Friday, September 25, 2009

收到了Justin Sandercoe的感謝信,show一下。

Justinguitar 是一個免費的吉他教程網站,我從04年開始知道它,并斷斷續續在他那邊學到了不少東西。
前一陣子辦了paypal帳號,并順便給他匯了10美元以表示我多年來的一點感謝(10美元真的不算什麽,但我真的只是想表達一下謝意)。
今天收到了他的回信,非常感動,祝Justin Guitar 越辦越好!

順便來一段介紹:
Justin Guitar 主要介紹原聲鋼線木吉他以及電吉他的演奏技術,并穿插了樂理知識在其中。
主要囊括了基本功、技巧、和絃、節奏、音階、琶音,以及錄音與視唱練耳的一些教程與介紹,
另外還有一些音樂風格的專門介紹,如blues、metal、jazz等,適合初/中等學習者。
不同於國內的網站,他的教程都是個人獨立完成並且大部份都附有youtube視頻,你可以看到Justin耐心地指導你學習,
就像面對面那麼親切。作為一個職業樂手,能抽出這麼多時間來無償提供這些內容,真是難能可貴。
反觀國內,教師張口閉口只管要錢,還沒見過有帶著分享、助人為樂精神的教育性網站。
事實上這種網站在國外還真的不少,而且大多數都是靠自願捐助為生的,
要知道,購買域名與服務器來提供這些服務,一年下來也是至少幾百RMB的,好點的ISP還收費上千。
這是我第一次用實際行動來支持這種分享精神,遲些我會陸續貢獻自己一點微不足道的力量給其他偉大的人,
如眾多的開源項目以及公益組織。

以下為信件原文。

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Hi Xxxxxx(略去我的名字~)

Thank you very much for your donation to my site! And sorry this thank you has taken so long for me to send, just been very busy with the album... but I am nearly finished now, just a few tracks left to mix, so I should be finished mixing the album by Wednesday, fingers crossed.

It's generous people like you that allow me to keep the site free and continue to develop more content and keep making it better and better...

There are many hundreds of thank you emails I get from people all over the world that can't afford lessons, and their thanks goes to you too, for making it possible! :)

There are big plans for the site and it's donations that allow me to take time off paid work to make them happen, and I hope you will enjoy the many lessons that I have planned for the coming months and years!

I know I have not done lots on the site the last few months (well not as much as normal) but I've been focused on getting my album done.

I've managed to get some new stuff going in the last week, I did Patience by Guns 'n' Roses a week ago, and then a massive four part series on Sultans of Swing, which is looking pretty popular!!

I have a big list of good stuff coming up in the coming weeks, some more jazz lessons, more beginners songs and some rock tricks too!

Hope you are well and happy and your guitar playing is progressing well

Thanks again for your support and take care


Justin


p.s - though this may seem like some kind of automated robot email, it isn't. Of course I have to copy and paste some text (otherwise I would end up with RSI) but I send each one personally!


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