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Miguel de Maria
Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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 RE: Name wanted for Spanish guitar duo (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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There seem to be four broad categories for rumba or "fusion" bands. One is the simple last name, for example, Strunz and Farah or Taber and Garibay. A bit tired, but there you go. Another option is to use a Spanish word which somehow describes your band or music. My friend's band is "Mosaico," a bit of a cop out I think because they are a "mosaic" of different influences and styles. My old rumba band was called "Compas", which was somewhat ironic since our compas really wasn't our strength. Then, there is the whimsical approach, but in Spanish, such as Gipsy Kings or Ojos de Brujo or Radio Tarifa. This is probably the Spanish version of Led Zeppelin or The Beatles. Finally, there is the gringo-fied way of using an English word or taking a flamenco word and Anglicizing it: the worst offender, perhaps, being "Novamenco".
I'm not sure where Firefingers fits in here... along these lines-
1. Boyes and Barney (sounds like a law firm)
2. Ida y Vuelta (probably taken, but it does describe your repertoire)
3. Trascanal (over the Channel...get it, over the English Channel!?)
4. Guitars of Fire or Puromenco
good luck, and if you choose #4...well, nevermind..
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Date Sep. 29 2005 16:07:11
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Mark2
Posts: 1871
Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: Name wanted for Spanish guitar duo (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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Here's my two cents. Something easy to remember and easy to pronounce-for your agents and your audience. I started a band 13 years ago. Didn't really care about the name, so the conga player, who obviously didn't want to be left out, said "How about Guitarras y Congas" I said cool. Well, despite doing a million gigs between then and now, many people can't pronounce the name, in fact most people can't. Even my agent mis-spells our name on the flippin contracts. Some people say "Guitarras why congas?" After adding a violin player a few years after forming, we find he feels rather uh, left out. But it was too late to change the name. The whole spanish affection does more harm than good. And we live in an area with a huge spanish speaking population, with three of four members spanish speaking. Still a mistake, should have gone with something simple. I like one word names. Anything that ends with "menco" should be banned! How about "J.B. Jams".....sounds kinda bluesy.
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Date Sep. 29 2005 16:29:47
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