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Internet Marketing Without a Big-Picture Strategy Dances in Circles
04/27/05
by: Michael Pedone
Stop Tracking the Illusive 'Magic Bullet'
It seems like everyone is beating the drum for one Internet marketing method or another. And in the process they create plenty of hype and conflicting messages.
Website owners are left to wonder whom to believe when it comes to impressing the search engines. Which approach can deliver the 'magic bullet' they've been promised? Is it time to jump to the next 'sure thing,' that will entice both search spiders and web surfers?
The primary methods promoted to attract search engines and Web traffic aren't new:
Links and reciprocal links
Pay-per-click (PPC)
Search engine optimization (SEO) in all its variations
Blogs and forums
Writing and posting articles or press releases
Paid placement with ads and banners
But each of them shares a common limitation. At its best, each is only part of the answer. An answer that won't hold still long enough to get nailed down - before the next 'must have' appears.
The Internet is Maturing, and so are Search Engines
In recent years, the capabilities and sophistication of the search engines have exploded. Public use and expectations have grown to match it. The public's reliance on the Internet as a reliable source expands ever faster. Recent studies found the Web to be the most trusted source of information for making major purchase decisions, second only to spouses for finding referrals.
A Harris Int"
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Chord chart
Chord chart: "
The $5. Chord Chart
that is a music education in a nutshell...
Did you know that I got my start in piano playing from a chord chart I ordered from an ad in Popular Mechanics?
Sounds unlikely, doesn't it?
But it's true.
I took piano lessons as a small child, but never would have really gotten into music if it were not for that $2. chord chart. The chords I learned from that little two-buck chart got me hooked. From then on I couldn't wait to learn the next chord, the next progression, the next riff, the next substitution.
That 2-buck chord chart got me started in a career in music that....well, enough about that.
The point is this:
YOU can learn a TON about music just from this chord chart!
Listen as I explain:
Did you know that it is quite possible to know exactly which chords will occur in any given key?
It's true.
Once you know the principle behind it, it becomes easy to predict which chords you are going to encounter in most any song.
Why is that?
Because in any given key, there are 3 'primary' chords: the chords built on the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale. I all these 3 chords 'the fam', because they show up more often than any other chords in that key. Just like at your house you and your family probably show up oftener than, say, Tony Blair, Tiger Woods, or Governor Terminator.
There are also 3 'secondary' chords: the chords built on the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees of the scale. I call these 'the cousins', because while they don't show up as often as 'the fam', they show up much more often than, say, Hillary Clinton, Bill Murray, or Sean Hannity.
Other chords can be used, of course, and sometimes are, but by mastering the 'big 6' you pr"
The $5. Chord Chart
that is a music education in a nutshell...
Did you know that I got my start in piano playing from a chord chart I ordered from an ad in Popular Mechanics?
Sounds unlikely, doesn't it?
But it's true.
I took piano lessons as a small child, but never would have really gotten into music if it were not for that $2. chord chart. The chords I learned from that little two-buck chart got me hooked. From then on I couldn't wait to learn the next chord, the next progression, the next riff, the next substitution.
That 2-buck chord chart got me started in a career in music that....well, enough about that.
The point is this:
YOU can learn a TON about music just from this chord chart!
Listen as I explain:
Did you know that it is quite possible to know exactly which chords will occur in any given key?
It's true.
Once you know the principle behind it, it becomes easy to predict which chords you are going to encounter in most any song.
Why is that?
Because in any given key, there are 3 'primary' chords: the chords built on the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale. I all these 3 chords 'the fam', because they show up more often than any other chords in that key. Just like at your house you and your family probably show up oftener than, say, Tony Blair, Tiger Woods, or Governor Terminator.
There are also 3 'secondary' chords: the chords built on the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th degrees of the scale. I call these 'the cousins', because while they don't show up as often as 'the fam', they show up much more often than, say, Hillary Clinton, Bill Murray, or Sean Hannity.
Other chords can be used, of course, and sometimes are, but by mastering the 'big 6' you pr"
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Piano chords
Piano chords
Piano chords...
I can have you playing "chord" piano in 10 days for as little as 39 bucks.
You won't be great in 10 days, but you'll be on your way.
If you don't learn, you don't pay. It's that simple. But you will learn.
