Good evening, forum friends. I have been reading the many interesting topics discussed here for some time, and I decided to become a member.
I am an amateur bouzouki player. I played for several years in the tavernas of Thessaloniki and, after emigrating to Norway, I played in a restaurant there for two years. Unfortunately, it has been years since I last played my bouzouki. There are many reasons, but anyway, last month I picked it up again and an old love was rekindled. Fortunately, it is as they say, like riding a bicycle: you don’t forget, but it takes work—lots of work—to “get the rust off”. In any case, the good thing is that I have found again the same love I had when I first started playing.
I am very happy to have found your lovely group, and I look forward to getting to know you all a little better over time through the forum.
Welcome, my friend Anastas, and I hope we have many enjoyable discussions.
Everything you wrote was delightful, and I hope you find your musical footing on the fretboard again.
Thanks so much, Panos, for the warm welcome. Thankfully, my passion has come back, just as it was before I started playing in venues, and that’s really good .
Welcome! Here’s to plenty of passion and celebrations with friends!
There’s lots of information here on the forum—happy reading, and let’s have some great discussions.
Thanks, mate, I saw that too. Lots of great information to brush up on the old stuff and learn new things. You’re a really good team. Top flight, if I may put it that way.
Yes, with the emphasis probably on the second part. Once someone has reached a certain level, they’ll never truly return to zero, no matter how much they give up. But getting the rust off definitely takes a lot of hard graft: if you leave it, it leaves you.
Thank you very much, and yes, you’re absolutely right, my friend. If you leave it, it leaves you, but fortunately, you don’t forget a lot of what you’ve learnt; it just takes work to get your fingers and pick back into shape.
The most important thing, though, is that, thank God, the passion that has come back to me is the same as I had when I started learning the bouzouki at 15. Not when I was playing in venues. The good kind of “bug” that makes me sit at home for hours doing exercises and enjoying it
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