I guess your right there Gman, also my true talent was in singing moreso than just the guitar playing and I can truely say, "bless his heart" this was not my brother's talent ;), although he did a "good" Arlo Guthrie and Bob Dylan interpretation. I guess I just always looked up to him with his music and prefer to still do so in memory, since music was a strong common bond with us. I also had a "unique" style of finger picking that no one else could quite figure out. Some may say wrong technqiue, I say originality heehee. Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:05 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT- learning guitar- hey GMan > Cristy, > I have always had a problem with the term "better than" when applied to > music. Playing faster than someone else does not always equate to better > by > any means and Rock music typically means a lot of distortion (which can > mask > a LOT of mistakes lol). By focusing more on Country and Folk, I > bet > there were plenty of moves that you learned to do "better" than anyone > focused primarily on rock music. I'm not at all trying to bring your > brother down with this, I just strongly believe that Artistic talents were > meant to be shared, not compared. :O) > > Peace, > GMan > > The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:56 AM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT- learning guitar- hey GMan > > >>I was fortunate in that my greatest teacher was my older brother ;) whom I >> sadly miss as he is deceased now. He played much better than I though, >> he >> was more of a lead guitarist (rock music) and I more finger picking and >> chords (folk and country). >> >> >> Christine > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------