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612jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px" />Hey!</p>
613<p>I&#8217;m Adam Rafferty &#8211; welcome to my website.  I am a guitar player born and raised in New York City, and currently spending most of my time on the road playing concerts and doing workshops.</p>
614<p><strong>Playing music for people is my #1 passion.</strong> </p>
615<p>I also equally love teaching music to anyone who is dedicated.  </p>
616<p>I love helping people achieve &#8220;aha&#8221;  moments.  Sometimes these insights &#8220;bleed&#8221; into a personal development &#8211; flavor!</p>
617<p><strong>Teaching music and life is my #2 passion.</strong></p>
618<p>This website is dedictaed to both of these passions.</p>
619<p>As a 6 year old kid I started with Woody Mann as my teacher and learned little fingerpicking blues tabs from Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake and others.</p>
620<p>Like many guitar players I went through the phases of rock, classical and then got deep into jazz.</p>
621<p><strong><em>B.F.  &#8211; Before fingerstyle&#8230;</em></strong></p>
622<p>I played jazz guitar for many years in NYC, and got to play with some jazz greats along the way like Mike Longo (pianist for Dizzy Gillespie and my mentor), Alvin Queen (Drums for Oscar Peterson &#038; Horace Silver), Dr. Lonnie Smith (B3 organ with George Benson), Buster Williams, Bob Cranshaw, Tal Farlow&#8230;.the list goes on!</p>
623<p><strong><em>A.F.  &#8211; After fingerstyle&#8230;</em></strong></p>
624<p>In 2006 I got way deep into fingerstyle guitar after hearing the one and only Tommy Emmanuel.  </p>
625<p>Since then &#8211; life has changed.  I have toured worldwide (Bangkok, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria, Scotland, Bermuda, Singapore, Malaysia, Czech Republic), released several fingerstyle instruction DVDS (teaching Stevie Wonder, Jackson Five and Jazz Guitar), and amassed over 10 million YouTube views.</p>
626<p><strong>I hope that YOU learn some great fingerstyle guitar stuff here and enjoy the site!</strong></p>
627<p>Poke around the website.  There&#8217;s free lessons here, tabs, videos (intermediate level)  so you can really play some great solo guitar pieces (with practice of course!).</p>
628<p>With Warmest Regards,</p>
629<p><img decoding="async" src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/adam_signature_1.png" alt="Adam" width="155" height="84" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3104" /></p>
630<p>Adam</p>
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638				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d56ae6aaff7d39cdb2eb63bb971d646743e235ebfcaf26738b23d14ef625acea?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d56ae6aaff7d39cdb2eb63bb971d646743e235ebfcaf26738b23d14ef625acea?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Dan</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
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640			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-3">May 4, 2008 at 11:23 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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644			<p>Hi there Adam from down under in Australia ( birthplace of your friend and mine, Mr. Emmanuel, as I&#8217;m sure you would know)</p>
645<p>Do you ever tour Australia&#8230;?</p>
646<p>I love your stuff, how can I purchase CDs from you online!?</p>
647<p>Do you produce tabs of your stuff, or does that breach copyright laws etc.?</p>
648<p>Thanks in advance, Dan</p>
649<p>PS, I have only just started reading your &#8216;spiritual/philosophical&#8217; writings but already I am hooked!! Keep up the great site!</p>
650<p>Dan</p>
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666			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-17">July 22, 2010 at 2:18 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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670			<p>Hey Adam, </p>
671<p>first of all big fan, love your sound and your style. </p>
672<p>but i have a quick question for you, can you make a tab for your &#8220;celebration&#8221; cover available, my sister is getting married and wants me to play that song as they walk out of the church for her.  </p>
673<p>if you could even just let me know what tuning you use and then maybe the basic chords i could figure out my own voicings and picking patterns, </p>
674<p>thanks! </p>
675<p>Danny</p>
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693			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-4">August 13, 2009 at 7:30 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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696			
697			<p>I just wanted to stop by and say thanks.<br />
698I had found your video of you doing Billie Jean on youtube about a year back and was taken in by how great the song played.<br />
699Lately I have been watching your videos a way of finding new and beautiful music to listen to. Although you play other peoples songs you seem to make every note of theirs your own. Your playing not only leeks style but oozes every ounce of feeling possible, so thank you Mr. Rafferty for being awesome!</p>
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713				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5f5d5ed32e471208f460f3f31a43b5059de0ab8f0c993b5b70c46ef5f3df2232?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5f5d5ed32e471208f460f3f31a43b5059de0ab8f0c993b5b70c46ef5f3df2232?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Eddie</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
714
715			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-5">September 8, 2009 at 10:14 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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719			<p>Adam,</p>
720<p>&#8230;.. for connecting with the web of life through your music and thoughts I offer my sincere thanks.</p>
