The Spice Girls bid a final farewell Wednesday to cap the conclusion of their successful reunion tour, based on their song lyrics and their blog.

"Our time is up ... we've come to the end of the road ... there are tears of both sadness and joy. Look how far we've come!," the group wrote on their Web site. "Yes, our reun

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Following the footsteps of Madonna Decena, there is yet again someone whom the Filipino community will be truly proud of. The ten-year old, half-Filipino, half-british, Charlie Green made it to the semi-finals in “Britain’s Got Talent” (2008) and received a standing ovation during his live audition.

Earned praises not only f

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This article discusses how you should go about picking up piano playing. It talks about buying a piano and what books to get to teach yourself. You can very easily teach yourself and become fairly decent within a few months if you're willing to practice every day. If you're a beginner with no musical experience and you don't

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Most fans agree that The Emperor’s New Groove lived up to its tagline: “nuttier than a holiday fruitcake!” It was a highly regarded, if not ultimately successful, animated feature, and the first Disney animated film to ever feature a pregnant woman. Released in December 2000, The Emperor’s New Groove mixes a careful balance of

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My favorite quote from David Lynch: "It’s like there’s a man in another room with the whole film together, but they’re in puzzle parts. And he’s flipping one piece at a time into me. At first it’s very abstract I don’t have a clue. More pieces come, more ideas are caught, it starts forming a thing. Then one day there it is. It

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Remember this story for several reasons. As a songwriter it’s best that YOU be in control of your copyrights as much as possible by holding on to your publishing, and at the very least, making sure that publishing you sign away goes to a Publisher and not a manager or agent or friend. Beyond that, if you choose to use samples o

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The band Cracker and Virgin Records did not part on the best of terms. Apparently, without informing the band, the label decided to release a Greatest Hits record - Cracker’s Greatest Hits: Get On With It. As you may or may not know, this is standard practice in the industry. Bands don’t make a whole lot of money of these kinds

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Many songwriters begin their work with an acoustic guitar. If you’re like me, you’ll probably record most things with acoustic guitar first. I like acoustic guitar because it’s full sounding, has great percussive qualities for banging out a pulse while strumming, and it doesn’t need anything else for it to make sound, like cabl

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Suck that lollipop! Madonna's much anticipated new album now has an official name: Hard Candy. And there's a release date! Her record drops April 29 and her sizzling new single, 4 Minutes To Save The World featuring JT will debut at the end of March.

The album also features a song called Candy Store - Madge decided to

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The book opens with some songwriting basics, which include - covering the different parts that make up songs, certain common chord progressions, and some basic movable chord dictionaries. Where the author spent a considerable amount of time was in finding popular and classic songs that utilize the examples he is talking about.

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Many songwriters are afraid they'll end up sounding like Phoebe from the American TV show Friends and the way she would sing "Smelly Cat". UK Songwriter KT Tunstall had this same fear as she struck out on a solo acoustic tour. The solution? A looping pedal. Check out her story. It took her from a one woman acoustic show to a

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Recording a great sounding bass track is not hard, nor is it a black science. By following a few simple rules you can get excellent results from your home studio. Before you begin to track a bass line, you should have a good idea of the tone you are trying to achieve as it relates to the particular song. Some of the factors you

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To do your songs justice when playing in front of a new audience, you owe it to yourself to work on some of your stage mannerisms. Even a great song can end up sounding rather mediocre if the groundwork isn’t laid for the audience to be receptive to your songs. Here are a few tips to help budding songwriters make a lasting impr

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There are a number of reasons including high quality microphones, pre-amps, an experienced engineer and a well-designed studio space. But one of the single most important elements in a great-sounding, professional recording is the performance of the session musicians. There is a reason that the job of the session musician exist

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This is an endorsement of hostbaby.com., a web host , catering to musicians, bands, and most any type of entertainer or performer. I recently had a problem having my web site domain name renewed. My old web host was uncooperative in having it transferred until Hostbaby stepped in. I want to show my appreciation by sharing the s

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