Mexico 2024 /
Lovetap Earth Diary /
Lovetap Tour /
《2024》
US West Coast 米国
5/1 Stanbridge Academy (San Mateo, CA)
5/10 Santa Anita Hot Yoga “Yoga & Music in Los Angeles 6-7pm” (Arcadia, CA)
June2024 TBD in Pacific Northwest
5/31 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar
6/1 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar
6/2 ʻOno Kitchen & Bar
November2024 TBD in JAPAN
December2024 TBD in Mexico
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング中！
《past shows》
US West Coast 米国
Sat March 9 (3-5pm) Somewhere in Altadena (address given out on the day of event)
Goh Solo & Collaborative Performances
For info, click "HERE" and email or call number on flyer below.
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
MEXICO メキシコ
3/16 Tanta Vida (Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico)
3/19-3/24 Festival Internacional De La Guitarra (San Miguel de Allende, Meixco)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
ONLINE 配信
Across Waters (online)
Sat March 2 (7-8:30pm pacific time US)
日本日時3/3(日)正午から昼1時半
>>> online event for music plus multi-cultural talks 配信Live＆Talk
US West Coast 米国
1/4 Haggin Museum (Stockton, CA)
1/5 Crazy Horse (Nevada City, CA)
1/7 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
1/10 Bloomsbury Blends (Ashland, OR)
1/12 Arcata Playhouse (Arcata, CA)
1/25-28 Namm (with Elite Acoustics, Anaheim, CA)
>>> booking for 2024/2025 now! 2024/2025のconcert/workshopブッキング開始！
ONLINE 配信
Across Waters (online)
2023 FIN: Fri Dec 29 (7-8:30pm pacific time US)
二〇二三年ラスト: 日本日時12/30(土)正午から昼1時半
>>> online event for music plus multi-cultural talks 配信Live＆Talk
JAPAN 日本
6/30(金) Chiba 成田 Jazz Bar Cloud9
7/2(日) Fukushima いわき Queen
7/8(土) private event
7/9(日) Gunma 前橋 Drumkan
7/12(水) Saitama 北本市 日暮し (Goh 19:55〜20:40 & Hacto 19:00〜19:45)
7/13(木) Saga 佐賀 雷神
7/14(金) private event (昼の部) & Saga 神埼 サム＆プル (夜の部)
7/15(土) Fukuoka 小倉 Music Cross
11/4(土) Chiba 柏 (13:00~13:50, 興味ある方は”ココ" からメールでご連絡を！)
11/5(日) Fukushima いわき Queen (with Hacto)
11/6(月) Fukushima 相馬 刈敷田南集会所 (with Hacto, 福島県相馬市新沼字刈敷田26-54)
11/17(金) Saitama 北本 日暮し
11/21(火) Osaka 南堀江 5th Street (with Aki Miyoshi)
11/24(金) Oita 大分 カンタループ2
11/25(土) Oita 別府
>>> booking for 2023/2024 now! 2023/2024のconcert/workshopブッキング中！
US West Coast 米国
1/5 Haggin Museum (Stockton, CA)
1/6 Gold Vibe Kombuchary (Grass Valley, CA)
4/29 Eclectic Music Festival (from 4:45-5:45pm @ Old Focals Stage; Los Angeles, CA)
5/20 Stockton Flavor Fest (from noon-12:45pm @ Main Stage; Stockton, CA)
5/22 Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
5/23 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
5/25 Double Mountain Brewery (Hood River, OR)
5/26 Solera Brewing (Mount Hood, OR)
5/28 Culture Cafe (Bellingham, WA)
6/2 Finnriver (Chimacum, WA)
6/3 Port Townsend Vineyards Winery (Port Townsend, WA)
6/4 Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards (Port Townsend, WA)
6/8 Grants Pass Museum of Art (2022 review, Grants Pass, OR)
6/11 Blue Wing Saloon (Upper Lake, CA)
8/5 Collage in San Pedro (Los Angeles, CA, 7:30pm)
8/10 Nano Cafe in Sierra Madre (Los Angeles, CA, 5:30-7:30pm)
8/11 BarrelHouse Brewing SLO (San Luis Obispo, CA, 9-11pm)
10/26 Pour House Monrovia (Los Angeles, CA / 405 S Myrtle Ave, Monrovia, CA)
>>> final show in Cali before 2024!? 二〇二三年カリフォルニア最後のライブ！？
JAPAN 日本
