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Friday, April 30, 2010

In the Know: First Ever National No Phone Zone Day

Today is the First Ever National No Phone Zone Day!


Today is the first ever 'National No Phone Zone Day.' This is in memory of those who lost family members and friends and the victims who have been permanently injured from accidents that occur because of distracted driving. 

Help save lives, do not talk and text while driving. Take the 'No Phone Zone Pledge' and learn more about this cause by visiting Oprah's website.  24 states have now made it illegal to talk or text while driving, help spread the word and make the choice for yourself, help ensure that no one you know is driving distracted.

Will you be taking the "No Phone Zone Pledge"? Leave a comment.

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Entertainment & Celebrities:Preview of Rihanna's 'Te Amo' Video

Rihanna on the Set of her 'Te Amo' Video

Rihanna's looking ultra sexy on the set of her upcoming music video 'Te Amo' in Paris, we especially love the boots Giuseppe Zanotti boots that she's wearing. The video is being directed by Anthony Mandler who also directed Rihanna's Disturbia and Russian Roulette videos. Rihanna is currently on the European leg of her "Last Girl On Earth Tour.'

Will you be going to Rihanna's concert? Leave a comment.
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Entertainment & Celebrities: Christina Aguilera's Video Premiere

Video Premiere of Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight'

The official Video for Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' has finally been released, this is the first single from her new album 'Bionic' due out June 8th. The video was directed by Hype Williams, who also directed Lady Gaga and  Beyonce's 'Telephone' video. As such this video from Christina is filled with just as much sexual innuendos and scantily clad dancers and eye catching costumes, some of which were designed by The Blonds.  

Christina's Back! Well not quite the new sexually infused Christina is back the singer recently said I’m more confident and comfortable in my own skin... I think I’m even a more sexual Christina.” Watch her new  video below.




What do you think of the video? Will you be buying Christina's Bionic Album? Leave a comment.
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the king collective offices are open!





Our offices are finally coming along! It's amazing the difference a week makes! You can see a couple of our collections, Lialia and Islaet, are visible from the photo above. A*Muse by Richie Rich and Tiia Vanhatapio are featured in our office shot. We've also got some great artwork by Emma Cleary on the walls. All in all, the kingdom is really looking great!

We Want Boor








Tattooist submission from Timothy B. Boor, which I somehow missed in my inbox! Sorry!

Gazongas


Lordy, Roman Abrego! She looks like a sweet, innocent girl...

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Fashion & Beauty:Leona Lewis InStyle Magazine Cover

Leona Lewis Graces the Cover of InStyle Magazine UK!

Leona Lewis is ravishing on the cover of this month's InStyle Magazine UK. Inside she discusses Simon Cowell's recent engagement and the recent buzz about her weight loss. 

Our favorite quote from Leona's interview: 'I don’t drink. I haven’t for years. It tastes like hairspray to me – I can have a great time without alcohol. 'I don’t need that to get me up on the dancefloor – I’m there already. I’ll sometimes have a little Red Bull. That’s my little buzz.'

Take a look at the behind the scenes video for Leona's Glam InStyle Magazine Uk photo shoot. This issue is now available on newsstands.



Behind The Scenes Video:


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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Entertainment & Celebrities:The Hills Final Season Premiere's Tonight

The Final Season of "The Hills" Premiere's Tonight!

The final season of the drama filled MTV reality show "The Hills" premieres tonight April 27th, 2010. Will you be tuning in to watch the cast of The Hills as they discuss Heidi Montag's exorbitant plastic surgeries etc?


What are your thoughts? Leave a comment.
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Fashion & Beauty: Celebrity Style

Celebrity Style On-the-go: Fabulous Red Carpet Styles 

This week's elegant red carpet celebrity style, from Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez. Whose look do you prefer?
Gwyneth Paltrow at the Iron Man 2 LA premiere in a Giorgio Armani shorts suit in a gold metallic silk jacquard fabric.

Scarlett Johansson at the Iron Man 2 LA Premiere in an Giorgio Armani Privé moon-green triple organza lamé cocktail dressHarry Winston earrings and Armani Privé shoes.


Halle Berry at the 2010 Bazaar Star Charity Event in a black organza gown by Vera Wang, Irit jewels and and black satin peep toes heels from Brian Atwood.
Jennifer Lopez at a photo-call for The Back-up Plan in France in a white jacket and skirt Paule Ka ensemble and House of Lavande jewels.


