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For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals
Report:The State Of Mobile App Development
Few eBusiness Teams Keep Pace With Customer App Expectations
eBusiness professionals struggle to keep pace with consumer expectations of mobile apps. Competitors, entrepreneurs, and brands outside their industry push the envelope on what defines "best in...
- Downloads: 133
For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals
Report:The Mobile Technology Firms Use For Consumers: 2014
Benchmarks: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
The adoption of smartphones and tablets is growing at an unprecedented rate. Forrester has forecast that more than half of mobile subscribers globally would own a smartphone by the end of 2014....
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For CMO Professionals
Report:CMOs: Own Mobile To Own Your Customers
How To Organize For Mobile Success
Mobile moments are the next battleground where you must win, serve, and retain your customers. As the ultimate owners of the brand and customer experiences, chief marketing officers (CMOs) must...
- Downloads: 182
For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals
Report:Apply Best Practices To Mobile Business Initiatives
Processes: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
This brief, part of the mobile eBusiness playbook, highlights key processes that constitute best practices for eBusiness and channel strategy professionals whose responsibilities include the use of...
- Downloads: 167
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Report:Win Your Offline Mobile Moments
Use Mobile To Break Down Channel Barriers On-Premises
Your customer is experiencing a mobile mind shift. She expects to get anything she wants, immediately and in context. Whether she's in your store making a product decision or navigating an airport,...
- Downloads: 125
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Report:Mobile Technologies That Drive Sales
Tools And Technology: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
New mobile features, capabilities, and devices are cropping up seemingly by the day. This fast-paced change is dramatically affecting how eBusiness professionals interact with their teams and...
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Report:Mobile Mandate For eBusiness Professionals
Business Case: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Mobile offers eBusiness and channel strategy professionals the opportunity to engage with consumers at every step of their purchasing journey, from upper-funnel demand generation through...
- Downloads: 1135
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Report:Mobile Moments Transform Commerce And Service Experiences
Strategic Plan: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Your customer is experiencing a mobile mind shift: the expectation that she can get what she wants in her immediate context and moments of need. As a result, mobile is central to customer experience...
- Downloads: 182
For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
Report:The Future Of Mobile Application Development
Vision: The Mobile App Development Playbook
With the worldwide population of smartphone users approaching 2 billion, and tablets numbering in the hundreds of millions, the scope of the mobile computing revolution rivals that of the move from...
- Downloads: 2726
For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals
Report:Mobile Mind Shift Maturity Framework
Assessment: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Few companies have adapted to the mobile mind shift. Many don't have the resources, budget, and organization to make the shift. This document will help eBusiness and channel strategy professionals...
- Downloads: 174
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Report:Mobile Is Not A Channel
Vision: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
eBusiness professionals who treat mobile as just a channel will fail. Mobile is not a new technology in 2014, but 62% of eBusiness professionals still treat it as one. Rather than leveraging mobile...
- Downloads: 317
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Report:Use Analytics To Build Mobile Advantage
Performance Management: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
Consumer expectations have shifted. As a result of their perpetual mobile connections, consumers have experienced what Forrester calls a mobile mind shift: the expectation that they can get relevant...
- Downloads: 624
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Report:Predictions 2015: Most Brands Will Underinvest In Mobile
Brands Embracing The Mobile Mind Shift Will Pull Ahead Of Those Treating Mobile As Just Another Channel
In 2015, marketing leaders who have embraced the mobile mind shift will accelerate spending to create an insurmountable gap between themselves — the industry leaders — and the laggards...
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Report:Predictions 2015: Most Firms Will Underinvest In Mobile eBusiness
Predictions: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook
In 2015, pioneers who have made the mobile mind shift will accelerate spending to create an insurmountable gap between themselves — the industry leaders — and the laggards who view mobile...
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Report:Executing End-To-End Mobile Services
Mobile technologies are tactics — not strategies in themselves. Too often mobile services conversations start with "Let's build an app." Instead, decisions like these should only be undertaken...
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Report:CIOs: Organize For Mobile Success
Build And Support IDEA Teams To Drive Mobile Moments
Customer expectations are soaring as the mobile mind shift accelerates. In order to meet those expectations, CIOs must work closely with their business peers. Where to start? We suggest a four-part...
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Report:Case Study: Groupon Differentiates On Mobile Analytics Expertise
Use The IDEA Framework To Optimize Revenue Through Mobile
Mobile can transform your business. With the adoption of smartphones, customers expect immediate access to relevant information or services when they reach for their phones in what Forrester terms a...
- Downloads: 145
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Report:Create Mobile Moments With Messaging
A Guide To Using Mobile Messaging To Engage Customers
Mobile moments are the new competitive battleground. Mobile messaging creates mobile moments, or the ability to serve your customers proactively in their moment of need. Mobile messaging improves...
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Dr. Robert Smith, MD
Cardiovascular Disease
- 60 Gillett St Ste 300
Hartford, CT 06105
- 2 Locations
- (860) 247-2500
Dr. Robert Smith graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in 1989. He works in Hartford, CT and 1 other location and specializes in Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Smith is affiliated with Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Cardiovascular Disease
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Graduated 1989
*This physician has multiple office locations. See Office Information for details.

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PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/09/14 -- VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that Carl Eschenbach, VMware's president and chief operating officer, and Martin Casado, VMware's chief technology officer, networking business unit, will each appear at the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston, MA on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. Mr. Eschenbach will present as a keynote speaker, at 9:30 a.m. PT/ 12:30 p.m. ET, and Mr. Casado will participate in a networking virtualization panel at 7:00 a.m. PT/ 10:00 a.m. ET.
Both sessions will be available via live webcast on VMware's Investor Relations page at http://ir.vmware.com. The replay of the webcast will be available for two months.
