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"...very close to what I hear during the local chamber music series."
"Am listening to the Kenneth Leighton Trio and this is the first time I have heard "depth" -- piano behind cello and violin. Very realistic and clean! The EOS is essentially flat, balanced, and fast! The quartet and trio music is very close to what I hear during the local chamber music series. I'm trying to get a local recording studio up here for a listen."
--G.R., New Mexico, USA
"...I could have listened to them for several hours..."
"Hi Roy, I got a chance to listen to "P's" EOS pair a few days ago (just haven't got down to writing a few lines to you). I now know what you mean when you said that the EOS will sound more open than [my] Callistos. Right off the bat I could hear that, although "P" hadn't yet set it up for the listening distance and height. The mids sounded good already. The highs were airy and extended but did have a bit of an edge but that was expected since it had only done 15 hours and I know from experience that this will improve as it plays. Besides I suspect the tweeter needs to go back on its rail for the listening position which probably was another cause for this 'edge.' The bass is huge improvement from his old [ProAc] floorstanders (it's tight and there is no overhang like he had earlier) but needs to extend more as it burns in. Having said that I could have listened to them for several hours without worrying about all this but he had to rush off to work :-) I will schedule another listening session shortly."
--K.B., Bangalore, India
What a reviewer says
"Editor's Choice Award!" HiFi News and Record Review
"I hate to use the awful old cliche 'snaps into focus' but that's exactly what happens to the Eos's sound when the tweeter position is optimised. lt's quite remarkable, and the most convincing demonstration of the importance of accurate driver time-alignment that I've ever experienced.
"The traditional knuckle-rap test confirms the inertness of the Eos cabinet, and it's there to be valued in this speaker's unusual lack of the false lower-midrange bloom that we're habituated to hearing from conventional slab-faced box cabinets. Once it's removed, you wonder how you ever lived with such a colouration.
"This is one contributor to the Eos's outstandingly open, clean sound. Another I'm sure, is the first-order crossover. There's a widespread orthodoxy in audio's academic circles that the phase distortion caused by typical passive crossovers (ie, up to fourth order) is inaudible. Well, I demur and not just because I tend to like the sound of speakers with first-order crossovers. I've experimented in this area over a number of years and have no doubt that crossover phase distortion has clear audible consequences. A significant part of the Eos's fine, spacious imaging unquestionably owes itself to that simple crossover.
"It has to be said, though, that the Eos's rare clarity is also in part due to a less than scupulously neutral tonal balance. [GMA disagrees- see below] There's a lack of midrange warmth here, although curiously it's more apparent on some programme material than others. For instance, I didn't feel that Ella Fitzgerald's masterly 'Reach For Tomorrow' [Verve 839 838-2] -a track that's very sensitive to a speaker's ability to reveal vocal nuance- was tonally cool or upper-mid forward, but other items clearly were. One such was Diana Krall's 'Narrow Daylight (24/96 version from Dual Disc, Verve 0602498648247), where both the vocal and acoustic guitar break had a little more edge to them than they should.
"What you gain from this acceptance of the Eos's sometimes forward nature is a really quite special blend of insight, spaciousness and sheer persuasiveness on material to which it's well suited. To label this as a speaker best adapted to small musical forces would be to do it an injustice, but there's no question that it excels on simply accompanied vocals, small jazz ensembles, chamber music, etc. Particularly vocals.
"With the tweeter optimally positioned, the Eos's ability to transport the singer to the listening room was simply uncanny. The sound was pretty good even with the tweeter off its sweet spot, but with correct tweeter alignment the sheer resolution of vocal nuance and inflection came as something of a shock. Kurt Elling's voice in particular I've never heard more realistically rendered, and this wasn't a mere matter of hi-fi nerdiness. With the enhanced sound came an even deeper appreciation of Elling's skill at moulding and delivering this prosaic paean to lost love. I kept repeating the track with a sense of wonderment.
"Another benefit of the Eos's inherent transparency is its ability to refresh and reinvigorate recordings which you've classified as being on the dull and turgid side.
"Outstanding spatial qualities...." - Keith Howard, HiFi News magazine, April 2010
GMA replies-
We are of course, very pleased that Mr. Howard really enjoyed his time with Eos. Receiving their "Editor's Choice Award" was quite an honor!
Eos, like all of our designs, has a first order crossover. This means that both drivers are producing sound together over several octaves. The speaker is designed for this overlap to be smoothly integrated at the listening position. If the speakers are tested with the microphone only 1 meter away, it is almost inevitable that some anomalies in the measurements may show up which are not apparent in normal listening. These would only be a problem if you intend listening at one meter from the speakers! Eos' time-coherent output makes for a more direct sound, which can be interpreted as forwardness.
Mr. Howard uncovered a couple of very narrow-band resonances that we later traced to shipping vibration-damage, and corrected. Also, his Eos were in rather large room, thus producing less low bass,
Regardless, what a positive review! Thank you, Keith Howard, for your time and energy!
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When God is in it….
1 King 5:5"Behold, I (Solomon) intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father.."
I love to encourage 'builders' today! Hey, I'm not talking about construction business, whenever you start going to the next level, you become a builder! You may be concentrating on building the character of your kids, their education, your family, your health, your future, your skills, your spiritual life, your finances, new educational venture and so on; whatever, I am thrilled for you – keep moving forward.
Until you remain dormant, the world doesn't bother you but the moment you decide to 'build' then all eyes turn on you. Are you listening? My advice today: a) God should be in it b) godly principles should be followed c) got to have determination to finish. Hurray!
God should be in it: Solomon knew that he is sitting on the throne of his father David because of God's love for his father, such was the intimacy of God and David. Solomon knew that. (Does your children and family know about your prayer life and relationship with God?) Solomon knew for sure, he cannot move an inch without the grace of God, so when God asked 'what do you want?' he is quick to ask, 'give me wisdom oh God.' God gave Solomon not only wisdom but riches and honor too, someone needs to hear this today. When you humble yourself before God and invite Him into your life, business, college and everything, He is overjoyed to help you.
Godly principles: God clearly instructs Solomon, that this blessing was conditional, read: "Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father."(1 King 6:12) You cannot have success if you flout rules!
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Turlock Fruit Says Avoid The Cranshaws
Not to worry: The Cranshaws are neither the Hatfields nor the McCoys. They are big, yellow-orange melons that were once reliably ripe and sweet. Now they deceptively look ripe and sweet. Nothing�s perfect, as they say inthe fresh food business.
Don Smith, an executive at Turlock Fruit Company in California, a major Cranshaw producer, gave me a straightforward explanation: Seed engineering. He says that Cranshaw �seeds are bred for long shelf life� at the expense of sweetness. Therefore I should stop buying them if I want good taste along with the good looks. The seeds grow into �hard and ripe� melons but are not nearly as sweet as Cranshaws once were. He suggests switching to Turlock Farms�s orange flesh honeydews.
Smith�s honesty contrasts with the agribusiness tradeoff of supermarket corporate satisfaction at the expense of consumer satisfaction. Whole Foods, for example, might reject�according to Mr. Smith�an entire shipment of Cranshaws if too many arrive ripe and prone to damage. Whole Foods has a talent for attractive displays of fruit and vegetables. As for taste, consumers may find an expensive inconsistency. Like all supermarket chains, WF is a food seller�not a food producer�that takes no responsibility for diminished quality due to seed engineering. But WF cheerfully refunds my returns without dispute.
