Great Lakes Folk Festival a beloved East Lansing tradition
The Great Lakes Folk Festival returns this weekend, now in a compact, concise form. The bad news? Valley Court Park, which gave the festival its evening flavor, will be ignored.

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going beyond the factory presets…to get any guitar sound you want. Get Creative, Experiment, and Explore!! additional info: Garageband ‘08 and beyond…allows you to swap the order of effects in your tracks..by clicking on the handles on the left of each effect box. Why is this important..because the order of effects greatly changes the guitar sound. Guitar Pros set up elaborate effect chains and switch between them to get different sounds..with Garageband you can do this by clicking save instrument and then recalling them when needed. Much of this ordering is based on pre-amp or post-amp…pre-amp sounds are “stompbox” sounds…and post-amp would be “rackmounted” sounds. Experiment with the order of your effects…you are sure to get the sounds you want.

A great place to chill in ‘Surf City’
The surfer motif dominates the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach, but you’ll dig it, dude. The surfer motif dominates the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach, but you’ll dig it, dude.

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** Three Steps To Success ** Helping you to answer life’s harder questions… in three simple steps! Episode #08: How To Make A Great Rock Band Video! We’ve all see those epic YouTube videos of kids getting 100% on expert-difficulty songs on Rock Band or Guitar Hero… and they get millions of views! Well, here’s how you can become just as popular as them – with your own rocking video! Original Music by: Matthew Breithaupt & Matthew Koonz Starring: Jonathan Paula, Riley McIlwain, & Ryan Lewis Filmed & Edited by: Jonathan Paula An ideo Production – © 2009.

Phoenixville grads told to ‘make each day a great one’
PHOENIXVILLE — It was beautiful sunny weather for the Phoenixville Area High School class of 2010, as the students spoke about memories and inspiration during their graduation ceremony at Washington Field Friday evening.

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Learn The Science Of Taking Great Landscape Photographs With Any Camera And A Few Basic Accessories With This $19.95 216-page EBook(R)!
The Science Of Great Landscape Photography.