Rain -> RE: Hey let's all just replicate Paco's style. Or not (Apr. 20 2010 10:40:01)
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I totally agree. You see, comparing yourself to others is actually just a trick; it's a tool to reach deeply into yourself and find YOUR own true potential. But if you start with the conception "person X is way better than I will ever be", then if you never make it is far as you wished you could go, you have no one to blame but yourself. Composition. Composition. Composition. I cannot say it enough! Let's be dead honest: there is no living flamenco artist who is a truly excellent composer. You can take the musical ideas of Bach and even a half assed player can play them on a half assed instrument, and they will still sound amazing. Why? Because they are incredibly well crafted ideas. Why can Vicente mop the floors with Nunez? Cause for all of Nunez' technique, the dude needs to revisit Composition 101. Vicente ain't exactly an all time great in the musical idea creation department, but he knows what a melody is, and shows flashes of compositional talent. And that has been enough to take him to a higher level than any other flamenco guitarist, probably even Paco. Those who would be musicians, heed this: great composition beats great technique any day of the week. But don't use that as an excuse to not study technique. I agree with you 100%, and not just on the above quote but almost on everything you have said on this thread. Paco has set a level when it comes to Technic, that I wish all of us to one day meet and surpass and that is something that can be done. Meaning faster picado etc... However that is not what makes Paco amazing, what makes him amazing are his compositions, and that is something that cannot be gauged, when comparing oneself to Paco, because that is something that is subjective. When I listen To Tomatito, Manolo or Vicente I don't hear Paco in their playing nor do I believe that they are trying to replicate Paco's style. Rain
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