Mighty Uke: The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog

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• Width: 5.25"Length: 7.5"Run Time: 1:19:00Director: Tony ColemanProducer: Margaret Meagher

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Director Tony Coleman and producer Margaret Meagher travelled the world for two years to discover why so many people of different nations, cultures, ages and musical tastes are turning to the ukulele to express themselves, and to connect with each other. This fascinating documentary is packed with music and includes performances from many artists, including Jake Shimabukuro. An official selection of several prestigious film festivals, it's been featured on National Public Radio, Canada's National Radio Network, as well as in broadcast and print media throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The DVD is packed with bonus features, including ten additional short films about the ukulele, and a lesson with virtuoso and educator James Hill.

Mighty Uke: The Amazing Comeback of a Musical Underdog Review

This DVD is a must for every music class. It's not just about Jake Shimabukaro. It's about the history of the ukulele, development, ups and downs of popularity, Hawaiian connection from Portugal, many styles, and a fine story of a high school ukulele class who raises money and prepares material every year to tour Hawaii. Well-made, well-rounded film with a lot of color and will keep the interest of anyone regardless of age or musical acumen. This one is especially good for teachers (music or otherwise) to keep on hand for class when the lesson plan isn't quite ready. Every uker should have this one. It's the kind of film you can watch several times a year and always enjoy and learn something new.

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American Plating 507N Bass Clarinet Lyre Nickel

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BASS CLARINET LYRE NICKEL

American Plating 507N Bass Clarinet Lyre Nickel Review

Works perfectly and fits the school's bass clarinet. There isn't much to say about a lyre - either it works or it doesn't and this one works!

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Kratt SN3 Super Pitch Pipe

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• Violin / Mandolin
• G-D-A-E
• Nickel tubes, bronze reeds

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Super Pitch Pipe

Kratt SN3 Super Pitch Pipe Review

It performs exactly as I expected it to. I even tested it against an electronic tuner to make sure both were working properly. I love it! I can just stick it in my pocket and use as necessary....no batteries, no fuss, no muss! Thank you for carrying and delivering such quality goods.

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Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on Drums/Groove Essentials

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• Published by Hudson Music
• 2-DVD Set
• Artist: Tommy Igoe

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This money-saving pack includes the complete ß°Getting Started on Drums°ß and ß°Groove Essentials°ß, at a savings of almost $15. With 6 hours of world-class instruction in all, this package is a great deal!

Also available separately:

Groove Essentials ¯ 00320446/$24.95

Getting Started on Drums ¯ 00320288/$19.95

Tommy Igoe: Getting Started on Drums/Groove Essentials Review

Getting Started on Drums is basically "how to set up your drum kit", with a couple simple beats at the end. I would recommend this DVD if you're an absolute beginner, but otherwise it's only good for picking up a few tips regarding setup. I watched it once and it's now shelved, probably forever. Good Netflix rental, bad purchase.

However Groove Essentials is a DVD I will probably be referring to for the next couple of years and is absolutely worth buying. I've rented a few drum DVDs on Netflix, and most of them include a lot of filler, like around 80-90% filler, and the material included in them should be covered in about 10 minutes. Tommy's DVDs get to point after about a 10min introduction, so it amounts to 210 minutes of purely relevant instructional material that gets progressively more difficult. Tommy's instruction is clear and focused, and the film production doesn't interfere with his teaching (which doesn't seem like a lot to ask for unless you've seen some of the other drum DVDs out there). I wish that he would break the beats down to the extent that he does with the rock section(the first section) on the later sections, but I guess that's what the included chart is for... Overall this is a good DVD for beginners getting started, or for later intermediate/early advanced players looking to expand their sound and broaden their range of styles. This DVD is probably below the ability of professional level players. I have it uploaded to my Ipod and practice along with it about once a day. Because of this DVD, Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer, and some quality daily practice time, my friends have expressed amazement at how quickly I've progessed at drums in only 10 months.

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Super GigLight Music Stand Light

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• Super GigLight

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Super GigLight

Super GigLight Music Stand Light Review

Like many others here I found the super gig light worked much better than cheaper gig lights. Even so I thought it was too expensive for what it did. I was still ok with my purchase thinking I have a product that works and I don't have to buy another. Then about a month later the clip broke. The light is now unusable and I'm not going to buy another one. Instead I went to the local bookstore and bought two LED booklights that together cost lesss than half the price of the super giglight. Wish I'd done that in the first place.

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Hal Leonard Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Cello with CD Book 2, Cello

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• 48 Pages
• New keys and rhythms are introduced in this book
• Softcover with CD

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Now the best-selling band method is even better! The same great method that directors have come to trust now includes a CD. Features include: - BOOK: Same great Essential Elements 2000 method! - CD FEATURES: Play-Along Tracks 1-71 (with a professional player for every instrument)

Hal Leonard Essential Elements 2000 for Strings Cello with CD Book 2, Cello Review

Product arrived fast but they put it in a gray plastic so when I opened it the book looked like it got bent during shipping. A little disappointed.