About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2013 revenues of $5.21 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 75,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
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VMware's website is located at www.vmware.com, and its investor relations website is located at http://ir.vmware.com. VMware's goal is to maintain the investor relations website as a portal through which investors can easily find or navigate to pertinent information about VMware, all of which is made available free of charge. The additional information includes materials that VMware files with the SEC; announcements of investor conferences and events at which its executives talk about its products, services and competitive strategies; webcasts of its quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences and events (archives of which are also available for a limited time); additional information on its financial metrics, including reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures; press releases on quarterly earnings, product and service announcements, legal developments and international news; corporate governance information; and other news, blogs and announcements that VMware may post from time to time that investors may find useful or interesting.
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WHOA.com has announced the newest addition to its data center footprint with the expansion into Equinix's newest state-of-the-art facility: DC-11 Washington, DC IBX+. Located in Ashburn, VA, this data center expands Whoa.com's presence to meet rapidly expanding customer demand for secure cloud solutions. Equinix, Inc. operates International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers in 32 markets across 15 countries in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Equinix is committed to operating faciliti...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that FierceDevOps will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. FierceDevOps keeps software developers and IT operations personnel updated on the latest news and trends around the rapidly evolving role of the traditional IT worker.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Creative Business Solutions will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Creative Business Solutions is the top stocking authorized HP Renew Distributor in the U.S. Based out of Long Island, NY, Creative Business Solutions offers a one-stop shop for a diverse range of products including Proliant, Blade and Industry Standard Servers, Networking, Server Options and...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that robomq.io will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. robomq.io is an interoperable and composable platform that connects any device to any application. It helps systems integrators and the solution providers build new and innovative products and service for industries requiring monitoring or intelligence from devices and sensors.
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The 17th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. 17th International Cloud Expo, to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Microservices, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding bu...
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Today, IT is not just a cost center. IT is an enabler and driver of business. With the emergence of the hybrid cloud paradigm, IT now has increasingly more capabilities to create new strategic opportunities for a business. Hybrid cloud allows an organization to utilize multi-tenant public clouds, dedicated private clouds, bare metal hosting, and the associated support and services for the right use cases through an on-demand, XaaS model. This model of IT creates tremendous opportunities for busi...
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Business as usual for IT is evolving into a "Make or Buy" decision on a service-by-service conversation with input from the LOBs. How does your organization move forward with cloud? In his general session at 16th Cloud Expo, Paul Maravei, Regional Sales Manager, Hybrid Cloud and Managed Services at Cisco, discusses how Cisco and its partners offer a market-leading portfolio and ecosystem of cloud infrastructure and application services that allow you to uniquely and securely combine cloud busi...
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Businesses are looking to empower employees and departments to do more, go faster, and streamline their processes. For all workers – but mobile workers especially – utilizing the cloud to reconnect documents and improve processes without destructing existing workflows can have a dramatic impact on productivity. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Mark Grilli, vice president of Acrobat Solutions marketing at Adobe Systems Incorporated, will outline new ways that the cloud is changing the way peo...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Litmus Automation will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Litmus Automation's vision is to provide a solution for companies that are in a rush to embrace the disruptive Internet of Things technology and leverage it for real business challenges. Litmus Automation simplifies the complexity of connected devices applications with Loop, a secure and scalable clou...
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While not quite mainstream yet, WebRTC is starting to gain ground with Carriers, Enterprises and Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) alike. WebRTC makes it easy for developers to add audio and video communications into their applications by using Web browsers as their platform. But like any market, every customer engagement has unique requirements, as well as constraints. And of course, one size does not fit all. In her session at WebRTC Summit, Dr. Natasha Tamaskar, Vice President, Head of C...
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With the arrival of the Big Data revolution, a data professional is expected to master a broad spectrum of complex domains including data processing, mathematics, programming languages, machine learning techniques, and business knowledge. While this mastery is undoubtedly important, this narrow focus on tool usage has divorced many from the imagination required to solve real-world problems. As the demand for analysis increases, the data science community must transform from tool experts to "data...
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As Marc Andreessen says software is eating the world. Everything is rapidly moving toward being software-defined – from our phones and cars through our washing machines to the datacenter. However, there are larger challenges when implementing software defined on a larger scale - when building software defined infrastructure. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Boyan Ivanov, CEO of StorPool, will provide some practical insights on what, how and why when implementing "software-defined" in the dat...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY., and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides private all-in-one social intranets allowing workers to securely collaborate from anywhere in the world and from any device. Social, mobile, and eas...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Emcien will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Emcien's vision is to let anyone use data to know the future. Emcien has built an automated, predictive analysis product that improves the lives of real people. Emcien allows people to automate their data analysis so they can build a better future.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Solgenia will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 17th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on November 3–5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Solgenia is the global market leader in Cloud Collaboration and Cloud Infrastructure software solutions. Designed to "Bridge the Gap" between Personal and Professional S...
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Emergency assistance to refugees from the conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Feb 13, 2015
13 February 2015 - ACT Alliance has issued an appeal for emergency assistance to refugees from Eastern Ukraine in Russia & Ukraine. The appeal target is US$ 332,766.
Geneva conference should cement confidence for ambitious climate agreement
Feb 10, 2015
10 February 2015 - Governments negotiating the climate agreement that will be adopted in December are meeting in Geneva this week to discuss its elements, and the start of the session has so far demonstrated good faith among the 195 countries, ACT Alliance has said.
Will governments look beyond their national climate interests?
Feb 09, 2015
09 February 2015 - This week government delegations from all over the world gather in Geneva, Switzerland. There is time for a new session of UN climate talks, and the agenda is packed.
Join the ACT NOW for Climate Justice campaign!
