Bernice Marlowe

One of the first thing you will ever need to market your self or your band, is a 3 song demo CD. Most venues don’t even look at you if you haven’t got anything to show for.

Creating a demo on a tight poor musicians budget can be a problem, however, whatever you do, don’t skimp too much. It doesn’t have to be a perfectly produced sound, but it has to represent you in such a way that you can hand it over with confidence, not with embarrassment.

Cheap home recording, may give you something as a reference for yourself, but it may backfire if you try to use it to get a venue, manager or label interested.

The best option is to check around at different studios and see if they have any deals on recording demos. Just make sure that you and any other musicians have the material perfected before going into the studio. Studios who have no packages work on an hourly rate, (usually between $50 and $120) and it can get very expensive if you don’t have it together, so literally “time is money.” For those new to recording, here are a few tips to help keep your productivity up during a session.

1.Be 100% sure on which songs you are going to record.

2.Have all the lyrics and music sections written out, as to avoid confusion.

3.Take lots of food and drinks.

4.Be prepared to do a lot of sitting around, waiting for each person to record their own part.

90% of the time, with a band, the studio engineer will record the drums and bass first, then the guitar parts, followed by the keys and voices. Other sounds can be at any point. Don’t assume that mistakes will be fixed in the mix down stage, even though it is quite possible, to a degree. The best sound will come from the source, this being you.

Take this experience very seriously, but don’t forget to have a fun and relaxed recording session. Your first time in a professional recording studio could be one of the most memorable moments in your life. It was for me! Enjoy it!

Now comes the task of marketing. First you need a press kit that you can use to market yourself to people in your target industry, different performing venues, etc. A press kit consists of the following:

1. Several promotional photos.

2. A bio/fact sheet.

3. A three song demo of your music. – probably the most important

4. Your contact information, including your website address.

5. Any press you’ve received from newspapers, websites, etc.

It will of course take some time to get these things together, and make it look good.

Next, use your press kit, and approach the venues where you would like to play. Start with an area where you live, than widen the area, depending on how far you want to travel.

Lets sum up a bit. Now you have a press kit, including the demo, some gigs and some reviews. Make that into a whole new packaged press kit,and try to send it to your local radio station.

While you’re waiting to hear back from the radio stations, get busy creating a web-site, also social networking sites such as MySpace are a must!

I would recommend setting up a website with pictures, some samples of your music, and a bio (basically an online press kit). You can start with a free website, or do this by creating a profile on some of the music websites who offer free Artist listings. On your website, make sure you have a calendar with upcoming gigs, and a sign in list for your fans. Offer a way for them to purchase your CD’s, or purchase digital downloads of your music. This will also allow you to get more money to produce a better CD.

Build your fan base, if you can fill a venue, venues will take you back, and you have a better chance of getting noticed.

While you’re getting some attention online, start searching for managers to represent you. It’s nice to have someone who is well-connected in the industry who can shop your material to record companies.

At your performances, you can also promote your website and sell CD’s once they are finished.

Try to enter band or songwriting competitions. These will get you direct exposure with the industry who often are contest judges. You will also be able to get press more easily if you do well in these contests.

If you do all of this, it should give you the opportunity to get lots of exposure and meet people who could help you further your career.

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We humans are run by emotions and therefore we are attracted to emotional songs, emotional movies and perhaps even emotional people. Our emotions often control us and dictate us. We can play with each other’s emotions too. Where sex is concerned, playing with our own emotions can lead to greater sex. And if we do not, sex can be a rather emotionless, and “go with the flow” motion. Therefore, try to instill emotions into sex and make it better.

There are some things you can try. Having a particularly romantic night can help to boost each other’s love and thus leading to a great sex. Cook a candle light dinner at home and invite her, and then turn on some romantic music. Have some good wine too, and a casual conversation. You should also tease her and play around with her. This is to make her happy, and she would bring the happy mood to sex.

Try having sex somewhere where you would be afraid. Uncommon places where the chance of getting caught is possible would be a fun idea. You could drive up a hill and then find a quiet corner to park your car. Then you choose to have sex inside your car, or out of it. Alternatively, try a public toilet cubicle on a weekday. Enter the toilet when no one is inside and no one is watching. The emotions heighten because the possibility of getting caught is real. Both of you will feel very high when having sex because it’s just so exciting!

Have you heard of role-playing? This works to as both of you try to live out your fantasies. Common themes like doctor and nurse, boss and secretary works but you should really try out anything you like. Sex is now more often when you are no longer “you”. Also try playing hard to get. Try rejecting her request to sex or seem to abstain from sex. This makes her disappointed and also yearning for sex. Try it for once. Reject her request for sex, and then minutes later, start touching her again and take off her clothes. This suspense puts her on a high.

The quality of sex is only limited by your creativity so put your brain to work and keep thinking of new challenges!

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I’ve been ranting for two podcasts in a row about how bars & clubs are overrated places to meet MOTOS (Members Of The Opposite Sex). And I’m famously relentless when it comes to harping on how trite it is to keep focusing on having “game” there. All of that’s true.

