Greetings …

The Christmas season, my favorite season of the entire year, is ALMOST here. AND… Courtesy of Jermaine and HearandPlay.com, I have the PERFECT gift idea that YOU or one of your relatives would LOVE to see under the tree (…or better yet, on top of their piano

Jermaine let me know about his brand new 3 H-O-U-R Christmas course, Christmas Keys Vol.1 – “Conquering Christmas Classics,” which has just been released.

After he takes you through his UNIQUE song learning process, you’ll not know how to conquer TONS of songs but virtually ANY Christmas song that you’ve EVER heard (because almost ALL Christmas songs follow the same basic patterns as you’ll see)!

“Christmas Keys vol.1″ is LOADED with tons of powerful tips, easy-to-do tricks, and techniques that will allow you to be playing like an expert by this Christmas season -
GUARANTEED!

In this course, you’ll…

* Learn several variations of each song so you can play these Christmas classics a different way every time!

* Discover the power of “inversions” and how changing one note in your chord can totally alter the way a progression sounds!

* Beginners: How to play an entire song with only three-fingered major chords (…also known as “major triads”).

* How to add fuel to your bass by understanding how “power” chords work in holiday music…

* How to play “Go Tell It On The Mountain” in a churchy praise style! I’m talking about bass lines, runs, fill-ins, and more (…similar to GospelKeysTM 300 and GospelKeysTM 500)!

* From beginning to end: How to play every song, step-by-step, with no guessing (whatsoever) or any information left out!

By the end of this course, you’ll have what it takes to fully play all of these Christmas songs by ear – That’s a PROMISE!

CLICK FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html

Due to the high demand and moderate supply, this incredible offer for Christmas Keys will only be around for a short time. So…

…Don’t waste time!

Place your order TODAY!

All the best,

1-800-HART

P.S. – You might find more interesting information, techniques, or resources just by clicking around on their website…

Again, visit http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html

SUBJECT: How To Play Popular Christmas Songs Within 27 minutes!

Dear Friend,

I’m so excited to be writing you about a new resource that will help you play ALL your favorite Christmas songs by ear. As you
know, this is the season of SMILES, WARMTH, and TOGETHERNESS, and when I find something that can bring ALL of those together in one, I just have to let my subscribers know!

The Christmas season, personally my favorite season of the whole year, is FINALLY here. AND… Courtesy of Jermaine and HearandPlay.com, I have a PERFECT gift idea that YOU or one of your relatives would LOVE to see under the tree (…or better
yet, on top of their piano

My good friend Jermaine Griggs over at HearandPlay.com is at it AGAIN! Just yesterday, he let me know about his brand new 3-HOUR Christmas course, Christmas Keys Vol. 1 – “Conquering Christmas Classics”, which is set to release in a couple of days
(Thurs., Dec. 1st)…

…In this UNIQUE course, he covers a NEW and INNOVATIVE way to play ALL those Christmas classics all of us love (you know… the ones that make us feel all warm inside). In this course, you’ll be able to impress your family and friends during this
holiday season by mastering Christmas classics like Silent Night, First Noel, Go Tell It On The Mountain, and more!

After he takes you through his UNIQUE song learning process, you’ll not ONLY know how to conquer those songs but VIRTUALLY any Christmas song out there! (because almost ALL Christmas songs follow the same basic patterns as you’ll see)!

In CK1:

*Learn several variations of each song so you never have to play these Christmas classics the same way every time!

*Discover the power of “inversions” and how changing one note in your chord can totally alter the way a progression sounds!

*Beginners: How to play an entire song with only three-fingered majoR chords (…also known as “major triads”).

*How to add fuel to your bass by understanding how “power” chords work in holiday music…

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS:

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html

…AND YOU’LL ALSO LEARN

*How to use split chords (e.g. – “Cmaj / Eb or Fmin / D) and superimposed voicings to add spice to a chord progression!

*The power of altered chords like “Db13#11,” “C7#9#5,” “Abmin7b5,” “Bb9#5,” “G7#5,” and how they totally change the feel of a song!

*How to easily substitute 4 and 5-fingered chord like min7, dom9, maj11, and dim7 for basic triad chords to add depth to your playing!

*How to utilize the strength and pull of 2-5-1, 7-3-6, and 1-4 chord progressions in holiday songs like Silent Night, The First Noel, O Come All Ye Faithful, and more!

