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The Future of New York Radio: Howard Stern Sirius Style
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Author is not associated with Sirius or Howard Stern in any way and this article is meant to be an analysis of the move to Sirius Satellite Radio by Howard Stern and events surrounding it.
Howard Stern’s move to Sirius Satellite Radio will really make a huge difference for New York Radio. With listeners making the move to Satellite Radio and away from New York City, what will happen to the radio stations broadcasting in New York City? Does radio continue on a good course or does it need a wake up call? – Is this it’s wakeup call?
The Daily News, has said that New York City radio “faces its last great wakeup call” and is being forced to deal with changing technologies, and the ever changing consumer tastes. The biggest threat, obviously to New York Radio is the changing of radio formats, from terrestrial to Satellite Radio. The Hollywood Reporter has outlined several new changes that Sirius Satellite Radio has made to its radio channel line up in order to take away market share from New York Radio and this is a huge threat to the terrestrial format.
Howard Stern isn’t the only one whom is making the move to Satellite Radio, there are several shock jocks that are in some areas, the flag ship of Clear Channel and several other networks. Stern will now have two stations via Sirius Satellite Radio and there are more in the works. Sirius also has plans for upto five family and kids channels as well as three difference Christian channels. Sirius is covering all its listeners wants and desires, New York radio has failed to do that, and Sirius is answering the call of its subscribers for better content!
HD Radio Stations – They’re Here (And More Are on the Way)
If, like many Americans, you’re holding off on buying an HD Radio because you’re not sure there are any stations broadcasting in HD Radio technology, you could stop holding off.
There are already more than 1,000 stations across the U.S. broadcasting in HD Radio technology and more are adding the technology every day.
This is not limited to just major markets, either. For example, here in Colorado, there are stations broadcasting in HD Radio technology in Colorado Springs. And Ft. Collins. Albuquerque has seven stations broadcasting HD radio signals, and both Memphis and Nashville, TN have HD technology licensed stations.
Naturally, the major markets such as New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, San Francisco, Seattle, and St. Louis all have numerous stations broadcasting HD Radio. Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Miami do too. In fact, it’s almost impossible to find a city with a population of more than 200,000 that does not have at least a couple of HD radio stations.
How about HD AM stations?
While many of these stations are HD FM, there are also a number of HD AM stations. For example, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver/Boulder, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, and Minneapolis-St. Paul have HD AM stations, as do Albany-Schenectady-Troy, San Diego and San Antonio.
What’s the advantage of HD AM stations. It’s that HD enables AM stations to sound as clear and static-free as conventional FM stations. So, if you’re a talk radio fan, you would be able to hear your favorite programs with the same clarity and fidelity as if they were broadcasting in FM.
The future also looks very bright for HD Radio. The big broadcast corporations such as Infinity and Clear Channel have pledged their support of HD Radio. Plus, HD radio is being pushed by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) which has announced an agreement that will accelerate the conversion of over 800 PBS AM and FM stations to iBiquity’s digital HD Radio broadcasting.
Just as important, iBiquity recently announced that is has signed agreements with four, new China-based manufacturers to produce low-cost HD radios.
Today the movies and television review will be the Quantum of Solace James Bond. To start with, real multitouch makes a stellar appearance with a giant Microsoft-Surface-style table which Judi Dench—the head of MI6—and other agents use with ease, simultaneously. In fact, the user interface on the table—albeit adorned for the required Hollywood eye candy—actually makes sense and is extremely attractive, gestures included. Everything on it is doable with current technology, even the part in which they place a dollar bill and it gets automatically scanned and identified.
There’s also the huge video wall at M’s office. Unlike the multitouch surface, this is a CGI effect. However, with enough money and the use of transparent OLED technology and gesture recognition, the video wall is also perfectly doable. In fact, I saw something similar in my visit to Philips Labs last August, although that transparent video wall—a simulation of a glass storefront—used projection rather than OLEDs.
Only a couple of technologies were exaggerated. One was Bond’s cellphone camera capabilities—with 007 taking pictures of faces with 3D depth of field information from a very long distance. The other was the speed of data transmission between the cellphone and MI6’s headquarters. However, you can perfectly imagine that all that may be real in the military world and just not available to consumers, specially looking at some of the latest camera and communications research.
