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If you are a cat lover then you will have having a 2012 cat calendar hanging inside your home or office. There are actually a lot of different calendars to choose from so you can buy a bunch for different places. Most of the calendars feature small kittens although there are larger cats mixed in to make the pictures unique. Ragdoll cats, Bohemian cats, Himalayan cats, Calico cats, Burmese, etc are all the different kinds of cats that are featured on the pictures. Some of the calendar themes include: cat naps, cool cats, cats and dogs, cats wearing hats, cat cartoons, cat stories and many others! There are a ton of other options available, just go online and look at pictures to see which calendar you like the best. Where you hand it is up to you, the pictures look nice so you can feel comfortable having it in an area where even guests can see.

Bass guitar is one of the sting instrument that is mostly used in bands. It can be used to play almost all types of music. Many people take it to be so hard to learn, whereas it can be simple and fast. Here is howto learn to play bass guitar fast:

  1. Start with the basics, learn the chords by yourself. If you want to learn the bass guitar fast then you should first understand the chords.
  2. Have the knowledge of the notes that are at the neck of the bass guitar. This will be made easy when you start learning the scales; the easiest are the major scales.
  3. Start practicing with the non dormant hand strumming using the new chords. Do a simple strum pattern of moving up and down.
  4. By using the songs that you love and know, play the chords. Practice by playing them as many times as you like.

The problem with most musicians is that they give up way too easily. It so happens that people who don’t practice enough, don’t really get a shot at becoming great musicians. Sure, you can be a mediocre one, but there’s no way that you will get any good if you don’t get your sufficient amount of practice. Sure, you might download free sheet music and you might find a good way to play it, but without dedication you won’t really get anywhere.

Which brings me to my next point. If you want to play some good music (and not only mediocre like you’re probably doing now), then the secret is to find a good tutor and ask him to help you practice. It’s usually a good idea to get a teacher instead of teaching yourself how to play a musical instrument because that way you will show him your progress and you will inspire yourself to keep going.

So what are you waiting for? Don’t wait. Just go ahead and start playing!

Although Brendan Hines is known for his various roles on television such as Andy Goode in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tyler Ford in The Middleman, and Eli Loker on Lie to Me it is a little known fact that he is an aspiring musician. His band The Brendan Hine’s consist of himself as the lead singer and a full band accompaniment, they have released an album with ten tracks called Good For You Know Who. The album features music from the genres of country, western, and folk the ten tracks have the distinct feel to the heartbeat of Americana. His songs are witty and whimsical and often have some wry humor that is usually absent from these genres. The tracks Occasion, Argyle, and Parcel Post a distinctly country sound and westerns such as Top Shelf and If I were You were also present. If you like folk music with a bit of humor; Miss New York, Guess What, Life Story, and Window Panes will be a refreshing sound he also has a bluesy song named Hard to Kill which has an upbeat sound to it.</p>