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Entertainment > Music Production & Engineering Home recording for beginners: 1 of 14
Recording music at home on a budget is a very tricky task and can lead to frustration, anger, fits of uncontrollable tears, and violence towards your band mates. On the plus side though there is a lot of inexpensive equipment available nowadays that is targeted to the home studio market that can give you surprisingly good re... More..
Jobs & Careers > Occupations (Other) How to start a career in karaoke: 2 of 18
So you want to be a karaoke king? You want to lead a bar full of people in off-key song and have someones drunken auntie get up and start dancing like Madonna on the tables? You want to turn office workers into superstars and divas for just a few short minutes? The good news is its actually very easy to get started in this b... More..
Entertainment > Music Business Tips for organising live music events: 1 of 5
It can be difficult for a new band to find gigs when they start up because all venues want to book bands they already know are going to draw a crowd and hence make the venue money. If you are new they are always going to be wary of booking you in case you end up playing to an empty room, however there is another way to get a... More..
Business > Starting an Online Business How to buy at auction, sell on Ebay and make thousands: 1 of 4
Now I know what you are thinking! With a title like that this guy wants to sell me an ebook or a list of wholesalers and I'm going to waste twenty minutes of my life reading an article that is no more than a long winded advert for some crummy website. Let me set a few things straight 1. "Make $500 a day without doing any wor... More..
Computers & Technology > MP3 Players iPod care: Maintenance and repair: 1 of 4
The ipod has to be one of the most successful gadgets to come out this century and like most small electronic gadgets they will break down from time to time. If you purchased your ipod from an authorised Apple dealer and your device is still within its warranty period then lucky you, all you need to do in this eventuality is... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Are we safer now than we were immediately after 9/11, or have we just been lucky?: 22 of 72
Since 9/11, security in the US has been stepped up higher than it has ever been in peacetime and to date there have been no further attacks on US soil. But does this mean America is safe? Far from it. Since that terrible day 6 years ago, attacks have been carried out by Al- Qaeda in many parts of the world. There was the att... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Should UK residents pay so high a tax on fuel?: 2 of 4
We are now paying more than ever for our fuel, though a combination of instability in the middle east and the fuel duty escalator initiated in the 80s it has never been so expensive for us to run our cars. At present the percentage of what we pay at the pumps that goes into taxation (duty and VAT) is around 65% and that is c... More..
Personal Finance > Banking Basics A guide to reclaiming UK British bank charges: 1 of 2
Lets face it, to the outsider a bank is a large complex financial machine, powerful in the extreme, justifying its every action from the microscopic print of some contract you signed years ago and probably dont even have a copy of anymore. Your only human contact is the people in the branches and the call centres who don't h... More..
Computers & Technology > MP3 Players Repairing and reselling iPods for profit: 1 of 1
Repairing Ipods is easy! You don't need any special tools and parts are easy to come by so why not get yourself a steady second income from refurbishing and selling these things. As with most small electronic gadgets, ipods will eventually break down on you and when an ipod breaks down out of warranty the owner can either pa... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Cooking inexpensively on a student budget: 32 of 55
*Student Pizza* This is a low cost recipe I developed while studying at university. Almost eveyone I know loves pizza but there is no reason to go spending 3 for a frozen pizza in a box from the supermarket, especially when you are trying to live off a student loan and every penny counts. All you need is a loaf of white brea... More..