Tommy Emmanuel an absolutely phenomenal Human being I have met him several times such a true gentleman always humble always willing to offer advice and his time and a truly gifted musician that has spent a lifetime practising and following his dream and passion to provide love happiness and entertainment to the world thank you Tommy much love from Australia mate👍🏻🎸👍🏻👍🏻
Tommy's interviews are so interesting in general, but this one is fantastic, as the interviewer is himself a phenomenal musician. It makes the questions even greater ! Thanks for sharing 👍🙏
I was at a concert of Tommy on the 19th of march 2019 in Luxor theater in Rotterdam. It was the third time i went to see his concert (I even meet and greeted him a few years earlier in Rijswijk-Netherlands) and noticed Tommy had a bad night. He even said on stage he had the feeling he played in a lounge en didn't feel the excitement. He also had a plaster (band-aid) on a finger on his right hand. But he played great songs and gave a great show. That's a true professional.
Two quick practice stories for ya. Oscar Peterson said, "if I don't practice for one day, I notice. If I don't practice for two days the critics notice. If I don't practice for three days the audience notices". And the great trumpet player Doc Severinsen was reported to spend EIGHT HOURS a day with the horn on his lips! Not counting performance time.
I know the story like this: 1 day, I notice, 2 days, my wife notices, and if I don't practice for 3 days, my neighbors notice :) Also didn't hear it for O. Peterson.
First sorry if i use a bad english, not a native speakere here, but i have to say that the real practice its really how you practice more than the hours you practice. When you train things like technical excersises on your instrument you can repeat it trough many hours, but things like learning new stuff or aplying new resources on playing needs a short period of time because the focus you have on it
If you love music its easy to spend hourss playing, but practicing or learning involves a high mental demand, so you have to clear the difference between both
Tommy is absolutely an inspiration! I had the joy of seeing him perform last week at the Sheldon Theater in St. Louis. It was a birthday gift from my wife and included a meet & greet with the maestro. I still can't believe it! Tommy was awesome-- a true gentleman & zero arrogance. Can't wait to see him live again. If you, gentle reader, get a chance... just go! You'll see how it's done and why even two encores wasn't enough. This was the best concert of my life ... & I've seen many. 😎🎸👍
I was lucky enough to see Tommy on one of his " being totally outrageous and really flying your kite.." performances. Out of the 5-6 times I've seen him, he was truly on fire. (I think the 3rd time I had the pleasure of catching him in Toronto). He's just happy to be alive and playing guitar.
Tommy's worst day playing guitar, versus my best day, well, go see Tommy good people. I'm a songwriter first who gets around a little bit on the guitar, but man-o-man I marvel at these elite guitarist and how great they're able to play. Especially the acoustic players. Just them and their guitar. No mechanical gadgets to help them. Awesome!!!
What a joy to see and hear Tommy talk about what keeps him going. Nobody plays more concerts each year than Tommy Emmanuel. I don't know how he does it.
It happened when I felt bad about one of my concerts I saw a videorecording later and realized: It was just what i felt like in that very moment, not more. This can be a trap.
Metronome, yes!! I'm so sick of hearing musicians, especially some drummers, that it stiffens the performance. Crap. He explains exactly how and why YOU keep the feel but the time is rock solid. But you can't manipulate time until you have mastered it.
It is so true what he says! of course we can play on virtuosity, (but not play in rhythm: (......a little bit shame) or when we cannot be abble to play fast (personally my play is quite slow), or when the song requires simple playing, I love to play on rhythm! It is very effective for giving interpretation, and having fun!
@@Sadowsky46 Hahaha!! Of course I'm just happy that one of the world's best players, at sixty-something, still plays to King Metronome. Many eschew it as if there's shame involved. Stefan Grossman is one. Strange.
He confirmed what me was saying to friends about the presence of magic. When things FLOW. PULSE. BEAT(Heart beat). Effortless mastery-Kenny Werner 13Raspect
Singer/dancer I just wanted to say that what Tommy said about the timing change,wow,yes,yes,yes. As jazz singer...don't borer me,right? The changes in tempo and key,even pauses are like super food to both singer and dancer.Thanks Joscho for bring in Tommy Emmanuel,one of the best,just sayin'.lolly
