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Romanza -> RE: Hola! (new member) (Feb. 8 2006 13:37:06)
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I'm curious, what first inspired you to get involved in flamenco guitar?
Well... it all started almost a year ago! It was my first time in Spain and my dad (a guitarist of sorts) asked me to look out some CDs by some guy called Paco de Lucia, who I had never heard of!! In a tiny music shop in the Barre Gothic in Barcelona, I purchased 'Almoraima' on the recommendation of the shop owner. When I got back home, I decided to have a little listen... and the rest is history (my dad never did get his CD!!!). I used to play a very small amount of classical when I was younger, but gave it up (a decison I regret to this today). But hearing that Paco CD I was hooked and knew I had to learn more about this music. So, I took up the guitar again, got some lessons and a few books and tried to immerse myself in the flamenco world as much as possible...
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By the way, I recently discovered a flamenco guitarist named Julia Banzi. She's from Portland, Oregon, studied with Paco and Manolo, et. al., and is now living and playing in Morocco in a group called Al-Andalus. Have you heard of her?
No. in fact I haven't heard of any female flamenco guitarists, apart from the couple who have been mentioned on this forum. It's very much a male dominated instrument and I guess there are some traditionalists who think that the women's place in flamenco is cante or baile only... but sod tradition! If Paco de Lucia had remained a slave to tradition then... well, none of us would know who he was!
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