10/14(金) Osaka 梅田 専門学校ESP (workshop/音楽セミナー)
10/15(土) Osaka 堀江 5th Street
10/15(土) Across Waters 配信/online (broadcasting live from JAPAN)
10/22(土) Fukuoka 門司港 関門まちかどジャズ
10/23(日) Fukuoka 黒崎 Strawberry Sour
10/28(金) Kanagawa 鎌倉 Univibe
10/29(土) Saitama 鶴ヶ島 Halle
10/30(日) Gunma 前橋 Drumkan
11/6(日) Fukushima いわき Queen
>>> really hoping to go! ぜひ行きたいと思っています！
US West Coast 米国
10/6 Bloomsbury Blends (Ashland, OR)
10/7 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
10/8 JCA World Music Festival (Mount Shasta, CA)
10/9 JCA World Music Festival (Mount Shasta, CA) (workshop/音楽セミナー)
>>> third west coast tour for 2022! 2022年3回目の米国西海岸ツアー決定！
US West Coast 米国
8/6 House Concert (Santa Cruz, CA)
8/11 Grants Pass Museum of Art (Grants Pass, OR)
8/13 Port Townsend Vineyards (Port Townsend, WA)
8/17 Culture Cafe (Bellingham, WA)
8/20 Double Mountain Brewery (Hood River, OR)
8/22 Solera Brewery (Mount Hood, OR)
8/27 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
>>> second west coast tour for 2022! 2022年2回目の米国西海岸ツアー決定！
Oregon/Cali/Nevada
Sat 3/19 Crazy Horse Saloon (Nevada City, CA)
Sun 3/20 Peavine Taphouse (Reno, NV)
Wed 3/23 Smoked Tomato Pie (Yreka, CA)
Fri 3/25 Mary’s Book Release Event @ Paschal Winery (Talent, OR)
Sat 3/26 House Concert (Ashland, OR)
>>> I am going! 行くよ！
Shows (GK B-Day Week)
1. Across Waters (virtual)
Wed Nov 24 & Sat Nov 27 (7pm in Los Angeles)
11/25木曜日 & 11/28日曜日 (正午 in Japan)
www.composelife.com/brokentour
>>> SOLD OUT
2. Concert (in person)
Sun Nov 28 (2:00-3:00pm)
venue: somewhere in Los Angeles
>>> SOLD OUT
GOH live in PNW
Sun 11/21 5pm @ JUXT Taphouse
accepting donations (free admission)
119 W Holly Street Bellingham, WA 98225
www.composelife.com/diary/112121show (press release)
GK at JCA World Music Fest
click “HERE” for photos from 2022
Wanna book me? Send an offer!
To reach me for bookings and/or reserving show tickets, go to my support page www.composelife.com/supportgoh and send me an email to my gmail.
日本語での対応OKです… 上記サポートページよりemailで！
Gratefully,
Goh Kurosawa
こころを込めて、
黒沢豪
photo: Goryo Kuwano, Paul Guenette, Sue Morris
video: Gyokun
Kitchen55 (2024 first update) /
Sequoioideae (Redwoods) /
”Move to improve... and continue with quality."
「動け育て．．．そしてクオリティーと共に続け。」
One goal I have been keeping since pandemic 2020: visit a new somewhere (for more than two nights when touring) with or without an officially booked show at that somewhere. In November 2023, I made my first trip to Hachijo-island in Japan for 4 nights, and this January 2024, I made my debut stay in Arcata for 3 nights, and went for a walk in the redwoods (Sequoioideae) guided by Brad Nissen, a creative wildlife biologist. There seems to be lots of redwoods in California, however all that is left today is fundamentally 4% of what once was. When it was snowing, I composed a song in the home and presence of Joe Thompson, a radical musician/composer/guitarist... during this tour, my car got stuck in the snow in Mount Shasta, but Sequoia's family there helped me... little did I know that I would be arriving at the redwoods of Lady Bird with my just written song which I gave the title "Letter to Sequoia" aka Shasta物語 (シャスタ Monogatari/Story). Recently, Sandro Norton (musician from Portugal) said to me to "continue with quality" and it has been raining a lot again in sunny LA.
