I really appreciate your ability to keep that percussion going with your right hand. I would have dropped my pick two minutes into the first song lol

Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend! I am glad you found me! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

Agreed, my friend!! I have found a few XD Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!!!

I will work on it, my friend!!! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!!

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Thank you my friend! It's been too long!!! I am looking forward to the follow up to Mortal Coils! I hope all is well with you and your fam! Sending many positive vibes!!!

@@cyruspireh thanks chap. It’s been far too long indeed! Best to you and yours my friend!

You're welcome, my friend!! I am so glad you dig! Thank you as always for listening!!!

You're welcome, my friend!!! And thank you so much for your kind words!! I am honred if anything I am doing can be of use to you!! Sending you strength on your guitar journey!!!!

same bro, guys like him make you wanna plug in and practice

Lunch.

Oh @MakeWeirdMusic, you gotta talk to Lime Rickey International!!! limerickeyinternational.bandcamp.com/ It's contact mics in the tin foil!! XD XD

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Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend!!! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!

Well said, my friend!! I really agree with how you put it : "that there's literally a direct enjoyment of the act itself which i only see because ive put in the hours looking for it." Like the more time I put in, the more I can see and the deeper or further out it pulls me. I had an experience at a performance late last year where I was watching these two amazing performers. One was a saxophonist I never thought I would get to see in person. The way they played, it was so clear to me that it was just an extension of their thinking and being. And I had a thought about how, while I was completely over the moon, it was intensely uncool. Like saying, I am going to dedicate myself intensely, openly, and completely to this thing is, in current parlance, cringe. But the instrument delivers in such a way that it doesn't matter and learning to love music openly is the same as learning to be a complete self out in the world. I spend a lot of time talking to normies trying to get them to drag out the band instrument they haven't played since highschool so they can get on this ride, too! Thank you for sharing your thoughts, thank you for listening, and sending you many positive vibes!!

Thank you, my friend!!

Right on! Many thanks, my friend!!! Thank you for listening!

Indeed!!! I went for it! Thank you for listening, my friend!!

@@cyruspireh Sure did! Man, I loved it. 🐝⏰👍🎸🎶

@@buzzyhampton9546 TY!!!

Boom!! Thank you, my friend!!! Thank you for listening!

Thank you, my friend! Thank you for listening!!

Lime Rickey's performance was incredible!! If they post a video of their set, I will link to it here. Lime Rickey is a dear friend and we've collaborated in the past ( vimeo.com/232041113 ) but need to do so again!!! Thank you for listening, my friend!!

Lime Ricky, lol!!!1

Yes, my friend!! There is a story there! Years ago this section did not exist in the song. I was performing at John Doe Jr. records in Greenfield, MA, usa. Instead of the Future Lute, I was playing Thank You, Guitar on the 9 String Esquire. Thing is, to get the necessary number of frets I capo at the 11th fret and that changes the relationship of the dots on the fretboard, so whenI was trying to go back to the 1, I landed one fret too high. Since the show must go on, I turned it into something and it has been part of the song since. When I finally resolved the chord in that performances, Danny Monster Cruz (Rest in Power, Danny! ) let out a sigh of relief and it is how I remember him each time I play it. Listening back, the piece is so different! But there is video : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o5iTY85zqcraZ3U.htmlfeature=shared&t=835 Thank you for listening, my friend!!!!

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 songs once, but I fear the man who has practiced one song 10,000 times - John Lennon

Excellent question, my friend!! This is like THE question! XD When I was in grad school, some of my piano performance colleagues' practice routines made a real impression on me. In particular there was one student who began their practice by playing through the entirety of book 1 of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier every day before moving on to whatever else they were going to work on in that session. I was struck at first by the amount of time this would take and then I was left with the question of what does it really mean to know a piece of music? That quickly led me to think about how many pieces would it be possible to know in a career or a lifetime. It is a finite number there is just only so much time. This pianist talked about having to actively make the choice to forgo studying certain works or certain styles because they would not be able to get a handle on it in addition to the things they have decided to take on in their career if that makes sense. Anyway, when I first started playing these 2 pieces 6-9 years ago it was to learn them and the techniques needed to play them. Then it became about trying to get a nice recording, which I am still trying to do for Thank You, Guitar. But now, it's more like what my colleague was doing with the Bach, except instead of someone else's music I've been able to develop a relationship with a couple of pieces of music that I've written. If I think about it like human relationships, would I really want to go more than a few days without talking to my best friend? I play through them to check in, to see how they're doing, to enter a state of practice, to maintain my technique, and then I move on to playing other things that I have in the Explore videos. I hope this helps answer your question. I like very much the suggestion to put this into a video to help describe the purpose of the channel. I have a few talking videos on my to do list! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

