Alright, I just started this makeshift blog a few weeks ago, so I thought I would post something important from a month ago. My favorite movie as a kid was "Back to the Future Two" and obviously the first and third edition's were close behind. I actually started playing guitar because I thought Michael J. Fox as "Marty" from Back to The Future was really cool. Riding around town on his skateboard, and hanging out with "The Doc" while discovering how to travel through time without disrupting the "space time continuum" while jamming on guitar from time to time seemed like a great way to live your life!
As a guitarist nowadays, if I were to put "inspired to learn guitar from Marty McFly from Back to The Future" in a bio, I would probably be laughed at and would struggle to be taken even remotely seriously. In my defense, kids are highly impressionable, and I couldn't help but have a "hip" role model to look up to. With that said, that's why I have this blog, so I can keep it real with you all.
On a side note, while I initially wanted to learn how to play Chopin tunes as a classical pianist, the guitar was a more interesting option, as all my favorite bands had at the time (Nirvana, Metallica, The Beatles, Oasis, etc) had guitar's blaring out of both ends of the headphones on their recordings. Of course Marty McFly was pretty hip as well, so I just HAD to learn how to play the guitar.
I basically listened to the radio from the age of 5 though-out my childhood and adolescence non-stop. Hits from the 50-70's on the old "Kool 108" were a favorite of mine, as well as the alternative music of the 90's that I really miss hearing on today's radio. Needless to say, radio and Back to the Future have always had a special place in my heart.
For those of you who are not aware of what "Back to the Future Day" entails, it is the day that Doc, Marty, and Jennifer traveled to October 21st, 2015 from the year 1985.
With that said, it was a great day on "Back to the Future" day this year (10/21/15) when both of my past world's collided. 99.5 Classical MPR played my recording of "Julia Florida" by Agustin Barrios from my newest album "Latin American Guitar Legends." I had a concert on the 22nd of October, so MPR sent some loving by playing the track! I have had my recordings played on MPR before, and it's always a pleasure, even though I've only heard myself on there while my music was being played twice. If I could time travel back to the year 1995 when I first picked up a guitar and told my "1995 self" that I would have my music played on high frequency FM radio on "Back to the Future Day" I would have probably said something along the lines of "wow, that's heavy."
As a guitarist nowadays, if I were to put "inspired to learn guitar from Marty McFly from Back to The Future" in a bio, I would probably be laughed at and would struggle to be taken even remotely seriously. In my defense, kids are highly impressionable, and I couldn't help but have a "hip" role model to look up to. With that said, that's why I have this blog, so I can keep it real with you all.
On a side note, while I initially wanted to learn how to play Chopin tunes as a classical pianist, the guitar was a more interesting option, as all my favorite bands had at the time (Nirvana, Metallica, The Beatles, Oasis, etc) had guitar's blaring out of both ends of the headphones on their recordings. Of course Marty McFly was pretty hip as well, so I just HAD to learn how to play the guitar.
I basically listened to the radio from the age of 5 though-out my childhood and adolescence non-stop. Hits from the 50-70's on the old "Kool 108" were a favorite of mine, as well as the alternative music of the 90's that I really miss hearing on today's radio. Needless to say, radio and Back to the Future have always had a special place in my heart.
For those of you who are not aware of what "Back to the Future Day" entails, it is the day that Doc, Marty, and Jennifer traveled to October 21st, 2015 from the year 1985.
With that said, it was a great day on "Back to the Future" day this year (10/21/15) when both of my past world's collided. 99.5 Classical MPR played my recording of "Julia Florida" by Agustin Barrios from my newest album "Latin American Guitar Legends." I had a concert on the 22nd of October, so MPR sent some loving by playing the track! I have had my recordings played on MPR before, and it's always a pleasure, even though I've only heard myself on there while my music was being played twice. If I could time travel back to the year 1995 when I first picked up a guitar and told my "1995 self" that I would have my music played on high frequency FM radio on "Back to the Future Day" I would have probably said something along the lines of "wow, that's heavy."