パンデミック2020以来キープしてきた一つの希望：ツアー時新しいどこかを訪れる、もしそのどこかで正式な演奏が決まっていなくても（できれば3泊以上）。2023年11月には初の八丈島（4泊）、今年2024年1月には初のアルカタ（3泊）。アルカタにいる間にブラッド・ニッセン（生物学者）に案内されてセコイア（redwoods）の森を訪れました。カリフォルニア州にはたくさんのセコイアがありますが、実は現在の木々の基本的な量は、最も繁殖していた時の量の4%と言われています。今回はジョー・トンプソン（ミュージシャン/作曲家/ギタリスト）を訪れている間、雪の降る中で新曲が生まれました．．．このツアーの間、車がマウントシャスタの雪の中で動けなくなりましたが、与えられた名前がセコイアという8歳の女の子の家族が僕を助けました．．．アルカタに着いてレディバードのセコイア森を新曲、「セコイアへの手紙」と共に訪れたのは必然的な自然、自然的な必然。ここ最近サンドロ・ノートン（ポルトガル在住ミュージシャン）から「クオリティーと共に継続」と言われてから、晴れの日が多いここロサンゼルスでたくさんの雨再び。
Photos by Sahin Omer, Brad Nissen, Drew Alkema, and GK
New song, snow born today! /
Shasta物語 (Letter to Sequoia)
Dear Sequoia, mother Mary and angel John
We are a part of the song, mmm
Dear Sequoia, keep well always rise and shine
You are a part of the song
My car got stuck in the snow, but John drove me to my show with Rosie and Ringo
He said, "I'll return, stay another night, you're welcome at our home at any time"
Performing at the Smoked Tomato Pie, I saw that John was back with you and Mary
She said, "We got your car here"
I cried, I smiled, I was right back on the road to 'Lovetap' more
Dear Sequoia, life maybe hard at times
So sing your favorite songs, mmm
Dream eunoia, a winter wonderland in Mount Shasta
And they said, upgrade your broken ride before too long (silly guy)
I drove from Stockton to Crazy Horse
Headwaters in the snow
Yreka to Ashland Oregon
Hanging with Grant, Charli, and Joe
Live at Bloomsbury Blends
Talent, Grants Pass, what could be next
All is well, because of people like John and Mary, I believe
Dear Sequoia, I maybe stuck in the snow again
'Cause I am a part of the song, mmm
Dear Sequoia, and mother Mary, angel John
We are a part of the song
We are a part of the song
We are a part of the song
mmm
mmm
>>>
New song (birthday: 1/10/2024), snow born!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdMgnaB2OLk
Christmas Tree Videos /
Probably... たぶん．．． /
“Probably the most important thing to do is to be yourself.” -Sanath
「たぶん最も大事なことは自分であるということ。」 -サナス
皆さんハピクリメリクリ、お元気ですか !?
Happy holidays friends, how are you!?
ロサンゼルス空港に着き、帰りのバスの中で隣に座った新しい友達に尋ねました。「インド人がここ一番カレー好きなはずがないですよね!?」しかし超大好きということです。彼曰く、ここ一番カレーはもともとイギリスカレーを日本風にしたカレーらしいですが、イギリスカレーは簡単に断定すると水で薄められたインドカレーということです... 輪。
After landing at LAX, I caught the Flyaway bus and asked my new friend who sat next to me. "It can't be true that people from India love 'Koko-Ichiban-Curry' in Japan!?" Apparently it is incredibly popular. He mentioned to me that KIC is a Japanese take on British curry; British curry is fundamentally watered-down Indian curry... so a full circle.
僕の迎えの車が見え、彼は僕の荷物を彼女の車に乗せるのをパパっと手伝っている間、彼が数分前僕に伝えた内容を改めて試行錯誤していました...「たぶん最も大事なことは自分であるということ。」彼の名前はサナスさんで、インド出身の父と母を持ち、日本とアメリカを中心に生活している自然大好きな人です。こうに僕は理解しています。
My ride arrived, and while he helped put my luggage in her car, I was contemplating the thought he sent to my way moments ago... “Probably the most important thing to do is to be yourself.” His name is Sanath; son of parents from India, who lives extensively in Japan and the US, and loves nature. This is how I remember.