Turlock Fruit's answer was candid�but not as satisfying as another producer who, when I emailed him a complaint about an unripe papaya, overnighted a ripe one.


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Hot on the heels of the announcement from the Forum Trust about their Gaza project they've contacted us about another project that they think our readers might be interested in:
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Volunteers will be supported by the Project Historian Neil Storey and they will receive training on how to research the stories of Norfolk women in the military services and hospitals, on the land, in the factories and on the home front. Heritage skills training offered to volunteers will include an introduction to the collections of the Norfolk Heritage Centre and the Norfolk Record Office and how to use online sources for family history and military ancestry research. They will also receive training in public speaking and media engagement and be offered the opportunity to learn digital skills including filming and film editing.
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Peter O'Keeffe leaves Stage Entertainment26 February 2016
Per March 1st, Peter O'Keeffe will end his career at Stage Entertainment. Over the past 15 years, he held various management positions enabling him to contribute to the quality of Stage Entertainment's productions on an international scale. In the last months he was involved in the outlining of the current five year plan, where he put his stamp on the programming of new musical productions across Europe. CEO Just Spee will take over the coordination of the production and commercial teams as well as the contacts with international license partners.
Just Spee: 'Peter O'Keeffe is among the most experienced theatre producers in Europe. With his departure he takes with him an immense understanding and genuine feeling for theatre. On behalf of all colleagues I would like to thank him for his multiple contributions to the theatre successes of our company.'
After having worked for the Walt Disney Company in Paris for ten years, Peter O'Keeffe (England, 1969) joined Stage Entertainment in 2001 for the first time, responsible for all Holiday on Ice productions. In 2005 he left Stage Entertainment to become International Executive Producer at Clear Channel Entertainment. In 2007 Peter returned to Stage Entertainment to take over as Director Productions and International Executive Producer, where he oversaw large international musical productions, predominantly in Spain and from 2011 in The Netherlands. In 2012 he joined the Stage Entertainment Board of Directors and served as Chief Content Officer and Chief Executive Officer.
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Under the garb of a lawyer par excellence lies a heart that beats for the composite culture of India and its literary and cultural traditions.
Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, is well known for his passion and knowledge of law, but few know about his fondness for the Urdu language, and its poetry and literature. He inherited this affinity from his father, the late Senior Advocate Mr. K. K. Luthra, a native Punjabi speaker who was fluent in Urdu, Persian, and English and literate in Arabic.
Mr Luthra's father's and mother's family moved to India from West Punjab after the partition in 1947 and his grandfather was alloted agricultural land in Indian Punjab after a few years. "We speak Punjabi at home, but our spoken dialect is different from the Punjabi of Eastern Punjab", he remarks while talking about his family's journey to post-partition India, "My grandfather would write to his staff on our farm in Bhatinda (now Mansa) in Punjabi but in the Shahmukhi script. And my father used to make his case notes in Urdu or English. I still have his old registers with his notes in Urdu", he adds.
Ever since childhood, Mr. Luthra has seen Urdu used for work and for personal communication in his family. And while his own use of Urdu was limited he greatly desired to learn the script that both his grandfather and father had mastered. "I bought a book to learn the Urdu script when I was in college", he recalls, "but my attempts didn't work". Nastaliq, the script for writing Urdu, is indeed a complicated writing system. It does not promptly divulge its secrets to learners.
Mr Luthra's father Mr K K Luthra
However, this desire to learn to read and write the Urdu script lived on in his heart. "In 2013, my wife Ketaki showed me an article about the Urdu Script course at Zabaan in the Brunch Magazine. I got interested, made a few enquiries, and decided to attend the course", Mr. Luthra recalls. He attended the five lessons of the course and then continued on by taking private lessons with the teacher Ali Taqi for several months. He recounts his experience of learning with Ali fondly, "Learning with Ali was a great experience. He shed light on the finer details and nuances of the language and even the history of the alphabet, which made the experience fascinating."
Many of his friends were intrigued by this commitment to learning Urdu given his hectic work schedule. He was at that time Additional Solicitor General of India at the Supreme Court. "For me, it was a good opportunity to connect with my family's heritage", he says. When the senior Mr. Luthra was alive, mushairas (poetry-meets) and Indian classical musical performances were commonplace at their home. He recalls, "My father had a phenomenal memory and was very fond of literature, he could quote Shakespeare by heart and also knew a large number of couplets in Urdu and in Persian. He was particularily interested in Urdu and Persian poetry and literature – I still have few of his books."
Mr K K Luthra with the late Urdu poet Izhar Asar behind him to his right at a ghazal recital at his residence
Mr. Luthra feels that learning and understanding Urdu has opened a window into his family's lost heritage, "It was a revelation", he remarks contemplatively, "I now know the meaning of many of the words my grandfather and father used to use." Being a heritage Urdu speaker himself, Mr. Luthra could understand the meaning of Urdu words through context, but his Urdu lessons taught him the precise meanings and origins of the words he had been hearing since his childhood. He is now eager to read the Urdu books and personal letters in his father's collection. He would also like to use his knowledge of Urdu to revisit the ghazals he learnt as a boy while training in Indian classical music for more than seven years.
Now that Mr Luthra has learnt the Urdu script, his next goal is to start learning Persian so that he can read the original text of Zafarnama, a missive from Guru Gobind Singh to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. He has read the English translation by Navtej Sarna and loves its crispness, and its powerful message and moving oration – it is, in fact, one of his favourite books.
He also wants to learnt Sanskrit one day. As an Arya Samaj follower, he already recites Sanskrit mantras with ease and hopes to master the language someday soon. As he comes from a family of polyglots, and himself speaks Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, English and (passable) French, it will not be surprising when one day he fulfils his dream of learning Persian and Sanskrit as well.
Some of Mr K K Luthra's Urdu Books
Mr. Luthra's family clearly imparted to him a love for languages, literature, music and culture and above all bestowed on him a sense of pride in who he is and where his family comes from. He does not talk much about partition days, but it is quite evident that he greatly admires his family and especially his parents for all that they were able to accomplish in spite of the circumstances. His father earned an MA in English Literature and another MA in Journalism before obtaining his law degree, while his mother aged 91 is a retired academic from the University of Delhi and continues to be an avid reader with an eclectic taste, from politics to fiction and spirituality, both in Hindi and English.
Talking about the origin of Urdu Mr Luthra says, "Urdu was born because there was a need for a common medium of communication between different sections of the population and those who governed the society and were in charge of administration." For someone who has witnessed the process of assimilation first hand, it is almost intuitive to see how the migration of people and their languages leads to the creation of new ones.
It is also no surprise then that Mr. Luthra has encountered the Urdu language not just in high literature and music, but also in several legal records from pre- and post-partition that pertain to common people. Recounting his exhilaration at reading these records Mr. Luthra says, "The satisfaction of reading them in the original is unmatched."
Other Hindi speakers who learn Urdu also go through a similar experience. The text written in Urdu, barring a few words, is almost fully comprehensible to them. The only tricky part is decoding the script. Mr. Luthra believes that once Hindi speakers master the script, learning Urdu will come easily to them. Based on his own experience, he comments, "Hindi speakers can easily contextualise new Urdu words. The only real challenge is not lapsing into the tendency of using Hindi words in Urdu, and instead continuously work towards on building a strong Urdu vocabulary."
Yet despite the efforts of intellectuals, students and heritage speakers like Mr. Luthra who are trying to revive their centuries-old connection to Urdu, the great poetic and literary traditions of the language are slowly becoming obsolete in modern India as the country is reinventing itself in the 21st century. Mr. Luthra feels that we are at risk of losing this part of our heritage as the generation fluent in Urdu is passing away. An observation that echoes the feelings of admirers of Urdu today.