Feb 09, 2015
Tell the World's Leaders: "Climate change affects everyone but especially the most poor and vulnerable people. We call on you to cut carbon emissions drastically, and to help the world's poorest to cope with the impacts of climate change while developing in a sustainable way."
ACT keeps the focus on Ebola prevention work in Sierra Leone
Jan 30, 2015
ACT Alliance board member Paul Valentin talks about the situation on the ground in Sierra Leone and ACT's work with affected communities
Floods in Malawi
Jan 28, 2015
Francis Botha from ACT member DanChurchAid reports from the middle of Mkondezi River in Chickwawa District in Southern Malawi.
ACT member launches new education project in Eritrea
27 January 2015 - ACT member Finn Church Aid has signed an official agreement with the Eritrean National Commission for Higher Education in Asmara, Eritrea, to help revitalise teacher education in the country
The World Humanitarian Summit: putting people at the centre
Jan 21, 2015
21 January 2015 - As the countdown to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in April 2016 begins, ACT Alliance has released a report outlining the priorities for the sector
UN Synthesis Report on post-2015 sustainable development agenda encouraging
Jan 20, 2015
20 January 2015 - The UN Secretary General's ambitious Synthesis Report on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda affirms all 17 goals in the outcome document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development.
Floods and heavy rains in Malawi
Jan 19, 2015
19 January 2015 - With one third of the country affected by heavy rain and floods Malawian president Peter Mutharika has declared the country in a state of disaster. ACT members have responded to the call for assistance
Floods in Malawi - ACT responds
Jan 17, 2015
Watch this 1-minute video where ACT Climate Advocacy and Policy Officer Vitumbiko Chinoko, who has just returned from Malawi, speaks about the situation on the ground as communities try to recover from the devastating floods
ACT calls on faiths to stand together for freedom of expression
Jan 15, 2015
15 January 2015 - International humanitarian and development network ACT Alliance has called on people of all faiths to unite for freedom of expression as globally the world witnesses increasing onslaughts on media freedom by extremists, political parties, and some governments.
Remembering Haiti - five years later
Jan 12, 2015
This short video takes us back to the devastating earthquake that shook Haiti in 2010, killing over 200,000 people and displacing 1.5 million. ACT members were on the ground providing emergency assistance and continue to work with communities in Haiti today towards sustainable development.
Why 2015 will be so important for our future
Jan 08, 2015
07 January 2014 - The world faces many challenges. Financial crisis, environmental crisis, poverty crisis, and not least, a climate crisis. Luckily world leaders do acknowledge that there is need for action and a number of different political processes are already ongoing, with an aim to create a better and more sustainable world.
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Dec 26, 2014
26 December 2014 - Tsunami+10 - Housing program meant survivors didn't feel abandoned


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Easy on the Eyes: 5 Gray & Cream Kitchens (And the Perfect Off-White Paint Color)
Kitchen Inspiration
A Gorgeous Green-Black Paint Color for the Kitchen: Avocado Peel by Martha Stewart
I'm always frustrated when I find a paint color on Pinterest or in a magazine that I love, but I've no idea what it is. You, too? I can try to match it myself with swatches and samples, but that's very tricky to get right. So, it's specifics for the win, people, which is why I'm happy to share that the beautiful deep green-black cabinet color you see above has an actual name: it's Avocado Peel from Martha Stewart!
Dramatic Touch: Painted Blue Striped Floors
Kitchen Inspiration
We've seen painted and stenciled kitchen floors before, but stripes? Sure, why not! In this client's kitchen, artist and Apartment Therapy Color Therapist Mark Chamberlain painted a gradient of blue stripes for a kitchen floor that is anything but ordinary.
Kitchen Colors: Dark Teal Walls
Kitchen Inspiration
I've always found dark teal to be a deeply rich, romantic color. (I recently painted my hallway this color, and I love it.) But it's not a color you often see in the kitchen; it's usually reserved for small bedrooms or libraries. And yet this photo makes a compelling case, in my view, that dark teal is a dramatic yet workable choice for a kitchen.
Always Classy: Warm Light Gray Cabinets
Kitchen Inspiration
Among the array of possible colors for kitchen cabinets — mint, forest green, pale blue, azure blue, black, and of course white, to name just a few — I find that a warm light gray is quickly becoming a favorite. It looks modern without looking trendy, and still gives that light, clean look but without going all white. (Which is a very nice change of pace indeed.)
An Emerald Green Dining Room Ceiling
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Kitchen Colors: Mahogany, Gray, and the Perfect Shade of Rose
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The Best Paint Finish for Kitchen Walls
I recently moved into a new apartment, and my head is spinning with everything I want to do to make the space my own. I'm especially focused on the kitchen, and plan on painting the room in the next couple of weeks. But while picking a color might seem like the main focus, choosing the right paint finish is equally important, especially when you're dealing with a high-traffic, high-grime place like the kitchen. If you're looking to paint your kitchen, the best paint finish choice is...
Look! A Huge World Map (and Purple Table) in the Dining Room
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A Punchy Touch: Paint the Ceiling Yellow!
Kitchen Inspiration
We've seen painted ceilings before , and it continues to be one of my favorite ways to detail a kitchen. The bright egg-yolk yellow in this photo provides a much-needed boost of color to the grey cement wall and the white shelves and dishes. It adds just the right amount of warmth to a setting that otherwise might feel a little too austere and industrial.


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Internet of @ThingsExpo anticipates 90% of WebRTC companies & developers will monetize their products & services through IoT by 2016.
This year, @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley introduced a new "WebRTC - Backbone of Internet of Things" track.
The first three WebRTC sessions at @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley will be presented by top three experts of WebRTC, Keith McFarlene, Ivan Ivanov, and Peter Dunkley.
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Can call centers hang up the phones for good? Intuitive Solutions did. WebRTC enabled this contact center provider to eliminate antiquated telephony and desktop phone infrastructure with a pure web-based solution, allowing them to expand beyond brick-and-mortar confines to a home-based agent model.
