Tom Harrell trumpet solo with Phil Woods Quintet

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I wanted to share this smokin Jazz trumpet solo of Tom Harrell with the Phil Woods Quintet. When I was watching this Jazz video I noticed how Tom Harrell rests his fingers over his trumpet valves. I'm wondering if this helps his technique overall on the trumpet. According to how he sounds in the Jazz clip I'm going to have to say that it helps him quite a bit.

This great recording of Tom Harrell took place in Hamburg of 1988. I have one problem though, I'm not sure what the name of the tune is. If anyone could help me out on this it would be greatly appreciated.

Social media internet marketing goals to have when you're bored

(My Original Blog Post: http://mywebmastertips.com/social-media-internet-marketing-goals-when-bored/)
As an internet marketer, let's face it, you always got to be putting yourself out there in order to be seen online. One of the best ways to do this is to take advantage of all the great social media sites out there by simply continuing your efforts to grow your social networks and keep interaction with your social networks.

By doing what any member of a social media site would do, naturally commenting and replying to comments, will get your where you want to be online. Of course you're not selling anything except for having your main site in your social media profile. That's it, everything else is natural commenting and interaction to get free traffic to your profile, which in turn will get free traffic to your main site or business.

It's not rocket science by any means, but it does take a good amount of time and effort on your part. This is why I recommend taking advantage of such social media tasks when you're bored. Why not? You don't have to be 100% focused when doing such a thing. You could be watching TV or listening to some music while keeping interaction going in your social networks. Am I right about this or what?

Alright, let's get straight to the point on some goals you can try to reach while you're in that state of boredom. A good note to take here is that moderation is always the key to success. This is why I recommend limiting to your efforts to 5 at a time. You can do more a day, but 5 things per social network is actually quite a bit of work if you are legitimately commenting and making friends online.

Here we go!

Make 5 new Facebook friend requests

Go through your Facebook friend's friends and see who else you know. If you don't know them all too well, make sure to leave a quick message in your initial friend request to help break the ice. Things like, "I'm a friend of so and so and we both like music." Doesn't have to be complex. Go to your news feed as soon as you log in and reply a couple comments as well.

Comment on 5 videos and request friends with 5 people on Youtube

This doesn't take very much time and it's always a whole lot of fun to watch neat videos at Youtube. I can almost guarantee you that every person that accepts you as a friend will check out your profile. This will get traffic to your videos, which will then hopefully lead them to your website.

Follow 5 people on Twitter

Go through people you're already following and see other Twitter profiles that have the same niche as you. Become a follower, then you will get exposure to your site. I don't like using programs and scripts to build my Twitter network, instead, I prefer to do it the old fashion way.

Comment on 5 blogs in your niche

Simply do a Google search and find similar blogs to yours and submit natural comments and actually take the time to really find out what the blogger is writing about. Make sure to only comment on blogs that take a name and url so you can always get a link back to your site as well as most likely having the owner of that blog definitely take a look at your site. You know they will too, blog owners don't want to link to bad sites, so they will take a quick look at your site. I know I do.

Do 5 forum posts or replies

If you're not already a member of some forums, you definitely should be. Forums have always been a good way to get traffic and links back to your sites. Just make sure you fill out a simple signature in your forum's profile area for everyone you're a part of. Then just naturally reply to people's posts and people will see your site, you will get traffic from this. You'll at least get a hit from the person that started the topic in the first place. Starting your own unique topic will get you even more traffic.

Do 1 blog post for the day

Constantly getting unique content out on the world wide web will always give you free targeted search engine traffic. I try and make it a goal to do at least one blog post a day because I know over time every one of these blog posts are getting me visitors to my sites and at the same time I'm helping people find information on the web.

I know that was a lot of information. Now, I mentioned doing these things when you're bored online. Now imagined if you made these things a daily endeavor. Think about how much traffic this would generate, over time, to your main website(s).

Well, let's take a look, shall we?

With 365 days in a year, you'll end up with results similar to these:

• 365 unique blog posts and pages to your site.


• 1,825 forum posts and replies, your link will be on all of these.


• 1,825 blog comments on other peoples sites, your link will be on theirs.


• About 1,825 new Twitter followers, if they follow you back.


• 1,825 comments on Youtube with link to your profile plus the friends.


• About 1,825 new friends on Facebook.

I know it is almost impossible to accomplish these kinds of results in our busy lives, but a little bit everyday can and will add up. I don't waste my time with smaller social networks either. In my mind, the 3 social networks you should put your time and effort into building are Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter. I see the most potential with these 3.

I Left my computer on and now I have a payment proof from Gomez, Inc

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/qSRBP)
I was checking my e-mail today and saw a Paypal notification of payment received. I, like always, get thrilled to see that I am getting paid for my efforts online. Today the commission I received was from Gomez, Inc. To be honest with you, I didn't earn my commissions just for leaving my computer on, but instead I got my payment proof thanks to referring a couple other free members to Gomez. Right now they are giving $1.00 referral bonuses to their affiliates. This is a pretty hefty referral fee if you ask me, since it's free and all.

