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Movies: Can “Romantic Comedy” Survive the 21st Century?

Romantic comedies survived WW2 and the 20th Century nicely, becoming the staple entertainment items of Hollywood's 'Golden Age'. Cary Grant alone has made enough romantic comedies to last us for a while... THE AWFUL TRUTH, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, HOLIDAY, THE GRASS IS GREENER, OPERATION PETTICOAT, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, MY FAVORITE WIFE, HOUSEBOAT... the list goes on and on...

Learn To Play Lead Guitar With 6 Secret Tips

If you want to learn to play lead guitar then you already know it is a combination of theory, technique, and natural talent. Everyone wants to be the best lead guitarist they can be. Everyone knows that you have to address the basics such as reading music and listening to music but most don't think about the really important things that will set you apart from other people who want to learn to play lead guitar...

Is Downloading MP3 From File Sharing Programs Legal?

File sharing programs such as KaZaa, Ares, iMesh and Limewire have never been more popular. They are pretty controversial as well. You may have heard of the countless lawsuits against them by music records companies and the MPAA. So is downloading MP3 from these programs legal?..

The Beginnings of Moviemaking in the United States

The Great Train Robbery was a film made in 1903 and was the first American film that had a story to tell its audience. It was made by Edwin S. Porter and it lasted for eight minutes. This was a silent movie and had a "cops and robbers" plot, like a lot of films that followed it. Printed subtitles were eventually added to the silent movies in 1912. These subtitles were flashed together with the action scenes to help the audience understand what was happening. In order to add more drama and excitement to the scenes, an untiring pianist would play throughout the movie. He would switch from fast music for exciting or dramatic numbers to a more sentimental and slow music as the mood of the picture changed...

Instrument Purchasing For Newbies: A Violin Teacher Offers Advice

It seems the greatest challenge at the onset of my student's violin studies isn't producing a clear tone or learning Twinkle Twinkle. For most players, the hassle of finding a good instrument is most difficult. We're not born with an instrument-seeking gene. Most people don't even know what size to look for...

How To Buy A Student Model Trumpet

When searching for a student model trumpet for a beginning trumpet player, one should shop locally as well as on the internet (online.) There are many reputable musical instrument companies who offer solid student model trumpets. The following quality brands immediately come to mind Yamaha, Conn, Bach, Holton and Kanstul...

Mastering the Guitar: What Are the Keys to Becoming a Great Guitar Player?

Many people look up to great guitarists of both the past and present, wondering how they became excellent musicians. A lot of people attribute such greatness to natural talent, something they were born with and were good at from the very beginning. But it would be surprising to many that a great number of such great artists did not really have the innate ability to become great players, some of them never even thought of being excellent musicians from the beginning. Conversely, there are a lot of prodigies who showed amazing feats do not necessarily become great artists later in life. In fact many of the great young talents waste away as they become adults for one reason or another...

Bit Torrent and Hollywood, where are movies and P2P headed?

While Hollywood delivers summer flops instead of money makers, i.e. Mission Impossible 3 and Poseidon, savvy people in the entertainment business seem to be moving ever closer to changing the way we go to the movies. Bram Cohen, the founder and inventor of the Bit Torrent application, which enables extremely fast downloads of large files, like movies,..

Downloading Your Music From Wal-Mart in the Digital Music Store

Did you know you can download music from the Wal-Mart music store and start building your music collection on the cheap? Wal-Mart is the number retailer in the world, and they got that way by buying in bulk, and then selling at a huge discount rate to consumers.

Downloading Music Videos From Music Services Online

Now that everyone can easily access free music files online, it was only a matter of time before people started looking for copies of their favorite free music videos. If you want to get