Wednesday, June 18, 2008

歡唱英文歌曲,免費的線上卡拉OK-Sims on Stage

最近線上卡拉OK,隨著網路應用服務的蓬勃發展,也越還越紅了,目前中文幾個較大的線上卡拉OK有:ikara愛卡拉、學術出生的卡拉迷KaraMe和香港的kara24。這三個線上網站都是要付費的,而且伴奏的音樂以MIDI為主,音色實在不怎樣。

不用線上唱的話,也是可以自己事先下載KTV(MV刪除人聲的影片檔),接著用卡拉OK軟體(JetKTV)播放來自己唱。自己下載的KTV,音樂當然就和原版一樣,也有好看的MV可以看,但是每一首歌都下載不易,也要花40~50MB的空間來放,100首歌就大約要花5GB來放,很傷硬碟空間。

另外,這些對我來說最大的缺點就是,沒有太多的英文歌曲!

這篇文章就來介紹一些國外的線上卡拉OK(Karaoke),當然,收錄的歌曲就是以英文為主,所以許多喜歡聽英文歌曲、或者想要練英文歌的朋友,就可以到這個網站Sims on Stage



登入後的畫面



Sims on Stage是由知名的電玩公司,藝電美商EA所架設的網站(進入到他們的遊戲前會聽到,音似"這麼guy",的那家遊戲設計公司),這裡面好玩的可多了,可以寫詩,寫故事,撥放出來分享給別人,有空再慢慢介紹。在卡拉OK的功能,他的功能如下:

  • 完全免費,只需簡單的註冊
  • 歌曲曲目大都是一些英文經典的老歌,也是有一些最近的歌,像是Avril Lavigne(艾薇兒)...等
  • 伴奏不是MIDI,也和原曲幾乎一模一樣
  • 可將我們唱的聲音錄起來,儲存在線上的空間
  • 把錄製的聲音分享給別人



    歡唱時的畫面



    最後也附上,兩首別人分享的錄音,法蘭克辛納屈Frank Sinatra的"New York, New York"和披頭四The Beatles的"Yesterday"。


    Frank Sinatra的"New York, New York",Sapphireblue唱得真是好聽~

    Rate this performance at The Sims On Stage



    The Beatles的"Yesterday",是誰唱得那麼爛阿,是誰!XD

    Rate this performance at The Sims On Stage



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  • Friday, June 13, 2008

    線上收聽100首偉大的吉他獨奏
    Online Listening 100 Greatest Guitar Solos

    每個吉他手都有他們自己認定偉大的吉他獨奏,到底哪些曲子才是大家認定的偉大呢?Guitar World magazine則進行了一項票選,由他們的讀著們票選心目中的吉他獨奏,列表就是前一百大的吉他獨奏。當然在我心目中,也是有一些曲子不在裡面阿!

    *除了列出這些曲子外,在這篇文章中,也找來的這些音樂,讓大家方便在線上試聽。文章最後有更詳盡的資料,包含吉他手和專輯名稱。


    參考資料
  • http://guitar.about.com/library/bl100greatest.htm

    附錄


    1.
    song: Stairway to Heaven
    guitarist: Jimmy Page
    band: Led Zeppelin
    album: Led Zeppelin IV

    2.
    song: Eruption
    guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
    band: Van Halen
    album: Van Halen

    3.
    song: Freebird
    guitarist: Collins/Rossington
    band: Lynyrd Skynyrd
    album: Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd

    4.
    song: Comfortably Numb
    guitarist: David Gilmour
    band: Pink Floyd
    album: The Wall
    5.
    song: All Along the Watchtower
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
    album: Electric Ladyland

    6.
    song: November Rain
    guitarist: Slash
    band: Guns n' Roses
    album: Use Your Illusion I

    7.
    song: One
    guitarist: Kirk Hammet
    band: Metallica
    album: And Justice for All

    8.
    song: Hotel California
    guitarist: Don Felder/Joe Walsh
    band: The Eagles
    album: Hotel California

    9.
    song: Crazy Train
    guitarist: Randy Rhoads
    band: Ozzy Ozbourne
    album: Blizzard of Ozz

    10.
    song: Crossroads
    guitarist: Eric Clapton
    band: Cream
    album: Wheels of Fire
    11.
    song: Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: Jimi Hendrix
    album: Electric Ladyland