Many people now commonly think of Urdu as a language belonging to the Muslim community, a historically inaccurate assumption that Mr. Luthra dismisses outright. He explains, "The spoken language in north India was Hindustani which was a mixed language. Apart from Central India and Hyderabad, the Muslims in southern and eastern Indian states speak, read and write their own regional languages – Urdu is not their spoken or written language, thus treating Urdu as relatable to the Muslim community alone is unwarranted."
Today many of us struggle with the differences and apparent contradictions between the many languages and cultures in India, but Mr. Luthra has turned this rich cultural heritage into one of his key strengths. Being multilingual comes naturally to him; he can easily switch from Hindi to Punjabi to Urdu to English and then back to Hindi in any conversation depending on the comfort of the person he is speaking to. Through his magnetic persona and his extensive scholarship, he inspires us to emulate his example and rediscover our heritage with an open mind and heart.


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With the VM and Display show looming we have another little taster of what you will be able to see from our good friends at DZD. Their emphasis this year is on recycled materials. Everything will be made from recycled materials, newspaper, bottle tops, magazines…..stitched, rolled, folded, pleated and woven into garlands, wreaths, objects, stars and spheres. They are really working hard to show you how creative you can actually be with recycled materials. In some of the images here we can see free standing 3D letters (spelling DZD) and some origami birds fashioned and folded from the Financial Times newspaper.
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|Red Cedar State Trail at Downsville, Wis.
The wide, fairly level trail hugs the scenic Red Cedar River, passing weeping walls and bald eagles nests along the way. Running 14.5 miles one-way, the trail is too long to enjoy via a day hike. But with its many access points, the trail can be done in segments.
Trailheads (from north to south) for the Red Cedar State Trail include:
• Menomonie – The northern terminus of the trail is in Menomonie's Riverside park off of Wis. Hwy. 29. Park next to the old train depot turned visitor center. The trail heads 2.7 miles south to Irvington.
• Irvington – Access the trail from the parking lot off of Paradise Valley Road immediately north of County Road D/440th Avenue in Irvington. The trail runs north to Menomonie's Riverside Park and 4.3 miles south to Downsville.
• Downsville – Parking is in Downsville off of County Road C east of Wis. Hwy. 25. The trail can be taken north under the bridge and over the river to Irvington or 6.7 miles south to the Dunnville Bottoms.
• Dunnville Bottoms – The trail crosses County Road Y at the Dunnville Road intersection. Parking is available directly across the river; you'll have to walk along the county road bridge to the trail access. The trail heads north to Downsville and 0.9 miles south to the Chippewa River State Trail.
The trail ends with a scenic bridge crossing of the Chippewa River and junction with the Chippewa River State Trail. The shortest route to this bridge is via the Dunnville Bottoms access, but parking lots also are available in Durand's Tarrant Park and in Meridean along the Chippewa River State Trail.
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Country in need of urgent aid'. Parachute Regiment pay tribute to pair killed in Afghanistan (Afghanistan/UK)
Sergeant major died in Taliban firefight. Private was fatally injured checking for landmines.
Sergeant major died in Taliban firefight.Private was fatally injured checking for landmines.
They were a senior soldier and a very junior one. The 20-year-old was at the beginning of a career with the army; the other, at 41, had spent almost all his adult life working through the ranks of the Parachute Regiment. Both died on the same day, in separate incidents, while on the same operation against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Yesterday they were named as Sergeant Major Michael Williams and Private Joe Whittaker.
Williams had been in the army for 22 years and had deployed on operations in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan among other countries. Known more commonly as Mark, and affectionately as Weasel because of his small build, he was killed in a firefight with the Taliban while commanding a fire support group operating in the Upper Sangin Valley.
Whittaker was a reservist from 4 Para and was part of a 48-strong contingent that had been integrated into the 2 Para Battle Group for its tour of Afghanistan. He had recently been selected to begin army officer training.
He had volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan and was killed whilst checking a road for landmines.
Yesterday, the soldiers' commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Joe O'Sullivan, said: "Sgt Maj Williams was a warrant officer and part of that very special group of men, the senior non-commissioned officers of the battalion, who are its glue and its heart, and who lead the engine room of the sergeants' mess.
"Pte Whittaker had already passed the army officers selection board, and was soon to begin his training to become an army officer and, he hoped, an Apache pilot. These two men were very different in age, experience and rank, but both were inspired by the challenge of service with the Parachute Regiment, and the very difficult task that confronts us each day here in northern Helmand."
The defence secretary, Des Browne ,said: "They both died in the most heroic of circumstances - Sgt Maj Williams was taking part in a deliberate operation to drive Taliban fighters from the upper Sangin valley and Pte Whittaker was checking the road for mines to ensure the safety of his comrades. At this difficult time my thoughts are with their family, friends and comrades."
Five other members of 2 Para have lost their lives in recent weeks, bring the number of British soldiers to have died in Afghanistan since the start of operations in 2001 to 108.
The naming of the two men coincided with the unveiling yesterday, by the Ministry of Defence, of a new armoured patrol truck aimed at giving greater protection to troops travelling on hostile roads in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly 600 new protected vehicles were set to be delivered.
Lady Taylor, minister for defence equipment and support, said the MoD had spent £150m on a fleet of 157 Ridgbacks - a UK variant of US Force Protection Inc's Cougar 4x4 vehicle. She also announced an order for 72 more Jackal vehicles, and a £14m purchase of 14 extra amphibious Viking vehicles, taking the number of Vikings to more than 200 available to the armed forces.
There has been continued criticism of the use of Snatch Land Rovers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Originally designed for Northern Ireland, they have proved extremely vulnerable to attack from improvised explosive devices.
Last week, four soldiers were killed in Helmand province when their Snatch was hit by an IED.
Taylor said the launch of the new vehicles would go some way to reassuring people about protection provided for troops. "It will reassure them that we're doing everything possible to provide the right range of protection. There is no such thing as absolute protection but we have got to provide the best range of equipment."
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Portwell releases highly composable IoT gateway
Portwell announces XM-1, the first IoT gateway to feature international patents of highly composable structure. XM-1 satisfies customers' requests for an IoT gateway solution that can meet the requirements emerging from an extensive range of IoT applications.
Due to local/specific infrastructural challenges - such as transmission distance, geological obstacles, limitation of regulation and/or power consumption - a system integrator involved in a wide variety of IoT projects might need to deploy a gateway solution, ideally, designed with various communication interfaces to ensure that data can be collected effectively under the same IoT structure. With the modularized design of XM-1, the same system integrator can select and "insert" the communication module/s based on "actual" application needs and requirements instead of preparing several different hardware gateways. For example, intelligent agriculture can utilize LoRa long range, low power wireless technology for collecting data, plus LTE high-speed wireless communication to connect to the cloud. In other cases, the system integrator might be required to choose to adopt Wi-Fi instead of LTE, and accordingly the LTE module could be exchanged with a Wi-Fi module swiftly and easily. Portwell's agile XM-1 modularized IoT gateway not only helps save costs, but also provides remarkable flexibility for unlimited IoT deployments within an evolving IoT world.
When a communication or connectivity system encounters technical issues, or requires an upgrade, engineers no longer need to open the system/gateway chassis. With its hot-plugging capability, XM-1 facilitates easier maintenance and upgrade. This modular design can dramatically decease the training time for technicians and help the enterprises lower costs and enhance efficiency.


