Stock footage is footage that is used instead of shooting new footage. You see its use in many movies, like sweeping views of cities and landscapes. You also see this footage when viewing dangerous beasts in their natural habitats, these shots can be extremely expensive so using stock footage opens up the budget a bit. It is easy enough to add in something to stock footage to meet your requirements these days.

A great example of the usages of stock footage is Forrest Gump, how else did Tom Hanks meet historic, and dead figures like John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon or even John Lennon? There were several historic clips in that movie as well, these are also considered to be ‘stock footage’.

The largest producer of public domain stock footage is the U.S. government. Not everybody can get beauti ... Read more »

Owning a jukebox Mp3 Player is not a new concept. In fact jukeboxes have been in existence for a long time. In the early times, the system of running these music machines was to slip in a coin in the model placed at a disco joint and a song of your choice would be played. The first one ever known was made by Louis Glass and William S. Arnold in 1889. It was again coin operated and was placed in San Francisco in a salon called Palais Royale. It was kept in a cabinet made of Oakwood. It simply had a couple of listening tubes to listen to the music with no patrons or amplification.

Those days are very much gone and we don't need to go to a salon to listen to music played on a jukebox. The physical machine has now been replaced by a digital one which is definitely much more convenient with hardly any maintenance. There are a lot of varieties of digital music players availabl ... Read more »

It’s tempting to just confirm your wedding musicians over the phone and may be follow up with an email. We strongly advise against this. When booking music for a wedding reception you need to make sure you have a contract between you and the wedding musicians. First step is to make sure you are dealing with the bandleader. Some bands for hire have more than one bandleader so make sure you are dealing with the same one all the way through the contracting and organisation process. Agree verbally that you want to book the band and ask that they confirm the date in the band diary and get an assurance that they won’t make themselves available to another enquirer during the contracting process. Ask the bandleader to send you a contract based on your verbal agreement. You must now take the time to carefully read the contract and pay special care and attention to the following critical clauses.

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News has been circulating that lady GaGa has married singer J786. After meeting with the Producer of lady GaGa known as Red One, he has confirmed this fact. Many false news & gossips about Lady GaGa was circulated in the past. After doing a lotta leg work and running around Hollywood, it is clear that Lady GaGa has married this elusive & mysterious singer only known as J786. 

It is known that lady GaGa has been seen and known to have a very private relationship with this singer for a good while. He is also known as the ghost writer/composer for Lady GaGa. After doing a little search engine research it is not that difficult to know what kind of singer & singing does the J786 does. Obviously, his music has lotta similarities as lady GaGa but with more passion & with more of his own original style. One can download his songs from iTune & Cd baby etc ... Read more »

By now you've probably whittled down your long list of wedding entertainers to a select few. Most likely you're also going through several quotations, and have had conversations with tons of band leaders and wedding entertainers in search of that elusive "wedding entertainer fit”. Congratulations, you're nearing the finish line! But before you put everything on paper, here are a couple of tips to remember and follow to make sure you've got the best wedding entertainers.. Entertainment sets the mood of any occasion and its' important to get the people who will provide the vibe you want to have for your oh-so-very special day. Here are the EventsJam top 5 action points:

1. Who wants to work on an empty stomach? Not a lot of people. Majority of professional wedding entertainers spend a lot of time travelling. When they reach the v ... Read more »

It's your wedding and you naturally want everything to be perfect. As for your entertainment you've spent weeks going through potential musicians and your inbox is steadily filling up with quotations. You've had multiple conversations with band leaders and your head is spinning. Before you make the final decision and ink that contract, here are a few things to remember in handling wedding entertainers. Take a look at the 5 top action points:

1. Hungry musicians won't give a great performance. These entertainers, whether variety acts or function bands, probably spend a lot of time travelling to get to the wedding destination  When they reach the venue they'll probably be too busy setting their equipment up to tend to their hungry tummies. As the host make sure there is ample food prepared and available for your musicians when they arrive.

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Unless you're a professional event planner you'll likely only hire a band once or twice in a lifetime. As a result it's easy to get bamboozled by jargon you just don't understand. Some jargon is just unnecessary and confusing to the first timer looking to book function bands. Other terms are necessary for you to know as they do have a direct impact on what you are booking and the bottom line cost and fee. To stop the confusion here are the top 5 need to know technical terms you should understand:

1. PA System - An electronic amplification system used to reinforce a given sound eg all the Bands Backline and vocal microphones will be connected to the PA system in order that the Band's instruments and vocals can be made louder and hence heard by the guests.

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With the year 2010 passing to a close there has been many hundreds of Dancehall riddims that have been released this year. Some of those riddims like the 007 riddim, Clock riddim, Crank It Up riddim and of course hundreds more have made their result on the Dancehall.

While most of these riddims were fabricated by the high end producers in their labs, a lot of the same style of riddims can be built with the Dub Turbo Studio Ver 1.5. This piece of software is very important when it comes to making Dancehall beats. The reason why is because it's done right on your computer in your bedroom or laptop!

There is no need to go now to a studio to pay studio time per hour to create a Dancehall riddim. Dub Turbo software allows you to spawn the beats right on the computer with the initiated drum trac ... Read more »

It's in most people to have the ability to sing. You just need some perseverance, guidance and time to put it into practice.

Being a good singer can be a skill you learn it just needs dedication. Your voice is actually considered to be a dramatic instrument and to be good with this particular instrument and get better singing results; there are several basic things that are important. For starters you have to learn just a couple of things:

First of all you need the fire inside you to improve and make your voice much better. The very fact you have a voice is a given. The need to make use of it needs to come from you. You might never improve your voice if you don't cooperate or if you don't possess the wish to develop it.

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When most people first hear the term "saxhorn," the first thing that may come to mind is the saxophone; however, the saxhorn is a completely different instrument all together. Well, maybe not completely different, it is a brass instrument, after all. It is a tapered bore instrument, which means that the tubing of the instrument starts with a small diameter and slowly increases in the size of the diameter as it goes along the instrument. The sound of this particular instrument is quite nice in that it offers a mellow sound that goes along with other brass instruments very well.

The saxhorn originally belonged to a family that contained ten different sizes of saxhorns. For whatever reason, it now belongs to a family that only has seven different sizes, with each different size being tuned to a particular pitch. This particular kind of instrument is often forgotten about wh ... Read more »