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Alonte

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Joined: Dec. 2 2008

Flamenco recovery

Just got home from my 2nd gig with dancers and needed to vent out and get your sincere suggestions. This is the first time I gigged with dancers as and it did 2 nights in a row. It was a super thrilling experience but man I am so worn out. The first one broke out into a juerga and played like crazy I dont even how I was able to play bulerias for hours non stop. I am very overwhelmed and people said it was great but I am exhausted amigos.

How do you guys recover? Practiced intensely after hours after my day job and I am so tired. My nails are shot and my arms hurt. How do you guys do it???!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 30 2011 8:14:38

avimuno

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Joined: Feb. 9 2007
From: Paris, France

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Alonte)

I also remember playing at dance studios to be very draining... I used to do it twice a week for a minimum of 5 hours each time.
It was an incredible experience but it does put a lot of stress on your hands and your arms... doing rasgeados/rabanicos for this long can lead to injury so my advice would be to take it easy before and after your gig.
Just go through your warm up exercises before the gig and don't even touch your guitar when you're done.
I would not practice on the days I had to play in the dance studio.... that was my practice.

Hope that helps.

Saludos,

Avi

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 30 2011 9:29:16

Ricardo

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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Alonte)

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ORIGINAL: Alonte

Just got home from my 2nd gig with dancers and needed to vent out and get your sincere suggestions. This is the first time I gigged with dancers as and it did 2 nights in a row. It was a super thrilling experience but man I am so worn out. The first one broke out into a juerga and played like crazy I dont even how I was able to play bulerias for hours non stop. I am very overwhelmed and people said it was great but I am exhausted amigos.

How do you guys recover? Practiced intensely after hours after my day job and I am so tired. My nails are shot and my arms hurt. How do you guys do it???!

Manzanilla, and nail glue. Take a siesta too.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 30 2011 15:36:23

Pimientito

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From: Marbella

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Ricardo)

I was going to post a similar thread but I might as well ask on this one.
I have been through a series of gigs where I have been playing a lot every day now for the last couple of weeks and finding my hands feeling more stiff sometimes than when I used to play less intensly.
Do you pros take a day off in the week of have time when you dont play? ...or is it a case of getting used to it and playing all the time?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 30 2011 18:04:42

XXX

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RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Alonte)

I have found out that not working with dancers is a pretty good solution.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 31 2011 11:21:34

Paul Magnussen

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Joined: Nov. 8 2010
From: London (living in the Bay Area)

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to avimuno)

quote:

doing rasgeados/rabanicos for this long can lead to injury so my advice would be to take it easy before and after your gig.

Yes indeed: it happened to Perico de Lunar and Donn Pohren, among others—damaged the tendons of their ring fingers permanently; and it seems that’s why Lucía’s father wouldn’t let him accompany dancers for more than short periods (although how he managed in José Greco‘s company I don’t know).

I would think you’d do well to use abanico where possible.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 1 2011 0:18:58

kudo

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RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to XXX)

quote:

I have found out that not working with dancers is a pretty good solution.

hahah

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 1 2011 0:49:50

machopicasso

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Joined: Nov. 27 2010

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Alonte)

Alonte, this may be obvious, but are you accompanying with some kind of sound system? If not, then amplification is one way to reduce your load.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 1 2011 9:06:32

Alonte

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Joined: Dec. 2 2008

RE: Flamenco recovery (in reply to Alonte)

Yes. I am aplified but there is a certain kind of repetitive stress when accompanying dancers. At some point I thought damn how do Tablao players do it... say 5 nights a week??? jeez.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 1 2011 16:28:21