    12.
    song: Johnny B. Goode
    guitarist: Chuck Berry
    band: Chuck Berry
    album: Chuck Berry Is On Top

    13.
    song: Texas Flood
    guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    album: Texas Flood

    14.
    song: Layla
    guitarist: Clapton/Allman
    band: Derek and the Dominoes
    album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

    15.
    song: Floods
    guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
    band: Pantera
    album: The Great Southern Trendkill
    16.
    song: Heartbreaker
    guitarist: Jimmy Page
    band: Led Zeppelin
    album: Led Zeppelin II

    17.
    song: Cliffs of Dover
    guitarist: Eric Johnson
    band: Eric Johnson
    album: Ah Via Musicom

    18.
    song: Little Wing
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: Jimi Hendrix Experience
    album: Axis: Bold as Love

    19.
    song: Highway Star
    guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
    band: Deep Purple
    album: Machine Head

    20.
    song: Bohemian Rhapsody
    guitarist: Brian May
    band: Queen
    album: A Night at the Opera
    21.
    song: Time
    guitarist: David Gilmour
    band: Pink Floyd
    album: Dark Side of the Moon

    22.
    song: Sultans of Swing
    guitarist: Mark Knopfler
    band: Dire Straits
    album: Dire Straits

    23.
    song: Bulls on Parade
    guitarist: Tom Morello
    band: Rage Against the Machine
    album: Evil Empire

    24.
    song: Fade to Black
    guitarist: Kirk Hammet
    band: Metallica
    album: Ride the Lightning

    25.
    song: Aqualung
    guitarist: Martin Barre
    band: Jethro Tull
    album: Aqualung

    26.
    song: Smells Like Teen Spirit
    guitarist: Kurt Cobain
    band: Nirvana
    album: Nevermind

    27.
    song: Pride and Joy
    guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    album: Texas Flood

    28.
    song: Mr. Crowley
    guitarist: Randy Rhoads
    band: Ozzy Ozbourne
    album: Blizzard of Oz

    29.
    song: For the Love of God
    guitarist: Steve Vai
    band: Steve Vai
    album: Passion and Warfare

    30.
    song: Surfing With the Alien
    guitarist: Joe Satriani
    band: Joe Satriani
    album: Surfing With the Alien
    31.
    song: Stranglehold
    guitarist: Ted Nugent
    band: Ted Nugent
    album: Ted Nugent

    32.
    song: Machine Gun
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: Jimi Hendrix
    album: Band of Gypsies

    33.
    song: The Thrill is Gone
    guitarist: B.B. King
    band: B.B. King
    album: Completely Well

    34.
    song: Paranoid Android
    guitarist: Jonny Greenwood
    band: Radiohead
    album: OK Computer

    35.
    song: Cemetery Gates
    guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
    band: Pantera
    album: Cowboys From Hell

    36.
    song: Black Star
    guitarist: Yngwie Malmsteen
    band: Yngwie Malmsteen
    album: Rising Force

    37.
    song: Sweet Child O' Mine
    guitarist: Slash
    band: Guns n' Roses
    album: Appetite for Destruction

    38.
    song: Whole Lotta Love
    guitarist: Jimmy Page
    band: Led Zeppelin
    album: Led Zeppelin II

    39.
    song: Cortez the Killer
    guitarist: Neil Young
    band: Neil Young
    album: Zuma

    40.
    song: Reelin' In the Years
    guitarist: Elliot Randall
    band: Steely Dan
    album: Can't Buy a Thrill
    41.
    song: Brighton Rock
    guitarist: Brian May
    band:Queen
    album: Sheer Heart Attack

    42.
    song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    guitarist: Eric Clapton
    band: The Beatles
    album: The White Album

    43.
    song: Sharp Dressed Man
    guitarist: Billy Gibbons
    band: ZZ Top
    album: Eliminator

    44.
    song: Alive
    guitarist: Mike McCready
    band: Pearl Jam
    album: Ten

    45.
    song: Light My Fire
    guitarist: Robby Krieger
    band: The Doors
    album: Doors

    46.
    song: Hot For Teacher
    guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
    band: Van Halen
    album: 1984