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Helping teachers identify and nurture
leadership skills among students is the topic of the "Learners
to Leaders: Weaving Leadership into K-12 Learning" conference,
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 - 27 at California State University,
Sacramento. Friday's events will be held in the Steven Lee
Yamshon Alumni Center and Saturday's will be in the University
Union Ballroom.
On Friday from 8:30 to 4 p.m., Clay Roberts, known for his
work on asset development, will lead a session on identifying
the principles guiding courageous leaders and provide practical
examples of student leadership development. From 5 to 7:30
p.m., Barry Posner, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge
will give the keynote address.
Saturday's topics include conflict management, elementary
school student councils, students in the role of class computer
technician, having students produce a weekly television show
and building an online community. There will also be tips
for uncovering leadership skills among at-risk children and
children with learning disabilities.
The conference is being sponsored by CSUS Regional and Continuing
Education and is open to both teachers and parents. Registration
fees range from $199 to $249 and continuing education units
are available for additional charge.
For registration information, call (916) 278-4433, ext. 192.
Media information is available by contacting the public affairs
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What's that? You don't like the way Windows 10 looks and acts? I can't imagine why — the operating system goes through extensive testing The Best Free Windows 10 Repair Tools to Fix Any Problem The Best Free Windows 10 Repair Tools to Fix Any Problem If you're running into system problems or rogue settings, you should use these free Windows 10 repair tools to fix your PC. Read More and is widely regarded as the most stable and enjoyable platform on the market.
Okay, I'm joking.
For some people, the vanilla version of Windows isn't good enough. Are you craving for an XP-esque experience? Do you want to customize your Start Menu's icons 6 Tools to Tweak the Windows 10 Start Menu 6 Tools to Tweak the Windows 10 Start Menu The Windows 10 Start Menu combines the best features of Windows 7 with Windows 8 live tiles. If you'd prefer a different look and long for a major overhaul, here are the tools you'll need. Read More ? Are you fed up with boring desktop wallpapers How to Change the Look and Feel of Your Windows 10 Desktop How to Change the Look and Feel of Your Windows 10 Desktop You just upgraded to Windows 10 and you're wondering how you can customize and personalize it. We help you turn your desktop into a virtual Windows experience, one step at a time. Read More ?
Help is at hand. Here are the seven best tools for tweaking and customizing Windows 10.
1. CustomizerGod
CustomizerGod is the self-styled ultimate customization tool for Windows.
It mainly focuses on changing the iconography. Drive icons, shell icons, battery icons, navigation icons — it's all covered. You can also alter various screens, such as the one you'll see when powering up or shutting down your machine.
And don't worry — CustomizerGod includes a backup tool, so you're not going to cause lasting damage to your PC if something goes awry.
2. TweakNow PowerPack
As the name suggests, TweakNow is designed to help you alter the way your system works rather than the way it looks. It aims to let you fine-tune every detail of Windows 10, and the app comes with several tools to help you achieve that objective.
Here's a taste of what you get in the download:
- A registry cleaner for removing old and corrupt entries (though you should use registry cleaners with caution How to Fix Windows Registry Errors & When Not to Bother How to Fix Windows Registry Errors & When Not to Bother In most cases, fixing our registry will do nothing. Sometimes registry errors cause havoc after all. Here we'll explore how to identify, isolate and fix registry problems – and when to not bother at all. Read More ).
- A menu that reveals more than 100 hidden Windows settings.
- A startup manager.
- Support for up to four virtual desktops, each of which can be customized according to your project and/or mood.
- In-depth analysis of your computer's vital components such as the processor, memory, and video adapter.
- A track cleaner that removes tracking data left by old, uninstalled apps.
3. Winaero Tweaker
The Winaero website has a reputation for offering a large number of small, useful, standalone apps. The newly-released Winaero Tweaker pulls all of them together into a single, easy-to-navigate place.
The full list of features is way beyond the scope of this article; doing a complete walkthrough would require a piece of its own. Nonetheless, here's a small sample of the types of changes you can make:
- Automatically prevent " — Shortcut" being added to the end of new shortcuts.
- Add eight custom colors to the Settings > Personalization > Color menu.
- Change the size of the scroll bars.
- Disable the Pin to Start context menu command (how many times have you accidentally clicked on it while emptying your Recycle Bin?).
- Add file encryption to the context menu.
- Edit the size of window borders, title bars, and menus.
The app is currently free, but the developer has hinted he might start charging in the future. Grab it while you can.
4. Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4
Given its tiny size (the file is only 495 KB), the amount you can accomplish with this app is highly impressive. Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 offers more than 200 individual tweaks, covering everything from your machine's performance to its security.
For example, you can restrict access to some Control Panel options, disable system telemetry, add Windows Store apps to the context menu, change user accounts settings 5 Tips for Managing Windows User Accounts Like a Pro 5 Tips for Managing Windows User Accounts Like a Pro Windows user accounts have evolved from isolated local accounts to online accounts with various privacy challenges. We help you sort out your accounts and find the settings that work for you. Read More , and edit how File Explorer behaves.
These changes can sometimes go wrong, so it's always wise to make sure you create a system restore point before proceeding.
5. TileCreator
I covered TileCreator when I took a look at some of the best tools for customizing your Start Menu 6 Tools to Tweak the Windows 10 Start Menu 6 Tools to Tweak the Windows 10 Start Menu The Windows 10 Start Menu combines the best features of Windows 7 with Windows 8 live tiles. If you'd prefer a different look and long for a major overhaul, here are the tools you'll need. Read More , but it deserves another mention.
One of the criticisms most frequently leveled at Windows 10 is its inability to change the visual appearance of tiles on the Start Menu. The workaround on Windows 8 was to use the fantastic OblyTile app, but sadly it doesn't support the latest version of the operating system.
Thankfully, TileCreator does. It works with any app's tile and lets you customize the image, the text, and the background color.
You'll need both the Windows Store app and the separately downloaded proxy to make it work.
6. Taskbar Tweaker
The taskbar is one of the most important parts of your day-to-day interaction with Windows 10. If it's properly set up, it can act as an easy-to-use hub for almost everything you do on your machine.
However, the options provided by Microsoft feel a little limited. If you really want to be a taskbar power user 7 Tips for Customizing the Windows 10 Taskbar 7 Tips for Customizing the Windows 10 Taskbar The taskbar remains a staple feature in Windows 10. It's been given a fresh look and new features, including Cortana. We show you all the tweaks to make the taskbar your own. Read More , you need to download Taskbar Tweaker.
The tweaks it offers — such as how windows are minimized and restored, or how apps are grouped together — cannot be achieved by fiddling with the registry. You need this app.
It's recently been updated to support Windows 10.
7. Folder Marker
Folder Marker is as much about productivity as customization. Quite simply, it lets you color-code folders with a single click of the mouse.
But the options don't stop there — you can also set folders being as High-Priority, Low-Priority, Completed, Important, and Private, etc. If you're working on large projects with lots of shared files and folders, it's a great way to stay on top of your tasks.
The paid version adds features such as applying selected icons to all subfolders and adding custom icons.
Which Tweaking and Customizing Tools Do You Use?
Like its predecessors, Windows 10 is highly customizable.
