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cool juan martin vid
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Jamey
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Joined: Jul. 7 2004
From: Winnipeg, Canada
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 RE: cool juan martin vid (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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ORIGINAL: Jon Boyes
The last time someone posted this it caused a huge row, a massive long thread full of insults and several people left. 
I'd tread carefully if I were you, JM is a controversial character in the flamenco world. 
Hi Jon,
IMHO, people get too worked up over pointless things. I remember "the troubles" you're talking about. It comes down to people seeing themselves too aligned to a given player or style (e.g.. ever notice how some get too wrapped up in G. Nuñez' approach or similar players while being derisive towards other players of a different ilk? How they inadvertently attack the comments of others when they contain preference or adolation of different styles or players like Diego del Gastor or JM or Paco Peña?). Name calling is unfortunate if not completely childish and ignorant. Tantrums are something my two year old throws and shouldn't be the stuff of guitarists or wannabe guitarists like myself. Leaving a forum is also inane but I suppose understandable if you are getting nothing but sh*t and abuse each time you sign on.
I for one really like Juan Martín. Not because he's exceptional in his virtuosity and speed (he isn't), but because he's accessible to me and that every once in a while, he comes up with an arrangement or phrasing that is at the same time both simple and elegant in it's sound (not always, but he does come up with them from time to time). He IS a very good player. It's just that we seldom see it because often what we see is teaching material from him consisting of basics or intermediate level material. Perhaps I should say he's a good traditional player that seems to cherish Flamenco and apparently prefers to keep things simple rather than overly showy. Working through his books and DVDs (those two volumes he has through Mel Bay) has helped me with my approach to Paco Peña's Toques Flamenco which in turn has helped me with all of the other material I have to work on (Habichuela, Moraíto, Sabícas). Nobody on any of these forums is good enough to cop the kinds of attitudes we unfortunately see often enough (except maybe Grisha, but he's been nothing but gracious and humble in his postings from what I've seen).
I say, post JM if you want to and just enjoy it for what it is...someone playing a piece of music because he likes to.
- Jamey
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