Enjoy Sonic Sound with the Crest Audio Pro 9200 Professional Power Amplifier

By Neil Bethtodd

If you are looking for an amplifier with professional power, yet still with the sonic integrity that is the hallmark of Crest, then you should take a closer look at the Crest Audio Pro 9200 Professional Power Amplifier.

It is hard to believe that an amplifier with so much professional power comes in a compact, 2U package and weighs less than twenty five pounds " and at a lower cost. The Crest Audio Pro 9200 comes with automatic clip limiting that is designed to protect connected drivers.

The 2100 Watts per channel will make it possible to really blast people out of a room. The specifications of the Pro 9200 are very similar to its predecessors, the amps in the Pro 200 series. All pro series amplifiers have a frequency response that is within 0, -3 dB from 10 to 100 kHz, with hum and noise greater than -110 dB, "A" weighted. The input impedance is 15 k Ohms, balanced.

The IGM impedence sensing will automatically modify the gain to accommodate any of the impedence outputs that are connected. The real beauty of IGM is the short circuit protection as well as loads as low as 2 Ohms and highly efficient operation.

The Pro 9200 has many special features including high efficiency heat sinks. The heat sinks are tunnel cooled using variable speed DC fans that will extend the amplifiers life by monitoring its operating temperature. It won't be long before you realize that you can really crank up the volume on this professional power amplifier thanks to its wide-band outputs, latest generation of high speed, an a host of other features. Many of the features on this amp enhance Crest's sonic integrity.

The air temperature of the Audio Pro 9200 is automatically measured with a temperature sensing system. The air is the funneled to the exhaust on the front panel with rear mounted fans. If the temperature were to exceed the safe operating limits, one on the channels will automatically shut down. When sound is blasting at these levels, everyone and everything will be affected the by products of the heat.

The rear panel input connections are actively balanced via XLR. There are binding post and speak on output connections on each channel that are used for connection to a loudspeaker. The front panel of the amplifier is where you will find the input attenuators as well as the combo AC power/circuit breaker switch.

The five LED's per channel on the front panel will indicate ACL, signal and temperature protect, Active, and DC protect. The rear panel features a mode switch that will determine bridged mono, stereo, or parallel mode. The gain select switch is also located on the rear panel and will determine if the structure is x20 or x40. The Crest Audi Pro 9200 professional power amplifier is very impressive. While you will be able to blast your neighbors out of their beds, be careful. You don't want to blow speakers on a piece of equipment that runs around $2000. - 18418

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Neil Bethtodd has been a professional musician and DJ for 15 years. He is an expert on all things that are about music! His reviews of musical equipment can be found in magazines and websites around the world. To learn more about about the Crest Pro 9200, click here.

History of Beyonces Career

By Amy Nutt

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born September 4th, 1981 in Houston, Texas to Matthew and Tina Knowles as the first born of two girls. Before she reached the age of seven she was singing and showing signs of great talent. When she was seven, she was already attending dance school and was a soloist in the church choir.

By the time she reached her teen years, any spare time she could find was spent with her childhood pals, LaTayia Roberson, Kelly Rowland and LeToya Luckett, performing at local functions. The girls, then known as "Girls Tyme" tried their luck at Star Search but did not make the cut. Beyonces Dad gave up his good paying job in order to devote his time promoting the band. To this day Matthew Knowles manages his daughters career.

After trying a few different names, the girls settled on Destinys Child. The musical debut for the group was the song "Killing Time", which appeared on the soundtrack for the "Men in Black" movie, released in 1997. A year later, they had number one single with the song, "No,No,No, Part 2." The quartet became a trio later on that same year with the departure of LeToya and LaTayia, who decided to pursue individual careers. Destinys Child continued onwards and became one of the top R&B/Pop groups in 2000 accumulating four Billboard Hot 100 number one singles and numerous top ten hits, as well as two albums that went to number one.

The groups second album continued with great success with tracks like "Say My Name," "Jumpin Jumpin," and the very successful "Bug A Boo." In the 2001, two Grammy awards were given to "Say My Name". They followed up with a third album, "Survivor," which produced such hits as the title track as well as "Bootylicious". The group decided to disband by 2005 but had at that time proven themselves as one of the top selling female groups in music history.

Beyonce had proven her worth and skills as a songwriter. She won the 2001 Songwriter of the Year, awarded by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. This made her the first African-American woman to win the award and only the second woman to win. She also spent a bit of time working on solo projects which at first was not as successful as the projects with the trio, but she was not easily discouraged.