If you couldn't find what you were looking for in this article, don't worry. We've written about lots of tools for specific parts of Windows elsewhere on the site; if you want to bring back desktop gadgets How to Get Windows 10 Gadgets for Your Desktop How to Get Windows 10 Gadgets for Your Desktop Desktop gadgets were taken away in Windows 8. Here's how you can bring widgets back to your Windows 10 desktop. Read More , add a dash of your own personality to your system 10 Quick Ways to Customize & Personalize Windows 10 10 Quick Ways to Customize & Personalize Windows 10 Not all of Windows 10's default settings will float your boat. We show you all the possible ways to customize Windows 10 in a simple, step-by-step guide. Read More , create your own interactive wallpapers Make Your Desktop Stunning With an Interactive Live Wallpaper Make Your Desktop Stunning With an Interactive Live Wallpaper Nothing makes your desktop stand out like a live interactive background. It's also one of the greatest exercises in customizing your Windows setup. We'll show you how to do it easily with Rainmeter. Read More , or even make a change to your Windows login screen How to Change the Windows Login Screen Message and Font How to Change the Windows Login Screen Message and Font Bit tired of the same Windows login screen? Here's how to configure the Windows 10 login screen to look just how you want. Read More , you should read some more of our articles.
Have we missed your favorite app? Have you developed something better yourself? Or do you like Windows just the way it is? You can let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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When Worthing Youth Media received funding from First Light, we made three very different short films. The zombie film Outbreak, which I have discussed in previous posts, the animated comedy Happy Cloud, which I will explore in my next post, and the moving drama Teenager. Teenager is the story of Sidney, a 15 year old boy trying to make decisions about his future whilst struggling with a difficult home life. The film was much darker in tone than the other two projects, dealing with issues of alcoholism, drug use and domestic violence.
As with Outbreak, I worked with the Art Department sourcing props and costumes, and dressing the set. In contrast to Outbreak, this film required a level of realism. The key was to make the family's flat look lived in – food in the cupboards, clothes in the wardrobes, family photos (see opening credits) and also convey the general disarray of their lives. The cinematography of the film followed the action very tightly inside the flat. It's a very claustrophobic place. As such, the set details had to be subtle, to provide a lifelike backdrop without detracting attention from the story.
You can learn a lot about characters from the environment they inhabit and so it is important to dress spaces to reflect the personalities of the characters, as you can see from the screenshots below of Sidney and Cassie's bedrooms.
I was also the makeup artist for the film, and my main job on set was to create injuries for Sidney's mother, Ann, played by Alison Vermeeren.
The film begins in the wake of a big fight between Ann and Sidney's stepfather Daniel (played by Andrew Elias) in which she has been badly beaten. The script specifies that Ann has a black eye after the fight, and severe bruises.
To create the effects for the film I used a bruise wheel and fresh scab, which are the most versatile items in my makeup kit. The initial look was intended to be the most shocking. I used red tones to create a swollen look around the eye, forehead and mouth. Applying fresh scab with a paintbrush and stipple sponge I created the illusion of grazing on the nose, brow and cheekbones. When someone is punched hard in the face, the skin tends to break around the areas where bone protrudes, such as the bridge of the nose, the cheekbones and the brow. I also used the scab to give Ann a nosebleed and a broken lip.
In the above shots from the makeup room the colours look very bright, but they looked more subtle onscreen as the film was shot with a low exposure and was given a muted colour grading in post production.
It is evident in the script that this is not the first time that Sidney's parents have fought like this, so I also worked to create a range of older looking bruises on Alison's arms. The bruise wheel is very effective for blending colours to create different stages of bruise, and can also be used very faintly to create old bruises that appear to be healing. I painted bruises onto Alison's neck, collarbone and arms, including bruising patterns such as marks from being grabbed or held firmly.
The challenge with the makeup for Teenager was that the main action of the film takes place across a period of about two weeks, meaning that the injuries sustained in the first scene needed to be shown to be healing in each new scene.
The first makeup change was very slight, as it was for a scene the next morning. I reduced the redness of the bruising around the eye and the mouth to reduce the visible sting of the injury. I toned down the highlights within the bruise around the eye, then deepened the purple to show the bruise developing as well as blending it out more around the edges and mixing in dull mustard colours. I used red eyeliner to make the eye look sore and the eyelids puffy. I also decreased the bloodiness of the grazes around the mouth, eyebrow and nose, as Sidney's mother would have had time to clean herself up by this point.
The next scene involving Sidney's mother takes place a few days later. For this I reduced the severity of the bruise a great deal by reducing the size of it and the intensity of the colours. I used a lighter layer of the purple, darkening it in the corner of the eye and blending out from that point, before adding yellow and a touch of green. I developed the grazes into scabs that frame the injury along the main points of impact and reduced the swelling around the lips.
A scene from later that day features another fight between Daniel and Ann, which leaves Ann bleeding. The crew filmed the majority of Teenager's scenes in long takes, so Alison had to keep the blood in her mouth until the end of the scene for when her lip begins to bleed. I had to stand behind the camera with the blood so that she could take a swig between takes.
The final appearance of Sidney's mother is in a montage at the close of the film. The scene takes place some time later, perhaps a matter of weeks. The bruises seen earlier in the film have healed but she has clearly obtained more. I created a bruise on the forehead as if she had hit her head falling over, a bruise to look like a blow to the chin, subtle bruising around the eyes and another bloody lip.
The makeup room is usually a fun place to be on set. Transforming people's looks can be a real novelty, especially working on something extreme like a zombie film. This was quite a different experience, though. Once I finished Alison's makeup on the first morning it had quite a sobering effect on everyone. This wasn't extreme gore or slapstick, it was a serious film about things that really happen to people. It was quite unpleasant to depict suffering in that way. We were only playing at it, but there are a lot of people in the world who are living with abuse, and carrying bruises that they can't wash off at the end of the day.


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By: Sophie Taylor
Title: The Grim Steeper
Series: Teapot Collector Mysteries
Author: Amanda Cooper (Victoria Hamilton)
Website: Victoria Hamilton Mysteries
My grandmother - Nana to me - taught me that giving benefits the giver as much or more as the givee. She has always given tea parties for groups that help the less fortunate, hosted fundraisers, and she donates baked goods to shelters and low income groups. But I've learned that you have to make time for giving. When I had a restaurant in New York (In Fashion) I was so busy I'd fly through my day, blind to everything but the next meeting I had to take, or the next crisis I needed to avert.
But I wasn't fulfilled; not really. I loved what I did, but it left me feeling hollow.
One morning I was coming in super early; it was January, and the sun hadn't even crawled out of hiding yet. When I came down the alley to the restaurant backdoor, I heard rustling. The sound was too substantial to be a rodent, unless the rat was about six foot one. I shone my pocket flashlight and blinking back at me was a street guy I had seen many times before. If I didn't know he was harmless I probably would have gone into full hustle mode and scuttled inside. But Eddie, as I only ever knew him, was a gentle soul who played the guitar and fed the pigeons.
I knew someone was raiding our Dumpster at night, and didn't much care who, as long as they didn't make too much of a mess. But finding out it was him - gentle, music loving Eddie - jarred something loose in my soul. Long story short, I invited him in for coffee and leftover brioche in the staff break room. We had a long conversation and I learned all about his past, that he was a music teacher once, but lost his job because of addiction. He was clean for the moment, and trying to get back to life as he knew it before.
It brought me down to reality; how much was I actually living? Or was I just putting one foot in front of the other? He left with a bag of goodies for himself, his homeless friends, and the squirrels and birds in the park. But he left me with a wake up call. That afternoon I took a walk, and that evening I went home at a reasonable hour and slept.
