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1.  Overture.

 

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even
as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music
or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that
all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here
lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon
it will be too late."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

...

 

Hello, and welcome to the second issue for December.
It's so wonderful to have you on board.

 

Stats

 

As new readers join our ranks weekly it's
good to remind you now and again of all the gifts
that you're entitled to grab: *f*r*e*e* of course!

 

Note: there are no links on the internet to these
gifts. The links to the gifts can only be
found in my newsletters as they are intended for you,
my dear subscribers.

 

Every month I add an MP3, an e-book, a
ring tone and a recipe.

 

So, scroll down to the "Gifts" in section 2 regularly and
click on the links for the specific categories of
gift you would like to download.

 

Here is the list of what is currently available to you:

 

- 16 MP3s

 

Download them by clicking on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/mp3month.htm

 

- 16 E-books

 

Download them by clicking on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/bookmonth.htm

 

13 Ring tones

 

Download them by clicking on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/ringtonemonth.htm

 

and

 

- 11 Recipes

 

Download them by clicking on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/recipemonth.htm

 

IMPORTANT: You are also entitled to download
my Soothing Ivories albums in MP3 format!

 

So far there are two of them - shortly there will be three.

 

Please just reply to this newsletter asking for those links and
I will send them to you directly - they are not published
in the newsletter itself.

 

New Albums

 

Last week I promised you special introductory offers
and ordering info for both D.Beat volume 2 and
Soothing Ivories volume 3.

 

Order now, no payment yet, and save!!!

 

The normal retail price for these albums will be
R150 each, excluding postage/delivery.

 

But read on for your price!

 

Until the 2nd of January, w.o.w. right through
the festive season and launch period of the albums, you
can purchase any one of the two albums for only
R110, postage/delivery included 

 

And should you order both, you pay only
R180, postage/delivery included!

 

Should you wish to order these, or any of my other
albums to give as presents during the festive season,
please ensure that your order reaches me
not later than 17h00 on the 21st of December. This
gives me only a day to process, package and post your CD's!

 

Get your orders in!

 

Reply to this e-mail with your name, surname, postal/delivery address,
a contact phone/cell number and what you would like
to purchase.

 

I will reply to you, confirming delivery date and
we can sort out payment details then.

 

Reminder: you will receive a link to download
Soothing Ivories volume 3!

 

Radio Shows

 

Did you hear "Once You Had Gold" by Enya?
Did you hear Johnny Pearson's "Sleepy Shores"?

 

Oh, you didn't? I played them on my show on
Monday evening.

 

For this and much more, tune in to my radio shows which
are broadcast Monday and Thursday evenings between
9 and 10 pm on Kwagga Radio on the internet.

 

Monday evenings I present a program of new age and
ambient music: cool, smooth and relaxing.

 

Thursday evenings I present a program of Rock music:
oh, soo energizing!

 

Please e-mail your comments, questions or requests to me at:
david@kwaggaradio.com

 

To listen via streaming on the internet click here:
http://kwaggaradio.com

 

To listen via the Winamp program on your pc click here:
http://85.25.184.155:8090/listen.pls

 

Did You Know?

 

The hottest pepper in the world is the Naga Jolokia,
as confirmed by the Guinness Book of World's Records.

 

On the Scoville ratings, a measurement scale for measuring the
hotness of peppers etc., the Naga Jolokia has a
hotness rating of 855,000 to 1,041,427, which is
DOUBLE that of the hottest Habanero!

 

Main Article

 

In today's article you can read about the decline in popularity of
phone booths in the UK, and learn of some unusual uses
old phone booths have been put to.
Some of the ideas may inspire you to find new uses for
your own "drop outs".

 

Scroll down to section 3 below to read
all about it.

 

Gift

 

Remember that you don't pay for any gift, so why
not grab and enjoy the gifts on offer?

 

This being the second issue of the month I have another
0-cost e-book for you to download. Scroll down to
section 2 for details and to download it.

 

Ready? Grab a cup of your favourite beverage now and spend
20 relaxing minutes with me!

 

2.  "The Empty Swing".

 

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CD-OF-THE-MONTH                
The CD-of-the-month for December 2010 is    
Set of Ivories in Love volumes 1 + 2 + 3                                                    

 

       

 

Promotion price: only R220 (postage included)    

 

To buy, to listen to samples of the tracks
and for more info, click on the link below:

 

http://www.singingivories.com
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Today I brought Chuck Brown's "The Empty Swing", from his
album Unadorned, to usher us into this section of
the newsletter.

