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  Infrared sauna is a sauna powered by the infrared rays. Infrared rays are rays with a high wavelength, greater than the normal red light’s. This leads to a number of benefits including therapeutic, health and beauty advantages.
  
  These saunas come in different models, including small portable ones that you can keep in a tiny corner of a room, till large ones that will occupy a room by itself. And there are intermediate sizes. The small portable sauna is cheap and nice for one person, so cheap compared to its benefits that it is gradually becoming almost a household item in many parts of the USA. The bigger one – the far infrared sauna – retails the benefit, is more expensive, but can fit in anywhere from 1 to 5 persons depending upon the model you select. These are items of ultimate luxury.
  
  The top 5 benefits of an infrared sauna include:
  
  1.      Blood quality and circulation improvement: You improve your quality of blood as well as flow of blood tremendously over time; hence your vital organs get a much-desired boost for longevity.
  
  2.      Detoxification: Most people believe this is the best benefit of the infrared sauna, be it portable, or a far infrared sauna (FIR). It promotes the elimination of toxins from your muscles and skin, including slow-gathering poisons that manifest long way down the line but let you live peacefully for now, lactic acid, excess sodium associated with hypertension, free fatty acids, subcutaneous fat associated with aging and fatigue, and uric acid which causes pain.
  
  3.      Injury and pain removal: The infrared sauna is an excellent pain and injury remover; in particular it can produce amazing results for joint pain removal.
  
  4.      Improved metabolism and weight loss: An infrared sauna, portable or FIR, can improve your metabolism by a noticeable degree and produce non-water sweat to remove a lot of your fat. One can gain the effect of running 2-3 miles simply by an hour in the FIR sauna.
  
  5.      Skin improvement and beauty: Infrared saunas do deep-cleansing for your skin and remove all the toxic substance just below your skin surface. As a result one feel the inner glow of the skin rise to the surface. The improved blood and skin quality leads to a high improvement in beauty and perception.
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Yo My Peeps
- From: igtpercussion
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  Yo what up my peeps. Just had to stop by to say something. I know that it has been a minute but there have been some things that just had to get done. Watch out because I am back and ready to get it done. I look forward to talking to each of you and getting caught up and where you are and what you have been doing. Hope that everyone has grone during my time of absence.
  
  -Ron
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Lakewood Ranch Real Estate Bro
- From: awaxler
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  Over the course of the last year a new style of real estate has emerged allowing both buyers and sellers of Lakewood Ranch real estate to save thousands of dollars. As a real estate agent Tanya Waxler noticed an obvious problem with market. Sellers simply could not afford to lower their prices any more without taking a huge loss on their home. One of the things that kept these sellers from lowering their price was the fact that they have to pay their real estate agent 6% of the sale price. This could easily amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
  
  Tanya saw an opportunity here to help sellers out of their tough situation. She would simply cut her commission.
  
  Most realtors scoff at the idea of cutting their commission. In fact, some have even suggested that there is an unwritten rule among realtors to not cut their commissions. Looks like nobody told Tanya about this rule as she is doing just that and is strumming up quite a bit of business in the process.
  
  When asked about this unwritten rule Tanya just laughed and said, "That's ridiculous. I see a need in the market for this. In fact, I think the days of the traditional 6% real estate commissions are coming to end. That 6% is based on a different time and a different generation. The Internet has completely changed the way real estate is being done."
  
  Just over a year ago Tanya asked her broker if she could cut her listing commission from 6% to 4.5%. The buying agent would still get their usual 3%, but she would cut her share of the commission in half. This can be very appealing to a seller as it enables him to lower the price of his house without actually losing any more money.
  
  It wasn't long though that Tanya realized that for many people saving 1.5% simply wasn't enough. So she approached her broker again. This time she asked if should could offer her clients a one-time flat fee to list their home in MLS. Again, her broker said yes. This time, however, a business idea was born.
  
  After focusing her business on flat fee listings and making a name for herself in the Lakewood Ranch real estate market, Tanya decided it was time to go off on her own and properly named her new brokerage uKeepCommission Real Estate.
  
  While uKeepCommission Real Estate was originally only serving Sarasota and Manatee Counties, with the addition of the new Mid-Florida Regional MLS system, Tanya and uKeepCommision Real Estate can now list houses anywhere from Orlando to Tampa to Port Charlotte.
  
