The Promise/Contemplation

EDIT: I just learned that within 24 hours of posting this blog, Fretkillr's YouTube account was suspended. There will be blood.

Well, first off, I feel like I need to come clean - this isn't the post chock full of relevance and cutting social commentary that I've been promising. It's coming along, but really it's just been a busy week, and I had more to say about the whole thing (the music industry) than I had thought going into it, so it's taking longer than I'd anticipated.

I'm tempted to split it in two and post the first bit right away, but I worry that slicing it down the middle will cut off the momentum I've got going. I'll sleep on it, and might put my thoughts so far on here tomorrow if it seems like the thing to do.

But I'll attempt to buy back your love and trust with a little gem I found on YouTube. It seems to be getting harder and harder to find consistently high quality stuff on YouTube, and so the good stuff that is out there is becoming more and more valuable.

"Good stuff" would be a terrible understatement of user Fretkillr's contributions. High quality audio of a staggering variety of music executed flawlessly with an understated, anonymous (oddly enough) approach really makes Fretkillr one of the rare things in music with which I have absolutely no issue. Aside from sort of wanting to know who he is (and simultaneously sort of not - the indecision is making my brain spin like a ballet dancer geeked on speed), I consider Fretkillr's music to be perfect for what it is - excellent renditions of a variety of songs on acoustic guitar.

So enjoy a few of these, and explore some of his other videos - God knows there's a lot to choose from. And more interesting, relevant stuff is in the works and on the way - I promise.

(By the by, he's disabled embedding, so you're stuck with links. Sorry about that. But make the effort and check him out anyway - it's really worth it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIoSkKOuvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBsWwdYHAVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7cY2_Wr-9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr6IdWQjI3k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwrrnZeNjOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW2sTktB2Dg