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DCI To Bring Live HD To Local Theaters PDF Print E-mail
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If you are like me and love to go to Drum Corps International shows but there are none in your immediate area during the summer DCI has a wonderful alternative available.  Again this summer DCI is providing live big screen broadcasts of the world championship quarter finals from Indianapolis.

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How To Legally Copy A DVD For Educational Purposes- MPAA Approved PDF Print E-mail
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Is this irony, stupidity, or just plain... dumb?  Pasted below is a link to a video at VIMIO that shows an actual DMCA hearing at the Library of Congress where the Motion Picture Association of America actually demonstrates the proper way to copy a DVD movie for educational purposes.  I'll give you a quick hint.  It includes using a camcorder, a television screen, and a darkened room...

MPAA Shows How To Videorecord A TV Set

 
The Question Of Music Technology Standards PDF Print E-mail
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Today I sat on a panel discussion at the national MENC conference in D.C. on the topic of whether or not we should develop national standards for music technology.  I had my own feelings and ideas about the idea, and I let my voice be heard, but several of my colleagues also had very interesting points of view on the matter.  Don't worry, from what I saw and heard there will not likely be any national music technology standards in the near future, but the discussion was interesting and I have to say enlightening in many ways.
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Why Can't I Learn To Play Guitar At School? PDF Print E-mail
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This article has been moved as a guest post on Matt Warnock's guitar blog site.  Please feel free to visit it at this link.

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Linking Physics To Music By Breaking Wine Glasses PDF Print E-mail
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Every so often you will see a video about someone trying to break a wine glass by singing very loudly.  Old movies and cartoons are ripe with this seeming cliche, but some physicists still banter about the question of whether or not a human voice can actually do it.  Well, a high school physics teacher in  had one of his school's more talented male students try the trick, and after a lot of practice he actually learned how to do it.

 

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