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Dear
computer video user,
Using
digital videos to learn new
skills
like playing guitar, is the most
exciting advance since computers were
invented.
The big problem is that most of the benefit is lost if you don't have
the ability to loop, slow down and repeat small sections of videos and maintain the pitch so that
the
sound is
unchanged.
It's no good slowing down a music tuition video for example if the
voiceover sounds like Darth
Vader on
tranquilizers and the
instrument sounds like a 'wound down'
gramophone.
Video
viewing software like Windows
Media
Viewer and Real Player are designed to be multi purpose and, to be
fair, they
do a pretty
good job most
of the time.
But no one ever designed a video viewing program that was specialist
enough to do the very specific job of slowing, looping and repeating for the sole purpose of
learning
a new
skill.
But......that's all changed now.
THIS
BIT IS VERY IMPORTANT
My
original creation of SloMoDirector has now been superceded and this new
product is bigger and better (and cheaper). What you'll get is a
set of videos on how to use a new open source application to do
everything that SloMoDirector did and a whole lot more.
You
COULD learn to do this on your own without purchasing Video Trickery
BUT......I've spent months delving into how this system works and
applying it specifically to learning guitar.....and I'm passing all
that information on to you for a mere $14
So
like I say, you COULD learn to do all this on your own...but you'd be
mad to even think about it.
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'The Human Brain As A
Progammable
Computer'
There
is
a part of the human
brain, situated at the back of the head, called the cerebellum. This is
known as the 'motor region'
and is where our automatic human processes
are taken care of.
To
give
you an idea, our 'blink repsonse' is part of this motor
mechanism stored in the cerebellum. Blinking is something we never need
to think about, good job
really or we'd all be walking
round with bits
of garbage in our eyes.
Reflex Actions need no
'thought'
Our
reflexes are stored there so that when we touch something hot....we
don't need someone to tell us to move our hand. It is a reflex action.
Our
reflexes are obviously 'hard wired' into the brain at birth,
following half a million years worth of evolution.
What
about learning new skills?
Well,
interestingly, any kind of new physical skill (like playing
guitar for example) is stored in the cerebellum along with our 'hard
wired' behaviour.
If we just keep repeating
. .
amazing
things happen
The
way
that new skills are learned is by repeating the behaviour
multiple times. This causes our brain cells (neurons) to form new links
with other brain cells.
The
links
become 'permanent' after enough repetitions and we are then
able to perform the new skill, without thinking, whenever we wish.
Skillful
Actions with No 'Thought'
That
is
how we explain the phenomena of being able to ride a
bike...even if we haven't ridden one for years.
If
we
take away concepts like
'musicality' and 'interpretation' then learning to play a musical
instrument, at least early on, is a set of physical actions.
Using
SloMoDirector© means you can watch, copy and perfect
those actions, at your own speed (some people take longer for the
programming to take place, but interestingly also, they usually retain
the skill for longer, go figure...) until the behaviour, in this case,
playing guitar, becomes programmed into the cerebellum.
Imagine
there was a teacher who could
show you
some new skill you were trying to learn, at any speed you wanted, as
often as you wanted . . . . over
and
over and over again and never get bored. What would happen to your
learning curve?
Do you think that you'd even give a thought to how you'd achieved any
of this when you are there playing song-after-song-after-song.
I
bet nobody would ever guess that you had used modern computer
technology to learn how to make music. |
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These testimonials are talking about
SloMoDirector...Video Trickery is even better than this
Read what current users
are
saying . . . .
. . .
On
Sun
Nov 11
19:59:13
PST 2007
SloMo installed and worked flawlessly. Very satisfied with your product.
As a beginner with some knowledge on fingerpicking, I was having a
problem trying to keep up with exactly what you were doing on The Boxer.
Using SloMo, I was able to figure it out and within a couple hours, I
had the entire song down exactly like you performed it on the video.
Very happy with the software and thanks alot for providing it.
Best Regards,
Mike
AL United States
On Thu May 10 06:46:34 PDT 2007
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. . . but have not been able
to find
anything
that worked.
Mike,
Viewed
your demo;
immediately
purchased and installed the Slow-Mo product.Tried it out for about a
minute and absolutely love it!
I am somewhat of a computer junkie and I have been trying different
things to get the lessons slowed down a bit, but have not been able to
find
anything
that worked.
I
know you put a lot of
thought,
time and effort into this new product and I thank you for making it
available.
It should prove to be successful and I trust it will exceed your
expectations.
Best
regards,
Rick.
Lake Mary,
FL
On Fri May 11 10:10:56
PDT 2007
. .
. . . after
slowing it down and putting it on repeat 10 times I
had it down pat,
Hi Mike,
I
purchased your SloMoDirector and I've got to say, how simple,
obvious but so clever!.