721<p>The expression of your energetic presence is powerfully empowering. I am reminded of a quote by Marianne Williamson (used by N. Mandela) &#8216;&#8230; as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” </p>
722<p>I have been listening to your clips over the last month. Fantastic! You have a strong soulful connection that resonates with the human spirit. I just discovered your blog and find your perceptions fascinating -they connect with many of my own. </p>
723<p>Best wishes on your journey. I hope Raff comes to visit us in Ireland along the way.   🙂</p>
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737				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39e812d9ebb0af74726bb83b67d0ef265b0d3a5984471e21763543e56f18f54a?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39e812d9ebb0af74726bb83b67d0ef265b0d3a5984471e21763543e56f18f54a?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;
737r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://adamrafferty.wordpress.com/" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">adamrafferty</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
738
739			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-6">September 8, 2009 at 1:06 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
740
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742			
743			<p>Thanks Eddie.  I need to update this &#8220;about page&#8221; but if you&#8217;ve been following my vids, you&#8217;ve been following me&#8230;.God bless!!!!  Ireland will happen for sure&#8230;</p>
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745
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759				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3a1036e0e685d2c5330e21aa1d20bcc49e431be9672837935815454713cab03e?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3a1036e0e685d2c5330e21aa1d20bcc49e431be9672837935815454713cab03e?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://www.myspace.com/thisworldfair.com" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Chris Kalgren</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
760
761			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-7">October 1, 2009 at 7:58 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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765			<p>hey dude, just caught your stuff on a friends facebook account.  &#8220;Rock With You&#8221;.  Brilliant stuff, mate. when you in Minneapolis? hit me back.</p>
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779				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4b6c8cb7aa889f945fc7169064a3a742dba29cbe28eb247a39d550c0658570d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4b6c8cb7aa889f945fc7169064a3a742dba29cbe28eb247a39d550c0658570d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Mark</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
780
781			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-8">November 24, 2009 at 6:04 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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785			<p>Visited your blog site and didn&#8217;t see any stipulations about e-mailing you through the same, so I hope this gets noticed.  You do incredible work!&#8230;have you done or are you planning to do a cover version of the &#8220;Sultans Of Swing&#8221; (by Dire Straits), it&#8217;s such a sweet melody.  Btw, I&#8217;m emailing this from Nassau, New Providence in the Bahamas.  </p>
786<p>I know you travel internationally, so I&#8217;ll attempt to see if we can work out a small performance in The Bahamas (here in Nassau) to benefit The Cancer Society of The Bahamas.  </p>
787<p>I&#8217;ll wait for your reply,</p>
788<p>Thanks much&#8230;</p>
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791		<div class="comment-reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-8" data-commentid="8" data-postid="6" data-belowelement="article-comment-8" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mark" aria-label="Reply to Mark">Reply</a></div>
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802				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8741f264e45e78eccbc48d070260e8ece8bbf8e5c911b80cfab07faac34c7f05?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8741f264e45e78eccbc48d070260e8ece8bbf8e5c911b80cfab07faac34c7f05?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;
802r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">MICHAEL SHERMAN</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
803
804			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-9">December 24, 2009 at 1:12 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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808			<p>Hi Adam,</p>
809<p>     I recently signed up for your newsletter and I received the first copy of it on my desktop computer . Then the computer temporarily crashed for a couple of days . When I logged on  again, 10 days of emails were missing and yours was included in that batch. Would you kindly resend the email which includes that sheet music for a Christmas song? Thank you.</p>
810<p>BTW, you are a very talented guitarist and I would love to see you perform in person if you  ever get to the Los Angeles area.I  have been playing classical acoustic guitar for many years ( on and off) and now that I am retired I am also beginning  to play  popular  tunes in the fingerpicking style. Your rendition of &#8220;Billy Jean&#8221; , et. al. on Youtube is fantastic. Vitamin E Blues is a lot of fun .<br />
811Take care and have a very healthy and Happy New Year.</p>
812<p>Your fan,</p>
813<p>Michael Sherman</p>
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823
