Banderas is excellent with his Spanish accent that suits right with Puss in Boots's profile and also again gets a chance to play Zorro.

Throughout movie you can find nasty references to movies like Spider-Man, The Wizard of Oz, The Lord of Rings, The Matrix and Charlie's Angels. The original sound tracks of film are music to ears, and computer animation - gorgeous!

Though its only rarely that an idea of a sequel works, in this case, storyline picks up seamlessly from first film and doesn't feel forced at all. Shrek 2 is downright funny and wonderful - a must-see for young and old.

Chris N. Fernando is a Sr. Staff Writer with Magazine 360 - an IT magazine published by ITNation, Mumbai (India). He has also worked as Technical Editor with Peer Technical Services and as Reporter for PCQuest and Living Digital magazines. He also writes for The Cheers.com.

6.Know When To Quit. Recording often leads to diminishing returns. Spending 20 hours in a row at recording session isn’t going to make your song twice as good as spending 10 hours. This rule also applies to mixing. If you’re tired, call session and come back next day fresh and ready.

7.Record Alone. Don’t bring your friends, family, parents or anyone else into your sessions. As fun as it may be, you are there to do a job and record best music possible. If you are a millionaire, then by all means, have a party at studio, but don’t count on getting anything done.

8.Mix and Match. After letting engineer do first rough mix alone (which he should) do an A/B comparison of your mix to some of your favorite CDs. Remember that production CDs you are listening to have already been mastered. But it’s a good way to compare levels and panning.

9.Bring Spares. Always bring spare strings, drum heads, bass strings, water bottles, throat lozenges, etc to a session. You’ll always need one thing you forgot to bring, so bring it all and leave them at studio until your recordings are finished.

10.Have Fun! This is THE most important point of all. Creating and recording music isn’t rocket science. Although there is a science involved, you should let engineer worry about that. If you’re not having fun, then you’re in wrong business!

© 2004 Richard Dolmat (Digital Sound Magic)