What Will Profit A Man?

'What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?' What use to man are all the things of the earth, all that our intelligence and will can aspire to? What is the point of all that, if it is all to come to an end and sink out of sight; if all the riches of this world are mere theatre props and scenery, and if after all this there is eternity for ever, and ever, and ever?


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Gary's Music Instrument Collection

• Roland TR-505 RHYTHM COMPOSER
• TASCAM PORTASTUDIO 414 MK II
• SHURE SM58 Microphone
• AUDIX D2 Microphone (x2)
• Yamaha PORTATONE PSR-225 Portable Keyboard
• Two TOCA Traditional Series Congas (played as Requinto and Quinto)

• Two LP Classic Congas (played as Conga and Tumbadora)

• Senegal Djembe

• LP Generation II Professional Bongos & stand

• LP Matador Timbales & stand
• SEIKO Quartz Metronome

• TAMA Throne High Boy

• Roland HandSonic HPD-15 Hand Percussion head & stand

• Roland PM-3 Personal Monitor System

• Roland Kick Trigger Pedal and Hi Hat Trigger Pedal

• Percussion Toys: tambourines, multi pitch egg & fruit shakers, mexican maracas, LP rock shaker, guiros (steel & wood), wood castanets, cow bells, multi pitch clave, nut shaker, steel egg chime, bamboo log drum, rain stick

• Conga travel bags, barrel conga stands, mic cables & mic & sheet music stands

Gary's Music Instruction Video Collection

• Getting Started on Congas: Conga Basics with Bobby Sanabria

• Getting Started on Congas: Technique for One and Two Drums with Bobby Sanabria

• Getting Started on Congas: Technique for Two and Three Drums with Bobby Sanabria
• The Ultimate Beginner Series: Have Fun Playing Hand Drums Step Two with Brad Dutz and Special Gusts

• The Contemporary Percussionist with Glen Caruba

• From Afro-Cuban to Rock: Adventures in Rhythm with Raul Rekow & Karl Perazo
• Adventures in Rhythm: Close-Up on Congas, Vol. 1 with Richie Gajate Garcia
• Advanced Conga with Rolando Soto

• The Essence of Playing Congas with Jerry Steinholtz

• A Private Lesson with Giovanni Hidalgo: One On One

• Conga Virtuoso: Giovanni Hidalgo
• Conga Masters: Changuito & Giovanni Duets
• Conga Masters: The Masters Meet Again! Giovanni & Changuito

• The History of Songo: Changuito (Jose Luis Quintana)
• Talking Drums with David Garibaldi, Michael Spiro, Jesus Diaz
• Luis Conte: Live At PAS
• Finding Your Way with Hand Drums with John Bergamo & Friends
• Community Drumming For Health and Happiness with Jim Greiner
• Creating Community Through Rhythm Based Events: Drum Circle Facilitation with Arthur Hull
• Approaches to the Drum Circle: Guide to Endrummingment with Arthur Hull
• Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble Live at the el Mocambo
• TASCAM Portastudio Video Tutorial: Your COMPLETE Guide to Personal Recording!
• MTV Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection Volume 1 (music critique)

Gary's Music Software Collection

• Band-In-A-Box/Power Tracks Pro Audio

• Voyetra Multimedia Sound Software
• Voyetra Teach Me Piano
• Midisoft Studio/Desktop Sheet Music

Gary's Music Book Collection

• Guitar Case Chord Book by Peter Pickow
• IMAGINE a Celebration of John Lennon
• Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
• Writing Music for Hit Songs by Jai Josefs
• The Craft of Lyric Writing by Sheila Davis
• How to Make Money Scoring Soundtracks and Jingles by Jeffrey P. Fisher
• How to Train Singers by Lara Browning Henderson

• Nashville Songwriting by Jerry Cupit

• An Introduction to Hard Disk Recording by Roland

• A Brief Guide to Microphones by Audio-Technica
• Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H. Beck
• Rhythm & Beauty: The Art of Percussion by Rocky Maffit
• Planet Drum by Mickey Hart and Frederick Lieberman

• Conga Drumming: A Beginner's Guide to Playing with Time by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby

• Afro Cuban Drumming: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional & Contemporary Styles by Glen Caruba

• A Rhythmic Vocabulary: A Musicians Guide to Understanding and Improvising with Rhythm by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby

• Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on any Drum by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby

• Secrets of the Hand: Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers by Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby

• All  You Wanted to Know About The Djembe Drum by Dr. Doudou D Faye, PhD
• How to Play Drums by James Blades and Johnny Dean

• 200 Drum Machine Patterns by Rene-Pierre Bardet

• Afro-Latin Rhythm Dictionary by Thomas A. Brown
• Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms: Text and Workbook for All Instruments by Gary Hess
• The Bongo Book by Trevor Salloum
• Changuito: A Master's Approach to Timbales by Jose Luis Quintana "Changuito
• Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset by Frank Malabe and Bob Weiner
• Play Congas Now: The Basics & Beyond by Richie Gajate-Garcia
• Authentic Conga Rhythms by Bob Evans
• West African Rhythms for Drumset by Royal Hartigan
• Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion by Chaldo Eduardo & Frank Kumor

• Drum Circle Spirit: Facilitating Human Potential Through Rhythm

• Rumba Soloing Technique Volume 1:/Afro-Cuban Conga Drum Improvisation: Learn to Play Afro-Cuban Quinto Licks & Soloing by Cliff Brooks
• Rumba Soloing Technique Volume 2:/ Afro-Cuban Conga Drum Improvisation: Mastering Clave with Quinto Licks by Cliff Brooks
• DRUM! Magazine archive