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Haithamflamenco
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 RE: Buleria Video from Eduardo Trassiera (in reply to Arash)
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Eduardo Trassierra
Andalucia is blessed with a brilliant young generation of flamenco guitar players.
Eduardo Trassierra is an outstanding example of this new crop of artists. He was born in December 1982 in Villaverde del Rio (province of Sevilla) and received his first lessons from his father, guitar player Jose Trassierra. Very soon, he became the shining star of the conservatory and at the age of merely 12, he started winning some important national prizes as a flamenco guitar player. Those prizes would prove to be the first of an endless series.
When he was 18, he received the “Niño Ricardo” prize in Sevilla and aged just 19, he won the highly renowned “Giraldillo del Toque”. This prize, obtained at the XII Bienal de Flamenco in Sevilla, is only attributed by and to the very greatest of artists.
In 2004 he triumphed yet again. This time in Córdoba, where he obtained the “Juan Carmona Habichuela” prize at the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco. In addition to that, he also was a laureate at the Concurso Internacional de Guitarra Flamenco de Concierto.
The future looks very bright for this student in economics (University of Sevilla), who has already become one of the most versatile flamenco guitar players of this era.
No one, except for perhaps Paco de Lucia, has been praised so highly at such a young age. Eduardo Trassierra is without a doubt one of the very greatest flamenco stars to come.
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Date Sep. 13 2007 22:32:51
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Ron.M
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RE: Buleria Video from Eduardo Trassiera (in reply to duende)
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Sorry to bump this thread up if you're not interested.
What gets me, is that more and more of "modern" Bulerias has this... sneering, macho, power trip, ego thing, with unresolved ideas, jumping like a monkey all over the fretboard and smashing atonal power chords and trying to be utterly cool. 
Personally, I've no time for that.
I dunno about anyone else , but that sort of playing leaves me absolutely cold.
Before Ricardo jumps down my throat ( ).....Gerardo Nuñez is a modern player, but an extremely elegant player IMO.
Sure he goes off at a tangent from traditional flamenco, but his stuff fits together like a jigsaw, very neat and contained, unlike the cool "rabble rousers" I've heard recently.
In fact, everytime I hear a new Bulerias upload, it sounds like a continuation of the same piece!
Continuously arpegio in a moody, and steamy way for a few compases.
Then an arpegio up to a bit of aggressive picado.
Then a bit of flustering at break-neck speed, working down the fretboard, playing chords and some finger stuff every half second....then end on a big Flamenco "A" (preferably halfway up the neck).
Hold onto it and beat the sh*t out of it for a few compases and grimace while the cajon player and palmeros shout "olé".. 
Ultra Cool!
Ultra Boring IMHO!
Gimme the old stuff anyday!
cheers,
Ron
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Date Sep. 15 2007 21:53:50
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Conrad
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From: Toronto, ON, Canada
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RE: Buleria Video from Eduardo Trassiera (in reply to Guest)
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Ron, I think your post was increbibly insightful and I agree with all of it, but what do you think of Antonio's performance? I fear you might not like it...
To me, comparing these two videos, Antonio is way more interesting, and I could gush about it specifically if anybody wants me to...
Eduardo is totally square throughout his piece, but he sure is trying hard and I just think his attitude is all wrong. Technically, it is like diarrhea, but conceptually and emotionally, it is more like constipation.
Con
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Date Sep. 16 2007 0:14:38
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Ron.M
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RE: Buleria Video from Eduardo Trassiera (in reply to Conrad)
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but what do you think of Antonio's performance?
Hi Con,
I think he's an incredible virtuoso player...but there are so many incredible virtuoso players these days, I'm losing track!
I'm not trying to stir it with my previous comments...I could simply have said "Wow!" and left it at that.
But that wouldn't be what I was really thinking.
It's difficult to put accurately into words, but I feel that the "flavour" of Bulerias guitar style has changed over the years from "joyus, exciting and thrilling" to "moody, arrogant and in your face".
That's just a personal view, that is maybe age related.
I never grew up with things like Heavy Metal and Thrash and that sort of stuff, so maybe to guys younger than me, this kind of approach to music is normal.
It doesn't really do much for me though.
I also agree with an old comment by Florian saying that the older you get, the less open you are to new ideas and tend to get stuck in a time warp.
The good thing is, I can hear (via Ondajerez) that the sort of stuff I like is still being performed in the peñas of Jerez, since Flamenco in Spain still seems to be multi-generational and inclusive and not just cutting edge stuff and the hot-shots.
cheers,
Ron
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Date Sep. 16 2007 11:32:59
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cneberg
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From: Sončno polje pri Večnosti
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RE: Buleria Video from Eduardo Trassiera (in reply to Ron.M)
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quote:
Sorry to bump this thread up if you're not interested.
What gets me, is that more and more of "modern" Bulerias has this... sneering, macho, power trip, ego thing, with unresolved ideas, jumping like a monkey all over the fretboard and smashing atonal power chords and trying to be utterly cool.
Personally, I've no time for that.
I dunno about anyone else , but that sort of playing leaves me absolutely cold.
Before Ricardo jumps down my throat ( ).....Gerardo Nuñez is a modern player, but an extremely elegant player IMO.
Sure he goes off at a tangent from traditional flamenco, but his stuff fits together like a jigsaw, very neat and contained, unlike the cool "rabble rousers" I've heard recently.
In fact, everytime I hear a new Bulerias upload, it sounds like a continuation of the same piece!
Continuously arpegio in a moody, and steamy way for a few compases.
Then an arpegio up to a bit of aggressive picado.
Then a bit of flustering at break-neck speed, working down the fretboard, playing chords and some finger stuff every half second....then end on a big Flamenco "A" (preferably halfway up the neck).
Hold onto it and beat the sh*t out of it for a few compases and grimace while the cajon player and palmeros shout "olé"..
Ultra Cool!
Ultra Boring IMHO!
Gimme the old stuff anyday!
cheers,
Ron
I couldn't agree more!
But then again, I get similar feelings when I'm listening to some of the good old Sabicas music. A lot of flashy techniques and little music (not to mention Carlos Montoya). Of course, he also did marvellous tunes.
I guess the evolution can now only bring us to a flamenco guitar version of Erik Satie.
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Date Sep. 16 2007 17:57:53
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