well, laura, i build guitars
i met a guy last night who builds guitars here in nashville. here's how he got his current job:
he walked in for his interview and the boss had 8 or 10 guitars lined up, each of which had some sort of defect preventing them from being sold. the boss told this guy, "i'm gonna leave you alone here, and when i come back, you tell me what is wrong with each of them."
so the boss came back, and the guy plainly told him the problem with each guitar.
"can you fix them?" said the boss.
"sure," said the guy.
so he took 5 defective guitars home, fixed them that day (that day!) and brought them back to the shop the next day.
the boss says, "how did you fix them all so quickly?"
"you asked me to. so i did," said the guy.
he was hired. and he promptly sold all the previously defective guitars.
it was quite a cool conversation. i had zero knowledge of what it takes to build a guitar. this guy loves, and i mean loves, his job. did it on the side for a while, but now works for a company with access to all the tools he needs.
he has recently happened into a folk band with his buddies. they write and play and sing and gathered an immediate following after playing at starbucks one night with no advertisement beforehand.
he is bringing me a cd they have done. i'm giving him a JP cd to show him how it's really done.
posted by laura g @ Thursday, February 02, 2006
6 Comments:
Do you have Dreams I'll Never Know?
Phenomenal! And by passing out JP cds you could get a JP following started in Nashville. This would allow JP to give the VS to all of those blind music publishers up there! (in response to Ed being told Ed that Three-quarter Time was not 'marketable')
Hey, if things develop in this relationship, PLEASE ask him if he builds guitars free for your preacher-friends in Hawaii.
Actually, according to the ACU Today article last fall, one of my buddies is repairing and building violins in Nashville. His name is Dustin Williams. Wonder if your new friend knows him.
Wheeza - Ed's got news for Nashville.
Scott - I'll check on both.
what a great story, Laura.
Darn right (about jP). I think every musician in Nashville should have "Dreams I'll Never Know." It's the next "Dark Side of the Moon."
Thanks, Laurie!
Cole - maybe JP can go on tour with this band. maybe ed & jenni will strike it big while you are outta the country.
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