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| (1866) Shravan Fri, 3 August 2012 05:54:44 +0000 |
Hi Tommy,
I am Shravan from India. I am 19. I started learning gutiar myself with the help of internet from this january. I have been doing okay. I saw your concert at the queen's in a video. That's when i knew that i want to have this kind of a stage presence, skill, speed, melodic, harmonic sense, and skills, and that one man show you put up was awesome. Since then, i have been listening to most of ur songs, read many interviews of yours.
I am so passionate about music that i am ready to do anything it takes. The thing is, i come from a middle class family, and I am from INDIA. I am currently studying Engineering and as you know, it is difficult to manage and concentrate on studies as well as guitar simultaneously.
I have that kind of passion, may be even more than you had or eric had or anybody for that matter. I believe that, that kind of a huge passion, desperate feeling, (obsessive sounds negative though) ...to learn guitar, master it, bring out my emotions in the form of music, entertain people, make a difference, and bring about a change in the way music is interpreted...There is always a room for improvement, discoveries, inventions, finding new stuffs.
I read in one of ur interviews that you slept for one or two hours per day and continuously played guitar and you wer so obsessed with it, and you contacted Chet, and you received a reply from him and that gave you hope, and that he mentored you, etc. I am putting the best possible of my effort in to learning this ...and i also learn theory part from MI or Berkelee books, and i understand them slowly and incorporate it in my playing. I tried sleeping just two hours a day and going with that, but it has a toll on me in terms of these academical requirements, wherein i fall asleep in class, or in lab, or i feel tired physically, ...i keep telling myself that this will soon become a habit, and that i will feel fresh thereafter and that i can put more hours in to learning guitar...
I started earning online through a website, to make money to buy a guitar, tommy. I have an acoustic, but i want to buy an electric and learn blues in that, and if possible blues-rock. I know tat you played electric in a band, too. Everyday, every minute, every moment, most of the time i am alive, all that i keep thinking, dreaming, breathing is guitar and music. My life is surrounded by this. But, there is this pressure on me, being from a middle class family, to study well and get a good job offer, (am studying software engineering and maintaining 90% above alongside, academically) where my parents are not that approving of my passion for guitar or music, since they believe we have no background in music and that it is difficult to make it up there.
But i believe with all my heart, soul, and each and every cell of mine resonates that music is going to be my life and that i should be pursuing it. The only thing tat is posing a stress is MONEY. Money for back up, money for learning, money for buying instrument and accessories, No money. I am still learning with all that i have, an acoustic and a decent laptop with a free internet connection in college, 3GB limit, i try to learn as much as possible. I read a lot of books, anything i could get my hands on, i listen to lot of music, i listen to all genres. I don't want to stick to one genre and limit my creativity, i want to listen to every possible music in this world, whatever is pleasant to hear and when i am able to create music, it should be one of a kind, it should heal the world, it should give people hope, love, humanity, a soulful feeling, and whatever it is possible to make a difference in people's life.
Learning things myself is not difficult, but if i know the order in which i should practice and learn things, i can learn myself tommy, from internet.
You learnt without internet, without mp3s, without anything. You are here. If i have internet, mp3, nd all tools needed, i can make it even better than you right? I don't want to be like you. But, you are my inspiration. I don't want to copy you or your style. I want the kind of skills that you, eric and few others have, and as you said, steal some ideas, tweak it and make it our own, something like that...I will create my style of music, presence, appeal, and everything will be individually unique. You will surely love me when i make it there.
I don't know if you will reply to this mail or not. But, sometimes, i feel helpless tommy. Sometimes i feel like my entire life is for music, but i am doing a very different thing.
Everyone in this world, has an ambition of some kind...some has big dreams...very few are able to work hard for their dreams, and those who work really hard without giving up, they make it to the destination. They work hard to reach there. In my life, i am working hard, TO BE ABLE TO WORK HARD for what i am passionate about. I mean, i have to study, i have to be earning something to back myself up, so that i will be able to learn music as much as i want, spend as much time with it as i want, so that i will achieve my dream of being a musician, like you, eric, chet, etc...some day.
Working hard to be able to work hard :p, isn't that funny? I am struggling, but still, i do it whole heartedly, i do it with all that i have. I feel helpless and hopeless sometimes, but i keep filling myself with energy with stories of few people...and with my own internal motivation...
I just wanted to share this tommy. I don't want to ask you any favors. But, i really do look up to you...as an inspiration. Someday when i am going to make it there...I want to share the stage with you. I know you will be alive till age 201 or so...(world needs you
) ...
If you can guide me through some way...i would be really glad tommy. Atleast a moral support will be great :)....
I know you are a busy man...I know you get mails like this everyday...I am not expecting a reply...But even if your reply contains just one word, i will be so happy to receive it....
