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Lessons Dvd
Lessons Dvd
Piano Lessons On DVD
You do not have to be musically inclined to learn a musical instrument. Anyone can learn to play piano. You just have to learn the right way. For you, that may be learning from a DVD.
Video Piano Lessons
DVD piano lessons are an excellent alternative for you to learn to play the piano. They are especially good for those who can't afford to pay for expensive private lessons, or those who find lesson books hard to follow. A piano lesson video is the next best thing to having a live instructor.
Before you begin looking for a piano lesson DVD, you should probably consider getting a piano or keyboard. It will be very difficult to practice if you don't. It usually isn't a good idea to borrow someone else's piano or keyboard, unless they allow you to keep it at your home. Otherwise, your practice time will be limited and you are not likely to be able to practice when it is convenient for you. Pianos can be found almost anywhere, even online, so invest the money. Once you can play proficiently, you'll want your own piano, anyway.
Once you have your instrument, you will need to find a good piano lesson DVD. You will need to choose between chord lessons and note lessons. Many DVD programs are concentrated on only one type of playing, though there are some that feature lessons for both. Many piano students prefer to learn chords first, and take up notes later. The most important thing is to choose what is best for you and your goals.
If you happen to find a DVD set that features a series of lessons, including both note and chord playing, purchase the set. It will give you the most thorough lesson plan possible. You can find these DVDs and DVD sets at reasonable prices, either in a local store or online. You should always compare the features and prices of different DVD piano lessons before you make your purchase. This will help you avoid wasting your money on something that will not help you learn.
If you have a DVD player at home, you are ready to start your lessons as soon as you have the DVD. The lessons included on the DVD will be presented in the order that they should be taken. They are designed as a step-by-step guide to learn most efficiently. If you have trouble with a lesson, repeat it as often as you need to before moving on. This is one of the advantages of piano lessons on DVD, since you will not feel pressured. You can learn at your own pace, as fast or slow as you want.
Once you have your piano, and your video piano lessons, all that's left to do is practice. You will learn very easily, at your own pace, as long as you choose a program that suits your needs and taste.
About the Author
Lauren Paltrow of LearnPiano-Reviews.com, specializes in helping aspiring pianists get the info that they need to make the right choices. Lauren leads her team of piano experts in constantly reviewing new courses and products in the market to make sure you get the best value products that work for you. Check out actual user reviews of the best piano courses and products at LearnPiano-Reviews.com.
Does anyone know a realy good and realy cheap photography lesson dvd i could buy somewhere?
...i am trying to get in the photography world but i am in school doing my thing and will also be going back to work this summer and has no way i could fit the time of going to school for photography right now, a dvd lesson or free online (with video) lesson would be great!
...by the way i have the Nikon D50 with the basic lens 18-55mm.
Go to the library! I'm always surprised when people ask these types of questions- nobody goes to the library anymore?? Everything you want is free.
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First Lesson
First Lesson
Lessons are instrumental to success in whatever you wish to learn, whether it is speaking a foreign language, swimming, or playing a musical instrument. Lessons provide a structure, which is a valuable tool in allowing you to grasp the basics. Jumping in at the deep end of a swimming pool without the basic knowledge of how to swim is not a wise move. Nor is performing at Carnegie Hall, the very first time you pick up a guitar. Everything takes practice. When you follow a sensible practice schedule, your guitar playing will flourish and soon enough you will be delighting yourself everyone around you with your music.
Being able to play a musical instrument is indeed a rich asset in life. Among other reasons, it is a skill that will simply make you happy. Playing the guitar can calm your nerves, lift your spirit, entertain your children, or make your sweetheart weak at the knees. Luckily, the guitar is one of the easiest instruments to learn. Of course, to play it exceptionally well, may take a lifetime to master, but don't worry about that. Enjoy every moment as it happens and the sheer fun of making music right now.
The best things about beginner guitar lessons are that they are affordable and very rewarding given that after just one lesson you will be able to play a song. The first couple of chords you learn may well be D and A, as they work together very well. Of course you will build on that, adding more and more chords, different ways to make them, and learn the relationships individual notes have with others. Maybe you want to be a lead guitarist. Be patient, learn the basics and with practice you will be.
The average cost of a half hour guitar lesson is between $15 and $30, although this can be more if your desired teacher is in huge demand. Remember that your teacher doesn't have to be a virtuoso to teach you the basics. Take your time to choose one who best fits your needs - there are many experienced and patient teachers, wherever you are, who are happy to teach you. Of course, when starting out, you may be unsure exactly what you want to learn, but that's not a problem at this early stage. If you stick with it, your skill, style, genre preference will eventually come to you.
