Patrick Graven + Musician in Mayo

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ABOUT

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Patrick Christopher Graven is my name, from the west of Ireland. Creativity is my passion. I care about music, I care, because I care about the right to freedom of expression. Being creative and being engaged in doing something worthwhile is good for our mental and physical health. There is only one area of control that is in our hands, and that is what we are carrying inside of us. Music is the language of the heart, when music is made, it brings life.

The guitar is a very versatile instrument. It is one of the more basic instruments out there having just 6 strings, a fretboard and a body for the sound to be heard. Other instruments may be simpler but less versatile because of their size and their limited sound output. I think it comes down to the options presented by the format of the instrument. The guitar is interesting and difficult to play, the left hand has to fret the string before the right hand strikes it and remains there until the note is no longer required, yet that format opens up the use of chord patterns allowing groupings in the left hand while the right hand strikes all the strings making it a rhythm instrument as well as a melodic one. The great thing about the guitar is its ability to translate different sounds and musical styles as you can almost play any style of music on it because of its unique versatility. I just love guitar with a passion. Music is a universal language, a language that all living beings can understand, for music is the sound of feelings, for the deepest depths rise to their highest heights, the emotions in motion, traveling at the speed of sound, bringing colour into the world.

Screen name:

Patrick Graven

Member since:

April 02 2018

Active within 2 weeks

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

25

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Influences

Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola, Eric Johnson, Allan Holdsworth, Vicente Amigo, Pierre Bensusan, John Williams, Niño Miguel, Tomatito, John Petrucci, Shawn Lane, Per Nilsson.

Instrument experience:

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Flute:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

I play an Ibanez AZ242PBG electric guitar, I also play a Cordoba C5-CET classical guitar and a Native American Flute.

MUSIC