Please leave a message for Tommy in the guestbook.
| (2649) Tigran Wed, 30 January 2013 01:06:02 +0000 |
Hi Tommy,
My name is Tigran and I am a 33 year old young (heh) man working in the computer software industry, have a family, 2 kids...
I hope you will read my message and respond some time. Yes, it's very easy now to contact world class musicians like you, probably not as easy back in the days when the paper mail was sent by your friends to Chet on your behalf
You know, I never thought I would have an idol as I tend to be pragmatic and not idealize things but when I listened to your music for the first time last year and started following, I realized I was looking at a true musician, not only making word class music but also pure in heart and that was so obvious!
So, I got inspired and started playing the guitar (steel string acoustic) and playing violin for 7 years in the past helped me greatly to pick up quickly. I wish I played the guitar from the beginning
Now to the question that I was struggling with my whole musical life
From time to time, when I hear beautiful music (primarily your performances), I want to learn playing that music and start the process of learning it.
However by the time I overcome the mechanics and able to make it sound like music it becomes so usual to me (the beautiful cords, passages, embellishments etc...) that I don't enjoy it that much anymore and that is very sad, sometimes making me think that I'd better listen to it rather than learn.
What can I do to not "get tired" of the music and still learn it?
I appreciate your response in advance and looking forward to see you on the stage again (last time was a week ago in Portland, where I drove from Seattle just to get to your concert )
My name is Tigran and I am a 33 year old young (heh) man working in the computer software industry, have a family, 2 kids...
I hope you will read my message and respond some time. Yes, it's very easy now to contact world class musicians like you, probably not as easy back in the days when the paper mail was sent by your friends to Chet on your behalf
You know, I never thought I would have an idol as I tend to be pragmatic and not idealize things but when I listened to your music for the first time last year and started following, I realized I was looking at a true musician, not only making word class music but also pure in heart and that was so obvious!
So, I got inspired and started playing the guitar (steel string acoustic) and playing violin for 7 years in the past helped me greatly to pick up quickly. I wish I played the guitar from the beginning
Now to the question that I was struggling with my whole musical life
From time to time, when I hear beautiful music (primarily your performances), I want to learn playing that music and start the process of learning it.
However by the time I overcome the mechanics and able to make it sound like music it becomes so usual to me (the beautiful cords, passages, embellishments etc...) that I don't enjoy it that much anymore and that is very sad, sometimes making me think that I'd better listen to it rather than learn.
What can I do to not "get tired" of the music and still learn it?
I appreciate your response in advance and looking forward to see you on the stage again (last time was a week ago in Portland, where I drove from Seattle just to get to your concert
)| (2648) Terry McCorkle Tue, 29 January 2013 21:46:29 +0000 |
The review states in part that Mr. Emmanuel is, "Recognized as the elite of the elite and arguably the greatest living acoustic guitar player...". In my opinion, which in this case I do not consider at all humble ( 
), the word "arguably" should be eliminated. It's not simply because I believe that he (or you, if you are reading this) is technically brilliant in his execution of each and every song, and that he (or you, ) was given an extraordinary gift of songwriting and uses it to its maximum potential, but it is his love of people and the great gifts he gives to us every time he appears onstage, and from what I have heard, in his workshops. The use of his popularity to promote up and coming young guitarists reflects this as well, and I know how grateful they must be for his help.
My wife Sandy and I were at the Birchmere on January 10th, and noting that Mr. Emmanuel might be seeing people after his performance there in a note from Gina I brought my guitar, a Breedlove, hoping that he might sign it for me. It was a last minute kind of thing and I regretted that I hadn't changed the strings in a while and was quite embarrassed when he not only signed it, but played a couple of licks on it. The reason the strings hadn't been changed was that every time I set out to change them I inevitably ended up playing it for a couple of hours instead, by which time I had other things to tend to (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! Lol!). The guitar is sitting in front of me as I write this...and I think it is actually smiling! Thank you Mr. Emmanuel so very much for what you did for me. I know he is a very humble man and to him I know it's no big deal, but I also know, I believe, that he knows how much people such as myself appreciate what he may consider a small act of kindness.
I've been playing for 48 years now (hated that "F" chord when I was starting on my $15 Sears Silvertone archtop with the 1/4" action!) and I can't read music either! It was so nice to hear him say that. I've never been a "groupie" in any sense of the word. Again, the reason Mr. Emmanuel has made such an impression on me is that he gives of his whole self without reservation to his audience in each of his performances, in his writing, his playing, and his natural, not "put on" stage presence. It's as if he is playing just for you-and I believe he is. As you said that night at the Birchmere, learn it, perfect it, then bring it as a gift to others that you might enrich their lives. You, Mr. Emmanuel are a gift to the entire world. Thank you, from the depths of my being, for sharing your gifts with us.
Sincerely, and with Much Gratitude,
Terry McCorkle
Alexandria, Virginia
P.S.-You, Phil, Gina, and anyone else you have with you are always welcome in our humble (but paid off! ) home. Really!
), the word "arguably" should be eliminated. It's not simply because I believe that he (or you, if you are reading this) is technically brilliant in his execution of each and every song, and that he (or you, ) was given an extraordinary gift of songwriting and uses it to its maximum potential, but it is his love of people and the great gifts he gives to us every time he appears onstage, and from what I have heard, in his workshops. The use of his popularity to promote up and coming young guitarists reflects this as well, and I know how grateful they must be for his help. My wife Sandy and I were at the Birchmere on January 10th, and noting that Mr. Emmanuel might be seeing people after his performance there in a note from Gina I brought my guitar, a Breedlove, hoping that he might sign it for me. It was a last minute kind of thing and I regretted that I hadn't changed the strings in a while and was quite embarrassed when he not only signed it, but played a couple of licks on it. The reason the strings hadn't been changed was that every time I set out to change them I inevitably ended up playing it for a couple of hours instead, by which time I had other things to tend to (that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! Lol!). The guitar is sitting in front of me as I write this...and I think it is actually smiling!
Thank you Mr. Emmanuel so very much for what you did for me. I know he is a very humble man and to him I know it's no big deal, but I also know, I believe, that he knows how much people such as myself appreciate what he may consider a small act of kindness. I've been playing for 48 years now (hated that "F" chord when I was starting on my $15 Sears Silvertone archtop with the 1/4" action!) and I can't read music either! It was so nice to hear him say that. I've never been a "groupie" in any sense of the word. Again, the reason Mr. Emmanuel has made such an impression on me is that he gives of his whole self without reservation to his audience in each of his performances, in his writing, his playing, and his natural, not "put on" stage presence. It's as if he is playing just for you-and I believe he is. As you said that night at the Birchmere, learn it, perfect it, then bring it as a gift to others that you might enrich their lives. You, Mr. Emmanuel are a gift to the entire world. Thank you, from the depths of my being, for sharing your gifts with us.
Sincerely, and with Much Gratitude,
Terry McCorkle
Alexandria, Virginia
P.S.-You, Phil, Gina, and anyone else you have with you are always welcome in our humble (but paid off!
) home. Really!
