not a GOOD experience. They are probly over-worked or lasy. IDK.

Is there any good Rental Service That does Games and DVDs?

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:06:57 +0000

I'm currently signed up for netflix and gamefly, but I want to try to save some money and get a rental service that has both.

block buster

Why is there not a place where you can rent Music CDs?

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:20:42 +0000

You know how there's a Netflix & Blockbuster for movie rentals and a Gamefly for video game rentals, so why isn't there one for music cds?

Is it because of some legality issues? The first person with the best "legal" explanation to this will get the points.

In case if there IS such a place that does music CD rentals, can you point me to your source?
It is common sense that public libraries loan out music CDs. Perhaps some of you just answered this question for the points benefit, but never thought it out first. Next time, please think before posting your answers. Because it lowers your credibility when you answer questions just to answer them and could careless if it's right or wrong. I wish they had an IQ filter where if somebody with a lower IQ, their answers would not show up at all.

I don't know if it is because it would be illegal but its because you could just rent it and copy the songs off the cd and return it instead of buying the album. Thats why you can't return an opened cd because you could have opened it, burned the music off it, and return it and get your money back. The music industry wouldn't be making money this way.

The reason why they have movie rentals though is because most movies are copy protected meaning you can't burn the movie off of it.

Where can I rent PC games?

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:01:44 +0000

Every online rental has XBox, PS, Wii but no PC game rentals. I want to find a site like Netflix but for PC games.

you can't rent pc games because you install pc games on your computer so it's like your getting the game for practicly free

NetFlix or Blockbuster Online?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:48:30 +0000

I really love movies and lately I've been thinking aobut getting an online rental service. My sister and her husband have NetFlix and they really like it, but they really don't rent a whole lot of movies per month. I am planning to rent about 5-10 movies per month and I have been leaning more towards NetFlix but I am not sure. Also, I do not have a BlockBuster card so I was wondering if you needed to have a blockbuster card previously to rent free movies or games using the monthly discount coupon given by Blockbuster Online? I have heard that Blockbuster censors its movies and I want to get certain unrated movies especially horror movies and comedies. Is that true? But, then again I've also heard about NetFlix's "throttling" but I don't really understand how it works. Help would be appreicated in my decision. Thanks for reading.

I am a Blockbuster store manager. We carry unrated movies in our store. We do not censor movies. Also, if you rent online, you can return your online rentals in the store and get free rentals for each online rental you turn in. Once you turn in the online rental in the store, your queue is immediately freed and a new movie is mailed to you while you are watching the movie you got for free in the store. Plus, you are also given free movie rental coupons online to use in the store. You do have to have a Blockbuster Card, but it's free to get one. There is no other online rental program that is easier and gives you as much free stuff. Hope this helps.

Gamefly, netflix, etc… Good or Bad?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:04:44 +0000

Are online movie and game rental "things" worth getting? Everytime I check a website they only state the starting price.(like $9.99 for first month) Lets say I rent 3-10 movies a month, is it worth it? Or is it better to go to my local video store? Or 1-4 games a month, is it worth it? Do the movies and games come scratched often or rarely? What is the average price? Are there different plans you can get? What is the limit? Do I have to sign a contract? What about Late fees? And in your personal opinion is it worth having?

to sum up an answer to all your questions…

the price is based on how many games/videos you have out at a time. you can get as many as you want in a month, but for the basic charge ($9.99) you can only rent one at a time… then they send you another once they've received your return. hence, no late fees, since there are no "return by" dates. the more you have out at a time, the more you pay/month. there is no contract to sign, meaning you can cancel anytime.

the downside of most companies is that you cannot choose the exact movie you want, but you can only submit a list (of 10 or so) that you want to see and they will send you whatever is on your list that they have available when you make a return. however, Blockbuster is probably one of the best programs out there, seeing as how you can return the movies directly to the store and pick-up a new one there, instead of having to wait for a new one to mail out!

if you rent that many movies a month, I think it'd definitley be worth considering… if you're not happy, you can always cancel!

hope that helps!

Gamefly, Netflix, Etc.. Worth it?

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:04:19 +0000

Besides I hate Blockbuster because I once rented a movie for 99cents and had to pay a $3 late fee.