Composing can be an amazing and fun experience – whether you be a budding Mozart, techno freak, an emerging guitarist, or a complete novice with just a computer at hand. Young people today can express themselves through solo compositions for their own instrument, by collaborating with others in ensembles, choirs or bands, and even use their phones, computer or the recording studio as their “instrument.”
This program looks at a variety of starting points for composition through the eyes of some emerging composers and songwriters in a number of styles and genres.
Producers: VEA Group Pty Ltd
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An Introduction to Composing
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Inside a Recording Studio
When it comes to creating music, one of the most important and intriguing aspects of the whole process takes place inside the recording studio itself. This program is an essential resource for all students interested in pursuing music and sound recording as a future career. It covers a wide range of useful information, including: understanding the nature and acoustics of sound, the layout of a recording studio, main steps in a recording process and producing a finished product from your recording. The program also features insightful interviews with professional sound recordists, mixers and musicians and introduces viewers to the whole range of recording equipment and computer software used in the industry today.
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Setting the Pace – Women and Sport
Women participate in a variety of sports at both community and the elite level. Sport participation is about fitness, being part of a team, socialization and for some life and it is even a full time job. Through this video you will explore the benefits of physical activity for women; considering the benefits of activity during menopause, pregnancy and to alleviate premenstrual syndrome. Explore the history of women in sports and develop an understanding of the difference in women and men participation levels. Compare also the prize money and media attention for both male and female sports are community and the elite level.
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Up-selling Products and Services in Tourism and Hospitality
The total tourism and hospitality experience consists of both products and services. Products are considered more tangible whilst services are intangible in nature. Recognition and an understanding must be developed of the key differences existing between a product and service before they may be marketed more effectively. The marketing concept implies an organization aims all of its efforts at simultaneously satisfying its customers and achieving its own corporate goals. Up-selling is a marketing tool used in an attempt to have the consumer purchase more expensive items, upgrades, or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. Training employees to up-sell during the selling process may lead to increased consumer satisfaction through value adding as well as increased profits for the organization.
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Food Poisoning: Prevention is Better Than Cure
So what is food poisoning? Another name is foodborne illness. This illness generally results from consuming food or drink contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, viruses or toxins. It often produces symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhoea, or fever. The symptoms are often the same as for gastro-type illnesses caused by other sources (other people carrying the bacteria, unhygienic surfaces, etc). This usually makes it hard to tell illness caused by food from the other sources of illness. Foodborne illness can occur from any fresh or processed foods consumed in a range of settings such as homes, restaurants, large catering establishments, schools and institutions. Most cases of foodborne illness can be avoided through good hygiene and good food handling practices.This program will look at – what is food poisoning? how is it caused? And methods to prevent it.
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Forensic Science In Action: From Crime Scene To Courtroom
An Introduction to Forensic Science’ we delved into the day-to-day activities and tasks of real-life forensic scientists and compared these with typical TV stereotypes. But before you draw a conclusion that specialist forensics work must be dull, let’s put on our lab coats and get involved in the forensic investigation of a mock-up crime! Follow our intrepid scientists through a crime scene investigation, various facets of evidence analysis and the presentation of the forensic findings in a court of law! Can forensic science really be the deciding factor in convicting criminal suspects?
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How To Make Digital Stories
A digital story is a form of media that allows students to share their creative writing in a way that can be expressed through audio files, digital photos and imagery. It can be shared via email or downloadable link and can be stored safely on a CD, DVD, website, computer hard drive or other storage device. A perfect example of using multiliteracy in the classroom, creating a digital story is one of the ways in which technology is re-shaping the way students learn and relate to each other by allowing them to share their thoughts, ideas, images and music digitally with the world.
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Working in a Large Resort – A Case Study: Club Med on Lindeman Island
Resort tourism is a popular form of tourism entailing visitation to a resort generally for holiday purposes to relax on a beach, ski the snowfields or merely a break away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Resorts encompass a wide range of activities and services including accommodation, entertainment, meals and drink service. Each element of a resort is reliant upon the success of another element therefore effective organisational management is crucial to ensuring the resort can create an experience the guest is seeking. Customer service is of utmost importance and plays a large role in delivering a quality guest experience. Tourists are becoming more ‘responsible’ in their consumption and management need to recognise this change in the market. The challenge is to incorporate sustainable practices without jeopardising the quality of the tourist’s experience.
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Australian International Business: A Case Study
We are often alarmed to see how many businesses are being bought out by foreign companies. This program case studies Intrepid Travel, an Australian business, operating in Australia which is sucessfully competing in international markets.
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Change Management in Large Organizations: Smoking Laws – A Case Study
Large organizations only survive in today’s highly competitive environment if they have the ability to effectively deal with change. External changes such as changes to the smoking laws have forced change upon hotels and other venues. This program looks at how a major entertainment complex which includes a hotel and casino has effectively managed this change process in response to the new laws.