thomazozo -> RE: Is the forum more or less inactive? (May 28 2022 23:22:37)
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I thought I would post here considering I have belonged to the forum for over a year, and have only posted once, to introduce myself. I have been playing guitar for 20 years and started flamenco in 2021 after realizing I always wanted to play a "nylon/classical guitar" and eventually realized I liked "spanish music" ... A year later I have taken lessons, my entire music library is full of flamenco music, I have GAS but refuse to buy without traveling to play many flamenco guitars, and now I am looking to vacation and hear flamenco in person for the first time. On a note with young people and flamenco. I am an art professor and my art classes are 3 and half hours twice a week, and my students get PUNISHED by flamenco hahaha. However, the metaphors and relationships i build between design, painting, drawing, art history, flamenco, and classical guitar has created a really amazing experience for my students and myself, as we discover new ways to relate to design and creativity. To conclude: Young people are interested. I show them a GSI video of Grisha playing Almoraima and they are blown away. Also many of my friends who are musicians are kind of astounded by the entirely new way I approach the instrument and music, and invite me to play amongst our friend hang outs often. There are new players all the time, flamenco is alive, and without the forum I don't think I would understand half of what I know about flamenco, history, and luthiery. I don't post because quite honestly there is already SO MUCH CONTENT, and I hate to just be a NOOB who didn't go down the rrabbit hole before posting. Cheers, Thomas
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