GREAT DREAMS - MUSIC PAGE

There is no other performer like Jon Self. When an injury threatened his ability to play the guitar, Jon taught himself to play in a new and unique way. People have compared him to Michael Hedges and Alex de Grassi, but Jon has a style that is entirely his own. When you listen to him play you will wonder where the electronics generating those fantastic loops are. There are none. You'll wonder how he weaves those intricate textures. You will be awed. Jon has quieted the noisiest room with his musical prowess and even with this description you still won't believe it when you see him play.

Currently, Jon is completing the production of "Physical Therapy", an album dedicated to Jon's rediscovery of music after a near crippling injury. He hopes to start work on a second album soon

MORE AT : http://www.acousticslam.com/

The Care and Feeding of your Guitar

Jon Self

Strings, picks, bridges and frets; Jon helps you figure out the best way to make your guitar do what you want it to do. Jon has put work into more than his share of instruments, and will show you how to take care of yours.

Jon Self has a unique playing style, based on limitations he faced after nearly losing his left arm. He developed a method of playing that has to be heard to be believed. Jon has been running the sound at open mics in the Portland area for several years, most recently on Wednesday nights in the Hollywood district at Poor Richards. His interesting tuning style and beautiful melodies stay in your mind long after his guitar has been set down. If you've never heard Jon and his original tunes, you're in for a treat.

BIO

Jon was born in the small timber community of Curlew Washington. At the age of 16 Jon's older brother Bruce gave Jon his first guitar and his first guitar lessons. For several years Jon mimicked every guitar song, riff and solo that he could find while composing his first songs and working as a welder. But then tragedy struck. An industrial accident nearly severed Jon's left arm. After several months of intensive physical therapy, Jon discovered that his limited left hand could tap out single notes on the fretboard, while hammering bass notes with his right hand. Determined to play music again, Jon created an entirely new style of playing.

Vowing to never again squander his gift, Jon headed to Portland, Oregon and wound up busking on street corners. Soon after arriving in Portland he wandered into an open mic at a popular venue. His music was so stunning that every single person in the room was immediately silenced and riveted by his performance. In response to surrounding compliments, he replied 'Really? I've only been playing out for a few weeks and didn't know if anyone would dig it.'"

Soon Jon was running the open mic, doing the sound, and opening for acts like Scott Huckabay. Within less than a year, Jon had released his debut album, "Physical Therapy," and was sharing stages with the likes of Leftover Salmon and The Asylum Street Spankers.