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Post by gabby on Jan 13, 2012 16:13:37 GMT -5
Ooo!! Awesome! Am looking through these now too!! Have you tried this program? Never used it myself but just tried to google to answer your question re: slowing music tempo down. Hope this is what you are looking for. www.hitsquad.com/smm/freeware/SLOW_DOWN_MUSIC/ |
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Post by katycake on Jan 13, 2012 16:13:40 GMT -5
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Post by justkaren on Jan 13, 2012 16:15:20 GMT -5
Hey, I worked for a print publisher and had to triple type something to get justified margins back in the day! I like to think I'm pleasantly anachronistic ;D I did that too, on a good ol' IBM Executive Typewriter! ;D ETA: Psst: You'd be happier with your avi if you changed the proportions to 66 wide by 100 tall. |
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Post by SusieFierce on Jan 13, 2012 16:16:08 GMT -5
We all love and support Adam, I haven't seen here a single person who would not. I find myself often totally missing what I tried to convey in my post. It makes me feel bad, since I love people in this community and must say that it has been a long time since I felt this much as home outside home, as I feel here. And then I realize that all that is not only tolerated but really accepted in here. Thank you! Well said leenaseyez!  I feel like I too sometimes struggle to make myself understood (especially with my "broken english" as a non native speaker). But people here at Atop make you feel welcome as you are and we all share our common interest in all things Adam. All the different perspectives and thoughts just make this place even more interesting  Yes! Sorry you non-native English speakers do so well we forget sometimes that you are communicating in your second (or fourth?) language. Also, we have to remember sometimes it's not what someone has said exactly, but just a casual reference can trigger something that maybe people have been thinking about for a while and the frustration isn't even from here, but from Twitter or conversations on another site, etc. I know I've been guilty of that. Sometimes we try to ignore little digs on Twitter when I know they're intended as jokes, but still after hearing them over and over again, the humor has worn off and they just sound mean. Most of us likely grit out teeth and do our best to say, "Ha ha!" but really each time a comment is made, the irritation burrows in a little deeper. Then someone here might make an innocent comment or joke on the same subject and it's like.  *steam coming out of ears* People are often reacting to some pent-up issue that's been bothering them, not the one specific comment, which is often extremely innocent. Case in point: last night people on my feed started a "game" where they started listing every article of clothing of Adam's that they hated. Once or twice can be funny, but it was going on for ages and I was gritting my teeth because I thought it was getting very mean spirited and IDK, maybe I was being oversensitive. But I sometimes think, "Jeeze, what if Adam is lurking and the people who love him most are ripping apart everything he's ever worn?" But you try to hold it in and not get all upset about it. But then that becomes a sore spot. Two weeks from now, someone might say something totally offhand about an article of clothing and it will trigger the frustration I was feeling last night and if I totally overreact. I apologize in advance.  |
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Post by skylar on Jan 13, 2012 16:17:09 GMT -5
I like to think of people here at Adamtopia as having good sportsmanship. i.e. being gracious about those who are not at Adam's talent level. I like to think of people here as that little bit more empathetic and more capable of putting themselves in other people's shoes. I also really like to think that, considering we all have weaknesses, we do not pick on others like so many at other forums do (some are like lions in a Roman arena, or vultures in the desert) Huge kudos to Durbin for his fight and his courage to get where he is. He has a mild social problem. It is mild but it is very real. Just as Adam is wired the way he has been wired. Durbin is wired the way he is and had no choice in the matter. This is a personal request, not an Adamtopia requirement. Please lets not be like the others out there who pick on those not at Adam's level, and the more vulnerable, but rather be the one's who Get it. Durbin is more vulnerable. I am not feeling sorry for him. It is a fact. It is truly unsportsmanlike to pick on people in general. But when you represent the winner, the best of the best, which Adam is when it comes to vocals, being and entertainer, and social abilities, all the more reason to be kind and gracious about those who are not at that level. Another lesson we can learn from Adam himself. I agree, but sometimes it's fun to be bitchy. ;D. I think each of us has some type of "non-normal" about us, whether diagnosed or not. That being said, I think the Durbs could broaden his vocab. Yes, being bitchy can be hugely fun for the person doing the bitching and even more fun are the bitching groups where everyone agrees with one's bitching and even one ups the bitching level. This is NOT saying that people HERE are bitching. |
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Post by gelly14 on Jan 13, 2012 16:20:38 GMT -5
I honestly don't remember this article, but since I saw it just now and it's great I will post it. Jordan Meehan @jordanmeehan LondonI like to write music & blog about it. If you're a pop/electronica artist, send me your stuff to be featured on EQ! jordan@electroqueer.com www.eqmusicblog.com/ @jordanmeehan: @adamlambert Well you probably missed the article I wrote about you over at EQ...your fans seemed to like it tinyurl.com/7t9dg9l www.eqmusicblog.com/2011/12/adam-lambert-and-american-male-pop.htmlAdam Lambert and The State of American Male Pop  by Jordan Meehan The pop music gods be praised! Adam Lambert has finally given us the lead single off of his next album! Adam's new single 'Better Than I Know Myself' is everything I could have asked for in a pop song. Stellar production, meaningful lyrics and a sweeping, synth-tastic instrumental make this a great lead single for his upcoming album 'Trespassing.' While this isn't nearly as uptempo as past singles, such as 'If I Had You' (my favorite from his last album), this song serves as a powerful electropop ballad that really shows off Adam's