​@@cyruspireh😊yes I figured it was something a long these lines. We're riding a similar wave form for sure. I look forward to some more in depth type stuff and explanations and breakdowns of your playing and ways of seeing things

Yes!!! Thank you for listening, my friend!!

My friend!! I am honored what I am doing can be of any use to you. Hang in there, my friend! You are not alone!!! Sending you many positive vibes!!

​@@cyruspireh Thanks bud

@@MrFatPallasCat You bet!!

WOWO! You're welcome, my friend!! I am so glad you dig!! Thank you as always for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

Full steam ahead!!! Thank you for listening, my friend!!

Agreed, my friend!!!! XD XD Thank you for this most excellent title suggestion and thank you for listening!!

I am so glad you found me, my friend!! And thank you for subscribing! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

Excellent question, my friend! The Esquire 9 string was built by Fatdog at Subway Guitars in Berkeley, California, usa. www.fatdawg.com/ I dreamed it up, but he built it! Thank you so much for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!!

Woaaahh!! I take that as a huge compliment, my friend! Thank you!! Thank you for listening!!

Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend!!! I am honored that anything I am doing can be of use to you! Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!!

Thank you, my friend! Any questions about the amp, lemme know!! The Silvertone is tuned down a step so from low to high the strings are: D G C F A. The Esquire 9 String is down to B Baritone: B eE aA dD F#F#. Thank you for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

@@cyruspireh I thought it was tuned a 1/2 step down, but that's just my ear. I thought it odd because you normally play the standard 6-strings a whole step down, right?

@@Shloop1990 There definitely could have been some pitch drift, my friend! I am usually just making sure the guitars are in tune with themselves. But you are right, I do try to tune the 5 and 6 strings down a whole step to D.

Excellent question, my friend! I had my luthier friend build me a short neck to attach to the body of my first guitar a Peavey Predator. The neck is basically what you would get if you put a capo on the 12th fret of the Esquire 9 String. I'm glad you dig!! Thank you for listening!!

I am so glad you dig, Mr. Spoon! And yes, you're right! Maybe it's more like a Future Oud, but then again the Oud is usually fretless. In any case, it is fun to play but I am not sure what I did to it but the 60hz buzz and hum is off the charts. Especially for a humbucking pickup! I will have to bust it open and see what is going on... Thank you as always for listening! I have been digging into your releases on bandcamp this week. So goood!!

Thank you for listening, my friend!!! I am so glad you dig! Sending you many positive vibes!!!

Thank you again, my friend!! And thank you for this most excellent title suggestion!!! Sending you many positive vibes!!

@@cyruspireh dear friend, feel free to use as many quotes as wanted from whatever i say. it is, after all, indebted to the music!

Ohhhh that is an excellent idea, my friend!! Let me see if I can find some rights-free train videos and I can put them on on the TV in the background XD XD Thank you for listening!!!

Boom! Many thanks, my friend!!!

Thank you for finding me and subscribing, my friend!!! I have also subscribed to your channel! Sending you strength on your guitar journey!!

Thank you, my friend! I like this metaphor very much! Thank you again for listening and sending you many positive vibes!!

@@cyruspireh my dude, you are not only a true master of your craft, but also a connoisseur of metaphor with impeccable taste. I salute you!

@@nube_fenix Thank you, my friend!!!!!!!

Indeed, my friend!!! XD XD Thank you for listening!!!

Thank you for your kind words, my friend!! Sending you many positive vibes!!