More Tommy!

cshude · #1 July 7th, 2006

Don't know if anyone has posted this, but Tommy did an interview with Acoustic Player Magazine (BTW, does anyone get this and is it any good?), and they have a pretty cool video interview along with the print. There are several nice quality clips of his playing in there. Enjoy.
http://www.acousticplayermagazine.co...video_002.html

Rockerbob · #2 July 7th, 2006

Great Tommy video!

737blues · #3 July 7th, 2006

Don't know about the magazine, but that was a great video.

chuckswood2001 · #4 July 7th, 2006

just checked it out, outstanding vid of tommy, i also checked out a couple of the lessons, looks like a good mag to me, i really liked ashbell's blues lesson, teaches u the thumb pickin pretty well, thanks for sharing this with us

chuck

joe_strummer · #5 July 7th, 2006

Great video, ty for posting the link

yakbutter · #6 July 7th, 2006

Excellent video- "Get to work!"

That will stick in my head...

Smurf42 · #7 July 8th, 2006

Man, I would love to see that video, but I don't have high speed...

Those type of sites just tick me off, the whole world does NOT have a high speed connection, some of us would rather spend our money on things like musical instruments, CD's, food, etc. *sigh* Rant off......

nowhere-man · #8 July 8th, 2006

Thanks Chris, I really enjoyed that. Tommy doesn't just play music, he is the music! He comes across as a very pleasant personality with his infectious laugh. An amazing talent.

John Burr · #9 July 8th, 2006

Smurf42, High Speed is like the light bill for me, gotta have it. I don't buy CDs anymore, well seldom buy the actual CD in the case. I use Rhapsody to be able to play streaming versions of just about anything and download the tracks I want to keep for $0.89 a song or albums usually at $8.90. That service is $10 a month for unlimited music, add the $15 a month additional expense of high speed over my last dialup connection and it's a great bargain. I use my Line6 Toneport interface as a high end sound card and run the monitor outs to an Akai Stereo or my PA and it sounds great.

Also, I get that magazine and it is really decent, I also like Acoustic Guitar Magazine and their newest publication, Play Guitar Magazine. In fact I am in the current issue of Play Guitar, page 26, a little sidebar with a picture and something I wrote on learning to sing while playing. Can't play all the time so reading about guitar is the next best thing!

Great article and Tommy is absolutely amazing. If you haven't checked out his Woodsongs episode you owe it to yourself to enjoy it. An amazing guy.

BSR

cshude · #10 July 8th, 2006

I agree with John- I was on dial-up for years, resisting high-speed because of the cost. So what we did was cut the total overall cost of cable modem by switching phone service to Vonage. That cut about $25 per month off the phone bill, and leaves about $20 or so to cover the cost of high speed. It truly is one of those things that once you get it, you will never go back. For business travel, it has gotten to the point where I won't stay someplace that doesn't have high-speed (preferably wireless).

Thanks for the comments on the mags. Might need to look at getting one or two to check them out. Also, thanks for the heads up on the Woodsongs program. I went to the website and downloaded a ton of the programs to listen to. I just dig the acoustic stuff and there's something close to the soul about the traditional styles that I really like.

seagull · #11 July 8th, 2006

Four years old and he was picking guitar, the only thing I could pick at four years old was my.......well, never mind.