*How to play “Go Tell It On The Mountain” in a churchy praise style! I’m talking about bass lines, runs, fill-ins, and more (…similar to GospelKeysTM 300 and GospelKeysTM 500)!

*From beginning to end: How to play every song, step-by-step, with no guessing (whatsoever) or any information left out! By the end of this course, you’ll have what it takes to fully play all of these Christmas songs by ear… guaranteed!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS:

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html

REMEMBER, that the EARLIER you get this Christmas Keys course, the FASTER you’ll be able to PLAY all your favorites for your
family and friends.

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html.

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You really don’t want to miss out on this INCREDIBLE offer. I’ve known Jermaine and the Hear and Play family for a while now, and I must say they really took it over and beyond with this one…

Go to:

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html to reserve your copy of this special product today…

You will be VERY pleased!

Meanwhile, let me know if you have any questions and I’ll be able to answer or pass them to the right folks at HearandPlay.com.

Again, go to:

http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/ck.html

Take care.
1-800-HART

P.S. – You might find more interesting information, techniques, or resources just by clicking around on their website..

Worship music has never been taught like this before! Learn all the techniques, principles, tips, and tricks to playing worship songs like “Anointing,” “Thank You Lord,” “As the Deer,” and more!

Are you ready to be taken by the hand and shown, step-by-step, how to play gospel music by ear?

…In this NEW course, He covers a systematic way to play worship songs. In other words, he takes you through a song learning process that will enable you not only to learn the songs he shows you step by step, but to master literally any worship song out there (because most worship songs follow the same basic patterns as you’ll see)!

“Gospel Keys 202 Special Edition” is LOADED with tons of helpful tips and techniques, it will leave none of your worship questions unanswered. Not only is GK202SE very educational, it’s entertaining as well.

This edition is full of fun — bloopers, unedited footage on the road, and a 30 min in-depth interview with Jermaine Griggs, the man behind this innovative phenomenon.

Since Gospel Keys 202 SE is so EXCLUSIVE, Jermaine was only able give me a sneak peak into the detailed specifics of what this incredible course has to offer…

Here’s what the author has to say:

**Learn over 60 new voicings, chords, progressions, and fancy arrangements to playing worship music! From fancy inversions of the ninth chord to the secret “Quartal” chord (which sounds very smooth), you’ll learn how to replace all of your basic triads and 3-fingered chords with full-sounding 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, and altered chords! Believe me when I say: “Others will notice!”

**Learn patterns (or what I’m calling “couples”) like: “1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 2-5, 2-6, 3-6, 3-4, 4-5, 4-3, 4-6, 4-7, 5-1, 5-2, 5-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-3, and many more! Don’t be intimidated by the numbers. They are simply taken from major scales. The power in understanding all of these couples is that once you know them all, there will be absolutely NO SONG you won’t be able to learn! These patterns are in 95% of all gospel worship songs and you’ll know them now!

**Train your ear to recognize these small “couples” with specially designed ear-training sections of the video course (one-on-one with me)! Once you’ve mastered all of the “couples” above, then you must be able to recognize them in songs! I will constantly test you right there on the screen without you seeing the notes that I am playing in an effort to help you build your ear skills!

These are just a FEW of the MANY things you’ll be able to do once you’ve got this special edition of the Gospel Keys.

Jermaine told me himself that virtually THOUSANDS of people have been calling about this 5 hour mega course — the phones haven’t stopped ringing for the past month…

Hearandplay.com isn’t your average company!

They actually give you MORE than you pay for:

In addition to the whopping 5 hours of instruction, he’s throwing in an EXTRA special gift to the first 175 people who order. The release date is drawing near. So, I’d strongly recommend that you signup for the special interest list!

Signing up for this special list GUARANTEES that you’ll have one of the first 175 spots and receive your special gift.

Please visit http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/gk202list

***(IF YOU’RE READING THIS AFTER 7:00 AM OCTOBER 5, 2005, YOU CAN USE THAT SAME LINK TO GO AHEAD AND PLACE YOUR ORDER ONLINE)***

Contents:

Disc 1: Introduction of tones, basic chords, extended voicings, “music edutainment reality clips!” (1 hour and 25 minutes)

The first part of the course is focused on teaching you all the chords you’ll need to know to play a majority of worship songs. From personal experience, I’ve found these same chords to be present in just about 4 out of every 5 songs!