Hi:
I really can teach you to play the piano using piano chords. And it won't cost you an arm and a leg, either. And you risk nothing, since my chording method is 100% guaranteed.
This is not a bogus claim. I've been teaching people to play the piano using chords for 40 years now, and I know what works.
At the end of 10 days you'll know enough about chords and music to play songs on the piano with both hands - without having to read complicated sheet music -- just the tune and the chords, like this:
Piano playing becomes SO much easier when you know what chord to play in the left hand while your right hand plays the melody!
Click to hear Duane explain "Chord Piano"
Here is what you'll learn in the 10 day course:
1. You're going to be able to play all 12 major piano chords easily and quickly. Some of my students can play them in as little as 3 seconds! (Honest!)
2. You're going to be able to pick out a tune with your right hand both "by ear" and by reading notes. (Some people play by ear, and some by sight-reading. You're going to be able to do both -- and knowing piano chords speeds up both.)
3. You will be able to play all minor piano chords, all diminished piano chords, and all augmented piano chords, just by changing each major piano chord slightly. But that's not all: You will also learn how to form and play 6th chords, minor 6th chords, 7th chords, minor 7th chords, maj7th chords (different than "regular" 7th chords), and even 9th chords! You will be able to do this for the rest of your life.
4. You will learn to create a chording rhythm pattern with your left hand, made out of the piano chords you learn, which you can use on a thousand different songs the rest of your life. If you like ragtime, you can use it on The Entertainer, and songs like that. If you like gospel music, you can use it on Amazing Grace, and a thousand other hymns or other Christian music (Actually -- any kind of "popular" piano music). If' you like Country-Western or Contemporary or Pop or whatever, you can apply this "chording bass" pattern to your favorite songs. (The only kind of piano music you shouldn't use it on is classical). You will learn to do this "swing bass" technique in both 3/4 and 4/4 time (and all the other variations). Then you will learn a left-hand technique called "arpeggios" -- where you'll "stretch out" the chord into a beautiful and full orchestral sound -- great for ballads, love songs, certain praise & worship songs, etc.
5. You will learn a wonderful "harmonizing trick" you can do using piano chords. It's very easy to do, but adds a "duet effect' to your right hand melodies. (If you sing, or play another instrument, you can apply this technique to that as well!)
6. You will learn how to "fill up the empty spaces" in a song with echoes, fills, and runs -- all made out of piano chords. This lesson alone is worth ten times the cost of the piano lessons, as only the very top professionals know how to do this. You'll learn rapid-fire runs, straddles, fills, melodic echoes, and cascading waterfall runs!
7. You will learn how to arrange a song -- put an intro at the start of it, and an ending on the caboose. You can then take a piece of sheet music and play it your way, instead of just playing what's written.
8. You will learn how to create a fantastic "orchestral pad" in your left hand part that creates a "river of sound" for ballads, love songs, Christian music, regular sheet music and any kind of song needing a "smooth" feel.
By the way, you will not only learn how to do all these things, but you will also understand what you're doing! In other words, I teach music theory -- why piano chords work the way they do -- along with the specific skills, so you won't be doing anything by rote -- you'll understand exactly what you're doing and why you're doing it!
Whether you take 10 days or ten weeks or ten years is up to you, of course -- but the piano chord course comes in 10 dynamite piano lessons that will take you from where you are to where you want to go. You'll start by learning what music is all about -- the 3 parts of music -- melody, rhythm, and harmony -- and then your learn to read a melody line (if you don't already know how). Then you'll learn how piano chords are formed, and how to get a grasp on all 12 major chords -- and then learn to change them to minor, diminished, and augmented.
Then after you know 48 piano chords (12 major chords, 12 minor chords, 12 diminished chords, and 12 augmented chords), you'll learn to invert them (turn them upside down) so you'll have 144 chords to work with. But then you'll learn to add extensions to the basic chords -- 6ths, 7ths, major 7ths, 9ths -- for those wonderful and exciting sounds that add so much to music. That will give you....oh, about 1000 piano chord possibilities. Piano lessons were never this much fun!
But that's when the fun just starts! Once you know piano chords, then you will learn how to create exciting rhythm patterns using those chords in a variety of ways -- from "swing bass" to "western bass" to "broken chord bass" to..........and each style has many varieties, so there is really no end to the distinctive styles you can come up with to create your own sounds using piano chords!
But in case you are wondering...