It also ensured scalability and better service for customers, including MUY!
Companies, one of the country's largest franchise restaurant companies with 232 Pizza Hut locations. This is one example of WebRTC adoption today, but the potential is limitless when powered by IoT.
Attendees will learn real-world benefits of WebRTC and explore future possibilities, as WebRTC and IoT intersect to improve customer service.
Since the initial buzz of WebRTC, the ability to enable browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat and P2P file sharing without plugins has been touted as a potential game changer for many industries. What are the parameters around this technology and its placement? Is it secure enough for prime time? Will WebRTC magnify OTT threat for telcos? Is WebRTC really that big of a deal for consumers?
In his session at WebRTC Summit, Keith McFarlane, Chief Technology Officer at LiveOps, discussed the future of WebRTC and its disruptive tendencies, specifically regarding monetization and customer service.
Ivelin Ivanov (@ivelini) of Telestax (@telestax):
Telehealth legislation opened the floodgates for investment in modern communications services and APIs since 2010. WebRTC promises a second revolution.
In his session at 2nd WebRTC Summit, Ivelin Ivanov, co-founder of TeleStax, will discuss a real-world example where telephony APIs make a difference in improving patient care and reducing healthcare costs.
He will then look into a brighter telehealth future with secure, high quality, ubiquitous WebRTC video interactions.
Speaker Bio
Ivelin Ivanov is a technology entrepreneur who founded Mobicents, an Open Source VoIP Platform, to help create, deploy, and manage applications integrating voice, video and data. He is the co-founder of TeleStax, an Open Source Cloud Communications company that helps the shift from legacy IN/SS7 telco networks to IP-based cloud comms. An early investor in multiple start-ups, he still finds time to code for his companies and contribute to open source projects.
Peter Dunkley (@pdunkley) of Acision (@Acision):
We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management.
For example, if you have an existing service - possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings - and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorization, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) irreversibly encoded.
In his session at WebRTC Summit, Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, will look at how this identity problem can be solved and discuss ways to use existing web identities for real-time communication.
Speaker Bio:
Peter Dunkley is Technical Director at Acision. He graduated from The University of Edinburgh in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science. After graduation he worked on a PSTN switch developing signaling stacks for SS7, ISDN and similar protocols and creating advanced routing and service applications. Since 2005 he has worked mainly with SIP first leading a team developing a PSTN gateway and then managing the development of a SIP Application Server. Peter joined Crocodile RCS in September 2010 and has made numerous contributions to the Kamailio open source SIP Router project (particularly in the areas of presence, WebSocket, MSRP, and SIP Outbound) since then. Peter is one of the authors of the MSRP over WebSocket draft (draft-pd-dispatch-msrp-websocket) and is a contributor to several open-source projects.
15th Cloud Expo Expanded Conference Program
Cloud Expo
Track 1: Enterprise Cloud Adoption
Track 2: APM, Cloud and Hot Topics
Track 3: Cloud APIs & Business
Track 4: Cloud Security - Mobility
Big Data Expo
Track 5: Big Data/Analytics
Track 6: Consumer IoT
Track 7: Enterprise IoT
Track 8: IoT Developer & WebRTC
DevOps Summit
Track 1: "Dev" Developer Focus
Track 2: "Ops" Operations Focus
More than 150 all-star faculty members will discuss the hottest technology topics in November. In addition to the expanded APM and API coverage, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley will offer a variety of Linux containers and Docker sessions.
DevOps Summit at Cloud Expo also doubled its content from June, in two full simultaneous tracks for three days.
Tracks and topics for Internet of @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley will include:
Consumer IoT & Wearables
- Wearables
- Smart Appliances
- Smart Cars
- Smartphones 2.0
- Smart Travel
- Personal Fitness
- Health Care
- Personalized Marketing
- Customized Shopping
- Personal Finance
- The Digital Divide
- Mobile Cash & Markets
- Games & the IoT
- The Future of Education
- Virtual Reality
Enterprise IoT
- The Business Case for IoT
- Smart Grids
- Smart Cities
- Smart Transportation
- The Smart Home
- Authentication/Security
- Wiring the IoT
- The Internet of Everything
- Digital Transformation of Enterprise IT
- Agriculture
- Transportation
- Manufacturing
- Local & State Government
- Federal Government
IoT Developers
- Eclipse Foundation
- WebRTC
- Cloud Foundry
- Linux Containers
- Node-Red
- Open Source Hardware
- AJAX and the IoT
- Leveraging SOA
- Multi-Cloud IoT
- Evolving Standards
- WebSockets
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Apple is well known for being at the forefront of music recording gear and software. For years now, many musicians have agreed that, if you want to use your computer for composition, editing, or anything else involving music, you need to go with Apple. The same is true today, as Apple continues to put out new versions of recording software and better gear to go along with it. In this blog, I'm going to talk about three Apple products you can use to record on your iPad, iPhone, or other Apple product.
The iRig and the iRig HD are two similar products (you could probably tell). The iRig connects a 1/4″ guitar jack to an 1/8" headphone jack and plugs into the top of your iPhone or iPad. There's another 1/8" jack on the rig, so you can listen to what you're playing and any effects you put on your guitar using whatever app you choose. (As with anything you stick in your ear, make sure you're careful to turn the volume down before you start playing and adjust as needed)
The HD is a similar set up, but you can plug it into the bottom where the power line comes in. The HD interface gives a slightly better sound quality, which is to be expected. I like it a little bit better, just because I don't have to run my headphones through it. It has an 1/8" jack as well, though, if you prefer that. Both hookups are small and pretty portable. All you have to do is plug them in to the source and your device will recognize them, as long as it's from Apple.
