askland on December 13th, 2006

We’ve finished callbacks for Disney’s High School Musical and are awaiting the director’s decisions. I’ll do a post coming up about the audition and callback process.
So until we hear the director’s decisions….tick - tock - tick - tock……..

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askland on December 13th, 2006

For my fellow SQL code jockeys beware the apostrophe when doing text inserts to your databases. It does not magically comment out and will be taken as part of your code insert, not text.
I am working on a network of template websites where users can create a template to start from with the push of [...]

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askland on December 11th, 2006

You can type “c 2007 myname” for a copyright statement, but you know you want it to look cool. Here’s how to type the copyright symbol as text on a PC or Mac.
How to make a Copyright C Symbol on a PC Keyboard (©):
Hold down Ctrl and Alt at the same time and press [...]

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askland on December 9th, 2006

HSM - Something New
The song Something New from High School Musical.

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Breaking Free
Breaking Free from High School Musical.

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HSM - Excerpts and Rehearsals
Here are excerpt video clips from Disney’s High School Musical along with rehearsal shots, interviews and the Disney cast behind the scenes. Just fun to watch for our cast members to get pumped up as we begin production.

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askland on December 9th, 2006

HSM - Bop To The Top
Bop To The Top video from High School Musical. For cast reference.

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What I’ve Been Looking For & Status Quo-High School Musical
Two Songs from HSM - What I’ve Been Looking For and Status Quo. For cast reference on our upcoming 2007 production.

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askland on December 9th, 2006

HSM - Get Your Head In The Game
Here is a sample video of “Keep Your Head In The Game” from Disney’s High School Musical. Would suggest all cast members view this in preparation for our production in 2007.

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askland on December 9th, 2006

UPDATE: “Getting the Tempo Right” - additional info at:
http://www.conradaskland.com/blog/2007/09/finding-the-right-tempo/
Email received:
I am an artist from Adelaide, Australia and am curious to know how top producers/engineers detremine what tempo a particlar song should be played at.
Much of my songwriting stems from a vocal melody, and when everything seems to be “built” around that, the overall song [...]

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askland on December 8th, 2006

Some of our forums will appear to be down as they are moved to a new location. This will only be for select forums as I prepare our Christmas Day gift launch for forum members.
Forums will not actually be down, but DNS transfer will be propogating. Most members will probably not notice it. I’ll be [...]

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askland on December 7th, 2006

The Royal Court Theater has been taking votes for the #1 favorite production from their venue. The winner was Rocky Horror Show. RHS was possible in 1973 following a change in laws that lifted the oppression of censorship.
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Excerpt: “Censorship is implicitly to blame for the fact that the whole panorama of British theatre contains only [...]

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Because of overwhelming response to auditions for High School Musical, we are extending auditions to Saturday (ahem…..unofficially). So if you’re reading this and for some reason didn’t get signed up to audition but want to please email me to set that up. You can email through Friday 12-08-06. Please leave Saturday open for your assigned [...]

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askland on December 6th, 2006

List of 180 best musicals of all time. Musicals_Ballot.pdf
List of Top 25 Musicals of All Time
AFI 2006 (American Film Institute)
25. Moulin Rouge (2001)
24. Show Boat (1936)
23. Guys and Dolls (1955)
22. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
20. Grease (1978)
19. On the Town (1949)
18. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
17. The Band Wagon (1953)
16. [...]

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askland on December 6th, 2006

What’s the difference between a puppy and a singer?
Eventually the puppy stops whining.
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Why do bands have bassists?
To translate for the drummers.
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How do you know when a singer is at your door?
They can’t find the key.
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How many bassists are needed to screw in a lightbulb?
None, the keyboardist does it with his left [...]

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askland on December 6th, 2006

……..they first came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because [...]

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askland on December 5th, 2006

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askland on December 5th, 2006

*Read Update on Bottom* - On Christmas Day there will be a gift from me for each and every forum member. I am very excited about this. No, it’s not just a picture, or a poem or a song. It’s a unique gift to each and every member.
On the top of each forum will be [...]

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askland on December 5th, 2006

A website dedicated to Northwest bloggers at NWBloggers.com.
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You can open a free account with them. The website says although most members are conservative leaning, they are open to other views. I guess that’s a general guideline. Open to bloggers from Washington, Oregon, Northern California and outlying areas, as well as bloggers who feel they have [...]

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askland on December 4th, 2006

UPDATE: Now you can Download Free Seussical Sound Effects.
E-mail received:
Hello,
I happened to come across your website this evening while I was doing some “net surfing” for Seussical the Musical.
I am the music director for our high school’s musical theater productions, and the Orchestra Conductor and myself are trying to work out all [...]

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