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Bass Method: For the Beginning Electric Bassist

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• Size: 7.50" x 5.50"Author: "Ed Friedland"ISBN: 0634080342

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This method is designed for anyone just learning to play electric bass.

Bass Method: For the Beginning Electric Bassist Review

A year ago one of our local music stores asked us to do a review of this DVD. Since that time we have recommended it to many of our own students as a great supplement to the companion book, Bass Method Book I (2nd edition), also by Ed Friedland. The feedback we get from them is that they enjoy having something to visually work with between lessons. They like the completeness of the material and the step-by-step approach used to present it.

In addition to it being very well filmed (excellent angles and close ups so you can really tell how to position and use the fingers) all of the examples demonstrated are well structured, musically interesting and fun (no "Three Blind Mice" here!). Here is an outline of each "chapter".

Intro
1. Startup
2. Playing Technique
3. Reading Music (standard notation & TAB)
4. Notes on the E String
5. Notes on the A String
6. Notes on the D String
7. Notes on the G String
8. � time and Rests
9. Eighth Notes & Eighth Rests
10. Notes in Third Position
11. Position Shifting & Box Shapes
12. Songs
13. Closing/Credits

The Startup takes you through an explanation of the parts of the electric bass, the bass amp (and tone/volume settings), finding a good position for holding the bass, and tuning.

Playing Technique covers: Right hand; how to play using fingers or pick, Left hand positioning and fingering.

Reading Music covers the concept of rhythm and pitch, the musical alphabet and how it works on the staff, the duration of notes, the time signature and so forth. He walks you through some easy examples reading and playing notes using a split screen so you can see him playing the strings as the notation scrolls below. The notes and beat are highlighted so you can see exactly where you are. It's probably the best concept of note reading and playing presentation I've seen in years.

Each chapter introducing notes on each string uses the same procedure mentioned above. Natural notes and sharped and flatted notes are covered. Practice "jam tracks" are provided to make playing and note reading fun.

This holds true for the remainder of the DVD. At the end, bass parts for six well known popular songs are provided. Again, these are presented in split screen showing right and left hand fingering plus the notation scrolling below.

Songs included are:
"Imagine" by John Lennon
"Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum
"Lady Madonna" by The Beatles
"Taking Care of Business" by BTO's
"All the Small Things" by Blink 182
"My Girl" by The Temptations

Ed introduces important features of playing each tune, which is a great way to learn how simple ideas can be (and were) used to make cool bass lines.

If you're looking for good solid instruction that guides you step by step, like you would find from lessons with a quality private teacher, then GET THIS DVD!

To your musical success!!

Also recommended:
Bass Method - The Complete Edition (books 1,2 and 3 with CDs). By Ed Friedland

Drummers, check out Tommy Igoes' "Getting started on Drums" and his "Groove Essentials" DVD

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Celebration Day (2 CD + 1 DVD, DVD sized digipak)

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• Category: Personality DVDFormat: DVD & 2 CDsTracks: Good Times Bad Times * Ramble On * Black Dog * In My Time of Dying * For Your Life * Trampled Under Foot * Nobody's Fault but Mine * No Quarter * Since I've Been Loving You * Dazed and Confused * Stairway to Heaven * The Song Remains the Same * Misty Mountain Hop * Kashmir * Whole Lotta Love * Rock and Roll

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On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 17 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks "Whole Lotta Love," "Rock And Roll," "Kashmir," and "Stairway To Heaven." A film of the show, "Celebration Day, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray and includes the entire concert in HD video and in 5.1, 48/24 hi-resolution audio surround sound. "Celebration Day" is an incredible document of the now legendary concert, which has been described as possibly the greatest rock and roll concert ever. The two hour feature length film is presented in beautiful high definition video, and stunning audio quality. The aspect ratio is 16x9. The film is directed by Dick Carruthers who had previously worked with Led Zeppelin on their award winning 2003 release "DVD" - a release that remains one of the highest selling music DVD's of all time. The "Celebration Day" film is already critically acclaimed and the DVD & Blu-ray releases are certain to become consistently high selling titles in the Led Zeppelin catalog. A bonus DVD in the deluxe versions features the dress rehearsal at Shepperton Studios, filmed a few days before the O2 concert. The rehearsal is filmed in SD and recorded in stereo.

Versions of Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray

	Celebration Day (Deluxe Edition 2CD, 1 Blu-Ray, 1 DVD)	Celebration Day (Deluxe Edition 2CD + 2 DVD)	Celebration Day (2CD + 1 Blu-Ray, CD sized digipack)	Celebration Day (2CD + 1 Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray sized digipack)	Celebration Day (2 CD + 1 DVD, CD sized digipak)	Celebration Day (2 CD + 1 DVD, DVD sized digipak)	Celebration Day (Blu-Ray Audio)	Celebration Day (2 CD Softpak)	Celebration Day (3 LP Vinyl Package)
Format	2 CD w/ Blu-Ray & DVD	2CD/2DVD	2CD w/ Blu-Ray	Blu-Ray w/ 2CD	2CD w/ DVD	2CD w/ DVD	1 Blu-Ray Audio Disc	2CD	3LP
Packaging	Digipak in Slipcase	Digipak in Slipcase	Digipak	Blu-Ray Amaray-Sized Digipak	Digipak	Amaray-Sized Digipak	Blu-Ray Amaray-Sized Digipak	Softpack	LP Vinyl Packaging
Features	Bonus DVD*	Bonus DVD*	No Bonus Material	No Bonus Material	No Bonus Material	No Bonus Material	Features high-resolution 48K 24 bit PCM stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound. Audio only	Audio only	180 gram vinyl

