Mark2 -> RE: Picado on Electric Guitar (Jan. 19 2024 21:04:51)
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I think he's a great player but it has almost nothing to do with picado. It doesn't sound the same, and it isn't done the same way. As far as comparing him to PdL, I don't agree. He's really young but he hasn't written anything that has broken out. Maybe he will, who knows. When he starts writing tunes that become standards, like all the jazz greats, then maybe. Highly unlikely IMO. Paco changed flamenco. Matteo is great but he hasn't changed jazz in any way, except maybe convinced a few guys to try to play sans pick. I'll admit that I don't know his entire output, and really, I don't care much about electric guitar improvising, or improvising single lines, period. I've heard it, and heard it, and heard it. I see really good electric players all the time online, playing way better than I ever did on electric. But heck, in my day, you went out and gigged. That requires having good gear, and knowing it, and a bunch of other skills that you don't need to make a 30 second youtube clip of a solo in a cover tune. Playing in your bedroom just isn't the same. I realize Matteo is special, and far from an internet bedroom guy. He's great. I just really don't care. I still admire jazz improv, and practice it sometimes because of the application of different scales and devices. Flamenco is my jam these days. It's still a huge challenge for me to play something simple in a way that sounds authentic. Konstantin ripped a file for me and I learned the guitar part pretty quickly but getting it to sound good is another story. That is way more interesting than doing something I did fairly well 40 years ago. Here is the tune-simple, but not so simple to sound like this player: http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=351308&p=1&tmode=1&smode=1
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