Ricardo -> RE: Paco De Lucia using Lester Devoe (Feb. 27 2010 6:19:53)
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Paco has been playing with that kind of sometimes less aggressive groove that I think you are getting at some of the times for many years first time he played slightly more laid back was cositas buenas, so I can't agree with you that he did that 1996, absolutely not, you should watch more stuff from Paco to understand it. As I wrote earlier, Maestro Paco did mention himself about this after cositas buenas concerts. A lot of what is going on is simply the dynamics of the recording and live sound. Paco had just as light a touch when younger, but the recordings are more "in your face" and all guitar back then. I saw him live right after Cositas and he was really ballsy and kick butt and aggressive, and a lot had to do with the live sound, it was very "in your face". Then I saw the DVD of the same show live in germany, and he not only made tons of errors, but the sound was not so much "in your face" as what I saw live. It is the miking techniques and mix, and compression of the master affects this too, I can see why someone would feel it is his overall playing style, but it was not really IMO. The bulerias on Cositas, coincidentally he recorded with the Devoe, seems to have a light touch because of the nature of the music, and I suspect was recorded differently then say the opening bulerias, which is more ballsy. "Volar" it is called has a lot of melodies, but when the rasgueados come in he is ripping as normal. As a comparison, listen to Castro Marin and compare the same music to Solo Quiero caminar. Why does it sound so different? Same guy, same guitar, same music....but very different recording techniques. Anyway you can see him working on some of those Volar falsetas at his home in mexico from the DVD Francisco sanchez, and he is just playing pretty normally on his red finish conde in front of his lap top. He is literally laid back playing at home, and that is probably how he recorded that music. But then he cuts his beard and hits the road for a tour and you see how his playing on stage takes on a new intensity. Ricardo
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