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Good news for a change..A young Irish star is born

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Monday January 10, 2011 16:23

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An emerging guitar talent who might go all the way. Here he plays an old tune from Eurythmics in his unique style that has impressed many famous guitarists and gained him a following on youtube in a short time.

An Irish leaving cert student, Shane Hennessy follows in the footsteps of guitarists like Tom Emmanuel and perhaps Rodrigo y Gabriela and maybe Stanley Jordan in the style that he plays. He adapts his tuning to the melody and plays several different parts to a tune at once. Not an easy task. Here he is playing his version of "sweet dreams" by Eurythmics.

Hopefully there is a bright future for Shane. In these trying times, It's nice to see a positive story emerge

Good luck Shane!

However the competition is fierce. The rise of youtube has spawned a number of very talented musicians. One could spend one's whole day admiring the emerging talent. Of course also one could spend a multiple of that time giggling at the less talented. Who needs xfactor? Yes distraction is the watchword in these times. But it's good to see really talented Irish young folk dedicated to their art and not being sidetracked by pointless distractions.
Oh...wait...He's doing his leaving cert isn't he? ;-)

Here's some entertaining links to the competition. First, the great Stanley Jordan playing "Autumn Leaves".

And Internet star Adam Fulara playing "maple leaf rag"

for the purists, star..Ana vidovic plays Asturias

And finally, a true youtube sensation, the kind which makes one feel genetically worthless!! Here's Aimi Kobayashi at age 7 playing schubert. Her little feet can't even reach the pedals!! Depressing.

Maybe just forget about the MV Titanica Eire for a while and Enjoy!!

PS: Post your favourite youtube talented musician links in the comments if you like. We all need to see something positive about the human race right about now methinks!

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1	gotta say ta 4 that...	opus diablos	Thu Jan 13, 2011 15:03
2	Have a listen........	James LaBrie	Fri Jan 14, 2011 23:46

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