I have a Ken Miller guitar that has given up the ghost. BR back and
sides, cracks everywhere, sounds escaping through the cracks, finish has
clouded, I could go on... not pretty. La Patrie Motif, neck broken at
headstock, regrafted well, still plays, sound soso.

Presently playing Yamaha 151S.

Want better sound... beginning to look around.

I figured why not find out what a Dammann goes for, right?

I mean its the rational thing for an unemployed composer/guitarist to
ask, right?

's OK. For now, I just need a tool to check sounds while I'm composing
and the Yamaha 151S is doing that just fine.

Just finished my Guarachita for Flute & Guitar. Sent it off.

Have received a commission for new works for a great player. That's next.

I'm looking at proofs for "Periwinkle Memories" for MO. LOOKS great!

A couple of students in the local university's guitar program have
goaded me on to join them as guest klutz in doing a couple of duo or
trio numbers for a conference (wallpaper) gig in the fall. I suppose
I'll have to yank out the pressure-washer to blast the rust-dust-must
off my instrument, languishing now for a couple of years.

These kids are fine players but too young and too poor to have
collected much of a personal collection of scores. And the library
sucks.

I'd appreciate any purchase duo/trio suggestions from resident
aficianados. I'm a good sight reader, but I don't want to "work" too
hard. Something intermediate or easy as long as "easy" doesn't sound
too much like "Lightly Row". I seem to recall from my way distant
past, back in the days of the musket, some not half-bad stuff by
Telemannnnn (can't remember how many 'n's, more than 1 but less than
17?)

Cat's map

http://www.hipcow.com/p/0014/cats_map_of_bed/

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Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBQag61MIzI&feature=related

I think this is some evidence that the quena is a cooler instrument
than the classical guitar. Check out the setting... I like the guy's
attitude, too. Is this what taking a lesson from Michael Chapdelaine
is like?

Recently I ran across a guitarist/composer by the name F. Knjze (1784-1840).
I had never heard of him before. Even though his music isn't very exciting,
I'd like to know something about him. Was he solely a teacher, or did he
have a career as a performer? ---- JF

Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Florida, are all excited
about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the
wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in.

Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?"

The pharmacist answers, "Yes."

Jacob: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?"

Pharmacist: "Of course we do."

Jacob: "How about medicine for circulation?"

Pharmacist: "All kinds."

Jacob: "Medicine for rheumatism and scoliosis?"

Pharmacist: "Definitely."

Jacob: "How about Viagra?"

Pharmacist: "Of course."

Jacob: "Medicine for memory problems, arthritis, jaundice?"

Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety. The works."

Jacob: "What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes
for Parkinson's disease?"

Pharmacist: "Absolutely."

Jacob: "You sell wheelchairs and walkers?"

anybody know a URL?

Dear friends,

I’ve been suffering for serious lower back problems, and I’m a
classical guitar student at the conservatory. We have an exam of
chambermusic the 22nd of may, and need to have 5 minutes more of
music to play for guitar and flute.
It shouldn’t be so hard, because there’s not much time left for
practicing, but also not very easy :p
So far we already played:
- giuliani gran duo concertante (the first three parts). we didn’t
want to play the 4th movement now, because there’s not enough time
- villa-lobos: aria
- machado: aires populaires bressilienes (or something like that)
- Ibert: entr’acte

So any suggestion would be very helpfull

Last night I had dinner with Michael Chapdalaine. Michael is doing
very well these days, and related he just played for an audiance of
4000 in LA last week, and selling tons of CD's. If I didn't know
better I'd say he is probably one of the most successful non
classical, ex classical, who plays classical, steel string guitarists
around.

Anyhow, he related an interesting story to me. Michael has a very
nice Humphery guitar, he's had it for about 10 years now. It has
survived the 5000 feet altitude, and 10%% humidity of the southwest in
general and Albuqurque in paticular. The Humphrey in other words
didn't have a crack in it, which to be honest is a miricale for a
guitar made on either one of the coasts and shipped to the southwest
for any length of time.

The day Tom Humphery died, Michael's guitar openned up from the heel
to the tail block with a crack a quarter inch wide. Michael said he
felt Tom had exited the planet through his guitar.

MT