"Can I REALLY learn to play "Chord Piano"?
Yes, you really can, and I'll show you why you can right now:
Click here to take a quick quiz!
Qualification #1: Raise your left hand about waist high, and swing it back and forth -- left and right. Can you do that?
Qualification #2: Now look down and see if you have at least 3 fingers on your left hand.Got 'em?
Qualification #3: Now the hard part: Look at your right hand and call your thumb "number one".
If your thumb is #1, what number is your index finger? Your middle finger? Your ring finger? Your little finger?
Were your answers #2, #3, #4, and #5? If so, guess what?
YOU can play "Chord Piano"!
How good you get is up to you -- how much you rehearse, what your motivation is, and what your natural talent is. But EVERYBODY can play "Chord Piano" to some degree -- at least enough to enjoy yourself and perhaps amaze your family and friends. Turn yourself into a chord piano player! (I apologize for being so obvious -- but I just wanted you to see how easy it really is!)
Here is what you'll get:
The big "Chord Piano!" instruction 10-day course!
The great CD on "Chord Piano" so you can hear! (Lots of people listen to it in their car while commuting -- then play what they have learned when they get home...great use of otherwise wasted time!)
Yes. Rush me the "Chord Piano" 10-lesson book course and audio CD for just $39 bucks! (Click below) Guaranteed or money instantly back!
Or...
If you would also like to SEE how to play chord piano, we also have the course on a DVD video. Each lesson on the DVD video clearly shows the 10 steps of chord piano. If you would like to SEE as well as HEAR, then you will want to get this, and I will include the CD shown above along with the DVD as well.
Here's what you'll get if you order the DVD package (which includes the Book and the CD shown above):
The DVD on "Chord Piano" so you can hear and see how to play!
A Magic Keyboard Chart that slips behind the keys!
The "Visualized Chord Dictionary!" (96 chords in pictures!)
The "Major Chord Locator!" Find any major chord instantly!
The "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Playing" resource guide!
If you order promptly, you also get a Book of Songs with the melody and chord symbols only (like a professional 'fake book') to practice your new chording skills on!
The total price is just $97. plus shipping using fast Priority Mail delivery -- so you'll have the course pronto..
Yes! I would rather have the DVD so I can SEE and all the bonus items -- "Magic Keyboard Chart", "Visualized Chord Dictionary", "Instant Chord Finder" & "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano!" resource guide -- along with the audio CD and the "Chord Piano" 10-lesson book! Guaranteed or money instantly back!
To order using Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, click here:
(If you would rather, simply call 541-664-7052 and we will take your order by phone and get it off to you the very next day!)
Or order using PayPal:
Disclaimer Privacy Policy Children Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright Shinn Trading Inc. 1995 - 2005
Piano chords...
I can have you playing "chord" piano in 10 days for as little as 39 bucks.
You won't be great in 10 days, but you'll be on your way.
If you don't learn, you don't pay. It's that simple. But you will learn.
Hi:
I really can teach you to play the piano using piano chords. And it won't cost you an arm and a leg, either. And you risk nothing, since my chording method is 100% guaranteed.
This is not a bogus claim. I've been teaching people to play the piano using chords for 40 years now, and I know what works.
At the end of 10 days you'll know enough about chords and music to play songs on the piano with both hands - without having to read complicated sheet music -- just the tune and the chords, like this:
Piano playing becomes SO much easier when you know what chord to play in the left hand while your right hand plays the melody!
Click to hear Duane explain "Chord Piano"
Here is what you'll learn in the 10 day course:
1. You're going to be able to play all 12 major piano chords easily and quickly. Some of my students can play them in as little as 3 seconds! (Honest!)
2. You're going to be able to pick out a tune with your right hand both "by ear" and by reading notes. (Some people play by ear, and some by sight-reading. You're going to be able to do both -- and knowing piano chords speeds up both.)
3. You will be able to play all minor piano chords, all diminished piano chords, and all augmented piano chords, just by changing each major piano chord slightly. But that's not all: You will also learn how to form and play 6th chords, minor 6th chords, 7th chords, minor 7th chords, maj7th chords (different than "regular" 7th chords), and even 9th chords! You will be able to do this for the rest of your life.