The iRig Midi is a little different. There's a similar interface, but this product is designed to connect to Midi equipped instruments, like an electronic keyboard. There are three different Midi ports (in, out, and through) and it includes IK's SampleTank, which has an additional library of instruments to give you a wider array of sounds for your keyboard.
The iRig Mic looks like your standard microphone and works pretty similarly. It's unidirectional, but it has a pretty wide range, so it'll pick up a lot of things around you. Luckily, it has settings to narrow the focus a little, so that shouldn't be too much of a problem. The iRig Mic plugs into the headphone jack with a supplementary jack so you can put in your own headphones and listen to what's being recorded. The clarity of the recording didn't blow me away, but it wasn't popping or dropping out at all. It caught everything I wanted it to catch and not much I didn't want. All in all, it's a solid piece of recording gear.
All three pieces worked well, but it's important to remember that a lot rides on your recording software. The products suggest using Amplitube, but I wasn't crazy about my user experience with that. I didn't get a lot of time to evaluate it, but what time I did have didn't inspire me to want to use it again later. GarageBand is a very popular alternative that I know is pretty easy to get used to, gives you a lot of different production options, and has a good amount of support around the web. And, of course, it'll work with these products, because they're all Apple!
Gear. Acquisition. Syndrome. It's more common than you might think. Nowadays, we can log on anytime we want and surf the web to find out what gear our favorite musicians are using. Among the glitz and the glamour of the images and videos of the latest and greatest, it's easy to forget that all of them are only a means to an end. You've gotta pick the right Tool for the job, and guys like Danny Carey know how to use their tools as well as a master craftsman or a distinguished surgeon.
Just about anyone who has ever picked up a pair of drumsticks, or even thought about it, has heard of Danny Carey. His main band, Tool, has a legacy that spans over 2 decades and would require its own blog, at the very least. If not, a book or two. The rig Danny uses with Tool keeps all of us gear junkies frothing at the mouth and the banks our credit cards are drawn on giddy.
Danny's acoustic kit, while not changing drastically in layout, has gone through several iterations, specifically regarding the drums he's used. The current foundation is a pair of bass drums cast from the cymbal company, Paiste's (rhymes with feisty) Signature bronze alloy. These were a part of an entire kit that was designed by Paiste and John Bonham's former drum tech, Jeff Ocheltree for Danny. While he has used the kit in its entirety, in an effort to maximize efficiency and ergonomics, the bass drums and an 8" deep by 14" diameter cast bronze snare drum are all that are currently used on tour. Above the kicks, in lieu of traditional rack toms, Danny is using a pair of Remo Rototoms. Then, to his immediate right, is a 14"x14" ebony Sonor floor tom, and to the right of that is a custom clear acrylic gong bass, also made by Sonor. The acoustic drums, however, are only the beginning.
For over 20 years, Danny has endorsed the Swiss cymbal company, Paiste. They have created a very unique palette of sounds for drummers to choose from and the bronze that surrounds Danny's kit illustrates this. Let's start on the left side of the kit. There are 3 pair of various splashes and bells mounted on top of one another in such a way that each one can be played individually. They include a 7.5" 2002 series cup chime over an 8" 2002 cup chime, a 6" 2002 accent cymbal over an 8" Signature Series bell, and an 8" Signature Dark Energy splash over a 10" Signature Dark Energy splash. Above all of them, is a massive 20" 2002 Novo China cymbal with its distinctive inverted bell. Moving to the right, there is an 18" Signature Full crash, a pair of 13" Signature Sound Edge hi hats and a 19" Signature Power crash. If you're having trouble visualizing it, yes, the hats are mounted directly between the 2 Rototoms. While it's a very non-traditional location, Danny needed the area to the left of his snare to place some of his electronic drums, which we'll dive into shortly. To the right of the 19" crash is the mighty 21" Signature Dry Heavy ride. The cymbal set up is rounded out with a 20" Signature Thin China, a 20" Signature Power crash with a 5" 2002 cup chime inverted above it, and an 11"/18" Noise Works Dark Buzz China stack all on the far right side of the kit. Lastly, a legendary 40" Symphonic gong provides the physical and sonic backdrop to this percussive landscape. We salute you, fellow cymbalholic!
Nearly everyone who has seen his kit in photos or in person knows that electronics play a significant role, so much so that Danny worked with the Synesthesia Corporation's Vince DeFranco to develop the Mandala pad to fulfill his sonic needs. The Mandala is a high resolution, position sensitive MIDI controller used to trigger whatever sounds or samples one would like. Danny uses his 7 prototype pads, 4 to his left and 3 to his right, in conjunction with Native Instruments Battery drum sampling software to create all of the non-traditional drum set sounds he needs to perform Tool's library of songs. Other electronics used include an original Korg Wavedrum and a Roland Handsonic HPD15, both of which can be used with hands or sticks. These both differ from the Mandala in that they contain their own internal sound libraries. What they have in common is that they are the stuff that we gear nuts dream about.
So now what? Do we all rush out and try to replicate Danny's kit in hopes that it will unlock some hidden internal ability to play like him? As much as we can hope, we also know deep down that it's just not going to happen that way. Practice on what you've got and keep getting better and better at whatever instrument you play. All the while, save your pennies, because even though it won't make us better players, there's nothing like the rush from picking up a new piece of gear!