2023年11月の日本の旅は、今年カリフォルニアで最後のライブを終了した後に始まりました。今回の旅のテーマは、「信じきる」でした。
Japan tour November 2023 started right after my final show in Cali for the year. "Simply Believe Through" was my theme.
意外に簡単なのでしょうか!?
Could it be that easy!?
知人なし予定なしで始まった八丈島の4泊5日はライブと人と自然に恵まれました。2018年以来行っていなかった大分は徹さんのお蔭で男池と大分の大自然に触れるなか、海の幸と山の幸を味わいながら、二人で立ち寄ったお店ほとんどでギターをもちこみ、みんな巻き込んでライブの渦になりました。
I went to Hachijo Island of Tokyo without any friends or shows there, but was gifted with 4 nights and 5 days of live gigs, people, and nature. In Oita (last visited 2018), Toru took me to Oika Park and other nature spots, enjoyed ocean food and mountain food, and love-tapped my guitar at nearly every venue we walked in to.
お陰様で2023年も恵まれ、僕自身また進化できたと思います。2024年もよろしくお願いします、いつもありがとうございます!
Thank you to you all; 2023 blessed me, and I feel that I have moved and improved. Let us all welcome a fantastic 2024, thank you always!
夢に触れましょう今のひと時に。
Let us touch our dreams for this moment.
"Backbridge" /
やったもん勝ち (enjoy & win joy) /
失うものはありません (nothing would be lost) /
「信じられなくて、
途方をに暮れても、
諦めるわけにいかない、
落ちていく夕日に誓った。」―Aki Hacto
「 おさえない、
かまえない、
我を忘れない。」―Adam Levy
"I made a promise with the setting sun; spread the wings of my heart and fly beyond the twilight, no matter what." ―Aki Hacto
"Don't hold back." —Adam Levy
Dad, Mom, and Me /
photo: Sue Morris
“Lovetap South Pas 2023" (live at The Eclectic) /
GOH KUROSAWA
LOVETAP TOUR 2023 California/カリフォルニア
Eclectic Music Festival (The Eclectic)
Lovetap composed by GOH (guitar/pedals)
"This was my first appearance at South Pasadena's Eclectic Music Festival in Los Angeles county. Thank you to the people: the audience, the supporters, all music lovers, my family my friends, and to all the folks who gathered by the Old Focals Stage where I performed. It was a lovely day, a sunny one here in LA!"
「カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルス郡に位置する小さな市、サウス・パサデナ、ここのEclectic Music Festivalでの初ライブ。ありがとうございました皆様：お客さん、サポーターのみなさん、音楽大好きな人すべて、僕の家族僕の友達、そして僕が演奏させていただいた Old Focals ステージに集まった方々。晴れ晴れしたロスの素敵な一日でした！」
film director: Gyokun
Goh's guitar by George Lowden: Honey Beast
Goh's amp by Elite Acoustics: Lucky8
Goh's custom cables: Noritoshi Maeda
venue/会場: Old Focals Stage at Eclectic Music Festival
special thank you to: Brad Colerick & Eclectic Music Festival
videos/photos by: Sue Morris, Lisa Stacilauskas, Anthony Kostowny, Brooke Simpson, Vicki Thompson, Brent Leonard, Lindsey Loon, Shaverd Yan Photography
Lovetap (click for previously released video with world tour digital diary 2020)
Across Waters (Sep/9月) /
www.composelife.com/brokentour (Across Waters page/ページ)
Kitchen55 (2023 second update) /
“Lovetap Japan 2023" (live in Kokura) /
GOH KUROSAWA
LOVETAP TOUR 2023 Japan/日本
Japan final summer show / 夏の日本公演最終日
-program/プログラム-
1. Return of the Fruit Bunny
2. Lovetap
3. Third Word Swamp (beatboxing/ビートボクシング)
4. Schumann/シューマン (classical/クラシック)
5. Rain/雨
6. Furusato/ふるさと (Japanese Folk, a song called Home)
7. Smile (unplugged/生音演奏)
"My first show in Kokura was fantastic, thank you to the people: the audience, the supporters, all music lovers, and my family my friends. Sometimes there is rain, sometimes there is no rain. This footage is my first complete solo set ever released. Beginning with one of my first overseas shows at the start of this millennium, I have completed about 30 Japan Tours at this point. You all rock! Thank you all!"