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827				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c520d2611dfb60948385a63b51c53fd34774edec8432b1001bec8ecc2eae0f9?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c520d2611dfb60948385a63b51c53fd34774edec8432b1001bec8ecc2eae0f9?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://midnightpassmusic.com" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Richy Kicklighter</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
828
829			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-10">December 28, 2009 at 7:48 am</a></time></p>		</header>
830
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833			<p>came across your music on youtube and I&#8217;m going to order your Stevie Wonder cd. I &#8216;ve been playing about 40 years and have 9 blues and jazz cds out which have  charted on smooth jazz radio. But , I&#8217;m a blues guitar player and exploring finger style acoustic. if you get a chance check my website midnightpassmusic.com and some of my music, anyway , thanks Richy Kicklighter</p>
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835
836		<div class="comment-reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-10" data-commentid="10" data-postid="6" data-belowelement="article-comment-10" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Richy Kicklighter" aria-label="Reply to Richy Kicklighter">Reply</a></div>
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847				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/91c3267c9e252f1f83c4db449722843ab146671e2d3a0ef3f4dfdefc72df5b66?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/91c3267c9e252f1f83c4db449722843ab146671e2d3a0ef3f4dfdefc72df5b66?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://doctorfallon.com" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Dr. Nancy</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
848
849			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-11">March 10, 2010 at 4:58 am</a></time></p>		</header>
850
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852			
853			<p>I would like to arrange for a private lesson for my son, Josh Kennedy who attended Berklee in Boston last year&#8230;if you ever get to Vegas&#8230;!  </p>
854<p>He posted a video of your lesson on Stevie Wonder&#8230;&#8221;You can feel it all over&#8230;..&#8221;  Do you ever get to Vegas?</p>
855<p>Your guitar playing is amazing!</p>
856<p>Dr. Nancy Fallon</p>
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858
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870r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://doctorfallon.com" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Dr. Nancy</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
871
872			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-12">March 10, 2010 at 4:59 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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876			<p>OOPs&#8230;i meant PRIVATE LESSON&#8230;or LESSONS</p>
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878
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890				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ce11d660db17a9041ff4655da97507128f9554cb7a182bbf0fc2bf26af826b8?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ce11d660db17a9041ff4655da97507128f9554cb7a182bbf0fc2bf26af826b8?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://www.truefire.com" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Wolfboy1</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
891
892			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-13">June 5, 2010 at 2:43 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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895			
896			<p>I posted a link with some of your videos here:</p>
897<p><a href="https://truefire.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45328#post45328" rel="nofollow ugc">https://truefire.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45328#post45328</a></p>
898<p>This is a forum with about 45,000 guitar playing members. You might wish to stop in and comment. I love your playing and I bet a lot of folks on the forum will too!<br />
899Truefire is a company that offers some wonderful courses but the forums are open to all folks who play and teach (and even sell) guitar music.</p>
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913				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39e812d9ebb0af74726bb83b67d0ef265b0d3a5984471e21763543e56f18f54a?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/39e812d9ebb0af74726bb83b67d0ef265b0d3a5984471e21763543e56f18f54a?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://adamrafferty.wordpress.com/" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">adamrafferty</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
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915			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-14">June 5, 2010 at 3:14 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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919			<p>Great, and thanks.  I will check it out!!! &#8211; AR</p>
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921
922		<div class="comment-reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-14" data-commentid="14" data-postid="6" data-belowelement="article-comment-14" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to adamrafferty" aria-label="Reply to adamrafferty">Reply</a></div>
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933r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://adamrafferty.wordpress.com/" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">adamrafferty</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
934
935			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-15">June 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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938			
939			<p>By the way, I have (and will continue) to make EASY urls for the movies &#8211; for example:</p>
