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©2000 by Ely Music/Pub
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From Jerry Byrd...
Listen Up, Byrd Watchers!
For all you steel players and wannabes, some pearly words from Jerry Byrd, pronounced at his Bishop Museum workshop session last Spring:
- Use your steel guitar as an art form to convey feelings through playing. Forget what kind of steel, what kind of bar or picks -- PLAY MUSIC!
- The word talent is greatly overused. Without desire, talent is NOTHING.
- You'll never ever finish LEARNING steel guitar. It's a solo instrument. Be an individual. Don't let somebody else tell you what you should do. PLAY YOUR PERSONALITY.
- Get the listener involved in what you're doing. Lead them into the music. Make them anticipate your next note.
- Steel guitar is a LAID BACK instrument.
HSGA * HAWAIIAN
STEEL GUITAR ASSOCIATION
KAMAKA TOM, President
45-600 KAMEHAMEHA HWY * KANEOHE, HI * 96744
PHONE/FAX (808) 235-4742
EMAIL: hsga@lava.net
Homepage URL: www.hsga.org
(hsga@lava.net)
Last updated: 07/23/02 by Gerald Ross (gbross@umich.edu)
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