Regardless of whether or not you take your beginner guitar lessons offline or online, do make sure you can comfortably digest what your teacher is showing you. If you don't easily understand the first lesson or two (which you can often get for free, especially online), then chances are, continuing with that teacher may not be a wise choice. Be sure to take your time and choose a tutor carefully, as it can make all the difference in the long run.
Phill Mason is a musician, composer and music teacher. Phill's fresh approach of "Play First - Learn Later" makes him different from the usual music teacher, which also makes learning easier and more fun. With well over 20 years playing experience under his belt, Phill has graced many a stage from the smallest darkest dives to the glorious Royal Albert Hall in London as well as festivals, radio and TV performances. If you want to some solid beginner guitar lessons, then you should consider taking a guitar crash course with Phill Mason at http://crashcoursemuso.com
What to expect for my first horse riding lesson ?
e.g. what you learn for the first lesson
thanks
That really depends on the riding stable where you are goin to take your first lesson.
Some stables like to start with the very basics, like:
-Brushing/picking hooves
-Different pieces of tack, how to put on a saddle and bridle
-Leading/Mounting the horse
-Position when you're on the horse(stirrups, how to hold reins)
-Basic walking for you to get accustomed to horse's movements
Some stables may go straight to getting on the horse and working on your position and letting you get accustomed to riding a horse. And possibly work on grooming afterwards, or the next lesson.
Most stables would not have you trot, unless you really insist upon it(mostly because it's a bumpy gait, and it can be sore for both horse and rider). And even then, they'd prefer that you achieve greater confidence on a horse first, and is able to keep your seat and position.
But the most important thing to remember, is just to relax and enjoy yourself. ^_^
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Today Lessons Instruction
Today Lessons Instruction
With all the online guitar instruction that are on the internet today it's hard to choose the best one. Online guitar lessons have long been a great way to learn the guitar on your own for a low price. With most online guitar instruction, They do not assume that you can play guitar at all. The online courses will take you from a person that can not play a note to a competent player.
Choosing a online guitar instruction course that has a downloadable lesson book which also breaks down the course into separate lessons is what you are looking for. Make sure the lessons are easy to follow and are not difficult to understand. Find a course that comes with video and audio along with their course book is a plus. There is know substitute for seeing and hearing how the guitar is supposed to be played.
Look for online guitar instruction that comes with lessons that will teach you how to play by ear. You can learn to identify all the various guitar chords by ear with the right training. These lessons are not only fun, they can fast track you to play your favorite songs by ear. With all guitar lessons make sure it will teach you how to read music. Some of the courses use fun games to teach you this.
Find a online guitar instruction with material that is easy to read and follow along with. Make sure there are lots of illustrations and examples in the videos for you to follow. Look for a course that has a money back guarantee in case you do not like how the course is laid out. A course that gives a prompt refund this way you do not have any worries. For a great guitar course without spending a lot of money, look for a course for beginners and intermediate player is the perfect choice. When it comes to software based guitar lessons look for one with great videos and lesson books.
There is a course by jamorama that has all of these things in the course. To take a look at the course follow the link here. http://R-Rguitarlessons.blogspot.com
Does yelling help while teaching?
My 9 year old is required by her mom to practice piano for 45 min every day. On the weekends when I am home, I find the practice degenerate into yelling, crying with my little one protesting almost every other instruction my wife gives. According to my wife, it is part of the lesson. But I fail to see how ordering a kid to go over a piece 20 times if he makes a mistake will grow a love for piano in him. My common sense tells me that he would probably hate this lovely instrument one day. If I discuss this issue with my wife, we end up having a fight. I requested her to talk to other parents we know. She told me today, that they all said, it is okay to yell at the kids. This is the way it is supposed to be. If you give me reference to any work that talks about best practice in teaching musical instrument, I will really appreciate that.
Listen to Jane she know her stuff well
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Latin Themes
Latin Themes
Real Estate Limited Partners in Latin America
Real Estate investment for Limited Partners (LPs) in Latin America can really be seen as a tale of two countries, namely Mexico and Brazil, and recent experiences there offer important contrasts between each country's different market practices leading up to the global recession, some of the ways in which local participants responded differently, and, ultimately, lessons that the global recession may offer Limited Partners for future investing strategies in Latin America.
