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RE: Antonio Rey play Andalusian Guitar....!!!
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KMMI77
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RE: Antonio Rey play Andalusian Guit... (in reply to Morante)
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I like Ruben, I think he is an interesting guy I believe I would have fun hanging out, learning or playing some guitar with him. I subscribe to his youtube accounts and learn the things that are of interest to me. He shares a lot of interesting info for free. I, like anyone else, Am still free to form my own opinions regarding flamenco or Paco de Lucia's technique. He just shares his knowledge, opinions and beliefs just like every other flamenco guitar teacher. I know lots of people think he is taking his students for a ride. But from what i have seen, they are mostly grown men capable of making their own decisions. So why should it bother us? IMO, they will be able to learn a lot from him. And as they gain more knowledge, they will also be able to make their own decisions regarding whether or not any of their teachers information was bias or inaccurate. Same goes for guitars. If years go by and one of his students decides he prefers something different to an Andalucian guitar. Then they can purchase a different one. The first guitar i had was not very good at all. An andalusian guitar would have been much better. So what? Yes, I get why many people people don't agree with his style or methods. . But we all have our good and bad points. Maybe the universe will eventually sort us all out? I believe he makes a good teacher. Especially if you prefer English over Spanish.I also believe that he possesses many good qualities alongside the ones that have caused such a fuss. His students will have a strong foundation to build on if they study with Ruben. Ruben has always been very polite in any private conversations i have had with him over the internet. As for the guitars. From what i can tell, Ruben has access to heaps of those guitars. There are bound to be some that sound really cool. I'm sure he has kept some the best ones he has come across. Maybe they are the ones he is showing Antonio? There is probably a bit of new sound excitement happening in the video as well. I know when someone shows me a new guitar with a different sound than the ones i have, I always get right into it and often want one! Antonio seems like a cool guy. The two of them seem to be having a good time together. I like seeing that. It is however a shame that his interactions here and other places did not pan out better overall. But he is who he is, and I'm fine with that. I enjoyed his latest videos performing on tv with the group he has put together. He played very well, and the group sounds really good together. They have their own thing going and I enjoyed seeing it.
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RE: Antonio Rey play Andalusian Guit... (in reply to KMMI77)
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ORIGINAL: KMMI77 I like Ruben, I think he is an interesting guy I believe I would have fun hanging out, learning or playing some guitar with him. I subscribe to his youtube accounts and learn the things that are of interest to me. He shares a lot of interesting info for free. I, like anyone else, Am still free to form my own opinions regarding flamenco or Paco de Lucia's technique. He just shares his knowledge, opinions and beliefs just like every other flamenco guitar teacher. I know lots of people think he is taking his students for a ride. But from what i have seen, they are mostly grown men capable of making their own decisions. So why should it bother us? IMO, they will be able to learn a lot from him. And as they gain more knowledge, they will also be able to make their own decisions regarding whether or not any of their teachers information was bias or inaccurate. Same goes for guitars. If years go by and one of his students decides he prefers something different to an Andalucian guitar. Then they can purchase a different one. The first guitar i had was not very good at all. An andalusian guitar would have been much better. So what? Yes, I get why many people people don't agree with his style or methods. . But we all have our good and bad points. Maybe the universe will eventually sort us all out? I believe he makes a good teacher. Especially if you prefer English over Spanish.I also believe that he possesses many good qualities alongside the ones that have caused such a fuss. His students will have a strong foundation to build on if they study with Ruben. Ruben has always been very polite in any private conversations i have had with him over the internet. As for the guitars. From what i can tell, Ruben has access to heaps of those guitars. There are bound to be some that sound really cool. I'm sure he has kept some the best ones he has come across. Maybe they are the ones he is showing Antonio? There is probably a bit of new sound excitement happening in the video as well. I know when someone shows me a new guitar with a different sound than the ones i have, I always get right into it and often want one! Antonio seems like a cool guy. The two of them seem to be having a good time together. I like seeing that. It is however a shame that his interactions here and other places did not pan out better overall. But he is who he is, and I'm fine with that. I enjoyed his latest videos performing on tv with the group he has put together. He played very well, and the group sounds really good together. They have their own thing going and I enjoyed seeing it. He is quite a character, i agree with all you say but dude... he spammed this forum with his countless links, made huge claims about PdL and by that started some heated discussions and pissed several valued members off. And this topic is even 3 years old, yet nothing changed. Since his banning there occured several posts made under new accounts that favor Rubens position and bring this topic up yet again. Good sound on those guitars, nice videos by Antonio, what did he get for them, move along to other more interesting topics... by the way, if anyone knows why the other 2 videos have gone invisible on youtube, im all ears...
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