4. You will learn to create a chording rhythm pattern with your left hand, made out of the piano chords you learn, which you can use on a thousand different songs the rest of your life. If you like ragtime, you can use it on The Entertainer, and songs like that. If you like gospel music, you can use it on Amazing Grace, and a thousand other hymns or other Christian music (Actually -- any kind of "popular" piano music). If' you like Country-Western or Contemporary or Pop or whatever, you can apply this "chording bass" pattern to your favorite songs. (The only kind of piano music you shouldn't use it on is classical). You will learn to do this "swing bass" technique in both 3/4 and 4/4 time (and all the other variations). Then you will learn a left-hand technique called "arpeggios" -- where you'll "stretch out" the chord into a beautiful and full orchestral sound -- great for ballads, love songs, certain praise & worship songs, etc.
5. You will learn a wonderful "harmonizing trick" you can do using piano chords. It's very easy to do, but adds a "duet effect' to your right hand melodies. (If you sing, or play another instrument, you can apply this technique to that as well!)
6. You will learn how to "fill up the empty spaces" in a song with echoes, fills, and runs -- all made out of piano chords. This lesson alone is worth ten times the cost of the piano lessons, as only the very top professionals know how to do this. You'll learn rapid-fire runs, straddles, fills, melodic echoes, and cascading waterfall runs!
7. You will learn how to arrange a song -- put an intro at the start of it, and an ending on the caboose. You can then take a piece of sheet music and play it your way, instead of just playing what's written.
8. You will learn how to create a fantastic "orchestral pad" in your left hand part that creates a "river of sound" for ballads, love songs, Christian music, regular sheet music and any kind of song needing a "smooth" feel.
By the way, you will not only learn how to do all these things, but you will also understand what you're doing! In other words, I teach music theory -- why piano chords work the way they do -- along with the specific skills, so you won't be doing anything by rote -- you'll understand exactly what you're doing and why you're doing it!
Whether you take 10 days or ten weeks or ten years is up to you, of course -- but the piano chord course comes in 10 dynamite piano lessons that will take you from where you are to where you want to go. You'll start by learning what music is all about -- the 3 parts of music -- melody, rhythm, and harmony -- and then your learn to read a melody line (if you don't already know how). Then you'll learn how piano chords are formed, and how to get a grasp on all 12 major chords -- and then learn to change them to minor, diminished, and augmented.
Then after you know 48 piano chords (12 major chords, 12 minor chords, 12 diminished chords, and 12 augmented chords), you'll learn to invert them (turn them upside down) so you'll have 144 chords to work with. But then you'll learn to add extensions to the basic chords -- 6ths, 7ths, major 7ths, 9ths -- for those wonderful and exciting sounds that add so much to music. That will give you....oh, about 1000 piano chord possibilities. Piano lessons were never this much fun!
But that's when the fun just starts! Once you know piano chords, then you will learn how to create exciting rhythm patterns using those chords in a variety of ways -- from "swing bass" to "western bass" to "broken chord bass" to..........and each style has many varieties, so there is really no end to the distinctive styles you can come up with to create your own sounds using piano chords!
But in case you are wondering...
"Can I REALLY learn to play "Chord Piano"?
Yes, you really can, and I'll show you why you can right now:
Click here to take a quick quiz!
Qualification #1: Raise your left hand about waist high, and swing it back and forth -- left and right. Can you do that?
Qualification #2: Now look down and see if you have at least 3 fingers on your left hand.Got 'em?
Qualification #3: Now the hard part: Look at your right hand and call your thumb "number one".
If your thumb is #1, what number is your index finger? Your middle finger? Your ring finger? Your little finger?
Were your answers #2, #3, #4, and #5? If so, guess what?
YOU can play "Chord Piano"!
How good you get is up to you -- how much you rehearse, what your motivation is, and what your natural talent is. But EVERYBODY can play "Chord Piano" to some degree -- at least enough to enjoy yourself and perhaps amaze your family and friends. Turn yourself into a chord piano player! (I apologize for being so obvious -- but I just wanted you to see how easy it really is!)
Here is what you'll get:
The big "Chord Piano!" instruction 10-day course!
The great CD on "Chord Piano" so you can hear! (Lots of people listen to it in their car while commuting -- then play what they have learned when they get home...great use of otherwise wasted time!)
Yes. Rush me the "Chord Piano" 10-lesson book course and audio CD for just $39 bucks! (Click below) Guaranteed or money instantly back!
Or...