And yet, take a wild guess what I’m going to talk about today.

But before I do, allow me to be perfectly clear. The world is indeed saturated with the same warmed-over advice about how to “game” each other when out on the town. But Sunday night, a flat-out wild realization hit me like a bolt of lightning while Emily and I were out at…well…a bar.

There is one angle of this whole “bars & clubs” schtick that I’ve never heard talked about anywhere. Karaoke “game”.

So what caused this epiphany? Well, basically Emily and I have both known for quite sometime that karaoke joints tend to be naturally more social places than most bars. This is understandable. After all, you’re in an “interactive” setting where the audience is self-generating the entertainment. This makes fellow co-participants want to talk to each other…congratulating or even co-conspiring with each other.

Sunday night was no different…except for two key events. First of all, there was the decidedly average woman who booted herself at least two notches up any man’s raw attraction scale upon belting out the World’s Hottest Rendition of Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats”. Shortly thereafter, something even more mind-bending happened. A few minutes after completing my first “selection”-a particularly soulful one that nobody could have predicted I’d go for-Emily had several decidedly hot young women tap her on the shoulder, gaze longingly into her eyes and say something to the effect of, “Oh…that was so dreamy. How come my boyfriend can’t be like YOURS?”

As if that wasn’t shocking enough, the looks and comments actually RAMPED UP as the night progressed. Emily’s “perfectly imperfect” take of “Hella Good” didn’t hurt. Neither did hearing every chick’s voice in the place singing along with my hard-practiced “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind.

So it hit me: Karaoke “game”-when strategized and executed correctly-has got to be the most naturally effective version of “night game” imaginable. Seriously. Get this right, and men and women BOTH can practically own the whole place, driving “interest-level” on the part of the opposite gender so rambunctiously in the process that people are practically throwing numbers and e-mail addresses.

Let’s break it down. First, here’s WHY:

1) It takes REAL CONFIDENCE to even get up there. Doing so provides HARD evidence.

2) You cause every hottie in the room to NOTICE YOU, even as you get this done without any shred of NEEDINESS whatsoever.

3) You get MAD SOCIAL PROOF without begging for approval (just for showing up, really…even if you’re verifiably terrible)

4) Everyone understands you have a REAL PERSONALITY and that you might actually be FUN to hang out with.

5) You get to make eye contact with whomever you want from up there-all while in a position of leadership over the whole room.

Wait a minute…all of those bullet points sound familiar. If my head is on straight, ALL OF THE ABOVE READ LIKE THE BASICS OF CREATING ATTRACTION. And all in one simple step? Are you KIDDING ME?

No. I am most certainly not kidding you. Remember, however, that I did complicate matters by mentioning that both STRATEGY and EXECUTION have to be on-point. Otherwise, it ain’t happenin’ for you.

So you know WHY, here’s HOW:

1) Get Up There

You have to participate in order to reap the benefits. And here’s the best part: You DO NOT have to know how to sing. Think about it. There are people you can name off the top of your head who have RECORD CONTRACTS and can’t carry a tune in a bucket. The strategy? Pick songs by those people! (Duh). Now, on the other hand, if you were the star of your high-school choir and/or you can sing along to the radio in the car like a freakin’ rock star…I don’t want to hear any more excuses. The world is yours on a silver platter here. Sack up.

2) Plan Your “Set” Ahead Of Time

It’s important to pick a few songs you think you could theoretically nail to the floor ahead of time. Then, get on iTunes and drop a lousy buck for each one. Then play them ten times in a row until they are STONE COLD. I know one guy who truly can’t sing, but has some Weird Al song down so ridiculously that he brings the house down with it every time. Practice…it’s worth it. Smoothness rocks even over raw talent in most cases.

3) Mix It Up

This is a major way to go from “participation” to “looks of awe and amazement accompanied by unsolicited approaches from everyone present”. Say you decide you feel comfortable with a particular hip-hop tune. Next time you get up there, throw down something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. Going from rock-station anthem to R & B classic works particularly well. Whatever the case, work hard to have at least one slower, libido-inspiring arrow in the proverbial quiver of tunes in your repertoire. If you are summarily freaked out by even getting up there for now, this can wait. But work towards it.

4) If You Already Have A Date, Sing To Him/Her

One time I busted out with “Sara Smile” to a woman named Sara, who I’m pretty sure still talks to her friends about it even though the guy who did it is now married-to someone else. What made the whole gig even more poignant is that there was NO CHANCE of guessing that a guy like me would pull that one out of the ether. Jaws dropped. Nice.

5) Bring Energy

You’ve heard that you need to bring high energy when “opening a set”. This is no exception. In fact, “energy” equals “awesome” a shockingly high percentage of the time.

6) Collaborate And Be Social

High five others when they are done. Ask the next table over what they are singing. Find someone to sing the male/female duet with you (nice). Are you beginning to see how this can be like “shooting fish in a barrel”? Just leave the guns home.

