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Practicing - 'amateur' vs 'professional' ???
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gj Michelob
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RE: Practicing - 'amateur' vs 'profe... (in reply to ToddK)
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Hard work and determination can take you a long way. As obvious as this statement is, it remains the golden rule in the pursuit of success (and with "success" I simply mean attainment of one's goals, not necessarily wealth and fame). And equally obvious is that determination and hard work are inherently tied to one another through a simple process of cause and effect, where hard work can only stem from determination, as a consequence of one's resolve to accomplish a certain objective. The reason why I am dissecting ToddK's statement is my earnest desire to re-ignite an inspiration I fear lost. Since joining this Forum, I learned at least how ignorant, incompetent and talentless I truly am. I miss those days when I thought I sounded "great", and my own recording felt satisfactory. Now, I am never pleased with anything I play, finding flaws in everything from tone to time. The problem, however (and here is why I am dwelling on Toddk's point) is that the realization of my deficient skills is not stirring the desire to practice more and overcome each issue. Instead, it burns out my passion that seems to evaporate into even less productive, aimless and increasingly shorter playing sessions.
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Date Dec. 14 2014 15:25:26
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jmb
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From: Vallecas - Madrid - Spain
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RE: Practicing - 'amateur' vs 'profe... (in reply to Argaith)
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Apart from practicing the right way, etc; I think its generally down to how much one practices. In the best situation, if I am only doing my day job and have not a thousand other things to do in the evenings, I only get an hour to practice by the end of which I've only just warmed up! What's more, and very important: there are thousand of guitarists that can play Entre Dos Aguas more or less, but they are not true tocaores, just guitarists. For professional levels you need mor than play and stay. You need play for singers, dancers, peruvian box players, palmeros, etc ... and to get the actual improvisation skills that are the bulk of flamenco. And interaction with this enviroment requires more than hour per day.
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Date Dec. 15 2014 14:39:05
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jmb
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From: Vallecas - Madrid - Spain
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RE: Practicing - 'amateur' vs 'profe... (in reply to Paul Magnussen)
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“Playing one day with one singer, that doesn’t make you a flamenco guitarist with understanding. You’ve got to go there and play over and over and over, not with one but with many. Because each has a different accentuation, different rhythm, tempo, et cetera. This is how I see it.” Juan Serrano Perfect definition ... that's what we, Spaniards, all, understand as level of "professional 'tocaor'" or "professional cantaor", otherwise your are simply a good (professional) guitar player, singer or percussionist . It does not matter if your are the king of skillfull guitarists if you can't enhance 'el cante' properly. And that is the most difficult. Time with others is important in flamenco.
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Date Dec. 15 2014 17:25:54
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