Searching For The Perfect Note.

Carlos Santana is an American guitarist, composer, singer and band leader. Santana is known for his blend of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Santana born in Jalisco, Mexico rose to fame in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s,with a resurgence in his career in the 1990’s.Santana has won ten Grammy awards and continues to share his music with the world.

As you can imagine, Santana loves creating music and playing the guitar. Santana after all of these years, still does not consider practicing the guitar a drudgery, or a sacrifice. This practice time gives Santana time with his guitar to “tinker” with his music, sharpen his skills and experiment with new songs. Santana likens this time with his guitar as an “offering” to others.

During a recent interview, Santana summed-up his philosophy on music and life. When asked what he was searching for in life he replied, “the perfect note” Santana is not looking for eternal happiness, or world peace, but for “the perfect note” One might ask, at seventy five years old, what does Santana need to prove? For some fifty five years Santana has entertained audiences and written and performed Grammy winning songs. Perhaps what Santana is really saying is, his best work is still ahead of him! Entertaining audiences, using his music as an offering to others, Santana is striving for later in life activities, lifelong learning and living life to its fullest. Santana is still “searching for the perfect note”

Being happy and productive past the traditional age of retirement, is becoming a goal for more and more people. Later in life activities and lifelong learning are gaining popularity for many in this age group. Folks in all walks of life,are exploring new passions, creating, “bucket lists” and “giving back”, as they create their next phase in life. The question is, “are you still searching for your perfect note”