This is soooooooo cool, especially for the Home Haunter!
At Transworld we came accross a vendor, www.onlyfactorydirect.com they had this great product "Huge Pro Audio Sound Compact MP3 Speaker". A long name for a small product. This will be available in June and the cost is $99.99, which may seem like a lot but look at what ALL it can do!!
Here is what the flyer said:
This Podium Pro Audio speaker is perfect for all your haunting applications. This speaker has huge sound, a compact package and versatile connections. The most exciting features of this speaker is the built in MP3 player and 12 hour battery. No more fumbling over wires or skipping CD's. You simply download your track and the included USB device, plug it in and you are ready to haunt. This speaker is a great solution for your animatronic displays.
Output power: 30W
Equalization: Treble, Bass
Clean and Over Drive Channel
Speaker: 4 ohm 8"
CD Input
USB Input
Dimensions: (W.H.D): 285x220x360mm
Weight: 9.5kg
Built-in Rechargeable Battery with Level Indicator
Lasts over 12 Hours Two-wheel System with Retractable Handle for Easy Portability
Model: PPM8
What I liked about this unit is the sound, it has great/deep bass so no tinny sounds or music, the rechargable battery so you don't have to have extension cords to run it. With this unit you could have sound where ever you need it without messing with cd's, cords, or cheap sounding speakers. If you compare the price to a "good" sounding boombox it's not too far off, if not cheaper!
www.theghostess.com
This is a great web site! I came across this site as I was searching the web for corpsing. I quickly discovered that this site has many different prop how to's available, ones that are awesome and some that are different that I have not seen else where. Along with the how to's there are a lot of great tips!
If you have halloween parties/events you will love the how to's and tips for invitations, recipes, decorating and more!
Also on the menu on the left don't forget to click on the different years listed, these are links to photos of their haunt of that particular year!
Take some time and check this site out, you will get some great ideas!
"One of the very first magazines in the industry, Fright Times magazine
was created in 1996 by John Denley of Boneyard Productions. Issue #1
went to print in spring of 1997 and it took off like a storm.
"The issues continued to get larger and more widely published and continued
until issue #14 in the winter of 2001. In 2002, John stopped producing
Fright Times magazine and went off to focus on a music career and
went on to produce quite a few albums."
Here is a quote from John Denley the creator of the magazine:
As most of you know, I am a haunt builder and consultant and soon Fright Times became a full time job. I simply had to choose between creating the haunts or running the magazine. So it came that I retired Fright Times until I could find someone who could bring the same promise and excitement to industry. I have had many offers to purchase the magazine from those who thought themselves competitors but I waited until the situation and the time was right. Now is that time and I proudly have turned it over to the capable and trustworthy hands of Rob Kocher of the National Haunters Convention and The Village of Darkness.
Fright Times can once again reach out to haunters both new an old and do what we do best, share information
and get you the latest in "How- To" wizardry and haunt news! As for me, I will humbly stay onboard as a regular
contributor and I invite you to get involved as well. So without further adieu, I simply must say, "It's Alive
Again… Long Live Fright Times!"
"Sin"cerely
John Denley
The magazine is being re-released April 2010, the price will be $20 for 2 issues a year, issues released in April and in October.
"One of the very first magazines in the industry, Fright Times magazine
was created in 1996 by John Denley of Boneyard Productions. Issue #1
went to print in spring of 1997 and it took off like a storm.