Thanks Nelson.
For the other list members who approached me on and
off-list to offer their Detailed opinions of each
question... huge thanks.:)
Cheers,
Isaac
--- Nelson Zink <zink@newmex.com> wrote:
> Issac,
>
> > You answered the 5 but you still have 4 more
> > to go.
>
> Then let me take a shot at # 3:
>
> > How many shakuhachi players in Japan will take a
> > maker seriously who is capable of making a
> > shakuhachi for multiple players or Ryu?
>
> My answer is 23.
>
> But it's complicated by some facts. Other than
> America, Japan is the country
> source of the largest number of visitors to my site.
> And I don't think
> they're coming to learn about traditional things.
> I'm pretty sure it isn't
> Tom Deaver logging on a thousand times a day. The
> personal email I get from
> Japan are from people curious and interested in the
> shakuhachi. The content
> of this email leads me to believe that there is a
> hunger for something more
> than mythical/mystical explanations. My Japan volume
> has been strong and
> remains strong almost from the beginning. It's the
> Japanese response that
> keeps my site going and growing way more than
> anything else. The picture I
> get from my site statistics is different than the
> one presupposed by your
> question.
>
> I don't know what to make of it all, other than
> things might not be as cut
> and dried as you think. I'm not terribly surprised
> by the traffic from
> Japan, after all we are talking about the
> shakuhachi.
>
> I also get a significant chunk of volume from Hong
> Kong and also
> Singapore--which is a little more surprising.
>
> But it's the consistent, month in and month out,
> traffic from Saudi Arabia
> that has me puzzled.
>
> So in answer to your third question, I don't know
> and don't really
> care--what's it matter how many shakuhachi players
> in Japan do/think this,
> that or something else? The world is a big place and
> people have a lot of
> interests, passions and things which occupy them.
> Who am I to judge?
>
> As far as your remaining three questions--who cares?
> I don't, if you do,
> fine.
>
> Nelson
>
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