Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Harmonica Repair and Modification by Rupert Oysler online / stream
These 2 DVDs are really good. Rupert is a great instructor on repairing harps. He also spends time giving incredible tips on how to be a better player. This 2 disk DVD is something every player should have. Rupert shows how easy it really is to keep a harp playing better, longer. Even if you are not mechanicaly inclined you can learn to fix your own harps. Very good value.
Harp veteran and Seydel US Rep, Rupert Oysler, reveals secrets in close up detail to show you everything you need to show you everything you need to customize your diatonic harp. Check Rupert Oysler out on YOU TUBE.
Vol.1
Tools
Fixing Stuck Reeds
Gapping
Tuning
Remounting Reed Plates and Covers
Vol. 2
Tool Review
Reed Replacement
Screw & Nut Reed Replacement
Advanced Techniques
Gasketing
Reed Flattening
Extreme Close Gapping
Beeswax & Turbo Tape
Embossing
Tip Scooping
Radical Reed Shaping
BONUS! 44 minutes of Chromatic Repair!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Homestead Blessings: The Art of Soap Making online / stream
Bring creative flair to your home with “The Art of Soap Making”, the new DVD from the West ladies - Vicki, Jasmine, Hannah, and CeCe. This inspiring DVD is full of instructive step-by-steps, artful how-tos, and entertaining advice in the pleasurable and highly useful activity of making soap.
Includes instruction in basic soaps, decorative soaps, soap balls, hand-milled soaps and much more! This DVD is packed with a host of activities sure to brighten your home, teach valuable skills, and cultivate family creativity.
With warmth, hospitality, and southern charm, the West ladies offer great insight, encouragement, and a joyful picture of family unity. This unique and creative DVD is sure to provide fun skills that will inspire families to work together, learn together, and enjoy the art of soap making.
Chapters:
1. Show Open
2. Basic Soap
3. Old Time Soap Making
4. Hand Milled Soap
5. Soap Balls
6. Finishing Touches
7. Credits
The Router A Beginner's Guide online / stream
The router is the heart of any woodworking shop, and for new woodworkers learning to use this indispensable tool, The router - A Beginner's Guide is your ticket to building handsome furniture. Using a router and just a starter set of cutters, the former editor of Router Magazine, Alan Goodsell, demonstrates the techniques, tools, and accessories needed to unleash the full potential of woodworking's most versatile tool. You'll learn the basics of router use, maintenance, and safety. Study The Router - A Beginner's Guide and even a beginner will be armed with the skills needed to build things they can be proud of.
Police Ground Combat online / stream
Police Ground Combat Tactics is a crash course in the essentials of ground fighting for law enforcement officers, or anyone who wants to learn how to take control of a confrontation on the ground. Because law enforcement officers dont have time to learn a lot of complicated techniques, certified law enforcement instructor Eric Murray has put together a set of skills that will enable you to quickly learn to gain the superior position and subdue an assailant on the ground.
Youll learn the key points of control, submission and escape from the guard, mount and side mount positions as well as reversals from the guard. Youll also learn important ground combat skills like recovery from the ground, weapon retention on the ground, taking down a noncompliant suspect, defending a takedown with the sprawl and using striking skills on the ground.
Put all of your skills together with flow drills, heavy bag drills, target striking and key ground combat conditioning exercises. Instructor Eric Murray has put together a dynamic course based on over 20 years in law enforcement and military service. His training method is based on the "Get into it" or "Fight out of it" philosophy which he has successfully used to train hundreds of active duty law enforcement officers.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Spray Painting Your Car online / stream
The Instructor takes you through an all over paint job from start to finish, with emphasis on the detail and safety. Many time and money saving tips are revealed and explained in this 61 minute DVD, making it a valuable tool for the first time painter as well as the experienced professional.
Play Piano in a Flash! online / stream
| “ | The secret is learning to play the way the pros play. Learning to play in that style is enormously simpler than traditional classical piano lessons. Even better, it takes an absolute minimum amount of note reading ability. | ” |
Best of all, your tour guide for this adventure, Scott The Piano Guy Houston, forces you to have fun along the way!
Susan Hepburn - Stop Smoking Within One Hour
You can become a 'non-smoker' within one, one-hour session, with no follow up sessions usually required and no withdrawal symptoms. The key to success lies in the client and hypnotherapist working together as a partnership. It cannot be done for you. Commit your effort and determination, and then it will be as easy as you make it.
A selection of facts and figures taken from Susan's book
"Stop Smoking in One Hour"
* Cancer and heart disease are the two most common fatal diseases.
Smoking is a major cause of both.
* You do not control your smoking habit, it controls you
* Smoking kills, it is not selective. Smoking can kill anyone.
Smoking can kill you
* Tobacco use kills around 120,000 people every year in the UK
* Do not leave your future in the hands of the tobacco companies. they need you; you do not need them.
* There is absolutely nothing to fear and you will enjoy life even more without smoking tobacco? Tobacco is the only legally available consumer product
which kills people when it is used entirely as intended
* Tobacco is a uniquely dangerous product. If introduced today it would not stand the remotest chance of being legalized but smoking is not against the law
* You will eventually forget you were a smoker. Why would you wish to remember?
* Why should becoming a non-smoker be difficult? It can be very easy?
To ensure success it is crucial to have a positive attitude and to mentally prepare.
* Being a smoker is not a prerequisite to enjoying life. You do not need tobacco in order to be confident, cope with stress or enjoy life.
* Passive smoking kills too, it just takes a little longer.
* It is estimated that passive smoking causes several hundred cases of lung cancer and several thousand cases of heart disease in non-smokers in the UK every year.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Fiddling - by Craig Duncan
Craig Duncan is an active Nashville musician fluid in both country and classical styles. He began his study of the violin when he was eight and went on to garner a Bachelor of Music degree from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Craig's performance experience includes the Grand Ole Opry, the Porter Wagoner Show, and TV specials with various country and bluegrass artists. Craig has been the featured instrumentalist on over fifty record albums, with sales in excess of three million. He is a member of the National Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Who's Who in Music and Musicians and is recognized internationally for his numerous books and arrangements of fiddle music published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. He has produced numerous recordings for the gift shop market in a variety of musical styles. As a hammered dulcimer player, he is known for his work on Green Hill's Country Mountain series as well as Brentwood Music's Smoky Mountain series. He is active in the Nashville music industry as an instrumentalist, contractor, producer and arranger. In addition to his performance activities, he is also Adjunct Professor of Fiddle at the Belmont School of Music in Nashville, Tennessee. He is actively involved in carrying on the tradition of American fiddling and is engaged in research, writing, and teaching in this field.
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