But what really makes this movie is not the technology. Yes, it plays an important role: Bond gets geolocation information on the baddies, and he uses his camera to get some of their pics, which then are analyzed and cross-referenced by MI6 databases. But none of it is a gimmick. There is no magic zippo lighter capable of launching kinetic rocket fire balls and save the day at the end of the movie. The technology in Quantum of Solace is realistic and it integrates naturally into the film, it flows with the plot.
What makes it the best Bond movie ever is what makes an action movie good. The script to start with. Serious, but also witty, and with the right amount of reality stretching. It even has an underlying social theme, which is interesting and relates to the current world’s political climate. Marc Forster’s direction makes you wish he directed Indiana Jones IV. His movie runs like clockwork, with the action scenes being masterfully choreographed and filmed, and painting a deeper, much more complex portrait of not only Bond, but also M, who gets a lot more presence in this one (and is Judy bloody Dench. I rest my case).
And then there is Bond himself. Daniel Craig really makes the movie work with his presence alone. He’s a badass, but feels absolutely human. He has flair and a taste for luxury—wait until he arrives to Bolivia to see what I mean—but he gets gritty and dirty all the time. He could be a psychopath, but you can see that he has heart. He can seduce a women into bed like the best Connery would do, but you can actually see that he cares about her. You can feel that he is a hopeless romantic below the cold surface. A guy consumed by the need of vengeance and the contradiction of being betrayed by the love of his life. Yet, at the same time, he still loves her to the point of risking everything, even while she is dead.
And he likes cocktails.
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Ghajini as known has the hit music that has rocked the nation. The song Guzarish is another hit song written by Javed Ali and sung by Sonu Nigam. This was the most awaited song of last few days and finally the wait has ended with time as Bollymp3 has become the 1st website to add the songs of Movie Ghajini available for download in High Quality MP3 format. Click Here to Download the MP3 Songs of Ghajini. The songs from other Bollywood movie and other Bollywood songs have also been added to their website which can be downloaded free. Simple browse there huge list of albums and choose the movie you like. The movie Ghajini has been directed by A. R. Murugadoss and is distributed by Distributed by Studio 18 Adlabs. The music is surely by A. R Rehman the evergreen composer who also gave the Tu Meri Dost Hai songs from Yuvraaj which was another great hit.
What differentiates a go-getter from a mere dreamer? It is persistence and passion. Generally, you have to be determined and be a risk-taker in order to savour the fruits of success. This is true regardless of the field of expertise you may want to to triumph over.
Making it big in the dance music business, just like any other venture, has its own set of predicaments and difficulties. Great thing that that there are competent role models and voluminous resources that will be helpful in making an aspirant DJ like you engrave your own niche in the sun.
Be Seen, Be Heard
Ensure that you’re making yourself visible as this is perhaps the surest way in getting to the top of the heap. Don’t merely let other people find out about you, go to them and show off your skills. People should notice you, hear you and appreciate your music. These simple guidelines can help you through this:
Get closer to the dance music enthusiasts by enlisting in online clubs. Through the web, you can effortlessly make use of the influence of social connections and have this operate to your benefit so industry managers searching for new talent will discover you.
Be visible in dance clubs and halls. These are standard venues for dance activities so musicians and producers visit these places. Not only will you be presented to the big shots in the industry, but you can also benefit from their connections.
Market yourself through the web. You may upload your music videos to established video sites, ask your friends/fans to spread the news, and watch your fame increase! Of course, you have to ensure that you have plenty of music videos coming up to please your Internet fans. For a start, you may want to make more use of YouTube.com and dropyourtalent.com
Have your own website! This way, you’ll have an online space dedicated to your profile, your music, your dance life. After all, you’re the principal marketing collateral of yourself.
Being well-known means letting go of timidity and having temerity. Otherwise, you can forget reputation and riches in music.
Consider the Public
With the many hopeful DJ’s in the business, the need to stand out is imminent. You need to have your own kind of music, one that carries your individuality. Otherwise, you might just end up being an imitator.
Tiesto, for example, had to continuously reinvent himself in the earlier years before he turned out to the leading producer of trance and electronic dance music video today. He used to be an aficionado of hardcore tracks, and of acid house music.
