How Many Chords Are There, Anyway?
By Duane Shinn - 04/01/2008
Since chords (the main component of harmony) are one of the three most vital elements of music ? the others being melody and rhythm ? it would be useful to know how many chords there are. And it doesn?t matter whether you play piano or guitar or some other instrument ? chords are chords. It?s certai...
Caveman Saturday Night!
By Ted Thompson - 04/01/2008
Darkness descends outside the shallow limestone cave. The creatures inside, more ape than human, have paired onto their mats of mildewed grass and small, leafy branches, laying close to the walls for the minimal reflected warmth it might provide. Sleep will come soon, and the cave is quiet, except...
Getting Published Is Different For Everyone: Two Paths Among Many
By Jill Nagle - 04/01/2008
One obvious question that can get overlooked in the process of seeking publication is, Why do you want to publish this book, article, story or poem? Most likely, the answer involves some combination of artistic or spiritual vision, desire for recognition, need to communicate an idea or body of knowl...
The Beginners Guide To Blackjack Basics
By Shell Gellner - 04/01/2008
The Object Of The Game The goal for the player in the game of online casino blackjack or 21 (twenty one), as it is sometimes called, is to beat the dealer. There are 2 ways to achieve this. The first is when the player has a higher total than the dealer without going over 21. The second is when the ...
Too Good to be True
By LeAnn R. Ralph - 04/01/2008
The whole thing had started about a week earlier when I was paging through a pet catalog and came across a section devoted to dental supplies. ?Simply squirt into your pet?s mouth and the specially formulated solution goes to work immediately to kill bacteria and improve dental health,? said the des...
Setting Up In-House Retail Sales
By Kenny Love - 04/01/2008
Now, that you are familiar and likely connected with online
music sales sites, such as CD Baby, or combination
online/offline retail sites, such as The Orchard, you are
probably comfortable in having your music distribution
and sales fairly covered. But, what if you could get even more music sal...
Kayak Headlights Discussed
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
For the true thrill seekers looking for the most outrageous and intense of sports may I suggest night time Kayaking on a difficulty ?extreme level? river? If you are looking to feel your adrenaline flowing like a roaring rapid river, then this is it and yes it is better than sex! Some of those other...
How To Write Your Way To A Fortune
By Wm Kofi - 04/01/2008
We`ve all seen those ads that grab our attention and makes us want to pull out our credit cards and buy. Don`t you wish you had that same power to persuade? but contrary to what you may have been told these skills can be learned So you`re not a natural born writer so what! The first thing you need t...
Guitar Lessons - String Bending
By Bill McRea - 04/01/2008
Bending strings is used to give the guitar a more personalized and harmonic quality. The technique is used mostly by lead guitar players but is also applied in all styles of playing. String bending and vibrato techniques are two large components in making up a guitar player?s style. The combination ...
Arrested Development: The Brand of College Athletics
By Molly Sunderdick - 04/01/2008
I am a brand strategist at a Brand Strategy firm in Greensboro, North Carolina called Stealing Share Incorporated. I have been a part of organized athletics for almost 17 years, including a full four years of Division I soccer. College athletics evoke a different feeling, promise, and standard for e...
Go Cart Racing for the Long Haul
By Mitch Johnson - 04/01/2008
In the world of go carting, many participants have embraced the sport competitively, which has resulted in racing events occurring across the nation at tracks made especially for go cart street racing. Amateurs and seasoned go cart drivers are attracted to the large scale go cart racing events that...
MP3 Encoding Technology
By Mansi Aggarwal - 04/01/2008
The MP3 is a complete godsend for anyone who enjoys and appreciates good music. Not only does it afford users the convenience of purchasing music online and ripping from purchased CDs, it also provides the utmost ease in portability. There are more MP3 players on the market than I can name. These...
