Life on tour as a musician is tough.

By Abby Tyler

If you've ever dreamed of being a rock-star who gets all the girls you are probably in for a rude awakening. It rarely works out that way and most musicians end up touring underfunded and under-promoted.

You dream of first-class hotels and swarms of adoring hands hounding you on your way to boarding a private jet. What you will usually find is 4 smelly guys fighting over the last ham sandwich, which is probably old and stale anyway. Instead of fine dining it's slim pickings at whatever crummy convenience mart you stop at gas for.

Even if you are a very successful touring musician it is hard to feel truly rested on tour. Traveling from city to city, rehearsals, none of the comforts of home and you are bound to burn out. No matter how much you like being in front of an audience the rest of the time you are trying not to be bored.

There tends to be a lot of fighting between band and tour members. On top of being tired you are spending tons of time with the same people under less than perfect circumstances. Think about it. Even band that make millions touring break up because they can't stand being in the same room as the other guys.

Artists endure it all for the thrill of playing their music in front of and appreciative crowd. They derive tremendous joy from having others participate and enjoy what they have spent time and resources to bring them. It is a great privilege for any artist to have fans.

Living out the dream of being a musician is what keeps them on the road. Creating music and sharing it with others is the goal of every artist. The vast majority will never make much money and only love for music will keep a musician going. - 23812

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Top Fancy Dress Ideas - Movie Themes

By Fawn Savcedo

Are you trying to think of some top fancy dress ideas? Perhaps youve been invited to a fancy dress party and need a costume, or perhaps youd like to host a fancy dress party and need to think of a top theme? Many of the best themes and costumes are based on movies, cartoons and fairy tales, so you can let your imagination run wild.

Some really popular themes include Disney films and cartoons, as so many have been made over several decades. This means there are just loads of Disney fancy dress costumes to choose from, for both kids and adults.

Some popular Disney examples include Buzz Lightyear, Peter Pan, Shrek, Robin Hood, Little Red Riding Hood, The Wizard of Oz, and many more. There are really too many to mention, spanning over decades.

Because of the popularity of the three Pirates of the Caribbean movies pirate themes are a popular choice. You can get loads of different character costumes and generic pirate costumes for both boys and girls, adults and children. There are plenty of great accessories to add as well, such as swords and pistols.

Another good movie theme is the Moulin Rouge, like the movie starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. There are lots of fabulous Moulin Rouge costumes available and you can add fishnets and lacy underwear for a racy, risque costume.

Another movie theme is from The Wizard of Oz, as this has loads of choice of costumes because there are so many recognisable characters. The most famous being Dorothy of course, but there are also the the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, as well as the Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda the Good Witch, and the wizard.

Another really popular theme based on a series of movies is Star Wars. There are many different Star Wars costumes available to buy, including Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Jedi knights and Princess Leia which will make for a fun and varied theme party.

Some other top costume ideas include comic books and super heroes. Adults and children love super heroes and you can get some really excellent super hero costumes, such as Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Mr Incredible, Iron Man, The Thing, Wonder Woman, Super Girl and Cat Woman. Just think of your favourite.

The amount of fancy dress ideas based on movies is vast so it is a good idea is to think of your favourite film, superhero, cartoon, storybook or fairy tale and base your fancy dress costume on that. If you wear something you like youre bound to have lots of fun. - 23812

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Facts About The Transformers 2 Character Barricade

By Michael Nielsen

The recent passion for the forthcoming movie is on the budge. The talk about Transformers 2 doesn't end. Further to the statement of the official label, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, there are some newest details to share with the fans of Transformers. If you are a real Transformer fan, then it's a big news for you that the movie is about to be released in only some weeks from now.

The combat shown in the movie is wonderful and is hopeful to interest you. This class of realisation has increased number of fans of Michael Bay who is the director of this movie. Michael bay surely knows how to utilise the characters in his movie. Some characters have truly powerful scripts in the movie. Transformers 2 is really going to make news headlines this year.

The initial view which was filmed at an old steel factory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is patent as in Shanghai, China. The Auto bots are sorting a Decepticon Audi R8. This mob of Autobots consists of The Twins, an ice cream truck that divides into two smaller bots, Arcee, a hot pink woman motorcycle bot, Wheels, a go-kart bot, Stinger, perhaps a Porsche, and Ironhide, the GMC pickup truck and weapons skilled from the previous Transformers.

They pursue after the R8 but cannot seize it. This sounded as a fault as it was 5 on 1 stipulation, and hence it should have been ensnared. Anyway, if Audi managed to run away the 5 bots you can envision the thrill and action involved in the opening scene.

Barricade is another pleasurable character from the movie Transformer 2. He is in fact a multifarious robot. He is measured as grouchy even by Decepticon values, yet is eager to offer Starscream the advantage of the qualm and do whatever he asks him. Barricade considers sturdily that Starscream has high worth level in the search for Megatron and the All Spark.

In numerous ways, this makes Barricade the very close partner of Starscream in the logically belligerent Decepticon ranks. It is also said that he is skilled in tricking people to trust him. Barricade likes the idea on people's face when they discover about the truth behind their trust on him.

