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JasonMcGuire
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 RE: Online flamenco guitar lessons (in reply to pacodegarcia)
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Thanks Henry.
DVDs aren't something I have planned, but you never know. 
My vision for my website had a lot more to do with being able to interact with my students, that way they get the benefits of lessons that don't change and are written out while still having access to critique from the teacher. Essentially a "best of both worlds" scenario. Those of you that are members know that I do check my forum and reply to issues daily. DVDs don't really offer that type of interaction.
The last time I shared material from my website here, we were still taping different performances for each section of the lesson....slow,right hand, left hand, counted,etc.
It really made the lesson creation process difficult and it made it so that there were small differences in the performance of each segment. I only had one camera and that was all I could do. I now use two cameras and as you can see from the exceprts, I digitally slow down the lessons so that students see EXACTLY what I played at normal speed, slowed down 50%. The right hand closeup is included in all the clips. I still do a counted out version because some students rely on it, but I record the counting after the fact instead of counting while I play. I had gotten so used to counting while playing for my private students, that it seemed natural at first to do it that way. I have always had students privately that found the counting annoying. I have also had MANY students that found that it was key in understanding compas. I guess the counting is sort of like a mother nagging you to "clean up your room". Eventually it sticks for most and we learn to keep things straight. The last time I checked, it was pretty darned important to stay in compas. 
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Date Nov. 9 2008 10:02:03
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JasonMcGuire
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 RE: Online flamenco guitar lessons (in reply to XXX)
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Thanks Deniz for the kind words,
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ORIGINAL: Deniz
Regarding the counting. I find it actually pretty amazing when someone is able to count and play falsetas. Did you have to learn it seperately or did it just develop? Do you recommend it to students to count while playing? Is it useful to show others that what you play is actually in compas?
It developed over the period of a month or so. I got frustrated with my private students not "getting compas". I was angry with a student and that anger one day was channeled into me counting while playing a simple falseta. Then I tried it in the next class on some more difficult material. After a while it just became something I could do.
I never practiced it outside of lessons. It would of course be great for a student to be able to do it. I don't think it's essential or anything, but training your mind to be able to handle more at one time can only make it stronger.......
Flo,
I am working in the studio slowly on a project with Felix de Lola. It is more "pop" than I really ever wanted it to be, but as a producer/engineer I have to keep the clients happy.
Aside from my website and recording projects, this year I have created a new Large Diaphragm Tube Condenser with an electrical engineer friend of mine. We just got the first prototype working and the preliminary tests are pretty amazing. We have tested the mic so far against some amazing historical mics and feel that we have something very special. We will be doing some authoritative tests later this month comparing it to several legendary mics like the Nuemann U47,U67, AKG C12 and Telefunken Ela M 251. We are confident that our mic will do VERY well in these tests. My goal with this mic was just to make something special for my own use, but people are already asking us to make them one, so another business is born. Now I have to put a price tag on it.
Thats always hard to do.
I am also working with another friend on some super groovy flamenco software that I can't say much about other than it is amazing and full of bugs. I am looking forward to getting back to work on that as well.
About our politicians in the US........ thank goodness we have put that stuff behind us at least for a while. The state of the economy worldwide is alarming, but I think it is something for all to learn from and that the future will be better for it. Time will tell.
J
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Date Nov. 9 2008 11:21:53
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mrMagenta
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From: Sweden
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RE: Online flamenco guitar lessons (in reply to pacodegarcia)
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Jason, your laser tuned hands are glued to the compas with some kind of rhythmic super-adhesive which let's you move about without ever loosing security.. did you secretly develop a cyborg compas-implant together with your electrical engineer friend? :P
If I sat down with it, I guess with some effort I could learn the basic moves, fingerings and notes of the bulerias falseta.. but it's your level of execution that feels really far ahead and super difficult. I guess it's the same with material from all great players, even with ultra-simple solea arpeggios you get this solidity which makes everything come into focus.. and as a student you try and try, thousands of times, but never quite reach it.
Do your students ever get frustrated in this way? What do you say to them? If one want's to achieve the kind of rhythmic solidity you show in your Eb bulerias for instance, I just can't think of anything doing the trick except years and years of hard work, with dance accompaniment, working with other musicians etc.
I would like to subscribe to your lessons at some time. I'm especially interested in the ones on dance and song accompaniment, but I have a large pile of material to work through so I'm feeling a bit swamped by everything I want to learn atm.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your work here, really appreciated.
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Date Nov. 12 2008 14:20:42
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mrMagenta
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From: Sweden
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RE: Online flamenco guitar lessons (in reply to pacodegarcia)
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Thanks for the reply Jason. And I think you're right.
Since I started with flamenco it's been my aim to become a guitarist capable of an ensemble function, so the challenge over these first years has been to develop the skills needed for an accompanist. But I've lost focus many times, worked on irrelevant material etc. It's so easy to loose focus before you are in the actual setting, and using the skills in context.
I don't know if you offer it on you website already but I would like accompaniment lessons at a beginner level, perhaps even oversimplified compared to stuff you would actually play, just to get the basic toolset to start playing for beginner dance classes in the most common styles. That way it would be easy to start expanding on things, putting flesh on the skeleton. It would mean every falseta etc would be learned to fit, in context, dancing proof compas, function etc and there would be direct feedback. Perhaps learning efficiency would also get a tiny bit less dependent on heavy self-discipline. 
On the comment by Nigel it seems you offer this already. But Nigel (teaching at conservatorium) seems to be a highly trained musician to begin with so these might be beyond my level, the excerpt looks good though.. hm. Good stuff.
Cheers!
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