  So what about buyers?
  
  Tanya argues that it is on the buying side that we will see the quickest changes. In fact, according to Tanya we are already seeing it, "Today more and more people are searching for a home with out a real estate agent. They are using websites such as Craigslist, Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo Real Estate, Google, and many others to search for their home…buying agents are simply going to have to cut deals if they want to get buyers in the future." That's why Tanya also offers full real estate services for buyers and gives 1% cash back to the buyer.
  
  Tanya prides herself on providing the best real estate service at the best price.
  
  She sticks by business guru Dan Kennedy's motto: Strive to be so good, so unique, and to provide such VALUE that your customers have no choice but to talk about you whenever they have the chance!
  
  "We've done our research" she says, "and the fact is you just can't find a better deal anywhere."
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- 4 months ago
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How to rank well on Google
- From: tayako
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  Hello,
  
  Withour any doubt, for those who have websites will want their websites to rank well or rank on the top 10 of Google. This is because if your site can rank on the top 10, you will flood of targeted traffic and you will make lots of sales. Lot of sales = lot of money. Well, if you want to know how you can easily do so, check out this Honest SEnuke Review.
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- 4 months ago
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Make Money With A Proven Syste
- From: tayako
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  Hello,
  
  For those who are looking for a hype free, genuine and proven system that you can follow step by step to earn money online, check out this new course I just signed up. This course will teach you step by step using video tutorials plus ebooks how to earn money promoting CPA offers. You can find out more about what are CPA offers and how the system works at Zero Friction Marketing Review - A Proven System.
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- 4 months ago
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The Ultimate Insurance Marketi
- From: boshag71
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  The Ultimate Insurance Marketing Referral System Video
  
  Watch Referral Marketing Expert David Frey and Insurance Marketing veteran Steve Aylor demonstrate what many are calling the Single Most Powerful Insurance Referral System Ever Developed
  
  Go Here For More Infoon the full 1 Hr Powerhouse Video Insurance Referral System Video
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- 4 months ago
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Insurance Marketing - The Ulti
- From: boshag71
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  Insurance Marketing - The Ultimate Insurance Marketing System For Generating Referrals and Retention By Steve Aylor
  
  Maybe You're like me ...
  
  24 years in the insurance business and I feel like I've been chasing a Unicorn for all these years. The Ultimate Insurance Marketing System ... does it really exist? Can it really exist? If it did exist, what would it be like? What would it actually do? I mean if you're going to stick the word "Ultimate" in front of something, it had better be pretty darn fantastic ... Right?
  
  Not meaning to provide more questions than answers - so I'll stop asking them and relate a mental exercise I recently went through to get these answers. If I could design the Ultimate Insurance Marketing System, what would I have it do. Here are a few of the things that my mind came up with - as a P&C Broker focused on Commercial Insurance. These are some of the "attributes" I desired.
  - Affordability - a key component in this tightening economy
  - Ease if Use - used a Full Featured CRM App lately? I wasn't looking for CRM Software as a new career
  - Adaptable - it's got to be multi-function and flexible
  - Web Based/Hosted - I'm tired of Remote Access and Database management
  Following are several of the Functions I wanted it to be able to perform - Tasks I wanted my Ultimate Insurance Marketing System to perform for me :
  - Client Nurturing
  - Prospecting
  - Lead Warming / X-Date Follow Up
  - Automated Campaigns
  - Cross Selling Campaigns
  - Testimonial Request Letters
  - Claims Follow Up
  - Thank You / Appreciation to New & Renewal Clients
  - Referral Marketing / Referral Contests
  I had a few more but, I don't want to appear greedy ...besides I can't begin to image the cost and complexity a system that effectively accomplished all this would cost. I had better get my wish list in check with my budget.
  
  So why was I going through such a mental exercise in the first place? Well, I must admit, I wasn't seeing the results I wanted after putting in a significant amount of time and effort into a certain "nameless" CRM app that gave me the SHAFT and not the GoldMine I was after.
  
