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33 Epic Ways To Stay Creative. Creativity always tries to lurk through the actions and find a way to express itself. It’s really disturbing when we know we are creative, but we push away the good habits and build a solid wall on the path of creativity. However, this is neither fatal nor final. We have the power of choice and each choice defines our way to happiness, wealth, success and fulfillment of our vision. All the good things we want to possess come from the power to imagine and create clear non-existing image in front of our eyes and make that image feasible.

When we say he or she is creative, we conclude that the individual is able to express their emotions under the best light. We are all able to do that, as I previously mentioned. Today we will focus on the 33 epic ways to stay creative. 1. Making lists is one of the best ways to discover and break down anything into smaller pieces. 2. Got an idea, write it down. 3.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you should start today. 4. 5. 6. 7. Take a break. 8. 9. 10. 11. How Do We Know How Old The Sun Is? 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything. Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry.

KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math S.O.S. Science Creativity. 40 Helpful Links for Guitar Players. I'm doing my best do save you some room in your bookmarks tab on your browser by compiling the 40 most helpful links and websites I've ever come across for guitar players. These aren't just gear or lesson sites, but sites that I've found to be helpful in other ways that I wouldn't have initially expected.

So I'm passing the knowledge on to you. If you play guitar, every link on this page will be worth checking out or at least keeping handy for future use. I've included a quick explanation beside each link. 1. If you ever want to record guitar on your computer this is a free piece of software that will allow you to record any stream coming into your sound card. 2. Ceaser Huesca is a guy who got his start on YouTube and provides some of the most inspiring covers available. 3. Ever curious what kind of gear your favorite guitarist is using?

4. Here you'll find curated deals and bargains on guitar gear from reputable websites (none of the shady operations), updated every week day. 5. 6. 7. 8. Creative Writing Exercises. Learn How to Write Songs. Instinct - Learn Guitar, Love Guitar. Vision Music's "Basic Jazz Chords" Classic Internet Guitar Lesson Index. Sound of silence - Simon & Garfunkel. 20 Very Useful Photography Tips And Tricks. The summer is here so now is the perfect time to make a lot of photos. If you want to look like a professional photographer, then you must enhance your pictures. Take a look at this article because here you will find 20 very cool tutorials which will help you transform an average photo into a work of art. How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography In this article, the author will teach you how to create lomo photos in a very easy way.

DIY – Create Your Own Bokeh Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. Make Pop Art from Your Photos If you are a fan of pop art and the work of Andy Warhol, then this is the Adobe Photoshop tutorial for you. How to Turn Humdrum Photos into Cinematic Portraits In this photography and Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to add drama or a cinematic quality to a regular, humdrum and boring portrait using a little bit of fake HDR. Convert to Black and White the Right Way Photographing Car Light Trails Coloring a black and white image. Spn3. Fresh Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials. InShare2 Even when you are an experienced Adobe Photoshop user, it’s always nice and useful to learn about new tricks and techniques, which help you to improve your professional skills. As nothing in this world stands on the same place, a lot of useful tutorials are appear daily on the web.

And we are as usually try to pick up the best material for our readers and always search for new stuff to share with you. This article shares with you 50 Fresh Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials. Create a Diablo III Inspired Text Effect in Photoshop If you’re a big fan of playing video games, then you are probably aware of the release of Diablo III. Create a “Parry Hotter” Text Effect in Photoshop In this quick tip tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a cinematic “Parry Hotter” Text Effect using the layer styles. Create a Stitched Denim Text Effect in Photoshop Create a Crisp Metallic Text Effect in Photoshop Create a Bloody Text Effect in Photoshop Using Layer Styles Ombre Text Effect Chalk Text Effect. - StumbleUpon. Basic Jazz Chords for Guitar. INDEX of online guitar lessons. This is an article I've posted in the rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz newsgroup several times. I'm including it here so folks can access it more easily.

