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Guy Buddy

Guy Buddy

Who's your favorite out of Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King and Eric Clapton?

Id say Buddy Guy for me

Buddy is the best guitarist of the 4, but I prefer to listen to B.B. or SRV's music.

edit: Lol Beatle Hater!!!! I swear that's not me!!!!

Rock Me Baby-BB KIng/Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy/Jim Vaughn

Rich Buddy

Rich Buddy

The World's Greatest Drummers: Buddy Rich

This article is part of an on-going series of articles featuring some of the greatest drummers ever.

Name: Bernard Rich

Born: September 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York

Died: April 2, 1987

Power and speed are attributes that Buddy definitely possessed. This drumming great inspired many of the most well-known drummers today.

Buddy began playing drums as a child. When he was just one year old, his father noticed that he could keep a beat while banging spoons. His parents, both performers, started him playing in some of their acts. He was self-taught and claimed that formal lessons would actually degrade his playing. The lack of formal lessons didn't hurt him much! He played for a veritable "Who's Who" list of musicians like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Frank Sinatra -- to name just a few.

Among his drumming influences was Gene Krupa who said that Rich was "the greatest drummer to ever draw breath." Buddy influenced many drumming greats like John Bonham, Neil Peart, Gregg Bissonette, and Dennis Chambers.

Watching Buddy solo is a fun experience that leaves you awe-struck and makes you want to grab your sticks and sit down at your drum kit. The effortless speed at which he's able to move, not only on the snare and the toms, but on the cymbals as well, leaves the viewer shaking their head in disbelief. His single-hand drum rolls continue to be studied by drummers today.

I remember being young and watching Buddy solo with Animal on an episode of The Muppet Show. As a kid I was fascinated by Buddy's playing. As a drummer, though, I'm amazed! To see someone play as great and as effortlessly as he did gives all drummers something to aspire to.

Buddy played Slingerland drums and Zildjian cymbals.

Buddy Rich - 1970

Holly Buddy

Holly Buddy

Easy Instant Profits: Is it all Hype?

No doubt you have read all the hype about internet gurus making thousands of dollars profit a day. Well that's true, but only a select few actually achieve these fantastic results. Also, I am sure you have seen the adverts claiming how easy it is for you to make your fortune by purchasing some magic system that requires very little effort and will run on auto-pilot, generating massive profits for you month after month!

Does this sound familiar to you ?

Warning: If you are already making more than $ 10,000 a month from selling info products, then this report is NOT for you! This report is directed towards the following people:    

* First timers who are thinking about making profits online.    

* Those that have tried to make profit from selling info products, but have not been successful.

If you are still reading this report, I will assume that you want to discover how anyone can now make profits online from selling info products.YES - it is possible to make money from selling info products and there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to do so as well.

I was one of those internet failures who spent endless hours chasing the dream of easy money ... in return all I ended up with, was an empty wallet, frustrated, de-motivated and confused. Just about ready to cut my losses and quit, I decided to give it one more try. However, this time I was going to try a completely different approach.

Instead of trying to get instant success, I vowed to put in lots of honest hard effort and learn everything I could about internet marketing and making profit online. It took me over 12 months of trial and error, before I could finally claim to have made a success of my internet marketing venture. Not enough to retire on (yet), but enough to make a life changing impact.

Looking back on my own experiences, I realized that anyone could make a healthy profit online and a lot quicker if only they knew what to do and how to do it. The internet is a vast place, providing endless opportunities for people to find entertainment, gain knowledge or make money.

Just about everything you want to know about almost any subject can be found there and in many cases for little or no cost. The problem most people experience is information overload as there is so much information available and that makes it even more difficult to decide what to use and when to stop researching.

For a "newbie" (buzzword for someone new to the internet) the internet can be a daunting and lonely place. I can recall thinking many times:

"If only I had a buddy that understood the difficulties I was experiencing and could give answers to themany things that I didn't understand" I am pretty sure that something similar has been experienced by most people who make their first attempts at trying to make profits from online marketing.

Maybe it's even happened to you?

As an ex "newbie" myself, I realized that the knowledge I gained in creating my first successful online home business would be of immense value to anyone wanting to do the same. This was the inspiration to share my success by creating the "Internet Business Buddy" system· Anyone starting out to create a successful online business, can now benefit from the advice of their internet buddy.

Weezer - Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly

1950's Hollywood Movie Memories - New Competition And New Markets

By 1950 it was estimated that over 10.5 million U.S. households had a television, and that number was climbing rapidly. Post-war affluence seemed ripe for the taking. However, with this affluence came a number of alternate leisure activities. 

Not only was television grabbing a larger share of the entertainment pie, but there were also newly created opportunities outside the movie theater.  A couple of examples would be; 'fast food restaurants,' and 'drive-ins'. It didn't take long for these to catch on and gain their share of the publics leisure time and dollar.

The motion picture industry needed to again change a large portion of its focus. Older viewers became the ones most likely to stay home and watch television. The younger market was growing in both size and spending power, and the youth-oriented movie goer had little interest in films produced to appeal to the older market. They demanded something fresh, and whenever possible a bit of a rebellious edge. 

