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Brendan

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Joined: Oct. 30 2010

Picadomusic

Has anyone tried this:

http://picadomusic.com

?

I'm being pressed to review it, but I can't do that without buying it, which isn't going to happen.

Note: I'm not inviting remarks about how such gadgets cannot substitute for a live teacher, still less for the ineffable lessons to be learned from hanging with flamencos, living in Andalucia, attending juergas, drinking fino, etc.. We know all that. The question is how this gadget compares with other gadgets of this sort.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 9 2017 15:50:06

rombsix

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

I haven't tried it, but I like the idea.

Juan is looking older, but he still has the chops.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 9 2017 18:27:59

El Kiko

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From: The South Ireland

RE: Picadomusic (in reply to rombsix)

yes a bit older ...

i see they put the Juans ..rumba gypsy kings known style on as their example , because of course you will appeal to a wider audience , and every one knows that is flamenco ...right ?

But you wont have an accompanying guitar ..or a dancer , or a guitar that sounds like his ,,,,.
you will in fact end up sounding like me .... sorry

and you can only learn what they put up there ....

And the Manolo Franco one is on his own CD learn flamenco ... he could have got his **** together a bit and put something different out there for a change ...

and the fact that you have the music doesnt mean you can play it as fast or as accurate as he can ..........
I think its another way to share something thats not new ......

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 9 2017 19:56:27

mark indigo

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

quote:

I'm being pressed to review it, but I can't do that without buying it, which isn't going to happen.

just say no....?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 10 2017 10:33:27

Brendan

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to mark indigo)

Ah but the human element. The request is coming from the editor of Flamenco News, which is the volunteer-produced magazine for flamenco in London. She does, unpaid, the sort of boring back-office work that keeps a community together. So I'd like to reply with something more helpful than a blank refusal. Or at least, refuse gracefully.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 10 2017 11:18:49

mark indigo

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

quote:

She does, unpaid, the sort of boring back-office work that keeps a community together.

yes, I see your point....

quote:

Flamenco News

is that the newsletter of the Peña? I pick one up occasionally if I am in London, as I was recently. They reported the death of Pepe Habichuela, but as I could find no reference to it anywhere else I assume it's a mistake

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 10 2017 12:00:33

orsonw

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Joined: Jul. 4 2009
From: London

RE: Picadomusic (in reply to mark indigo)

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They reported the death of Pepe Habichuela, but as I could find no reference to it anywhere else I assume it's a mistake

Here he is in Pamplona on the 27th August.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 10 2017 12:51:40

Brendan

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to mark indigo)

That's the one.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 11 2017 22:41:53

Ricardo

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

This is the most negatively reviewed product that nobody has even tried, that I have never seen myself. Submit that.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 12 2017 12:09:09

Morante

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RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

Dile que la Giralda es muy bonita.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 12 2017 14:23:48

El Kiko

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From: The South Ireland

RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Ricardo)

quote:

This is the most negatively reviewed product that nobody has even tried, that I have never seen myself. Submit that.

In a nut shell ,, we should vote on that

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 12 2017 16:42:07

Schieper

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From: The Netherlands

RE: Picadomusic (in reply to Brendan)

I do have the app but no song. Its professionally made, currently offers 1 songs by world class players, and is form a well know flamenco software developer as they also made a metronome. So it is serious stuff

but i am also not going to buy as 20,- is a bit steep for 1 song and I do not like the songs.

Can you not write down your opinion without testing? I mean, it is a new development in music digitization. What does it offer? how does that compare to teacher, or one of JM's books. For whom is it? beginners or intermediars? waht about the choise of songs?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 13 2017 7:27:55