[LUTE] Re: hello and introductions

2014-08-03 Thread Daniel F. Heiman
Dear Ching-Ping: I would also like to extend my welcome to you. It is great to hear from someone in China. In my capacity as Webmaster for the Lute Society of America I try to track who is interested in our electronic offerings and where they are located. For example, our YouTube channel

[LUTE] Re: hello and introductions

2014-08-03 Thread David van Ooijen
Search for the great Chinese fire-wall and you know why YouTue gets almost no Chinese hits. I have an internet pupil in China, there are ways around the firewall, but those ways are not available to all. David On Aug 3, 2014 3:16 PM, Daniel F. Heiman [1]heiman.dan...@juno.com

[LUTE] Re: hello and introductions

2014-08-03 Thread Ching-Ping Lin
David is exactly right. Youtube (along with Facebook, Twitter, New York Times and now Google and all Google web-based services) is blocked in China. The way around it is a VPN to the outside through another country, but most have no way of getting one, don't care about it or won't take the

[LUTE] Re: hello and introductions

2014-08-02 Thread Christopher Stetson
Welcome, Ching-Ping.A As a would-be guqin player in the USA, I know exactly how you feel.A I hope the list is helpful. Best, and keep playing, Chris. On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Ching-Ping Lin [1]p...@fatmice.com wrote: Dear All, I'm new and have been reading

[LUTE] Re: hello and introductions

2014-08-02 Thread Edward Chrysogonus Yong
*waves from Singapore* hello there, nice to have another player in the same timezone! Edward τούτο ηλεκτρονικόν ταχυδρομείον εκ είΦωνου εμεύ επέμφθη. Hæ litteræ electronicæ ab iPhono missæ sunt. 此電子郵件發送于自吾iPhone。 This e-mail was sent from my iPhone. On 3 Aug, 2014, at 8:45 am,