 

Click on the following link to listen to an excerpt from
the piece:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/sample-0247.mp3

 

To learn more about Chuck and his music and to
download some of his music for free, go to:
http://healingpiano.com

 

- MUSIC FACT OF THE WEEK

 

The top spot for the artist with the Most CONSECUTIVE Number 1 albums
is shared between two groups. They both had
unbroken runs of 8 chart-toppers.

 

The groups are Led Zeppelin from "Led Zeppelin 2" in 1969 to
"In Through The Out Door" in 1979 and Abba from "Greatest Hits" in 1976 to
"The Singles - The First Ten Years" in 1982.

 

And how's this for coincidence? Led Zeppelin's eighth consecutive chart-topper
"In Through The out Door" was recorded at Abba's very own
Polar Studios in Sweden!

 

- CD's FOR SALE

 

Below is a list of all my CD's available for purchase.
Note: the prices exclude postage/delivery, which
normally runs to +-R40.

 

Ivories in Love volume 3  - (2010) - R150
http://www.singingivories.com/ivoriesinlovevolume3.htm

 

D.Beat volume 1           - (2009) - R120
http://www.singingivories.com/dbeatvolume1.htm

 

Soothing Ivories volume 2 - (2009) - R120
http://www.singingivories.com/soothingivoriesvolume2.htm

 

Ivories in Love volume 2  - (2009) - R120
http://www.singingivories.com/ivoriesinlovevolume2.htm

 

Soothing Ivories volume 1 - (2008) - R100
http://www.singingivories.com/soothingivoriesvolume1.htm

 

Ivories in Love volume 1  - (2008) - R100
http://www.singingivories.com/ivoriesinlovevolume1.htm

 

Singing Ivories volume 3  - (2007) - R90
http://www.singingivories.com/singingivoriesvolume3.htm

 

Singing Ivories volume 2  - (2006) - R80
http://www.singingivories.com/singingivoriesvolume2.htm

 

Singing Ivories volume 1  - (2005) - R70
http://www.singingivories.com/singingivoriesvolume1.htm

 

To purchase, simply click on the link provided under
each CD above.

 

All my albums, but especially the soothing ivories series,
are very unique and very special.
None of my albums are available in stores, making them
ideal to give as special presents.

 

- MUSIC FOR FUNCTIONS

 

By now you know that you can contact me to provide any kind of
music, for any type of function.

 

Although I specialize in performing as pianist, I
also appear in other groups, e.g. as keyboardist for
Sounds Exciting.

 

Near or far, for 2 or 200, at dusk or dawn:
I will come and add my magic touch to turn your event into
something memorable.
 
Not to mention the publicity you'll get via my site and newsletter!

 

You know the drill by now: just e-mail me with details,
I will respond with a written quote and then we'll take things from there.
E-mail me at:
david@mr-music.co.za

 

- YOUR GIFTS

 

- MP3-of-the-month

 

With every first issue of the month I give you
a unique and special piece of music.

 

Unique, because you cannot buy it or download it
anywhere else!

 

Special, because these are pieces I have composed or will compose,
play and record myself, and which I will only make available to
you, at no cost.

 

To download any of the MP3s-of-the-month,
click on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/mp3month.htm

 

- E-book-of-the-month

 

Every second Thursday of the month you can look forward
to receiving another e-book at 0-cost.

 

Here's an appetiser from today's book:
"Calming The Chaotic Life", and who does not know what it feels  like
when time and events in your life seem to be out of control?

 

"Perhaps you consistently carry a heavy workload (professional, personal,
or both) and want to find ways to become more
efficient so you can get more done in less time.

 

Maybe you feel stressed to the max each day and want to
find ways to do less and enjoy more.

 

Or maybe you simply yearn for a more peaceful existence instead of rushing madly
from one activity to the next until you fall into
bed exhausted every night.

 

Whatever your situation, this guide should serve as an insightful tool you can use
on your journey to greater peace and productivity."

 

To download it and/or any of the other e-books-of-the-month,
click on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/bookmonth.htm

 

- Ring-tone-of-the-month

 

On the third Thursday of every month I give you a ring tone: something
smooth/cool/romantic/sophisticated, so that you never have to cringe,
no matter when or where your phone rings.

 

To download any of the ring-tones-of-the-month,
click on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/ringtonemonth.htm

 

- Recipe-of-the-month

 

With the fourth issue of every month you will
be receiving a recipe. Not just any recipe, but one that I invented
and concocted successfully myself.

 

To download any of the recipes-of-the-month,
click on this link:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/recipemonth.htm

 

3.  Intermission.

 

Obsolete, Yet Iconic British Telephone Booth Finds New Life
by Bonnie Alter, London

 

It's iconic, a symbol of Britishness the world over: the red telephone box.
But no longer, they are disappearing as fast as you can say "cell phone."

