Lanny Hintz asked:


Playing a musical instrument is a gift to all those who hear it. Does it really matter if you play a classical musical instrument or a contemporary musical instrument? It can. First and foremost, playing a musical instrument should be fun and rewarding. If it’s not, you are not likely to practice it at all and eventually you will lose interest.

Playing classical music with a classical instrument can be remarkably challenging and rewarding. As a general standard, classical music is more intricate that contemporary music, although there are naturally exceptions to every rule.

Playing contemporary music with contemporary instruments can also be tremendously satisfying and rewarding. While not everyone may agree that contemporary music is a gift when they hear it, those who appreciate it will appreciate it deeply.

One of my favorite trends as of late is to either play contemporary music with a classical instrument or classical music with a contemporary instrument. Both sounds are considerably remarkable and both aspects take quite a bit of talent and practice. Creating this interesting twist can ultimately please more crowds, as classical music played with a contemporary instrument can reach the younger generations and actually turn them on to classical styles. The same can be said about contemporary music that is played with classical instruments.

When choosing between classical or contemporary instruments, the best method of decision making is simple preference. When choosing for a child, or helping a child make the decision, preference of course still matters, but opening the doors to new music and different experiences can really benefit the child tremendously. The basic goal for choosing an instrument, either classical or contemporary, is finding an expression that works well with the personality. Children who learn at least a little of both classical and contemporary expression are more equipped to make the decision for themselves later on.

Classical music and instrumentation can teach strong basic skills, while venturing into contemporary music and instrumentation can be both inspiring and fun for kids, especially older children.

Being well versed in classical music can actually provide a better platform for kids or adults who want to play a more contemporary instrument. Contemporary music is often written with the use of only a few chords and a basic beat while classical music demands a higher level of instrumentation. If we never teach kids the classical instruments or the classical music, the classical arts are destined to die.



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Niels Bach asked:


For the savvy Internet entrepreneur, there has never been a more profitable time to be in business.

Making money online in some ways is like shooting fish in a barrel and the fact that anyone can take hold of one of the many business opportunities offered - whether they have a lot of business experience or next to none - and with little or no investment build a small business empire is the stuff of e-zines and e-books.

To many, residual income is the name of the game and using the Internet to earn residual income is surprisingly simple.

For example, you already own and operate an online business, you will find that tapping into one of the many available affiliate programs is a surefire way of creating a separate revenue stream that requires next to no work on your part and complements the business you are already running.

Becoming an affiliate is easy to do, usually free of charge, and there is little more required than placing a merchant’s link onto your website.

When a consumer visits the merchant via your link and makes a purchase, you earn money. If you are very successful, you will find that before long you will qualify to receive payment not only for the sales made through your website link but you may also receive the option to sign up for a program that will remunerate you for the visitors you send to the merchant’s website.

If you are just starting out online and do not already operate an established business, remember that patience is a virtue, and anyone who tells you that you can get rich overnight on the ‘Net is lying to you.

Driving traffic to your website is a gradual process - if you do it right - and not a feast or famine kind of activity. Spend time, effort, and perhaps even some money in making sure that the search engines like your site and then make it user friendly.

Those in the know have found that the best way to consistently make money off the Internet is to create a number of separate revenue streams that will always be ongoing.

Remember that small streams will eventually combine to make a raging river and just because in and of itself an income opportunity might look modest, when combined with your other income generating methods of making money you stand the chance of making a decent living online.

Join desirable and reputable affiliate programs and keep an eye to cultivating long term relationships with these vendors rather than hopping from merchant to merchant in an effort to ride the latest fad.

Consistency pays off with residual income, while short term linkage can only produce short term income, which it extremely limiting.

As the money begins to pour in, consider reinvesting it in your online efforts and increasing the strength of your web presence to eventually commandeer a larger portion of the daily visitor numbers that are found on the World Wide Web.

ou may consider doing so with your own personal store front and thus adding products as well as affiliate networking to your income portfolio.