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madam music meets tommy emmanuel |
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tommy emmanuel
"One of the greatest guitar players on the planet”, "the greatest finger-picker in the world", Chet Atkins
"The greatest guitar player I've ever seen" - Eric Clapton
"An innovator of the guitar" - Todd Rundgren
Award winning guitar legend, Tommy Emmanuel is a man who oozes musicality! He is known for his unique style of |
playing and his sensational stage performance. The only non-American inducted to the “Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame”, Tommy plays his guitar like a pianist, with all ten fingers. He even uses his guitar as a multi-percussion instrument. He plays around 300 concerts a year and performed in front of millions at the 2000 Sydney Olympics closing ceremony.
Madam Music has been lucky enough to catch Tommy for a short interview during his current european tour. This is how it went...
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1. Musical Style:
Is it possible that an accomplished musician with an established style like yourself could still be learning and developing?
“Oh absolutely, I'm more hungry for it than ever!! I always carry a guitar with me, and play at every opportunity, particularly at the airport. On my Australian tour I was playing more than eating or sleeping” |
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What advice would you give to musicians’s about learning and developing their own style?
“Get songs to learn with a great melody, that inspire you. Seek out a good melody, such as Eric Clapton's ‘Tears in Heaven’. You will accomplish
more and more over time"
You are a master of both electric and acoustic guitars, but you started out on the electric. What made you decide to focus more on the acoustic guitar?
"Its economic, its challenging and the acoustic is my signature. It shows my own style. I still do play the electric guitar…just like last night…I was jamming with an African troop until 4am, right after my gig in Düsseldorf"
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