940<p><a href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/supersition" rel="ugc">https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/supersition</a></p>
941<p>or</p>
942<p><a href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/billie_jean" rel="ugc">https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/billie_jean</a></p>
943<p>For easy reference.  They&#8217;ll redirect to the long blog like URLs.</p>
944<p>🙂</p>
945<p>AR</p>
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947
948		<div class="comment-reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="#comment-15" data-commentid="15" data-postid="6" data-belowelement="article-comment-15" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to adamrafferty" aria-label="Reply to adamrafferty">Reply</a></div>
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961			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-16">June 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
962
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964			
965			<p>By the way, I have (and will continue) to make EASY urls for the movies &#8211; for example:</p>
966<p><a href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/superstition" rel="ugc">https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/superstition</a></p>
967<p>or</p>
968<p><a href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/billie_jean" rel="ugc">https://www.adamrafferty.com/video/billie_jean</a></p>
969<p>For easy reference.  They&#8217;ll redirect to the long blog like URLs.</p>
970<p>🙂</p>
971<p>AR</p>
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989			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-18">February 27, 2011 at 9:44 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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993			<p>I really enjoy your music but the &#8220;Law of Attraction&#8221; really? There is no such law. I would propose that you got to be where you are because of work, determination, immersion, opportunity, rather than magic. People need to take credit for their skills not shrug it off as undefined. I think young guitarists reading this site need to see that it takes perseverance, character, patience, work, to play as well as you do. And even then, there are no guarantees.</p>
994<p>You are a fantastic musician. I am willing to bet that you worked very hard for it. I have to say I was disappointed to read those three words from someone so skilled. You are in a unique position. It is a real responsibility.</p>
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1008r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://adamrafferty.wordpress.com/" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">adamrafferty</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
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1010			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-19">February 28, 2011 at 7:02 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1014			<p>Well, it depends what you think the Law of Attraction is.  Every effect pre &#8211; supposes a cause&#8230;and yes there is hard work. But if all you rely on is your concious mind, sometimes that&#8217;s not enough.</p>
1015<p>Sometimes &#8220;loving&#8221; something &#8211; like a song for exampl, can bring you closer to playing it, more quickly than what we think of as work.</p>
1016<p>If you are thinking about buying a volkswagen &#8211; what do you see on the highway&#8230;volkswagens!  Do you know why that is?  Your &#8220;reticular activation system&#8221; weeds out the bits of information that are relevant to you.</p>
1017<p>Better put &#8211; when you want something, there is a &#8220;cognitive dissonance&#8221;&#8230;.your mind says you have it, but your outer world shows you don&#8217;t &#8211; for now.  The subconcious mind can work 24 /7 on getting you what you want.</p>
1018<p>For me, it&#8217;s been a new life of recording, performing with Tommy Emmanuel, and re-inventing my playing from the ground up&#8230;all due to one thing&#8230;vision.</p>
1019<p>So don&#8217;t get turned off by the LOA words.  Maybe people are slinging it around a lot these days.  The &#8220;work&#8221; of which you speak has to serve the vision, imagination and invention which is first sparked in the minds eye.</p>
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1034
1035			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-22">November 9, 2011 at 6:22 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1039			<p>What you speak of, passion, cognitive dissonance, these are mainstream concepts that most anyone can relate to. And I am saying that it takes more than your conscious mind&#8230;.it takes action.</p>
1040<p>Cognitive dissonance can work both ways too. It may be the reason that I find something to criticize about you in lieu of the fact that I cannot play like you ;).</p>
1041<p>Which leads to what I wonder about sometimes. Everyone experiences passion. It is a rare individual that is able to singularly focus on that passion to a high level of achievement. I wonder what makes that person able to focus so well, while others may have the passion but get distracted and bogged down in other things which is most of us. Now that would be interesting information.</p>
1042<p>Thanks for your response. I appreciate your willingness to discuss and sorry to take so long to come back. I shall pollute your blog no more.</p>
1043<p>Keep doing what you are doing.</p>
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1062
1063			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-20">August 17, 2011 at 2:19 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1067			<p>One, I always smile when I listen to you play.  Hopefully your &#8220;vision&#8221; will lead you to Elizabethtown, Kentucky on stage with Tommy Emmanuel.  Maybe I can smile out loud.</p>