If you would also like to SEE how to play chord piano, we also have the course on a DVD video. Each lesson on the DVD video clearly shows the 10 steps of chord piano. If you would like to SEE as well as HEAR, then you will want to get this, and I will include the CD shown above along with the DVD as well.
Here's what you'll get if you order the DVD package (which includes the Book and the CD shown above):
The DVD on "Chord Piano" so you can hear and see how to play!
A Magic Keyboard Chart that slips behind the keys!
The "Visualized Chord Dictionary!" (96 chords in pictures!)
The "Major Chord Locator!" Find any major chord instantly!
The "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Playing" resource guide!
If you order promptly, you also get a Book of Songs with the melody and chord symbols only (like a professional 'fake book') to practice your new chording skills on!
The total price is just $97. plus shipping using fast Priority Mail delivery -- so you'll have the course pronto..
Yes! I would rather have the DVD so I can SEE and all the bonus items -- "Magic Keyboard Chart", "Visualized Chord Dictionary", "Instant Chord Finder" & "Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano!" resource guide -- along with the audio CD and the "Chord Piano" 10-lesson book! Guaranteed or money instantly back!
To order using Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, click here:
(If you would rather, simply call 541-664-7052 and we will take your order by phone and get it off to you the very next day!)
Or order using PayPal:
Disclaimer Privacy Policy Children Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright Shinn Trading Inc. 1995 - 2005
Saturday, April 23, 2005
MP3, DVD, CD music
MP3, DVD, CD music: "MP3 -- DVD -- CD Music!
Satellite Radio - Waves of the Future?
04/23/05
by: Scott Fish
Satellite Radio: the waves of the future?
Satellite Radio � Its here! Satellite radio is a new service being offered by two companies, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Both companies are offering over 100 channels of streaming music and entertainment. High quality sound is achieved through the use of satellites orbiting high above. Satellite radio is commercial free and free from regulations by federal committees. The impossible, is now possible, hearing the same radio station across North America and from coast to coast. All made possible by XM satellite radio and Sirius satellite radio.
Normal radio has been around for decades and is part of many people�s lifestyle. This is changing. Regular radio is monitored and regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, whom has fined several radio stations and media companies within the last 3-4 years. The FCC has only fined radio stations a maximum of $27,500 per show no matter how man profanities were aired. Recently the FCC has been upping the ante and in conjunction with Congress has decided to raise the fine up to $500,000 per incident per station (Potter). A slap on the wrist has turned into a business-changing event. �Sexually explicit comments by Bubba the Love Sponge and Howard Stern could get a station in trouble � no doubt about it. Clear Channel Radio dropped both shock jocks this year after being hit with record fines.�(Potter) Recently Howard Stern has made a move to Sirius Satellite Radio in an effort to preserve his career and free speech. Consumers are reaching towards satellite radio as a way to hear unregulated news and content. Recently XM Satellite Radio has claimed to have over 3 million subscribers paying $9.99 per month and Sirius "
Satellite Radio - Waves of the Future?
04/23/05
by: Scott Fish
Satellite Radio: the waves of the future?
Satellite Radio � Its here! Satellite radio is a new service being offered by two companies, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. Both companies are offering over 100 channels of streaming music and entertainment. High quality sound is achieved through the use of satellites orbiting high above. Satellite radio is commercial free and free from regulations by federal committees. The impossible, is now possible, hearing the same radio station across North America and from coast to coast. All made possible by XM satellite radio and Sirius satellite radio.
Normal radio has been around for decades and is part of many people�s lifestyle. This is changing. Regular radio is monitored and regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, whom has fined several radio stations and media companies within the last 3-4 years. The FCC has only fined radio stations a maximum of $27,500 per show no matter how man profanities were aired. Recently the FCC has been upping the ante and in conjunction with Congress has decided to raise the fine up to $500,000 per incident per station (Potter). A slap on the wrist has turned into a business-changing event. �Sexually explicit comments by Bubba the Love Sponge and Howard Stern could get a station in trouble � no doubt about it. Clear Channel Radio dropped both shock jocks this year after being hit with record fines.�(Potter) Recently Howard Stern has made a move to Sirius Satellite Radio in an effort to preserve his career and free speech. Consumers are reaching towards satellite radio as a way to hear unregulated news and content. Recently XM Satellite Radio has claimed to have over 3 million subscribers paying $9.99 per month and Sirius "
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