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Hi everybody!
I just felt that I needed to praise the shakuhachi forum! What an incredible place it is!
I have got a gig I shouldn't really have gotten: I am to play 2 x 30 minutes (not the same music unfortunately) with koto player Keiko Kitamura at a Toyota Lexus Gala Dinner in Oman next month. I have only performed ONE piece in public with koto before in my life (Haru no umi). I only got this gig because a British agent absolutely wanted two Japanese women to play koto and shakuhachi, dressed in kimono. Now - I am not really Japanese but I can pretend.... if someone dress me in the kimono! Anyway, the reason for I got the gig was that not that many women play shakuhachi at that level in UK.
But what then happened that made me write this praise to the forum was: I needed music scores and recordings. I was practicing Yamamoto Hozan's Ame and remembered axolotl posting he was practicing this a long time ago. I emailed him to ask if he had the recording... and voila 5 minutes later I have it on my computer. I tell him I can't find the score for Haru no Umi. He tells Jim and without me lifting a finger... Jim sends it to me. Wow!
I then ask Bruce for easy pieces that shakuhachi and koto can play and he lists a loooong row of pieces....
WOW ! ! ! I am overwhelmed ! ! !
This forum and the people in it... most of the time - really most of the time - it is an amazing community we have created!
Christopher Baasner comes for a week to take lessons.... lots of new info, nice new shakuhachi friends.... all this because of the forum!
Thank you all! And in particularly thank you Ken and Brian ! ! ! You two get my vote as the shakuhachi people of the decade!
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Yeah right!
What should I say, without this place I never had met so much nice people...new friends...nice teachers. Get so much info. This is really a nice community and a great source of information and really one of the greatest places to start the shakuhachi as a beginner.
Last edited by Christopher B. (2010-02-18 18:03:20)
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Without the forum the isolation factor would be increased beyond measure.
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Agreed, this place is great and the good people far outweigh the bad.
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Jim Thompson wrote:
Without the forum the isolation factor would be increased beyond measure.
I agree without any doubt.
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Love this forum too...a home away from home.
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I think the forum should be added to The Universal Flute category. It is such an awesome place.
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Good one Kiku !
I like and appreciate everyone on the forum, including myself.
so many Shakuhachi neighbours.
K.
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Hey Kiku, I can pretend I'm Japanese too! Actually, people are usually confused
when I tell them I'm not.
The Forum rocks!
Last edited by Yungflutes (2010-02-19 08:22:38)
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Without this place I probably would not have started shakuhachi. Thanks everyone
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<group hug>
Zak
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