I had the Gomez Peer software installed on my old computer. Now that they paid me, I figured it would be a good idea to install it on my current computer. So I did that, took me less than 5 minutes to set up.

Paypal payment I received from Gomez Peer for $5.41.

Gomez is free to join, easy to make money with, and is now proven "to me" anyway that they really do pay their members. I know I haven't made a whole lot of money with Gomez Peer, but I also haven't done much with their program. Now I am going to use the software and make sure you guys all know about this free opportunity online.

**Disclaimer - Affiliate link is used on this blog post.

GJobs Data Service claims to pay 5 cents per click you deliver

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/rWEJM)
I've been seeing the promotion of GJobs Data Service being promoted recently on the web and decided to take a quick look at it because the Safelist ads claimed that they offer a $5.00 sign up bonus for joining. If you look at their main home page, you won't see the sign up bonus advertised. This is unusual to me. Why even offer a sign up bonus if you're not going to promote it? If you click on the "Join Now" button, you'll see the $5.00 sign up bonus promotion.

Anyway, I'm writing this post to warn you that GJobs Data Service doesn't look too stable in my opinion. How can they claim to offer 5 cents per click to their affiliates? Boy are they in for some trouble.  I tried doing that with my affiliate program and affiliates put their referral links in all kinds of scripted rotators and such. I had one idiot earn over $80.00 in one day because he simply put his affiliate link in a frame that would open up every time another site would open up. My point is, GJobs Data Service will be out of business in no time if this is the case. Or they will be deleting a whole lot of abusive affiliates.

Another thing that really bothers me about GJobs Data Service is that their website looks like a kid designed it yet they claim to have been in business since 1999. You're telling me 10 years have passed and you don't even know how to put padding between your text and css backgrounds?

Take a good look at their earner's recent checks as well in the side bar. $2,000 and $3,000 checks and no real proof. I am an affiliate and since I put my referral link on my sign up bonus list I've gotten two clicks. This means I've earned 10 cents so far. So it seems all is well so far. By the way, you need to earn at least $50.00 in order to get paid.

Like I say with any sign up bonus site. Take advantage of the free stuff, don't ever upgrade or buy referrals and focus too much time in any one site because it could disappear at anytime. I believe GJobs Data Service to be very fishy and it could very well possibly be a scam because I've seen something similar to this that ended up disappearing. Nonetheless, it is free to join and try, so decide for yourself on whether or not you want to be serious with the Data Service Company.

Take a look at some more affiliate program sign up bonuses and let me know what you think of them.

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Easy old school ii V7 I Jazz lick to learn in 12 keys

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/dbHZd)
Here is an easy ii V7 I Jazz lick to learn in 12 keys. I was messing around with some Aebersolds a few days ago and started playing it. I knew I heard the lick before somewhere, it sounded really old school to me, yet still hip enough to play. It really sounds cool if you land on the raised fourth instead of the third on the I chord. The reason I call the lick old school is because it sounds like something an old school cat would play.



Here is a sound sample and example over a blues progression played on trumpet:

How to memorize this ii V7 I Jazz lick in 12 keys:

Well, you'll notice that the Jazz lick simply starts off on the tonic of the ii chord. I like to think in minor for pretty much the entire lick. In the above example, you just go down the D minor scale doing a little turn on the sixth and doing a chromatic to the b5. Then you'll hit the third scale degree of the V7 chord. I think to the b7th, then down the minor arpeggio doing pretty much whatever you like finally ending on the 3rd of the I chord.

I since this lick isn't very fast and if you think about the minor scale, this Jazz lick is probably easy enough to learn by ear and feel in 12 keys.

A cost effective diet that controls quantity intake using Subway and Kashi products

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/0r3jZ)
Now I know this Blog isn't a diet blog, but it is a money making blog. I've found a method that works for me in controlling how much food I eat a day and the quality of that food. So what you'll learn after reading this article is how to save a little bit of time and money in how you eat, where you eat, and how long it takes out of your day to eat.

Some of what I say you may completely agree with, other stuff you might think to be crap, but you know what they say, take everything with a grain of salt, right? Just a quick disclaimer to make the FTC happy, Subway and Kashi did not pay me in any way to write about them. Everything I say about them is an opinion free of endorsement.

Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the point at hand. What is the diet? Well, let me first point out some basic things first that I've learned from hardcore dieters. We all know that it is recommended to eat at least 6 times a day. We should eat essentially, 3 meals (about the size of our fist) and 3 snacks a day. You also want to make sure you are getting all the food groups in your daily diet as well. Always drink plenty of water. On top of all this, you want to make sure you are eating only naturally whole foods and that you try your best to stay away from these three ingredients mostly found in processed foods:

• High Fructose Corn Syrup.


• Hydrogenated Oils.


• Trans Fat.

Now that I've laid out the basic rules, let's get to the diet. Starting off with Kashi products. Why do I like Kashi products?

• They are all natural products.


• They usually contain a good amount of fiber and protein.


• They are easy to carry with you at all times.