  I was seeking more Referrals ... and from the reading I was doing, I needed to be building Better, Stronger Personal Relationships with my clients, prospects and referral partners. Sending out some letters in A10 Window Envelopes with Metered Stamps just wasn't getting the deal done - for me.
  
  This is getting long, so I'll Cut to the Chase. I believe I have found my Unicorn of Insurance Marketing. A system I will confidently preface with the label Ultimate.
  
  In fact I've made a little 5 minute video for you - as many have had a hard time envisioning such a system from mere text. Seeing is believing. Watch it and see how in 5 short minutes, I demonstrate the following attributes of an Ultimate Marketing System.
  - Web Based
  - Affordability
  - Ease of Use
  - Flexible
  - Client Nurturing
  - Thank You / Appreciation
  - Referral Generating
  Think about this now for just a moment ... contemplate the benefits of such a system to your current agency or insurance practice. I think this is very profound for insurance agents struggling to improve their marketing. Can you imagine finally having the time to personally send appreciation and acknowledgement to your existing clients - in under 3 minutes? You can now finally enact the practice of Thanking Your Customers for their business - like clockwork. For example, upon placement of a new policy, or upon renewal. It's now a near effortless process, which means it's 80% more likely to actually get done. Therein lies the power, semi-automating the process but still retaining a high level of personalization. How personal are Thanks and Well Wishes that never get sent?
  
  What about that Birthday Card marketing program you've heard all the insurance marketing and prospecting guru's discuss. Pinging your prospects and clients on their most important date of the year is a must. If you're not doing this religiously as an agent, you're missing a serious opportunity to develop a lasting relationship with your client and their family. My newfound method allows you to systematically keep track and contact your clients and their spouse, and even their children - without fail - every year on each of their birthdays. Now that's powerful. Additionally, the unique items that can be used for contact leave a lasting, positive impression with your client. Relationship building, even more powerful.
  
  The system that works, is the one you will use - daily. I no longer chase the insurance marketing unicorn. I have finally, after all these years corralled it and named it Ultimate.
  
  I'm sure you'd like to end your quest for marketing nirvana, and begin receiving All the Referrals You Can Handle. I hope this article urges you to take action and develop some client appreciation systems, whether you research the Ultimate Insurance Marketing System or another tool.
  
  No matter what you end up with, try and remember this when it comes to insurance marketing to your clients, Appreciation Wins Out over Self Promotion.
  
  All the best,
  
  Steve Aylor
  
  You can watch the video - How To Go From Policy Peddler To Trusted Agent, Friend, and Referral Magnet In 5 Minutes or Less - The Insurance Marketing Miracle!
  
  - Weekly Insurance Referral Marketing Tips Tactics and Strategies - FREE
  
  - How To Get All The Referrals You Can Handle Audio Program - FREE
  
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- 4 months ago
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Insurance Marketing - How to G
- From: boshag71
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  Insurance Marketing - How to Get a Flood of Referrals From Competitors
  
  By Steve Aylor
  
  Yes, that's right I said Competitors ... This might be the Ultimate of Ultimate Insurance Marketing strategies.
  
  As a 24-year veteran of the insurance industry specializing in commercial Property & Casualty, I've come across quite a few referral marketing strategies in my tenure. However; none of them have proven to be as gratifying and successful as the system I will discuss with you today. As I write this, I am hesitant ... I feel as I'm giving away the "secret sauce" recipe to a million dollar insurance business. Treat this information that follows as the Golden Goose that it is and you will be a wealthy P&C Agent.
  
  Insurance marketing can sometimes be surprisingly simple and logical if we will just take the needed time to plan a strategy and actually IMPLEMENT it. This method illustrates this very well. Who'd have thought that there would be a simple, cost effective strategy that would have some of your fiercest competitors lighting your phones on fire with referrals? Frankly, had I not been experiencing the results of this referral methodology first hand, in the form of my own phone lighting up - I'd be rather skeptical, as you might be at this moment.
  
  This single referral tactic has generated a lifetime of income for a rather successful southern California independent agency I'm intimately familiar with. Not just a meager income, I'm talking very substantial. If you are willing to follow a plan, maintain a high level of integrity and carefully target the RIGHT competitors, this program can work for you and your agency as well.
  
  Who Are The Right Competitors To Target?
  
