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Kurt Cobain: About a Son
The new biopic “Kurt Cobain: About a Son” is due for DVD release on 19 February 2008, just one day before what would have been the troubled musician’s 41st birthday. The film is an insightful and moving portrait of Kurt Cobain as revealed through conversations between Cobain and renowned music journalist Michael Azerrad. The film has received positive reviews from the Washington Post and Rolling Stone magazine, and has been well received at several film festivals.
Yamaha Buena Park Service Center
Music is a global language that has the power to transcend all barriers such as race, language group and religion. Appreciating the influence their music can have on their audiences, musicians often take a lot of time and effort to get just the right sound from their chosen musical instrument. When a musical instrument has had to be repaired, the need for fine-tuning becomes even more critical. Yamaha Corporation has opened a service center facility in Buena Park, California, to deal with repairs on musical instruments and to serve as a marketing tool for their wide range of musical products. However, this is certainly no ordinary service center!
Dealing with Dreaded Stage Fright
It is almost time. The stage is set, the audience has started to settle down and the stage manager pops his head in the door: “Five minutes, break a leg, kid.” Suddenly the words to the songs have disappeared, every dance move has mysteriously been erased from your mind, your hands shake and your throat is as dry as the Sahara Desert. You start contemplating breaking a leg as a plausible way to get out of the performance. It is your worst nightmare, you have stage fright. Fortunately, there are ways for dealing with stage fright and ensuring a successful performance.
