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Miguel de Maria
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RE: How long have YOU been playing for? (in reply to Guest)
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Sure, shroom, I started playing at age 16 around 1991 or so. So, that's about 15 years. I started on heavy metal and blues, did a little classical on the side. In college, I took classical lessons and 1 theory course which I got a C on. Up until around 5 years ago, the guitar was something I tinkered around with and doodled on when bored. At that point, I got into a rumba band and started amping up my practice time. So for about 5 years, I have actually been getting paid to play! Two years ago, I managed to get together several hours of solo repertoire and have been going it solo. Last year I did 120 gigs and this year am on pace for the same. Probably for the last 4 years I did about 3-4 hours of practice average. I have always struggled on the LH and had a relatively good RH. But it's finally starting to get a little balance. Actually last year I was injured and hardly got to practice at all...that really slows you down. After 15 years I am finally starting to believe all the great players who have told me to practice real slow, go for relaxation, be disciplined and focus your mind. I'm a believer now :) Hey, there's my life story!
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Date Jul. 14 2006 19:27:19
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JBASHORUN
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RE: How long have YOU been playing for? (in reply to Guest)
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Well, I've been playing guitar since I was 22, and I'm now 25. But that was electric guitar... stuff like heavy metal. I find Flamenco is something quite different, although there are some similarities. I've been playing Flamenco about a year and a half, maybe 2 years. But its not how many years you've been playing, its how often in those years you practise... 2 years with practise once every now and again isn't going to give fast progress. Whereas an hour every day for 2 years will probably get you somewhere quite fast. It depends on how busy your life is, and how seriously you take your music. It also depends on how you are learning too (eg. if you have a good teacher). And last but not least, whether you have any natural ability. Those with the natural ability for it would probably progress much faster than those without. (But thats not saying to quit if you're struggling at first). So... I've been playing a couple of years (maximum) with only intermittent lessons (because I can't afford regular ones), infrequent and short practice sessions because I am busy and lazy, and occasionally my mind strays into other genres of music (eg. classical, metal, jazz) and other instruments (eg. violin). therefore, I'm not as good as I'd like, and need to really focus if I am going to progress. Jb
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Date Jul. 14 2006 23:03:54
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Miguel de Maria
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RE: How long have YOU been playing for? (in reply to Guest)
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Ron, I would love to hear some American jokes! I wouldn't take it personally, in fact I bet I could make some of my own. [start of American joke/rant] You know oil prices have been going up, and not coincidentally, Bush's approval rating has gone down. The administration can break the laws of our own country in wiretapping and treatment of prisoners, they can send us to two wars, they can hire the Vice President's old company for the biggest civilian contract in history, and no one cares (as long as the gays are kept in line), but if the price of gas goes up and your magic wand runs out of fairy dust, then you're in trouble! I don't really give it too much thought, although I have to drive about 60 miles a day if I have a gig. That's because I live in a suburb called Gilbert that is 30 miles away from town. You would think that I would be driving through miles of cactus and desert, but it's not like that. The whole way is full of rows of identical brown/gray homes, in subdivisions with names like "Saguaro Estates" and "Tuscan Vistas". The people clogging these wide free ways don't drive the small, fuel-efficient cars you will find in Europe or China. No, we are Americans and we use busses...well, I should say SUVs the size of busses--we don't really like to sit with the riff raff and public transportation is kind of dirty. These Hummers, Escalades, and Broncos are about the size of my old apartment in Sevilla. They get about 10 miles to the gallon, and barely fit in the somewhat small garages of the homes of the sprawling subdivisions. But many of them have GPS and DVD and cupholders big enough to hold your Big Gulps. If you add up 60 miles a day driving, with a huge SUV that gets 10 miles a gallon, and fuel prices that have increased 50%, well that is a significant expense. Enough to get us to the polls, it is![end of American joke/rant]
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