Nine Ways To Make Yourself Smarter How Music REALLY Works!, Chapter 6: How Chords and Chord Progressions REALLY Work 6.17.1 Optimizing Unity and Variety in Chord Progressions 6.17.2 Emotional Effects of Chords The writer Tom Wolfe once advised that, just as a doctor learns, “First, do no harm,” so an artist must keep in mind, “First, entertain.” In songwriting, this applies to every aspect: harmony, rhythm, melody, form, lyrics, performance. At the same time, every element has to be accessible. Figure 128 summarizes this concept: FIGURE 128 Scales of Unity and Variety Aim for the upper right. Your song (or the song you’ve chosen to play, if you didn’t write it) won’t grab your audience emotionally if it confuses them musically or lyrically, or if it bores them, musically or lyrically. A great song, performed competently, gets everything right. • Harmony and chord progressions • Pulse, meter, tempo, rhythm • Phrasing and form • Melody • Lyrics • Performance values (live or recorded) (NOTE: As always, these are not hard-and-fast rules. TABLE 51 Optimizing Unity and Variety in Chord Choice and Chord Progressions
Hardgainers Guide to Building Muscle | Athleticka Everyday I get hundreds of emails from ectomorphs or as we will call them: hardgainers, about putting on muscle. Because of this, I decided to create this beginners guide to help you hardgainers put on the size you are looking for. Weight Training “More is not better.” That quote is perfect for all hardgainers who are actively involved in weight training. The first mistake I see with all hardgainers is their weight training; because they are not seeing the results as quickly as they would like, they usually fall into the trap of overtraining. The reality is that heavy compound lifts in the 4-8 rep ranges should make up the majority of all hardgainers working sets. Using compound exercises like this is going to be best for maximizing the total work that’s been performed as they will stimulate the most muscle fibers during a single lift. Isolation exercise should not be a part of your workout program as they only focus on one muscle at a time, leading to far less than optimal results. Cardio:
MP3 ROUNDUP: Solar Bears, Casey Veggies "Customized Greatly Vol. 3" mixtape, Led Er Est, and Jay Electronica » CHARTattack | Indie and Alternative Music Solar Bears – “Cosmic Runner” Irish electro group Solar Bears’s new release is a funky bit of Boards of Canada re-imagination, with an electro-disco makeover. It’s like something you’d find on a gym-obsessed robot’s iPod. Led Er Est – “Kaiyo Maru” Like driving through a post-apocalyptic Gothic landscape towards salvation with a radio stuck on the ‘80s station, Led Er Est’s new single is not jet black, but you’d still look pretty ridiculous dancing enthusiastically to it. Jay Electronica – “Moleskin” He’s been promising the song for three years, and Jay Electronica’s finally delivered, though he’s more concerned with creating a mood through the music than dropping bars upon bars. Casey Veggies – Customized Greatly Vol. 3 (Mixtape) If you’re not familiar with Casey Veggies, his much-heralded flow and powerful soul-sampling instrumentals should pique your interest.
30 Challenges for 30 Days Did you know that it takes 30 days to form a new habit? The first few days are similar as to how you would imagine the birth of a new river. Full of enthusiasm it gushes forth, only to be met by strong obstacles. The path is not clear yet, and your surroundings don’t agree. Old habits urge you to stay the same. But you need to stay determined. So, take a moment to reflect on the question ‘Who do I want to be in 5 years?’ Check out this short TED talk first to get inspired: Now pick one or more challenges and stick with them! However, be cautioned, picking too many challenges at the same time can easily result in a failure of all of them. #1 Write a I-Like-This-About-You note/text/email each day for someone (Easy) This is the perfect way to let someone else know you care. #2 Talk to one stranger each day (Hard) This is a great one to cure approaching anxiety. #3 Take one picture each day (Hard) #4 Re-evaluate one long-held belief each day (Intermediate) Do you love yourself? We recommend:
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10 Awesome Online Classes You Can Take For Free Cool, but you need iTunes for nearly everything, and that gets an 'F.' Are there really no other places to get these lessons? I was sure there are some on Academic Earth. Flagged 1. 7 of them are available via YouTube. 2. iTunes is free. 1. 2. Don't worry, we're looking out for you! While I have no personal beef with iTunes, I know that many people share your sentiments — so I actually made a concerted effort to include relevant youtube links when possible.
101 Online Self Improvement Resources fMotivation aProductivity hHealth cSelf Improvement Skip to content m 101 Online Self Improvement Resources Posted on July 11, 2007 by John Wesley | CATEGORIES: self improvement Recently readers have asked me to share my favorite self improvement resources. It’s a rather long list, so if you don’t have much time I’d recommend bookmarking it with del.icio.us and coming back later. Self Improvement Resources These resources specialize in helping you make the most of your time. Personal Development Sites in this category cover all topics traditionally related to personal growth and development. Mentally Stimulating These sites, focused mainly on art and science, never fail to make me think. Business, Blogging, and Financial Success Although many of these are targeted at my fellow bloggers and webmasters, some are relevant to everyone. Educational References and Reading SearchSign Up Check out PickTheBrain - Polls on LockerDome on LockerDome Connect With Us b t g q Twitter: pickthebrain b t g q
Day 1: Your First Web Page & 30 Days to Learn HTML & CSS Reactive programming is a way of coding with asynchronous data streams that makes a lot of problems easier to solve. RxJS is a popular library for reactive...Once in a while, it's important for us as developers to go back to what made us excited about computers in the first place. For Derek Jensen, that is gaming....React is a flexible framework that makes it easy to build single-page web applications. One of its tools is a set of lifecycle methods which you can add to...The PixelSquid plugin for Photoshop is an exciting new technology that provides the benefits of 3D elements without having to understand a 3D program or the...How your app looks is as important as how it works, and animation is an important part of modern user interfaces.
The Indie Rock Playlist - Home Page Develop Perfect Memory With the Memory Palace Technique The Memory Palace is one of the most powerful memory techniques I know. It’s not only effective, but also fun to use — and not hard to learn at all. The Memory Palace has been used since ancient Rome, and is responsible for some quite incredible memory feats. Of course, most of us are not in Dominic’s memory championship line of business (or in Hannibal’s line of business for that matter). The Memory Palace The Memory Palace technique is based on the fact that we’re extremely good at remembering places we know. 5 Steps to Use the Memory Palace Technique 1. First and foremost, you’ll need to pick a place that you’re very familiar with. A good first choice could be your own home, for example. Also, try to define a specific route in your palace instead of just visualize a static scene. Here are some additional suggestions that work well as Memory Palaces, along with possible routes: Familiar streets in your city. 2. Now you need to pay attention to specific features in the place you chose.
Kitchen 101: Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs | Chasing Delicious Kitchen 101: Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs I’d be remiss if I simply focused on imparting technical knowledge in the Kitchen 101 series here at Chasing Delicious. I’d be downright neglectful if I didn’t talk about ingredients, particularly the biggest misconception about produce today: that it is naturally available year-round. Though you may be able to find just about every type of fruit, vegetable, and herb in the grocery store every day of the year, a majority of this produce is not in season. Time spent in transit or storage is not the only inflated aspect of buying produce out of season. The biggest problem with buying out of season produce, and the focus of this article, is the lack of freshness and sacrifice in flavor and nutrients. My favorite part about abiding by an ingredient’s natural availability is what I like to call the Thanksgiving effect. That being said, there are many factors that effects a particular ingredients season. Take the time to read the sticker on the fruit.
Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills. You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.