• They don't go bad, meaning they won't expire for awhile.


• You can choose from a whole lot of flavored cereals and granola bars.

OK, so the first meal of the day will be half a bowl of Kashi cereal starting off whenever you wake up, usually around 6-7am on a normal working day.

Then of course, you'll want to snack around 9-10am. I usually have a Kashi granola bar if I don't have an apple or other piece of fruit to snack on.

For lunch, as I mentioned earlier, I go to Subway and get only a foot-long sub for the second meal of the day. You've probably heard this before, instead of eating the whole sub, I only eat half and save the other half for dinner. Depending on what sub you get, you are essentially getting most of your food groups for the day here. You can get any sub that you'd like to, but I pretty much always get the turkey sub. Here's what I put on it:

• Foot-long on wheat.


• Turkey (covers the meat family for the day).


• Cheese (covers the milk family for the day).


• Lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, onions, pickles, cucumbers, green peppers (more than covers the vegetable family for the day).


• Then I top if off with mustard and black pepper (this gives it more flavor and mustard isn't bad for you like dressing is).


• Instead of buying a soda at Subway, I just keep a diet soda either on me or at home to eat with the sub. I'll also have almonds or another Kashi bar instead of chips as well. I'll do this for both lunch and dinner. I find that a can of diet soda fills me up more than water, but I drink plenty of water throughout the day.

After that, around 3-4pm, I will eat another snack. Try to get fruit like apple, orange, or grapes, but if those aren't around you can always have another Kashi bar or nuts.

Of course, the third meal, dinner will be the second half of the Subway sandwich. I keep the other half in my fridge at home wrapped up nicely so it's good to go. Along with the Subway sandwich I'll have a can of diet soda and either nuts or another Kashi bar.

You guessed it, the final snack can be fruit, nuts, or another Kashi bar if you don't have the latter available.

Is this recommended as something to do everyday? Of course not. There is no way this could possibly turn into an everyday diet for anyone. But it can very easily be a routine diet on your normal, standard daily living. This is if you live and work near a Subway, which I do. Otherwise, you might want to make the sandwiches yourself if you're not lazy like me.

If you do this diet, you are spending about $6.00 a day at Subway. That equals $6 x 30 days = $180.00 a month. What do you need to buy at the grocery store? Here a few suggestions, but you are free to buy to fit your current needs:

• Diet soda.


• Purified water and lowfat milk


• Kashi cereal.


• Kashi granola bars


• Fruit - grapes, strawberries, blue berries, raspberries, apples, oranges, etc..


• Nuts - almonds, non-salted peanuts.

Since you'll be getting all your meat and vegetables needed for the day with your Subway sandwich, you won't need to buy any of that at the grocery store. You'll just need to make sure you get fruit and other protein and fiber rich foods. The above will cost you about another $50.00 to $100.00 a month. Man, it's not easy or cheap eating healthy. This will keep your monthly eating expenses at around $300.00 a month. Plus you will only have to eat out once a day and go grocery shopping once every two weeks or so which will save you gas money as well.

Wow, that was a lot of writing. To quickly recap, let's go over the six meals a day:

1. Half bowl of Kashi cereal for breakfast.


2. Fruit, nuts, or Kashi bar for snack.


3. First half of Subway sandwich plus diet beverage and snack for lunch (lunch should be your biggest meal of the day).


4. Fruit, nuts, or Kashi bar for snack.


5. Second half of Subway sandwich plus diet beverage and snack for dinner.


6. Fruit, nuts, or Kashi bar for final snack.

Would love to know your opinion of this diet or any room for improvements you may have to offer.

Why you shouldn't care if your site looks good in Internet Explorer 6 or not

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/XvSj9)
Oh yes, I said it, good old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). Don't you just love that this obsolete browser is not only still around but that people are still actually using it? Fortunately, I do have some good news for you about why you really shouldn't care whether or not Internet Explorer 6 renders your site properly or not.

Even though the crappy browser is still being used, it's not being used by individuals per say, but by Government and other networked entities that still use the old Windows framework to keep all their systems networked.

The reason why this is good is because Government and private employees are not supposed to be browsing websites unrelated to getting their work done anyway. This means the likely hood of your website even being seen by this small percentage of people is pretty slim to begin with.

Even individuals of third world Countries aren't using Internet Explorer 6 anymore. It's so easy for individuals to upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, but like I said before, it' not so easy for a Government entity that is still using the old Windows network to get so easily upgraded.

A large majority of us hate Internet Explorer 6 and the entire series of Internet Explorer browsers in general because of their strict conformance rules on w3c css and such anyway. One of my biggest pet peeves about Internet Explorer in general, even though it's still the super power when it comes to Internet browsers, is the fact that they still haven't conformed with the border-radius css rule that automatically rounds all corners to make your site look really cool without images.

Anyway, back to my point. I would only focus your efforts on making sure your sites work in the latest and greatest browsers and totally forget about Internet Explorer 6 all together. It's just not worth the time for the low amount of traffic you'll get from that particular browser.