[ He finds himself tongue tied over the honesty of her compliment. She gets it. Ivan's not trying to sell his shamisen playing, not in the way of "Hey, like this instrument because I tell you to." Ivan wants to expand people's horizons and love the shamisen because of its sound. Not everyone may like traditional Japanese music, but the shamisen can be so much more than that.
Ivan Karelin of Flowers Over Bones doesn't play his shamisen because people will see him as a "special snowflake" and listen for that reason. He fell in love with the instrument. That's why he picked it. That's why he stands in the face of the mainstream music with his shamisen pointed their way. If someone can't understand that, then he doesn't want to waste his time with them. ]
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[ He finds himself tongue tied over the honesty of her compliment. She gets it. Ivan's not trying to sell his shamisen playing, not in the way of "Hey, like this instrument because I tell you to." Ivan wants to expand people's horizons and love the shamisen because of its sound. Not everyone may like traditional Japanese music, but the shamisen can be so much more than that.
Ivan Karelin of Flowers Over Bones doesn't play his shamisen because people will see him as a "special snowflake" and listen for that reason. He fell in love with the instrument. That's why he picked it. That's why he stands in the face of the mainstream music with his shamisen pointed their way. If someone can't understand that, then he doesn't want to waste his time with them. ]