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Bulerias2005 -> RE: Is Diego Del Morao the most influential guitarist today? (Dec. 1 2012 23:06:18)
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ORIGINAL: kudo
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I hope that these guys are just testing their limits at this point and will mature compositionally on the albums that follow.
just because you dont click with it, doesnt mean their compositions are immature and that they are testing their limits. lets see what your limits are and your mature compositions...if you can, that is
Well, that's the thing. Personally speaking -- having explored Russian, Brazilian, Spanish, French, jazz and who knows what other type of music -- I can usually identify compositional influences correctly. Listening to these modern cats, it is pretty obvious that they grew up on Paco de Lucia and developed their own music in a very flamenco-centric bubble. The hallmark of "modern flamenco" is the amalgamation of traditional flamenco and other genres (primarily jazz, classical, and Brazilian music). This new wave of flamenco is obviously influenced by their immediate predecessors such as Paco de Lucia, Gerardo Nunez, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, etc, but it is obvious that these younger guys also have a very fleeting and superficial knowledge of the aforementioned non-flamenco genres, **unlike** their predecessors. This leads to a very homogeneous, self-contained, and ultimately compositionally-meandering style, which is what I believe Munin was alluding to. And I agree 100%. I can't tell these guys apart in terms of their compositions.
With a guy like Myrddin, I immediately identified that his influences were baroque/classical/renaissance music. So it was hardly a surprise to me when I saw all of his Bach videos on YouTube. He has studied such composers in an in-depth manner, and it is reflected in his compositions. This is what these new guys lack, in my opinion.
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