  If you've been an Independent Agent or Broker for very long, you know that there are a few direct writer agents that are prevalent in nearly every state. They have a massive agency plant in place - which gives you massive opportunity. These direct writers are also doing relentless television marketing campaigns and driving prospects to their phones. Here's the good news ... they can't write 30-40% of what they see each week. What are 90% of these agents doing with those leads? Nothing. Neglecting to call them back, perhaps developing a bad reputation, and showing the local community their limitations. I mean who has time to call back a desk full of calls you can't do anything for? The trick is knowing which direct writer agents are the most likely to send you a referral vs. letting that prospect evaporate. There are effective methods and reasons why you should focus on one specific direct writer agency plant vs. the others. Not to worry, there are thousands of them in nearly every state. You'll only need a handful of key partners to strike referral Gold!
  
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  Why Would Your Competitor Refer You?
  
  The reasons are plentiful. Your objective, once you decide to undertake this method of generating referrals from your competitors, will be to point out these glaring reasons. You'll help them solve a problem that ALL insurance agents face. This major problem we all face will be the driving force of making your phones ignite. Master it, articulate it to your potential referral partner, and develop your strategy to solve it with a high level of integrity, and you will have a stream of referrals you've never thought possible.
  
  As you might imagine, your competitors will have a very high initial level of skepticism as to why they should send YOU a referral. You will need to be prepared with reassuring proof. You will need a plan you can communicate to your potential referral partner that assures them every precaution to protect their interest will be taken. We developed two elements to our plan that have paid huge dividends. They are so powerful, they get our Direct Writer referral partners to not only refer us their clients, friends and family, but also other direct writers they know in the area! It's truly magical. Secret sauce ingredient #3
  
  5 key reasons your competitors might refer you to their client. A Sample
  
  Johnny, their 18 yr old son just picked up his 2nd moving violation. Their direct writer company wants the kid to be removed from the policy or they will terminate the whole auto account. Without an effective way to insure the youthful driver on his own, this would likely expose your referral partner to lose not only the auto line, but the home, umbrella, and perhaps boat or rental property to yet a 3rd competitor to both of you. If Donny Direct Writer tells his client, "Joe, we need to take Johnny off the policy and you need to go shopping for quotes for him, because we can't help you ... sorry." ... what do you think is going to happen to that account? Ivan Independent Agent is going to swoop up on the whole account faster than a NY minute!
  
  This direct writer agent is highly motivated to find a solution to this issue, but alas he can't, unless they have someone like you. Some agents could very easily solve it, others cannot. Knowing which agents desperately need to partner with an Independent Broker is the key ingredient to the secret sauce. Another vital element is knowing how to articulate to your prospective referral partner, the 5 Key situations where they have been exposing their client base to peril by not using you as a resource.
  
  Combining The Secret Ingredients Equals a Million Dollar Referral Recipe
  
  For the enterprising agent or broker, this article provides enough information and strategy to direct you on a path to a very successful referral strategy. Once you identify the 5 Key Situations your competitors need you, and develop a plan that secures your referral partners interests, and finally ... you know the secret to identify the right Direct Writer agents to target - You will have a home run referral strategy that can pay you a handsome residual income for a lifetime.
  
  Want all the Ingredients to the Secret Sauce? Look below for a link to the report... Insurance Marketing Secret Sauce Exposed - How To Get Referrals From Your Competitors.
  
  To your success,
  
  Steve Aylor
  
  Author of Backlink Goldmine
  
  Backlinks by the 1,000's
  
  Fill in all the blanks and shortcut your learning curve. Read in great detail how we perfected a system over 42 years that generates a flood of referrals Daily, Weekly and Monthly.
  
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- 4 months ago
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Insurance Marketing - How to M
- From: boshag71
- Description:
  
  Insurance Marketing - The Ultimate Insurance Marketing System For Generating Referrals and Retention
  By Steve Aylor
  
  Maybe You're like me ...
  
  24 years in the insurance business and I feel like I've been chasing a Unicorn for all these years. The Ultimate Insurance Marketing System ... does it really exist? Can it really exist? If it did exist, what would it be like? What would it actually do? I mean if you're going to stick the word "Ultimate" in front of something, it had better be pretty darn fantastic ... Right?
  
