So You Want To Play Bass Guitar?
November 30, 2008
So You Want To Play Bass Guitar?
by: Carlie Marriott
The bass guitar is both the pivot and the drive of many
pop, rock and jazz groups. Most times the bass is what
holds it all together, but then sometimes it just emerges
from the mix and seems to pulse through your whole body.
The bass is one of the most emotive instruments around.
While the bass is versatile, the instrument tends to
take a backseat in a group. Few group leaders play the
bass. Take Paul McCartney, who’s a bassist predominantly.
Also, Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott covered bass duties and
Level 42’s Mark King is the singer and bassist. However,
these examples defy the rule. The role of the bass
guitar in a band in comparison to a regular guitar is
very different since most bass guitars are never heard
solo, except for a few short breaks or in jazz
arrangements. One reason why bass guitar solos are rare
is that most folk singer voices rarely blend will with
just the bass sound.
Offering an exact explanation for preferring a bass
Photo Ideas To Make Your Scrapbook A Work Of Art
November 28, 2008
Photo Ideas To Make Your Scrapbook A Work Of Art
by: Vera Raposo
Photos bring your scrapbook to life. The placement and type of photos
you choose will make the difference between an ordinary scrapbook and a
scrapbook that truly tells a story.
You can place your pictures individually or as a collage, and create colorful borders through the use of ribbons, beads, captions, and artwork. The possibilities are endless when deciding how to place your pictures in your scrapbook and what items you should use to make decorative borders.
Deciding which photos to use in your scrapbook can be a difficult task. Here are a few tips on taking pictures that make great scrapbook additions:
Take candid photos of people doing everyday things such as playing a
game, participating in sports, or relaxing in a favorite chair. Make
sure you get pictures of people interacting with others.
This is one of the best ways to fully capture a person’s personality and facial
expressions. Your subjects do not need to be looking directly at the camera.
Beneficial Mycorrhizae - Your Plants Best Friend
November 27, 2008
Beneficial Mycorrhizae - Your Plants Best Friend
by: Jason Willkomm
Innoculating your potting soil mix or hydroponic reservoir with beneficial mycorrhizae has many benefits. With the chelating enzymes the fungus release, the plants uptake more useable nutrients. With the funal hairs acting as a secondary root system, plants grow big faster. Overall, plants grow up healthier.
When fungal hairs, called hyphae, were first discovered surrounding plant roots on a 460 million year old fossil, it was believed the fungus must be robbing the plants of their energy. Further research has since proved this to be false. In fact, these very fossils became the evidence that suggests a relationship existed between the plants and the fungus that benefits both. The evidence goes on to conclude that it was exactly this symbiotic relationship that allowed plants to begin successfully growing on land about 55 million years ago.
In this arrangement, specialized fungal hairs form organs called mycorrhizae along the plants roots. The plants provide energy to the fungus, and the growing fungus produce enzymes that convert (chelate) organic material into minerals that are easy for the plant to absorb. The fungus also acts as a moist cushion against heat and drought. The fungus exudes antibiotics that protect roots from disease, and the action of the fungus protect the plant against toxicites in the soil as well.
How To Select the Ideal Home Weather Station
November 25, 2008
How To Select the Ideal Home Weather Station
by: Graham McClung
Have you ever considered buying your very own home weather station? Not that I’m selling them, but I believe I may be able to help you decide what to look for.
There are certainly many good reasons for having a modern weather station set up and working in your home.
Not the least of these is that they have never before been so easy to install and use, never had so many useful features, and certainly never been such good value.
How Your Own Home Weather Station Will Benefit You
The overall benefits of a home weather station are huge.
Modern home weather stations bring the outdoors inside to you, as outside weather sensors frequently and regularly transmit weather information to an attractively designed receiver/display unit, which can be set up almost anywhere in your home.
Home weather stations can provide crucial information about approaching bad weather, as well as giving you valuable data you can use to help maintain your garden, greenhouse, pond or aviary, or even to decide what to wear when you venture outside.
Free Instructions On How To Sew A Drawstring Bag In Minutes
November 23, 2008
Free Instructions On How To Sew A Drawstring Bag In Minutes
by: Jennifer Thoden
Drawstring bags are one of those sewing projects that can transcend all purposes. You can make them to hold small objects, like those seasonal colored glass rocks that you fill your vases with. You can use them as gift bags to cover wine bottles, hold small jewelry boxes, or any size gift. You can make them for decorative items for your home or bath.
Whatever your reason for sewing a drawstring bag, you will discover that making one is super simple. The construction is sew simple, that you can easily modify your dimensions, fabric and string to create a huge variety of drawstring bags.
So, decide on the size of your bag first. Are you making to hold a wine bottle? Something small?
Then pick out your fabric. You’ll need a little more than twice your bag’s dimensions. So, if your bag will be 12″ by 5″, then you want fabric that is at least 24″ plus 1 1/2″ by 5″ plus 1″.
Candle Supplies
November 20, 2008
Candle Supplies
by: Starlina Stimmer
What would Christmas be without snowballs? So, what better scented gift to give, then primitive snowballs that will last all year
This is an breezy, simple craft to do and you will receive hours of enjoyment in making snowballs. I warn you this can be addictive.
