WanderingSalsero

For the birds.....Aviary.com?

This looks like it'd be a good program once you learn to use it:

www.aviary.com

I'm trying it now.

Jon Lawson Music......great music

While browsing through the www.wix.com site tonight, I came across a site for Jon Lawson Musik (www.jlmusik.com).  According to his phone number area code, he lives in the Ontario, Canada area.

He makes music for films, TV, and other multimedia.  It's very nice music.  It's electronic but it doesn't have that God-aweful noiseness and rhythmic crudeness that so much electronic music does today. 

I'm sure he's a musician and plays something.  Most probably piano but very possibly multiple instruments.

His site has a lot of music samples.  Long ones too so you can really get a good 'soaking' with the feeling of his music.  I think you'd like listening to it.

Check it out:  www.jlmusik.com .  Here's the specific link to his music sample page.

Talent

Michael Jackson remix @ Yahoo! Video

Probably more than anything else, this is the...........

Probably more than any other single source, American Writers and Artists Institute has been the source of whatever abilitiy I have as a writer.  Yeah, I know I'm not perfect.  But I know I'm a lot better'n average too.

I'm in the closing stages of finishing their course on email and autoresponder writing right now and I expect to be making some unbelievable offers to you, my loyal readers, pretty soon.  But........

I'm here to tell you that I think writing, or more specifically 'copywriting' as it's called professionally, is probably the most realistic thing that the average person can do to launch a whole new professional and great lifestyle.

Why do I say that?

I say that because 'copywriting' encompasses so much.  There's so many different directions that a person can go with writing.  The purpose of this post is to give those of you who might be looking for 'something new' a sneak peak at some of your income and lifestyle options in the field of writing.

Rather than me trying to explain'em all, I'm just going to give you this link to the product page of American Writers and Artist Institute (they're in Del Ray, FL.).  It'll give you a rundown of all their courses.  It's very thought provoking.

And get ready for my big announcement.  I'm going to be giving away some free 'copywriting' that would be worth several hundred dollars if you paid anybody else to do it for you.

More art videos from YouTube

Want a very 'artsy' website? try Wix.com

I was wandering around in the matrix again tonight and came upon a very unique website called www.wix.com.  Apparently they use flash technology to build their sites and.....they're free.  Sure, they have an upgrade but the basic sites I saw looked very good too.

I spend a lot of time looking at their editor (i.e. the user interface) and it doesn't look like it would be hard to use.  It's really got me thinking about what I might use a Wix site for.

It seems that you can also get very reasonably priced hosting from them too.  And you can upload music and pictures and videos........all that good stuff.

I kinda get the feeling it's not from the US.  It might even say where they're from there on the site somewhere.  I just haven't found it yet.  But I definately don't think it's from the US.  It's too avant guard in their artistic capabilities. 

I think a Wix site might be very effective for certain types of salsa sites.....especially one designed to build an image for a specific performer(remember....you can upload your own music).

On their home page you'll see the 'site of the day'.  I click on it and it's a professional photographer named Asli Kolcu, apparently from Turkey.  His site, here, is very nice.  I like the music too (it'll take a few seconds to load).  Check it out.

Major dance stuio in Houston needs professional instructor(s)

I'm originally from Houston, Texas and I still have a lot of friends and contacts back there.  One of them is a person who owns one of the major dance studios and he/she is looking for a professional level dance instructor.

This studio teaches all the well known dances.  My association with them was in regards to salsa so that's what I know about.  And I can tell you that this studio has excellent connections withing the salsa community.  If salsa is your bag, then you'll meet a lot of the right people.  Texas is one of the most dynamic salsa states in the US.

The studio also teaches a lot of tango, swing, ballroom and C&W too.  And many of their dancers compete professionally.  It really is a very reputable studio...but not stuffy.  They have a once-a-month salsa social that's very well attended.  It was one of the my favorite monthly events back when I lived there.

Would I recommend the gig?

Yeah.  I was told, by the owner, that they're looking for someone either temporary or permanent.  The owner himself/herself is originally from abroad so I'm assuming he/she would assist with the necessary visa sponsorship.

I have no idea what the compensation and benefit package is but I can tell you that Houston is the 5th largest city in the US and Texas in general is doing a lot better economically than other parts of the US.  Point is.......it sounds like they've got plenty of people wanting to learn to dance.

I lived there from 1980 until 2007 when I came over here to Korea to teach English.  It's a big place.  You'll need a car because their public transportation sucks.  It's nothing like Seoul or Korea.  But......cars are cheap there too, so........

Send me an email if you want to get in touch with the specific studio/studio owner.

Regards,

Art Williams

Does modern art mirror our times?

Art can be about more than just vases and fruit on a table.  It can also reflect the times we live in, can't it?  In fact good art usually has an element of universal truth to it.  

And sometimes it's our way of getting back at what we might see as an unjust, unfair or unfortunate situation.

Well, apparently somebody in Los Angeles sees a connection between the Master-Deceptor and The Joker.  Frankly, I think it's well deserved.  And not too bad artwork either!

Here's the news piece where I found this tasty little bit of Americana artwork.  And below is just one example, of many, why I call him 'the Great Deceptor'.

 

Alice is coming!

My latest Animoto mojo

I don't really even remember where this was.  Obviously it was somewhere in or near Seoul because that's about the only place I've been lately.  And frankly, these kinds of sites are all around Korea anyway.

Korea is a great place for shutter-bugs and there's still lots of opportunity for native English speakers to come over here and teach English.  It's not quiet as easy as it used to be because, according to what I've heard, lots of teachers here now who might have otherwise thought about going back to the US or Canada and doing something kind of work......they've realized that the job situation really sucks back there right now.  So they're signing up for another contract. 

But, as I say, there's still lots of hagwons and public schools looking for teachers.  You can get lots more info here on my blog and also at my other informational site at:

www.asknow.ca/teach

Or feel free to Skype me at 'wanderingsalsero'