Don Omar, reggaeton’s star

William Omar Landrón, better known as Don Omar to his fans, was born February 10, 1978 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Today, he has proved himself to be one of the kings of reggaeton and become one of the most prominent artists on the ever-growing list of reggaeton’s finest. His voice adds a unique soulful sound to the reggaeton genre.

Don Omar performed with several groups, and eventually caught the eye of Hector El Bambino, of duo Hector and Tito. Hector was so impressed with Landron’s sound and style, that he soon began to work on collaborations with various artists, including his work with the 9 Plagues. With his first solo release on MVP he has demonstrated to the world of reggaeton that not only is he an accomplished composer and producer, but he is a powerhouse behind the microphone as well.

Landron is best known for his songs Dile and Dale Don Dale from his first album “The Last Don” which has sold over 60, 000 copies. Don Omar added one more success to with his album, “The Last Don Live.” It includes new tracks Pobre Diabla and Carta a un Amigo as well as his old songs preformed live, which allows you to experience them as if you are actually at one of his concerts. His most recent contributions to reggaeton include the smash hit Dile a Ella featuring Magnate y Valentino and he has produced a successful album called “Los Bandeleros.”

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William Omar Landron (“Don Omar”) is today, one of the most recognized Urban/Reggaeton artists. Under his record label, VI Music, he recently achieved Platinum with his album “The Last Don Live”. He began performing at a young age, and enjoyed being part of many groups including the Christian Rappers. Don Omar’s passion for music has served to create a rich fabric of experience and has lead to his contributing to more than 20 Rap albums. (Disco El pentagono Don Omar).

Shortly after launching “The Last Don,” Don Omar sold more than 350,000 copies and received industry recognition including “Latin Pop Album of the Year” and “New Artist & Latin Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year” by the Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2003. The award signified a milestone for Don Omar, VI Music and his management team, Xtreme management, as the album enabled Don Omar to realize his goal of becoming an international artist.

“The Last Don Live” was a result of incredible collaboration, involving more than 100 people. A collaboration resulting in a two day, sold out concert in the Roberto Clemente stadium, only four months after the initial launch of his album. He has been the first within this music genre, to sell out the most important venue in Puerto Rico, three times over.

“The Last Don Live” is a fusion of more than fourteen musicians conducted by Eduardo Reyes; composer of many international artists including Melina León, JIVE 5 and Christian Castro. For the first time in Reggaeton’s history, instruments were used live during the recording of the album. In addition, Emilio Estefan, one of the music industry’s most recognized producers, took a keen interest in Don Omar, producing “Carta a un Amigo”. Other highly acknowledged collaborations include Dale Don Dale, Aunque te Fuiste, Guayaquil, Asi Soy y Pobre Diabla. The album also enjoys the participation of many other influential artists including Andy Montanez, who for years, has been one of Puerto Rico’s largest Star as well as Glory, Gallego, Tego Calderon and Hector and Tito “Los Bambinos”.

This album also introduced Don Omar as a solo artist and has allowed him to successfully expand his fan base globally. “The Last Don Live” was produced by Hector “El Bambino” and also had other influential contributions from Eliel and LunyTuns as lead DJ’s as well as Eduardo Reyes with theme song, “Guayaquil”. (Disco Don Omar King of Kings).

For the production of “MVP,” he recorded “Dale don Dale” which sold 100,000 copies in Spanish speaking countries. The success of this recording led to his establishment within Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries, allowing him to quickly become one of the most recognized Rap/Reggaeton artists.

Don Omar has been involved with other projects including “Grayskull” (Te Estás Calentado), “The Godfather” (Dejala), “Da’ Flex” (Acorralala),”Unwrapped” (Tu Fotografía), Mas Flow (Entre tu y yo) to name a few. Don Omar has also partnered with Gloria Estefan, Andy Montanez, Franky J, and Panamanian group, Los Rabanes.

Both a singer and composer, Don Omar has made a significant impact on the Spanish market, participating in three sold-out concerts which filled the Canary Island’s venues with more than 31,000 fans. (Disco Don Omar Los Bandoleros).

His impact on Reggaeton has also been felt outside of the Studio through his recent partnership with UMBRO, a globally recognized football brand to launch the Don Omar casual clothing collection, the first urban clothing line launched by a Latin artist. The line is being distributed by Foot Locker in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Don Omar and UMBRO initiated the partnership in November of 2004 as an extension of the artist’s intent to bridge his creativity to a clothing line that best captures and represents the energy of Reggaeton and the urban lifestyle. This endeavor has special meaning for Don Omar and after enjoying extraordinary sales, of his first tennis shoe, he recognized this launch would have a significant impact on his foundation Treasure Kids Fund.

