Arizona Air Conditioning

The one home appliance which makes us stay cool through out our home, is none other than the air conditioner. This machine is present in almost in every home and office these days. Today, it is very hard to find a house without AC (Air Conditioner) either because people want to stay comfortable with the heat, or to keep their homes and family breathing well.

There are a number of companies which manufacture ACs. They come in different models and they also vary in functionality. However, the basic concept is that their engineering work to keep your surroundings cool and at a consistent temperature.

Once you have purchased the AC, you may think your work is done. No, there are other considerations after it is installed as well. Like any other mechanical appliance, it also needs to be serviced at regular intervals. If you are a resident of Arizona, the task of repairing your AC and servicing it is very easy. Arizona heating and air conditioning is one of the best companies in your local area and doing this work of repairing and maintaining it. The staff at Jay's Comfort Team, not only provide servicing of the AC but they also sell, install and maintain AC's and heating systems.

Their main focus is on the quality of service to you and the air conditioner. The Phoenix heating and air conditioning company provides the fastest response in the Phoenix Arizona area. Its is trusted by more than 30,000 homes and businesses in your area. Arizona heating and air conditioning also sells energy efficient systems, water heaters and accessories to all these appliances for your home.

The AC team led by Jay is an APS Qualified contractor. They offer top quality systems and service in the entire valley of Arizona. Time to contact Jay's Comfort Team.

Voice-Over Artist

Photographers who produce multimedia photo essays are notoriously voice-over calamities...flat, unfunny...you name it. I ought to know...I break into a cold sweat whenever I have to do a voice-over (which is rare).

Audio will make or break a multimedia photo essay, so a lifeless or unattractive voice-over (when needed) will doom one's product.

But here's a natural talent who ought to be employed as a voice-over artist by photographers, in radio or even on television. So here's a chance to do good and employ this man!

Via Duckrabbit.

Nagore Sessions: Sufi Song

A recent article appearing in The New York Times on music used in some of the city's yoga centers led me to the Nagore Sessions. These are Sufi chants accompanied by percussion from the Middle East and contemporary Western instruments.

While the musicians are from many different nationalities, faiths and backgrounds and came together to produce the Nagore Sessions, the singers (Abdul Ghani, Ajah Maideen and Sabur Maideen Babha Sabeer) are Sufis from India. They usually perform at religious and social ceremonies at the Sufi shrine of Nagore Dargah in coastal Tamil Nadu.

This song follows the qawwali style as it includes verses praising God, but I'm also told that it's sung in Tamil. Traditional Qawwali songs are mostly sung in Urdu and Punjabi, and a few in Persian.

Finding this is timely, as one of the highlights of my forthcoming In Search of the Sufis of Gujarat Photo Expedition™ is to document the Gujarati Siddis who have retained their Sufi heritage.

One of my long-term projects involves the various Sufi traditions in the Middle East and South Asia, and the Nagore Sessions reminds me of my work with the Gnawa (aka Gnaoua) of Morocco. These are also traditional Sufi music performers, albeit with African roots. During the Essaouira Gnawa festival, a number of international performers played fusion music alongside the Gnawa musicians....incredible mind-blowing stuff!!

I've produced a multimedia photomovie Gnawa: The Sufis of Africa of some of the performers at the 2009 festival.