This week's podcast title is a bit cryptic, isn't it? I agree - and it is intentionally so. Let me explain a little. 

A French author named Emmanuel Bighelli recently published a book about French guitar makers. Congrats, Emmanuel! Now he's in the middle of making another book in English - and he chose me to be one of the luthiers to be introduced in this book. Great! Emmanuel sent me a questionnaire, asking this and that - how I got started as a luthier - who have been my influences, and so on. The last question was about innovation. Emmanuel wrote: "What remains to be invented in lutherie today? Has it all been done?". 

Not an easy topic! I spent the best part of yesterday writing an answer to Emmanuel's last question, and the ideas kept dwelling, growing and changing shape - until it dawned to me: "I have to talk about this stuff in my podcast!" 

To conclude my mystery title, I'll ask YOU a question: "What music remains to be composed? Have all the meaningful songs already been written? How to come up with anything new!?"

You see, the way I look at things, it is all connected. Innovation - whether it is a musical instrument, or the music played with that instrument - comes from the same source. Let's talk about creativity! What is it? Where does it come from? Is it different today than it used to be?

A little disclaimer - this podcast is not about the guitars we make in my company. Instead, it's simply a dialogue to help you, who are interested in learning more about your own instrument. The brand of the guitar makes no difference whatsoever.

These podcasts have been edited from my Weekly Wednesday Q&A YouTube live streams. You'll probably notice this from time to time when listening. If you feel you're missing a detail due to the lack of moving picture, you can always find the equivalent content on YouTube! 

Talk to you soon,
Juha