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A short break from flamenco
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ralexander
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From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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 RE: A short break from flamenco (in reply to Arash)
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Cool post, Arash - this is where I came from musically speaking before flamenco got a hold of me 
I know both of these guys and have taken lessons with Andy. The 2 big influences they name from an acoustic guitar standpoint are definitely Michael Hedges and Don Ross, who coincidentally I saw in concert last night. Also Preston Reed, Stephen Bennett, Leo Kottke etc.
Kasey, believe it or not that Antoine video is not overdubbed - he can play like that, I've seen it in person! Totally amazing player with great control and quite a bag of techniques to pull from.
The interesting thing about these guys is that they all seem to approach composing in the same way. Guitar is their instrument of choice, but they all are trying to recreate the sounds in their head ie horn sections, drums, strings etc. I consider Don Ross and Michael Hedges the pioneers of this style, but there is a whole generation of great players that have followed in their footsteps.
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Date Apr. 17 2014 11:56:43
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Ruphus
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RE: A short break from flamenco (in reply to Arash)
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ORIGINAL: Aretium
I didn't say I didn't listen to that genre of music, I said it didn't speak emotionally, does it mean I can't enjoy it or its ideas? Wouldn't it be better to contribute to the discussion?
I listen to plenty of music that doesn't invoke an emotional response, watching cante is very emotional but I wouldn't listen to it on the way to work.
p.s Where I am from is of no concern, and in any case why should it matter?
Seems you mean something I don´t understand with "speaking emotionally".
Because, when I personally enjoy music, it is always effecting me emotionally. ( From cheering inside, to down to tears.)
What the discussion is concerned, I own albums of Kottke, Sammy Vomacka, Ry Cooder and others to whom I used to listen a lot. And meanwhile I have seen newcomers who will technically play circles around them.
I dig ragtime blues and all the other kinds of steel & folk from around Mississippi, or more in detail much of what came from GB and African Chorusses until it became blues, soul, funk and in the end rock.
So, long live rock´n roll and everything that evolves, in melody and rhythm, raises into all kind of colours, shades and musical means, pulling, inspiring to move one´s body in ever altering ways.
( - And in the opposite, down with stale, colorless monotony. It is not just undemanding to make and listen to, but kills the brain.)
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Date Apr. 17 2014 13:00:29
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), here again another touch to the issue of rhythm and giutar: 