    47.
    song: Jessica
    guitarist: Dickey Betts
    band: The Allman Brothers
    album: Brothers and Sisters

    48.
    song: Sympathy for the Devil
    guitarist: Keith Richards
    band: The Rolling Stones
    album: Beggar's Banquet

    49.
    song: Europa
    guitarist: Carlos Santana
    band: Santana
    album: Amigos

    50.
    song: Shock Me
    guitarist: Ace Frehley
    band: Kiss
    album: Love Gun
    51.
    song: Master of Puppets
    guitarist: Kirk Hammet
    band: Metallica
    album: Master of Puppets

    52.
    song: Star Spangled Banner
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: Jimi Hendrix
    album: Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock

    53.
    song: Since I've Been Loving You
    guitarist: Jimmy Page
    band: Led Zeppelin
    album: Led Zeppelin III

    54.
    song: Geek USA
    guitarist: Billy Corgan
    band: Smashing Pumpkins
    album: Siamese Dream

    55.
    song: Satch Boogie
    guitarist: Joe Satriani
    band: Joe Satriani
    album: Surfing With the Alien

    56.
    song: War Pigs
    guitarist: Tony Iommi
    band: Black Sabbath
    album: Paranoid

    57.
    song: Walk
    guitarist: Dimebag Darrel
    band: Pantera
    album: Vulgar Display of Power

    58.
    song: Cocaine
    guitarist: Eric Clapton
    band: Eric Clapton
    album: Slowhand

    59.
    song: You Really Got Me
    guitarist: Dave Davies
    band: The Kinks
    album: Kinks

    60.
    song: Zoot Allures
    guitarist: Frank Zappa
    band: Frank Zappa
    album: Zoot Allures
    61.
    song: No More Tears
    guitarist: Zakk Wylde
    band: Ozzy Osbourne
    album: No More Tears

    62.
    song: Money
    guitarist: David Gilmour
    band: Pink Floyd
    album: Dark Side of the Moon

    63.
    song: Black Hole Sun
    guitarist: Kim Thayil
    band: Soundgarden
    album: Superunknown

    64.
    song: Little Red Corvette
    guitarist: Prince
    band: Prince
    album: 1999

    65.
    song: In Bloom
    guitarist: Kurt Cobain
    band: Nirvana
    album: Nevermind

    66.
    song: Blue Sky
    guitarist: Allman/Betts
    band: The Allman Brothers
    album: Eat a Peach

    67.
    song: Beat It
    guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
    band: Michael Jackson
    album: Thriller

    68.
    song: Starship Trooper
    guitarist: Steve Howe
    band: Yes
    album: The Yes Album

    69.
    song: And Your Bird Can Sing
    guitarist: George Harrison
    band: The Beatles
    album: Revolver

    70.
    song: Purple Haze
    guitarist: Jimi Hendrix
    band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    album: Are You Experienced?
    71.
    song: Maggot Brain
    guitarist: Eddie Hazel
    band: Funkadelic
    album: Maggot Brain

    72.
    song: Walk This Way
    guitarist: Joe Perry
    band: Aeorosmith
    album: Toys in the Attic

    73.
    song: Stash
    guitarist: Trey Anastasio
    band: Phish
    album: A Picture of Nectar

    74.
    song: Lazy
    guitarist: Ritchie Blackmore
    band: Deep Purple
    album: Machine Head

    75.
    song: Won't Get Fooled Again
    guitarist: Pete Townsend
    band: The Who
    album: Who's Next

    76.
    song: Cinnamon Girl
    guitarist: Neil Young
    band: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
    album: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

    77.
    song: Man in the Box
    guitarist: Jerry Cantrell
    band: Alice in Chains
    album: Face Lift

    78.
    song: Truckin'
    guitarist: Jerry Garcia
    band: The Grateful Dead
    album: American Beauty

    79.
    song: Mean Street
    guitarist: Eddie Van Halen
    band: Van Halen
    album: Fair Warning

    80.
    song: You Shook Me All Night Long
    guitarist: Angus Young
    band: AC/DC
    album: Back in Black
    81.
    song: Sweet Jane
    guitarist: Hunter/Wagner
    band: The Velvet Underground
    album: Loaded
    82.
    song: 21st Century Schizoid Man
    guitarist: Robert Fripp
    band: King Crimson
    album: In the Court of the Crimson King

