The Radiance of Knowing

It’s not true that everything that has been said has already been written. Since that unfortunate axiom came into use, the whole universe has changed. Technology has changed, ideas have changed, and the mindsets of entire nations have changed.

The fact is that this is the perfect time to write an ebook. What the publishing industry needs are people who can tap into the world as it is today - innovative thinkers who can make the leap into the new millennium and figure out how to solve old problems in a new way. Ebooks are a new and powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate information to the millions of people who are struggling to figure out how to do a plethora of different things.

Let’s say you already have a brilliant idea, and the knowledge to back it up that will enable you to write an exceptional ebook. You may be sitting at your computer staring at a blank screen wondering, “Why? Why should I go through all the trouble of writing my ebook when it’s so impossible to get anything published these days?

Well, let me assure you that publishing an ebook is entirely different than publishing a book in print. Let’s look at the specifics of how the print and cyber publishing industry differ, and the many reasons why you should take the plunge and get your fingers tapping across those keyboards!

Submitting a print book to conventional publishing houses or to agents is similar to wearing a hair shirt 24/7. No matter how good your book actually is, or how many critique services and mentor writers have told you that “you’ve got what it takes,” your submitted manuscript keeps coming back to you as if it is a boomerang instead of a valuable mine of information.

Perhaps, in desperation, you’ve checked out self-publishing and found out just how expensive a venture it can be. Most “vanity presses” require minimal print runs of at least 500 copies, and even that amount will cost you thousands of dollars. Some presses’ minimal run starts at 1,000 to 2,000 copies. And that’s just for the printing and binding. Add in distribution, shipping, and promotional costs and - well, you do the math. Even if you wanted to go this route, you may not have that kind of money to risk.

Let’s say you already have an Internet business with a quality website and a quality product. An ebook is one of the most powerful ways to promote your business while educating people with the knowledge you already possess as a business owner of a specific product or service.

For example, let’s say that you’ve spent the last twenty-five years growing and training bonsai trees, and now you’re ready to share your knowledge and experience. An ebook is the perfect way to reach the largest audience of bonsai enthusiasts.

Ebooks will not only promote your business - they will help you make a name for yourself and your company, and establish you as an expert in your field. You may even find that you have enough to say to warrant a series of ebooks. Specific businesses are complicated and often require the different aspects to be divided in order for the reader to get the full story.

Perhaps your goals are more finely tuned in terms of the ebook scene. You may want to build a whole business around writing and publishing ebooks. Essentially, you want to start an e-business. You are thinking of setting up a website to promote and market your ebooks. Maybe you’re even thinking of producing an ezine.

One of the most prevalent reasons people read ebooks is to find information about how to turn their Internet businesses into a profit-making machine. And these people are looking to the writers of ebooks to provide them with new ideas and strategies because writers of ebooks are usually people who understand the new cyberspace world we now live in. Ebook writers are experts in Internet marketing campaigns and the strategies of promoting and distributing ebooks. The cyberspace community needs its ebooks to be successful so that more and more ebooks will be written.

You may want to create affiliate programs that will also market your ebook. Affiliates can be people or businesses worldwide that will all be working to sell your ebooks. Think about this? Do you see a formula for success here?

Figure out what your subject matter is, and then narrow it down. Your goal is to aim for specificity. Research what’s out there already, and try to find a void that your ebook might fill.

What about an ebook about a wedding cake business? Or an ebook about caring for elderly pets? How about the fine points of collecting ancient pottery?

You don’t have to have three masters degrees to write about your subject. People need advice that is easy to read and easily understood. Parents need advice for dealing with their teenagers. College students need to learn good study skills - quickly. The possibilities are endless.

After you’ve writtten your ebook

Getting your ebook out is going to be your focus once you’ve finished writing it, just as it is with print books. People will hesitate to buy any book from an author they’ve never heard of. Wouldn’t you?

The answer is simple: give it away! You will see profits in the form of promoting your own business and getting your name out. You will find affiliates who will ask you to place their links within your ebook, and these affiliates will in turn go out and make your name known. Almost every single famous ebook author has started out this way.

