假如你去問美國人，世界上有沒有所謂
的偉大演說，或是美國短短兩百多年歷
史當中有沒有出現過及其意義重大，足
以傳世和證明這是個偉大的國家，驚天
地而泣鬼神的演講，他們就會告訴你，
可能的話，蓋茨堡演講應該可以算得上
是一篇，這是由林肯發表的演講，是一
篇永垂不朽的演說，它第一句話是Four score and seven years ago .........
I bought a PCM-D10 because I had
been looking for one, PCM-D1 is very
expansive, and PCM-D100 also, until
now the out coming of D10, I can say
it is effortless to buy one, but I think there
might be clue for why I do so.
The first time of recording began with my
father, he bought a Sony recorder back
home one day when I was still 4 or 5 and
my little brother was just a baby, we sure
have lots of fun playing this magical
machine,and more fun when we replay it,
even as the time goes by.
As people know that I am an amateur
singer and often I have to sharpen my
singing skill and voice, I have to say that
a recorder is the crudest audience in
the world, so If you had been trained by
a recorder, your singing skill can be trusted.
My early days another Sony recorder keep
me up to the level, but, ever since it was
stolen right from my house, I hardly had any
idea to find an alternative or replacement of it.
Sunday morning I will start to listen to music
till noon time, go out to buy some shrimp to
feed my fish, then I start recording my own
singing in the afternoon till the dawn came
When my voice is better.
At night I could rewind my tape to hear my
own recordings, since the equipment is very
premature I cannot do any editing, and of
course I don't even know sound editing is
available, so I can only go for perfection with
one-take.
The day from I bought the recorder till the day
I lost it could be just 2 years, so I practice
that way for about that long, of course this
precious time I also learn how to relax.
PCM-D10 is way better that anything I had
I can even hear the slightest click, but I hear
what I need to correct my voice to be a better
singer, though I really don't need to get there.
我認為，只有少數吉他演奏家，像Eric
Clapton 像 Mark Knopfler 才深知諸般吉他
，適合的表現項目，單純只彈鋼弦吉他像
James Taylor 只能說說鋼弦吉他的功效，
我看了Mark Knopfler 的一番說明，不得不
承認自己的狹隘，其實吉他是個寬廣的音
樂表現工具，沒有其他樂器可以相題並論。
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song, it showed me how to laugh and how to cry. It introduced me to some friends of mine and brightened up some days. It helped me make it through some lonely nights. What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady, it opened up her eyes and ears to me. it brought us close together and I guess it broke her heart, it opened up the space for us to be, what a lovely place and a lovely space to be.
This old guitar gave me my life my living all the things you know I love to do To serenade the stars that shine from a sunny mountainside, and most of all, to sing my songs for you, I love to sing my songs for you, yes I do, you know, I love to sing my songs for you.
1985 的 Out of Africa，是一部極為有名的電影，
也是當年的重要作品，可能因為年輕，或是正面臨大
學畢業，我並未特別注意，倒是Somewhere in Time
似曾相識，1980年的電影，和他的配樂吸引過當時年
紀尚小的心靈，但是這兩個原聲帶都是由John Barry
所作曲，而他是一位偉大的作曲者。