  Not meaning to provide more questions than answers - so I'll stop asking them and relate a mental exercise I recently went through to get these answers. If I could design the Ultimate Insurance Marketing System, what would I have it do. Here are a few of the things that my mind came up with - as a P&C Broker focused on Commercial Insurance. These are some of the "attributes" I desired.
  - Affordability - a key component in this tightening economy
  - Ease if Use - used a Full Featured CRM App lately? I wasn't looking for CRM Software as a new career
  - Adaptable - it's got to be multi-function and flexible
  - Web Based/Hosted - I'm tired of Remote Access and Database management
  Following are several of the Functions I wanted it to be able to perform - Tasks I wanted my Ultimate Insurance Marketing System to perform for me :
  - Client Nurturing
  - Prospecting
  - Lead Warming / X-Date Follow Up
  - Automated Campaigns
  - Cross Selling Campaigns
  - Testimonial Request Letters
  - Claims Follow Up
  - Thank You / Appreciation to New & Renewal Clients
  - Referral Marketing / Referral Contests
  I had a few more but, I don't want to appear greedy ...besides I can't begin to image the cost and complexity a system that effectively accomplished all this would cost. I had better get my wish list in check with my budget.
  
  So why was I going through such a mental exercise in the first place? Well, I must admit, I wasn't seeing the results I wanted after putting in a significant amount of time and effort into a certain "nameless" CRM app that gave me the SHAFT and not the GoldMine I was after.
  
  I was seeking more Referrals ... and from the reading I was doing, I needed to be building Better, Stronger Personal Relationships with my clients, prospects and referral partners. Sending out some letters in A10 Window Envelopes with Metered Stamps just wasn't getting the deal done - for me.
  
  This is getting long, so I'll Cut to the Chase. I believe I have found my Unicorn of Insurance Marketing. A system I will confidently preface with the label Ultimate.
  
  In fact I've made a little 5 minute video for you - as many have had a hard time envisioning such a system from mere text. Seeing is believing. Watch it and see how in 5 short minutes, I demonstrate the following attributes of an Ultimate Marketing System.
  - Web Based
  - Affordability
  - Ease of Use
  - Flexible
  - Client Nurturing
  - Thank You / Appreciation
  - Referral Generating
  Think about this now for just a moment ... contemplate the benefits of such a system to your current agency or insurance practice. I think this is very profound for insurance agents struggling to improve their marketing. Can you imagine finally having the time to personally send appreciation and acknowledgement to your existing clients - in under 3 minutes? You can now finally enact the practice of Thanking Your Customers for their business - like clockwork. For example, upon placement of a new policy, or upon renewal. It's now a near effortless process, which means it's 80% more likely to actually get done. Therein lies the power, semi-automating the process but still retaining a high level of personalization. How personal are Thanks and Well Wishes that never get sent?
  
  What about that Birthday Card marketing program you've heard all the insurance marketing and prospecting guru's discuss. Pinging your prospects and clients on their most important date of the year is a must. If you're not doing this religiously as an agent, you're missing a serious opportunity to develop a lasting relationship with your client and their family. My newfound method allows you to systematically keep track and contact your clients and their spouse, and even their children - without fail - every year on each of their birthdays. Now that's powerful. Additionally, the unique items that can be used for contact leave a lasting, positive impression with your client. Relationship building, even more powerful.
  
  The system that works, is the one you will use - daily. I no longer chase the insurance marketing unicorn. I have finally, after all these years corralled it and named it Ultimate.
  
  I'm sure you'd like to end your quest for marketing nirvana, and begin receiving All the Referrals You Can Handle. I hope this article urges you to take action and develop some client appreciation systems, whether you research the Ultimate Insurance Marketing System or another tool.
  
  No matter what you end up with, try and remember this when it comes to insurance marketing to your clients, Appreciation Wins Out over Self Promotion.
  