1068<p>Two,  you are the only one I&#8217;ve heard outside the field of education that refers to brain research.  Reticular activation and cognitive dissonance aren&#8217;t words you generally hear in conversation.  I told a graduate professor my definition of cognitive dissonance was when you put your principles aside and do the right thing.</p>
1069<p>Three, &#8220;Follow your bliss&#8221; because it is working fine!</p>
1070<p>Thanks for the joy!</p>
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1086			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-21">August 17, 2011 at 1:17 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1090			<p>Thank you!!!  Would love to see you in E-town!  Stay in touch! &#8211; AR</p>
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1108			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-23">February 7, 2012 at 11:25 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1112			<p>It is maybe more about what you focus on becomes magnified in your world and vision. If we think one positive thought, others that are like that thought will come and offer themselves to us. Isn&#8217;t it more like a tuning into a certain frequency, a tuning into a tune/melody/song/note that brings you and your desire to fulfillment on a wave, you just need to find the wave and stay on it long enough. Meaning that we all have a destiny and once we find it, passion will ensure that we stay focused and motivated and also the vision that just doesn&#8217;t go away because nothing else will ever make you happy.<br />
1113Isn&#8217;t that the secret of a successful person, they are so single minded and convinced that nothing else will make them happy, they just have to keep doing what their passion is. On the other hand, many people try many different things throughout their lives and that may make it difficult to achieve something in one field, but maybe that is not their focus then. Maybe the focus is more on, Hey I do what I feel right now is my most exiting activity to do, and whenever I feel I am not getting the excitement out of that activity, I will simply stop and do something else.<br />
1114Who governs when the excitement and passion leaves and attaches itself to something else? Who knows..maybe God does. I like your style, Adam! I am a singer songwriter myself and I really admire you and what you do! I am learning and being inspired by you! Thanks, you are a beacon of light and inspiration!</p>
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1130			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-24">September 30, 2012 at 7:28 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1134			<p>Hi,<br />
1135I&#8217;m a girl from Holland and I saw your cover from Sir Duke on youtube. I play saxophone and a little bit guitar. I find this song hard to play on saxophone, but on guitar it must be so hard! I really like your version of it!<br />
1136Greets from Holland 😉 (hope you understood my English)</p>
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1152			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-25">November 11, 2012 at 2:10 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1156			<p>Hey Adam &#8211; Great to see that your&#8217;e still cookin&#8217;. I met you at the National guitar Workshop/Summit about &#8217;05 and recall the experience well. You played great then, and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re growing still. Just ordered the Stevie Wonder DVD &#8212; Overjoyed is a fave of mine. I do occasional restaurant gigs and it will be another arow in the quiver I&#8217; sure. All the best!</p>
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1172			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-12481">May 11, 2014 at 12:36 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1176			<p>Hi Adam, saw you yesterday in Germany Stolberg @ Piano Bar.Wonderful, i am thrilled  and left the bar at 1 am  . We all enjoyed your music very much. Hope to see you next year again in Stolberg @Piano or in Eschweiler Talbahnhof.</p>
1177<p>Good travel until then, Peter</p>
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1193			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-103653">March 2, 2015 at 11:55 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1197			<p>Peter my apologies for the late reply and thanks for commenting.  </p>
1198<p>I will be back at PIANO in May 2015.</p>
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1216			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-43574">July 27, 2014 at 1:30 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1220			<p>Hey Adam! Last night&#8217;s show in Ottobrunn / Germany was amazing, nice to get to see you play live! Cheers!</p>
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1235
1236			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-103680">March 3, 2015 at 12:08 am</a></time></p>		</header>
1237
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1239			
1240			<p>Thanks Tom!</p>
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1242
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1256r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Oriana</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
1257
1258			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-44479">August 4, 2014 at 12:32 am</a></time></p>		</header>
1259
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1261			
1262			<p>Hey Adam! You&#8217;re awesome!!!!!! Me and brother are just learning to play the guitar. I&#8217;m 14 and he&#8217;s 11, anyways i was wondering if you gave lessons? We live in Manhattan, New York. We&#8217;d love to learn how to play songs like &#8220;Isn&#8217;t she lovely&#8221; and &#8220;I wish&#8221;, basically we love Stevie Wonder and The Beatles 🙂 Anyways please email me if you can give us lessons!<br />
1263Thanks,<br />
1264Oriana</p>
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1266