When she finally released her solo debut album, "Dangerously in Love", it went right to the top selling over 300,000 copies in just the first week and went platinum 3 weeks later, in June of 2003. The single from the album,"Crazy in Love" topped the charts and stayed there for over 8 weeks. Later that same year her album and the single topped the charts at the same time which put her on the same level as such musical wonders as The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart. She was and still is the only female artist to have accomplished this feat. This helped make Beyonce one of the biggest artists in both sales and popularity for 2003.

In 2004 she won five Grammy Awards. On the Destinys Child album released in 2005, Beyonce released a song called "Check on It," which was used on the soundtrack of "The Pink Panther Movie," released in 2006.

In correspondence with her 25th birthday, she released a second album called "Bday," which sold more than her first solo album, with 541,000 copies sold in the first week after release. The lead single from the album, "Dj Vu," became a number one hit on the US R&B charts.

Not only has Beyonce had success in music, but also on the movie screen. She may be best known for the character Foxy Cleopatra in the 2002 summer movie, "Austin Powers in Goldmember" along side Michael Caine and Mike Myers. In 2003 she appeared beside Cuba Gooding Jr. in the movie "The Fighting Temptations". In 2006, she got chance to pay homage to Diana Ross in a movie based on a Broadway musical depicting the lives of the Supremes. Beyonce showed off her incredible acting skills, playing the part of Ms. Ross in the Movie titled, "Dreamgirls", which opened with first weekend sales of $8 million and has grossed well over $100 million to date.

Beyonces talent has shown no end in sight and her fans are looking forward to see what is yet to come. - 18418

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Little Known Ways To Playing The Blues

By Tom Simpson

Looking to learn to play the best licks on guitar? Well, there's nothing better than the blues. First of all, why play blues guitar when I can play jazz? B.B. King himself said that all of them back then, the blues musicians, they were all in high school --and when a fellow starts playing jazz, then he's in college. He said jazz was the big brother of blues. While it may be true that jazz is arguably a higher form of music than blues, it's a historical fact that all the musical genres of the 20th century worth giving a damn about: rock, R&B, hip hop, soul, funk, metal, and yes even jazz have deep roots in the blues. The blues gave birth to all that great music, and jazz is a credit to the greatness of old blues licks and kicks.

All the great blues singers and guitarists, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, everyone, put their heart into their music. That's how they played. They did it as more emotional than technical act by letting the blues slip out and speak for it. Every performance they gave was frighteningly sincere and honest. But before all that, you'll need to get down to the basics. If you graduate from the basics then maybe you can start playing real blues. Needless to say, if you're not already a pro (and even if you are), getting professional help will go far in learning to play the best sound that can come out of a guitar -the classic blues.

Sure it would be real awesome if you could just teach yourself how to play. But not everyone's cut out for that. Even the best professionals in the business are not all self-taught.

If you're having a tough time following the pros, you can go online and download instructional blues backing tracks you can follow step by step. What's great about these tracks is you can pick the tempo of your downloads, thereby pacing yourself for what you're ready to play. Play every chance you get. When you have nothing to do, pick up the guitar and play. When you're taking a break from work, practice. Constantly playing the guitar will get you better in no time.

Play in front of your friends and ask them if you've improved. If they say no, then take that as a signal to practice more. If they say yes, then take that as encouragement. Either way, it's good for your guitar playing.

Soul. Perhaps the most important part of the process. It's the reason the blues exist, heck, it's why music exists. You need soul to bring out some soul in your playing. But don't force this -it should come out naturally. Obviously, any aspiring musician needs a guitar. Acoustic will do, and so will electric -as long as you can play the blues, so can both guitar types. Listening to good blues music and trying to imitate good licks will help. But if it's too difficult to follow the greats, blues backing tracks can be downloaded online and are great instructional tools, useful to both amateurs and pros. Finally, like any other skill, practice makes perfect. Dexterous fingers don't happen overnight. Play until you're tired of playing, and then to relax, play some more -that's the blues guitar, you either love it or leave it. - 18418

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UltimateBluesBackingTracks.com is dedicated to improve your blues playing. With an accompanying blues backing tracksto follow, students can now practice at home, at their own pace without being embarrassed by their mistakes. So unveil the musician in you!!!

How to Seek Out Piano Tutorials on the Internet

By Michael Mickey Charles

The internet holds no shortage of websites which offer free tutorials and lessons for practicing the piano craft. Those sites offering videos and live feeds can be quite effective in teaching the basics. Many of them feature experienced piano players sitting in front of the keyboard with the video focusing on the hands and piano keys while the pianist provides vocal instruction. The difficult task in this online piano quest is finding a great source of tutorials and lessons offered by an effective instructor.