You are doing a great job tommy...Keep going
I am Shravan from India. I am 19. I started learning gutiar myself with the help of internet from this january. I have been doing okay. I saw your concert at the queen's in a video. That's when i knew that i want to have this kind of a stage presence, skill, speed, melodic, harmonic sense, and skills, and that one man show you put up was awesome. Since then, i have been listening to most of ur songs, read many interviews of yours.
I am so passionate about music that i am ready to do anything it takes. The thing is, i come from a middle class family, and I am from INDIA. I am currently studying Engineering and as you know, it is difficult to manage and concentrate on studies as well as guitar simultaneously.
I have that kind of passion, may be even more than you had or eric had or anybody for that matter. I believe that, that kind of a huge passion, desperate feeling, (obsessive sounds negative though) ...to learn guitar, master it, bring out my emotions in the form of music, entertain people, make a difference, and bring about a change in the way music is interpreted...There is always a room for improvement, discoveries, inventions, finding new stuffs.
I read in one of ur interviews that you slept for one or two hours per day and continuously played guitar and you wer so obsessed with it, and you contacted Chet, and you received a reply from him and that gave you hope, and that he mentored you, etc. I am putting the best possible of my effort in to learning this ...and i also learn theory part from MI or Berkelee books, and i understand them slowly and incorporate it in my playing. I tried sleeping just two hours a day and going with that, but it has a toll on me in terms of these academical requirements, wherein i fall asleep in class, or in lab, or i feel tired physically, ...i keep telling myself that this will soon become a habit, and that i will feel fresh thereafter and that i can put more hours in to learning guitar...
I started earning online through a website, to make money to buy a guitar, tommy. I have an acoustic, but i want to buy an electric and learn blues in that, and if possible blues-rock. I know tat you played electric in a band, too. Everyday, every minute, every moment, most of the time i am alive, all that i keep thinking, dreaming, breathing is guitar and music. My life is surrounded by this. But, there is this pressure on me, being from a middle class family, to study well and get a good job offer, (am studying software engineering and maintaining 90% above alongside, academically) where my parents are not that approving of my passion for guitar or music, since they believe we have no background in music and that it is difficult to make it up there.
But i believe with all my heart, soul, and each and every cell of mine resonates that music is going to be my life and that i should be pursuing it. The only thing tat is posing a stress is MONEY. Money for back up, money for learning, money for buying instrument and accessories, No money. I am still learning with all that i have, an acoustic and a decent laptop with a free internet connection in college, 3GB limit, i try to learn as much as possible. I read a lot of books, anything i could get my hands on, i listen to lot of music, i listen to all genres. I don't want to stick to one genre and limit my creativity, i want to listen to every possible music in this world, whatever is pleasant to hear and when i am able to create music, it should be one of a kind, it should heal the world, it should give people hope, love, humanity, a soulful feeling, and whatever it is possible to make a difference in people's life.
Learning things myself is not difficult, but if i know the order in which i should practice and learn things, i can learn myself tommy, from internet.
You learnt without internet, without mp3s, without anything. You are here. If i have internet, mp3, nd all tools needed, i can make it even better than you right? I don't want to be like you. But, you are my inspiration. I don't want to copy you or your style. I want the kind of skills that you, eric and few others have, and as you said, steal some ideas, tweak it and make it our own, something like that...I will create my style of music, presence, appeal, and everything will be individually unique. You will surely love me when i make it there.
I don't know if you will reply to this mail or not. But, sometimes, i feel helpless tommy. Sometimes i feel like my entire life is for music, but i am doing a very different thing.
Everyone in this world, has an ambition of some kind...some has big dreams...very few are able to work hard for their dreams, and those who work really hard without giving up, they make it to the destination. They work hard to reach there. In my life, i am working hard, TO BE ABLE TO WORK HARD for what i am passionate about. I mean, i have to study, i have to be earning something to back myself up, so that i will be able to learn music as much as i want, spend as much time with it as i want, so that i will achieve my dream of being a musician, like you, eric, chet, etc...some day.
Working hard to be able to work hard :p, isn't that funny? I am struggling, but still, i do it whole heartedly, i do it with all that i have. I feel helpless and hopeless sometimes, but i keep filling myself with energy with stories of few people...and with my own internal motivation...
I just wanted to share this tommy. I don't want to ask you any favors. But, i really do look up to you...as an inspiration. Someday when i am going to make it there...I want to share the stage with you. I know you will be alive till age 201 or so...(world needs you
) ... If you can guide me through some way...i would be really glad tommy. Atleast a moral support will be great :)....
I know you are a busy man...I know you get mails like this everyday...I am not expecting a reply...But even if your reply contains just one word, i will be so happy to receive it....
You are doing a great job tommy...Keep going
