ITV1 has confirmed plans to air a Cheryl Cole special.
Over the weekend, reports surfaced which suggested that the Girls Aloud star had landed her own show. ITV1 has since announced that the one-off special, titled Cheryl Cole’s Night In, will broadcast later this year.
The programme will see the X Factor judge perform songs from her recent solo release ‘3 Words’, as well as feature appearances from acts including Rihanna, Will Young, Alexandra Burke and will.i.am.
“2009 has been an incredible year for me with a number one single and a number one album and being part of The X Factor,” Cole said. “And I couldn’t be happier that ITV have asked me to round off the year with my own show, working with some of my favourite artists.”
ITV1’s controller of entertainment John Kaye Cooper added: “Cheryl started her journey on ITV1 on Popstars: The Rivals and we’re delighted that she now has her own special on the same channel. It’s just testament to her very special talent.”
Cheryl Cole has reportedly landed herself her own TV show - and she’ll earn £100,000 for it.
Titled ‘Cheryl’s Night In’, the show will be aired by ITV on December 19th, and Cole will be performing new songs - as well as a duet with Will.i.am.
Other performers scheduled to appear on the one-off special, include singers Rihanna and Alexandra Burke.
Cheryl told The Sun: “I couldn’t be happier ITV asked me to do my own show.”
The surround speakers of all home theater sound systems create the environmental sounds such as leaves, wind, raid, and footsteps walking on gravel. The surround speaker cooperative with all other speakers to provide an amazing directional effect such as a car speeding by or a baseball bring thrown. Many older sound systems come with only one pair of surround speakers. Newer models commonly have two pairs or more. The surround speakers should make the capabilities of your front speakers. Room and space will often force you to stay from this idea though. The placement of your surround speakers is critical to their effectiveness.
All home theater sound systems include a powered subwoofer. The subwoofer helps the other speakers produce extremely low frequencies often associated with sound tracks. The subwoofer gives the music experience a more intense effect. The bigger your room is the high your subwoofer’s watts should be. The placement of your subwoofer speakers are really up to you. You can place them anywhere you like and still end up with the same effects. Placement near walls and corners increase the bass impact greatly. It is a bad idea to place your subwoofer near your tube television used you’re a video shielded sub.
Too often choosing the right track from a music
library is like hacking your way through overgrown
jungle with no map and no sense of direction. It’s
a time-intensive, hit-or-miss process that requires
listening to multitudes of the wrong selections.
After a while your brain becomes numb and everything
blends together and sounds the same. To further
complicate things, you’re often searching for music
right at the project deadline so there is pressure
to find tracks fast.
The fastest way to find the right soundtrack for your
work is to first identify the underlying feeling -
the emotional thrust - of your production.
Many project creators only think about what
STYLE of music they want (i.e. rock, Techno).
A better way to proceed is to look for music based
on the emotional character of your work. When you know
your project’s emotional themes, you will cut an
incredible amount of time from your search.
DISTILL YOUR PROJECT DOWN TO ITS EMOTIONAL BASE.
This is what film composers do. After meeting with
the director to discuss the film’s meaning and
concept, the composer immerses him/herself into the
film and begins to investigate its emotional
essence.
You can do the same thing. Here is a simple
exercise to try with your own work.
See yourself in each scene as an eyewitness
to what is happening
Become emotionally open to the events that occur.
Freewrite your reactions. (Freewriting is writing
that’s done quickly without any self-editing - you
just want to get your ideas on paper in a way that
you’ll remember)
After the production is over, take your
freewriting and look for 1-5 keyword phrases that best
describe the emotion(s) of what you’ve experienced.
This technique will work just as well for a 15
second Flash animation as an hour-length video
documentary. In each case you want to understand
the emotion at the heart of your project so you can
choose music that elevates your viewer’s experience.
Here’s an example of the process…
Let’s say you’re giving a 2 hour talk on “Better
Time Management” and you want some background music
to use in your PowerPoint at the beginning, end, and
during the break.
You do the exercise above and here is a sample of
your freewriting…
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…better time management = organization,
productivity, structure…getting things done
a sense of being in control,- order - stress free
living, flow, mind like water…
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To derive your emotional keywords from this, look at
the benefits of features like productivity and
organization.
Benefit of productivity - accomplishment
Getting things done - satisfaction, freedom,
liberation
Organization/Order - peace, harmony, well-being
Now begin searching the music libraries listening
for music that highlights feelings of satisfaction,
freedom, that gives a sense of peace, harmony,
accomplishment.
Remember, you’re still not locked into any specific
musical style, you’re searching for music that will
adequately speak to the emotional content of your
work.
On the UniqueTracks web site we have sorted every
track in our library by its corresponding emotional
keywords. If you need a track to underscore the
feeling of “satisfaction” or “peace”, all you have
to do is click a link and you’ll be presented with a
listing of all the tracks in our library that
correspond to those feelings.
Click this link to try it yourself -
Once you know the feeling you are looking for,
finding the right track becomes much easier because
through the process of drilling down to the
emotional core of your work you have already
filtered out most of the music choices that don’t
apply. You have narrowed your search, created a
map, and a way to avoid getting lost in the
production music jungle
John Bickerton is Creative Director for the UniqueTracks Production Music Library.
He writes the monthly e-newsletter “Underscore - Secrets of Successful
Soundtracks”, published by UnqiueTracks. Click to subscribe http:// http://
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We all want to be in the moment. That’s where real transformation takes place. For some, walking gets them there. Others like to play sports or watch movies. For me, it’s playing the piano. When I’m in the moment, letting the music speak, it’s like the world is new again.
The notes flow out of the piano into the air and I know that something magical is taking place. It may last a minute or a half-hour. No matter how long it lasts, I know that I’ve been transported to a special place. Many musicians know of this place - especially musicians who know how to improvise. There is no planning - only spontaneous invention.
Zen music in particular has an ethereal quality that seems to grow organically. It starts and ends yet there seems to be no starting or ending point. The music just is - like a living being it just is there. It’s like a fine perfume in the sense that it lingers in the air but does not overwhelm or grow tiresome.
Any instrument can be used to create this kind of music but certain instruments lend themselves more readily to it. Flutes, the harp, the piano, the Japanese Koto - these instruments are often used to create atmospheres that linger delightfully but really do not want to go anywhere. Here in the West, we are used to a music that must pursue an ending course. We must have a climax or a big finish or we are not satisfied. Like a fireworks show, it begins and ends with a bang.
There can be a struggle between creating a music that comes from spirit or making music that pleases the crowd. We can be torn between pleasing the ego or pleasing ourselves. To play piano in the “new age” style is to understand a music that isn’t planned but allowed to become. Once this concept is understood, the music will flow.
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!