A Kauai Golf Vacation Provides the Perfect Hawaii Golf Vacation Destination
By Evans Putman - 04/01/2008
If you are a golfer looking to take your golf vacation in a tropical paradise, then a Hawaii golf vacation on Kauai will fit your plans to a tee. Kauai is the fourth-largest, northernmost Hawaiian island and boasts the most beaches per miles of coastline. What really makes the island special - besi...
Junior Golf Is Becoming More Competitive?Why?
By Mike Pedersen - 04/01/2008
How do you get the edge when you`re playing junior golf? To keep up with the top junior golfer?s means getting stronger both physically and mentally; and almost perfecting your golf swing. That?s how competitive it?s become. There are big bucks at stake. Full scholarships are now worth up to a hun...
Have You Played Chicago Golf Courses?
By Raynay Valles - 04/01/2008
When most people think of Chicago, they usually think of a big city, lots of tall buildings, maybe Oprah. That`s accurate, but did you know that Chicago is the home to dozens of golf courses? Chicago was designed as ?Urbs in Horto?, the City in the park. There are plenty of golf courses in Chicago...
How Do They Do It? Learning from the Great Magicians
By Chris Lloyd - 04/01/2008
Just what is this thing we call "magic"? Let`s consider
the definition that comes to us from Webster`s dictionary: "The art of persons who claim to be able to do things by
the help of supernatural creatures or by their own
knowledge of nature`s secrets?. Something that charms; any seemingly hidden o...
Psychiatric Psychiatrist - A Joke on Psychiatry
By Martin Skov - 04/01/2008
A few weeks ago I went to see a psychiatrist. We talked about how I was feeling. I really wanted to hit him in the face when he asked that. I didnīt do that. I regret that now. No, I replied politely and asked him if he thought I came there because he is such a nice guy, and the chairs are really co...
Matthew McConaughey: Two for The Money
By DeWayne Strickland - 04/01/2008
Are you addicted to gambling? Is sports betting legal? Sports betting is big business on the internet and there are more gambling websites than ever! Walter Abrams(Al Pacino) and Brandon Lang(Matthew McConaughey) give you a sneak peak into the secret world of sports betting. Imagine yourself, gett...
Go With The Flow: Write With Transition Words and Phrases
By Shaun Fawcett - 04/01/2008
One of the most common weaknesses I see in day-to-day
writing is poor logical flow from one idea or point to
the next. This usually takes the form of a bunch of
seemingly unrelated phrases thrown together with little
or no sense of sequence, continuity, or relativity. Although the overall subject ma...
Fantasy Football: Quarterbacks
By Vikas Paruchuri - 04/01/2008
I have always felt that quarterbacks were undervalued in fantasy football. In most scoring formats, they put up more points than any other position (yes, including the vaunted running backs). However, most people tend to dismiss quarterbacks as not worthy of a high pick because they all put up aroun...
Speed and Break Tips While Putting
By Robert Partain - 04/01/2008
As you already know, the act of putting is a series of combined efforts. From getting the right stance to following through properly, putting is an entire series of techniques and flow, and they all have to come together in order to sink that ball. But there are two areas in putting that have almost...
Essentials of Genealogy - Getting Started with Your FamilyTree
By Gene Hall - 04/01/2008
Since genealogy is my hobby, my profession, and my passion, many people ask me how to get started. What are the essentials to doing a family search? Here are some tips that should help you discover your family under the best possible conditions.
Get organized: I started working on my family...
Advice for Pressure Washing Companies Cleaning Marina Docks
By Lance Winslow - 04/01/2008
So you are in the pressure washer business and you want to clean the local docks at the Marina. Good plan, let us give you a little advice on this. First you have to sell the account. Explain to the marina manager or the dock master or municipal purchasing agent that their clientele and/or citizens ...
The Author Within
By Esther Smith - 04/01/2008
Just about every marketer on the Internet claims to be the best around and would have you believe that no one else knows as much or can teach you as quickly and thoroughly as they can. It would seem that they erroneously assume that by admiring someone else?s teachings they will lessen their marke...