For LPs, the contrasts between Brazil and Mexico couldn't be sharper, but identifying the appropriate strategy going forward may not be as clear. There seems to be a general consensus today that investors want to avoid Mexico but remain committed to investing in Brazil. One can't blame them. This situation, in fact, is nearly a mirror image of the situation ten years ago when investors, beleaguered by years of boom and bust in Brazil, concentrated almost exclusively on Mexico as it emerged from the 1994 peso crisis. What we now know, of course, is that investors who were early to the game in Brazil have been rewarded handsomely, while experiences in Mexico are mixed at best.
During the last fund-raising cycle, most investment strategies that came to market were structured as country Funds. The emergence of country Funds, headed by dedicated local management teams, introduced a new era of competition for LP capital, which means LPs now have more options when analyzing investment choices.
This question of how LPs invest going forward will become more prominent as the reality sets in that foreign-based managers are really not set up to deal directly with day-to-day issues on the ground, and one lesson investors may take from the current crisis is that being closer to the investment itself is generally a good thing. This reality check is pushing LPs to look at their investment vehicle choices, their ability to defend their interests, fees they are paying as well as the overall investment strategy.
Issues facing LP investors are further complicated if the Fund is co-mingled. For LPs who had the ability and foresight to demand a seat at the table, either de facto or through negotiations, having more say in the matter when investments turn south turns out to be a pretty good thing. The lesson that LPs need to plan for a downturn when executing agreements is a prominent theme throughout the industry.
Over the last five years, Mexico and Brazil each benefited from a tremendous influx of equity capital, and excessive liquidity permitted global managers to tap into leverage that further increased demand for risk assets. As allocations for alternatives increased, Funds grew in both size and number and, as a result of this heightened demand for assets, the path diverged between Brazil and Mexico as the need to invest relatively larger pools of capital pushed managers to assume the maximum permissible risk each respective market offered.
Due to the expansion of local credit, asset appreciation in Mexico readily exceeded that of Brazil. As an example, proforma exit cap rates for commercial retail dipped well into the high single digits at the peak, even though short-term Mexican Treasuries were yielding 8.25% at the time. Stabilized, credit-tenant industrial traded as low as 7.25% on a cap-rate basis. Current estimates put cap rates in the 12–14% range for commercial retail and 9–10% for stabilized industrial. The current spread between short-term rates has widened substantially to 500–800bps as the Banco de Mexico cut rates 375bps and prices fell. For a project that funded in 2006, total estimated losses could easily exceed 50% when converted back to USD. The deterioration of the Mexican peso caught many by surprise but added fuel to the fire of over leveraged real estate.
Brazil, on the other hand, continues to be an all-equity market wherein sales values for stabilized investments tend to track government bond yields, adjusted for IGPM, but the real difference is that most projects were underwritten on an unleveraged basis. That distinction is important, because if Brazil does move toward a bubble, it will most likely be evidenced by an increased use of leverage.
By 2007, the rush to invest in Mexico reached a point where clear cases of bad underwriting had emerged. Aggressive assumptions on everything from lease rates, time to stabilization, residential unit pricing, sales velocity and aggressive exit cap rates seemed to justify higher going-in costs across the board. The urgency to put money out overtook the fundamentals, and the technical trade, premised on maximizing the IRR, was squarely the focus. LPs who had the foresight to establish the dual criteria of an xIRR-based hurdle as well as a threshold multiple-on-capital hurdle avoided some of the more painful situations because, from an absolute return perspective, most investments did not pass muster after 2006.
Salaries for senior professionals in Mexico went through the roof, and attrition rates were uncomfortably high. Retaining talent became a major issue because professionals, it seemed, were spending a significant amount of time looking for the next big job opportunity. The tales of who was being paid how much to work for whom, doing who knows what, were rampant. Each week it seemed a new pool of capital was looking for a degreed, bilingual Mexican citizen to oversee their local operations.
The failure in Mexico to retain talent highlights the breakdown of the fundamental need to align management with the investor. Mexico's attrition rate for senior professionals within the industry was demonstrably higher than that of Brazil. Why there was high turnover may have as much to do with cultural issues as it does with compensation practices within the Funds themselves, but the fact remains that LPs entrusted their capital to platforms that couldn't guarantee their senior staff would stick around. The over reliance on local professionals who fit a specific mold more often than not yielded a sub-par professional who lacked the ability to properly vet an investment or say no to the next best career opportunity.