 

The Brit's are huge users of mobile phones (85% of all adults own one)
so no one uses the boxes anymore, except as ads for sex-shops and other dubious pleasures.

 

Now they are being offered to communities for £1 in an
"Adopt a Kiosk" scheme, and are being recycled for some astonishing and eccentric uses.

 

The empty and often vandalised phone boxes are a huge expense for BT
(British Telecom); each one costs £700 ($1,100) to keep up
so they have been handing them over to communities and they are just
about to give their 1,000th one away.

 

BT held a competition to determine the most unique usages. The winner
featured a mannequin dressed as a regularly changing seasonal,
historical or fictitious character. Other usages include renting it
to local community people for a week to make their own exhibits, posting
poems, a vegetable swap and magazine swap location.

 

This may be on of the smallest book exchange or library in the country. This booth
in Marton-cum-Grafton is being used for a book exchange, organised by the local
library and school.

 

The most famous is The Gallery on the Green in Yorkshire. It claims
to be the smallest art gallery in the world. The Gallery
is run by part time volunteers from the village of Settle.

 

They show 24 picture postcard sized pieces of art work regularly.
Started last year, their next exhibition will be featuring selections from
Brian May's (ex Queen guitarist) new book 'A Village Lost and Found'. It is
appropriate for this spot because it is a book of reproductions of photographs from an

 

Oxfordshire village of the 1850s.

 

In 2002, there were 92,000 payphones across the UK. Now there are still
more than 12,500, however over half of them don't make a profit.

 

The first incarnation of the red phone box was designed by architect Sir Giles Gilbert
Scott for a competition in 1924. This design, the K2, was introduced
in 1926, predominately in London. Ten years later Scott refined
his design and the famous K6 or 'Jubilee Kiosk' was introduced nationwide
to celebrate George V's Silver Jubilee.

 

For comments or queries, e-mail me at:
david@mr-music.co.za

 

4.  "Midnight Express".

 

Today I brought "Midnight Express" by Giorgio Moroder to
lead us into this section of the newsletter in which
I remind you of things to diarize and do.

 

Click on the link below to listen to an excerpt from the piece:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/sample-0248.mp3

 

Thank you to all of you who are doing some and/or
all of the things suggested. May you have lots of fun doing them.
 
Make this another memorable week by diarizing and
doing as suggested below:

 

- DATES TO DIARIZE

 

- 31 January - 17h30 - UJ Sundowner Concert, Johannesburg
  Marga Sander and Dawid Boverhoff (piano) with Mahler for Four Hands
- 11-13 February - Beeld Holiday Show, Midrand
  Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand

 

- THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK
 
- Replace biscuit/flour/pastry crusts in tarts with the following:
  half cup walnuts
  half cup almonds
  5 dates
  dash of salt
  grind all ingredients in a food processor until crumbly and sticky
  press in the bottom (and/or sides) of dish
- Go fishing
- Buy a little something to give to the
  first strange child that crosses your path
- In keeping with today's article, think of novel ways
  to put old relics to good use, then implement your
  idea or send it to a responsible person who can
- Order my new CD's for yourself and/or
  to give as gifts

 

5.  Encore

 

Idle thoughts of a retired person

 

I planted some birdseed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.

 

I had amnesia once -- or was it twice.

 

I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?

 

Protons have mass? -- I didn't even know they were Catholic.

 

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

 

If the world were a logical place, men would ride horses side-saddle.

 

They told me I was gullible and I believed them.

 

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll
never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

 

Experience is the thing you have left when every thing else is gone.

 

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

 

The shampoo promised me extra body and I gained three pounds.

 

When the only tool you own is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.

 

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

 

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

 

How can there be self-help "groups"?

 

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?

 

Is it possible to be totally partial?

 

What's another word for thesaurus?

 

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

 

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't
get his pants off.

 

It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

 

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

 

...

 

Today I'll take my leave with an oldie, "Moonlight And Roses",
sung by Jim Reeves.

 

Click on this link to listen to an excerpt from the song:
http://www.mr-music.co.za/sample-0249.mp3

 

"Moonlight and roses;
bring wonderful mem'ries of you;
my heart reposes;
in beautiful thoughts so true.;
June light discloses;
love's golden dreams sparkling, anew;
moonlight and roses;
bring mem'ries of you.

 

Instrumental interlude

 

(Last half of verse)
June light discloses;
love's golden dreams sparkling, anew;
moonlight and roses;
bring mem'ries of you."

 

Love and the best music
 
David
Mr Music
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