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Monday, July 6, 2009

The Joy Of Family And Music

By Aimee Jones

Nowadays, if you would notice, our surroundings are full of noise. Noise coming from vehicles, people talking or shouting, the sound of a loud television, dogs barking and even fireworks on some occasions. And even if you're sleeping, you can hear car engines still traveling at night or maybe your air conditioner inside your room, they make noises too. Sounds could be irritating or pleasing to our ears, and when we think of music, most of the time it's nice to listen with it.

When I was a kid, my mom would usually tell me stories on how she met my father. My mom performs as a singer, while my dad performs as the drummer in the band.

My sister and I grew up listening to their music most of the time. My mom would always record all of the songs that she has sung and give it to us to listen to. My father then would teach us how to sing them properly and make us record our own songs as well

Music is not something that when you learn how to do it you just perform and that's it. My mom would usually tell us how she thinks of us often whenever she sings and that she is dedicating each and every song to me, my sister and my dad. She said that it's the secret to a good performance, to put feelings while singing and that it never fails her during the height of her career.

There are times when we as a family would just sit and sing most hours of the day, my father once said that one of his greatest possessions is the ability to make music which he would like us to continue as well. Dad knows how to play guitars, drums and piano, he can sing very well too.

I think music is a great thing to have in a family. You could be the singer or the drummer, the guitarist or the pianist, whatever your interest maybe, it will sure be fun for everyone.

Music is also a way to express your self. You may not be the person who sings well or plays instruments, but music is always available even just for listening. Music has different genres that you can choose from so can select which king to listen to depending on you moods and even make yourself free from stress since music can make your mind relax, especially the classic ones.

My love for music will always be there as my love for my family as well. Music helps me remember good things about them and will always remind me wherever I go. - 18423

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Do It Yourself Seo

By Darcy Dole

Create Social Networking Profiles: On a weekly basis, create 1-2 profiles on social media sites. Find sites in your niche or industry, as well as sites that have a high PageRank and can bring in relevant traffic. Once you've found reputable sites, build html backlinks from those sites back to your web site. (Weekly)

Create Alerts On Q&A Web sites: Set up alerts that allow you to monitor Q&A sites like Yahoo Answers and WikiAnswers for questions that are asked and are relevant to your industry. When you get an alert that a relevant question has been asked, respond to those questions as a way to establish yourself as an authority in your industry and to build backlinks and traffic to your web site. (Daily)

Perform Social Bookmarking Tasks: Once you've created quality content on your site, use social bookmarking sites to bookmark the content. Social bookmarking should be done with every post you believe is of the highest quality. How to posts, lists, and industry roundups or reviews fare well on social bookmarking web sites. (Per Post)

Buzz: Monitor the keywords you've selected to target and respond every time those keywords are mentioned in blog posts, forums, twitter status updates, or articles on the web. Blog commenting, forum responses, and social networking commenting are tasks you should be doing on a daily basis. (Daily)

Content Generation: Write how-to and informative articles and post them on high PageRank and highly trafficked sites. In the resource box, link back to your web site with one or two keywords. Monitor social networking sites, industry newsletters, and google blogs for ideas for new content. (Weekly)

Keep An Eye On Competitive Backlinks: You should be monitoring your competition to find out what they're doing as far as SEO and web site updates, but are you monitoring the backlinks that they are getting? Every time you get an alert (or manually check) that a new backlink is created to your competitors site, try to procure a backlink from that web site to your site. (Weekly)

COnsider Directory Submission: Search for relevant directories that you can submit your web site to. Quality directories will have a high PageRank and include categories that are relevant to your niche. (Weekly) - 18423

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Guitar Instructional DVD: Set Your Own Goals

By Orien Graham

Like you probably have done, I have read a ton of interviews with great players and articles written by many of these same players. I often found it frustrating whenever the subject of learning to play guitar came up or when advice was offered on improving one's playing. With a small number of exceptions, very little time and space was offered on this.

Despite the fact that many successful don't really talk much about this, you can find some that do. Believe me, becoming successful is a lot more than just practicing and luck! REMEMBER that their strategies won't necessarily work for you because your goals may be different than theirs were. Still you can learn from it.

Remember that its ok to daydream and fantasize about where you are planning to go, but it can't stop there. Don't wish without planning! Don't dream without doing! And always, always, have a strategy.