Hollywood found its creativity challenged in reaching for this new market. They tried the "bigger is better" approach, hoping to draw people away from the small-screen television and back into the full-color, large-screen motion picture theatre. They experimented with gimmicks such as 1952's 3-D efforts Bwana Devil, and This is Cinerama. 1953 brought to the big-screen lavish new color filming techniques such as 20th Century-Fox's CinemaScope production of The Robe, and Paramount's Vista Vision presentation of White Christmas.

While these efforts worked to some extent, Hollywood realized that these newer color production methods were very costly and would not solve their problem. They had to be more topic specific to reach the teenage youth-oriented market by providing them with both stories and stars they could relate to.

Motion pictures were specifically produced to include the popularity of Rock and Roll music in their story lines and literally on the screen. Many of the most popular singers and singing groups of this time would appear in these films much to the delight of the younger fan. An example being Rock Around the Clock, featuring disc jockey Allan Freed, Bill Haley and His Comets (performing the title song), The Platters, and more. Don't Knock the Rock, a response to the older generations lack of acceptance of rock and roll music. There were biographical films like The Buddy Holly Story, and La Bamba which told the story of the careers of both Buddy Holly and Richie Valens as well as their tragic ending along with fellow star The Big Bopper in a 1959 plane crash. 

Hollywood's marketing efforts in this area proved very successful with the youth market reaching $10 billion per year. Hollywood hit a goldmine in its exploitation of this market and, with teenagers becoming more socially rebellious, capitalized on their sentiment with films like The Blackboard Jungle, High School Confidential, The Wild One, and Rebel Without a Cause.

It wasn't only the pictures portraying rebellion, it was also the stars. Marlon Brando, James Dean, and Elvis Presley provided enough personal controversy to be very successfully marketed to the young audience.

1950's Hollywood produced a great many memories that linked to traditional movie making, but now also provided the foundation for the movie memories of a new generation.

Weezer - Buddy Holly

Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich

Using the Buddy System for Effective Weight Loss

The desire to lose weight and look good in smaller sizes is hardly a solitary phenomenon. Indeed, countless men and women each year yearn to be ten, twenty, even fifty or more pounds lighter. It is this collective desire that keeps the diet industry so profitable, with nearly millions of dollars spent annually on weight loss supplements, diet books, gym memberships, and specialized food for burning fat. Thousands of people, tens of thousands, face the new year with the same resolutions: take off the pounds and keep them off.

So why is it, when we diet, we sometimes feel so alone? What is it about trying to lose weight that makes us feel like outsiders in a sea of people who seem content with their lives? Is it because we feel uncomfortable in restaurants, as if we're forced to limit our option to avoid fatty fried foods and rich cream sauces? Is it because we're ashamed to admit that we need to lose weight, and hence risk humiliation?

There is certainly no reason to feel alone during a process in which so many people engage themselves. This is why companies like Weight Watchers have thrived over the decades, not so much because people find the weight loss plans effective, but because the sense of community is there to make the process of losing weight less clinical and less isolated. When you attend a meeting of men and women who want to lose weight, you gain a sense of camaraderie that establishes a better comfort level for achieving your dieting goals. Such meetings offer support to men and women so they don't have to feel alone.

What do you do, though, if such places don't exist where you live? What do you do if your schedule is so demanding that by the time you are free to meet, the meetings are over? Truly, it can be inconvenient for a dieter to join a weight loss support group that meets during the day when you are working, more so if the meetings are too far away for even driving.

This doesn't mean you should count out the possibility of continuing a diet alone. Friends and family will always lend support when you need it, but to see a diet to success sometimes it takes more than a sympathizing soul to help push you away from the table. Sometimes it takes a diet buddy to help get you past the temptations and bolster the desire to move and gain a fit lifestyle.

Think of it, as you will, like the partnership fostered in twelve-step groups. People seeking to end an addiction are assigned a "sponsor," a person to turn to in times desperation. When recovering addicts are tempted to fall off the wagon, a quick phone call to their sponsors fortifies the bond between the two, which works to help the addict overcome the pull to stray. So can the concept work with dieters, yet in the case of having a diet buddy, both parties involved seek the support and have much to gain, and lose!

Having a diet buddy to lean on in times of trouble and triumph can help the weight loss process. You have more than just a sympathetic ear, you have the wisdom of another person who is going through the exact same trials, shares the same goals, and is willing to help you for your benefit and his. From a diet buddy you can learn dieting methods that may work for you, recipes to help cut the fat from your daily regimen, and if the person is close by you have an exercise partner. If you should happen to find a long-distance buddy through the Internet, it shouldn't prevent you from communication, either. Take a walk with a portable phone and match your progress together. Use an instant messaging device to recap the day's weight loss program, and above all else show the encouragement you would want your buddy to give to you.

Sharing your hopes and dream can be beneficial in that your own confidence is boosted, and hence your drive to lose weight is strengthened in a diet partnership bond. As you look forward to losing weigh, whether you plan to start now or in the new year, consider sharing your joys and burdens with somebody else who doesn't want to walk the same road alone. You may find, with a friend, that you will arrive at your destination sooner than you realize.

Buddy Rich stick trick solo