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1278				<img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07d7e9bed2e2e8eb782d2de308537fe69c39c05e35c9f1df4292285293bc7316?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07d7e9bed2e2e8eb782d2de308537fe69c39c05e35c9f1df4292285293bc7316?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">carlo</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
1279
1280			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-49284">August 30, 2014 at 12:11 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1281
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1283			
1284			<p>Adam,</p>
1285<p>It is so inspiring to watch and listen to you play.  Thank you for all you do.  Fingerstyle has always been a bit of a challenge for me.  I&#8217;m looknig forward to learning a lot from you and this site.</p>
1286<p>I&#8217;m very interested in private lessons so please keep me on your mailing list.</p>
1287<p>I love all things Beatles and want to play &#8220;In My Life&#8221; for my Mom who is now 91 and in a nursing home.  Hoping I can do this for her, while I still have her. Hoping for lessons soon!  🙂</p>
1288<p>Thanks!<br />
1289Carlo</p>
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1304
1305			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-49971">September 2, 2014 at 7:55 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1308			
1309			<p>Carlo &#8211; I will announce alesson site soon where you can learn that arrangement from me.  Please stay tuned to the email list.</p>
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1311
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1325r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">John</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
1326
1327			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-102188">January 26, 2015 at 9:28 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1328
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1330			
1331			<p>Hello Adam!</p>
1332<p>I&#8217;m from Sweden and was wondering if you ship your DVD&#8217;s to people here too? because I know other people who won&#8217;t send it to some specific countries&#8230; </p>
1333<p>best regards,<br />
1334John</p>
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1336
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1349
1350			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-103060">February 11, 2015 at 8:18 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1351
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1353			
1354			<p>John yes &#8211; but I recommend the downloads.  Faster &#038; cheaper!! 🙂 Thank you &#8211; AR</p>
1355		</div>
1356
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1371
1372			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-105218">March 27, 2015 at 5:57 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1373
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1375			
1376			<p>I googled that I was having frustrations playing the guitar and your article came up. It was just what I needed and I thank you sir!</p>
1377		</div>
1378
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1390r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Piotr waszk</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
1391
1392			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-119823">December 9, 2015 at 8:47 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1393
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1395			
1396			<p>Hello, Adam.<br />
1397I am very impressed by your musical craftsmanship.<br />
1398I often listen to your music, most of Billie Jean by Michael Jakson revelation.<br />
1399We also like your version of &#8220;Michelle&#8221; the Beatles, I would love to learn it, is there any opportunity to gain Tabs for this song?<br />
1400I hope you come to Polish, willing to come to your concert &#8230;. Regards Peter</p>
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1402
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1415
1416			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-119824">December 9, 2015 at 8:59 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1417
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1419			
1420			<p>Piotr &#8211; thanks for the comment!  Michelle is available on <a href="https://StudyWithAdam.com" rel="nofollow">StudyWithAdam.com</a> and there is a totally 100% free 14 day trial &#8211; so go check it out &#038; enjoy.</p>
1421<p>All the best &#8211; </p>
1422<p>Adam</p>
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1439
1440			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-127620">October 20, 2016 at 9:41 am</a></time></p>		</header>
1441
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1443			
1444			<p>Hello Adam,<br />
1445please can you stop sending me emails?<br />
1446Thank you,</p>
1447<p>greetings Peter</p>
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1461r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name"><a href="https://guitartrance.com/blog" class="comment-author-link" rel="external nofollow">Monica Harrison</a></span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
1462
1463			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-132221">April 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1464
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1466			
1467			<p>Hi, Adam.<br />
1468I&#8217;m  very excited in your  Fingerstyle courses, great job from Latam</p>
1469		</div>
1470
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1483
1484			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-136323">February 24, 2019 at 1:10 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
1485
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1487			
1488			<p>Thank you for making free lessons of fingerstyle guitar. Greetings from Indonesia.</p>
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1490