Create a strategy! You need a strategy that will layout exactly how you are going to reach your goals. Dreaming alone won't take you anywhere. Telling yourself that you are going to play your guitar everyday isn't enough. There is a lot more that goes into being an excellent player than simply playing your guitar.

For instance, the process may go like this: I notice I have trouble with a fast scale passage in a piece I am playing. I notice a particular note starts disappearing when I reach a certain speed. The note is being missed.

Now that we have the proper attitude in focus, let's talk about how to go about "managing" the process of changing bad playing habits. How do we actually conduct ourselves, and our practicing and playing? As I have said, some people become paralyzed, afraid to play, afraid of undoing work done in practice sessions by what they do when they play. And for those who play professionally, it is of course, absolutely necessary that they continue to play, even if they are doing "remedial" work on their technique.

You can undo bad habits you have learned along the way. You can begin the process of undoing bad habits right away, when you begin to acquire the correct understandings, and use the approaches based on them.

For instance, practice chord changes. Perhaps switching from an F barre chord to a D open is driving you crazy. Spend ten minutes going over and over the change. - 18423

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Music Theory Affects Business Psychology of Everyone

By Bjorn Bringhorman

Human nature plays a large part in whether or not person decide to make a purchase. Studying all the financial resources is important as well as meeting their desires.

Consumer satisfaction is likely going to win over anything else. Time and time again business has used psychology along with music theory to fuel desires. Products promoted will likely be able to satisfy the shopper. Melodic persuasions will draw people in to try something new or even reinforce something old and familiar. Big business knows this and that is why they keep promoting well known products and refresh the ads with new tunes.

Just like when stores put the higher price, name brand products on the eye level shelves - this is reinforcing all the ads people have been exposed to. There may even be a cook making food samples for shoppers to try. All this is a reinforcement of the advertising that has been done. And just like the importance of visual marketing - music theory plays a great part in promotion. When exposed to the tuneful ads for products consumers experience memories. They are of good experiences drawn up from the subconscious. In the same moment new thoughts are produced, also becoming stored.

Essentially for sales and service there is no way around music. The concept of tone and how it plays on the consumer's mind is well recognized. Music theory is a class in action throughout business. Even as melodies are played for people behind the scenes, affecting production - melodies are also being used to grab a buyer's attention. This is a comprehensive concept that takes hold of the psychology of everyone. As inspiration produces ad copy harmony is employed to put the seal on the deal. Nothing else replaces the powerful effect that music plays in product promotion.

There is not any area that is not affected by music one way or another. Intelligence testing has even been linked to when children studied music theory with music lessons. Knowing the psychological effect of music theory on business will help foster growth and even develop a more harmonious work environment. When looking at the bottom line where profits are the goal - satisfaction can abound. Any expense toward employing music in business pays off. And the other great thing is that music doesn't have to cost much to make a difference. - 18423

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Smart Suggestions in Choosing Learn Piano Software

By Michael Mickey Charles

Not knowing much about the piano, it can be a bit daunting trying to understand the different musical terms and piano terminology while searching for the correct learn piano software. Therefore, if you research and learn a little bit about the music and piano instrument, your efforts will definitely pay off when choosing the right software. The piano is one of the most complex and entertaining instruments around, capable of producing a number of music genres.

When trying to become more familiar with piano, your computer may be the best place to begin. The online world offers many sites that will help you decode difficult musical language and may even help you to decide on what style and genre of music that you would most enjoy playing. There are also many online piano tutorials and lessons that you can download for free.

Though these sites will not likely offer you the same in-depth guidance that your learn piano software will provide, they can be a great place to start, and to see if the piano is the best choice of instrument for you to begin with.

In addition, you can visit online chat rooms and board forums to glean suggestions on the best type of learn piano software to further your musical education. The public piano forums can provide excellent referrals and leads in addition to handy advice regarding learn piano software, particularly when it comes to installation and use.

When you feel as though you are educated enough to make the right decision to purchase your learn piano software it is time to start researching which programs are best suited for your musical intentions.

It is important to know the technical aspects of your computer because any software you choose will need to be compatible in terms of hard drive space, memory and more. If possible, choose a software product that has a money back guarantee, particularly if you have no piano experience whatsoever.

Select a product that has a money back guarantee when possible, particularly when the piano is an untried area for you. Your enthusiasm for learning to play could wan after a while, and if you finally acknowledge that that piano program is not for you, you could return it, losing only time, not money. - 18423

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