Re: Greg Howard - Inspiring Video
piratebruce wrote:
Cruising across the ocean , trawling an old folder of random Stick videos on my laptop.
Found this little piece of inspiration. Not watched a heap of Gregs stuff but this really got me going.
Thanks for the nod Bruce, This was a fun concert, very rewarding for me as the audience was almost all guitar fans. Sometimes this can make me feel like an "outsider", since I don't come from that background myself, but in this case it was really welcoming, plus I was opening up for Emmett (no pressure there
). This was the first tune I played that night, so I came out swinging, and they loved it.
I'm really lucky to have several inspired musical moments captured by others on video. Along with this one I'd say the Tokyo "Goodbye Porkpie Hat", the Montreal Jazz Festival "Guitarresque" and the San Jose Stick Night "Big Bang #4965" are probably my favorites... Each of these performances has the same spirit of "going for it" and having it all come off.
There's nothing like the energy you get from a receptive audience... it feeds you.
I'm not as technically proficient as Bob, or as harmonically adventurous as Emmett, but I strive to put the full range of human emotion into my performance. That's something I think I have going for me.
Thanks again for checking it out.