In recent years the American Drug companies have opened a floodgate of drugs onto the American people. Often times the drugs are designed to treat minor irritations, or as more often is the case, disorders that simply did not exist fifteen years ago. And its not that we've recently discovered many of these disorders, its that many of these disorders were invented as a marketing campaign for a nearly useless chemical compound that a drug company has found a use for. Which is not to say that all drugs fall under this terrible category. Plenty of conditions out there warrant the use of drugs, and without these drugs many people would suffer far more than they have to now. The problem lies within the fact that drug companies are now chemically treating lifestyle symptoms, and not just medical conditions.

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After a long wait Sleep Deprived Productions finally has its new Demo Reel ready for display! This is the culmination of years of work and experience. As with any demo reel, its only as current as the most recent job. Which is why so few ever get completed; because there's always another job. Thanks to summer 2008 there was finally a little time to put one of these things together for the general public!

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The Phoenix based Native American group Clan Destine II are finishing up work on their new album, "Operation Peace" at Trampled Fruit Records right now and are looking to release this much awaited opus sometime soon in the early fall of 2008. They have spent almost every day in the studio since January 2008 and have been working diligently to make "Operation Peace" truly unique!

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In a world where recording capabilities are moving more and more into the hands of the consumer, what incentive is there for independent artist to go into an expensive studio? The technology today allows the everyday musician to be the everyday recording engineer as well. The big record companies are scrambling to make up for lost CD sales, while music downloading is bigger than ever. So, does it make any sense at all to fork over your hard earned dough on a fancy studio? Couldn't you just buy some software and do it yourself at home?

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If you don't already know about Google Analytics you and your company are missing out on a great resource and a vast amount of business potential. Google analytics give you more information and guidance on the performance of your web site than just about any other tool available today!

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The Sleep Deprived Productions site is in full swing and visitors from all over the world are starting to flock in! This is really exciting for us and we're looking forward to a bright future! Now our biggest albatross hanging around our necks is getting all of our content posted. We had initially hoped to get it all up and posted by the end of April, but now it's looking like the middle of May. I'm not too hurt by this, and I hope that you're not either! Thanks for stopping by! Keep checking us out since this site is only going to get better!

Recently, there have been a number of cases involving sound effects companies that are offering "free" sound effects as an enticement for people to sign up for their free accounts. Often times this is in order to harvest email addresses and names for marketing purposes or to sell lists to other marketing companies. The problem is that some of these sites are using copyrighted materials illegally. When companies do this they are not only neglecting their customer's rights to privacy, but also placing them in potentially precarious legal dangers from the rightful copyright owners.

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Over the coarse of the last few months, Sleep Deprived Productions has been pouring its heart and soul into uploading and adding new sound effects. It's a task that involves a lot of patience and motivation. The world of sound is never-ending, and thus needs constant attention, and a fresh ear for new things. Sometimes that means taking requests and finding out what other people may be after that we, as sound recordists, may not have thought to record before.

We will be uploading and adding new sounds until the end of time, but currently we are putting up bulks of sounds. We spent several months going through the world recording everything that we could get our hands on, and now it's the time to move all these up to the internet. Why the bulk-style work? Up until very recently Sleep Deprived Productions only focus was on visual effects work, music production, video and film editing, and 3D modeling and animation. The sound effects are a new venture and until March of 2008, the infrastructure did not exist for this new sound library.

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Sound Effects are present in almost every media that you see and hear on a daily basis. From television, movies, and shorts to web sites, and digital music sound effects help tie the pieces together for your brain to understand. Their importance can easily be measured by their absence, when our minds quickly pick out the inconsistency.

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Sound effects are an integral part of any production. They bring a sense of realism to movies, television, short films, music, video games and a host of other applications. While foley and sound effects often cross each others paths, they are not the same thing. What we are doing at Sleep Deprived Productions is attempting to make a list of foley-like sound effects to enhance your ability to add realism to your production at a great price!

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