    83.
    song: Scuttle Buttin'
    guitarist: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    band: Stevie Ray Vaughan
    album: Couldn't Stand the Weather

    84.
    song: Santeria
    guitarist: Brad Nowell
    band: Sublime
    album: Sublime

    85.
    song: Moonage Daydream
    guitarist: Mick Ronson
    band: David Bowie
    album: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

    86.
    song: Whipping Post
    guitarist: Allman/Betts
    band: The Allman Brothers
    album: The Allman Brothers Band

    87.
    song: Cult of Personality
    guitarist: Vernon Reid
    band: Living Color
    album: Vivid

    88.
    song: Kid Charlemagne
    guitarist: Larry Carlton
    band: Steely Dan
    album: The Royal Scam

    89.
    song: Killing in the Name
    guitarist: Tom Morello
    band: Rage Against the Machine
    album: Rage Against the Machine

    90.
    song: Let it Rain
    guitarist: Eric Clapton
    band: Eric Clapton
    album: Eric Clapton
    91.
    song: Heard It Thu Grapevine
    guitarist: John Fogerty
    band: CCR
    album: Cosmo's Factory

    92.
    song: Stray Cat Strut
    guitarist: Brian Setzer
    band: Stray Cats
    album: Built for Speed

    93.
    song: The End
    guitarist: Robbie Krieger
    band: The Doors
    album: The Doors

    94.
    song: Working Man
    guitarist: Alex Lifeson
    band: Rush
    album: Rush

    95.
    song: Yellow Ledbetter
    guitarist: Mike McCready
    band: Pearl Jam
    album: Jeremy

    96.
    song: Honky Tonk Women
    guitarist: Keith Richards
    band: The Rolling Stones
    album: Let it Bleed

    97.
    song: Cherub Rock
    guitarist: Billy Corgan
    band: Smashing Pumpkins
    album: Siamese Dream

    98.
    song: Under a Glass Moon
    guitarist: John Petrucci
    band: Dream Theater
    album: Images & Words
    99.
    song: Cause We've Ended as Lovers
    guitarist: Jeff Beck
    band: Jeff Beck
    album: Blow by Blow

    100.
    song: Three Days
    guitarist: Dave Navarro
    band: Jane's Addiction
    album: Ritual de lo Habitual

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  • Monday, June 09, 2008

    不能抓BT?家裡網路又太慢?讓Imageshack來幫你抓BT吧!

    BT(BitTorrent)的資源雖然豐富,但是下載的速度幾乎是很慢(取決於別人的分享),往往都要開個幾天幾夜,才能夠成功下載完成。因為BT占去太多網路的頻寬,許多網路都禁用BT,最近學術網路也開始禁用。我相信Imageshack會大家的救星。Imageshack這個原本提供線上相簿的網站,現在有了前無古人的服務-線上抓BT!也就是說只要上傳種子給他,他就幫我們抓,電腦既不耗資源、不傷硬碟,也可以關機去睡覺。

    接下來就來教大家如何使用Imageshack。

    1.首先,先連到http://tor.imageshack.us/

    2.點選右上角的"Sign Up"。




    3.填入註冊的資料,第一格填寫e-mail,第二格再確認一次e-mail,最後一格為帳號,填完後按"Register"。



    4.而帳號確定建立後,系統會發送一封信到您的信箱,接著點擊"Your Register link",來完成註冊手續。



    5.完成後即可進入系統,按下"Download Torrents",即可進入Torrents的專區。



    6.選擇"瀏覽"或由URL輸入種子的網址,即可上傳一個BT種子,然後"go"。



    7.再次確認後,選擇"continue",即可開始下載。



    8.目前是正在下載的情況。當100%完成後,選"Download",就可以下載檔案囉。



    9.有些零散的檔案會幫你包成.zip檔,一樣點選"Download"後下載。



    這是免費的服務,在功能上有一些限制如下:
  • 空間限制:5GB每月流量限制:10GB
  • 下載限制:免費用戶只能同時下載兩個種子
    當然也可以付費來得到更強的服務,就我來說已經很夠用了。

