Making Guitars and Stuff
If the final category at the top of the $100,000 Pyramid were “Things that guitarBlog would love to make,” the following is a list of clues to patiently but persistently offer in the waning, frenetic seconds of the Winners’ Circle round:
- music that the masses would enjoy
- more time with his family
- a series of well-constructed sentences to open his great American novel, a heart-breaking work of staggering genius among same.
- peace with his sordid past
- a friggin’ nickel off all the various web-related projects in which he has engaged, lo, these many years.
- a difference doing something he enjoys
- a 4-minute short film that compels the YouTube community to drop their jaws in awe and hop on the comment train.
- a guitar that a skilled musician would take into his/her hands and think (if not proclaim): “This feels solid and sounds great; a real quality piece.”
I am least optimistic about achieving the last entry on this ambitious list. My hands are functional, bordering on proficient, but the time, energy, skill and knowledge to accomplish Lutherie seems out of reach for me right now.
But I’d rather light a candle than curse my own darkness. Eric, the eponymous blogger of Eric Makes Music, has started a mission to reconnect with his instrument-manufacturing roots. The initial posts offer a promising foreshadow of what’s to come: an opportunity to live the Lutherie process vicariously through experienced eyes and deft digits. I intend to take advantage and encourage others to do the same.
As an aside, if anyone is interested in taking on some of the other items on the list, please contact me. I am really open to this whole “live vicariously” concept.
Sphere: Related Contentguitarblog @ July 20, 2007
Thanks for the plug. I’ll have to return the favor shortly. The fact is that the new site is not quite up to speed yet, I think I actually erased a few comments from “the guitar resource” while learning how to moderate. I’m busy trying to put a gear page together over the next few days.
Take comfort in knowing that you are not alone in your longings.
One thing that I learned in the last few years back is to not
“sell your dreams for small desires”
and don’t
“Trade your passion for glory”
for 250 points each, can you name the songs that those lyrics are from.
Look for this contest in the next issue of ericmakesmusic.
Hey GB,
If you are interested in writing a novel, you should check out National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo for short). It takes place in November, and the goal is to write 50,000 words(almost 200 pages) in 30 days. I was a 2006 nanowrimo winner (I didn’t actually win anything, anyone who completes 50,000 words is a winner). It was a great experience. I never thought that I was capable of writing over 200 pages of fiction, but the frenetic pace of the event is really inspiring.
Good Luck!
I think the website is www.nanowrimo.org
eric: You got it. Keep those posts coming. I liked the drawings you have up, too.
jonsnow: thanks much for the link. i will definitely check it out. very intriguing.