It is just like being a kid all over again, when you create one of these delightfully cool snowballs or icicles.
Make old fashion Vintage looking Winter icicles, snowballs, and snowflakes for Christmas or Winter Weddings. A bowl of festive snowballs or icicles make a wonderful center piece for festive occasions. Surround yours with candle light.
They are fast, fun, and best of all, easy. Get ready to have a great afternoon with the kids in the kitchen.
Maybe you can even make a little extra money at the next craft show.
These creative primitive grungy crafts look great as decorations in your country decor. Try placing them in baskets, old primitive boxes, old pans, wooden dough bowls. Add a sprig or two of Christmas green, pinecones, a few red berries dried, or use your imagination and see what you can come up with.
History of Sports Memorabilia
November 19, 2008
History of Sports Memorabilia
by: Bob Rardin
The other day I was cataloguing three boxes of baseball cards for a friend of mine and I began to think about how this entire card collecting and sports memorabilia phenomenon began. If you are a closet fan (as I am) of shows on television that travel from city to city checking out and pricing antiques for the general public, you’d be aware of the fact that often sports memorabilia is brought to the shows for assessment. So this tells me that a lot of people out there have sports memorabilia that they consider to be antiques, so collecting of sports memorabilia has been around for a long time.
WHEN DID SPORTS MEMORABILIA COLLECTING BEGIN?
If it’s true that nothing says “USA” like baseball does, then it’s natural that sports memorabilia collecting in this country began with a connection to the American pastime of baseball. Tobacco Companies introduced baseball cards to Americans in the late 1800’s in an attempt to sell their products. When I was younger I had always thought that the Bubble Gum Companies such as Topps first introduced baseball cards, but bubble gum baseball cards were really a product of the fifties and sixties.
A Wealth of Kid Hobby Ideas
November 17, 2008
A Wealth of Kid Hobby Ideas
by: Deng Gang
Every young person needs a hobby. An interesting kid hobby will help children learn as well as keep them entertained for hours. It might even help them stay away from a bad peer group and stay out of trouble. Some kids might think of video games or TV as an appropriate kid hobby, but most parents would like to see their kids doing something more challenging or educational.
A good kid hobby is playing a musical instrument. The guitar can often be self-taught from a book if a child has the interest, but for piano playing or other instruments, you will probably have to invest in lessons. Practice is, of course, an essential part of mastering any musical instrument.
Another type of kid hobby is pursuing an art or a craft. Kids can learn to draw, paint, or make scrapbook pages. They can learn needle arts, such as embroidery, sewing, knitting or crocheting. Beginning carpentry is a very useful kid hobby that may turn into a career, or at least skills that will be used for a lifetime.
Tinkering around on gas engines or electronics is another kid hobby that can lead to useful skills.
History of Edwin Hubble
November 15, 2008
History of Edwin Hubble
by: Anne Noonan
Edwin Hubble was born in 1889 in Mansfield, Missouri. He lived there with his family until they moved to Chicago in 1898.
Edwin attended high school in Chicago where he became interested in science and the mysteries of the universe. Two writers that he admired were Jules Verne and his “20,000 Leagues under the Sea” and Henry Haggard who wrote “King Solomons Mines”.
After high school Edwin Hubble went to Illinois State where he succeeded at basketball and boxing, while achieving a Bachelor’s degree in astronomy and mathematics.
Surprisingly as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University he studied law, not astronomy. After graduation Edwin went to Louisville Kentucky and started his law practice. Later he realized his dislike for law, and decided to study astronomy at Yerkes Observatory.
In 1917 Edwin Hubble earned his post-graduate plus doctorate in astronomy from the University of Chicago.
Hubble while working at California’s Mount Wilson Observatory proved the existence of other galaxies by using the Hooker reflecting telescope the Cepheids was outside the Milky Way galaxy.
Edwin Hubble in 1929 first introduced his Hubble telescope and created Hubble’s Law which helped astronomers to determine the age of the universe and proof that it is expanding.
Creating Rubber Stamps: Not All Methods Created Equal (Part 1 of 3)
November 14, 2008
Creating Rubber Stamps: Not All Methods Created Equal (Part 1 of 3)
by: Gwendolyn Lee
Whether you’re a rubber stamp rookie, dabbler, or seasoned veteran, you’ve undoubtedly wondered how to make your own rubber stamp. When creating a custom rubber stamp, there are many methods that can be used; in this three-part series, you’ll learn the pros and cons of several different stamp-producing methods.
No matter the method, if you are looking to become a rubber stamp vendor, good luck. It would be easier to find Osama bin Laden’s cave than to find a wholesale vendor for stamp mounts and cases. Besides their clandestine status, wholesale vendors may also have a minimum purchase requirement or different price breaks for quantity. When starting out as a small business, it may be best to buy cases and mounts from a local arts and crafts store.
If you’re serious about creating high quality rubber stamps, the best technology to use is a laser engraver. Though they may cost thousands of dollars, many high-end engravers can create a stamp as precise as 1000 dpi. Laser engravers are optimal for high productivity and quality rubber stamps, and items like graphics or small text are easily achieved. Laser engravers are less messy than other rubber stamp-making methods, and advanced alignment technology creates little waste.
