For a long time I've been working on a book about guitar playing and my philosophy of music and how it all relates, etc. I've started it about a dozen times and have scraps and bits and pieces lying around the house. One problem is that I am overthinking it. Another (major) problem is that I am struggling to define what exactly I want to talk about -- is it guitar playing, music theory, anecdotal zen musicianship, practical advice?
I am inspired by many things, but the work I come back to as getting close to what I'd like to emulate in spirit is a short book called the 'Curtis Creek Manifesto', written by a guy called Sheridan Anderson. It's about fly fishing. For awhile, whenever I mentioned that I was curious about learning how to fly fish, the response always started along the lines of, "Have you heard of this book 'the Curtis Creek Manifesto'? Everything you need to know is in there...". After buying the book and reading it in about an hour and half, I had to agree. It is a spare,… [Read More]