So, you've decided to learn an instrument, but you're not really the pluck and strum type. It'll be the drums for you, then. Good choice. You'll have to compete with 808s and other drum robots for your entire career. But that doesn't scare you, does it? It does a little? Ok, that's understandable, but you need not be afraid, because Sonifly* is going to help you get started. Here are 3 starter books of drum sheet music to help you combat the robotic percussionist uprising:
Realistic Rock for Kids – Carmine Appice
This book is very much for beginner drummers looking to learn how to read sheet music for drums. If you don't know who Carmine Appice is, it's ok, because neither do I. I have, however, heard of some of the people he's played with (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, and too many more). The man has some street cred and he certainly knows how to simplify learning the drums. The book isn't going to get you headlining in night clubs, but that's good, because it's for kids and kids don't belong in night clubs. Jeeze, do I have to do ALL your parenting for you? Anyway, it's a good starter, easy to follow, and very straight forward way to learn to play drum sheet music.
Ultimate Drum Play-Along – Foo Fighters
If you're thinking about becoming a drummer, chances are you look up to Dave Grohl, at least a little bit. On the debut album, Foo Fighters, he played all the instruments on the album, except for one guitar part on one song. The drumming continued at a high level when the rest of the band formed, and this book is designed to help you learn to drum like the Foo Fighters. The parts are a little simplified, but it's not for experts. It provides lyrics and melody for ambitious types who want to drum and sing at the same time.
The book comes with two play-along cds to help you learn each song and don't miss the drum key on the back page. If you're just starting out, that's going to be pretty important.
Drum Play-Along – Red Hot Chili Peppers
By pure happenstance, it appears that I've put these in order of increasing difficulty. The Chili Peppers are a pretty good choice, though, for getting into the drums. They're not super complicated, but the quick beats are fun and interesting enough to satisfy the ambitious beginner. The selections are favorites that, even if you don't know the band, you probably know the songs. Like the Foo Fighters book, there is a play along cd that will help you to follow the sheet music if you're having trouble. Each piece of music has its own key, so you shouldn't have any trouble knowing which piece of your kit to whack and when. If I understand drums correctly, that's all there is to it!
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I'll start by recognizing that there are some strong similarities between the two bands, not the least of which being that Nate Ruess is in both of them. He also writes the bulk of the lyrics for both of them, which explains why neither band can shut up about stars. The main difference is, not to sound too pretentious, you've never heard of the Format (probably). You have heard of Fun., because they are completely inescapable. If you don't know 'We Are Young', shut up, yes you do.
Similarities aside, however, there is a clearly superior between the two of them. I'll give you a hint: it's not the band your 13 year old sister is singing along with in the car. (That song is about cheating and alcoholism, by the way. Keep that in mind when little Suzie is singing about setting the world on fire.)
Both bands stick to fairly similar themes, which is not really surprising. Ironically, perhaps, the Format's songs are more, well, fun. 'Dog Problems', especially, has that somewhat indie quality of delivering familiar emotions in an unexpected package. 'We Are Young' did provide some misdirection with its musical style and catchy chorus, but 'Dog Problems', like many other songs on the album of the same name, takes things a few steps farther. It uses its own sort of vernacular that is, at once, unfamiliar and completely understandable. That sort of inventive language is rare, and missing throughout most of Some Nights.
Evidence that less is more, Nate and Sam seem to be able to create better music between the two of them than Fun. can do with three. Complexity isn't everything, but Sam certainly makes it sound that way. The album flows through musical styles with a nimbleness that most band's wouldn't even dream of attempting. It's clear, at least to me, how well these two knew each other when they wrote together, because everything fits perfectly in a way you pretty much just have to hear to understand. I've heard it said that Means doesn't compare with Antonof and Dost talent wise, and that may be, but he certainly knows how to play with Nate.
Some Nights is, essentially, the Fischer Price version of Dog Problems, with extra bells and whistles, but half the functionality. Please believe me when I say that I'm not criticizing Nate Ruess, but he clearly felt the need to make his music more commercially consumable. I compare these two albums most, because they are both the sophomore efforts from the respective bands and contain a number of parallels. That being said, Dog Problems demonstrated a maturing of musical and lyrical pairings over Interventions + Lullabys, while Some Nights demonstrated a maturing of market research over Aim and Ignite.
When you compare Dog Problems to Some Nights head to head, the difference is pretty evident. The lyrics and themes are similar, but musically, the latter sounds a lot like the rest of the hip-hop infused rock that comes through the radio. The former, on the other hand, is more complex, incorporates a more eclectic pallet of musical styles, and is, frankly, more satisfying to listen to. Just compare the titular tracks from either record. Both have shifting melodies, changing tempos, and forlorn lyrics, 'but Dog Problems' is an experience so rare that it makes 'Some Nights' sound like child's play. If you want to hear maturity in song writing, look no further than DP's ninth track, 'Snails'.
Fun. is a really great band, until you listen to the Format. Then, they're just a pretty good band. Some Nights is a really great album, until you listen to Aim and Ignite. Then, it's just fun.'s second best album. If you've ever been in a famous band, you know that you don't want your first album to be better than your second. More successful, sure, but if you compare the band's first album with its second, you can start to see the writing on the wall.
I touched on that earlier when I pointed out the disparity in the Format and Fun.'s respective second albums. If you're not maturing musically, it doesn't matter how successful you are; your band is still going nowhere. Changing isn't the same as maturing and, between their first and second album, fun. changed noticeably, but they didn't really mature. It's not surprising that Aim and Ignite, while good, did not live up to Dog Problems. Forming a new band is difficult and it takes time pull together. With that in mind, Aim and Ignite was a brilliant album. However, Some Nights was a step back in comparison.
Worth Noting: Sam Means was still involved in the writing of several songs on Aim and Ignite. After that, he disappears and in comes Jeff Bhasker, frequent partner of Kanye West and other hip-hop acts, for Some Nights. That kind of explains a lot.
My verdict? Nate and Sam may not be getting back together anytime soon, but Fun. may have run its creative course for Mr. Reuss. It's kind of hard to give up on this kind of success, though, so I would understand if he stuck with it, especially after the way the Format was manhandled by its original record company. Maybe I'm wrong, though, and Fun.'s next album will be a step forward rather than back. I certainly hope so. If not, I'm still interested to see what comes next for everyone involved, because they really are terrific musicians.