Fiddle Tab Makes Learning Fiddle Fast and Easy
By Elan Chalford - 04/01/2008
Learning fiddle tab is so intuitive and so easy that a student picks it up in five minutes. This is true even for five-year-olds. Before starting this examination of fiddle tab, let`s recall what standard musical notation looks like. The familiar dot-shaped notes on or between the five lines of the ...
Emerald is May`s Birthstone
By Sam Serio - 04/01/2008
If you`re still young enough to remember your birthday, you probably also remember the special birthstone assigned to it. But at your age, we bet you don`t really know the SIGNIFICANCE of your birthstone and what power the ancients felt would be bestowed about you by wearing it. May`s Birthstone: ...
Tips when traveling to Orlando, Florida -- How to Find Cheap Prices, Deals, and Discounts!
By Art Mccarty - 04/01/2008
You probably are worried that you are going to spend an arm and a leg to come to Orlando and spend a week or so at the Central Florida area attractions. You expect that you will go home and have a huge credit card bill, no cash left, and will be waiting a long time before can you go on vacation agai...
How To Marry A Wealthy Guy
By Ailsa Forshaw - 04/01/2008
How To Marry A Wealthy Guy (or Girl... Or at least Make Sure they`re a Good Money Manager!! ha,ha!) Here are some little tips so you can at least spot a wealthy (or soon-to-be-wealthy) guy: 1. If that BMW he`s driving is most likely leased, you may be looking at a guy who owes a whole lot of money t...
Guitar Players...Learn About The Point Of Discipline
By Craig Bassett - 04/01/2008
Have you ever started learning a lick or exercise and stopped practicing it before you had mastered it? Now I don`t know you, but my guess the answer to the question is yes! Why is that? Why did you stop, when it was something that you REALLY
wanted to learn? There are quite a few reasons for it, b...
Pocket Jacks in Texas Hold`em
By Michael J Bradley - 04/01/2008
When I say pocket jacks, I`m referring to two Jacks, pre-flop, in Texas Hold`em. This is the fifth best hand in Texas Hold?em and in general, I would say you should never fold this hand (especially in limit hold?em). But it is definitely one of those hands to be careful with. Pocket Jacks is especi...
Calculating the Overround - How to Calculate the House Margin
By Martin Burgess - 04/01/2008
The overround is the built in profit enjoyed by the bookie or casino, either in a game or
in the prices offered on a horserace, for example. All that is required is to know the
odds offered on all possible outcomes of a game or sporting event. In the case of the
sporting event the prices are all ...
2004 Olympics and Yachting in Greece
By Alexander M. Vournas - 04/01/2008
Everybody knows that the Olympic Games are due to be held in Athens in 2004. Apart from the accepted consequences, positive and negative, for the city of Athens and Greece in general this sporting extravaganza will seriously affect the yachting fraternity from mid-July to mid-September. Two major c...
Ice Fishing in the Wisconsin Winter
By Scott Pinkert - 04/01/2008
It`s late December... temperatures are racing towards 0 degrees. Ice is covering most of the lakes in Wisconsin and getting thick on the lakes in the Northern half of the state. This is the time of the year when the die-hards come out to take on the bitter cold to do what they love... fish! But ice ...
Inspiring the Poet in You!
By Anusuya Veth - 04/01/2008
Poems. Just the mention of them makes me smile. Why? Simple. I delight in writing and reading poetry. Some tend to think that to be a poet is not easy and that it must be those deep thinkers who can write poems. Actually all of us can be poets if we have creativity. After all poems are creations of ...
Simple Tips For Improving Golf Swing
By Tim Lee - 04/01/2008
There are loads of resources both on-line and off that you can turn to for easy tips on improving golf swing. More than likely, you are looking for simple pointers on improving golf swing that you can start with yourself, because you are not in a position to hire a professional to help you improve ...
Gambling Events Basics
By Mansi Aggarwal - 04/01/2008
Gambling has always been a tabooed subject in the middle class households because of the adverse sociological impacts. The great epics of the east include stories about the kings loosing their whole dynasties in the game of gambling. Thought he whole practice is scathed, but the charm of the game h...
