How To: Start your song with a beat in Garageband
A great place to start a new song is with a beat, or a drum section. Then you can add layers on top of your beat to create a more complex song. Garageband provides drum loops that are easy to use.
A great place to start a new song is with a beat, or a drum section. Then you can add layers on top of your beat to create a more complex song. Garageband provides drum loops that are easy to use.
Are you ready to learn how to play drums? You can get started by watching Jared Falk's video lesson. It includes step-by-step training that will show you exactly how to play the beginner exercises on this page.
Lost in the wilderness? Did you forget your emergency personal beacon (EPERB)? Learn from the BBC how to start a signal fire using your car battery and a piece of wire wool. Let's just hope you have a car . . .
It's time to boldly go where no man has gone before! This video walks you through the first few minutes of Star Trek Online, including how to customize both your character and ship, and a quick rundown on hand to hand combat in the game.
This video is a tutorial on how to start growing tomato plants from seeds. The instructor first explains that it is important to make sure your seeds are fresh and within the proper date frame and that you pick a good artificial soil mix for proper growth. The tutorial goes over a few different fertilizer products that you can choose from, yet they are not completely necessary for growth if the soil is of a high quality. The instructor then fills plastic mini pots with soil and then uses a pe...
Keeping your money in check can be quite difficult. That's where MoneyWell comes in. This is a video tutorial on getting started with MoneyWell, so watch and learn the basics and see if it's right for you.
Bummed about your divorce? Feeling like a failure? Oh, stop! Get off the couch and jump-start your social life because there is life after a divorce! A great life! Get back into the swing of things by taking steps towards building a better you and regaining the confidence you once had. You might just look back on this period in your life and realize it was for the best!
What happens when you need to build a fire, but you forgot your matches and lighter? What if you don't know the fire-plow method, the bow and drill method, or even the flint and steel method (not that you would have flint, because you forgot your lighter)?
Want to create an Action list in OmniFocus? See how it's done with this free video guide. Whether you're new to the Omni Group's popular task management application or simply wish to get better acquainted with the program, you're sure to find value in this free tutorial. For more information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
In this soldering tip video brought to you by BEST, Inc. Norman Mier demonstrates site preparation for BGA placement.
Want to know how to initiate Messenger conversations on a BlackBerry smartphone running version 5.0 of the BlackBerry OS? This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're the proud owner of a BlackBerry smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to be well served by this video guide. For detailed information, including step-by-step instructions, take a look.
Watch this video to learn how to do a right turn in partnering, as well as the crossbody lead and the open break. These moves are fundamental to making a lot of combinations work once you reach advanced levels of salsa.
Welcome to a tennis lesson from FuzzyYellowBalls, the the best place to learn how to play tennis online. Our free video tennis lessons teach you how to play the game in a new way that combines technical analysis, visual learning, and step-by-step progressions.
Start playing one of the most popular browser based science fiction games DarkOrbit! This tutorial gets you started, showing you how to create an account and choose your faction (Mars, Venus or Earth). Then the basic system is demonstrated, so you can start exploring space!
For most software programs, finding good information on how to get started when you don't know anything about the software is harder than finding tutorials on more advanced topics. This video should make getting started in Adobe Premiere CS3 a bit easier. It walks you through the process for starting a project in this powerful editing suite. Once you're done with that, you can move on to the numerous more advanced tutorials on our site.
Need a little help figuring out how to customize your Microsoft Windows 7 Start Menu? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this free home computing how-to can present a complete (and somewhat talky) overview of the process in just a minute's time. For specifics, and to get started personalizing your own Win 7 Start Menu, watch this PC user's guide.
Use the Quick Start screen to get your FileMaker projects started off on the good foot. Whether you're new to the FileMaker Pro database management program or just want to learn how to take advantage of FileMaker Pro 11's new features, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial from the folks at Lynda. Specifically, this software tutorial provides a complete overview of how to use FileMaker's Quick Start screen.
This video is a Hobby Estore Video Tutorial that will show you how to repair or replace the ACME remote start system in your radio control cars. You will know you need to take this step when your RC car doesn't start or when you push the start button and all you hear is a clicking noise. The first step is to remove the remote start system and this can be accomplished by taking the top cover off of the car and then unhooking the exhaust hose from the remote start system. Then take the cover of...
In a bad economy, starting your own business is hard, even if you know everything about a business plan. And lots of people have ideas to start a business, but starting a successful business takes more than a good idea, it takes planning.
In this tutorial, we learn how to start reading sheet music for the piano. To be able to read the notes, you need to visualize what you are doing on the piano. A good starting point is the middle C on the keyboard. For a piano, you have horizontal lines in two sets on the sheet of paper. These lines are called "staffs" and the vertical lines are the "bar lines". The sections are called "measures". The top of those staffs is all the notes above the middle c. The bottom is all the notes below m...
In this tutorial, we learn how to jump start a car using another car's battery. First, you will need to position the two cars in front of each other. Turn off both of the cars completely, then attach the jumper cables. You need to connect the positive post of the dead battery to the positive post of the live battery. After you do this, Then, wait for a couple of minutes while the cars are connected and the battery is receiving power. Now, start the car that has the bad battery and it should s...