The principal issues facing LPs today depend largely on which countries the LP is exposed to and what the LP wants to do going forward. The strength of Brazil's currency provided not only a safe harbor for foreign investors but, ironically, raises the question of to whether risk-adjusted returns will be as attractive from this point on.
Back in March 2009, revisions to projected returns in Brazil would seem to suggest the currency risk was properly priced because, at that time, the overall projected losses were minimal (no one was projecting much of a profit on a currency-adjusted basis, but they weren't losing their shirts either). The question going forward is will investors, in their rush to capture alpha, push the boundaries too far, because complacency about the currency, coupled with competition for deals, can be a formula for pushing asset prices too far upwards. Equity International, for example, announced intentions to create a Brazil debt program earlier this summer, which in and of itself is not a bad idea, but is an indication that investment inflows to Brazil are forcing capital to seek out new areas of opportunity. Going further out on the risk-reward continuum seems to be one of the features of overpricing assets and under-pricing risk. What Brazil really teaches us is that less leverage is a good thing, and if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
Some of these performance differences can be explained by the strength of the Brazilian Real, but the severity of loss in Mexico appears to fundamentally have much to do with its correlation to the U.S. economy, compounded by the fact that leverage was widely used. When the U.S. slowed, leverage and correlation exacerbated the situation in Mexico. LPs should think about Mexico as a total reset similar to that of the U.S., and as such, risk-adjusted returns should outpace Brazil during the next cycle. This assumes of course that Mexico's correlation with the U.S. will remain true as the U.S. recovers.
In Brazil and Mexico, both residential and commercial retail development were highly favored by investors. While land prices and development costs increased in both countries, Mexico experienced a much sharper increase in cost inputs, which can only be attributed to the impact of leverage. Low-income housing net margins, for example, shrank from 18–20% to 12–14% by 2008. Retail developers began to assume long-term exit cap rates in the 9% range and lease rate increases of 5% or more per year. In their defense, much of this had everything to do with the overall robust sense that things were going really well. As a developer in Mexico, if Wal-Mart said they wanted to build a mall in Veracruz, you basically said, sure, let's get it done! The problem of course is that these deals turned out to be very good for Wal-Mart and not so good for the risk capital partners.
Brazil's experience with retail expansion has resisted the downturn for two core reasons. First, the consumer economy didn't experience a pullback anywhere close to that of Mexico. Second, Brazilian developers assume risk on an all-cash basis. Any downtick in rental rates is temporary and linear. In terms of residential in Brazil, the higher-end markets definitely got ahead of themselves, but when things started to show signs of slowing down, developers quickly slowed construction, which was all equity, and, more importantly, never veered from the basic development model based on pre-sales. Clear signs of a recovery in the upper end are evident today, and developers are simply resuming pre-sales and construction.
Brazil's experience with the middle- and low- housing segments, which are financed through the CAIXA system, remain very active and well financed. The issue for these housing segments in Brazil is that the government's CAIXA program is so efficient that developers really don't need that much capital. It's a great IRR, but the amount of equity is unbearably tiny for most institutional investors.
Mexico's middle- and low-income housing sectors, while still active, were leveraged through the private sector mortgage banks, which in turn had credit lines from international banks. When foreign lenders pulled their lines in 2008, developers were essentially hung out to dry. The principal difference between Brazil and Mexico is how the governments' respective subsidized housing agencies pay developers. In Brazil, a developer is paid according to pre-sales and construction advance, supplanting the need for outside construction financing. Conversely, Mexico's INFONAVIT only pays developers once the certificate of occupancy is delivered and the sale is closed. In an up market, the Mexican model allows free market forces to incentivize the production of more homes, faster, but in a downturn the industry becomes a victim of the scarcity of capital.
In the particular case of Mexico's resort hospitality sector, values reached levels never seen before. The allure of building into what felt like an unlimited demand cycle of foreign buyers drove price appreciation in destinations like Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta into the stratosphere. A two-bed condominium in Cabo could have fetched $800,000 at the peak. If you wanted a view and access to the ocean, you were probably looking at double that. Foreign investors dove head first into risky beachfront land bets in Mexico that will take years to be made whole. Conversely, Brazil's resort tourism market has remained focused on domestic end users and, perhaps due more to geography, Brazil never came close to exploiting the foreign-buyer market for second homes the way that Mexico did.