After Eve [Conte Philosophique] Part One (Chapter One): The First Ballad
By Dennis Siluk - 04/01/2008
He winked one eye,
After four billion years;
Uncovering the blind,
Naked, and feared. Then, articulating,
Fibers and cells
He lifted, constructed,
Tailored, and milled. With soil and soul,
He then conceived
Australopithecus?
Was now relieved. Now, cries ...
Writing Query Letters that Count -- Close the Deal with Your First Letter!
By Mark Barnes - 04/01/2008
Your query letter can be a deal maker or a deal breaker. So, if your query letter just lies there, you`ve killed the sale immediately or your story or novel immediately. If you want that story -- your baby -- to be read, reach out of that query letter, grab the publisher, editor or literary agent ...
The Alaskan Experience
By A.J. Klott - 04/01/2008
"FISH ON!!" I yelled, as my seven weight fly rod bent over and the line played it`s magical tune of "zinging in the rain". It was hard to tell just how big the fish was or if it was a Rainbow or big Dolly Varden. Hooking a big upper Kenai river trout in fast water doesn`t leave much time for species...
Reviving Old Computer Games
By Daniel Punch - 04/01/2008
Remember the good old days of gaming, when there were only 5 pixels in the protagonist and your imagination could turn them into a heroic figure of Schwarzenegger proportions? When the enemies and the heroes were distinguished by colour and you only needed one button on the joystick? Well times have...
Music Licensing: The Cold Cash Facts About Money for your Music
By Scott G - 04/01/2008
Where music meets licensing, there`s money to be made. How much money? "I have synched quite a few thousand songs into productions over the years," states Peter Jansson of Janssongs, Inc., "and have charged anywhere between US$1.00 and US$250,000 for each one." That`s correct: he said a quarter of a...
10 Tips on Writing Effective Dialogue
By Marg McAlister - 04/01/2008
1. Become an Eavesdropper Listen carefully to the way people REALLY talk. They tend to talk in sentence fragments. They interrupt others. They repeat themselves. Try to get your dialogue to reflect authentic speech, but be careful not to become dull (real speech is OFTEN dull!) 2. Train Yourself to ...
Writing Your Best-Selling Non-Fiction Book Title
By Jeff Smith - 04/01/2008
Your struggling to sell just a few copies of your book, ebook,
report or other information-based product each month? Are you stumped by the lack of response you are getting? You are positive people want your information, yet no matter
how hard you try, you can`t seem to tap into the flood of
deman...
Civil War Uniforms: Double the Value of Your Shirt!
By Paula McCoach - 04/01/2008
5 Tips to Creating a Shirt that is not only authentic but also Expensive! You probably will not start the hobby out as much of a tailor. My first few handmade items were a joke, but eventually I got to where I can put together a good uniform. Basic sewing skills are all you need to skyrocket the aut...
India`s Chances at Commonwealth Games 2006
By Manoj Gupta - 04/01/2008
The fragrance of Commonwealth Games 2006 is all around and the Indians are assessing the chances of Medals in it. Having won the bid to host the Commonwealth Games in the year 2010, it?s an issue of great speculation and interest to witness how India fares as a host too. Looking the stats of last Co...
They`ll Never Find Me
By Esmerelda Jones - 04/01/2008
Mandurah, pioneer settlement, now a zesty seaside resort in Western Australia, was in the 1950`s a yawning fishing village. It used to be wriggling with family campers, propping up tents and flicking blankets on the grassy foreshore to relish the sheer laziness of crabbing and sand-garnished sandwic...
10 Steps to Improving Your Triathlon Swim
By Kevin Koskella - 16/01/2007
As technical as the sport of swimming can be, it is tough to narrow down the answer to the often-asked question, ?what should I concentrate on?? So, I came up with a ?top ten? list of steps to improving your swim for a triathlon. These aren`t necessarily in any order, but should go a long way in hel...