Barricade made his character sturdy with his attitude. He has been erratic even by his associate Decepticons. If he had been following the same common principal of killing all the Autobots, then Barricade might not be liked as much he is now. Barricade is designed to be very lethal. He always enjoys the fight with Autobots. He is so keen to show his smart nature and puzzle his enemy with his cleverness. He is highly skilled for all kind of combats.

He is not apt to destroy every time he fights an Autobot. This makes Decepticons a bit prickly on his part. But, still keeping any Autobot living is always subjected to be of some assistance to the Decepticons. This is what makes Barricade even well-groomed. This generally does not work out as planned, so he gets some pointing fingers in the direction of him. - 23812

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Consider Virtual Surround Sound Systems For Smaller Rooms

By Dave Heebs

It seems like everyone is looking to create a home theater setup nowadays. The marriage of the visual components (TV and DVD), as well as the audio components (stereo), attracts many people to the entertainment possibilities of a home theater. As with most things in the United States, bigger is better for many people so they naturally gravitate to larger televisions and louder stereos. But, all too often the financial issues creep up and they then must consider their limitations on what they can afford. For this reason alone, virutal surround sound systems are a boon.

One big consideration you will need to address is the size of the room which you are planning to place the home theater in. An extremely large television or speaker system will not allow much room for your guests to sit comfortably in a small room. For this reason, you will want to scale down your speakers if you are going to place the home theater system in a small room.

You can still get a quality system even if your available space is small. With the advance of technology, speakers have gotten smaller and also with the advent of wireless technology, the days of running cables and speaker wire are over.

Still another technology that has made its way to the marketplace is virtual surround sound which mimics the sound you can get from traditional surround sound systems. Virtual surround sound can be found in either the 2.1 surround system or digital sound projection system varieties.

Traditional surround sound systems are typically displayed using 5 speakers. These speakers start with a center speaker which is placed directly in front of the audience. The other 4 speakers are then arranged in a circle that literally surrounds the audience. These traditional surround speakersd are usually denoted as 5.1 and 7.1 sound systems. With virtual surround sound, at least 2 of the speakers are replaced. Digital sound projectors utilize small speakers that are placed in a line in front of the audience. The 2.1 system places only 2 speakers in front of the audience with a third, the subwoofer, placed elsewhere in the room.

Trickery is the name of the game with virtual surround sound systems. These systems use a profound knowledge of how humans process sound in the ear and how that signal is transmitted to the brain. The speakers are constructed in such a way as to produce a sound that tricks the brain into thinking there are more speakers than there are and that these speakers are literally surrounding the audience.

Virtual surround sound systems are a boon to those people who live in large metropolitan cities worldwide. With the smaller apartments that are offered to live, up until now you couldn't enjoy surround sound. Now that virtual surround systems are here, the surburbanites aren't the only ones who can enjoy it. - 23812

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Facts About Transformers 2-Cybertron

By Michael Nielsen

Transformers 2 is due to be released soon, and so the expectation and exhilaration of its fans is soon going to be ended with the release of the film. The plot of the film is very exciting and has been revealed to some degree recently, and before that there were many teasers and previews which kept the anticipation building up.

The Transformers are breed from outside the earth and they disembark from Cybertron, a place which has its own civilisations and behaviour, and hence the transformers are often termed as Cybertronian species. The transformers are thought to have survived for millions of years. The Cybertronians are long-standing creatures and have power reserves, with the powers being special to each transformer.

Millions of years old Cybertronians are generally rendered as being born from protoforms, which are empty shells and it is only after they have been given the Spark that they become lively as the spark acts as their life force. In Cybertron, the lives of the inhabitants pass swiftly, and their bodies scuff over the phase of time. The progress of the bodies of the Cybertrons takes place within themselves and they age through updates.

Despite the veracity that the Transformers from Cybertron are not folks, they still do express a very few intrinsic worth that seem like those of the humans. Some of the examples of these can be family relationships, endurance of male and female Cybertronians, and others.

The idea of Cybertron being associated with the Transformers is rather an old one. There have been many toy series with the name, and the term has also appeared in the previous Transformers film. Transformers: Cybertron was also a toy line and animated series which was actually aired in Japan. However, in America, the series aired as a sequel to the Transformers: Armada and Transformers: Energon.

Cybertron is not only the habitat planet for the Transformers, but it is also generally used while relating the body of the originator of the Transformers whose name was Primus. Cybertron is the imaginary home of the Transformers. In fact, the term Cybertron is the Japanese word for the Autobot. And as obvious from the film, it is the Autobots who are the Transformers and hence are called Cybertronians.

Although, Cybertron is only the imaginary home of the Transformers who are called Cybertronian because of their origin, the thought of the Cybertron has gained enormous fame with the first Transformers movie., with the Revenge of The Fallen, which is going to be released soon , the fans are in enormous expectation after seeing all the previews and the exhilarating trailers.

There are copious people who are diehard fans of Transformers and all the things correlated with the Transformers. Fans like those now don't have to wait long. And while they are keeping their fingers crossed for the motion picture to be released, they can take delight in the new partial view and the posters which have been put online. Some of these also include the IMAX posters which are in fact wonderful and much more than a fan could ask for at the moment. - 23812

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