Mexico's GDP is expected to contract 8.7% for 2009, whereas Brazil is expected to pull back 1.5%. The fact that Brazil's GDP is roughly 1.6 times the size of Mexico's only emphasizes the impact this global recession will have on the allure of Brazil as an investment over the next cycle. The question for LPs, however, is which country will offer a more compelling entry point a year or two from now, when new capital would be invested?
At a recent conference on Latin America real estate, few institutional investors planned to allocate either time or money to Mexico, but invariably all were interested in Brazil. Whether or not this situation persists only time will tell, but the dearth of investment capital has negative implications for existing investments in Mexico as well as opportunities for new capital to enter at a much better cost basis than in Brazil. History illustrates that persistent illiquidity mainly serves to push values down further, which, in turn, hastens a new cycle for opportunistic investing. For an LP invested in Mexico today, the question of what to do rests on the willingness to suspend the experience from what just happened and refocus on what will most likely occur over the next several years.
When an investment goes bad, the instinct is turn the page, but to do so with an eye on maximizing proceeds within market-based time constraints is an art. Furthermore, if a manager has no more incentive to maximize proceeds, what mechanisms are left to ensure that the LP's capital is being managed with the maximum level of fiduciary? The short answer is not much. The question for an LP invested in Mexico today is how to re-align interests, because, whatever the ultimate strategy, selling will take time.
The extent to which an LP is able and willing to step up their allocation to Mexico will largely define its options. By increasing the allocation, an LP immediately secures the ability to completely restructure its relationship with the manager, including the fee structure, management retention practices, the investment strategy and the LP's rights. If increasing the allocation is unrealistic, an LP could theoretically incentivize a manager by resetting the cost basis, but that begs the question: why reward failure? The LP, then, is left with either swapping out the manager, which is complicated, or bringing in an outside advisor to monitor the manager, charging the cost back to Fund. The latter seems to be the preferred strategy at this point in time but may prove to be only a Band-Aid over time.
The fact that capital is actively looking to invest in Brazil and that Brazilian managers can point to relative success during the downturn will limit their willingness to negotiate with LPs. All things being equal, an LP should be able to negotiate substantially better terms with a Mexican manager in the current environment. LPs who invested in Brazil earlier this decade already made their money and have their deals cut with the manager, but new investors are up against a wave of interest that will only grow stronger as the global recession recedes.
The absence of leverage in Brazil turned out to be a good thing for many reasons. First and foremost, unleveraged returns are by definition more conservatively underwritten. A manager who has to fund with 100% equity capital will look more closely at an investment because of the simple law of limited resources. The same manager with an ability to leverage that same equity will put less in so that he can fund more investments, because maximizing the number of projects will yield more fees. Because of this, there is an inherent tension between maximizing the number of deals and protecting investor capital, driven mainly by the front-end fee incentive. This is one of the greatest obstacles to maintaining proper alignment of interest. The fact that Mexico is currently undergoing a reset in asset prices means the next wave of capital to enter Mexico will invest on an all equity basis—which is a good thing from an underwriting standpoint, because the LPs will benefit from better underwriting standards and a wider selection of opportunities.
The question of properly aligned fee structures is central. Even though there is strong LP interest in Brazil, fees are being negotiated down with some success. Namely transaction-related fees such as internal acquisition and disposition commissions are being reduced, if not eliminated. Asset management fees are focusing on invested versus committed equity, and LPs are paying close attention to the definition of "inside the box," with an eye on capping exposure to any individual investment.
The most likely areas for opportunity in Brazil will continue to be build-to-suit industrial, mid-rise value-add office and middle-income residential (although it's hard to put a lot of equity out without buying into a developer). Commercial retail is a very competitive market, and the most successful strategies have been joint ventures with solid local developers. It will be interesting to see what the impact of the Olympics will be for the country and Rio de Janeiro specifically, and there will be a real estate angle to be sure.
Opportunities in Mexico are clearly going to be of the distressed variety, which will require a specific personality and skill set. Developers and acquisition folks in general don't make good distressed guys because their strength is execution in an up market, so finding the right manager is the first challenge. The likely areas of opportunity in Mexico will be in the middle-income residential sector, mainly with undercapitalized builders, discounted land and unsold vertical condo. Additionally, there are going to be opportunities to acquire stabilized commercial retail and second-generation industrial. While the office market remains relatively overbuilt in Mexico City, those opportunities are most likely going to be on the debt side. Most would agree that there will not be a distressed debt market like the mid 1990s, simply because the banks are well capitalized and, frankly, operated with prudent lending policies throughout the cycle.
