The link between Flamenco guitar and ICT

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Florian

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The link between Flamenco guitar and ICT

this just hitt me, i was chating to a guitarist and i asked him what he does for a living he said :"I work in the ICT...Information Communication Technology.........Computers etc.....mainly software..."

then i tought, the other guitarist in our group does that , and our cajon player, and i know about 3 more guitarists that are in that kind of field.

this is too much of a coincidence.

People in exact/beat jobs...have some artistic/musically interests.

So i am courious anyone else here in that type of field ? and what are your toughts ?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 9:52:24

duende

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

je je im a guitar teacher. I use my computer to chat with a guy named Florian..ever heard of him? I hate computer work. programing and ****. Im more of a Computer music nerd.
Record and stuff etc..

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 11:02:49

Escribano

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

You know me right? ex-Apple and Microsoft? There is a high corellation between computer workers and making music in general. In D.C. they reckoned about 1 in 10.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 14:09:10

Florian

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Escribano)

I tought so Simon.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 15:04:33

PacoPaella

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

I"m in teh IT business and my duo partner sits right next to me in our office

In fact the first computer company i worked at, the guys used to sit around and jam on the guitars from time to time when in the right mood. Those sessions impressed me so much back then that i decided to learn to play guitar myself.

From my point of view theres a huge percentage of IT people who are driven into making music, probably to make up for the onedirectional property of our work.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 15:59:11

nhills

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From: West Des Moines, IA USA

RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

Yes - I'm also a software engineer (hate that euphemism - like calling a garbage collector a sanitation engineer) too. I don't know what the connection is, but...
Norman

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 22:28:51

Thomas Whiteley

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

quote:

So i am courious anyone else here in that type of field ? and what are your toughts ?

I began my professional career as an electronics engineer. When manufacturing left Silicon Valley, I went into programming. I have worked at five different companies and have found that 7 out of 10 programmers I have worked with also play a musical instrument. One programmer was a music major.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 16 2005 23:06:52

Florian

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

WOw, well if you ever wanna teach guitar and you are not sure where to advertise for students, now u know i guess :-)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 17 2005 6:18:53

larone

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RE: The link between Flamenco guitar... (in reply to Florian)

There's a guy in brisbane (australia) that my friend knows and he's a world class guitarist. We're talking up there with Nunez, Amigo etc and instead of touring the world and dominating the guitar scene, he sits on his arse and does computer programing

THIS MAKES ME WANNA SPEW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, i seem to make computers sick so i try not to do anything too scary with them, although it's people like me that keep you musician/computer freaks in business LOL
Larone

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 17 2005 9:27:22

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