When a crisis occurred in my life recently, I thought of Eddie again and made a decision I will never regret, though others may think I'm nuts and giving up a lot. Sometimes people think you're going backwards, when in truth you're just going back to the point where you went off the rails, and heading down a different path, one better suited to take you where you want to go. That's where I am now.
Has that ever happened to you? Have you ever made a decision to go backwards a bit, (quit a job or relationship, moved, taken a break) because you knew it was right for you?
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Mid-October in the charming Finger Lakes town of Gracious Grove means it's time for the annual Fall Fling Townwide Tea Party. The highlight of the festivities is a roaming tea-tasting, which includes a stop at Auntie Rose's Victorian Tea House. Sophie Taylor would like to share her enjoyment of the event with her sort-of boyfriend, English teacher Jason Murphy, but Jason's dean has accused him of falsifying grades to help an athlete at the local college. Steamed and stressed, Jason shows up the night of the party with bags under his eyes.
But the dean shows up under Sophie's Japanese Maple later that night, murdered, and now Jason is suspected of far worse than fudging grade reports. It's up to Sophie, her Nana, and their friends the Silver Spouts to pore over the clues to find out who really decided to teach the dean a lesson.


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I've been reserving judgement on the new Arcade Fire album, The Suburbs, which dropped today. I never fully embraced Funeral until after I became obsessed Neon Bible. And it took me five or so listens (and about a million on-repeat listens of closer "My Body Is a Cage") to fall for Neon Bible.
But having listened to The Suburbs a good number of times now, I can safely say that this album is going to continue growing on me. And seeing them, with openers Spoon, knock the socks off Philly's Mann Center last night, against a beautiful and rain-threatening sky, seals the deal. I still feel like it's a little fatty, that a song or two could be cut, or at least some of them shortened. But it's an album to be excited about.
Even as its focus moves from politics writ large to the smallness of suburban life, the music has become richer, more bombastic. "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" is the standout, both because it (soft) rocks and because it sounds nothing like the rest of the album, or anything else Arcade Fire has produced. Lil' brother William Butler (were his parents Yeats fans?) told WXPN yesterday that the working title was "That Abba Song." I might quibble and suggest "That Late Abba Song," but with a track this synthed-up and driven, why be such a musical stick in the mud?
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Posted: March 21, 2013 - 10:00 PM ET - by Elisabeth
I've written about this before. It intrigues – and alarms – me. I love the revolutionary impact of technology on communications – from our instantaneous access to all kinds of information to our instantaneous access to each other … but the advances are also fraught with challenges.
We are …
"Alone," but not in "solitude."
"Connected," but not "together."
"Present," but not "in the present."
As Sherry Turkle expresses in a captivating TED Talk, constantly sharing through tweets, posts and updates hinders our capacity for solitude and self-reflection.
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I visited the battlefield over Memorial Day 2013, and they had some pretty cool events going on. They did a demonstration of guns used in wars and conflicts throughout the history of the United States, complete with full period dress ranging from the Revolutionary War to The War on Terror. They also had tents and encampments set up demonstrating what soldiers have had to deal with over the years. It really was a great experience. I come from a family with a history of soldiering, and it was great to be able to kind of step in the shoes of what my Grandfather may have experienced in the South Pacific, and what others in my family have experienced.
Memorial over looking the river
United States Soldiers
Revolutionary gun being shot
Confederate flag placed by the Daughters of the Confederacy Memorial
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VioLife's Personal Misting Humidifier - up to 13 hours of carefree comfort
VioLife, the maker of the Original Countertop Sanitizer collaborated with world famous designer Philippe Starck to create an iconic design. That design won the coveted IDSA Gold Award in 2005 and VioLife's variety of products expanded to include more UV products for oral care such as travel toothbrush holders, denture and mouthguard cleaners to name a few. VioLife's core value is great design and it is proven in the way they continue to deliver beautiful items across multiple product categories.
VioLife proudly presents one of their amazing new products, the Personal Misting Humidifier, a portable humidifier that allows you to change the climate in your own personal space!
The Personal Misting Humidifier is the easy and stylish solution to add comfort to the air of any space: home, work or while traveling. It delivers the same ultra-fine mist that you love in larger humidifiers, however its compact design allows you to conveniently move it from place to place without any hassle. The only thing you need is a standard water bottle and a place to plug the humidifier in!
Ideal for your desk, bedside, hotel room or near the baby's crib, VioLife's Personal Misting Humidifier will provide up to 13 hours of carefree comfort. And if you feel you need to run it longer all you have to do is refill the water bottle and it's ready to go again!
"As a busy mom on-the-go, I found the Personal Misting Humidifier to be an amazing tool for home facials or to use at my desk during the winter season when the air is dry. The compact size makes it easy to take anywhere I need it and the ease of only needing to bring a water bottle to keep it going during the work day is so convenient! Plus, it comes in a variety of colors and designs to go with your personal style," Steffany Skelley Gilmer.
The VioLife Personal Misting Humidifier includes a black nylon carrying case and a 27-ounce refillable bottle. It retails for $40 online at www.violight.com
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KABRITA is a line of gentle goat milk foods, specially designed to meet the nutritional needs of babies & toddlers. We make great food, but just as importantly, we foster learning and dialogue to help parents make nutritional choices for their children with confidence and joy. We believe that by sharing our experiences, we can bridge the gap between the ideal of all-natural and the realities of life.
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Sunmon is a Digimon. Its body has taken on the form of the Sun, and its head is like a flame. It has a bright personality and floats around in the air.[2]
- Frothy Spit (さんのアワ San no Awa?, lit. "Acid Bubbles"): Spits acid foam at an enemy.
- Starlight: Uses energy from the stars against the opponent.
Sunmon is based on a small sun with a flame at the top of its head.
- Sunmon (サンモン)
Name used in Digimon World Dawn and Dusk. No official romanization available.
- (En:) Sun.
Digimon World Dawn and Dusk
Sunmon is #022 in Digimon World Dawn and Dusk, and is a Balance-class Holy species Digimon with a resistance to the Light element and a weakness to the Dark element. Its basic stats are 71 HP, 68 MP, 51 Attack, 39 Defense, 24 Spirit, 33 Speed, and 11 Aptitude. It possesses the Fire Aura 1 trait, and dwells in Task Canyon, but only in Digimon World Dawn.
Sunmon can digivolve into Coronamon. To degenerate into Sunmon, Coronamon must be at Lv1, and you must have previously befriended Sunmon. It can also be hatched from the Baby Digi-Egg.
Digimon Story: Lost Evolution
Sunmon is #021, and is an In-training level, Attacker-class, Beast-species Digimon with a resistance to the Earth element and a weakness to the Water element. It possesses the Death Protection trait.
Sunmon can digivolve into Coronamon or Kudamon. In order to degenerate into Sunmon, your Digimon must be at least level 5.
Digimon World Championship
Sunmon digivolves from Mokumon with 20 Holy AP and can digivolve into Guilmon (20 Dragon AP), Salamon (20 Holy AP) or Coronamon through passing time.
Notes and References
- ↑ Digimon World Dawn and Dusk Digimon Gallery: Coronamon: "A Rookie Digimon that Digivolved from an In-Training Sunmon."
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On Friday night I had a lovely time having dinner, drinking wine and talking marketing with 3 very talented musicians; Elizabeth Hunter, Daisy Chute, and Lou of Dear Joy.
