Archive for December, 2007

THE Season of Shopping

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Christmas season, as we all know, is the holiday season at the near-end of the year, particularly the November/December time frame. It is the peak season for of sellers and merchants, since Christmas season is holiday shopping season! There’s the season sales and end of season sales, holiday auctions and price cuts, close-out sales, redemptions of gift certificates given as presents, special discounts, product freebies, and more. Ultimately, it is the season of buying. You’ll see stores and malls adorned their shops and advertise their Christmas products, Christmas food on supermarket shelves, and any place else there’s the spirit of Christmas season shopping.

Of course, Christmas includes gift-givings and exchange gifts. And with WebbyShop’s big holiday sale, you can give your loved ones Magic Sing products you can buy at the lowest prices! Like Magic Sing EG18000 for only $369, which comes with two (2) wireless microphones, 35 feet wireless distance (open site), dual microphone base, and a remote control; Magic Sing ED9000 for only $185 and Magic Sing ED8000 for only $249, which includes along with the multimedia microphone a carrying bag, video/audio RCA cable, a song book, microphone stand and AC adapter; Magic Sing ED11000 for only $349, with add-ons similar to ED 900 plus a USB Cable; Magic Sing Sub Mic for only $89, Magic Sing English Song Chips for only $79, Magic Sing Foreign Song Chips for only $79, and Magic Sing Tagalog Song Chips for only $79!

C’mon, who can resist such? Dip in the season of shopping!

CYBER KARAOKE!

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

There is a growing number of online karaoke sites nowadays, which fits for you if you are the timid and reserved kind who can’t sing in a public karaoke bar. In an online karaoke site, you have audience too, but virtual online audience who can rate you and tell if you have the potential star power. There is a trend that is observed to be occurring with the online karaoke sites, and new websites are arising swiftly on cyberspace. This happens to be the time of cyber karaoke!

Some very famous sites include kSolo. kSolo was obtained by Fox Interactive, which is a karaoke service that is generated by the user, with the use of a mic and the Internet connection. The visitors can browse music catalog, record, share and rate audio performances. There is a wide selection of genres, including kids’ songs, as well as a feature that recommends music based on other users’ recordings. Another is SingShot. I have mentioned SingShot before in my posts, particularly in the Sims on Stage entry, since SingShot is one of the most popular online karaoke sites in the Internet. You can record and post audio online, and users can mark their songs private or public, and can assign tags. Your recordings can also be embedded into your MySpace profiles and other sites, therefore letting individuals share their vocal talent with friends of their other online social networks. SingShot is also partnered with the online image host Photobucket, so photos and videos can as well be uploaded to go together with your audio. Another popular karaoke site is Bix. Like the other sites, you can sing and share recordings using the service. Bix has multiple talent contests, which includes comedy, dance, and beauty, among others. You can record and upload videos to the site as well. And get this, there are cash prizes for users and at present a spot in The Game’s next music video! If you’re the winner, you might be seeing yourself in a music vid! Bix also allows anyone to create their own contest. How about that. (: 

 Here’s a little game, to give you some karaoke fun! enjoy. (:

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Be a karaoke legend and sing to all your favourite songs!

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How to Sight Sing

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

How to sight sing? Wikihow tells you how.

Learning how to sight read is important for musicians. Just by looking at the notes on a sheet of music, they can play it immediately. It is just like reading letters, but in notes. Singers can do the same, and it is called Sight Singing. They might read the sheet music, and hum the tune quietly to themselves, and then able to perform or sing it immediately.

STEPS!

  1.  Learning how to sight sing starts with learning the musical notes and knowing how to sight read them. You have to hear them with your ears, so that you can duplicate them by singing, or by your voice. A piano or keyboard is necessary so that you can hear and play, and learn the scales, and how different they sound when played as a sharp or a flat.
  2.  Practice playing each note, and concentrate on how it sounds. Continue to play, ending up by closing your eyes, so that your ears can hear them so the tone can be concentrating on them without sight.
  3. Constant practicing will train the brain to reproduce what the ears hear. It is similiar to learning how to type. By not looking at the keyboard, we teach our brain to lead our fingers to each individual key. Therefore, it is our brain that is learning, while our ears hear.
  4. Realize that many voice students who only study singing intervals, can lead to them not being able to use proper intonation. it is important to also be able to look at any melody,and immediately be able to hearinwardly how it sounds.
  5. Studying only the notes of the scales is not enough to learn to be able to become a good vocalist. It is very important to learn the scale in both major and minor, learn to hear the rhythm or beat. For a student who wants to learn at home, there are many good books that can teach. It is very helpful to own a keyboard or piano to practice with.

Learning to sight sing takes patience and practice, and it takes the right kind of practice. Be careful to choose a system that that will grow with you and won’t restrict you to simple tonal music. (: