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Learning How To Play Guitar: You Are Wonderful Tonight

Charlotte — Fri, 14 May 2010 16:27:03 +0000

Do you want to learn guitar? It’s not as hard as you imagine, even if your age is already not-to-be-disclosed. All you need is a good guitar, a good course and a lot of time and patience. Let me tell you something: when I learn a new song, I usually have to practice at least for two weeks before being as confident as to play it to other people. Let’s take only one example, a song I like very much: You Are Wonderful Tonight, by Eric Clapton. I wanted to learn how to play it on my guitar and I found this video which looked quite helpful. What I liked about the author was that he slowed down with the playing while explaining how he moved from C to D, then to G, this alternation managing to generate that awesome sound. Chords, strumming patterns, fingerpicking, everything is in the demo. Even so, I quickly discovered that I forget what to do with my fingers, so I really had to practice a lot before being able to unconsciously remember all that stuff that makes the song.

Now I can play it almost without mistake. Yes, I still have issues with that part where I need to alternate the 12th and 14th riffs, if you know what I’m talking about. When I’ll master that too, I’ll make a recording and post it here for you.

Do you play guitar? What songs do you play best?

How To Choose Your iPad Case

Charlotte — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:06:21 +0000

From the very first time I’ve seen an announcement for the new Apple iPad, I knew I wanted one. It’s just so cool! I always enjoy sharing my photos with friends and family, but carrying the laptop with me all over the place was not my ideal way. I hate big bags and in my regular purses there’s definitely no place for a laptop. A netbook would probably do, but I haven’t bought one because I decided to wait for the iPad to become available. I think it was a wise decision. The iPad is so slim that it fits most of my purses without problem, leaving enough room for the other stuff I need. Besides, it really looks sleek and geeky. All my friends were so impressed when they saw me, that they added it on their wishes list. I think Apple could pay me commissions for sending them so many customers. Anyway, that’s probably not going to happen and it’s not what I wanted to tell you about today anyway.

Buying the iPad seems to be triggering a longer chain of purchases which I somehow expected, but didn’t think it would call for so much money. Let me only tell you about ipad cases and you’ll see how hard it is to stop at one single item.

In the first place, one needs to decide what’s the best solution: a skin, a folio case or a sleeve? Or maybe a messenger bag? Perhaps you need both a skin and a bag. Getting a skin would be nice, especially if it would come with openings for all connectors. That’s because I hate taking devices out of their shell each time I want to charge them or to use them in conjunction with something else. I’ll tell you what I did: what I usually do when I need something and I’m not sure what I’m looking for. I did a Google search for iPad accessories. The first site I found was an excellent online resource for iPad accessories such as skins, cases, screen protectors and many more other little things that one may need when wanting to use their iPad to the full. I was very much attracted by the wonderful Gelaskins. In fact, I loved them, so I ordered four models, because I wanted to benefit from their promotional offer. I got four skins for the price of only three. I’m so proud of them that I want to show you here what I’ve got:

Neo New York

Gustav Klimt - The Kiss

Georges Seurat - Sunday Afternoon On The Island

Amy Sol - Land of Dreams

Do you like them? I love this idea so much that I’m thinking to buy four more such skins and save them for truly special occasions. I know this may sound a bit expensive, but I think it’s so cool that money start fading in importance in front of the effect I’m hoping to achieve. You know, one of my favorite sayings is a definition of luck I’ve heard from an old friend of mine: “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”. So, I like to be prepared from head to toes, iPad accessories included. What about you?

How to Spot a Fake Coach Bag

Charlotte — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:52:55 +0000

As designer handbags usually come with barely affordable price tags, there’s no wonder that fake bags manufacturers are thriving. Many girls wish to show off with a designer bag hanging on their shoulder, but few of them afford to pay that kind of money for a bag. Even cheaper brand names such as Coach bags or Botkier are subject to counterfeits. Many times, those fake leather goods look so well that it’s really hard to spot they aren’t original.

It can be hard to tell the difference between a real Coach purse and a Coach knockoff, especially if you’re at your first Coach purse and you don’t know what to look for when making your purchase. Learn these few simple tips to quickly and easily pick out an authentic Coach handbag, so you can be sure you pay for the real stuff and not for a cheap replica. For instance, did you know that Coach never wrap their bags’ hardware in plastic? If you see plastic wraps on the hardware, you’re 100% surely going to pay the real price for a fake purse. This video discloses other excellent tips to help you differentiate between an authentic Coach purse and a replica.