Florian -> RE: How long did it take for you to become good? (May 15 2009 5:00:36)
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just $39.95, two pills to be taken every morning theres also the organic way... mushrooms [:D] quote:
I'd say playing other things has definitely helped. Playing songo, tumbao, etc. patterns on drums helps with rhythm, and fingerstyle bass really strengthens the fingers for picado cuz the strings are thicker. However, learning flamenco from day 1 is also good cuz you get all the correct habits right off the bat, but it's probably harder to diversify. I've always played a lot of stuff. I'll never be a true flamenco master because I have my foot in so many doors, so to speak, but I'm okay with that. I've always been a jack of all trades. I do really enjoy learning, playing, and listening to it, though. Yes ofcourse its a greate advantage...i cant really think of any great disadvantages..maybe..hard to tell, you would be a better judge of that.. the only thing i could think of that might, be a a slight disadvantage.. if any ..is yeah the more you know the less room there is for new stuff, or are so set in your ways or so confident in your abilities that try to change flamenco to suit you rather than change yourself to suit it.. I know a jazz dancer who is very good at jazz...been dancing about 15 years jazz, he started dating a flamenco dance teacher and they do shows togheder (shes quite a decent dancer but must be so blinded by love that she sees what she wants to see)...now hes been around the scene about 9 years...and he dances...his version of flamenco its AWFUL...embarasing, hes done nothing but trying to adapt some flamenco turns and caricature manarisms to what he does and bad cliques of how he sees when he sees a male dancing and what it means ..the sad thing is that hes been around for 9 years...had he not had all that confidence and bagage from beeing good allready at jazz he might have actually just learned flamenco and gotten decent at it... theres people who were beginners or not even in the scene when he started who now are quite good and perform the real thing..while he will always be seen as a joke to flamenco by those that study it.. and its got nothing to do with his personaliity cause hes a nice enough guy..i am sure the guys in adelaide know who i am speaking off You cant pretend to dance flamenco ..you either dance it or you dont... but i am sure u are not in any of this categories cause as you say you love learning respect to that..(excellent way to be) my story is not in anway related to you.. just a rare example where what should have been an advantage for him turned into his worst disadvantage..but thats just one case..majority of good guitarists i know played other stuff before flamenco and they made it work for them and used the experience to their advantage quote:
I'll never be a true flamenco master because I have my foot in so many doors, so to speak, but I'm okay with that. I've always been a jack of all trades. I do really enjoy learning, playing, and listening to it, though. thats all that counts...and who knows...u might just have the perfect ingidiants [;)]
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