Another powerful tool to attract people to your ebook is to make it interactive. Invent something for them to do within the book rather than just producing pages that contain static text. Let your readers fill out questionnaires, forms, even crossword puzzles geared to testing their knowledge on a particular subject. Have your readers hit a link that will allow them to recommend your book to their friends and associates. Or include an actual order form so at the end of their reading journey, they can eagerly buy your product.

When people interact with books, they become a part of the world of that book. The fact is just as true for books in print as it is for ebooks.

That’s why ebooks are so essential. Not only do they provide a forum for people to learn and make sense of their own thoughts, but they can also serve to promote your business at the same time.

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With the emergence of the MP3 format, free music, unlike before, is no longer hard to come by. The Internet is practically teeming with free MP3 music downloads for all types of music enthusiasts. Although there has been some questions raised on the legal issues involved with online peer-to-peer file sharing, continued patronage of free MP3 music downloads has never quite died down. In fact, it is safe to say that it seemed to have acquired new life and vigor.

Free MP3 Music Download: What is MP3?

MP3 is a shortcut for MPEG - Audio Layer 3. It is sometimes referred to as MPG3, MPG-3, MPG Level 3, MPG Level III, MPEG 3, et cetera. In essence, MP3 is a compressed and formatted copy of an original audio file.

The equations and algorithms used in the MP3 format are similar to that used in JPG when compressing photographs. If you notice, a JPG photo is not quite the same as that of the original. You notice some blurred or darkened parts, blotches, and some minor flaws that are too small to be noticed by the casual observer. This is the effect of file compression.

And because MP3 uses the same fractal-based algorithms as JPG, it should be noted that MP3 does not necessarily sound exactly the same as the original audio file. However, the difference in the sound of both file formats is too subtle and not enough to discount the many benefits of MP3.

Free MP3 Music Download: Why is it free?

There are two reasons why free MP3 music downloads are widely available. First is the fact that some musicians with real talent find it hard to break into the music business. Most artists who actually made it are groomed by recording industry moguls to look and sound that way in order to cater to the wants and music preference of the masses. It’s true that this isn’t very nice but it’s a fact that all struggling musicians have to grapple with. If you are going to be successful, comprises have to be made. Those who are unwilling to compromise or change just to please find themselves frustrated for they have no outlet for their many talents. This is where free MP3 music downloads come in.

Several sites, such as MP3.com, MP3Songs.org, MP3Unsigned.com, and others, offer opportunities for unsigned artists to publish their works. Online users will find free MP3 music downloads by these artists, listen to it, and judge it by its sound. Many artists have been discovered this way through free MP3 music downloads that serve as a portal to let the general public know that they too exist.

Another reason why free MP3 music downloads are offered is the theory that people use it in product sampling. With free MP3 music downloads, you can sample the work of new artist, listen to a few tracks in an album, or listen to bits of a new single, before going out to the record store to buy the CD.

Informal polls have been conducted to test this theory on free MP3 music downloads and it has been found that many people do go out and buy the record after listening to it online.

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Sometimes children in piano lessons have difficulty understanding simple music concepts. Children who lack experience need examples they can easily relate to. This helps students develop a musical vocabulary that is on their level and corresponding playing abilities when they are young so they can be nurtured over time, rather than waiting until they can understand more technical definitions. Here’s a seven step teaching plan for the musical term Transposition.

The technical definition of transposition is: The process of changing the key of a composition. Not very helpful for a child is it? Now follow this 7 step teaching plan to give young students an explanation they can relate to. Parents can do this with their piano student at home.

1. Make two copies of the same coloring page and give your student a box of crayons. Ask them to choose three crayons to color one of the pictures.

2. Then give them the other copy of the same coloring page. Ask them to choose three different crayons to color this page. They should do their best coloring.

3. Now as the student is looking at the two coloring pages, ask them to describe the difference between the two, but without using the word “color” or “names of colors” in their explanation. They’ll have a hard time explaining the difference, but let them use their imaginations. All their answers are okay.

4. Now go to the piano and have them play a simple melody in the C five-finger hand position (C-D-E-F-G for each hand). This is the first position students learn to play in.

