first paid gig today.

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henrym3483

Posts: 1584
Joined: Nov. 13 2005
From: Limerick,Ireland

first paid gig today.

did a wedding reception with a dancer for 40mins today, she did sevillanas and tarantos and i played solea and accompanied on the sevillanas.

the solea i played for about 10 mins was compas and various simple falsetas by paco pena and juan martins book. i was chuffed i played a 2 min tremolo without duffing anytin up and was alot more relaxed afterwards.

no one really took much notice and was simply background music for people.
the crowd def respond better to visual stuff ie the dancer, she did a great set and people definitely responded better to the dance.

brought my anders guitar and was cacking myself when people with fistfuls of pints and brusk walking passed by.

i got fazed during the end of the set of sevillanas and lost compas on the final copla, mainly cause i let myself be distracted by people around me and was worried about the guitar getting bumped or knocked. i need to play in front of people alot more, must bring the guitar down to my local a lot more.

otherwise pretty good experience

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 26 2010 13:57:11

Estevan

Posts: 1936
Joined: Dec. 20 2006
From: Torontolucía

RE: first paid gig today. (in reply to henrym3483)

Congrats Henry! Just the beginning...

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Ailsa

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Joined: Apr. 17 2007
From: South East England

RE: first paid gig today. (in reply to henrym3483)

Good for you man! My first paid gig I was really nervous - had a mind blank half way through one piece and had to just go to the final falseta lol.

I tend to get distracted by watching the dancer and thinking "that's a nice move I'll try that later"

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 26 2010 14:08:48

veet

Posts: 231
Joined: Nov. 29 2004
From: L.A.

RE: first paid gig today. (in reply to henrym3483)

Kudos and ole!

2 questions on vernacular for us english-speakers on the wrong side of the pond:

'Chuffed'
'Brusk'

fantastic-sounding words, what do they mean?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 26 2010 14:23:03