| PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. I HAVE SEVERAL WORTHY AND NEEDY FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING FOR A MUCH NEEDED GUITAR. IF YOU HAVE A DECENT CLASSICAL GUITAR THAT YOU CAN DONATE FOR THIS CAUSE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. PAY IT FORWARD, IT FEELS GREAT...THANKS!
I started the 'pay it forward' program in 2009 so that from time-to-time I could provide a free guitar on behalf of one of my generous clients, to someone who might not otherwise have been able to obtain a guitar. I recently was able to provide a free guitar to a young player in Canada who was very talented but his family was unable to buy him a guitar that matched the level of his talent. I was able to arrange for a donation of a fine Smallman to the San Francisco Conservatory for use by the students of that institution free of charge to them. And I was able to provide a free guitar to a talented woman who was at one time voted 'the most talented young musician in Ireland', and who recently lost her father and moved to Santa Barbara on limited funds. It is a pleasure to give back to our guitar community in this way, and the only requirement of any recipient of a free guitar is that they never sell it, but instead 'pay it forward' by giving it to someone else in need of an instrument.
"If you have a quality guitar that you think you might wish to donate for this program please drop me an email and let me know. If you feel that you deserve to be the recipient of one of these donated guitars, please drop me an email and let me know your story! To those of you who have already donated guitars for this purpose, my heartfelt 'thanks' for sharing the music."
- Chris Kamen
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Orla was once voted the "the most talented young musician" in Ireland. Now living in the USA, she recently lost her father and decided to move to California to start a new life. As you can imagine, finances were tight and though she is a talented player, she was unable to find the extra cash to buy a guitar and continue her playing. I was able to give her a great guitar donated by a wonderful client, so that Orla will once again be able to play guitar. Orla has already composed several new songs with her "Pay it Forward" guitar!
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Yi He, David Tanenbaum, Marc Teicholz, Lawrence Ferrara, and Sergio Assad of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, accept a fine 80's "Pay it Forward" Smallman donated for use in the conservatory 'guitar library'.
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Evan is a talented young player in Canada, who quickly outgrew his beginner guitar. Evan's father contacted me and shared that the family finances just could not support buying Evan a guitar that he could grow with as he improved. I was able to provide a fine older Manuel Rodriguez "Pay it Forward" guitar to Evan, and his dad says his playing is already more inspired!
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