Investing for Family Time Activities

One family time activity we enjoy at home is singing some songs on our videoke. Music is something we all enjoy together, whether listening to it, playing it or singing to it. One of the investments we made aside from the videoke unit is a pair of microphones. But lately, the wires on these microphones haven't been working 100%.

My wife and I thought of replacing these two microphones and getting a pair of wireless mics, ones that are durable and as reliable as the shure pg48 at guitar center. Another one is a pair of speakers and an amplifier so singing will be more enjoyable. 

But this is not a priority at the moment. This is just a project that we have for the future and investing on these to make family time better, we believe, is worthwhile.

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Appreciating My Supply of D' Addario Strings

I replaced the strings of my guitar with D’ Addario acoustic strings this morning and how I love the sound of it. The sound is so brilliant and I just hope it will sound like that until this Sunday when we use it for our worship service. I’m not sure here my brother-in-law bought the strings but he says he had his supply of electric and acoustic guitar strings shipped from the USA. He could have gotten them from any site with different guitar supply brands like Gibson, gorilla snot or even D’ Addario but it doesn’t really matter because he got them cheap and he sells them to me at a low price. I really appreciate the partnership and the unity we have when it comes to musical instruments and music itself.

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Sandbox Has Everything Filipino Surfers Need?

No need to visit different sites to get everything: all one needs to do is register and be part of the Sandbox (http://www.mysandbox.com) website. If you are in search of information about mesothelioma, your dose of music or games, you can access this web site not just through your PC but also through your mobile phone.

With the launch of Sandbox, the latest web platform that unites social networking, online media content sharing and downloading, as well as web services, the future of digital connection for Filipinos comes with a new breakthrough interactive experience.


The event, recently held at Bureau marks the unveiling of a technology that seamlessly fuses your digital lifestyle online and on the go. With Sandbox, one can easily access anything at the touch of a fingertip, as all information from the website is readily shared between PCs and mobile phones.

By fusing social networking, mail, content uploading, and music and video downloading, you will never have to undergo the hassle of juggling through different websites for a complete digital experience. Here, you can create a profile, update your status for the world to see, upload and check on friends’ photos and videos, as well as write blogs, join forums, send and receive e-mail, and download music, games, and various content.

To mirror the digital harmony offered by Sandbox, the event celebrated the fusion of it’s different elements—downloading, gaming, watching, sharing and shopping. Unlike other content download sites, Sandbox offers an easier and faster way to get information online. You don’t even need credit cards to download: since content is delivered straight to your mobile, the cost for any requested music, game, and video is automatically charged to your prepaid load or billed above your postpaid plan. Downloading and installing is trouble-free: by filling up the purchase details on the pop-up window in the site. After clicking the download link sent to one’s mobile, the requested music, game, or movie wallpaper is installed to one’s phone in a matter of seconds.

Taking shopping to a whole new level is Digisoria, Sandbox’s unique online retail portal. Here, shoppers and sellers will discover a more streamlined way to connect to each other, as Digisoria categorizes online merchants to make searching for specific products that buyers want faster. Entrepreneurial spirits will find this a great opportunity to bring their products to their target market, as shoppers will likewise find it as a cost-efficient and hassle-free way to find the things they want on the web.

With all of these features, this newest online portal keeps Filipinos easily connected to everything and everyone, whenever and wherever. Without doubt, the best way to be linked has arrived and that is Sandbox (www.mysandbox.com).

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Drum Notation of the Rosanna Groove

Here is a follow up entry to my last post. The drum notation Rosanna groove, as explained by the late Jeff Porcaro of the band Toto (their popular songs are Georgy Porgy, I'll Be Over you, Lea, 99, I Won't Hold you Back, and many others) is posted below. This is a sure challenge for those who read music and play drums unprofessionally. I myself have not even reached half of the skill needed to play this groove but it has been a continuous goal for me. Even though I can play different musical instruments I never really had any formal training or study on music. I've always just widowed the patterns for drum grooves and tried to learn musical notation.

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