I think that only someone like you, who can think outside of the square
could think of something as brilliant as SloMoDirector, congratulations
and very well done.
I
used
the SMD on a simple strumming pattern tutorial ( "Always on My Mind",
one of your strumming videos) that I could not get to sound
right, but after slowing it down and putting it on repeat 10 times I
had it down pat, and was playing along with you at a slower speed,
and we were both in correct pitch
It
reminded me of what a teacher once told me, " play it many times at a
slower speed until you've got it perfect" this I can now do whilst
playing along with the video. I'll
say again this program is brilliant!
Thanks
again
Mike and the very best of luck,
Jim Gooch. Australia
. .
. . . . .
suddenly have been given a new lease on learning
Mike,
Well
done mate! This SloMoDirector is just
what was needed to aid guitarists, both beginner and advanced. I (we)
can't thank you enough. Just imagine, being able to slow down, and loop
sections of videos by Hendrix, Clapton, Vai, Satriani; Gary
and
Vinnie Moore to name a few.
Wow!
How
about having Segovia show you
slowly and loopfully (Have I just invented a new word?) his
masterful technique? Now there's something to get those
Classical
riffs under your fingers a little easier.
I
just
realized that those teaching videos
that get us all frustrated because the teacher just says "Play it like
this" and rattles off the riffs so as you can't really follow the
fingering; suddenly have been given a new lease on learning.I
can
see this being a great aid to all types of teaching videos. The
programme is just amazing Mike.
I
think
you may of found that pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow my friend.
Thank
you so much for making this.
Cheers!!
John.
New Jersey. USA
(Note
from Mike
Herberts. These testimonials are unsolicited.)
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The
more I
thought
about it the more I realised that this video
learning aid can be used is tons of different areas...not just learning
to play guitar. . . how about videoing yourself . . .
Piano
-
Dancing -
Skating - Snowboarding - Hockey Martial
Arts - Magic Tricks - Saxophone . . .
- Rip
your existing DVD's . Save them and manipulate them using
Video Trickery
- Capture
Streaming Videos
from
Websites. Save them and
manipulate them using Video Trickery
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Is Video
Trickery right for you?
Who is Video Trickery aimed at?
You
should
buy Video Trickery . . .
If
you learn
faster by 'watching and doing'
rather than reading and
imagining. We are all different but many people find that they can
learn much more quickly by taking a 'hands on' approach.
If
you are
not a 'book learner'. Many
people don't get on well with
things that are written down. I get emails from people who are trying
to learn guitar using just tabs.
A typical email is...'I just don't get it'. Well with SloMoDirector you
can watch the action over and over then, if you want to, you can
compare what is going on 'on-screen' to what is written down in the
tabs.
If
you are
already pretty acomplished but
you just want to speed up
the process. As we get older and more experienced in life we learn that
the act of learning is based on repetitions. Life teaches us that we
can do almost anything, if we have enough determination. The thing
about SloMo is...it just makes things a LOT easier to learn and so you
can learn a LOT more in the same anmount of time.
If
you are
just plain lazy. Lets not
make any bones about this.
There are always 'hard ways' and 'easy ways' to do things. My
experience is that the hard way is often the best way but . . . .
some things in life are best if we can just find an easy way
to learn them.
If
you can't
afford or simply don't want to go to a teacher. I
spoke
to Jerry my guitar teaching buddy the other day (Jerry has been
teaching guitar for 20 years).
I said 'Jerry,
how many
times does a student need to visit you on average to learn a moderately
complex piece of guitar?'
He
couldn't
give me an exact figure but reckoned it would be a minimum of 5 or 6
One Hour Lessons. The Cost of that? Anything from $200 up to $400...to
learn One New Piece?
.
. . and I'm sure there are many other benefits to using
Video Trickery .
. . but you get the idea.
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- Loop
those 'Impossible'
bits.
- Slow
the Video Down
Until You Are 'Up To
Speed'
- Keeps the
Musical Pitch. Your Guitar
Sounds Like My Guitar.
- Jam
Along At A Speed
That Suits YOU
- Learn
Pieces That Were 'Just
Too
Difficult' Before
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will get instant access
to Video Trickery immediately upon
completion of payment. Your
payment can be processed
anytime 24 hours a
day - 7 Days a week
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-It
works with just about EVERY VIDEO AND
AUDIO format
you'll come across including .avi .wmv .mov .mp4 mp3 and it
works on mac's too.
-You
can slow down (and speed up) Digital Video Files,DVD's, CD's
and Audio files
-You
can flip from right hand to left hand view even while
the video is playing.
-Easier
ways to download and view Youtube and other
online videos.
So
the product I have come up with is a set of info videos on how
to do all these things and more......
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