Whenever I go to a Borders bookstore here in San Diego, I make it a point to look at the art instruction books. I’m not a visual artist, but I’ve always enjoyed the step-by-step approach authors of the better books take to teach students how to create a finished painting. You get to see it all demonstrated within 2 pages or so. Everything is explained and while I may not understand it by just reading about it, (you have to do it!) a complete finished painting was always the goal – a very attractive goal too for someone wanting to learn how to paint! You have something worth working...

Should you copyright your song? If you’re a songwriter, sooner or later you will probably have some questions about getting your material copyrighted. Since I’ve already been down this road before, you might be able to benefit from my experience. Though I am not an expert in the field, I do believe that I have some valuable information to share with you. Having been online for over a year now, I’ve noticed that there seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the subject of copyrighting. A fairly common question among people who frequent songwriting forums is “How do I copyright...

Do you ever feel there is an inner voice speaking to you, telling you that youre not very good, or you cant do it, or theres just not enough confidence and repertoire with you? This is the voice that calls itself I right? Lets refer to this as Self 1, and Self 2 as the normal you, the real you that has the masses of potential. Self 1 is our interference and concepts such as our judgements, associations, how things should be and uses words such as should and shouldnt. Have you ever noticed that? For example, you shouldnt play there tonight because the audience are just going to laugh at you. Self...

I can’t believe how much of the year has gone by, but all the same, it’s unbelievable how much I’ve grown through the year and most of it, from demolishing my need to perform. I grew up playing a lot of hockey, being captain of both my schools when I was in Nigeria and London. The highlight of my career came when I was 10 on a wonderful warm day when we were playing an outdoor hockey game. Apparently I did some really cool skill with the stick and the ball. Everyone was like wow and clapping. I didnt really understand what I did, but nevertheless it was great and I learnt something....

Are you thinking of buying an Apple iPod? Or have you bought one? Almost everyone and anyone that I know seems to have bought an iPod or at least is thinking of getting an ipod for themselves or their loved ones. The iPod is just so alluring! However, do you know what you should do after buying the iPod? Most people don’t. Yet, market analysts estimate that the average iPod owner spend as much as 30% of the original iPod price on additional accessories! That’s a whopping US$60-US$90 on iPod accessories that each iPod owner will spend! Many people are simply spending their money on the...

You may have heard that bagpipes are a Scottish invention; you may have heard that they are an Irish invention. The truth (of course) is neither one. The bagpipe was invented in ancient Samaria, in Israel. The Bible mentions the instrument in the book of Daniel chapter 3, where it is listed as one of the instruments use to call the people to worship a statue.This event takes place in ancient Iraq, which was then part of the Babylonian empire. Many other times in history the instrument has been mentioned and concluding from this evidence we can say that the instrument must have been invented in...