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A Brief Glimpse of the Toyota OEM Replacement TRD Wheels and Rims

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image of TRD Pro Wheels designed for racingThe wheels and rims trd Toyota sellers offer as OEM (original equipment manufacturer) replacement assemblies are made to perfectly fit a TRD vehicle. Unlike aftermarket rims, OEM rims are the strongest matches for TRD auto vehicle specifications. Since they are a perfect fit to a Toyota TRD’s tires and hub bearings, they provide a better ride without need for modifications or purchase of additional accessories the way aftermarket wheels do.

Original equipment wheels and rims are generally pricier than the aftermarket brands. Made of either alloy or steel, the aluminum kind is for Toyota TRD vehicles with higher trim level or configurations for driving options, performance and features. The OEM steel wheels and rims on the other hand, are more economical. Unlike the lightweight aluminum OEMs, steel wheels and rims are heavier and therefore less likely to promote better acceleration, handling and fuel efficiency.

Why Installing OEM Wheels as Replacements, Matter to Most Toyota TRD Vehicle Drivers

To better understand why OEM wheels matter to drivers of TRD Toyota vehicles, we must first understand the essence of the Toyota Racing Development concept.

First off, its most basic mission is to improve the performance of street cars and secondly to provide support to Toyota’s global racing interests. That being the case, TRD engineers utilised high tech computer aided design (CAD) techniques to develop and create optimal racing wheels.

In doing so, the TRD sector created OEM wheels and rims made from aluminum alloy because the material is lighter and therefore more capable of dissipating heat well. Moreover, aluminum OEM wheels and rims offer enough rigidity in supporting the cornering force of the tires in every turn they make. The cornering force prevents the centrifugal force from driving the vehicle off course. Reference to centrifugal force denotes the power that makes a circling object veer away from the center of the circle.

Genre of Music Preferred by TRD Vehicle Drivers

Being a music-oriented website, we take interest in knowing the music genre preferred by racing car enthusiasts and drivers of off road TRD vehicles.

Generally, race car enthusiasts prefer to focus their concentration on their driving and would rather listen to the symphony created by their engines and tires. Listening to music when involved in serious racing is considered by many as a distraction.

Still, most of those who frequently engage in off-road driving say they listen to metal rock or EDMs that can complement the adrenaline rush they experience when engaged in high octane off-road races featuring high performance vehicles like the Toyota TRD models.

Car Music Playlist : What Makes a Good Driving Music Selection

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If you are new to driving your own car, you are likely eager to put just the right collection of car music to listen to so you can alway be in the best driving mood. When it comes to setting up your car music, the rule is to let an expert do the job of installing your new car’s music system. Yet when it comes to building your playlist you need to do it yourself. After all, today’s music streaming platforms have the ability to discern your music preferences

In the UK, a brief study involving four people who drove some 405 kilometers without music and another 400 kilometers with music. In both situations, an onboard camera recorded their physical state and behavioral reactions during the entire trip. The video recordings were then analyzed by Dr. Simon Moore, a psychologist at the London Metropolitan University,

According to Dr. Moore, listening to music can negatively affect one’s driving because the stress it causes can be a distraction. However, listening to loud, music that is upbeat and with a fast tempo can be dangerous because the music mix can increase the heart rate.

Moreover, fast and loud beats can stire excitement that can make a driver focus on the music rather than fully concentrate on the road and everything that’s in it. Another danger that became apparent in the study is that fast and loud music tend to make drivers speed up to subconsciously match the beat of the song.

Just like beauty which all depends on the eye of the beholder, music depends on what appeals to the listener. Although it’s also important that it creates a positive effect on the driver of a vehicle as safety concerns and issues should be first.

Using Music Streaming Technology to Build a Playlist

Through a music streaming app you can easily build a playlist by playing selections that include the music artists you like, You can work toward building your playlist by liking a song that you want to hear often because it makes you feel good. The streaming platform’s AI on the other hand, will suggest old, older, new and newest albums containing songs similar to the types of music you previously chose or “liked.”

The technology eliminated the process of having to download singles from online music stores to be able compile the digital copies that will make up your playlists. Today building different playlists for different occasions, moods and purposes is not only easy but also free since you don’t need to pay to subscribe and listen to a streaming platform.

How to Improve and Maintain the Sound Quality of an Older Car’s Music System

If you are new to driving but using an older car, you’re probably looking to improve the sound quality of the car’s music system. If so consider upgrading the car audio system as there are new technologies that enable car stereo and audio equipment to produce clear and crisp sounds.