There have been some notable transactions with local developers. One involving a low-income developer, Corporativo Javer, had previously announced a sale of the entire company to Advent International in July 2007 for a rumored $500 million and never closed, but recently announced a 60% sale of the Company for $180 million to a consortium lead by Southern Cross and Evercore Partners, of which Pedro Aspe is a founder. The estimated valuation not only represents a 40% discount to the Advent terms, but the equity injection also carries a 13% preferred return. In many ways, this transaction is a good example of the kind of reset Mexico will likely continue to experience.
While those who invested in Brazil have reaped tremendous benefits, it is unclear if future investments will be as compelling for a new LP. Historically when capital inflows increase, asset prices tend to follow, and the window of opportunity may have a much shorter duration than many are considering. What could happen in Brazil, however, is a simple case of gentle crowding rather than an outright bust. If that is the case, returns in Brazil over the next five years, on a risk-adjusted basis, may actually underperform, because the competition for deals will simply mean less capital gets put to use even though more of it becomes available. Mexico, on the other hand, is going through a full reset, and the terms by which an LP can invest are definitively more favorable than in Brazil.
About the Author
Mr. Anderson is Managing Member of Tierra Partners and oversees advisory services for institutional investors with an emphasis on pension clients in the Latin America region. Tierra Partners has advised on $1.5 billion in aggregate real estate investment exposure on behalf of pension investors in Latin America since 2009. Tierra Partners' principal focus is manager & strategy consulting in addition to asset level analysis.
What can I write for my paper on Angels and Demons?
We need to write a paper on Angels and Demons and any theme that relates it to Latin (yup, the dead language). I can just go with the Ecclesiastical Latin idea but I don't think it has enough substance to go on with. Please help me!
That is interesting, you may make a point about how in the movie (and I guess the book) everyone speaks in English (we know it's in the benefit of the audience, but it still makes no sense) instead of Italian or spoken Latin.
The film also mentions how the Illuminati used English to hide that riddle in the Galileo book because it was a language of heretics (or something of the like, I can't recall exactly) I did found interesting that too.
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Excellence Jazz
Excellence Jazz
The exceptionally talented Smooth Jazz artist Gerald Veasley has released his CD entitled Velvet. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Gerald Veasley fans, and Smooth Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Velvet Gerald Veasley's artistic excellence is on full display as he has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be his best work to date.
It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's exactly what I must say about this one. There simply is NOT a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all, with each song standing tall on it's own.
The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Smooth Jazz isn't your favorite style you still can't help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.
Overall Velvet is excellent from beginning to end. One of those CDs that after a few listens the songs are just etched into your memory. A must have for the Smooth Jazz fan. Really spectacular from beginning to end.
My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 5, Put On Your Sunday Clothes. Good stuff!
Velvet Release Notes:
Gerald Veasley originally released Velvet on May 16, 2003 on the Heads Up Records label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Coup Deville
2. Sarah's Song
3. Let's Do It Again
4. Velvet
5. Put On Your Sunday Clothes
6. Do You Remember?
7. Luscious
8. Summer Kiss
9. Bread Puddin'
10. Forever
11. It's Alright (Tonigth's The Night)
12. Still Movin' On
13. Home
14. Sunday Clothes - (Reprise)
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UC application. How have u taken advantage of the educational opportunities u have had to prepare for college?
The most valuable occurrence that I have gained in high school came from my academic achievement in the educational opportunities offered. Probably one of the most important opportunity that impacted me was taking AP courses. These courses had made me develop study habits necessary for confronting rigorous course work. By taking all these AP classes,I am proving to colleges that I can push myself to the limit and that I can still maintain my commitment to academic excellence.I even went to City College over the summer to take Spanish 3 and Algebra II to take advantage of my education. I learned to be successful by doing my best in receiving my education. I started to play the piano and I was able to make my way through Jazz Band 3-8. From this experience, I learned that in order to accomplish anything it has to be done through hard work and commitment. Because of my accomplishments, I have received the AP Scholar Award and will be the 1st person in my family to go to a university.
Okay, thanks for sharing. UC applications are unimpressed by academics nowadays. They get too many kids with 5 AP classes passed with all 5's and 4.5 GPA. They want people who worked with homeless people or wasted their time with some other non-profit. Good luck getting into Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis, or SB. They overimpacted those this year and will take a lot less students.
Joe Morello Jazz Drummer Par Excellence
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