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1504			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-136536">February 22, 2020 at 4:18 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1508			<p>You are welcome!</p>
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1524r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><span class="comment-author-name">Ken Kirkland</span> <span class="says">says</span>			</p>
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1526			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-136614">April 14, 2020 at 3:17 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1531<p>I like the sound of your nylon string guitar. Who made it?</p>
1532<p>Thanks, Ken</p>
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1548			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-136615">April 14, 2020 at 3:18 pm</a></time></p>		</header>
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1552			<p>Ken it&#8217;s made by a master luthier named Daniel Zucali &#8211; check out his site here: <a href="https://guitars.zucali.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://guitars.zucali.com</a></p>
1553<p>Thank you!!!</p>
1554<p>AR</p>
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1571
1572			<p class="comment-meta"><time class="comment-time"><a class="comment-time-link" href="https://www.adamrafferty.com/about/#comment-137070">February 1, 2021 at 7:00 am</a></time></p>		</header>
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1576			<p>Hello I got your Stevie Wonder lessons a pouple a nights ago.  I also downloaded Chrome as was suggested.  So I got on the site and only see two links to the Superstition and Billie-Jean but could not find access to these.  How do I get to them?  I downloaded the PDF transcriptions but I want to see the video lessons since I purchased your offer.  Please let me know how to access them.  I like to work on them asap.</p>
1577<p>Thank you,</p>
1578<p>Miguel Andrade</p>
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1687</script>
1687
1688
1689<!-- Shortcodes Ultimate custom CSS - start -->
1690<style type="text/css">
1691.sue-testimonial.sue-testimonial-has-photo {
1692  padding-left: 100px;
1693}
1694.sue-testimonial-has-photo img.sue-testimonial-photo {
1695  width: 80px;
1696  height: 80px;
1697}
1698.sue-testimonial-text.sue-content-wrap {
1699  font-size: 16px;
1700}
1701</style>
1702<!-- Shortcodes Ultimate custom CSS - end -->
1703<!-- CAPTCHA added with CAPTCHA 4WP plugin. More information: https://captcha4wp.com -->			
1703<script id="c4wp-inline-js" type="text/javascript">
1704				/* @v2-checkbox-js:start */
1705				var c4wp_onloadCallback = function() {
1706					for ( var i = 0; i < document.forms.length; i++ ) {
1707						let form = document.forms[i];
1708
1709						let captcha_div = form.querySelector( '.c4wp_captcha_field_div:not(.rendered)' );
1710						let foundSubmitBtn = null;
1711												
1712						if ( null === captcha_div ) {
1713							continue;	
1714						}					
1715
1716						captcha_div.innerHTML = '';
1717
1718						if ( null != foundSubmitBtn ) {
1719							foundSubmitBtn.classList.add( 'disabled' );
1720							foundSubmitBtn.setAttribute( 'disabled', 'disabled' );
1721
1722							if ( form.classList.contains( 'woocommerce-checkout' ) ) {
1723								setTimeout( function(){ 
1724									foundSubmitBtn = form.querySelector( '#place_order' );
1725									foundSubmitBtn.classList.add( 'disabled' );
1726									foundSubmitBtn.setAttribute( 'disabled', 'disabled' );
1727								}, 2500 );
1728							}
1729						}
1730
1731						( function( form ) {
1732							var c4wp_captcha = grecaptcha.render( captcha_div,{
1733								'sitekey' : '6Le7zwwTAAAAAI9fK5pWLTYY3uGgZd6o-j9Xhbzx',
1734								'size'  : 'normal',
1735								'theme' : 'light',
1736								'expired-callback' : function(){
1737									grecaptcha.reset( c4wp_captcha );
1738								},
1739								'callback' : function( token ){
1740									if ( null != foundSubmitBtn ) {
1741										foundSubmitBtn.classList.remove( 'disabled' );
1742										foundSubmitBtn.removeAttribute( 'disabled' );
1743									}
1744									if ( typeof jQuery !== 'undefined' && jQuery( 'input[id*="c4wp-wc-checkout"]' ).length ) {
1745										let input = document.querySelector('input[id*="c4wp-wc-checkout"]'); 
1746										let lastValue = input.value;
1747										input.value = token;
1748										let event = new Event('input', { bubbles: true });
1749										event.simulated = true;
1750										let tracker = input._valueTracker;
1751										if (tracker) {
1752											tracker.setValue( lastValue );
1753										}
1754										input.dispatchEvent(event)
1755									}
1756								}
1757							});
1758							captcha_div.classList.add( 'rendered' );
1759													})(form);
1760					}
1761				};
1762
1763				window.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
1764					if ( typeof jQuery !== 'undefined' && jQuery( 'input[id*="c4wp-wc-checkout"]' ).length ) {
1765						var element = document.createElement('div');
1766						var html = '<div class="c4wp_captcha_field" style="margin-bottom: 10px" data-nonce="d05baf04a1"><div id="c4wp_captcha_field_0" class="c4wp_captcha_field_div"></div></div>';
1767						element.innerHTML = html;
1768						jQuery( '[class*="c4wp-wc-checkout"]' ).append( element );
1769						jQuery( '[class*="c4wp-wc-checkout"]' ).find('*').off();
1770						c4wp_onloadCallback();
1771					}
1772				});
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1774			</script>
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1774
1775						
1776			<script id="c4wp-recaptcha-js" src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?onload=c4wp_onloadCallback&#038;render=explicit&#038;hl=en"
1777				async defer>
1778			</script>
1779
1780			
1780<!-- / CAPTCHA by CAPTCHA 4WP plugin --></body></html>

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