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rombsix
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 RE: Weee (in reply to DoctorX2k2)
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Hey Doc,
I recently attended a PP concert at my university. He played without a mic as it was held in a church with great acoustics. I was in the first row - practically sitting in PP's lap! (no connotations meant...). He plays pretty well, although he did make some mistakes ... but in general, the show was really good; it was a solo guitar recital. He played Granainas, soleares, fandangos, tientos, peteneras, zapateado. As I recall, he played no bulerias and no tangos.
Something weird happened during the concert though - he uses a peg-head, and when he was tuning (before starting a piece), he had a capo on 2, and the 6th string slipped off the peg ... I don't know what happened really ... I don't know how peg-heads work (don't have one), but I thought at first that the string broke, but apparently it didn't coz he was able to "fix" it in about 7 or 8 seconds (and it didn't bother him for the rest of the show). He made a joke and said, "this is Spanish technology for ya" ... that was cool.
His technique is pretty good, even though he is 64. He looks younger than PdL; I guess he stays off smoking and drugs more than PdL. In all cases, it was a good show (my first "real" live flamenco concert). So enjoy it mate.
PS: I am about to get done with my neuroscience (neuroanatomy and neurophysiology) course. I have my final in a couple of days. Man, it has been an intense course - 6 credits in six weeks. All those tracts, nuclei, lesions, and all that physiology (and the exams are so damn detailed!!).
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Date Mar. 21 2007 12:58:16
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DoctorX2k2
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From: Quebec City, Canada
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RE: Weee (in reply to rombsix)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: rombsix
Hey Doc,
I recently attended a PP concert at my university. He played without a mic as it was held in a church with great acoustics. I was in the first row - practically sitting in PP's lap! (no connotations meant...). He plays pretty well, although he did make some mistakes ... but in general, the show was really good; it was a solo guitar recital. He played Granainas, soleares, fandangos, tientos, peteneras, zapateado. As I recall, he played no bulerias and no tangos.
Something weird happened during the concert though - he uses a peg-head, and when he was tuning (before starting a piece), he had a capo on 2, and the 6th string slipped off the peg ... I don't know what happened really ... I don't know how peg-heads work (don't have one), but I thought at first that the string broke, but apparently it didn't coz he was able to "fix" it in about 7 or 8 seconds (and it didn't bother him for the rest of the show). He made a joke and said, "this is Spanish technology for ya" ... that was cool.
His technique is pretty good, even though he is 64. He looks younger than PdL; I guess he stays off smoking and drugs more than PdL. In all cases, it was a good show (my first "real" live flamenco concert). So enjoy it mate.
PS: I am about to get done with my neuroscience (neuroanatomy and neurophysiology) course. I have my final in a couple of days. Man, it has been an intense course - 6 credits in six weeks. All those tracts, nuclei, lesions, and all that physiology (and the exams are so damn detailed!!).
Good success (luck has nothing to do with them  ) with your exams! I'm in a kind of rush at the moment myself... makes you wonder how you'll get through it. Then you just take the guitar and play instead of doing what you're supposed to do until it gets juuuuust close enough to do everything on time in a rush. 
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Date Mar. 22 2007 20:44:17
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