* Bonus DVD contains the full rehearsal from Shepperton Studios from 12/6/07, BBC News footage from the evening of the show and the complete Tampa News piece from 1973 that opens the film

Celebration Day (2 CD + 1 DVD, DVD sized digipak) Review

Led Zeppelin's Celebration Day arrived at my home from Amazon, and I couldn't wait to get it into my Blu Ray player. After being rejected in lotteries for a couple of Zep shows back in the very late 70s before the tragic death of John Bonham (my inspiration for drumming), this release finally provides the opportunity to see the band perform in the next best way to seeing them live.

This performance was captured at London's O2 Arena, and could be held up as a perfect example of the way a rock group should perform live. Barring some jumpy video editing, the show is a gem. I'll get to the jumpy video editing in a sec.

The Celebration Day concert is all show. Close up shots of each band member dominate the screen throughout and capture not only the great talents of the players, but also some moments of intimacy between the bandmates that are often missed in other DVD musical shows. Most importantly, there are no theatrics here to distract from the Zeppelin classics that comprise the awesome setlist; it's just the guys playing on a brightly lit stage. And all of the boys clearly committed to each other to give performances that were true to the studio versions.

As anyone reading this already knows, Jason Bonham fills in for his Dad on drums for this show...and he completely nails the essence of his Dad's drumming style both in look and style. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are also completely on for the Celebration Day show. Page's white hair showed his age, but his guitar work showed his expertise. Jones' bass and keyboards sounded precise. But one of the key elements?...Plant's vocals sounded terrific; I have to say that I was blown away by how much he sounded like Robert Plant circa 1977. Just amazing.

The picture quality and sound are absolutely terrific. If you've got a surround system, you're in for a pounding Rock experience. The sound has an amazing DTS mix.

Unfortunately, as I alluded to earlier, the video (most of the time) jumps around every 4 seconds (or less), so you really don't get to see the performance in a way that makes you feel like you're in a front row seat right there at the O2 Arena back in 2007. The jumpiness makes you feel like...well...you're watching a DVD. Video producers need to leave the performance to the band and stop the self-indulgent "look what I can do with 16 cameras" editing. It's the worst during the fast songs; it's almost like the video editing team said, "Fast song...let's go with superfast camera changes." And all that really does is take away from the front row perception.

There were also some minor occasions where the videographer thought the viewer might like to see effects like a filtered, red screen, stop motion, slow motion or imagery effects. That kind of video-malarkey was quite popular in the 70s and even Zep's The Song Remains the Same DVD. But c'mon, even if it was some nostalgic nod to the video ways of when Zep was at their height, I think it's something we would all prefer to do without. But none of the aforementioned really took too much away from this excellent Blu Ray composition.

For the show you get the following setlist:

1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Ramble On
3. Black Dog
4. In My Time Of Dying
5. For Your Life
6. Trampled Under Foot
7. Nobody's Fault But Mine
8. No Quarter
9. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Dazed And Confused
11. Stairway To Heaven
12. The Song Remains The Same
13. Misty Mountain Hop
14. Kashmir
15. Whole Lotta Love
16. Rock And Roll

It runs for 2 hours, but, man, it felt like 20 minutes; I was screaming for more after that last track. These guys have GOT to pull it together for the fans and put this show on the road (I'm looking at you, ROBERT!!!).

You also get (with the Deluxe Edition) a disappointing bonus DVD that has the entire show recorded at their Shepperton Studio dress rehearsal. It's kinda cool to see, but it's a stationary single view camera with poor audio. Almost as bad as all those handheld bootlegs on YouTube of the show that we had to watch up until this release. There's minimal interaction by the band members between songs, and nothing that makes the inclusion of this bonus DVD anything other than the equivalent of another YouTube cell phone video.

The packaging and accompanying booklet are fair at best. It's a CD sized fold-out that houses the Blu Ray show, the bonus DVD, and audio of the show on 2 CDs with a booklet that has some brief (but heartfelt) band member comments about the show.

But this release is not about the packaging or extras; it's about the perfect, 5-star performance that Led Zeppelin delivered on December 10, 2007 and our ability to now share the experience on Blu Ray in high def awesomeness. It's the Led Zep live Blu Ray release we've all been waiting for. Any Zeppelin fan will enjoy this disk immensely. There is no question here. Find a way to add this to your collection.

Concert: 5 stars
Sound and Video Quality: 5 stars
Video Editing: 2 stars

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