AirTel recently revealed a slick new ad for Pink Floyd ringtone downloads. Certainly made me turn my head! The advertisement features Pink Floyd’s famous “The Wall” soundtrack with a backdrop full of animation sourced from the original Pink Floyd concerts.
Marketing messages that cut through the noise are the ones that also come to you in your sleep.
~ Santosh
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Inspired by: Micro Persuasion: 25 things I learned from Google Trends.
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It is raining outside. Pune is very drippy. What else but Reggae for today? I thought I would share with you the works of Max Romeo. I recommend a popular track of his – “Chase The Devil“. I got here when I heard the Grand Theft Auto “San Andreas” Soundtrack. The other trippy reggae numbers on the GTA soundtrack include “Armagideon Time” – Willie Williams.
Listen close & take care man! 😉
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They will be in Seattle on Nov. 14th.
ey Dil, hai mushkil, jeena yahan,
jara hatke, jara bachke,
ye hai US, mera jaan…
kahin building, kahin dramey, kahin motor, kahin mill,
milta yahan sab kooch,
sirf milta nahi ek dil
kahin building, kahin dramey, kahin motor, kahin mill,
milta yahan sab kooch,
sirf milta nahi ek dil
insan ka nahin kahin namo-nishaan
ey Dil, hai mushkil, jeena yahan,
jara hatke, jara bachke,
ye hai US, meri jaan…
Since I started playing the guitar, I seem to be listening a lot harder than ever before. I seem to have learnt a few important lessons:
Music is sacred
An important conversation demands your attention, now I think, so does music. I hesitate from playing music and not listening to it anymore. This was not even a concious decision! It’s just not cool to code/study anymore while listening to music! That of course is my opinion. There is a downside to this discovery, I spend more time just listening :)!
Music offers interesting puzzles
Music maps to moods, the way you feel and other projections from within yourself. The more concrete and scientific projections however, are chords, notes, progressions and rhythym, to name a few of the things I picked up along the way. I usually stop, listen hard, and think, what are the chords being played on that guitar? What is the strumming like? Which strings are being picked?
Music has a message
Whether it be intense, subtle or garbled, the artist is trying to convey something to you. I hope you will be listening the next time she talks :).
This is an Easy Song 🙂 to play on your acoustic
Chords
Is a steady 4/4 rhythym of A; Bm; D; A
Strumming Pattern
This is how I think it goes:
(1) Down (2) Down – up (3) Down – up (4) Down – up – miss – up
followed by a transition to the next chord
Agreed, I still need to perfect this, so that it sounds good
Links
Hahn Huang’s explanation of the same (with lyrics)
Chords mapped out
Rumour has it that Pearl Jam will be playing live at the Showbox on September 24th, 2004. This is part of the “No Vote Left Behind” festival!
Searching the ruins of my mind.
Building a green environ.
Letting the vibes traverse the soul.
Allowing the rhythym to fill the heart.
Trying to forget, sometimes.
Other times, trying to remember.
Looking for a window.
And if I am lucky, perhaps an explanation.
The guitar is just a messenger.
What is important to me,
is the message.
Almost, as if the universe speaks!
For Beginners:
Basic Lessons [radioyur.com]
Guitar.about.com [about.com]
Very first lesson [taboholic.com]
Footnote
It’s a bit early in the midnight hour for me
To go through all the things that I want to be
I don’t believe in everything I see
Y’know I’m blind so why d’you disagree
Take me away, cos I just don’t want to stay
And the lies you make me say
Are getting deeper every day
These are crazy days but they make me shine
Time keeps rolling by
Oasis-All around the world