Also. consider upgrading the car speakers especially if they came along as factory installed speakers. There are car speakers especially designed to give car stereo systems a boost in terms of volume and clarity.

Still, upgrading your car music system is only one aspect because you have to make sure you’re giving your car the protection it needs against climate and environmental hazards. Even if you keep your car in covered garages or carports, you still need to place a cover for car that can protect your car against wild animal infestations.

In recent years, rodents, raccoons and squirrels have been making trouble for car owners, usually gnawing on electrical wirings and cable. The explanation to this is that the natural habitats of these animals have been affected by wildfires and other environmental degradations, the animals are now looking for new resources.

The Chainsmokers : World’s Highest Paid DJs

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In Forbes’ annual list of “Electronic Cash Kings” for the year 2019, The Chainsmokers came out on top for having grossed a total of $46 million in earnings.

Not surprising at all, since the year saw the dynamic pair of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart comprising The Chainsmokers EDm duo, swamped with festivals and private show engagements, on top of fulfilling the third year of their 3-year residency contract with Wynn Nightlife’s nightclubs, XS Las Vegas and Encore Beach Club. The sum totaled by Forbes, also includes earnings from music record sales and endorsements.

It must have been written in the stars that the two EDM talents are destined to meet each other, and to work successfully together. How else to explain, how two people born and raised miles apart in the U.S. and with a 4-year gap between their birth years, would become the elite pair of EDM artists in today’s highly competitive music industry.

Is Alex Pall’s personality, who was born May 16 under the Taurus zodiac, really compatible with Drew Taggart’s Saggitarian (born December 31) disposition? Astrologers say the zodiac combination is indeed compatible. Mainly because of the 12 zodiac signs under which people are born, those born under the Sagittarius and Taurus sun signs, are the most driven by the desire to fulfill ambitions in ways they believe is most unique to them.

Individually, Drew and Alex possess the talent and skills, but it seems they also have the right blend of personalities that would enable them to work together harmoniously. Moreover, their destiny as EDM deejays must have been linked, since The Chainsmokers did not start out with Alex Pall and Drew Taggart as pair.

The Chainsmokers Background Info

Alex Pall, who in 2012 was still working in an art gallery in New York, founded The Chainsmokers EDM duo with another deejay, Rhett Bixler. Through their manager, Adam Alpert, the original pair had worked 5 nights a week, via 5-hour sets in New York bars and clubs at $200 per set. However, Bixler quit in the same year. Rather than be disparaged, Alex Pall quit his art gallery job, bought the rights to The Chainsmoker franchise and looked for another partner.

In 2012, Drew Taggart on the other hand, was still working as an intern at Interscope Records while attending Syracuse University. Taggart, who has had some experience and exposure in EDM and in deejaying in Argentina, had heard from one of Alpert’s staff about the vacant Chainsmoker spot. The rest is history when Drew Taggart presented himself to Alpert, to which the latter was apparently impressed enough to introduce and recommend Drew Taggart to Alex Pall.

The Chainsmoker re-formed with Alex and Taggart as partners, and soon enough released a remix of “Medicine” by Daughter in April 2013. The release quickly rose to the number one spot on Hype Machine’s list of most loved music. Little did the two know that their combination was headed for more success in the years ahead.

The Chainsmokers and Their String of Early Successes

The 2014 “Selfie” song became a top twenty single not only in the U.S. but in several countries as well.

Their debut Extended Player (EP) “Bouquet,” released in October 2015 and its single “Roses” catapulted to the top 10 of US Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

 

“Closer”, which the duo produced and released in July 2016, featuring singer-songwriter Halsey, became their first Number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed at the top spot for 12 consecutive weeks in more than 10 countries.

Also in 2016 “Don’t Let Me Down” featuring Daya, another Billboard chartbuster, won the “Best Dance Recording of The Year” in the 59th Grammy Award.

The year 2016 was incredible for The Chainsmokers, as they also won the American Music Awards’ recognition for being the “Favorite Electronic/Dance Music Artist” and “Best Collaboration” of the year.

Year 2017 was even better as Alex and Drew’s The Chainsmoker teamup bagged the American Music Awards “Artist of the Year” and “Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group” titles.

Pointers to Remember When Setting Up Business as a Live Sound Equipment Provider

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Thinking of runniing one’s own live sound equipment company is a goal worth setting your sights on while living at the Gold Coast. After all, the city is alive 24/7 with Ozzie pubs, stylish cafes and bars where hipsters would just love to have Instagram photos taken.

Those looking to experience sharing and jamming their musical talents with others go to the best place to be in Gold Coast .. at the Home Of The Arts or HOTA. The place is a favorite haunting ground for talent searchers since this is where budding local performers hold concerts. The Outdoor Stage for one is a perfect venue for live events, being set in a large lawn with no gates and built with technical infrastructures.