    在使用過幾次後,發現Download BT時速度很快,最後的下載到自己的電腦也很快,真的很值得推薦!
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  • Sunday, June 08, 2008

    端午節包粽子初體驗:經驗筆記和簡易食譜

    包粽子這個計畫早在一個月前就開始醞釀了,還請教阿嬤包粽子的經驗,只是一個月前(5/5)還沒開始賣粽葉,所以暫時做罷。這次端午節可以順利包到肉粽,最主要是感謝老媽,完成我任性的要求。前一天我還沒到家,就把材料都準備好了,至於,包粽子呢,算一算我也才包不到五個,而且沒有一個粽子是獨立由我完成的(都卡在第三個步驟啦)。這個粽子,真的是好吃,特選的蛋黃與豬肉,絕對是這個粽子的特色。吃過粽子的,應該下回會要老媽再包一次吧。

    **老媽牌粽子製作流程**



    由左至右,魷魚、糯米拌花生與紅蔥頭





    粽葉、黑豬肉、蝦米、醬油和香菇


  • 材料:

  • 豬肉、鴨蛋黃、粽葉(要端午節前夕才好買得到)、香菇、糯米、魷魚、紅蔥頭、醬油。
    *以上材料都是在同一個攤販買的,豬肉香菇除外,買25顆綜的份量,只花了380元

  • 事前準備:

  • 切豬肉、取出鴨蛋黃、洗粽葉(用菜瓜布輕輕刷洗,不用加洗碗精)、泡糯米、泡花生(泡完後冷藏可保有花生的完整)、泡香菇、泡魷魚。

  • 開始:
    1. 紅蔥頭、魷魚和豬肉,加入醬油(依個人口味酌量加入)小火慢炒,待豬肉稍微變紅即可。

    2. 將粽葉折成筒狀。使用兩片粽葉,葉面朝內放餡,第一層加入花生與糯米,中間夾餡(炒過的那些、蛋黃、香菇),最後再一層花生與糯米。

    3. 用預留的粽葉將筒狀覆蓋,圍繞著一圈後綁線。綁線時要用點力將粽子綁緊。
      使用可以蒸煮的鍋子,用水將粽子覆蓋,蒸煮兩小時。



    小火慢炒




    炒法俐落,別忘了也要斟酌加一些鹽和醬油




    炒這個顏色就差不多了,不用完全熟,半熟即可




    放入餡料的過程




    一綑大約綁十顆粽左右



    最後再蒸一蒸即可!
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    Sunday, June 01, 2008

    吉他的電玩遊戲: Guitar Hero World Tour

    吉他的電玩從遊樂園的大型機台延燒到家用電玩,風靡了很多玩家。2008的五月Activision發表了Guitar Hero World Tour,預計會在Wii、PS3或X360等平台。這款遊戲除了以前只能玩吉他這個樂器,現在更可以玩多樣樂器(吉他、貝斯和鼓),甚至多個玩家以一個樂團的方式,一起演奏歌曲,還可以連上網路和另外一個樂團PK!


    Guitar Hero World Tour Live


    根據官方的說法,遊戲中收錄Van Halen、Linkin Park、Sublime、Eagles等著名搖滾藝人/樂隊的曲目,也可透過網路上下載來新增曲目,不光是曲目可以下載,遊戲角色的服裝也可以。這些遊戲特色真的很吸引人阿,但是要價189.99美元(折合台幣要六萬左右),包含遊戲設備:吉他、貝斯和鼓。我們可以發現這個價格比真的買這三樣樂器的價格還貴!有錢的趕快去敗一個,借我玩玩阿。

    話說回來,這個遊戲在降低了學習樂器的困難與並加入玩樂的要素,甚至還有競賽的樂趣。應該會有許多的玩家因為這個遊戲,進而去真的學習這些樂器。其實這個遊戲玩得好,只要再"稍加練習一點",就已經差不多會這樣真實樂器了(稍加練習的程度:鼓<貝斯<吉他)。至於省吃儉用的,就來學習真的樂器吧(一把$1000的吉他就不錯了)!


    Guitar Hero World Tour Live Video


    參考網址:
  • http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/guitar-hero-world-tour-debuted/
  • http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/24/guitar-hero-world-tour-priced-given-release-date/
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