Hi everyone! My name is Dan and I just arrived here a few days ago. I'm a guitarist and musician living in the middle of the desert in the southwest United States. (Thank goodness for my internet connection!) I'm really excited to be here, and especially excited to start using dsound and dtube to share some original music with you. I'm not famous (at all), but I am real, as you can see below:
Most people have at least one thing that they're really good at. My thing is music, and the guitar is my medium. I've always felt that no matter what happens to me in life, I've always got the guitar.
So about a year ago, I was teaching a guitar lesson, sitting across from a student, when I was distracted by a flying bug (insect) hoovering over the fluorescent light above our heads. (Now the story gets really stupid.) The bug stopped on the light cover and I saw my opportunity and swatted it - with a lot of force - with my left hand. In case you don't know, guitar players (right-handed) press on the strings with their left hand.
I saw the blood spatter on the wall as my hand came down. The bug survived, in fact, he was completely unharmed. Fluorescent light covers sometimes have sharp bubbles - that's what I cut myself on, badly. There was a lot of swearing (from me) and the guitar lesson ended early. I had someone drive me to the hospital, and five stitches later I was back home. Very uncertain about my guitar present and future.
I had to completely change the way I play (after 30 years of playing.) The cut was on the pad of my middle finger - the worst finger, the worst place. That finger was not usable for months. Anyway, I won't bore you with the rest - we've all had injuries. I'm totally healed up now and ripping up my guitar again.
Have you ever been faced with the possibility that your best skill or talent could be taken away from you in an instant? It can. I was lucky, some people aren't. Anyway, I hope this story helps you learn a bit more about me.
And the moral of this story: If you want to squash a bug, use your shoe. Happy to be here - thanks for reading!
-Dan
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Great to have you on steemit bro ,
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Hello Dan, welcome to steemit, I hope you will have fun!
There are lots of people here interested in great musicians.
Looking forward to hear some of your stuff.
Thanks @carpedimus - I'm working on it now. Thank you!
Awesome! :)
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Hi @curiousguitar! There can never be enough guitarists on Steemit! Its great to see more are joining! Looking forward to all your future posts! We should follow each other to help our start on Steemit
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Always the shoe! Got it.
(Learning from others, my mom would be proud.)
Welcome Dan!
Yes, you've got it. Thank you!
Hey Dan! We can always use more guitarists on the platform! Check out #openmic - they have a weekly competition... anyway...
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Thank you @thefreshfive - it's really wonderful to be welcomed so warmly. I've been checking out openmic per your recommendation, yes, it looks like a fun place to get involved. Thanks for that!
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Hi Guitar Dan!
I honestly face that all the time... I'm training for competitions, and honestly, every attempt could result in injury. I've been lucky so far... but the risk is always there. My partner is a pianist, and she is so super careful with her hands.
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Thank you @aussieninja - I appreciate that! I may have some questions in the near future - luckily there are lots of help posts on here. But, I may still take you up on that if I get in a bind. Thank you!
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Welcome Dan. Nice to see another guitar player on here! Sounds like a narrow escape with the bug incident. Scary! I don't know what I'd do without guitar !
Check out the #openmic channel on here. It's a great resource and a fantastic bunch of musicians. It's a great way to connect.
I've been all over the #openmic checking it out - it looks like a lot of fun! I love your style! I'm a bluegrasser as well - learned my chops in Tennessee by some Opry alums. "Played from the heart, sung through the nose." I'll continue checking out your stuff! Thanks for the welcome.
That's great Dan. Looking forward to hearing you play. D'you flatpick fiddle tunes?
Yes! Bluegrass is a pretty general term. I saw you did some Bill Monroe, which is bluegrass. I mainly flatpick fiddle tunes when I'm playing that style, whiskey before breakfast, blackberry blossom, lonesome fiddle blues, that type of stuff. I liked your red-haired boy! You have a really clean, Doc Watson type sound - I mean that as a high compliment!