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I have achieved greatness!
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Per Boysen
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Joined: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:05 am Posts: 2268 Location: Stockholm/Sweden
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Glad to hear you're playing and I wish you a good recover! Whatever you mean by "in their league" - musical inspiration or hair style - is cool. Over here I got struck by colon cancer right after having bought my first Stick four years ago. A five-days-on-a-row radiation treatment followed by a huge surgery to take out 30 cm intestine including the cancer spot (by then efficiently killed off by the photon radiation). Unfortunately I had to stop playing Stick completely for almost a year because the vibrations through the belt hook played havoc with my mending interior. After the surgery I felt totally slammed, doctors said it is normal with a three months post surgery chock, but nevertheless the chock state I kept on playing the EWI and did a gig with a West African band only three weeks after leaving the hospital. Well, that was tough, never felt that heavy and tired before in my entire life - but blowing air into a plastic hose and tapping touch sensitive plates seemed to be ok, unlike Stick playing.
_________________ Cheers / Per Bamboo SG12, Wenge SG12, Bamboo Grand. PASV4 on all. (+ Stickup modded by Emmett 4 the PASV4 blocks). Fractal Audio AxeFx-III, 2 x RCF NX-10 SMA, Apollo Twin USB http://youtube.com/perboysen
Last edited by Per Boysen on Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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carvingcode
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Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:53 am Posts: 768 Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Per - Congrats!
_________________ Randy Brown
Rosewood Alto #5764
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:56 pm |
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not yet stick
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Joined: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:34 pm Posts: 328
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
You'll come through this and be stronger than before. Everyone here has you in their thoughts and prayers,and that will speed up the recovery.
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:18 pm |
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Alain
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Joined: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:02 am Posts: 2594 Location: Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Great sens of humour...love that. That will keep you sane.
_________________ Grand Stick, Wenge, 12 strings, MR, SN 6667 http://soundcloud.com/Kataway http://www.youtube.com/user/Shawinijazz https://alainauclair.bandcamp.com/
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:06 pm |
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earthgene
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Joined: Wed May 25, 2011 3:28 pm Posts: 4116
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Yeah man, what not yet Stick said. WARRIOR!
_________________ Gene Perry http://www.geneperry.com http://www.freehandsacademy.com
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:30 pm |
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Lee Vatip
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Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:06 am Posts: 3250
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Cheers to all the survivors in this Stick family and beyond. Your courage, perseverance and humor are extremely admirable. Standing ovation from these parts. Steve A
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Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:51 pm |
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jstorm1031
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:49 pm Posts: 154
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
I want to second what Steve said. When you are in the middle, you sometimes feel you are alone. It is always good to hear from others, regardless of where they are in the journey. I met some wonderful folks in chemotherapy, and their stories were very inspirational. Per, you went through much more than I have or probably will. Yet here you are. I have nothing but hope that some of the feeling will return to my fingers, and I will once again be able to make what I called music on the Stick. I am thinking of setting up a Skype lesson with one of the mentors to see if they can help me in getting around the liabilities the neuropathy has caused. Until then, on with the journey.
Jim
_________________ [size=85]jstorm, Southern Illinois 10 String Paduak, PASV4, MR, #4858 12 String Bamboo, Stickup, MR, #5550
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dbrosky
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Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:31 am Posts: 943 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Jim, My heart and prayers are with you! Per has sage advice on thinking well. Positive thinking, not a trite phrase in its true meaning, will help you recover. Well, look no more, soul search no futher, THIS SKYPE MENTOR is giving you a FREE lesson. Long ago, I had an individual who was in a serious car crash and developed neuropathy and loss of sensation and could never play the guitar again. He came over my house with one of my students, I strapped a Stick on him, and he played and music came out I will never forget his face of hope and joy. I want to do the same for you and get you playing again. I am "dbrosky1" on SKYPE. We are all here for you! Dave Brosky ps. I can wear a "bald wig" if that helps!
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Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:59 am |
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PunkJackal
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Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:12 pm Posts: 206
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Hey man, my thoughts go out to you. Keep fighting the good fight. Harnessing the power of your newfound baldness should help though. How do you think Steve, Tom, Tony and Glenn got so good (aside from the years of hard work and practice)?
_________________ -Josh http://www.facebook.com/jgoldbergmusic http://www.facebook.com/theafrocircus http://www.facebook.com/gephband http://www.youtube.com/profile/conceptofahuman
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sagehalo
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Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:38 pm Posts: 681 Location: Cary, NC
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Re: I have achieved greatness!
Thumbs up to DBrosky for that offer. You are a class act.
_________________ Daniel Marks #6133 Rosewood Grand, PASV4
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