Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD)

Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD) Review

Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD) Feature

• Book & CD Pages: 64
• By Frank Malabe and Bob Weiner
• Format Book & CD

An introduction to Afro-Cuban rhythms, including the history, traditional instruments and basic styles of Afro-Cuban music. The book explores the complexities of these various styles in a simple, understandable way. The companion audio is invaluable to anyone interested in adapting these rhythms to the drumset.

You're in the Band - Interactive Guitar Method: Book 1 for Rhythm Guitar (Willis)

You're in the Band - Interactive Guitar Method: Book 1 for Rhythm Guitar (Willis) Review

More than just a chord book, this book teaches you which chords go together in each key and how to read rhythms. You get 25 songs to play with the 52 track play-along CD (rehearsal and performance version for each song) plus songs from the lead guitar books. By the end of the book the player will have a strong foundation for playing rhythm guitar.

Understanding Rhythm (Manhattan Music Publications - Drummers Collective)

Understanding Rhythm (Manhattan Music Publications - Drummers Collective) Review

Understanding Rhythm (Manhattan Music Publications - Drummers Collective) Feature

• Book Pages: 68
• By Michael Lauren
• Format Book

Whether you are just learning to read music, or you're an established player who wants to supplement your repertoire, this book will help you understand and execute the most common rhythms found in popular music. Drumset players will find this book useful for developing reading and coordination skills.

Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive

Seasons of Life: The Biological Rhythms That Enable Living Things to Thrive and Survive Review

Just as daily events are timed by living creatures through circadian rhythms, so seasonal events are timed through an internal calendar that signals birds to return to nesting grounds, salmon to spawn, plants to flower, squirrels to hibernate, kelp to stop growing.

In this fascinating book, Russell G. Foster and Leon Kreitzman draw on remarkable recent scientific advances to explain how seasonal change affects organisms, and how plants and animals over countless generations have evolved exquisite sensitivities and adaptations to the seasons. The authors also highlight the impact of seasonal change on human health and well-being. They conclude with a discussion of the dangers posed when climate changes disrupt the seasonal rhythms on which so much life depends.

Surprising facts from Seasons of Life:
–The timing of human birth has a small  but significant effect on various later life attributes, such as handedness and the susceptibility to many illnesses, including multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia.
–Plants have the ability to measure the length of a period of light, and they germinate, flower, and successfully reproduce by using this information.
–Birds migrate not in response to weather changes but by using an internal calendar.
–Until recently, human birth was tightly coupled to the seasons, peaking in many societies in the spring.
–Just as internal 24-hour circadian clocks predict daily change, many animals have a circannual clock in their brains that predicts the seasons. (20100101)

Jung and the Native American Moon Cycles: Rhythms of Influence

Jung and the Native American Moon Cycles: Rhythms of Influence Review

"The profound insights of Jung and the equally profound teachings of the Peoples of Turtle Island have a common root below ground."

Jung and the Native American Moon Cycles describes the life of C. G. Jung as seen through the lens of the Moon Cycles, a Native American teaching about the archetypal influences and forces that affect us at different times in our lives. Through this lens we see how the rhythm of Jung’s life coincided with the great events of the 20th century.

This book offers new insights into Jung’s life and death, and provides a fascinating perspective on some of Jung’s more important dreams. It also unexpectedly casts new light on Jung’s fateful associations with Freud and Picasso and the controversial areas of his life, particularly his relationships with women and his supposed anti-Semitism. Michael Owen also shows how readers will be able to place the events of their own lives on the Moon Cycles of the Native American Medicine Wheel, gaining a new perspective into the births and deaths in their life (inner and outer). They will see what learning periods are ahead of them, and understand the critical importance of the nine-month and three-year cycles.

Some of the "patterns of time" and other insights revealed:

• Both Jung’s parents were the thirteenth and youngest in their families.
• Freud died twenty-seven years almost to the day after he fainted in Jung’s presence and said "How sweet it must be to die."
• Jung dreamt of the firebombing of Dresden twenty-seven years before it happened.
• Jung’s writings about Picasso and its relationship to Jung’s death.

Latin Rhythm

Latin Rhythm Review

Beware of margarita-induced chitchat, or you may find yourself in search of a hot Latin hunk—which is exactly what happened to Laura Kincaid. Divorced, with grown children, she can’t quite picture herself dancing the salsa in Miami’s trendiest nightclub. But the moment she spots club owner, Marco Valazquez, the heat is on!

Literally swept off her feet by his sexy Latin accent and stunning good looks, Laura loses herself in the arms of the younger man.

Marco understands the pain of betrayal and wants nothing more than to teach Laura to trust again. And to love. She’s everything he’s ever dreamed of in a woman. There’s just one problem: Laura isn’t comfortable with their age difference, and that, along with a misunderstanding, tears them apart.

Living from the Heart: Heart Rhythm Meditation for Energy, Clarity, Peace, Joy, and Inner Power

Living from the Heart: Heart Rhythm Meditation for Energy, Clarity, Peace, Joy, and Inner Power Review

Living from the Heart introduces an innovative, Sufi-based meditation method for improving daily life. Through becoming mindful of the heartbeat readers will be able to create a deep state of stillness and alertness, improve physical health, enhance intuition, and concentrate personal power. Bair illustrates the effectiveness of his program with stories of clients he has helped and with ancient teaching stories from the Sufi masters. Heart Rhythm Meditation is suitable for beginners as well as experienced meditators looking to expand their practice.