johnstaf wrote:

mmontag wrote:

Just came across this thread and registered here to say, wow, what an awesome community!

I have to agree. I hope Hector is ok.

Hope so as well... was thinking about his situation recently and hope it has improved a lot.

I was just thinking about him the other day too..

Rohade are you out there?

mmontag wrote:

Just came across this thread and registered here to say, wow, what an awesome community!

I have to agree. I hope Hector is ok.

Hope so as well... was thinking about his situation recently and hope it has improved a lot.

Just came across this thread and registered here to say, wow, what an awesome community!

I have to agree. I hope Hector is ok.

Hi!, I know you told me to stop saying thank you

I suppose I should take the blame for that. Sorry.
It was a pleasure to help, and please feel free to write whatever and whenever you wish.

In a bad timing I cannot play with my right arm at this moment and I even have pain typing, my elbow got swollen and I was careless on the weekend so now I need to fully rest it.

Beto you reminded me again of Wuilly and how it ended for him, at least he escaped after the tortures, there is another venezuelan musician at Berklee who plays a double guitar and is also trying to raise awareness of this situation by using music, his videos are very sad as he uses footage of the human right violations while playing his instrument. If I finally manage to write something Ill try to use it in the same sense and will retake my subreddit, goverment is trying to pass a law to put people for 15 years in jail for bad talking the goverment and is trying to censor the social networks so I need to tell whats going on here while I can.

I would suggest to compose a Song of Freedon, for Venezuela, but their police could broke to his house and take his music keyboard away or even hurt hin.

It has been fun, and I thank all involved. What started out as an effort to cobble $39 together to help Hector upgrade to Pianoteq 6 turned out to be a more generous undertaking that scored Hector the Steinway B, the Grotrian, and the Pianoteq Harp as well.

I hope he finds inspiration and upliftment when he plays these instruments.

Hector is in a dangerous part of the world. His level of education and skills - in a fairer world - should be passports for him to go wherever he chooses. If anyone can help him should he wish to leave Venezuela, it would be nice to offer assistance. Should he cross the border into Colombia like many Venezuelans have done, I offer him my contacts there.

Thanks everyone!

Addendum: I'm going to call the retailer on Monday who gave me the discounted Steinway B to extend the same $7 discount for the Grotrian for this cause.  The coupon code they gave me last time doesn't work.

" then I saw that Kramster did, I dont think I would be able to say something even in my native language, but I will never forget anything of this,"

If Pianoteq even brings half as much pleasure to you and your wife and who ever you can share it with as it does for me... then it is very well worth it to me and I am sure all of us. I use music to escape the world in general sometimes .... but nothing like what you are going through!. We are all in this world together and one of the biggest bonds across borders and everything is music. Just saying'. Now play!!

Those are exactly my sentiments too. Well said.

If Pianoteq even brings half as much pleasure to you and your wife and who ever you can share it with as it does for me... then it is very well worth it to me and I am sure all of us. I use music to escape the world in general sometimes .... but nothing like what you are going through!. We are all in this world together and one of the biggest bonds across borders and everything is music. Just saying'. Now play!!

@Hector -- There is no need to write too many words of thanks. It has been a pleasure to help you in this way.

Oh Stephen Hi, I know is that I just really wanted to write them, I usually end then see I wrote a lot hehe, I'm really happy.