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Here’s a couple of contrasting opinions for you;

“Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.”   Bill Cosby.

“Music is what unifies” Seu-ma-tsen, Chinese philosopher.

I guess it comes down to the question my good friend Fritz Kundler has posed; Do you wear your music or listen to it?   Does this song make me look fat? 

Without a doubt, many people wear their music which is a function, as Mr. Cosby has pointed out, of creating an identity that is sparate from the previous generation. This has gone on, no doubt, since before Rome and, rather than being a highly original identity, it is a tenuous one, blown about by fashion and dictated by, as Fritz points out, men in suits.

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The business of marketing books has gone the exact same way that the business of marketing music has previously gone with containerless product. Book readers are the booming business, replacing video games, which is falling on its rear.
Publishers have taken the exact same stance that record companies have already assumed, that is to get published, the publisher wants to see a ready made reader base. The author is expected to deal with the promotions of the book. This is the same as the record companies which want the same thing, basically; a group with a large fan base already built.
It’s sort of like getting a loan at the bank. If you don’t need the loan, they’ll probably give it to you but, if you do need the loan, then you can forget about it.
It’s interesting that the authors seem to be ahead of the musicians in embracing this new business model and using Social Media Marketing in a highly successful way to build up a buzz and reader base ahead of their book launch.
And why wouldn’t this work for musical artists as well? It certainly would because it’s the exact same principle involved.

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So here’s another in a series of  jazz guitar lessons free right here on this blog. So just what is meant by the term swing? (Music-wise, that is.)

Well, swing is a musical performance practice indiginous to jazz and also a lot of pop music to come after. It has to do with how the 8th notes are played and you must get a grip on this to be in the groove. Take a look at this table of basic rhythms for music;

The Basic Rhythms

In classical music, the 8th notes are played evenly; 2 on a beat, but in jazz, the first 8th note of a pair (the one directly on the beat) is made longer and the second one  is then shorter.  The two 8th notes are then just like the quarter note with an 8th note as a triplet rhythm. This rythm is best understood as if you took an 8th note triplet and tied the first two 8th notes together. Tied notes become one note that has the duration of both the notes added together.

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Here is a two octave blues scale in TABS. Most books have a major pentatonic scale pattern in more than one octave, but seldom a two octave blues scale and the blues scale is very handy for playing lots of cool jams. The blues scale is based on the minor pentatonic scale with a ‘flated fifth’ added. In this TABS, the red fret numbers are where you would shift up always with the first finger. The blue numbers are for going down and the blue 8 is a second finger.

2 Octave Blues Scale

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‘From the old days the “Fortune Cat,” “Otafuku” and “Fukusuke” have been widely favorized for business prosperity, family Happiness, and the calling of many customers. It is said that the Fortune Cat with its left paw raised brings a thousand customers, and with its tight paw brings a fortune of money.’
I love it. It’s also a bank Now it’s on my blog, wishing abundance and prosperity to all!

Fortune Cat

 Clear negativity from your energy centers with musical tone.

Become the superstar you were meant to be.

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When you think of subliminal messages in music, you usually think of ‘Paul is dead,’ or something even worse like ‘drink acai berry juice,’ but this video has helpful subliminal messages in music and the music is some pretty cool new age music.
The subliminal messages in music here are affirmations based on the teachings of Abraham-Hicks and Eckhart Tolle. They are designed to help you feel good by suggesting that you be fully present, here and now and find things in your life to appreciate.
The principle of this is to help you reach the ‘point of combustion’ where by maintaining a good feeling for over a minute, you begin to attract other good feeling, positive thoughts and it becomes like a positive snowball effect.
Why feel good? Because then you are connected to your Source Energy and good things can begin to flow into your life.
See if the video doesn’t make you feel good.

Clear your energy centers with musical tone. 

Find the pathway to maximizing your full potential.

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If you’ve ever let a piano get way out of tune and then let it sit that way for a year or more, you’ve got a real problem on your hands. Many piano tuners won’t touch such an instrument because they know that it will be a lot of work and the piano will go right back out of tune in a day or so.
This is similar to your own vibration. If you’ve been chronically negative in your thinking for a long time, it can be very difficult to make much change and have it stick. This is because the Law of Attraction is making it hard for you to attract positive thoughts because you’ve accumulated so much negativity.
If you’ve seen ‘The Secret,’ you think ‘hey, I’ll just be positive all the time, now!’
You might have found that to be not so easy as it sounds. Maybe you’re working hard at attracting abundance and prosperity, so you talk a lot about your goals and think a lot about them and maybe you write your affirmations out 50 times a day.
It’s like you’re afraid if you stop talking and thinking about abundance and prosperity the Universe is going to think you’ve changed your mind or have given up on the idea.
But it’s the way you think about your goals and desire that matters. It’s how you feel when you think about your abundance and prosperity that tells you where your vibration really is and, if you’re not a vibrational match to your goals, you’re better off putting your mind on something else that will make you feel good.
You don’t have to worry that the Universe won’t deliver your abundance and prosperity; if you’ve experienced lack in your life, your Higher Self has got the opposite of that waiting for you. All you have to do is find something to feel good about!

Effortlessly raise your vibration with a guided chakra meditation that uses musical tones.

Become the superstar you were born to be.

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“Oh, but I promised you a story about aliens now, didn’t I? Very well, have a seat, won’t you? You won’t be disappointed. Some tea?
First, I need to tell you a bit about myself. That way, you’ll know I’m not a lunatic but just an ordinary person, quite like yourself.
To begin with, my childhood was quite ordinary; average. I played all the typical childhood games; you know, calling down the lightening or leaving my body to assume some kind of animal form that would frighten the adults. They were always so easy to scare!
I’ll bet this brings back fond memories for you as well!”
Excerpt from “Tea with the Alien”
Commentary; You must be observant because you never know just where an alien might show up.

Maximizing your creative potential. 

Raise your vibration listening to this meditation twenty minutes a day.

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“Alas, two souls are living in my breast,
And one wants to separate itself from the other.
One holds fast to the world with earthly passion
And clings with twining tendrils:
The other lifts itself with forceful craving
To the very roof of heaven.”
Goethe

Do you have two souls; one that is earthbound and another that wants to live in the spirit realm?

Free up more life force energy with this chakra meditation. 

Live life with your full creative potential.

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