As well as having so much fun, I also learnt a lot from listening to these guys about the main things musicians think about when trying to get their music out there, I also started to understand a little more about the processes that go into writing and recording songs, thinking about merch, and booking gigs.
In the past I've done some work with bands, I've designed t-shirts for them, filmed music videos and taken hundreds (probably thousands…) of gig and promotional photos. My marketing experience is primarily for e-commerce sites, as well as some other bits of work for artists and blogs, etc. – so how can I connect my two passions: music and marketing?
It got me thinking a lot about creating a new series of blog posts focusing on digital marketing techniques musicians can use to help gain a little more exposure and get the recognition they deserve. The plan is to focus on one are in every post: social media, PPC ads, Youtube, etc. but today I'm going to start with sorting out your website!
Getting Started
So let's assume you're a musician; you've written some awesome songs, got some quality recordings, you've played a decent amount of gigs and you're feeling pretty good. You're going to need a website.
You can choose to design something from scratch or use some kind of content management system; WordPress is a popular choice but others like Wix and Square Space are also options.
Whatever platform you choose, you'll want to choose a good domain name. Try and stay away from ones that are MyBandName.wordpress.com and buy an actual domain like MyBandName.com; it comes across as more professional and is easier for people to remember. It shouldn't be too expensive – usually only a few pounds per year but it'll be worth it.
Also try and make sure your domain name is as simple and memorable as possible. Lets imagine your band is called Frozen Bannanas, good URL's would include:
- FrozenBannanas.com
- FrozenBannanasBand.co.uk
- FrozenBannanasMusic.com
Whereas, you're better staying away from things like:
- Frozen–Bannanas.com
- FrozenBannanas123.co.uk
- fro-ban-band.net
What About Content?
So you've set up a website, what do you fill it with? Whenever I'm building a site from scratch I think from the consumer's perspective first; why are they coming to your site?
As a huge music fan (with zero talent myself) I'm often found stalking the websites of my favourite bands and here's a few reasons why:
I want to learn about their music. I want to know what they've released in the past, where I can listen to it online, where I can buy it and what their plans are for future releases.
About The Band
I've fallen in love with this band's / singer's music… but who are they? I want to learn a little bit about you, why you started making music, who you're influenced by, how long have you been performing? – I just want to know you're human. It's about making that emotional connection with your fans.
When are youplaying next and how can I get tickets? Always link to where people can buy tickets and, if possible, a Facebook event.
Also if you want to add in a little section of past gigs you can do – it's a nice way to show off if you're a smaller artist and you've supported someone big or headlined any cool venues – but this should come second to upcoming gigs.
Mostly I go to a band's website to buy merch – make it easy but don't look like you're just trying to make money off your fans. You can use an external site to sell your merch and link to this from your website, but if you want to host it all yourself you can get a bunch of plugins through WordPress (e.g. WooCommerce) to help you with the whole process and take care of the transaction side of things.
Social Media
Find an area to put all your social media links – I usually want to follow my favourite bands so I can keep up with what they're doing. Make sure you make it easy for your fans to find how to follow you.
Gallery, Videos & Press
This is a great opportunity to show off your music videos, recordings of live shows and photographs – including gig photos and promo shots. Also where you can, it's nice to link back to photographers / people you've worked with (I'll explain why in the SEO section later).
You can also use this as an opportunity to link to any interviews / articles / blog posts that have been written about you.
This section isn't essential but it can definitely be nice. It's a great way to keep your fans coming back to your site and keep them up to date with what you're doing – are you in the studio recording new material? Are you travelling and performing in a bunch of different places? Why not share your experiences and photos on a blog? It really helps build a connection with your fans!
Make it easy for people to get in touch with you – a contact form is a great option for this. If you don't have a contact form, make sure your email address is very easy to find. People might want to get in touch to work with you, book you for a gig, or any number of reasons – make sure they can do this with no effort.
Growing a Mailing List
Mailing lists are invaluable to musicians; you can keep in touch with your fans, tell them every time you release new music, a new video, have an upcoming gig, have new merch. Ultimately it will increase both your fan engagement and the money you make.
I'll make another post about how to write and send the best possible emails but for now I'm just going to talk about how to get those email addresses. There's a couple of really simple things you can do:
Make It Easy To Sign Up
Don't make your fans search all over to see if there's a mailing list to sign up to. Depending on what you're using to send out your emails, you can get plugins / widgets for tools like Mail Chimp.
Alternatively you can use a tool like MailMunch on a bunch of platforms including WordPress, Tumblr, Joomla, etc. to create a variety of forms to collect email addresses; they can be pop-up forms, embedded in different areas of your site, or a header on every page of your site. Plus it's easy to integrate with pretty much any email marketing platform: Mail Chimp, Campaign Monitor, etc.
Tell Them Why They're Signing Up
You can't just add a form and expect people to sign up. Tell they what they're signing up for: what information will they recieve? How often with your email them? Keep it brief but detailed.
Give Them A Little Extra Incentive
Make sure people who are signing up to your mailing list feel like they're getting something else from signing up that they can't get from just following you on social media or visiting your website. Maybe you could offer them first access to gig tickets, a free download of a track or a small discount on merch?
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation and it's basically about making sure your site ranks highly on the right searches on Google. It's about generating organic traffic to your website and attracting new fans. SEO can be really complicated if you want it to be but there are a few simple things you can do to increase your ranking hugely and today I'm going to go over these basics.
Think About How Potential New Fans Use The Internet
Again, this comes back to the idea of thinking of yourself as a music lover (which you probably are anyway) – how do you go about searching for bands you already like? And how do you go about searching for new music?
When the band Chvurches were forming and setting up their website, they realised that when their fans went to search for their music if they searched for 'churches' they'd get thousands of irrelevant links, so they changed their name to 'Chvrches' which made them pretty unique on the internet. Today a simple search for 'chvrches' will provide a fan with many useful search results: their website, music videos on youtube, their social media profile, articles written about them, and no links to actual church's websites.
Search Engine Keywords
The basics of SEO is centered around keywords. Keywords are how you get found. Keywords are how people search. And some keywords are searched more often than others. Once again, you have to put yourself in the mind of a fan.
A big thing to consider are brand vs non-brand keywords.
- Brand Keywords relate directly to your band / music. It could be your band name, the people in your band, your album names or song titles, even specific lyrics.
- Non-Brand Keywords are more general terms which could be about your style or music
Focusing on brand keywords is imporant because they're unique to you and they allow fans searching for you to be directed straight to your conent. However, in order for a person to be searching for these keywords they need to have heard of your music or you.
Let's take a pretty well known example: A Brand keyword for the band Journey might be 'Just a small town girl' because that's a widely known lyric. People might use that brand keywork to search for information about that song, song lyrics, covers of the song or to find out what band sang it. But if they'd never heard that song in the first place, it's pretty unlikely anyone would search for the words 'just a small town girl' and if they did, they might be a little creepy… So, optimising for these keywords requires you to already have some level of popularity or some other way of people hearing about / discovering your music.
All that said, when it comes to bands, non-brand keywords aren't always that useful because, in practise, fans don't really search for them that often. When was the last time you searched on Google for 'rappers in London' or 'metal band from Sheffield'?
So, how do you figure out what keywords you need to optimise for?
Well this is where things get complicated and I'll probably write a whole blog post on this in the future but for now, sticking with the basics, I'd say choose about 5 or 6 keywords for now and, depending on your popularity, try a mix of brand and non-brand keywords. Maybe go for:
1) Your Band Name
2) The name of your latest album / single
3) The style of music you play
4) The name of the city / town you usually play in or are from etc.
