About my self: My name is Graeme Gibson, I am 30 years of age, and have been playing music for more then 6 years now at this level. Before hand I was playing mostly classical (inspired) music in technique regards to the instruments and lessons I had at the time. Starting at age 9 to 11, I was mostly playing piano at a music teacher (Joanne Broduer's) home at the time in South Vancouver [as I vaguely recall]. I should mention I am do not hold a PHD nor am I a "ethnomusicologist" just some one who is adicted and "obsessed" with the passions I follow.
Circa y1988, to 1990s; The skill mentally and in alot of cases, impusivly and emotionally had transfered over to playing portable "casio" keyboards. At the time they were "toys" not professional synthesisers. But they did give me the continuity of expanding my music. Mostly of self-composed pieces and a few taught or leant' classical melodies. I do' not have a PHD, nor any "formal" training or experience in the sence of this word. After a while I did take a break going through completion of grade-7 (elemetary school) along with secondary school.
I was too pre-consumed with the peer-pressure and other negativities of secondary school. To really be "absorbed in my music" this did effect the passion for playing the music at the time.
Circa 1999: Through a long year of persistance with Mom and I, and a friend Jaron Lanier. We had got connected for my continuation with Randy Raine Reusch. I will say the lesson s were worth it.
y2000s: I became very much interested in a three-stringed Russian instrument the balalaika, this instrument (my very first) instrument, was a cheep poor-quality imitation of a balalaika from Pakistan. Afther through several sources (indaviduals) I had discovered a store in the US Lark-in-the-morning. Very expensive to order Internationally. But sometimes I do if I run out of options or resources people or connection wise.
Other influences; "Clarion Music, San-Fransisco's Chinatown". I was introduced to this store via friend of my motheres. And have ordered as mentioned on this site though this store and citing the store as the "acquision source" of these instruments most notably in my Central Asian Influences here in the diverse world of stringed instruments. more to come (
entered; 2007-01-11 Thursday).
The Guitar (repertoire, accumilation): The guitar obsession came into place during the establishment of my collection, however asides the rarity of the 18-string guitar, all of the three guitars you see in the Strings/html page were purchased very at very close timings due to the amount of cash that I saved during the time. This was a major advantage, later on came the obsession of South American music particularly that of Peruvian music