5. Then have your student move their hands to G position (G-A-B-C D). Help the child do this if you need to. Now ask them to play their song again. Ask how the two versions are different, besides the fact that they moved their hands, or are playing different piano keys. Listen carefully to their answers which are all okay. Then suggest this explanation of transposition.

Transposing a song on the piano to another key or hand position is like choosing different colors for your coloring page. It’s the same picture painted in a different shade of sounds.

6. Ask which of your pictures is brighter? Which version of your song sounded brighter?

7. Explain that changing the key of a piece of music lets us play the same musical idea in another “shade or color”. This is called transposition.

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Many students want to know how to improvise. What they really want to know is how to be able to keep an improvisation going.

It’s not difficult to begin. You just play a chord or two and that’s that. But what happens to many students after a few seconds is they don’t know what to do next. They get “stuck.” Why? Because they are thinking about what to play. Wrong approach!

For example, in Lesson 12: “Coral Reef,” we have 2 chords, A minor and F Major. And with these 2 chords, music is made. This improvisation lasts for a few minutes but could have gone on much longer.

You see, what works best in New Age piano improvisation (or any improvisation) is for the person improvising to be in the moment. This is most easily done when the technical aspects are taken care of (i.e., only having 2 chords to play) and letting go of the need to control the outcome.

Think of building a sandcastle as an example. Children love to build sandcastles. Do they spend years learning how? Of course not! Once they know the fundamentals, they forget about how to do it and focus on the pleasure it gives them. Most adults wait too long before diving in. They’re scared that they will fail and that they will discover they have no talent. But talent is not the issue - you’re sense of joy and discovery is!

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music’s online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html for a FREE piano lesson!

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How do you use guitar chord diagrams? A complete understanding of how to read and use diagrams of guitar chords is essential knowledge for any guitar player, from the “greenhorn” beginner to more advanced players. The best and easiest path to becoming a competent guitar player is by learning some chords and then applying them to learning the rhythm parts of songs. Guitar chord diagrams help you do just that!

What is a Guitar Chord Diagram?

A guitar chord diagram is a graphical representation of a single guitar chord, often referred to as a “chord box”. It is basically a box in the shape of a rectangle that shows you how to play a particular chord. It represents the guitar fretboard, and shows you exactly where to place your fingers to form the chord, and which strings to strike to play it. It is truly amazing how much useful information is packed into such a small package.

How to Read a Chord Diagram

There are several different styles and formats, but all chord diagrams have these common elements:

• There are six lines that represent the strings of the guitar. Depending on the format of the chord box, the strings run vertically up and down the page (most common), or else across the page horizontally.

• For vertical diagrams, the string on the left represents the low E string (thickest one), and the string on the right is the high E (thinnest string.)

• There are a series of lines running across the string lines (at a right angle) that represent the frets.

• The string lines and the fret lines come together to form a grid representing the guitar fretboard.

• Circles or dots are placed on the grid to show exactly which strings to press on which fret to play the chord.

With just this basic information on a chord diagram, you can form and play any guitar chord. The best part is that you don’t need to know how to read standard musical notation, or even guitar tabulature, to read a chord diagram. Well enough words! View examples of guitar chord diagrams here.

Here are some additional features of chord diagrams that pack in even more useful information:

• At the top of the box is a thicker line representing the guitar nut, or end of the neck

• An “x” symbol above the nut line means “Do Not Play This String”.

• An “o” symbol above the nut line means that the string is played open (not fingered.)

• Numbers (1 to 4) on the dots (or under the box) indicate which finger to use on that string, with 1= the index finger, and 4= the little finger.

• A line or bar running across two or more strings indicates a “Barre Chord”, in which one finger presses more than one string.

Tips for Using Guitar Chord Diagrams

1. Chord Diagrams are the single most powerful tool for learning and improving your guitar playing. Make good use of them!

2. Individual chord diagrams can be combined to form chord charts. These are a practical means to learn basic chords, chord families and sequences, and songs.

3. Make use of the wealth of free online resources to help you learn about guitar chord diagrams and chord charts. One such resource is The Guitar Players Toolbox.

Play well!

