Dominic Saldhana (b. 1926), fondly called "Uncle Dom", is an Indian tenor saxophonist. He is known for his warm mellow tone and lyrical playing qualities among the Jazz musicians in Bangalore. Renowned for his repertoire and encyclopaedic knowledge about songs, he is gifted with excellent memory.
Dominic was born in Goa. He learnt saxophone in Mumbai. He later on moved to Kolkata and Delhi before settling in Bangalore. His family lives in Goa.
Dominic admires Stan Getz. Influences of Stan Getz and Lester Young are evident in his playing. He uses a Conn 10M tenor saxophone.
Dominic also plays Clarinet and Violin, though he doesn't perform on them in public.
Dominic plays saxophone at Central Park hotel located in Manipal Centre, Bangalore on all evenings, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Sundays alone he plays during afternoons 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. He plays mostly Jazz and Pop songs with keyboard accompaniment by Sam.
Samples
*Download song "She's Always A Woman To Me"
*Download song "Sound Of Music"
*Download song "Tennessee Waltz"
*Download song "Power Of Love"
Dominic was born in Goa. He learnt saxophone in Mumbai. He later on moved to Kolkata and Delhi before settling in Bangalore. His family lives in Goa.
Dominic admires Stan Getz. Influences of Stan Getz and Lester Young are evident in his playing. He uses a Conn 10M tenor saxophone.
Dominic also plays Clarinet and Violin, though he doesn't perform on them in public.
Dominic plays saxophone at Central Park hotel located in Manipal Centre, Bangalore on all evenings, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., except Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Sundays alone he plays during afternoons 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. He plays mostly Jazz and Pop songs with keyboard accompaniment by Sam.
Samples
*Download song "She's Always A Woman To Me"
*Download song "Sound Of Music"
*Download song "Tennessee Waltz"
*Download song "Power Of Love"
Vast Banket is a Dutch company that makes a wide variety of baked goods and cakes. Vast Banket was founded By Professor Banket in the late 19th century as a rival firm to Dr. Oetker. Professor Banket was the original invetor of baking soda in co-operation with Dr. Oetker. Dr. Oetker claimed responibility for the discovery solely inflaming the Banket family. Improving upon the joint discovery, Professor Banket went in to the baked goods business in his native Netherlands. Today the rivalry between the Oetker family and the Banket family is fierce and this rivalry is mirrored by the rivalry between the battling behemoths of the European baked goods market; Dr. Oetker and Vast Banket.
Erik Asorson (born June 16, 1980 in Yucca Valley, California) is a computer graphics artist, art director, game producer, businessman, video game developer and writer.
Career
Asorson began studying computer graphics in 1994. His professional career as a video game artist began in 1998 when he was hired by startup video game developer Loki Software in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2000 he was hired by Liquid Entertainment in Thousand Oaks, California to develop graphics for the ground-breaking real-time strategy game Battle Realms. In 2002 he returned to Las Vegas to work for 3d6 Games developing graphics for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance platform while continuing his relationship with Liquid Entertainment as an outside consultant on the games The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring and Dungeons and Dragons: Dragonshard. In 2004 Asorson worked onsite at Electronic Arts on The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth and as an external contractor on Microsoft's Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. Asorson has also contributed artwork to several independently developed video games including Radioactive-Software's Urban Empires and Phosphor by Rasterwerks. He is the founder of ; a computer graphics outsourcing firm, based out of Big Bear, California.
Writing
Asorson has written several articles, usually with a philosophical or subversive tone. In 2003 he authored seven articles for the online column Game Artist’s Perspective where he attacked standard video game industry practices and closely held beliefs like mandatory unpaid overtime, commonly known as "crunch time" and the over-hyped value of a college education. His article entitled: “The Zen of the Professional Artist” was published in the February 2004 issue of Game Developer Magazine. It recommended an attitude of detachment toward one’s work as opposed to the zealously passionate approach commonly cited as a prerequisite for success in creative careers.
Pacific Crest Trail Atlas
Asorson hiked the 2,660 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in 2007. After his return he began development of a new series of map-centric guidebooks entitled , scheduled for release in 2008.
Major Works
(Spring 2008)
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (2006), Microsoft Game Studios
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (2005), Atari, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002), SEGA Corporation, THQ, Inc.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf (2002), Crave Entertainment, Inc.
The Revenge of Shinobi (2002), SEGA Corporation, THQ, Inc.
Battle Realms (2001), Crave Entertainment, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Career
Asorson began studying computer graphics in 1994. His professional career as a video game artist began in 1998 when he was hired by startup video game developer Loki Software in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2000 he was hired by Liquid Entertainment in Thousand Oaks, California to develop graphics for the ground-breaking real-time strategy game Battle Realms. In 2002 he returned to Las Vegas to work for 3d6 Games developing graphics for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance platform while continuing his relationship with Liquid Entertainment as an outside consultant on the games The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring and Dungeons and Dragons: Dragonshard. In 2004 Asorson worked onsite at Electronic Arts on The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth and as an external contractor on Microsoft's Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends. Asorson has also contributed artwork to several independently developed video games including Radioactive-Software's Urban Empires and Phosphor by Rasterwerks. He is the founder of ; a computer graphics outsourcing firm, based out of Big Bear, California.
Writing
Asorson has written several articles, usually with a philosophical or subversive tone. In 2003 he authored seven articles for the online column Game Artist’s Perspective where he attacked standard video game industry practices and closely held beliefs like mandatory unpaid overtime, commonly known as "crunch time" and the over-hyped value of a college education. His article entitled: “The Zen of the Professional Artist” was published in the February 2004 issue of Game Developer Magazine. It recommended an attitude of detachment toward one’s work as opposed to the zealously passionate approach commonly cited as a prerequisite for success in creative careers.
Pacific Crest Trail Atlas
Asorson hiked the 2,660 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in 2007. After his return he began development of a new series of map-centric guidebooks entitled , scheduled for release in 2008.
Major Works
(Spring 2008)
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (2006), Microsoft Game Studios
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard (2005), Atari, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002), SEGA Corporation, THQ, Inc.
Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf (2002), Crave Entertainment, Inc.
The Revenge of Shinobi (2002), SEGA Corporation, THQ, Inc.
Battle Realms (2001), Crave Entertainment, Inc., Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Coleman S. Leuthy (1930- ) is a resident of Seattle, Washington. He is an accomplished mountaineer, mycologist, and naturalist who taught chemistry. He is the former president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society. Leuthy was featured in a mountaineering article in the June 27, 1959 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, because he led the third successful attempt of the Ptarmigan Traverse in Washington State's North Cascade mountain range.