Hi Jeff
I was looking back on missed opportunities and decided, not this time. I believe going Plus can accelerate the process by a year or more potentially.

You are absolutely right, Daivd, and very well done--no regrets!

Jeff

Thanks, Frank it really is a deal of a lifetime.

Thanks for the memory too of the greatest guitar picker of all time. My second album purchase was Jimi Hendrix' Experienced Smash Hits. I listened to that over and over for at least 3 hours. Too bad all the drugs were too much. He was a gentle soul.

Hey, David

Jimi really was the best and still is! Music that good never gets old.

It's very unusual for me not to stream at least one or two Hendrix songs a day, and I do Jimi musical marathons at least once a month. There's quite a bit of material with all the music released after his death.

You have awesome taste in music, David! 😎

Keep on Rockin' 🤘
Frank 🎸

Frank my tastes were part of being raised in the 60's by almost Hippie parents that believed in surrounding us kids with as much culture as was available. I absolutely love classical music as well.

When Jimi played his guitar version of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock I thought that was so cool, only he could pull that off although the US government didn't care for it. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjzZh6-h9fM

Yeah, my parents weren't into the hippie culture, but they both played instruments, and we all listened to music on a daily basis.

My favorite music is opera, but I also love all the great classical masters!

I've seen Jimi play the Star Spangled Banner on video about a zillion times. It never really gets old. 😎

Frank 🎸

Opera is my favorite too! I went to see La Traviata and fell in love with Opera. It's in San Francisco all the time but the cost and the area (crime) is too much to deal with. I try to go to smaller local safer venues. Andrea Bocelli is here in December at Chase Center but Sold Out months ago. I loved the 3 tenors. I love love love opera!

My parents weren't really either but growing up at the beach they had a lot of friends that were. I grew up with Beatniks first. Then hippies. Love-ins were fun. The music was always great. In high school, I had a lot of musician friends in garage bands that played at parties. Genesis was a big favorite, Grand Funk, Mott the Hoople, Ten years after, Led Zeppelin, so many awesome bands in the 60's and 70's. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway was a big favorite of mine.

Hi, David

I've seen La Traviata several times, and the Three Tenors were awesome. I still have some of their concerts on VHS. I'll have to check to see if they're available on Blu-ray.

I haven't seen Andrea in person, but I've seen him on video.

When I lived in Italy, I used to go to Modena to see the opera and ballet at the Teatro Alla Scala. An amazing place and probably the best opera house in the world.

I've attended quite a few operas at the Met.

Frank 🎸

Haha - I remember the beatniks with their bongos! 😎

I love all those bands, too.

Alvin Lee was one of the fastest Rock guitarists of his time.

Back then, all the members of our band used to have weekend music marathons and "get the Led out" by playing every Zeppelin album back to back.

We played at all the high school parties and a lot of frat parties at the local colleges and universities. Ahh - such great memories!

Frank 🎸

Wow, you are truly fortunate to have had that on your journey we Buddhists call that an abundance of merit and virtue for blessings like that. You've been doing something right Frank.

Nessun Dorma makes me almost cry while being filled with goosebumps. I listened to classical as a kid with a transistor radio with an earplug, so my friends wouldn't know. That wasn't cool... :) Actually classical was my first appreciation of music.

Once we get to our dream home in the countryside out of the city and out of California, is when I will really retire. When WA becomes successful in a few years, attending Opera often will be a priority when we travel.

Good night Frank. Thank you for the great chatting.

I love the way Pavarotti did Nessun Dorma!

Check out Jeff Beck’s version on his album “Emotion and Commotion,” unbelievable!

Frank 🎸

Thank you, too! 👍😎

Awesome. I most certainly will. Thank you, Frank. Have a great week!

Awwe that was amazing, almost cried. The last part/finish was pretty amazing! Of course, I had to listen to Over The Rainbow, too.

I love Classical six-string Spanish guitar music. Piano concertos I could listen to forever.
I was in to Andreas Vollenweider for a few years and Ottmar Liebert.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to play any instruments. We have a nice piano that my wife and her son play. Piano and guitar are so special in being able to play any type of music. Maybe once I don't need to work so much, I can learn. I plan to. If I try to learn now I won't get WA work done. For now, I am very happy enjoying it by listening. What a blessing to be able to hear, music.

Hi David

I knew you’d love it!

Over The Rainbow is fabulous, too.

Jeff is an absolute master with melodic harmonics!

Play that piano for just 15 minutes a day and you’ll be amazed at what happens. 😎

Frank 🎸

I'll give it a try.

👍