Norman Brown Plays His First Composition

I thought I’d share this video with everyone.  I was pretty shocked when I came across it. It’s an old performance by Norman Brown at GIT(the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles).  Norman studied there in 1983-84. According to Musiciansguide.com, “In 1984, Brown joined the Musician’s Institute of Hollywood as a staff instructor, having completed the school’s one-year vocational curriculum. For ten years thereafter he taught guitar technology, for two days every week, as many as ten sessions per week. Brown became a devoted educator, teaching guitar lessons privately, organizing and hosting guitar seminars, and performing outreach in general.”

In the video, Norman plays a tune he wrote entitled, “The Beginning of a New Creation” and it was the first song he ever wrote.  He actually says this at the end of the video.  The performance itself is awesome as usual and it displays his talent and maturity even at a younger age.

I hope this inspires you guys!  If any of you are interested in the Musician’s Institute, check out www.mi.edu. I believe they still offer the one year guitar program. It probably won’t transform you into a monster guitar player like Norman but I’ve heard it’s an excellent program.

Enjoy!  and turn the volume up.  The recording is old…and check out the keyboard solo too,  Yamaha DX-7!!! Old school!!  The guitar he’s playing looks like a Benson model, GB200 or some older variation of it.

Leon