  All the best,
  
  Steve Aylor
  
  You can watch the video - How To Go From Policy Peddler To Trusted Agent, Friend, and Referral Magnet In 5 Minutes or Less Ultimate Insurance Referral System
  
  - Weekly Insurance Referral Marketing Tips Tactics and Strategies - FREE
  
  - How To Get All The Referrals You Can Handle Audio Program - FREE
  
  - Top Producing Mercury Agents Secrets Exposed - 10 Referrals Per Auto App - FREE eBook
  
  Insurance Marketing On Autopilot
  
  How To Get Backlinks - www.backlinkgoldmine.com
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- 4 months ago
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Hey what up?
- From: igtpercussion
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  Hey guys I am sorry that I have not been posting anything. I have been working on getting a job and quite a few gigs lately. This is not a problem. I am just getting things together and should be able to start posting cool things again. I trust that everyone is fine and I am looking forward to hearing about all of the cool things that have missed out on.
  
  Stay in the pocket!
  
  -Ron
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- 5 months ago
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Who's New @ Taye Drums
- From: WestWheeler
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  It has been a busy first quarter for Taye Drums’ Artist Relations team. We started the New Year by bringing on board Erick “EvL_e” Tatuaca who is going on the road with the DJ pioneer, Adam Freeland who decided he needs a live band with him. Evl_e has been paying his dues in the Texas rock scene. Also, Jazz/Calypso master and Rutgers educated drummer Dion Parson who as a native of the US Virgin Islands, was the subject of an commercial/documentary. (story to follow). This quarter also brings Ben Cordonero from contemporary Christian recording act, Salvador. Get ready to see them at one of their many festivals this spring and summer.
  
  Along with Dion Parson, Taye Drums is proud to announce a partnership with New Jersey educators, Sam Ruttenberg and Yisorel Plaut. Give them a call and continue or start your education in becoming a better drummer and musician.
  
  Taye Drums has been building drums for almost 35 years and have taken the past 9 to bring our innovations to you. We make quality, amazing sounding drums at a price you can afford. More to the point, you cannot afford to pass up Taye Drums. We could tell you all day long, but until you play them, you just won’t get it.
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- 8 months ago
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My editorial
- From: WestWheeler
- Description:
  
  So, I never knew either one of these guys; however, Mitch Mitchell and Louie Bellson were two people who influenced countless generations of drummers and musicians.
  
  Well, on February 14th, we found out that Louie unexpectedly passed from this walk and is now joinging Buddy, Elvin, Bonzo and all the other greats.
  
  From Louie's website:
  
  "Referred to by Duke Ellington as “not only the world’s greatest drummer...(but also) the world’s greatest musician!”, Louie Bellson has expressed himself on drums since age three. At 15, he pioneered the double bass drum set-up. At 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Gene Krupa drumming contest.
  
  He has performed on more than 200 albums with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Lionel Hampton, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Wayne Newton and Bellson’s late wife Pearl Bailey.
  
  Composer and author, he has written more than 1,000 compositions and more than a dozen books on drums and percussion. He received the prestigious American Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1994. Also, he is a six-time Grammy nominee."
  
  I never delved into Louie's music as much as I should have; however, I was merely inspired by his existence. He was already in his twilight years when I started playing my Ludwig education pack snare back in 1981. Louie was hocking the Remo brand and their "Acousticon" shells along with the Roto Toms. No one could complain about the heads, but the drums....well, if Louie plays them, they must be worth looking at. (I probably would have considered them had anyone in Mississippi carried them.)
  
  Anyway, while at a prior company, my office mate would bring in these great big band CD's and tracks on his MP3 player and when asked, "that's Louie Bellson." (like I'm an idiot, right?) Louie's technique was amazing and I began to get further inspired.
  
  From the stories of others, Louie was the most congenial of all the legends and we here at Taye are very sad that we never had the opportunity to shake his hand.
  
  I know this second one is a little late, but I felt the need to take this opportunity to talk about Mitch Mitchell who passed this past November 12th, 2008, mere days following a very sentimental tour.
  
  Oringal Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer, Mitch Mitchell (mine, the author's main influences), was something of an anomoly. His style which obviously used his jazz background and a desire to stretch what was an early style of new rock. When you listened to his playing ("Wait Until Tomorrow" is playing as I type), one can truly hear how he surrounded Jimi's guitar with his playing. This is why Buddy Miles was not the permanent drummer with the Band of Gypsy's. (in my opinion)
  
  When asked about how Jimi and Mitch clicked, long time engineer, Eddie Kramer told Modern Drummer "There were other drummers who had auditioned for the job, and certainly there were others who were capable. But I don't think any of them fit the bill in the true sense that Mitch did. I think this was a lucky break for both Jimi and Mitch. The found each other's ideas to be compatible. Mitch was able to sense where Jimi was going and keep up with him and challenge him."
  
