Ring tones represent an ability to customize the cellular phoneexperience, and customers are buying them. The worldwide marketfor ring tones topped $2.5 billion in 2004, very little of whichwas spent in the United States, where sales amounted to only$159 million. Ring tones cost between 99 cents… The ringtone market has exploded as a revenue stream for bothwireless carriers and record labels,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA–October 17, 2005–Xisco Ponc Jr. wasborn in the Philippines, raised in Hawaii, lived in SanFrancisco, Los Angeles, CA, and traveled around Europe,performing at an early age. After giving up a career and sellinghis house to record his full-length debut album, a year and ahalf later in a Los Angeles studio, all of his hard work andsacrifice has reached...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEChristmas Is For Grownups TooPhoenix, Arizona– October 17, 2005–Trumpeter, pianist,vocalist, and writer Juan Oskar was born and raised in Arizona.While honing his chops in several Latino bands growing up, hislove for his roots and rock ‘n’ roll grew. Today Oskar has comearound full circle full circle with the new release ChristmasIs For Grownups Too. Oskar’s...

Practice is something you should try for every day. Give it allyou can. If you have difficulty with any part, slow down,practice slowly. Try introducing an interval of at least 1second between each count until your playing accuracy hasimproved. It isn’t necessary for you to play any piece at thecorrect speed right from the start. If you slow down a bit youraccuracy will improve and then you will...

Major chords are the most important as all the other chords arebuilt up from them. There is a major chord for each note on your keyboard. the notesare A B C D E F and G so you are now going to learn the majorchords that go with each of these notes. Sounds daunting? Wellhere is something really nice which you will be very pleased toknow. The rule for forming major chords is exactly the same forevery...

You can improve your playing with mental practice, which mightsound a bit odd to the uninitiated. Creative visualization has now been proven as a technique forimproving skill in a wide variety of areas. Some years ago a test was carried out between two teams ofpeople. Both teams were asked to throw darts at a dart board andthe results were recorded. Team one was instructed to practicedart throwing...

>From the town that gave birth to such notables as Nu Shooz,Dandy Warhols and Everclear, Portland, Oregon is making wavesagain with the newly revised element57, its astounding DIY ethicand its penchant for snagging national accolades for itself. The band’s impressive way of doing business and getting itselfin the national spotlight means you’ll undoubtedly be seeingsomething of it well...