Copyright 2005 Peter Bussey of www.guitar-players-toolbox.com

This article can be reprinted freely online, as long as the entire article and the resource box are included.

Peter Bussey has been an avid guitar player for over 10 years. In 2004 he became Editor of The Guitar Players Toolbox, a website dedicated to helping advancing guitar players improve with practical tools, tips, and information. Visit http://www.guitar-players-toolbox.com for a variety of free, practical resources such as guitar chords, guitar chord charts, song chords, and much more.

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Yowza! Did you hear that hideous noise? It sounded like a combination of nails on a chalkboard, a cat in a dryer, and a baby wailing at the top of his lungs. Do you have any idea of what made that awful sound? As a long-time musician, I think I may have the answer for you. It’s a guitarist fiddling for the first time with his new amp.

Before I bought my first amp, I wouldn’t have thought that a human could produce such a horribly wretched sound. But, now I know better. In the process of finding the perfect settings for your guitar and amp, you are sure to discover all kinds of disagreeable screeches and squeals, shrieks and screams. And, believe it or not, these unpleasant and often other-worldly sounds are all part of the learning experience.

I’ve often been asked to give beginners online advice on how to dial in their amps and guitar settings. For a number of reasons, this is no easy task. As you know, the experience of sound is totally subjective. What I may like, you may not. This said, it’s hard to give definitive advice about guitar and amp settings.

So much is involved in getting the sound just right for your tastes-including the room you’re playing in, the gauge of your strings, the guitar you’re jamming on, and the type of amp itself. All of these come together to create a playground for experimentation: a place where you can twist this knob here and turn that knob there and, before you know it, you’re a musical stylist, an expert in designing the perfect sound.

I can, however, offer a few general tips that might help out as you begin playing with your amp.

1. Always start with your dials pointing to 12 o’clock and twist and turn from there. 12 o’clock will give you the baseline to work from and you can let your ears tell you what does and doesn’t work from there.
2. No matter how many other bells and whistles your amp has, you’re almost always looking at a four basic areas you’ll be most interested in learning how to manipulate:
• Treble
  Adjusting this setting will affect the amount of high end in your sound. If you go big with treble, you’ll end up with a very sharp and crisp sound. However, if you go too big, you’ll likely end up with a harsh sound.
• Middle
  The mids can be the most important setting to your overall sound. Adjusting these settings can really impact the overall character of your sound. Low settings can give you the classic rock-n-roll sound, while higher mids will take you down the honky-tonk, bluesy path. Play around with the mids to really see how much change you can create in your sound with the simple twist of a knob!
• Bass
  If you like that deep, booming sound, you’ll definitely want to go fat on your bass. On smaller amps, however, you might not be able to get the full effect of the bass simply because of their size. But, no matter how you like it, be sure to see how the bass and treble can work with one another to create your ideal sound.
• EQ / Filter / Tone/ Contour
  They’re called by different names on various amps, but they all do the basically the same thing: adjust all of your basic settings (e.g., treble, mids, and bass) with one knob. If you want to find out what the maker of your amp considers “correct” settings, play with these knobs to hear how your treble, mids, and bass all can work together for radically differing results.
3. If you’ve got a valve (tube) amp, be sure to:
• always replace the whole set when even just one tube blows
• never move your amp while it’s still hot
• be extra careful that you line up he pins in each tube perfectly with their corresponding holes on the amp
4. To make sure you keep your amp in top condition, be sure to:
• keep your amp in a dry location
• always use the best quality leads (guitar, speaker, microphone, and effects)
• always have your amp serviced by a capable technician

In the end, you have to know this one rule of amps: there is no right or wrong way to set it up. If you like what you hear, you’ve done a great job. If you don’t like what you hear, remember the settings and the sound and don’t dial those in again. Experiment, experiment, experiment and have fun!

Jon Butt is the publisher of Musical Instruments Guide , a free resource dedicated to all things musical. From electric guitars to drum sets, tubas to bagpipes, and every musical accessory in-between, the http://www.the-musical-instruments-guide.com/guitars.html“>Musical Instruments Guide is packed full of informative articles, find top-rated musical instruments and online merchants

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