Mark2 -> RE: How to become a good Flamencoguitarrist. (Mar. 18 2005 21:37:03)
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Guys, I hate to throw a wet blanket over the fire as I really enjoy communicating with all you guys. I started my study of flamenco much as many of you-I was fortunate that I had a teacher from Spain for the first five years, but all I did was study his music on my own, and then when I got it down I did solo gigs for years before I started playing for dance and then singers. It was amazing how much I didn't know about flamenco even though I had been playing for years. A singer told me "Now your starting your flamenco education" I said what the heck have I been doing the last eight years? She said "playing the guitar" It's true that today the learning tools available are better than ever-compas programs, dvd's, midi files etc, but flamenco is above all, a communication between participants, IMO. If you don't hang out with other guitarists, singers, and dancers, you are missing most of the fun. I know there are many people out there without those support people available, but if you are going to spend hours, days, months, years, playing flamenco guitar, you owe it to yourself to seek out others who you can play with and learn from. You owe yourself a trip to Spain to see the pros on their home turf, and if you are a guitarist who has payed your dues and learned compas, you owe yourself the thrill of playing for dancers. Reward yourselves for your efforts! Smell the roses and eat the fruit! End of rant.
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