While two little words — “thank you” — can mean a great deal, sometimes the words “I’m sorry” seem inadequate. I owe an apology to a young guitarist from Berlin who spent a great deal of time transcribing some of my father’s recordings and then gave him electronic copies with permission to use them on his web site. Much of dad’s web work passes through my computer, so it was I who should have thanked Johannes promptly for his gift, but I didn’t. He waited ten days before inquiring as to whether we had received the files — not so very long, but seemingly forever in these days of instant messaging.
Think about it. It took only minutes for his gift to travel from Berlin to Los Angeles, why should it take weeks for a simple reply? It shouldn’t. I’ve sent him an email apology, but perhaps I can give him a gift now by bringing him to the attention of DevraDoWrite readers — some of you may well enjoy his music. Guitarist/composer Johannes Haage is in his late twenties. I can’t tell you much more about him as I do not read German, but I did listen to some of the audio clips on his web site and found them intriguing.