By now, it's safe to say that Dave Grohl has solidified himself as rock 'n roll royalty. Getting his start as the drummer for grunge pioneers Nirvana, Grohl surprised everyone when, after Nirvana's break-up, he formed his own wildly successful band called the Foo Fighters. Since then, the rocker has grown to be a legend in his own right, filling stadiums and selling millions of records around the world. If you're just discovering him now, or if you've been a fan since his days with Nirvana, here are some t-shirts you absolutely cannot do without.
Sound City Studios operated out of the San Fernado Valley and played host to some of the most famous acts of the last century. Neil Young, Nirvana, Tom Petty, and many more, all spent time recording in the classic studio. Dave Grohl's passion for the studio went so far that, when it closed, he decided to make a documentary called Sound City: Real to Reel. This Foo Fighters t-shirt salutes the Reel to Reel tape mechanisms used in many recording studios, including Sound City. It doesn't get much more classic than that!
This shirt isn't much more than just awesome. What I mean to say is, it's only a really sweet shirt from a really sweet band. That being said, Dave Grohl is a bit of a gear head. No doubt this design was inspired by that fact. Personally, I could easily be convinced Grohl actually owns a flying motorcycle, but I have no proof of that. No offense to Gary Oldman, but Grohl is kind of more how I pictured Sirus Black, anyway.
No Dave Grohl wardrobe is complete without a nod to his start with Nirvana and this shirt is the classic Nirvana look. If you're too young to actually remember this, don't worry, so am I. But you know the drunk smiley face and the simple font. This shirt is so Nirvana, it probably comes already smelling like teen spirit. Don't let that scare you off, though. Teen's spirit doesn't smell quite as bad as actual teens.
Neil Peart's "Clockwork Angels" drum set
Neil has been playing Drum Workshop sets since the "Test for Echo" tour, but used standard finishes at that time. Starting with the R30 tour, DW began making custom-built kits with different logos on the shells.
This drum set is essentially the one created by Drum Workshop for Rush's "Time Machine" tour. The Drum Workshop Collectors Series includes a 23" bass drum (VLX -shell series), 8", 10", 12" and 13" rack toms (X-shell series), 15" (x2), 16" and 18" floor toms (VLT-shell series), 14×6.5" VLT-series snare and a 13" X-shell series piccolo snare all in Steampunk finish. This finish is copper and chrome leaf inlays.
The shells are one-ply of walnut on the outside which matches the deck on the drum riser. The rest of the shell is all maple in either the VLT, VLX or X-shell style.
Neil performs on Sabian Paragon Brilliant finish cymbals with a custom Steampunk design that was applied by the Sabian factory. He uses a 10" splash (x2), 16" (x2) , 18" and 20" crashes, 14" hi-hats, 22" ride, 14" Artisan Brilliant X-hats, 8" splash, 20" china beneath a 20" Diamondback china with jingles and rivets, and a 19" china.
Neil plays Remo Clear batter heads on the toms, Remo Ambassador X snare batter heads and Powerstroke 3 heads on the bass drum. He plays all the above with Pro-Mark Neil Peart Signature 747 drumsticks.
The stands and assorted hardware are all manufactured by Drum Workshop and include copper-plated series 9300 hardware, 5000 series Hi-hat pedal, and the 9000 series double bass drum pedal. These have been customized with gauges and dials at most tightening points to further compliment the Steampunk ideas shown on other areas of the set.
Also included are the 9' x9' octagonal rotating drum riser in Steampunk finish, 2 cage fans, and a Kelly SHU internal kick drum microphone mount.
The entire back portion of the set is V-drums in the form of the Roland TD-20X mounted in DW Collector series shells and Roland V cymbals and hi-hats. The other electronics used are a Dauz trigger pad, Fat Kat trigger pedals, Mallet Kat Express Midi marimba, 2 Roland V-drum TD-20KX percussion modules, 2 Roland XV 5080 samplers, Glyph hard drives, Roland Midi Displays, Behringer line mixer, and a Monster power conditioner.
It's time to move out of basement and onto the stage at your local coffee shop, club, or whatever venue has enlisted you to rock the house. So the question is, do you have all the music gear you need? You're going to need someplace to put that guitar. We both know that shredding gets tiring after a while. And, of course, you need an unobtrusive way to stay in tune; that's important as well. Finally, don't you wish you could preserve the memory of your first show forever? Well, take a few minutes off from practicing to check out these three essentials for your next gig:
This is your standard guitar stand, which isn't meant as a slight in any way. It stands at ground level with an adjustable neck, allowing you to use it for pretty much any guitar. The bottom shelf is padded to avoid any undue wear on your guitar's frame. It's essentially everything you want in a guitar stand.
Korg Pitchclip – Clip-on Tuner
This thing is tiny, so be careful you don't lose it. That being said, this guitar tuner is pretty easy to overlook, if you want an unassuming clip on tuner that you can keep on throughout your performance. I'm use to a tuner that you plug right into the pickup, but during a gig, you'd have to switch it in and out with your amp. Plus, you can't use that type if you don't have a pickup. The advantages of this clip on tuner are pretty evident and it works perfectly. I would highly recommend it for use in your next gig.
Zoom H2next – Digital Audio Recorder
I'll have a lot to say about this, so prepare yourself. I love the H2next digital recorder. It's pretty easy to get started with. The different speaker settings make it simple to record the way that works best for you. There's not a crazy amount of settings and the instructions state pretty clearly how each one works, so it's not overwhelming for a beginner like myself.
It comes with an SD card, but I used one I just had lying around. The mic is designed for a number of different uses, from venues to demo recording. I did my first round of recordings in my car, actually, and that worked ok. My later recordings were redone in a room in my house. I just placed the digital audio recorder on a desk in front of me.
