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A way people on the foro can help me
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guitarristamadrid
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 A way people on the foro can help me
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Dear people of the foro,
As you may have noticed, lately I've been on the computer a lot. To some extent it is driving me insane. I'm used to playing guitar all day long, not checking forums all day long (though I do read Sherdog).
Here is what you can do to help me: give me something to play. Tell me a tab, or a scale, or something that you want to see me play. No full length pieces of other players, or even falsetas really; I know tons of those already at the moment I'm really not interested in trying to replicate the playing of others. Just give me some scale (or arpeggio or rasgeo or some combination or whatever you want), some **** that you think would be technically challenging, and I'll grind away at it for a while and post a video. Or even write your own falseta and I will try to play it.
So yeah, I'm basically saying, challenge my ass. I love a challenge, and it'll get me back into the "play a million hours a day" spirit, which I love. Dude computers are tiring.
Plus starting June 2nd I'm gonna be playing a gig every couple days, so I need to be in shape. No money from gigs = can't pay rent = lose apartment in Madrid = have to move back in with my dad in New Hampshire = death. Help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date Apr. 17 2010 2:40:59
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: A way people on the foro can help me (in reply to guitarristamadrid)
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Here is what you can do to help me: give me something to play.
I put up a couple gilbert licks in the other thread that should get you picado a good challenge. But I see you want to play gigs....flamenco I assume???
Technique was fun to work on when I was young but I dont' have much time for it now, just work on techniques as the appear in music I work on. The arps/picados of Paco's Guajiras is pretty much my only technique warm up anymore. But if you are into flamenco as much as you seem to say you are, I predict your future now. One day you are gonna be like this:
"Dudes!!! Ok I am sick of picados and techniques, boring and gets you nowhere in flamenco. It is all about accompanying the cante now! So please share stuff about accompanying, I love it so much now its all I want to do...."
Now I know it is conjecture on my part, but that is the way of the serious players, especially those not born in spain. In fact, I have heard rumors that certain famous and respected caño roto persons (no names) have embarrassed themselves on stage attempting to accomp cante por derecho that was not worked out before hand. It turns out to be quite the challenge for working pros.
So I offer up the entire 12 page thread in the audio section. Pick any one of those cante minus guitar uploads to practice with, instead of your speed licks, as a challenge and upload your results as many of us have done. I think you will quicker be on your way of making some money and work in flamenco, not having to go home with dad, if you can get a handle on that stuff.
Ricardo
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Date Apr. 17 2010 6:01:37
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Only partially because here are also no worth to mention singers. available. As I told before I like the flamenco guitar music. I´m not interested in digging the whole field maniac-alike and in the end grow me some long hair with a permanent wave, drape my self over and over with gold accessories, wear only white clothes and pretend to be a gypsy. Nope Sir, nope. 
