Hi, and it's a pleasure to "meet" you. I hope to do so in person some day.
Namaste. Felicia Dale. www.pintndale.com On May 27, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Michael Muskett wrote: > > Hello, everyone. I am happy to join this group again after a lapse of > many years, seemingly because of several computer transplants. Also I > lived in the sticks (boondocks, I think, to you) for 17 years and out > of touch with other players. However, in that time I learned the art > of the printer and in due course printed a hurdy-gurdy method which my > wife (assisted by me) was working on. The computer had developed > enormously in that time from being quite primitive to being able to > set music. Wonderful! The rest of my time was occupied among > vegetables, fruits and trees. > Now we live in a new(ish) town designed by a famous American; all > fast tree-lined roads, and a shopping centre. I can't find any music > group to join, but we have a 39 year old weekly folk club run by Matt > Armour until his sudden death some months ago. > I seem to be a controversial figure because, as was pointed out many > years ago by a bluegrass musician (I love it) I am a strange creature > in that I am a classical musician with an interest in folk. > I do not like the false separation between these forms of music, for > they are both very varied and have close links.Neither can Iabide > snobbishness in either direction. Music is music and the joy of the > human spirit. > This morning I heard about a famous American lawyer (he of the 'monkey > trial) who was audacious in asking which would you rather: lose your > eyesight or change the colour of your skin? So I ask what you would > give up in order to retain the pleasures of music? > My greetings to all, > Michael > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
