Hi Everyone, I've just spent a chunk of time reading a few weeks of Euroshak digests which I'd filed but not read due to lack of time. Vast range of topics -...
Hi Jim Nice to hear from you. Surely face to face is best. But I for one and I would guess also others of us who can not be there in London will miss your...
Hi all As requested, I have make two recordings of a shakuhachi, one before applying urushi, one after. They are a few days apart and my mood and playing way ...
Hi Justin, Thank you for taking the time to make those recordings for us all. They are both lovely renditions of Tamuke - one of my favourites. Well,...
Justin, My name is ray brooks. I was just brousing through this very informative site and came upon yours and Kiku posts and would like to comment if I may....
Hello there. Hi Justin. Thank you for your recording of Tamuke - nicely played! I think it is hard to tell whether it is the urushi or not that makes the...
... I think you should probably use less ... Hi Kiku Thanks. Ah, I did not use any reverb by the way. I added no effects at all to the recording from my MD ...
Wow! Was that really a dry recording??? It sounds like you are in a cave! : ) Nice place to practice! Yes, as a recording the shakuhachi sounds good in this...
... I know, it`s amazing isn`t it. ... Yes, for that purpose I sat in the same place in the room facing the same direction. Just I happened to play very...
Thank you for your quick reply Kiku. In post 223 you call me a liar, an opportunist,the writer of a badly writtem book, that Blowing Zen is not a good source...
Hello Ray. I apologise for having called you a liar regarding your book, which I shouldn't have! That is clear! I do however apparently remember a few things...
Kiku, what e mail would that be? I can't blame you for wanting to stop this discussion. I have never heard accusations so publically and venomously directed at...
Hi everyone, Well, having had a day away from email I've just had some catching up to do! I choose to refrain from making any of my own comments here regarding...
I would like to add something to this discussion ... Ray, i have read your book twice and enjoyed it very much. It was very important and inspiring to me...
delmar mavignier
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Jun 6, 2006 12:00 pm
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Thank you Delmar. I'm glad you enjoyed reading the book. There was a joy to write. Monty and Peter Ross were very inpirational for Dianne and I. We sent a...
Stephanie, apologies for upsetting the flow of what generally is a very good board to follow. It took about 15 people to get Blowing Zen in to the bookshops....
I am a student who has read Ray Brook's book more than once, with pleasure both times. As a player, I would have liked MORE details about shakuhachi, but for...
... Ok. Let's stop right after my reply :> I have to say that I know Ray for many years and he is a rarity in the shakuhachi community. He's not threatened...
I was going to write a few comments about ray but Peter Ross has said it all below. I would have sounded biased if I had wrote this. I will say that most...
and speak about timbre and tone and pretend that we are studying suizen. Peter Ross says it all about elitism in the shakuhachi world. Those posts were slander...
As we have written and spoken so much about Books, Zensabo school and about Okuda Sensei in particular - for the ones who have not heard him playing or his...
delmar mavignier
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Jun 7, 2006 11:18 am
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Hi Graham Thanks. I was not using any notation. And the shakuhachi was one I recently made - can`t remember the length. Something like 2.4 maybe? Best wishes ...
Hi everyone Not so long ago I mentioned in a discussion about the angle of the cut for the mouthpiece, that the old hitogogiri I had seen have a shallower...
Yes, we should get back to normal. It would be nice! Again my apologies for my use of vocabulary slandering Ray Brooks and his book. Yes, that was a disgrace -...
I was not going to lower myself to get involved with kiku days hiddious attack on someone who helped change my life. I never write to this board because I have...
Hi Thomas, you have met ray and you love the book and feel its not right to criticise neither the authors nor the book. fair enough. kiku has studied well over...
delmar mavignier
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Jun 8, 2006 10:45 am
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Hi All, I have not weighed in on this tempest in a Japanese green teapot yet, but since everybody else is, why not? The most pertinent point to make here is...
Hi Everyone, I haven't entered the fray of recent controversies in a public way, but I'd like to make a simple remark here, as a response to recent posts. ...
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