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Ricardo
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From: Washington DC
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RE: Paco Pena Autograph (in reply to rombsix)
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sounds like a good way to RUIN a guitar, I used to feel that way, and still do about my own guitars. But it seems popular nowadays for the young players in Spain to get "Paco de Lucia" above the fingerboard, and "Tomatito" below it, on their main working Conde guitars. Saw it on guitars by Diego del Morao, Jesus de Rosario, and this guy who came with Sara Baras last week, Jose Carlos Gomez I think? I saw PDL sign some rock dude's Fender strat, which I thought was really dumb at the time. I guess if you plan to NEVER sell the guitar, and just keep for sentimental value. To me a photo or CD is much better idea. OH, and I don't recommend subjecting any player to hearing their own music RIGHT after they just gave a concert! It is not like they are suddenly going to hire you based on your version of Mediterranean Sundance, and finish out the tour with you as second guitar. If you simply play badly, you are torchering the poor guy with his own music. If you play even BETTER than the guy did that night, you are torchering the poor guy still. I would never do it unless asked. I would not see anything wrong with giving a famous artist a demo CD of your playing or something less imposing, or to a manager or band memeber, which they can toss in the trash bin behind the theatre if they choose! Ricardo
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Date Feb. 20 2007 18:40:25
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rombsix
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From: Beirut, Lebanon
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RE: Paco Pena Autograph (in reply to rombsix)
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Thanks a lot guys. This forum is so great. You are all so interactive. I love the fact that you reply quickly. I guess the general atmosphere is negative concerning the whole autographing issue, and I'm not a good enough guitarist (I guess) to learn one of his pieces and play it in front of him. Even if I were, I guess my hands would just clench up at the mere thought of the performance anxiety itself. I only have one of his CDs (the one where he does his own renditions of many Nino Ricardo pieces, and other stuff... forgot the title though). I am not a great fan of his, but his playing is awesome (judging from the youtube videos). Very clean technique even though he uses the IMO annoying traditional flamenco seating position. I just wanted to go to the concert because I got a 50% discount being a student at the university he is playing at (thus the priciest ticket that was worth $55 cost me $27.5), plus the concert is being held right next door to my house (I live very close to the university), plus, I haven't gone to a "real" flamenco concert yet (I've attended many free classical guitar recitals, and some jazz and Brazilian music concerts - I've played in several "flamenco" concerts with my teacher and some of his students where we played some tangos, alegrias, bulerias, tarantas, soleares, farrucas, and mostly rumbas, but that is definitely not up to Paco Pena standards!). So that is basically it. Besides, I am a "pseudo-OCD" person, so I guess looking at my guitar every time and noticing that there is an autograph on one side (had I actually gone through with it and had him autograph it) but not symmetrically on the other side would have just driven me nuts!!
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Date Feb. 20 2007 18:45:23
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Ricardo
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RE: Paco Pena Autograph (in reply to Florian)
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how was the Guitarist ? did u socialise with them after ? Hi. I did not socialize, I was really hungry and "poured out the theatre with the masses looking for the Pub and Grub" or something as Ron put it. I love Sara Baras because she and her dancers do super tight and clear rhythms. Nothing too fancy with tons of cortes. I prefer that style, although I know many aficionados think of it as "flashy footwork", crowd pleasing stuff, but I like when footwork takes me for a ride. As per usually guitars were not as loud as I would like. JM Banderas to me is the superior player by far, but his mic was only 40% of the the other guy, who was good too,, but was doing the extra strong rasgueos to be heard noticeably louder than Banderas. Really annoying when Banderas played falsetas. They gave him enough volume during Zambra so he could do improv solo. But the music was different arrangements by Banderas, Gomez, Montoya (the guitarist who played with sara before) and others. It was a mix, mainly traditional format with modern falsetas of course. I liked the whole show, it was dedicated to her Mother. Everything was tight and good, just wish Banderas was given a chance to shine more like he did in Mariana Pineda. My guess is the other guy Gomez was "trusted" more as a baile accomp. so they gave him more volume. But we have talked about what happens when you get two "lead" guitars. Ricardo
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Date Feb. 20 2007 19:28:25
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