 

Fulfilling one’s dream of being a provider of live sound equipment requires more than just knowledge of how every piece of equipment work, in order to produce the best audio quality with maximum efficiency. Things are not as easy once you have to deal with competition. You have to face the fact that you are not the only one who has entertained plans of setting up a company that can provide live sound equipment.

Some Important Pointers When Offering Live Sound Equipment as a Business

In any kind of business endeavour, it is quite important for you to establish your target market. That way, you will know how and to whom you will promote your business because you cannot go far by just waiting for someone to dial your number and do business with you. Knowing your competitors would be a great way to find out why performers or venues are choosing them and from there, think of ways on how you can make a difference.

It is likely that you already have established connections with local groups within your area. The fact that you are venturing into the business suggests that you have some degree of experience and expertise in providing this type of service.

One thing to always remember is that when putting your money into this business, make it a point to also put your heart into it. Treat performers you work with, with respect; keeping in mind that once they go out on stage, a great deal of their performance depends on the reliability of your equipment.

Do not forget the importance of financial planning. It is wise to have a financial model that will help you work out how much to charge and how many engagements you have to clinch in a month to get a reasonable rate of return on your investments. Since some performance markets might already be saturated, consider exploring other locations as they could have unexplored potentials.

Lastly, it always pays to have a backup plan in case some unforeseen crisis crops up. It would be wise to tie up with a reliable transport company or even a furniture removalist, if you are to venture into bringing your live sound equipment out of town. Still, you have to make sure you are contracting a removalist who has experience in handling and moving live sound equipment.

Activist EDM D.J. Marea Stamper a.k.a.“The Black Madonna” Drops Out of Amazon-linked Intersect Festival

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Marea Stamper, otherwise known in the EDM world as “The Black Madonna”, had her name and booking removed from the forthcoming Intersect music and art festival in Las Vegas, after learning of the event’s association with Amazon.

Also, well-known in the music industry as a D.J. activist, Ms. Stamper explained via a published statement that her issue with Amazon, is not just a matter of her ideology as “The Black Madonna.”

As a professional, she believes that linking her work with a company that has ties with the US Homeland Security, particularly its Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) bureau, is an ethical and moral violation of her work and faith; and most importantly, an act of transgression against the people with whom she identifies.

Had she been informed of any Amazon branding, “The Black Madonna” said she would not have accepted the offer to perform at the Intersect festival. Ms. Stamper said she continues to stand in solidarity with the workers, immigrants, demonstrators, tech laborers and all people of conscience calling for corporations to end their collaboration with the said U.S. department and agency.

As a matter of fact, she is quite disappointed that the event organizers who approached her with the offer would think she would allow herself to become part of an Amazon brand-partnering. As it was, she learned about Amazon Web Services’ involvement only during the promotion of the event.

In response, Amazon’s cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS) issued a statement with Pitchfork, saying that their affiliation with Intersect Festival was clearly indicated in the contract signed by Ms. Stamper. AWS’ claim though, was refuted by Ms. Stamper through a document provided to Resident Advisor dot net, as proof that the contract she signed did not include any mention of Amazon or AWS’ involvement.

Marea Stamper’s Background before Emerging as a Celebrated EDM Deejay

Marea Stamper went from obscurity to fame in the EDM world by starting out as a peddler of mixtapes compiled by deejays of the Midwestern underground rave scenes during the late 90s. The experience gave her the skills in blending mainstream pop tunes, hard-edge bangers, soulful disco and obscure remixes that earned her acclaim as one of the most exciting D.J.s in the EDM scene.

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In 2016, Mixmag, the dance-music magazine, named “The Black Madonna” the D.J. of the Year. The following year, she cemented that reputation by closing the 2017 edition of Spain’s Sónar music festival with a euphoric set of excellently blended eclectic music.

Electronic Dance Music Parties Draw Further Attention as Popular Haunts for Opioid Users

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Electronic Dance Music (EDM) parties have drawn attention as popular haunts of opioid users. So much so that a study conducted by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at the Meyers College of Nursing at NYU, suggests the need to focus on this increasingly popular scene as part of continuing efforts to reduce the harms caused by the growing opioid crisis.

 

The study revealed that in the past year, one (1) in 10 EDM party attendees have misused opioids beyond the national average. Estimates made in 2016 showed that nearly 11.5 million American individuals had misused opioid drugs intended as medical treatment. About 1.8 million of the users met criteria for drug abuse or dependence.

