This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--Boundary_(ID_uo36zxienEnPjV7uV5CFFw)
Hi Bud...
You picked a great guitar to start with! The Santa Fe's are exceptionally beautiful, sound great, and play very well. My local teacher, Mary Lu, just recommended the Zen Guitar book to me. I've been a 6-stringist for some 30+ years now, and I am excited to get the book myself and see if it brings a newness. After picking up the shakuhachi, I've been neglecting them somewhat lately! I think Phil would be honored (and probably knew) that a great legacy from his writings may continue for a very, very long time, directly and indirectly.
Down the road, you might find a little fun in "open tuning" your Takamine to a "D" (and other obscure alternate tunings), setting it ever-so-carefully on the floor, and playing a shakuhachi around a foot-strummed backdrop. (hint: washing the feet first is a good thing... :). Yes, I have done this, and it was...well...fun. Haven't been able to work in the other foot yet though... I keep falling over when I try it. Well, enough of that!!!
My warmest blessings on the new-found instrument!
Happy things,
dvc
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derek Van Choice
http://home.earthlink.net/~soundwave1
(New Shakuhachi Links Page)
(760) 929-1240
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: Bud
To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 6:26 AM
Subject: RE: Zen Guitar, THANKS!
This is one of those strange synchronicities, as I was feeling the need to
sing and play the guitar, and have a guitar (a Takamine Santa Fe from a pawn
shop in Nashville) being shipped to me as we "speak"... I was wondering
where to begin, and this site will be my place to begin...
My koan is: how to put the country into country music? Perhaps inspired by
the shakuhachi and my long love of bluegrass and now country music... (how
did the shakuhachi bring me here? long story, I'll spare you, but it has to
do with being a "zen cowboy"), I'd like to learn to sing and play as part of
a healing relationship with the wounded earth... to sing and play as the
brook babbles or the blackbird sings... speaking of babbling, this is way
off topic, so I'll shut up for now... but wish me luck... and thanks for the
link! My condolences to all effected by the death of Phil Sudo, may his
spirit and teachings live on... I bow at his feet...
peace and love,
Brett "Bud" Breitwieser a.k.a. Bald Eagle (brettb@rajah.com)
Zen Site: http://zenbud.com
Rajah Networking: http://rajah.net
Walking, Trike, Greens: http://rajah.ws
The Dragon: http://rajah.org
--Boundary_(ID_uo36zxienEnPjV7uV5CFFw)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
--Boundary_(ID_uo36zxienEnPjV7uV5CFFw)--
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29
: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 09:09:53 PST
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META content="MSHTML 5.00.3019.2500" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Bud...<BR><BR>You picked a great guitar to start
with! The Santa Fe's are exceptionally beautiful, sound great, and play
very well. My local teacher, Mary Lu, just recommended the Zen Guitar book
to me. I've been a 6-stringist for some 30+ years now, and I am excited to
get the book myself and see if it brings a newness. After picking up the
shakuhachi, I've been neglecting them somewhat lately! I think Phil would
be honored (and probably knew) that a great legacy from his writings may
continue for a very, very long time, directly and indirectly.<BR><BR>Down the
road, you might find a little fun in "open tuning" your Takamine to a "D" (and
other obscure alternate tunings), setting it ever-so-carefully on the floor, and
playing a shakuhachi around a foot-strummed backdrop. (hint:
washing the feet first is a good thing... :). Yes, I have done this, and
it was...well...fun. Haven't been able to work in the other foot yet
though... I keep falling over when I try it. Well, enough of
that!!! <BR><BR>My warmest blessings on the new-found
instrument!<BR><BR>Happy things,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dvc<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Derek
Van Choice<BR><A
href="http://home.earthlink.net/~soundwave1">http://home.earthlink.net/~soundwave1><BR>(New
Shakuhachi Links Page)<BR>(760)
929-1240<BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:bud@rajah.com" title=bud@rajah.com>Bud</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu"
title=Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 17, 2002 6:26
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Zen Guitar, THANKS!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>This is one of those strange synchronicities, as I was feeling
the need to<BR>sing and play the guitar, and have a guitar (a Takamine Santa
Fe from a pawn<BR>shop in Nashville) being shipped to me as we "speak"... I
was wondering<BR>where to begin, and this site will be my place to
begin...<BR><BR>My koan is: how to put the country into country music? Perhaps
inspired by<BR>the shakuhachi and my long love of bluegrass and now country
music... (how<BR>did the shakuhachi bring me here? long story, I'll spare you,
but it has to<BR>do with being a "zen cowboy"), I'd like to learn to sing and
play as part of<BR>a healing relationship with the wounded earth... to sing
and play as the<BR>brook babbles or the blackbird sings... speaking of
babbling, this is way<BR>off topic, so I'll shut up for now... but wish me
luck... and thanks for the<BR>link! My condolences to all effected by the
death of Phil Sudo, may his<BR>spirit and teachings live on... I bow at his
feet...<BR><BR>peace and love,<BR><BR>Brett "Bud" Breitwieser a.k.a. Bald
Eagle (<A href="mailto:brettb@rajah.com">brettb@rajah.com</A>)<BR>Zen Site: <A
href="http://zenbud.com">http://zenbud.com><BR>Rajah Networking: <A
href="http://rajah.net">http://rajah.net><BR>Walking, Trike, Greens: <A
href="http://rajah.ws">http://rajah.ws><BR>The Dragon: <A
href="http://rajah.org">http://rajah.org></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
____________________________________________________