Which star style would you wear? Leave a comment.
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Entertainment & Celebrities: Christina Aguilera's Not Myself Tonight Video

Sneak Preview of Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' Video!

Christina Aguilera's "Not Myself Tonight" official video will premiere this Friday April 30th, 2010. Here are a few still shots from the unreleased video showing Christina wearing lingerie while dancing in a church, channeling Lady Gaga in this plastic ensemble and finally a shot of her with her all male backup dancers.
See more photos here.





Will you be watching the premiere of Christina's new video? Leave a comment.
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Monday, April 26, 2010

borderline blue














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in days like these when i feel that my head is merely
floating above my shoulders and shaking with a pulse
restricted by time's broken mirrors and walking through
a cloud of blurred vision without any keen sense in where
we will fall upon, your idle sprit looming above blue fuzz
dizzying my sense of reality with no reason but just "because,"
where there is no sense of now, disconected with time, 
there is, only light perched upon a place of what was.
i stagger above, spying on your lack of love
where your smile shakes upon the head of the words
you grasp in your palms, and my legs paralyze
underneath my throat, choking on the tales written
in a book of sheer whiteness, by an author who once
 autogrpahed in color, correcting my senses because they were 
never real, only useless dreams above blue light, blissful breaths who
judge me ever so hauntingly and lyricize my thoguhts into
a song, neverending and stuck in my head
and a looming grey tint appearing and repeating
as i pretend to sleep in an empty bed as
if i could ever find out what they mean: the words, the lies
all left unsaid
the visions in my mind, the unicorns, the personalities
a swift decline, they watch me fall.
into the place (inmymind) where I run back in forth on the 
sky's border line
of your blue and black pen
but it is indeed, all, an auditory
hallucination.

currentplaylist:
bon iver-roslyn
the xx- islands
the xx-heart skipped a beat
the national- fake empire
the smiths-asleep
the magnetic fields-how fucking romantic
sonic youth-superstar
the strokes-alone, together



Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Art of Mixing

Mixing Stereo atau Mono ?

Me-mix secara stereo sebenarnya lebih mudah daripada me-mix secara mono. Benarkah demikian?

Mengapa telinga manusia ada 2? Apakah supaya terlihat cantik atau ganteng? Jawabannya adalah agar dapat mendengar secara stereo! Jika ada sumber suara yang letaknya tidak berada pas didepan kita, maka telinga yang satu akan mendengar lebih dahulu dibanding telinga yang lainnya.Otak manusia dapat langsung mendeteksi dari mana asal bunyi itu, atau dengan kata lain, manusia dapat mengetahui arah dari bunyi dengan cara membandingkan bunyi yang diterima oleh telinga kiri dan kanannya.

Jika suara speaker yang kiri dan kanan sama persis bunyinya dan kebetulan jaraknya dengan telinga kita pun sama persis, maka suara tersebut akan terasa berada di tengah-tengah, bukan berada dikiri dan kanan kita. Nah, pada kondisi seperti ini dikatakan manusia mendengar secara mono. Bunyi yang mono = telinga kiri dan kanan mendapatkan suara yang sama persis, baik waktu penerimaannya, warnanya maupun kekerasannya.

Rekaman Stereo & Mono
Jika kita punya hasil rekaman kaset/CD yang dikatakan mono, maka artinya hasil audio yang dikeluarkan oleh track kiri akan sama dengan track yang kanan. Artinya speaker kiri akan berbunyi sama persis dengan speaker yang kanan.
Jadi jika kita mendengar bass drum dari sebuah hasil mixing ternyata sama persis dikiri dan kanan speaker kita, maka kita katakan bahwasannya bass drumnya di-mix secara mono. Atau pada waktu mixing, panpot dari chanel track bass drum berada di center (tengah).
Seandainya tom 1 dikiri speaker.....
sedangkan tom 2 terdengar di kanan speaker, maka kita katakan bahwa tom 1 dan tom 2 di-mix secara stereo.

Artinya pada waktu di-mix, panpot chanel track tom 1 berada di kiri, sedangkan panpot chanel tom 2 berada di kanan.
Kesimpulannya : jika keseluruhan hasil mixing terdengar berada di kiri dan kanan speaker kita, maka dikatakan "Mixingnya secara strereo".