Some pianists online are quite talented but cannot adequately teach because they do not have the necessary skills to express verbal lessons effectively. You will find this particularly true with piano lessons found on such video sites like the popular www.YouTube.com. Experienced players may glean some great tips but beginners may find it hard to follow along. Of course, people who learn by doing may be able to follow along with some video tutorials and pick up things through trial and error. Finding tutorials for youngsters with effective step by step direction can be quite challenging.

One approach that many piano lesson websites use that is quite basic but effective is to use pictures and diagrams which clearly delineate each tip and technique offered in a lesson. Picture in your mind a clear depiction of the piano keys with certain ones highlighted in a contrasting color, showcasing a particular lesson. While there is no personal instruction, websites with these basic techniques are great places for newbie piano players to start.

Such websites like www.pianonanny.com incorporate visually intriguing tutorials and parents take advantage of them to encourage their kids to practice or reinforce the lessons learned by a private tutor. In addition, with websites like this, you can keep a record of your progress, earned achievements and success in completing lessons using a simple to navigate menu.

There is a slightly different, more private type of online piano instruction available on the internet. These types of websites are lesson-based and center on the techniques and leadership of one accomplished piano player. The tutorials somewhat mirror those basic piano websites, with clear lesson demarcations for inexperienced piano players to those with a certain level of accomplishment.

The video instruction is of high quality and quite effective and www.pianotricks.com is an excellent example. The piano tricks website is led by Christopher Shlegel, an accomplished pianist with a proven background in teaching and boasts extensive educational and musical accomplishments. The website is quite extensive with over 100 lessons to choose from in addition to sheet music downloads as well as sound files in an mp3 format. These extras are what catapult this websites and others like it into an effective, logical choice for those serious about learning to play the piano. - 18418

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Michael 'Mickey' Charles was teaching music in the public school system for 30 years before offering private lessons. His years of experience in teaching piano gives him unparalleled insight into what piano teaching software works and what doesn't. Don't buy anything before you read what Mickey thinks of the top piano lesson software at his website: http://www.piano-lesson-software.com/.

Get To Know The Secret Of Blues

By Tom Simpson

Man has long considered music as their life. Oftentimes, man has found life in every string of music they hear and create. From the past to the present generations, music has given delight and spice to man's existence. Blues has always been there during the good times when people want to break free from boredom through sound and rhythm. Black has considered blues a great mark in the black American history. Touching the most intricate parts of the individual, the heart and soul, blues has been the friend during the blacks' saddest moments having nothing but their songs to soothe their weary spirits. Blues has influenced almost all music genres. As the world give life to blues, it also relives celebrated genres in the music industry through blues backing tracks.

From the Southern United States in the 19th century, blues has sneaked its way in the music world yet has reached its peak of prominence during the 20th century. At present, the continuous revival of blues prominence is focused on by blues backing licks services open for public viewing online. A lot of great innovations are offered by these licks to satisfy every music buff that go on searching for the latest updates in blues. Moreover, these internet offers are catering basically to guitarists or to anybody who can never do away with their guitars and for those who want to make improvements on their guitar playing skills.

Before the next generations slowly forget the importance of the blues to music, we have to give every budding musician blues guitar lessons much like history lessons in the classroom. It is good that with the advent of the internet and the availability of blues tutorials, we can be more or less sure that the blues will always be here to stay. What is great is that the internet can provide a complete sensation of playing the blues. We can easily Google famous blues artists and even watch them actually play. We can research and hear their melodies and we can access a variety of blues songs from the fast tempo to the very slow ones. What is more, we can actually start from the basics of blues then evolve a new genre that effectively combines blues music to the modern ones.

These online offers have also integrated famous great deals of comprehensive blues guitar lessons. This service by the website is not only recreated for plain knowing guitar technique. They are also crafted to make the learner play the blues with originality. Every visit on blues sites is like having a good time with the masters of blues music like BB King, Albert King and the excellent Eric Clapton. You can even download ten blues licks while learning the blues tricks. Much more to these perks, the online visitor can avail of information on free guitar lessons that run for days and grab one of the much-awaited blues catalogues.

We will observe that different masters have a quality uniquely their own. This is because the skill and technique in playing the blues are all generic but the way of really playing it from the soul is uniquely one's own. - 18418

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UltimateBluesBackingTracks.com is dedicated to improve your blues playing. With an accompanying blues backing tracksto follow, students can now practice at home, at their own pace without being embarrassed by their mistakes. So unveil the musician in you!!!