What most gospel musicians fail to realize is that chords are recycled and played over and over again in different songs. So part one focuses on getting you up to par, teaching you all the chords you need to know to get started (both basic, extended, quartal, and more)! Lots of content (various chord voicings, inversions, and demonstrations) has been added to this section and it goes beyond the basics — you get a whopping 80 minutes of step-by-step, over-the-shoulder instruction here!

Disc 2: Extensive ear-training, chord prediction techniques, and the “couple” system! (1 hour and 15 minutes)

Once you’ve mastered the chords and voicings from part one, you’ll learn, through a series of ear-training tests, how to differentiate between certain sounds. I’m going to show you how to determine what types of chords and progressions are being heard so that you skip all the mistakes that most musicians make when learning new songs!

You’ll also learn how to pinpoint patterns in chord progressions and how to predict what’s coming next in a song. I’ve taught this technique to thousands of people and they’ve benefited greatly from knowing exactly which chords lead to other chords! Music and progressions are circular and I’ll teach you just how to master this circle of chords and patterns!

Then, to top it all off, you’ll learn my couple system and how it helps you to play all of your favorite worship songs by ear. Many people get discouraged when learning new material but if you can simply think of chord progressions as small couples (just two chords at a time), you’ll immediately understand how songs and progressions work!

Disc 3: Vocal accompaniment, “real-life” worship songs, and application! (1 hour and 25 minutes)

Part three brings everything together (the chords and voicings from part one and the couples and progressions from part two) and allows you to see, step-by-step, how to play worship hits like “Thank You Lord,” “As the Deer,” “Anointing,” Hallelujah, “I Really Love the Lord (remix),” along with tons of “add-ons”, “fill-ins,” and tricks that bring your favorite songs to life!

While five songs are specifically covered, chord-by-chord, the systems and patterns you’ll learn from the course will enable you to apply these same techniques to tons of worship songs — all by ear!

With a live vocalist (not recorded — but “live”), you’ll get firsthand experience at how to accompany a singer and what it takes to play in this worship style. From left-hand movements to right hand chordal arrangements, this special edition over-delivers in many ways and you’ll be sure to benefit from almost 5 hours of instruction, demonstrations, and explanations!

This special edition is limited in quantity so the first 175 people to order after Wednesday, October 5, 2005 (starting at 7 a.m. pacific) will be receiving BONUS DISC 4!

Disc 4: An in-depth 30-minute, one-on-one, personal interview with Jermaine Griggs, founder of the Hear and Play Music Group (over 200,000 students)!

Plus bonus “uncut” and “behind-the-scenes” footage, bloopers, mess-ups, the headquarters, and more! (40+ min).

This is only available to the first 175 to order (either online or by phone). The website and phone lines open up at 7 a.m. and are usually off the hook all day… literally.

…So make plans to get your hands on the entire 4-disc (5 hour) package and your piano playing will never be the same!

Interviewer: Brian Hall, Marketing Dept.

Again, go to:
http://www.hearandplay.com/at.cgi/402080/gk202list

P.S. – You might find more interesting information, techniques,
or resources just by clicking around on their website.

ThinkGeek Gadgets

It’s Time For Patterns Telling Time

Patterns can be found everywhere in life. In our DNA, in cloud formations, during a chess game, in your code, in your deviant behaviors, and even in your bottle of Bawls. Patterns give us clues. Clues give us information. Information makes the world a happier place (not necessarily a safer happier place though). In the case of the Tix clock, the patterns can give you the time.

Millions of patterns are possible with the futuristic-looking Tix clock, yet the clock is extremely simple to read once you grasp the basic concept. The four seperate fields act like the four digits of a digital clock. The value of each digit is simply the number of illuminated squares in each field. So any given time of the day may have thousands of different ways of displaying the time. The clocks in the image are displaying the time 12:34. It’s that easy! Of course your friends are just going to take a look at your Tix clock and think it’s just modern LED art. Dullards…

Please note that the image to your left shows the clock static. However, you can set your Tix clock to update every second so that you end up with a constantly evolving change of patterns that reveals to you the time.

Features

Brushed metal faceplate
Available in Silver or Black
LED illuminators last indefinitely
Three display update options (every second, every 4 seconds, every minute)
Three dimming levels
May be mounted horizontally or vertically
May be placed on desk or wall mounted
Runs on 6V AC with included (US) wall transformer. 60 Hz.
Actual size 10.2″ x 3.0″ (x 1″ deep)