Optimising Your Site for These Keywords
So I keep talking about these keywords, but what do you do with them? There's a couple of really simple things you can do:
- Meta Tags – Use them on your site in the Header, Meta Description and Meta Tags. Plus, make sure your headers are descriptive.
- Write Great Content – Your site isn't going to rank very well if it's all images. You need text and you need to sprinkle your keywords throughout it. Obviously, don't saturate your text in keywords – write for people first but take search engines into account too.
- Use Header Tags – Oraganise your content using actual header tags in the HTML – h1, h2, h3, etc.
- Post Regularly – This is where a blog can help you because the more often you post, the higher your ranking is likely to be
- Add ALT Text To All Images – This helps Google known what your images are and they're more likely to show up in image search results – don't forget to be descriptive and use your keywords
If you're using WordPress, there's a great little plugin called Yoast that will help you with a lot of these. Take a look at how I used it in my last blog post:
Link Building
The more (quality and trusted) sites link back to your site, the higher it will rank. A great way for musicians to do this is to get press coverage – get magazines, newspapers and music bloggers to write about you and link back to your site.
If you know other musicians you can always do each other a favour by linking to each other's sites (this is coming back to the linking to artists thing I mentioned earlier). If you've recently performed with another musician, or if you've had someone take some promo photos for you, or someone has designed you some artwork… as long as they have a website, you two can work together. You link to their site and give them a shout out and they can link to yours and do the same.
It's taking the old principle of networking and word of mouth promotion and updating it so search engines will like it too.
There's ovbiously so much more I could say about this, but it's already getting to be a super-long blog post. If you're interesting in finding out more about any of the things I've talked about, check out the links below!
Plus, I'd love it if you'd let me know what you thought of this post down in the comments, the next post on this topic will be looking at how musicians can best utilise social media so if you want to stay up to date with all my posts and be notified when that's published, you can sign up over on the sidebar –>
More Reading
If you guys want to read a little more about this or hear some other people's ideas, check out these great articles and blog posts:
- The Musician's Guide to Building a Website
- The Top 5 Website Mistakes Musicians Make
- How To Make a Website: The Ultimate Guide for Musicians
- SEO tips for Musicians
- SEO for Musicians (This one's a bit more complex and really goes into some great detail, but definitely give it some time and check out all the posts in the series because it's so useful!)


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I have joined 2 new Swaps this week so at least there will be some pictures.
The first one is being run by Katie at Booty-ful Things it's the Jar Of Love Swap . I am really looking forward to getting lots of bits and pieces together and seeing how much I can actually fit into the Jar including a handmade gift.
The second one is run by Lynda at Hookin' with Laalaa called All Things British. So I am on the lookout for all things British now . I can't believe how much there is out there the choices are endless. Decisions decisions :)
It's running at the same time as the Jar of Love swap so I'm going to be a very busy Melanie for the next couple of months. At least I am quiet well along with my Santa Sack Swap gifts.


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How much would you pay for a camera designed by Jony Ive? How about a desk?
Last night design pioneers Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborated with musician and philanthropist Bono to organize a (RED) Auction on November 23rd at Sotheby's in New York City. The auction raised over $26 million dollars for The Global Fund, which helps fight AIDS in Africa.
We showed you all of the items up for auction last week.
The selling prices were crazy high.
The camera - a unique Leica Digital Rangefinder - sold for $1.8 million and the unique aluminum desk produced by Neal Feay Studio (pictured) brought $1.7 million.
The Steinway & Sons unique "Red Pops for (RED)" Parlor Grand Piano (which Coldplay's Chris Martin played last night) inspired a dozen bidders to compete for the piano. It was finally won by philanthropist Stewart Rahr for $1.9 million.
Overall, it looked like a spectacular event!


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First of possible five stores announced in February opens in Bexleyheath today and will be followed by a second in Bracknell tomorrow
Everything Everywhere has today (April 20) opened its first dual branded Orange and T-Mobile store in Bexleyheath, South London where products and services from both companies will be available.
A second store in Bracknell, Berkshire will open tomorrow.
Mobile News first reported the store openings in February.
Orange and T-Mobile both had stores in both areas and the new shops have been set up in former T-Mobile sites where both brands will occupy 50 per cent each of the shopfloor.
Shop frontage will be branded with both the Orange and T-Mobile logos.
Staff in the new stores have all been fully trained across both T-Mobile and Orange products and services.
Everything Everywhere vice president of brands and communications Steven Day told Mobile News in February, in an exclusive interview, the company would launch as many as five "split down the middle" Orange and T-Mobile branded stores.
Speaking at the time he said: "Retail stores are a big part of the jigsaw and we have done several different formats.
"We have the Everything Everywhere stores, which are just opening, we have the concession stores for either brand and we will have 50/50 stores, which will be split down the middle."
The 50/50 format stores are the latest addition to the five Everything Everywhere and six concession stores launched in previous months.
Everything Everywhere claims the trials of each store variant will determine its brand strategy when a decision is due in October.


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Budapest, March 16 (MTI) – The Hungarian government and the European Commission disagree on planned changes to social rights in the European Union, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said on Thursday after talks with Marianne Thyssen, the EU commissioner for employment and social affairs, in Budapest.
Hungary believes the formulation, organisation, implementation and financing of policies should remain a national competence, Varga told a press conference he held jointly with Thyssen.
The minister said Hungary and most other countries in the region had to take big steps that improve competitiveness in order to be able to adopt social systems similar to the ones applied in western Europe.
He said a government resolution on transforming the fostered workers programme would be published in days. The government wants to reduce the number of fostered workers in future, but will still stick to its policy of work instead of welfare when it comes to Hungarians who don't have a chance of joining the primary labour market, he added.
Thyssen said the EC would unveil its reference framework for the formulation of the pillar of social rights on April 28. This is not a legislative move, she said, adding that the commission had no intention of taking away national competences from member states. The EC respects the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and considers it important that the social framework should not harm competitiveness, she insisted.
Regarding employment, Thyssen conceded that the EC had earlier been critical of Hungary's fostered workers programme, but now acknowledged the authorities' efforts to redirect participants to the primary labour market.
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'My Happy Place' Exhibition
We are very excited to launch 'My Happy Place', an exhibition to support the very important work of the Dandelion Support Network. We have been working with 22 amazing artists from around the world to create 22 original pieces of art. Each artist has created a piece based on the theme of "My Happy Place", which will be unveiled at the Sydney One Fine Baby show from November 14-15. The prints will be available for sale at the exhibition and online via The Gathered Store from that date, with all sale proceeds going to this important charity. Over the next three weeks we will be sharing each of the amazing artists with you along with the beautiful artworks that they have created for this very special cause. LG x


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White Ruffle Button Up: INC. Pink Lace Cardigan: Forever XXI. Black Slacks: NY & Co. Pumps: Nine West. Earrings: Anne Klein. Scarf: H&M.
I'm inadvertently carrying on the "spring theme". I didn't even realize it until I posted these pictures – but here I am in pink and flowers again! LOL
I've been trying to get outside the last few days to enjoy the nicer weather – and it's been wonderful! I think I need to move farther south so I can have warm weather all the time!
As for the clothes… pretty business basic (as usual), but I love the lace and button detailing of this blouse. The only problem is that I find it really hard to wear since the tie at the top doesn't work with a lot of necklines… I may try it with some dresses next time around.