I better have another cup of coffee and wake up - I can't listen fast enough to hear all the notes. Nice guitar work!
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I better have another cup of coffee and wake up - I can't listen fast enough to hear all the notes. Nice guitar work!
Let's continue the theme of the guitar .. back to one of my favorite instrumentalists and a true prodigy .. Sungha Jung ..
Good mornin all! I could never of been able to work in a cubicle. I worked the majority of my life outside in the elements which were harsh at times and I would still prefer outside. I've worked climbing 25 to 30 telephone poles a day stringing lines in 115 degrees and also climbed in subzero weather. I also spent the last ten winters before I retired working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea working 12 -16 hours a day seven days a week for a couple of months at a time and all though a cubicle would have looked mighty good on occasion I would still choose outside.
Hey Willie, just watched Sungha Jung video Hotel California live in Japan. There's a photo album at the end of the video. Who is the guy with the beard? 
Hey Willie, just watched Sungha Jung video Hotel California live in Japan. There's a photo album at the end of the video. Who is the guy with the beard?
I'd guess it might be Adam Rafferty, who is quite well known in guitarist circles as a guy that champions on-line lessons and what not .. Sungha did a few gigs I think during his 3rd tour with him .. got a link .. ??
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I've followed Sungha since about 2006 or 07 .. he was around 9 or 10 in the early videos .. and had been playing for about 3 years .. I believe all of his material is done completely by ear ..
Watching him grow up on YouTube was great .. I know guys that have played for 50 years and he can make them cry ..
Watching him grow up on YouTube was great .. I know guys that have played for 50 years and he can make them cry ..
Hey Willie, just watched Sungha Jung video Hotel California live in Japan. There's a photo album at the end of the video. Who is the guy with the beard?
Or, it could be Ulli Bögershausen (Sungha has jammed with a few bearded guys) ..
I'm probably pushing the outer limits of you guys with the guitar music .. I'll leave it alone now, but in ending, I'll say that there is an incredible amount of talent out there in this World .. and no matter the age, pick up an instrument, a paintbrush, a piece of clay, or whatever .. and express your inner artist .. we all have one .. the child you once were is still inside you .. look for it ..
And, if your local schools try to cut the music or arts programs but want to keep the sports, let your voice be heard ..
And, if your local schools try to cut the music or arts programs but want to keep the sports, let your voice be heard ..
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Here's the link to the one I watched
My daughter has been taking guitar lessons for about 2 1/2 years now.
I'm really with you about them cutting out arts and music in schools. Made me sad to see they are alloting lots of extra $$$ for better math and science teachers at the same time many schools are all but eliminating the arts. Would be nice if they'd realize that not everyone is meant to do the same things in life.
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Arts programs, sadly, are considered by many administrators among the first things cut .. yet, they insist on maintaining sports programs that are always at a much higher cost .. while I am not against sports, creativity should be considered a valuable commodity ..
Without the nurturing and care that a teacher or mentor can provide, young folks with real talent fall by the wayside and give up what could have been a fulfilling career .. and society loses just one more person that could have shown a bright light if they had only been given the opportunity ..
Without the nurturing and care that a teacher or mentor can provide, young folks with real talent fall by the wayside and give up what could have been a fulfilling career .. and society loses just one more person that could have shown a bright light if they had only been given the opportunity ..
Good mornin all! I could never of been able to work in a cubicle. I worked the majority of my life outside in the elements which were harsh at times and I would still prefer outside. I've worked climbing 25 to 30 telephone poles a day stringing lines in 115 degrees and also climbed in subzero weather. I also spent the last ten winters before I retired working on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea working 12 -16 hours a day seven days a week for a couple of months at a time and all though a cubicle would have looked mighty good on occasion I would still choose outside.
Wow Tx, even more respect to you sir! Had plenty already, but it takes a tough guy to do all that.
Can I like this about a million times or so?! My son's school did a mission statement talking about how reading, writing and math were all necessary, but without fine arts, you couldn't produce a well rounded individual and the arts were just as important! But then they designed the most popular degree program to where you could only do 1 extra curricular after your sophomore year if you wanted to graduate, and the biggest reason was because of stupid little classes like health, speech and some others. So after his 10th grade year, my son had to drop choir in order to stay in JROTC. It broke his heart, since he'd been in choir since 6th grade. He'd gotten medals etc in UIL each year. First chair in his voice part in the regional choir etc, but he knew that any chance of scholarship would come from JROTC rather than music. He did end up getting a full 4 yr ride for ROTC then couldn't take it due to having to have surgery and he wasn't cleared by the medical review board in time. But he had two schools wanting him in ROTC. And believe me.....they heard my voice on that!! Didn't do a dang bit of good...but I danced on some desks and some foreheads over it. lol
Wow, both of those kids are good! Reminds me of the movie August Rush. Have any of y'all seen it?
That is so sad Deb!! I've got some other grandchildren I don't talk about much, mostly because we never got a chance to know them. Two of them I met once and they both were in high school choir all four years. Lauren nabbed a scholarship to Oberlin to study opera with no formal vocal training other than what she had in that choir. Her younger brother was also very talented musically, but his first love was science and math
and he's graduating from Cal Poly this year.
Oh wow yiddle, that's awesome for the kids, but so sad you've not gotten to know them very well. How are you feeling sweetie? I hope much better. But I also know it takes awhile after a bout like that.
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