Anatomy of the Bass Guitar

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Here's a diagram of the basic modern electric bass guitar. This is not for the advanced players of course, but more for the bass curious and for beginners. Any questions can always

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What do you know about your industry?

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In my continuing efforts to bring you valuable, worthwhile content I'd like to offer you this educational test about the business of money and music. Some of the answers will surprise you, but I promise that all of them will educate you and education is what will place you way ahead of the pack every time... 

Blessings and Light, LK 

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The Thing that scares you scars you!

Invite the Light of Higher Self-Knowledge to Shrink Your Fears

by Guy Finley

Key Lesson: The smaller the world you live in, the bigger appear your fears.

Take the Stuffing Out of What Scares You

There was once a family living on a large farm, growing corn crops. As the children grew up and the older ones would leave home, the younger ones would get to take better rooms in the house. One boy lived on the east side of the house until one of his brothers left and he was old enough to get his own room on the west side that looked out onto the corn field.

The first night in the new room went by, and the next morning the father was looking around the table at the children, not asking, but waiting inwardly to know how his children were. He could see something was wrong with the boy who had just moved into his new room. So he asked, "How did you sleep last night, son?" The son said, "Oh... pretty good..." but the father knew that he hadn't slept very well. Each subsequent morning it was the same story until the fourth day, it was better.

Thirty days go by, and it starts happening again. The father notices this pattern over a few months, so he decides to sleep in the boy's room himself to see what is bothering his son.

That night, the father is laying in the bunk bed next to his son, and as he looks around to try to figure out what's going on, he sees an ominous looking shape outside the window, literally growing in size and moving its arms... and he almost gets scared himself. Then he realized what it was. He remembered that in the west field they had put up a large scarecrow. When the full moon would come up -- on that thirtieth day and then for several days afterwards -- it would pick up the image of the scarecrow and cast it across the field. He realized then what was scaring his son.

The next morning the father said, "Come here boy, I want to show you something." So they went out to the field and the father said, "See this scarecrow? Watch this." He reached inside and took out some of the straw. The boy didn't understand. The father said, "You know that scary thing that's about fifteen feet tall and has arms that wave around that you see out the window once a month? This is it! When the moon comes up, it casts a long shadow, and the wind is moving the scarecrow arms."

The father reached in and took some more straw out of the arm, threw it in the wind, and said, "Here... you do that, too." The boy did likewise and his father said, "See? There's nothing to it!"

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What are your scarecrows? What you haven't been able to do in your life... what you think you won't be able to do... the fact that you're going to die one day? Fearful thoughts like these become obstacles, and if you run into a blockage, it seems to get bigger and bigger. It gets bigger only because you fuel it; you make it bigger. Why would you want to make it bigger? Because it makes you bigger. It makes you more important. "Look at what I have to deal with -- it's huge!"

When you feel blocked, when something scares you, understand that what you see is nothing more than a form that has been congealed by a process inside of you that occurs whenever you think inside of yourself about yourself. Stop resisting and let go. Let the light pass through you. How? Risk it. Go out into the field at night, and whatever it is that scares you, walk up to it, and pull the stuffing out of it. Take the stuffing out of the scarecrow and take the stuffing out of what scares you! That frightening thought has no scary life apart from the fear you inject into it in order to be the person frightened.

This article is adapted from a classroom talk.

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Rhonda Smith, Jeff Beck Bassist

Had a ball hanging with Rhonda at her LAMA Clinic last Wednesday night! She knows her musical history... The past, present and where she wants to go from here. Much love and respect to her!!! Drum Master Joey Heredia was also in attendance (to the right of Rhonda)

Absolute Certainty... We are nothing without it.

I Pray that this prayer will reach those who are searching for the answer to the question... Who am I? God Bless, LK

BLESSED HEAVENLY FATHER. CREATOR. THE ONE... I THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FOR MYSELF EXACTLY HOW I DESIRE MY LIFE AND LEGACY TO PLAY OUT BEFORE MY VERY EYES. I AM A CREATOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE ME IN YOUR IMAGE AND LIKENESS. AND I ALONE DESIGN AND BUILD MY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS DAY I CHOOSE TO MANIFEST... BLESSINGS, DIVINE IDEAS, MONEY, ABUNDANT LIFE, LOVE, PEACE, JOY, LAUGHTER, PERFECT HEALTH, TRUE FULFILLMENT, ENRICHING RELATIONSHIPS AND WISDOM TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE 1% REALM (PHYSICAL) INTO THE 99% REALM (METAPHYSICAL) WHERE ALL OF YOUR BLESSEDNESS DWELLS. I THANK YOU

FOR CHOICE AND FOR FREE WILL. I THANK YOU THAT I NOW USE THEM BOTH WISELY FOR MY BENEFIT AND FOR THE GREATER BENEFIT OF THOSE AROUND ME AS I CREATE MY PERFECTED PLANETARY EXISTENCE.

IN THE NAME AND THROUGH THE POWER THAT IS IN THE NAME OF YESHUA SON OF MARY... AMEN.

"No words..."

Boston: 4/15/13
There are no words...