Sorry for the ASCII tab format, but it's the best I can do right now. I hope this is of use to some folks. Here's a basic "jazz" chord vocabulary. In each case, the root of the chord is the lowest note. The chords in each column below all have the same function ... the chords in each column can all replace each other: I'll talk about tritone substitutions on another page soon ... that will help fill in some of the holes in this page. Anyhow, this should get you started. ||: Bbmaj7 G7#9 | C-7 F9 | D-7 Dbdim | C-7 F9 | | F-9 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 Ab13 | C-7 F9 | Bbmaj7 F9 :|| || D13 | A-9 D7#5 | G9 | D-7 G9 | | C13 | C13 C7#5 | C-7 G7#9 | C-7 F7b9 || || Bbmaj7 G7#9 | C-7 F9 | D-7 Dbdim | C-7 F9 | | F-9 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 Ab13 | C-7 F9 | Bbmaj7 F9 || You can use the chords above to play this pretty easily.

Have fun ... Guitar Tuner - Mojo Universe. Guitar Technique and Warm Up Exercises with Tabs. Here are some technique and warm up exercises that can help you to gain fluency, speed and accuracy on the guitar neck. It's a good idea to do some of these exercises every day. Don't do them too long at a time, it's better to exercise regularly (daily) for a short time. You gain the most out of these exercises if you use a metronome. Start slow and built up the speed. Don't force yourself into a tempo that you're not ready for. Make sure your arms and wrists are relaxed. Just to make sure we understand eachother in terms of finger naming (warning: the numbers on the tabs below are not finger numbers, but fret numbers): Click Here To Download Your Free Jazz Guitar eBook Warm Up Exercises This first exercise helps to develop your fluency, speed and left hand-right hand coordination.

The next exercise trains your individual fingers. String Skipping Exercises The following set of exercises train your picking abilities. This is one of bass player John Patitucci (if I remember it well). 9 Songs Every Beginner Should Know. Author Bio: * Plays for the band Your Name In Neon * Has been playing for 9 years * Has 3 years teaching experience * Is in love with the Beatles * Has been gigging for 7 years * Has a secret crush on The Bangles * Is a beginner specialist * Has been a session guitarist For the beginner guitarist, here is a list of 9 songs that are easily recognisable, easy to learn and will leave you feeling good after a run through. By learning the 9 songs listed below you will have covered some essential basics e.g. strumming patterns, string skipping with the plectrum, barre chords, single string riffs and leads.

These techniques will lay the foundation for your guitar playing so the songs should not be rushed and should be worked on tirelessly. I have listed them in an order from easiest to the hardest. Strumming Songs 1. The song consists of four chords in the key of G major: G, D, Am7, and C. 2. 3. 4. A classic rock standard, American Pie, is a somewhat challenging song for a beginner? 4. 5. 6. 7.

Better Guitar - Guitar Songs You Should Learn. There are certain songs that every guitar player should try to learn. Either they are commonly requested or they have cool guitar parts that will expand your playing skills. I am going to list songs in several styles of music and explain why I think they should be add to your “play list.” While most are electric guitar songs, there are some acoustic songs also. Obviously, this type of list won’t ever be comprehensive, and no doubt, many will disagree with my choices — and find many ommissions.

But I have choosen songs I think are worth learning. This is a huge list and will take most players years to complete (if ever.) Johnny B. List of Free Books. Know Every Note on the Guitar in 9 Days. Knowing every note on the guitar is a challenge unique to the instrument. A saxophone has only one way to finger each note, while a guitar usually has a few different strings and four fingers to choose from. String a few notes together and the permutations of how to play them will wreck your brain.

Pianists have a similar problem with ten available digits, but you can memorize the notes on a keyboard in a matter of minutes; the same pattern of white and black keys repeats every octave. The challenge with navigating the guitar fretboard is its two-dimensional layout. It’s a matrix, while nearly every other instrument has a linear path of notes from the bottom to the top of its range. But this challenge hasn’t halted anyone’s progress through generations of great guitar players, and it needn’t halt yours. Why Know the Whole Fretboard? If you don’t know every single note on the guitar cold, without hesitation, then I highly recommend taking a little time to get that under your belt.

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