It recorded pretty well from that short distance, but it works from farther away, as well. I was really impressed with the balance it was able to pick up on its own. It managed to get both my voice and the guitar through the same mic without having to do anything fancy. I adjusted the placement a little, but that took less than a minute to get right.
My only goal was to record some tracks that I could send to my bandmate in Delaware so we could collaborate from a distance. That's not a gig, of course, but it worked out pretty well for that, as you can convert everything to MP3 and send it along. While you can't record a track over another track and have both splice together automatically, you can listen to a track while you record a new track. After that, you can use to software (included) to merge the two tracks together. Of course, this is an article about things you need for your gig, so don't worry, I won't skip that aspect.
If you play through some speakers, you can put this recorder out in front of your band and pick up everything that the crowd would hear. As long as you do it directionally, you probably wouldn't have too much crowd noise. HOWEVER, if you want crowd noise for your of indie live album, you can turn on the multidirectional setting. The balance from either side can be adjusted after recording, which is pretty cool, if you ask me.
So that's it, now you're ready. Get out there, play, and record your next folk-rock fusion set!
Metallica: Master of Puppets T-shirt
Arguably the best metal album of all time (though Black Sabbath's Paranoid might disagree), Metallica's Master of Puppets was the first thrash metal album to be certified platinum. On top of that, it's got a wicked cover. The message is pretty clear, though I'm not certain which specific war Metallica had strong objection to in the mid '80s (Granada, I guess?). That's not really important, though, because sending people to die for shadowy reasons is something I think most of us can object to. Of course, you could also just wear it because it's a pretty cool rock t-shirt.
American Cancer Society spokes-band, Van Halen, created this design as a satirical jab at the unethical marketing tactics big cigarette companies used to sell their products to children. Known by many to be the 1980s version of Jonathan Swift, "Diamond" David Lee Roth conceived the design after seeing an underage fan smoking at one of the band's concert. Horrified, Van Halen chose to change their wild ways and strove to set a good example for their fans from that point on.
Obviously, none of that is true. The design was drawn by Margo Nahas and picked by the band from her portfolio for their album 1984. It caused quite the stir, especially in the UK where the cigarette and pack were censored in stores. In France, on the other hand, a free pack of cigarettes was provided with each purchase by customers under the age of 12.
Sometimes, simplicity is really the best way to go: rumbling bass, thrashing drums, and a grungy guitar slammed harder than Latin slammed my grade point average. That's the formula that brought Nirvana its success in the early 90s and the principle upon which the Grunge movement was founded. This rock t-shirt is the same way; it provides everything you need in a band shirt. Sure you want to look good, but you also want people to know what kind of music you're into. This shirt takes care of both.
In 2006, Dweezil Zappa set about making sure that his father's music would not be forgotten. Zappa Plays Zappa went out on the road with some high caliber talent, including some from Frank's original bands. He had his work cut out, because he'd never played guitar like his father. He was taught by the likes of Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen who made regular appearances at the Zappa home, but Frank's playing moved in and out of so many different styles and keys, he claims he had to completely unlearn what he knew and learn again from scratch. Through the magic of multimedia, he has also played lead guitar with his father on some live tracks.
Dweezil Zappa has played a Fender Stratocaster and an SG Standard in the past but is currently pushing the tribute guitar that Gibson is producing, 'the Roxy SG'. What is offered from Gibson, is small compared to the modification that the original, residing at UMRK, now boasts. Dweezil also has a Paul Reed Smith Artist model named after him.
Dweezil Zappa is working with a number of stomp boxes wired into the Fractal Audio Axe FX II. This unit works as its own multi-effects and production device that includes a loop for component boxes very much like the one that Frank had, but instead of gutting the pedal, they resided on drawers in his rack until recently. Effects from companies such as Way Huge, MXR, Fuchs, Eventide to name a few plus three Triskelion Harmonic Energizers, the only pedal he says can make the sound of the original, were being used. These are all controlled from the extensive floor unit of the Fractal. The Fractal allows you to program scenes that are activated at the touch of a footswitch letting him bring in whatever effect he wishes to use at the time. There are also a series of pedal controllers used to change pre-programed parameters of the system allowing him hands free operation as he is playing.
For amps, Dweezil Zappa has used Cornford and Fuchs brands (his former Carvin rig is currently for sale)but at this point, he is running the Fractal system directly into the main house PA system so the only thing he has onstage, is a pair of monitors to hear what he's playing. This helps cut down on transportation and maintenance costs since the system is more compact but is also better for one's ears since the onstage volume is reduced plus it helps the other mic'd acoustic instruments which usually include flute, violin or sax, to have a cleaner signal for more separation in the main mix.
I often wonder, if Frank was still alive, would he embrace the same technology his son has or dismiss it as 'one unit does too many things that it doesn't do any one of them well'?
"Half the fun of buying a new piece is figuring out the best place to put it in your existing setup." Mark Patterson
In the end, the three main components have always been the same, you have a guitar, some effects and an amplifier. Different combinations of these result in different sounds. Learning what each one does is an integral part of developing a unique tone and it will change constantly.
Which is after all, the one thing we as guitarists chase all our lives… that killer tone.
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James Hidgon, a member of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission, said Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo, a former attorney general, will be the key to whether law enforcement agencies — which have expressed reservations about the proposal — tank the bill.
"Stumbo could make or break it — it would appear," said Higdon, the son of Republican Sen. Jimmy Higdon of Lebanon and author of the book "Cornbread Mafia."
"Obviously, there's opposition from the law enforcement community — from the state police — and they seem to be putting a lot of pressure on leadership in both chambers regarding committee placement. So it remains to be seen what committees these bills end up in," Higdon said (1:30).
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