The alarming rise in opioid use has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Growth in opioid drug misuse has been touted by health and disease control authorities as a main driver in the resurgence of heroin use, and other related adverse occurrences such as the spread of Hepatitis C and HIV. and Hepatitis C.

Researchers emphasized that the study was conducted mainly on EDM party attendees as a means of highlighting the need for preventive measures concerning the high-risk group of people using opioid drugs. They made careful note that their findings, does not necessarily apply to the general population.

Researcher for the CDUHR and lead author of the study, Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, who is also an associate professor at the NYU School of Medicine for Population Health, contends that there is a need to reach this population of opioid drug users frequenting the EDM party scenes…

in order to prevent initiation and continued use, as such conditions can lead to more frequent and riskier use, dependence, and at worst, deleterious outcomes like overdose — specifically when opioids are taken in combination with other drugs,”

EDM Party Scenes as Main Focus of the CDUHR Study

The party vibes in such EDM scenes, widely known as “raves” are largely characterized by the use of electronic dance music, ostensive use of drugs, massive crowd and the free-from-restrictions environment.

CDUHR researcher Joseph Palamar said that they have always known that attendees of EDM parties are at high risk of being exposed to the use of club drugs like Molly or ecstasy. The focus on EDM scenes is the need to know the extent of opioid use in this particular population.

During the summer of 2017, the CDUHR researchers observed and interviewed 954 individuals in ages ranging between 18 and 40, poised to enter EDM parties at different dance festivals and nightclubs in New York City. Interviews revealed that almost 23.9 percent of EDM party goers have taken opioids non-medically in their lifetime; 9.8 percent of which had done so in the past year.

The recent findings are higher than the previous statistics on national prevalence, which approximated only 4 percent of adults, aged 18 years and older, while only five percent of the survey respondents admitted to misusing opioids in the past month.

Opioid non-medical use or misuse, denotes having used any one of the 18 types of known opioids, namely codeine, fentanyl, heroin, OxyContin, Percocet, and Vicodin, for purposes of getting high or in other manner not medically prescribed. At EDM parties, the highest report on opioid use was attributed to OxyContin, followed by Vicodin, Percocet, and codeine syrup usually as a concoction to party drinks like Purple Drank, Sizzurp or Lean.

Disc Jockeys are Just Like Any Hard Working Human, They Suffer from Back Pains Too

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Disc jockeys of today are no longer the traditional broadcast personalities who played music selections over the air, most often unseen, seated and confined to radio booths. DJs or Deejays can now be seen performing anywhere, and for live audiences at dance clubs, night clubs, festivals, events, parties and online radios.

In order to give life to wherever djing takes them, deejays must strive to be the live wire that electrifies a venue with energy, using their creative mixes, remixes and tracks. Everything that a dj does, he does it not just to please the crowd, but also for his own pleasure of hearing tracks of music smoothly transitioning from one selection to another. While standing behind their turntables, deejays get all wrapped up, mixing and looping one song to another,whilst looking all so cool and relaxed.

Yet despite their seemingly enviable jobs and enjoyment with what they are doing, deejays are not exempt from suffering occupational hazards. They spend long hours listening to sample sound selections, trying to bring out something new, or adding greater depth to musical arrangements. Once they take on actual deejaying work, they will stand for about four to five hours, and possibly even longer. Rarely, if ever, will any one sees a deejay seated during a set, especially when and where there are guests dancing.

Due to the complexity and strenuous nature of their work, deejays are prone to suffer from neck pain and back pain. Such conditions can be aggravated when their concentration gets messed up by turntable woes; like when the table set up itself is too low for comfort. DJ tools, like any other mechanical device, have tendencies to go faulty in ways that make a deejaying engagement stressful. Technical difficulties happen and so do back pains, which could lead to contemplations of packing one’s DJ kit for good and looking for another line of work.

Actually, those who really want their back pain to go away permanently, take a break from deejaying and undergo a medical examination. After all, back and neck pains are symptoms common to musculoskeletal disorders, especially if one’s daily routine are regarded as risk factors.

What are Musculoskeletal Disorders?

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are feelings of pain or damages occurring in the parts supporting the human body; such as the muscles, ligaments, tendons, blood vessels, discs, and the likes, which are collectively called the musculoskeletal system. The trauma or pain becomes pronounced with every bodily movement, often affecting a person’s ability to perform a task. In serious to worst cases of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly those affecting the spine, a sufferer may even have difficulty walking or standing upright without a mobility aid.