7) Dance To Other People’s Songs

Emily and I did this-when nobody else had-and what do you know…everyone else joined us. Not only do you show some leadership when you do this, you validate whoever is on stage. Make friends, influence people, create attraction.

By now, you may be thinking, “How come I never figured any of this out before?” If you are like most, it’s because you’ve long ago ruled out any chance of anyone dragging you on stage. Get over it, and watch amazing things happen.

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What do you think of when you look back on the 80s? Probably Madonna, dancing in period outfits and singing upbeat songs. Maybe Pat Benatar, belting out power anthems. Better yet, you may reminisce about Molly Ringwald in The Breakfast Club, with her perfect hair and decked out fashion.

If you’re among this year’s prom goers, you more than likely missed out on the fun and fashion of the 80s. Instead of tuning in to the upbeat Duran Duran and The Go Gos, you probably grew up on the harder Nickelback and Daft Punk. While Daft Punk’s electronic beats are great for the dance floor, they don’t provide much inspiration for a retro outfit.

Just because you weren’t around to enjoy the 80s culture, doesn’t mean you can’t add some of it to your prom experience. Luckily, you can skip the leg warmers and sweat cuffs.

To capture that 80s feel, do your hair up in a fluffy, feathered style with bright colored barrettes or glitter. If you have fair hair, you can even go so far as to add pink or purple streaks. Don’t go overboard, though. A touch of the 80s in your hair is cute, but too much will look foreign and retro.

Your earrings should be large and colorful. Try hoops and geometric dangles, with plastic or rhinestone accents. Only wear one earring per lobe to avoid a heavy, overdone look. They should be glittery, bright or both, with a nearly costume jewelry appearance.

For a look that epitomizes 80s parties, look for big, bold plastic charms and pendants. Just like the earrings, these should be colorful and sparkly. Top it off by reviving a childhood favorite and donning friendship bracelets and primary colored jellies.

You can go for a more costume like look by thinking of the original Material Girl and donning large, sparkly rhinestone or cubic zirconia pieces. Make them big, glitzy and ostentatious to give your outfit an over the top glamorous feel. This style goes best with soft, girlie colors like light pink or baby blue in smooth fabrics. Pair them with satin gloves to get an extremely 80s glam look.

Watch a few music videos from 80s pop mavens on YouTube to get inspiration for your outfit. For the best retro prom style, you should stick to just a few period items. Many of the styles are still easily available in mass merchandise jewelry departments. You will have to do some matching on your own though. If possible, get some friends to shop with you so that you can get a third party’s opinion.

With the tasteful, judicious use of over the top 80s items, you can create a fun, unique prom style that will get you plenty of compliments and a little slice of the bygone party decade.

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Brains, beauty, sex-appeal and brilliantly shiny hair are only a few words that can describe the celebrated star Demi Moore (born Demetri Guynes). Her exotic beauty is considered to be ’caused’ by her French, Welsh and Native American heritage. Even if the seductive Scorpion actress (born on November 11, 1962 in New Mexico) is causing big waves of scandal by shaving her head nearly bald for her part in the GI Jane movie, or kicking Charlie Angel’s butt while her shimmery coal black tresses were falling down to her waist, Demi Moore is famous for her unique hair, but also for her men.

Her famous trade mark, her hair was heavily copied when she surprised the audience by appearing with a very short, boyish crop in the popular ‘Ghost’ movie in 1990. Demi Moore went through a range of radically different hairstyles for accomplishing the requirements for her following movies, eventually completely shocking the fans by actually shaving her head in a visually striking scene in ‘G.I.Jane’ in 1997.

In spite of Demi’s change of look for the ‘G.I.Jane’ movie, her movie failed at the box office and mostly garnered poor reviews. ‘G.I Jane’ was not a singular case, ‘The Scarlett Letter’, ‘The Juror’ and ‘Striptease’ had the same sad faith. Although Demi Moore was the highest paid actress in Hollywood and the first actress to reach the 10 million USD level for salary, and although she was completing a string of box office hits as ‘Ghost’, ‘A Few Good Men’ and ‘Indecent Proposal’, Demi Moore has been constantly given negative attention, being eventually spoofed with a cartoon version (called ‘Dewmi Moore’) in the popular video game ‘Leisure Suit Larry’.

After these series of bad review she disappeared to her ranch in Idaho to completely dedicate herself to the education of her three daughters. Demi Moore broke away from her privacy in 2000 to act in ‘Passion of Mind’ movie, but she carried on her discreet life style and she didn’t seek the bright lights of Hollywood.

Demi Moore orchestrated an amazing come-back by appearing in another spectacular hairstyle for the ‘Charlie’s Angels’ sequel in 2002-2003. The low profile Demi Moore emerged with a waist long hair, with a super healthy shine.

It is like this incredible woman retreated to the remote Idaho with minimal soldier hair in order to later amaze the world with the gorgeous tresses you would normally expect from a person living a healthy, private life in the beautiful wilds of Idaho.

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