Founded in 2004, Treasure Kids Fund is an organization created by Don Omar, dedicated to autistic children. Proceeds from the sales of his second tennis shoe will be donated to the organization.

Don Omar continues to expand awareness for Reggaeton music, becoming one of the few artists in this music genre to embark on global tours through some of the largest cities in Europe, U.S. and Central and South America.

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Pin Collecting: A Friendly Obsession

Pins are a hot collectible that offer an added advantage over other collections – they are small and do not take up much room. Pins are available in many motifs and themes. Some of the most collectible themes are Disney characters, sports teams, and Hard Rock Cafe. The first rule of pin collecting is to specialize. If you like the San Diego Padres baseball team, for instance, you can start pin collecting with souvenir pins that celebrate this team. Or try pins of professional golfers or golf equipment. And just because these themes are popular doesn’t mean you have to collect them. Be original and collect what you like.

Many pins are centered around modern entertainments, but many pin collecting enthusiasts collect campaign pins from election campaigns. Buttons are a similar item and are collected by many of the same people who do pin collecting. Pins created to advertise businesses and services are also very collectible.

To display pins you have several options. When you wear a jacket with lapels, you can wear a few of your favorite small pins. The same goes for wearing a cowboy hat or a vest. Many pin collectors wear a few on the front of a cowboy hat. Tote bags, purses, and fanny packs are another place where some pins can be displayed.

Of course, as you get into pin collecting, you will soon find that you have too many to wear the entire collection at one time. A bulletin board, perhaps covered with a plain piece of fabric, like dark blue velvet, makes a nice backdrop for a pin collection. The pins can either be pinned into the cork of the bulletin board through the velvet or attached to the velvet first.

Another way to display and store pins is in a notebook. This method works well if you wish to take some of your pins to an event where you can do some trading with other pin collectors. To make the notebook, purchase sheets of hard felt or craft foam. Either punch holes in the side so they fit into a looseleaf binder, or slip the pages into page protectors after attaching the pins to the pages. The type of looseleaf binder that zips closed is the best to use for pin collecting.

Sometimes pins get scratched, especially if they are stored in a notebook arrangement such that they hit each other. The scratches can be smoothed over with a tiny bit of liquid car wax (Check your allergy test first). Future scratching can be avoided by using page protectors in notebook collections.

Pin collecting is a very popular hobby, at lease as popular as bass fishing. You can find groups of likeminded people with which to trade pins, making pin collecting a hobby that helps people make friends.

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Watch For Signs Of Burnout During Cycling Training

Careful planning and periods of low intensity may keep an athlete from burning out while training for competition.

Athlete Burnout

Excessive training and a schedule that is simply too full can lead to burnout, to put it in simple terms, An athlete who is engaged in training for a major meet or has a daily schedule of cycling training while preparing for competition must, of course, be very focused. In fact, it is essential that this athlete have training goals at the top of his or her priority list.

However, the athlete that has not other interests or who does not allow time for relaxation is flirting with danger. The spectre of mental or physical breakdown is always there when the schedule pushes beyond reasonable limits.

If this period of overtraining continues the chances increase for the athlete to begin to lose his or her motivation for training. Even if the training methods are innovative and enjoyable at first, the repetition can make training seem stale and, in the athletes mind, unnecessary. Several experts and experienced professionals have considered this phenomena in books and videos that deal with training for competition.

Results Suffer

When boredom or dread becomes part of the mindset during an intense training period, the results will not be what they could be. Athletes even get the feeling of being let down, when they begin to blame other people or factors for their training failures or their poor race results. This is an area that needs to be watched very closely, according to the top running and cycling training professionals.

Those with experience in the field watch for such symptoms as continued fatigue, unusual levels of pain in the muscles, inability to sleep as competition approaches and mood changes. Any of these could be an indication of too much training that is leading to burnout. Talking with an athlete during the later stages of training for a major competition may uncover a general feeling of concern that seems to have no basis in injury or training results.

What Can The Athlete Do?

Any program of exercise or training should start slowly and increase in moderate steps. Training schedules should be upgraded gradually so that the athlete does not get burned out. A good base cycling training program will include only necessary repetition. While repeating actions is essential for athletic success, there is usually a point at which results actually suffer, rather than improve, because of repetition. Alternating short periods of intense work with times of low physical and mental stress may even bring back some of the enthusiasm for training in an athlete that is approaching the trouble zone.

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