Open thank you to Neil
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:14 pm
Neil I have to thank you for what you are doing. I have spent two hours just trying to do the double hammer on for The Fisherman - and I just wanted to stop and thank you as a dedicated teacher.
There's always a lot of hype etc and people have a yearning to belong to something and I think that a lot of what is emailed, typed, blogged etc etc - sort of like hey I'm here, my opinion is important and I want to be heard and the web is the ideal media to fuel the need
but outside of all that I want to thank you as a teacher
learning is hard and I find that I want to charge ahead - I think in my head "hey that's difficult, or it's boring and move on and what happens to the fundamentals - collecting dust on a fretboard (and I'm not talking about life and the very real and serious responsibilities which can and do take precedence and many times for years or decades)
and with the dust - well all of us who can relate to what I am saying knows what happens
As a physician every once in awhile someone takes the time to actually send me a card and thank me for what I have done for them - but it's never for the expertise (and I would agree that isn't necessary or needed because that is my profession and it should be expected) but it's for the fact that I have relayed to them that I care about them is as a person.
During this lesson (The Fisherman) that is what I felt for you - I don't believe it's all about a business and money but as old fashioned as it sounds it's about the yearning to pass on and to help those who really want to learn.
Excellent job Neil and I am trying to thank you in a medium which is difficult at best to use because of it's sterility (nonverbal communication makes up about 80% of what we really say to who we are speaking with and this medium lacks that).
with much respect and appreciation
John R Feeney
There's always a lot of hype etc and people have a yearning to belong to something and I think that a lot of what is emailed, typed, blogged etc etc - sort of like hey I'm here, my opinion is important and I want to be heard and the web is the ideal media to fuel the need
but outside of all that I want to thank you as a teacher
learning is hard and I find that I want to charge ahead - I think in my head "hey that's difficult, or it's boring and move on and what happens to the fundamentals - collecting dust on a fretboard (and I'm not talking about life and the very real and serious responsibilities which can and do take precedence and many times for years or decades)
and with the dust - well all of us who can relate to what I am saying knows what happens
As a physician every once in awhile someone takes the time to actually send me a card and thank me for what I have done for them - but it's never for the expertise (and I would agree that isn't necessary or needed because that is my profession and it should be expected) but it's for the fact that I have relayed to them that I care about them is as a person.
During this lesson (The Fisherman) that is what I felt for you - I don't believe it's all about a business and money but as old fashioned as it sounds it's about the yearning to pass on and to help those who really want to learn.
Excellent job Neil and I am trying to thank you in a medium which is difficult at best to use because of it's sterility (nonverbal communication makes up about 80% of what we really say to who we are speaking with and this medium lacks that).
with much respect and appreciation
John R Feeney