power-house vocals.When I first heard the snippet of the single a week or so ago I had the realization that I couldn't remember the last time I was excited about a single from a male pop act from the United States. This realization led me to examine the current male acts on the iTunes chart and see just how dismal the male pop scene has become.It's definitely no secret that pop music is a female dominated genre, but is a talented, male pop star who isn't completely reliant on auto-tune and recycled lyrical concepts really too much to ask for? I can name tons of phenomenal European male pop acts that constantly amaze me and only one mainstream American: Adam Lambert. That is not to say that the States are completely devoid of good male pop acts, they're just extremely hard to find and rarely ever get the recognition they deserve. Adam Lambert might just be my last remaining hope for mainstream American male pop, and his sophomore album will undoubtedly put my faith in him to the test. However, I still remain confident that he'll blow me away once again.more.... |
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Post by durberville on Jan 13, 2012 16:23:16 GMT -5
I like to think of people here at Adamtopia as having good sportsmanship. i.e. being gracious about those who are not at Adam's talent level. I like to think of people here as that little bit more empathetic and more capable of putting themselves in other people's shoes. I also really like to think that, considering we all have weaknesses, we do not pick on others like so many at other forums do (some are like lions in a Roman arena, or vultures in the desert) Huge kudos to Durbin for his fight and his courage to get where he is. He has a mild social problem. It is mild but it is very real. Just as Adam is wired the way he has been wired. Durbin is wired the way he is and had no choice in the matter. This is a personal request, not an Adamtopia requirement. Please lets not be like the others out there who pick on those not at Adam's level, and the more vulnerable, but rather be the one's who Get it. Durbin is more vulnerable. I am not feeling sorry for him. It is a fact. It is truly unsportsmanlike to pick on people in general. But when you represent the winner, the best of the best, which Adam is when it comes to vocals, being and entertainer, and social abilities, all the more reason to be kind and gracious about those who are not at that level. Another lesson we can learn from Adam himself. I agree, but sometimes it's fun to be bitchy. ;D. I think each of us has some type of "non-normal" about us, whether diagnosed or not. That being said, I think the Durbs could broaden his vocab. DurbinRock James Durbin @ @erikonthex Im always nice to assholes like you but..YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF! People like you make me love what I do! Rock n roll fucker! I love you skylar...and you have a very kind heart, but...no, I have no qualms about criticizing someone who speaks like that. |
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Post by skylar on Jan 13, 2012 16:26:46 GMT -5
I agree, but sometimes it's fun to be bitchy. ;D. I think each of us has some type of "non-normal" about us, whether diagnosed or not. That being said, I think the Durbs could broaden his vocab. DurbinRock James Durbin @ @erikonthex Im always nice to assholes like you but..YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF! People like you make me love what I do! Rock n roll fucker! I love you skylar...and you have a very kind heart, but...no, I have no qualms about criticizing someone who speaks like that. For me that is all the more reason to simply ignore. Durbin is one person who probably should have someone else filtering his Twitter messages before he posts. But again, it was only a request and anyone and everyone is entitled to ignore me |
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Post by savvy92 on Jan 13, 2012 16:28:30 GMT -5
I'll bet he deletes it within 15 minutes... Ha It might be in response to the snide remarks JD made about Adam's hair on Queen appearance. Whatever, turnabout is fair play. Wait, JD had something to say about Adam's hair?!? What? Where? I think I remember someone asking him about the Queen appearance and not sure what he said about that but then said Adam's hairdo was UGLY. I think I saw it on Twitter, not sure, was few weeks ago. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2012 16:29:47 GMT -5
I like to think of people here at Adamtopia as having good sportsmanship. i.e. being gracious about those who are not at Adam's talent level. I like to think of people here as that little bit more empathetic and more capable of putting themselves in other people's shoes. I also really like to think that, considering we all have weaknesses, we do not pick on others like so many at other forums do (some are like lions in a Roman arena, or vultures in the desert) Huge kudos to Durbin for his fight and his courage to get where he is. He has a mild social problem. It is mild but it is very real. Just as Adam is wired the way he has been wired. Durbin is wired the way he is and had no choice in the matter. This is a personal request, not an Adamtopia requirement. Please lets not be like the others out there who pick on those not at Adam's level, and the more vulnerable, but rather be the one's who get it. Durbin is more vulnerable. I am not feeling sorry for him. It is a fact. It is truly unsportsmanlike to pick on people in general. But when you represent the winner, the best of the best, which Adam is when it comes to vocals, being and entertainer, and social abilities, all the more reason to be kind and gracious about those who are not at that level. Another lesson we can learn from Adam himself. I respect your opinion, but I'm not entirely in agreement with you. James is a singer and his performances are subject to the same critical reaction as other singers, disability or no. Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder were not exempt from criticism of their music because of their disabilities; their musical performances were judged on what they delivered on stage. And that is the way James should be judged as well, IMO. If Adam tweets that a performance by James is "great", I think the folks here have a right to express their agreement or disagreement, just as they would with any other artist. I do believe that personal slurs are uncalled for, but I don't think anyone here is doing that. Sorry for disagreeing -- no offense intended! |
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