Stereo Image

Untuk mendapatkan hasil mixing stereo yang baik diperlukan beberapa syarat yang harus dipenuhi, antara lain: ruang yang mendukung, instalasi yang benar, peralatan yang stereo, kemampuan atau jam terbang dalam me-mix secara mono, posisis operator dan pendengar yang baik, dan yang terpenting adalah telinga yang kedua-duanya masih sehat, artinya tidak dipaksakan untuk mendengar lebih dari 8 jam sehari pada level di atas 80dB.

jika kita pejamkan mata kita, lalu kita dengar secara baik bunyibunyi yang ada di sekitar kita, coba dengar bunyi motor yang sedang lewat, dengarkan bunyi tukang bakso yang sedang memukul alat perkusinya, dengarkan bunyi dari adik kita yang sedang bermain, kesemua bunyi itu memiliki dimensi arah.
Arah bunyi ini membuat stereo image/efek stereo dimensi ruang dengan kita menjadi lebih lebar.
Bunyi motor yang berada didepan rumah kita, bunyi adik kita yang berada di belakang rumah, bunyi nyamuk yang berseliweran memutar kepala kita, bunyi tukang bakso nan jauh disana, dengan tanpa melihat kita dapat menebak dari mana bunyi itu berasal. Bagaimana bisa?


Jawabannya adalah karena telinga kita 2, dan telinga kita ini bekerja sama memberi tahu kita darimana arah bunyi itu berasal, atau dengan kata lain: manusia mempunyai pendengaran yang stereo untuk menentukan arah bunyi, apakah di kiri, kanan, agak ke kiri, agak ke tengah, agak ke kanan, di jam 12, di jam 1, di jam 3, dan sebagainya, tergantung penempatan speaker, posisi pendengar, posisi panpot pada waktu multitrack recorder di-mix menjadi stereo track (2track).
Jika seluruh bunyi berada di tengah, artinya seluruh panpot berada di tengah, maka seluruh bunyi mempunyai arah yang sama.


Artinya vokal, bass, snare drum, gitar, backing vocal, dan yang lainnya berada di tengah, sehingga akan sangat sulit bagi pendengar untuk membedakan bunyi satu dan yang lainnya.
Suara vokal utama yang tadinya jelas akan bercampur dengan suara backing vocal, snare drum, gitar, piano, dan yang lainnya, sehingga suara vokal utama tadi menjadi kurang jelas. Kesimpulannya: dengan memisahkan arah dan bunyi satu dan yang lainnya, maka kejelasan dari masing-masing bunyi dapat dimaksimalkan. Hal ini hanya dapat dicapai, jika hasil mixing kita dilakukan secara stereo.


Bagaimana jika bukan mono, bukan juga stereo, tapi surround? Jika kita tambahkan dimensi yang ketiga, bagaimana caranya supaya bunyi dapat bergerak dari atas ke bawah, dari kiri ke kanan, dari depan ke belakang?


Sumber : www.audiopro.co.id

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Prom !!

Le bal de fin d'année approche ! Plus que quelques semaines avant de pouvoir exiber nos robes et nos tenues féeriques . C'est pour celà que je poste 4tenues de bal différentes , 4 styles différents . A vous de choisir celle qui vous plait !



Friday, April 23, 2010

Fashion & Beauty: Designer Spotlight 'The Blonds'

Ever wonder who creates the Fierce and Ultra Sexy designs that performers wear? Meet David & Phillipe Blond!

David & Phillipe Blond have dressed stars like Beyonce, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kate Perry, Rihanna, Fergie and more. They are known for their glittery, sexy and very feminine designs that may be over the top for everyday use but perfect for music videos, live tours, magazines and album covers. 

The dynamic duo aptly known as The Blonds launched their label in 2004 and are most famously known for their corset designs. The intricate detail and embellishments used in creating these handmade, one-of a-kind designs result in spotlight worthy masterpieces that top artists and models love to wear!

Here are a few of the well know celebrities who indulge in designs by The Blonds!

Rihanna Performing at 2008 Fashion Rocks and at the AMAs

Britney Spears "Circus" Album Photos

Kate Perry performing at the Grammys

Christina Aguilera "Candy Man" Album Photos

Amerie in YRB Magazine

Beyonce "Upgrade You" Video

Burlesque Performer Dita Von Teese

Kate Perry at MTV VMAs

Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) MAC Viva Glam promo photo

Which design from The Blonds do you like best? Leave a comment.
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