「初の小倉ライブ最高でした、ありがとうございました皆様：お客さん、サポーターのみなさん、音楽大好きな人すべて、そして僕の家族僕の友達。雨は降ります、雨はやみます。この作品は、僕のソロプログラム完全版、初のリリースとなりました。お陰様で僕は今世紀の始まりに初の海外ライブ後、今までに30回近くのJapan Tourを演奏させていただいてきています。みんないいね！ありがとうみんな！」
film director: Gyokun
Goh's guitar by George Lowden: Honey Beast
Goh's amp by Elite Acoustics: Lucky8
Goh's custom cables: Noritoshi Maeda
venue/会場: Music Cross in Kokura Japan (小倉ミュージッククロス)
special thanks to: Ari Tomoto, Naomi Hanafusa, Canty (Hina / Kumico / Sana), Gon Yamamoto, Sangjin Lee (director of Music Cross)
-new video from this set-
Lovetap South Pas 2023 (live at Eclectic Music Festival)
-previous videos from this set-
Return of the Fruit Bunny (from “Flow” 4 song album) Lovetap Third Word Swamp (from “TWS” 4 song album) Humming Song (Robert Schumann Song) Rain Furusato/ふるさと (Home) Smile
2023 tour shots by: Goh Kurosawa, Sue Morris, Lindsey Loon, Lisa Stacilauskas, Aki Hacto, Kazuki Himura, and Gan (Iwao Ohyama)
Across Waters (Aug/8月) /
www.composelife.com/brokentour (Across Waters page/ページ)
Goh Dog /
Blues in Ojai /
Good morning Brent,
It was much fun to meet you in Ojai. Yes, Miroslav Tadic; meeting and studying with him helped me to realize that one can be a classical guitar player and a blues electric guitarist (though at the time, I had little interest in the blues). All of us go through many different phases. During the phase before meeting Miro, I thought I was going to become an orchestra conductor with the ability of a modern classical guitarist; when I discovered Miro, it kinda set me freer. I have always believed, in order to conduct an orchestra, one must be able to make a beautiful sound and must learn to play an instrument extremely well; when I lived in Japan, I conducted, directed, and arranged music for a mandolin and guitar ensemble. I enjoyed conducting music, but it is a much greater joy to be playing music.
Miro invited me to come watch his trio's rehearsal with percussionist John Bergamo (my teacher later), sax player Eric Barber, and Miro playing a flamenco guitar completely unplugged; and because Miroslav was just as loud as the other two, I was shocked. It was one of the most incredible live performances I have ever experienced. Also, John's focus and presence in the moment, really made a lasting impression on me. These guys were funny; they told my friend who drove to the rehearsal with me to look for a particular tree that they seemed to be quite familiar with, when giving him directions to the restroom.
Before becoming familiar with Miroslav and his diverse musical dimensions (and dry sense of humor), I believe Roland Dynes was my favorite guitarist (possibly more than Paco De Lucia at a certain phase). I studied with Roland in the US and France. For me, the direction that Miroslav was going was much more fascinating. One of the big things I took away from Miro was the Balkan music's exotic rhythms and meters; I expanded on the idea especially with my trio Sharp Three like this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojr8cTlbzw starting in the meter of 15 over 16 with the fourth measure of the ostinato pattern ending with 7/8 (seven over eight) rather than 15/16. The biggest thing I got from Miro was the idea of taking my homeland’s musical traditions (both new and old), and bring those together with the rest of the world; for example, Miroslav is a master with performing Balkan traditional folk songs arranged and recreated with a section that reminds me of modal jazz and harmonic improvisations, rhythmic and metric improvisations, or as far out as free improv.
Paco, Miro, and Egberto... Egberto Gismonti. Guitaristically, these three perhaps gave me the biggest impacts, and were my definite favorites for quite some time. Egberto from Brazil, Miro from Serbia, and Paco from Spain; all global musicians with respect for music and cultures.
That being said, some times we are not completely familiar with what has truly shaped us, or what shapes us; we might want to be loud about it, we might want to be quiet about it. In many situations, none musicians are influences... Bruce Lee, his style was no style.
Here is a letter from Eric Jue:
"As for the number one word / concept that would be my number one...I might have to choose 'balance' simply because I always had the tendency to think in black and white when that was never the case (as I have learned living and maturing in Japan). For me 'balance' means not being dogmatic. In my case, not being dogmatic about training. All training modalities are superior and none better than the other, they just achieve different goals, but I was blind to not realizing that until years about (approx 2018)."
