(11-25-2018, 03:17 AM)rudra Wrote: i really liked reading your posts above. it has something very natural about it. very impressed by what you are doing with your time after retirement.
I have some questions for you. just out of curiosity..
where do you get so much content on music ? were you employed in that industry ?
how is your visitor base ? with all that ad.
a little more about the young lady please. like her background and her story after she came to you. her plans and behaviours and changes you see etc. just would like to know.
i hope you understand that it is quite safe given you dont reveal your real name and address.
thanks for joining us.
It's a very, very long story. I'm fairly old and have done many things. Among those things was writing. I've done significant amounts of writing. Sometimes, people actually gave me money for this! That's nice, because I enjoy writing.
I have been involved in music since about the age of five. That's when I started formally studying, though my initial love was percussion. It wasn't until I was eleven that I'd decide to learn to play the guitar. I am a classical guitarist by training.
You can hear a sample here:
https://instaud.io/2ew4
At the end of this year, I'll have been playing for a full five decades. As such, I've frequently been in the music industry, including performing to this day, though at a greatly reduced rate. For a part of my life, I was a "session musician." That basically means I sat in the studio and made music on demand for various recording artists. No, it's an hourly or session gig. I didn't make a lot of money doing that.
The young lady was someone who was in a rather bad home situation and simply needed a way out. We were able to provide that for her. She's since become, more or less, attached at the hip! She's actually been studying guitar with me and is getting to be quite good, considering the length of time that she has been learning.
You can hear both of us here:
https://instaud.io/2W1T
Much more than that, I'm not really at liberty to say - where it concerns her. That is her tale to tell and it is not up to me to disclose it. I will say that she's a good kid and she's quite an eager student.
We live in the remote mountains of Maine, a state in the northeastern part of the United States. The days are short and the ground is covered in snow. The air is crisp and Nature takes her rest. It's a beautiful place and I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be.