In the Windows Vista start menu there's a power button, and right now your power button may be set up to shut down, hibernate or put your PC to sleep, but if you want to change that behavior, this video will show you how easy it is. This example changes the start menu power button from "sleep" to "shut down".
If you've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista, the first change you may have discovered is the start menu. It looks totally different, and if it's just too much change for you, there's an easy way to convert that new start menu in Vista to the classic style from XP. This video outlines the simple steps to getting it done.
Interesting in adding custom shortcuts that appear when you right click on the XP Start Menu button? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this home-computing how-to can present a complete overview of the process in just over two minutes. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started using this trick yourself, watch this video guide.
This video demonstrates how users of the FileMaker Pro 10 software can easily start using this software from the quick start menu. It is demonstrated to users how to create a database or open an existing database from this quick start page. Also demonstrated is how users might be able to find further information using the "Learn More" option at the bottom of the menu. This option shows users the basics via videos, tours, and tutorials. A must see for those new to this software.
This video explains how to use jumper cables to jump start a car. First, determine that a dead battery is the reason your car is not starting. If the engine cranks when you turn the key, the problem is not the battery and jump-starting won't help. If the windshield wipers, lights and heater blower all work, the battery is probably fine and you may have a bad starter. A jump-start won't help if you have a bad starter. If you hear no sound at all when you turn the key or if the engine cranks ve...
In this three-part video tutorial, a HTML/CSS expert shows how to build a web page from scratch with a case study example. He begins with a basic text web page and advances up through graphics, CSS, and more.
Studying to be a nurse? Then follow along with this nursing how-to video to learn how to start an IV on a live person. Starting an IV is an important and common part of a being a nurse. Follow along with this video to learn the proper technique and procedure for starting an IV line. Before starting, always make sure to double check your the doctors orders and have your materials handy.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to start the mains on your tennis racket. Before you start, you need to know how many pairs of grommets your racket has on the racket's throat. This process requires fixed clamps.
Please only use the information in this video if you have lost your own car key or you are helping out a friend who has lost theirs! If you need to start a car without the key, this tutorial shows you how to find the wires in the steering column to find the eight cables underneath. Here's what to look for and then what to do so you can get your car running and go to where you need to be.
OK, your flashlight just died, but wait, don't throw it out! In this quick and simple video, you can learn how to use the parabolic lens from that dead flashlight to start a fire in the wild. You'll need a parabolic lens, some dry ignition material for kindling and you'll need a bright, sunny day.
Many people think that once they start a business of their own they'll be cruisin' through life. No set hours, no boss to insult you, and no getting up at 6 AM to commute to work. But being your own boss comes with a lot of responsibility. If you're ready to take the good with the bad, check out this video to learn how to begin a home-based business.
The piano is an intimidating instrument. 88 keys might seem like a lot to work with, but it's really less notes than a guitar. If you've been thinking about starting playing piano or keyboard and need some easy songs to get started on, watch this video to learn how to play six classic easy piano songs:
If you've ever wanted to take your dancing to the next level with a girl at a club (i.e. if you've ever wanted to start grinding pronto), then you know how frustrating it can be. If you move to fast to grinding the girl, she'll get freaked out and think you're a pervert. But if you take your time and only dance with her from a safe distance, she'll star to become disinterested and think that you are too.
In this tutorial, we learn how to start the 2010 Toyota Prius. First, get in the car and make sure you are buckled up and have your keys with you. After this tap on the brakes and then simply turn the car on by pressing the power button. After you do this, the car will start to power up and the lights on it will load with all the car health information. To turn the car off, you will just simply stop the car and press the power button once more. This is a very easy car to use and it's very use...
John Campbell instructs the audience on using the hand drill method of starting a friction fires. First, you can use a piece of cottonwood as your fire-board (in his opinion, cottonwood is the best). You need to carve a small round hole about a quarter of an inch away from the edge on the fire-board. Then, you get the spindle going (take a sturdy stick and rub between your hands, scraping the stick across the board). This helps you create a good indention, where you can carve a deep notch int...
Windows 7 has an interesting new feature by which you can pin your programs to the task bar and this video shows you how to do it. In Windows 7 if you have any frequently used program you can improve its ease of access by pinning it to the task bar. Now to do this first open the start menu, go to the programs, and now browse to any program and right click it. From that menu select the Pin to task bar option. When you do this the program icon will appear on the task bar. Now the program is pin...
Start screenprinting your own T-shirts at home! If you have the screen printing equipment, then you have practically all the things you need except the knowhow. So check out this video tutorial to learn how to start screen printing at home with Etsy.
To play a guitar riff is to do more than simply to memorize a short musical phrase. Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist new and different ways of playing. Every new riff you learn will make you a more able and versatile guitarist and better equip you to st...
This video provides step by step instructions for how to start a lemonade stand. Learn how to create a business plan, how to advertise, how to make lemonade, as well as tips on how to attract customers.