Istanbul by Craig Smith: Craig Smith's Istanbul ~ A World Music ~ Guitar Solo... Recording

from Craig Smith

I began playing guitar at about age five after my grandfather gave me my first guitar. I believe the cost of which at that time was about twelve dollars. Both my mother and grandfather played the instrument very minimally, and quite poorly... to say the least, strumming three chords and singing. Yet, I apparently noticed their playing and apparently it inspired me to develop an interest in guitar myself.

However, there may have been another factor involved in why I was so enchanted with the sound of the guitar itself in the first place. And, that would be because all during the nine months prior to my birth, my mother was playing her guitar. I have often felt that perhaps I had heard the sound and been just waiting to discover what I had experienced in those first months of life prior to birth.

Consequently, throughout the years, I have been playing guitar as a full time, and profession. And, on a "Quest", as you might say, to discover more about the guitar.