Eric and I became familiar with one another during the 2020 lockdown when we were doing body weight training (at times called calisthenics) independently of each other in an empty park in the morning before sunrise; he was so disciplined with his training he was doing that I had to give compliment. My favorite exercise is swimming for one to two hours without stopping, and this https://youtu.be/IRd_CoOUsNs is my favorite 21 (7x3) moves to do with 15 of them using the pull up bar.
心技体 (Shin Gi Tai) is a fundamental I make effort to care for and grow little by little. The three characters are heart, weapon, and body. I believe by taking care of these three elements, one has a greater advantage to living a fulfilling life daily. My diary on ComposeLife.com offers a number of things that has shaped me to becoming who I am becoming, at least I think so, and I hope I know so.
The three songs you heard live in Ojai, "Lucky Old Sun" "Sing" and "Lovetap" are influences from different sources and people.
I was touring in Japan last year in 2022 when I came across LOS and I fell in love with the Japanese lyrics. When I came back to the US, I researched and came across Willie Nelson singing it, and about 10 other recorded versions. I did some tweaking to the lyrics and the melody which you heard me sing in Japanese and English; here is the album www.composelife.com/diary/tws that include LOS (track 2). The LOS video of this recording, I will be releasing a little before Christmas this year perhaps.
Sing, I wrote shortly after having a lesson with Adam Levy; Adam is one of the grooviest players who can groove slow... really cool. I studied several years with Bill Lenihan who was a student of Ralph Towner (from the band Oregon). Bill claimed to have written out all possible chord voicings on the piano that required more than 3000 pages to write on manuscript, or something that surprised me like that if not close enough for jazz. One thing that Bill told me that rings bright with me still today is, "Music is math with lots of lots of lots of love." So I was talking theory with Adam about some chordal movements and voice leadings, and Adam simply smiled and said, "You got to make it sing." I recorded the following www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ4GFQpzf04 after that experience.
Here is a note from Adam:
"Musically, artistically, I think the word that means the most to me right now is: presence. For me, that means not thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, but just being with the music I’m making right now, being with myself right now, being with my collaborators right now."
The messages from Eric and Adam were responses to the following I wrote:
"「改善」「生きがい」「やりがい」．．．この言葉をアメリカの方より投げかけられたら、みなさんはどう動くでしょうか？僕は知らなかったのですが、アメリカで「生きがい」は結構使われているとのことです。僕は嬉しかったのと同時に改めて自分はどうに使っているのかと考えるところに動きました。 So, what I wrote above is a question to friends from Japan based on two separate conversations I had with my friends here in Los Angeles. The conversations included Japanese words「改善(kaizen)」「生きがい(ikigai)」「やりがい(yarigai)」and at the time, I wasn't aware that ikigai is a word that is pretty frequently used in the US culture today... I was moved... "move" is my current number one guide; what word/concept would be your number one?"
Lovetap, here www.composelife.com/diary/lovetap is the story. This brings me to Joshua Lopez; if it was not for Joshua, I may have continued growing out the nails on my right hand as most classical guitar players have been doing since the modern classical guitar strings were invented. It seemed to me that Josh had a solid foundation in various music theories, and he demonstrated to me that two hand tapping was cool; we get to use all that we know with all fingers as if we were playing the piano, plus he said I would not loose any skills I have been using. In spite of the fact I was getting ready for a month long tour in Japan, I was convinced, therefore I cut off my nails right there and then. Josh was a little surprised, but I was too excited not to do so at that point. These kinda surprises, you gotta embrace them in the presence; my right hand eventually did develop calluses tough enough to pluck and strum just as efficiently as I have always have been doing, or perhaps even better.
It is exciting to be a beginner; Joshua told me that my fingers were going to hurt (and/or bleed) like the first time I played guitar, and I wanted that; I only smoke air and I was so naturally high.
The pecan chocolate was good with my lunch the very next day on a Saturday in sunny LA. Thank you for the thoughts you shared with me; it is a blessing to hear from a stranger out of the blue, who was a serious musician and knew Lucky Old Sun; it turned what seemed like a unlucky day for me, into a lucky day. Life is funny like that.
Nice to meet you friend; stay true to yourself.
Shine on,
Goh
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