Vicki Genfan: true fire fire side chat

Vicki Genfan: true fire fire side chat:

Every now and then an artist comes along whose music reaches out and touches the soul of all who hear them. Virtuoso guitarist, singer and composer Vicki Genfan is among those artists. Drawing from folk, jazz, pop, soul and world music, Vicki is redefining ‘singer/songwriter culture.’ With a mastery of the acoustic guitar that borders on pure alchemy, audiences are mesmerized by the waves of sound Vicki creates with just two hands and her voice. Using 29 alternate tunings and the percussive technique she calls 'slap-tap', you'll find the addition of her pure, expressive vocals that dig deep and stir the heart to be the perfect accompaniment on many of her songs. Our in-house interviewer, Charlie Doom, sat down with the very-talented Vicki Genfan for a Fireside Chat to discuss, among other things, her new TrueFire guitar lessons course, 3D Acoustic Guitar, which is a dream come true for we apprentices and enthusiasts of the emerging and exciting new style of slap-tap acoustic guitar.

1. If you weren't a musician, what would you be and why?
Wow, hard question right off the bat! That question feels like you asked, 'If you weren't a human what would you be and why'. I was born this way and I can't quite imagine it any other way. Now if you're talking professional musician - that's another story. I'd love to be a DJ (that's not a musician, is it?) simply 'cause I love the idea of weaving music together, taking an audience somewhere, hey- wait a minute, sounds just like a musician. OK I'll try to think outside of my own box here...I love the field of holistic healing and have an alter ego career as a Polarity Therapist and Sound Healer. I'd love to take that work further and study all kinds of multi-cultural methods of figuring out how we humans work, get hurt and can heal. Places where the body, mind and emotions meet and greet one another (so to speak).

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