Here’s the Gillian Norris clip:
Gypsy, with the beautiful and amazing Gillian Norris.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03rx2S6TVo4
RE “first thing that happens is your fingers toughen. “
I know, I’m a guitarist too. Bass, guitar, and keyboards as well. Played on stages in nice clubs as well as dive bars.
My fingers get a bit sore now, as I don’t play as much as I used too.
But I can still shred when I want to.. :^)
Consistent playing is the key. My husband doesn’t get it in sometimes, especially if other people do the church service for a couple of weeks. Our 18-year-old daughter and 22-year-old son both play electric as well as acoustic. I don’t know whether he shreds, but he says he and his friend are recording songs, so I’ll find out if they ever public anywhere. They’re so “alternative” that, I understand, nobody else likes the music they like!
That was very pretty. I used to be a Middle Eastern dancer, way back in my 30s, so the mix of ME with Irish styles is a bit odd, but she’s a very skillful dancer. I wonder what her original training was: ballet, jazz, Irish?
I wish I had her hair. It reminds me of Julia Migenes in “Carmen.”