Written by: John Steventon

Written by: Margaret Lucy Wilkins

Written by: Philip Furia and Michael Lasser

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Hooray for Hollywood! The glitz, the glamour, and all of those deliciously painful live television moments. You know which ones I mean, the camera panning to an actor who's just been horribly insulted by the host. We'll see if Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are up to par with mean ol' Ricky Gervais. Oh, it's all too much for us!

Growing up as a teenager in a small suburban town near Charlotte, there certainly wasnt a lot to do. One thing we did have, however, was cable tv and with that came MTV. As I look back on that time of my life, I can certainly say that music was a huge part of it. I think the band that wielded the biggest influence on me was a grunge band from Seattle named Nirvana. At the time, they had a revolutionary sound matched up with epic music videos. I don’t believe that anyone who has seen their music videos can forget the woman in body organ suit in “Heart-Shaped Box” or the video for “In Bloom” which featured a spoof of them playing on a 1960’s variety show such as Ed Sullivan’s show. The band’s members, even after it’s demise following the tragic suicide of lead vocalist Kurt Cobain in 1994, continues to influence the music world. Drummer Dave Grohl and guitarist Pat Smear went on to found another seminal 90’s band in the form of the Foo Fighters while bassist Krist Novoselic went on to play in several other bands and actually published a book in 2004. Nirvana was the sound that influenced an entire generation of rock musicians.

Join us in Film & Sound at the Main Library on Thursday, December 20th at 12:30 for the sounds of Latin drummer Juan Lanzot. Coffee's on us!

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Overwhelmed by the complexity and detail available in Pro Tools. Get started here by the parts of the program necessary to record, edit, and mix your own demos. using the techniques the author has developed over years of using the program.