You should create your own sound, just like what the other successful DJ’s like Tiesto, Fatboy Slim, Paul van Dyke did. It’s imperative that you “find your own beat.”
Be it known, however, that you are not playing only for yourself. Dance music is meant to be danced to and it’s no fun when you are dancing all by your lonely self. With this, you should ascertain that while you are following the current trends of music, you create one that will speak of you, and will sound unique.
Of course, the need for consistency is paramount. Meaning, you need to practice, produce, listen to beats and produce your own mix. This is exactly what being a DJ is all about so you must do this over and over again, if you have to.
Soon enough, you will just be stunned at the pace that you are making and you will find yourself on track of being the best DJ there is!
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The images of sexual innuendos and dancing people amidst colorful lights come to mind when you hear of a dance music video. Your body is eager to get its groove, not to mention it’s a feast for the auditory and visual senses!
With the presence of Me-Media, you can be a self-made star with your own dance music video. Do not be afraid to expose your dancing penchant and filmmaking skills, regardless of how unprofessional, to the limelight of cutting-edge YouTube uploads. Who knows if you will be the next Marie Digby or Mia Rose! (Mia Rose got 35 million hits on the channels, while Marie Digby got 2 million, placing them in the public limelight!)
People For Hire
When creating a music video, you should go one step higher than home videos of yourself and your friends dancing to “Thriller”. The following are the professionals you must get:
* The back-up dancers have to stay that way – back-up! They should not overshadow you. You are, after all, the star of the video!
* The choreographer must have new moves to teach. He should also be able to highlight your expertise.
* The director is the main man for your music video. Cautiously pick one with expertise, while taking your budget into consideration.
* The cameraman must be able to capture the shots in various angles like low and high-angle shots, Dutch angle, bird’s eye, etc.
Essentially, your dance music video will be completed with these people. When you’re working on a considerably small budget, you don’t have to hire a director of photography or a production designer. Or, you can get a director-slash-cameraman and a choreographer-cum-backup dancer. However, unless you don’t wish to be in it, you simply cannot be the star-slash-cameraman!
Your Video Shoot
Before you shoot the video, you need to create a storyboard with the whole idea of what you want to achieve. Decide which aspect you want focused on – your dance moves, or the special effects.
You will have to re-shoot scenes sometimes, too. Do not be discouraged, as even the most experienced of artists and directors do re-shoots to perfect the feel of the video. If you’re a perfectionist, then making a cool dance music videos ought to be a breeze.
Upload the Video
Upload your video to YouTube when you are finished. And while waiting for those hits to come, why not make another? Watch out, Beyonce!
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Are you a nice fan to your favorite stars or actors? Would it be nice if you can take your fondness for a celebrity to the next level? How about become an official fan? It may sound funny to place such as yourself into an official class. But, it is definitely fitting. Almost every celebrity has their own Fan clubs. Thus, no matter what you want to search for, a fan club can be easily found and joined. Apparently, Fan clubs offer web sites with interesting entertainment celebrity news information on the person or book, as well as trivia and information on meet and greets. So if you want to learn more about Anthony Quinn role or facts about Avril Lavigne, you should use the following methods to find a fan club that you can join.
If the celebrity is fairly famous, they would probably have their official fan club. By visiting their website, you can search any link that allows you to join. Official fan clubs normally have a monthly announcement update for you to keep up on what the celebrity is doing. As a member, you may even have exclusive access to their members-only shops that sell stuffs like watches, t-shirts or items that you couldn’t buy otherwise. Membership is usually free, but it may vary. For example, there could be a one-time charge that includes something special such as posters. It differs from club to club, so learn more from their site.
As a clubman, you will probably not have any obligations. All you have to do is sit back and take pleasure in the benefits of being in the fan club. However, take note of this, when you join an unofficial fan club, you may have to contribute something. For example, to become a part of it they may need you to supply an interview or picture that they don’t have yet. These groups offer much more information on whatever celebrity you are looking for, but may be difficult to find or stickier to join.
In order to join a fan sites or fan clubs, world wide web search is your best ways . Just type in the name of the person you love, the search engines will give you a multitude of results, and likeliness are that most of them will be dedicated to the appreciation of their work.