Examples of MSDs include Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Degenerative Disc Disease, Herniated Discs, Tendonitis, Tension Neck Syndrome, DMechanical Back Syndrome, Digital Neuritis, Epicondylitis and many more. Some MSDs can get better with rest and conventional medical treatments, while those that tend to linger and cause unbearable pain specifically Degenerative Disc Diseases and Herniated Discs may require surgery.

Readers can find additional information about these diseases at the Central Texas Spine Institute in Austin website.

Remembering Germany’s Studio for Electronic Music and Its Significant Contribution to the Music Industry

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The Studio for Electronic Music (SEM) of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) a German public-broadcasting institution, is an important element in the development of electronic music. Founded in October 18, 1951, SEM was the first of its kind music facility, founded on the concept of mixing electronically synthesised sounds to introduce a new genre of music.

Principal Innovators of Electronic Music

The concept of establishing a studio for creating electronic music was the brainchild of three people: Werner Meyer-Eppler, Robert Beyer, and Herbert Eimert. who for years had developed and experimented on the technical requirements for creating electronic music.

Werner Meyer-Eppler (April 30,1913 – July 08, 1960) was a Belgian-born German physicist who held lectures at the Institute for Phonetics and Communication Research of Bonn University. He was also well-known for being an experimental acoustician, a phoneticist and information theorist. The development of the basic processes of electronic music, particularly the creation of musical compositions directly on magnetic tape, is attributed to Meyer-Eppler’s experiments at the Bonn Institute.

Herbert Eimert ( April 08,1897 – December 15, 1972) was a composer, radio producer, journalist, and musicologist, who had served as the first director of the Studio for Electronic Music. Since his youth, Elmert had a penchant for revolutionizing music by organizing concerts using noise instruments. During the 1920s he wrote a book that delved on the theory of atonal music, which unfortunately resulted from his expulsion from a composition class at the Cologne Musikhochschule.

Robert Beyer, a professional sound mixer had worked at the WDR at the time of founding, as a sound editor. He brainstorned the concept of electronic music with Eppler and Elmert, by bringing forward his ideas about timbre-oriented music.

Through the years of experimentations and development of instruments that made electronic music a new music genre, the studio became home to musicians, composers and artists coming from all over the world. They were welcome to use the latest equipment, albeit the technology at the time was limited to instruments for mixing usual soundtracks as a means of creating original compositions. Nonetheless, the instrument is still in wide use up to the present.

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Artists used the Studio for Electronic Music to produce electronic music until its closure in 2000. In October 18, 2017 Google Doodle marked the importance of the studio in the history of music, by altering the Google logo to mark the studio’s 66th anniversary.

Electronic Music : A Peek into Tomas Barfod’s Brand of Music

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Electronic music is basically musical sound produced by electronically processing vibrations, like those created by electronic oscillators coming in waveforms. They are then recorded and edited and subsequently reproduced with the use of loudspeakers. Generally, electronic music is sound captured in tape, to be edited and recorded later into a more permanent form.

This type of music can now be produced and performed as “live electronic music,” played back as it is through loudspeakers, often times in combination with other musical instruments including vibrations coming from some chance elements. Using software, the composer then develops the electronic sounds into a musical composition.

This is the world of music into which Tomas Barfod, a drummer and a dance music DJ had evolved in, ever since electronic music captured his interest and musical imagination.

Who is Tomas Barfod?

Tomas Barfod, is a native of Copenhagen whose introduction to music as a drum-playing 10-year old youth initially led to a career as drummer of the duo Filur with feĺlow Danish, Kasper Bjorke. In 2003, together with Tomas Høfting (singer and bassist) and Jeppe Kjellberg (guitarist), Tomas as drummer, founded the “WhoMadeWho” band.

After nearly ten years of musical experience as band drummer, Barfod started producing his own music. In 2012, he debuted as a solo electronic music artist by releasing “Salton Sea,” an album containing a mesh of sophisticated electronically produced music. Barfod describes “Salton Sea” as some kind of laptop album, which he hardly expected to reap acclaim and praises.

The success of his debut album, set a higher bar for his next project. To which Tomas devoted extra time in working with analogue instruments, and in developing string arrangements with “WhoMadeWho” guitarist Jeppe Kjellberg.

Year 2014, saw the release of Barfod’s second album, “Love Me,” where his coalescence of anàlog and real music were enhanced by the vocals of Nina Kinert (Pulsing), by singer-songwriter Luke Temple (Bell House) and by twitching of synths by Eddie Chacon (Happy). “Love Me” is multi-textured as it presents electronic music experience between danceable sounds softened by Nina’s soft, evocative croon.

After “Love Me,” Tomas Barfod released two more albums: “Glory” in 2015 and “Paloma” 2017.

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