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Inspired to play ukulele after hearing Eddie Kamae
Then I met Eddie Kamae when I was twelve years old. He was like late teens, like about nineteen. And the amazing thing is, he played for me in this coffee shop, and I was shocked that the ukulele could sound that good. To play all that…those intricate and difficult thing.
He did a lot of things, like playing double picking. [plays ukulele] So I bugged him every weekend, after we were there, didn’t have school, to play for me. He didn’t actually say, do this, do that, do this. You know, he played for me, and by watching, I learned more.
All these things, he started, like Latin music. [plays ukulele]
So in the end, I ended up sounding like him, you know, his style. He told me, you better find your own way of playing, you know, style, because copying somebody isn’t such a great thing, you know. But like anything else, you have to do that in the beginning, I guess. Copy somebody, you know, who you admire or something.
So he took me under his, you know, under his arm, and he really gave me a chance to learn, you know.
Data: August 2012
Localização Geográfica: Hawai`i, US
Entrevistado: John Esaki
País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum
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