In May of 2007 Patrick Nettesheim was teaching Dan Van Buskirk his
guitar lesson when they started chatting about how much playing the
guitar has helped Dan manage his Vietnam born PTSD (Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder). Dan felt that it gave him focus and a great
sense of happiness. They speculated that other Vets with PTSD might
benefit from this meditation in motion.
Great idea! It was then that Pat told Dan a story about an entire song
that he had recently composed while lying down with his eyes closed.
The relevance of this was, that even injured Vets who could not sit up,
might learn how to play the guitar and find joy in it. Dan then said
something to the order of “It would be really powerful if we could get
some guitars for these men and women.” And then Pat simply
countered with, “Why don’t we start an organization called Guitars for
Vets? Its the healing power of music in the hands of heroes.” They did.
guitar lesson when they started chatting about how much playing the
guitar has helped Dan manage his Vietnam born PTSD (Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder). Dan felt that it gave him focus and a great
sense of happiness. They speculated that other Vets with PTSD might
benefit from this meditation in motion.
Great idea! It was then that Pat told Dan a story about an entire song
that he had recently composed while lying down with his eyes closed.
The relevance of this was, that even injured Vets who could not sit up,
might learn how to play the guitar and find joy in it. Dan then said
something to the order of “It would be really powerful if we could get
some guitars for these men and women.” And then Pat simply
countered with, “Why don’t we start an organization called Guitars for
Vets? Its the healing power of music in the hands of heroes.” They did.
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