  I feel as though I could get wordy, but I cannot express the sadness I feel when I hear Jimi on the radio and remember picking up my sticks so long ago and popping in Smash Hits to the cassette deck.
  
  Thanks for reading and please let us know what you think.
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- 9 months ago
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Drum Clinic January 14 '09
- From: JulesRadino
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  Jules Radino playing Harvest Moon at a recent clinic
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- 9 months ago
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Focus on StudioBirch
- From: WestWheeler
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  Taye Drums is introducing an all new line of drums, StudioBirch. With 7 plies of 100% Premium Selected Birch you will get plenty of attack while using Taye Drums’ patented EFS™ shell technology brings you attack, warmth and a full tuning range. Taye Drums is offering three new colors, the chic Natural to Black Burst (NBB), flashy Galaxy Ice (GI) and the lush tones of Autumn Red (AR, not shown). The new release of StudioBirch also brings about new bass drum sizes that were previously special order only. You can get two different sizes of 24” kick drums (18” & 16” depths) and three different 22” kick drums (20”, 18” and 16” depths). We could tell you how great they are all day long, but we think you should let your ears tell you what is good and not some fancy marketing guy. (except for me, of course!) Taye Drums has been building drums for 34 years for other name brands you may have already played or owned. Since 2000, we have been building them the way WE want them and now you need to try them, too. Visit your nearest retailer and tell them you want StudioBirch
  
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- 9 months ago
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hello, tayeworld
- From: spastiCmonkeu
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  Hi,
  
  I'm David, I play in a band called ConCoCtion here in Baton Rouge, LA. I've been playing drums for about 13 years now.
  
  I played on an CP's (Comsic Percussion-for those that didn't know) 5 piece for about 11 years. and it eventually had enough. So after polishing it up nice and selling it back for about $200, i purchased my first ever drumset (the CP, my parents got me for $400) a Taye Go-Kit back in September of 2006.
  
  I've been using it ever since I started ConCoCtion too, so all recordings of ConCoCtion have been used with my Taye (which you can hear at myspace.com/theconcoction)
  
  This past weekend (January 16-18), we recorded our debut/self tilted album...which is still in the Rough mixing stages.
  
  the tracks online right now are very rough and were recorded months before we went to the studio.
  
  hope you enjoy and check back for updates about the album.
  
  i probably won't post that much, except to say thank you to Taye.
  
  David
  
  ConCoCtion
- Blog post
- 10 months ago
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I just talked to Satnam
- From: WestWheeler
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  So, if ya'll go into the members' area...check out SRamgotra...that's Satnam...he's one cool dude.
  
  He's going to be at the NAMM show, hopefully; but he is really busy with this little known composer named HANS ZIMMER. How cool is that? Who's next Jan Hammer? dang, Satnam, you keep busy, brothah!
  
  Just in case you have NOT seen this, check out Satnam on DrumChannel.com and go to marker 1:35 to catch our man, Satnam!
  
  Just wanted to let you guys know what's going on!
  
  West
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- 10 months ago
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solo excerpts from firehouse c
- From: ScottPellegrom
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  These are from a clinic not so long ago..Please check em out and let me know what you think!
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- 10 months ago
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2009 Fire House Guitars Clinic
- From: ScottPellegrom
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- 10 months ago
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Welcome from Taye Drums!!!
- From: WestWheeler
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  Hey Ya'll!
  
  I'm West, Sale & Marketing Coordinator at Taye Drums and I am very proud to introduce MyTaye to the world.
  
  this is a great place for you to hang out, post videos, photos, blogs, thoughts and any sort of randomness.
  
  We know we won't be taking over MySpace or anything, but our hopes are that you, the drummers of the world, will unite and join in helping each other out.
  
  Education and Entertainment all rolled into one place. it's like a shushi roll of drums.
  
  Would that be crunchy or rainbow?
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- 10 months ago
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vidz
- From: ScottPellegrom
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- 11 months ago
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