{"id":74,"date":"2010-11-15T19:17:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/acousticsnapshots\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:23:49","slug":"keeping-it-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/friends\/tommyemmanuelinterviews\/keeping-it-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Emmanuel: Keeping It Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tommy Emmanuel: Keeping It Simple\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gTO-JyvTao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMatt: When you say, you know, intention, you have of course do it many times\u2026<br \/>\nTommy: Yes.<br \/>\nMatt: Can you explain that a little bit more?<br \/>\nTommy: Well the\u2026 Instead of sounding\u2026 I can only explain it that it doesn\u2019t sound guitar intent, it\u2019s more piano which sounds wonderful on the guitar. 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