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Mark2 -> RE: Antonio Rey new album " historias de un flamenco" (Apr. 17 2024 17:00:51)
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I can't blame him. I went to his concert a month ago-It was in San Francisco - a major city with over 800k people. There were forty or fifty people there.
First time I saw him in 2019, maybe 80-100 people. He did a class for about six guys the day after. Charged about 40.00
He clearly needs professional representation in the States. It's amazing, and unfortunate, that he doesn't have that.
He's making progress-he won a latin grammy. Now I think that is a lame ass thing, why have separate grammy for latin artists? Like "grammy light" but it has weight in many circles.
My old agent got Bruce Hornsby 30k for a one hour solo corporate gig. But his grammy was of the regular variety.
That's the kind of money Antonio should be pulling.
Paco had a bona fide hit record with Entre. Otherwise his career may have looked a lot different. There isn't a radio station anymore that can create that for someone like Antonio Rey so he has to do whatever he can.
Which seems to be relentlessly tour, and slowly build your audience. Only guitar players go for the chops so he has to try to reach a wider audience with simpler material.
I have to disgeree about the artistry part-it takes a lot of artistry to create music that resonates with the masses, especially if you aren't a mostly naked attractive female. I mean the guy literally sits in a chair and plays the guitar. He just happens to do it with more skill than just about anyone.
I should have been a music business person.......
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ORIGINAL: xirdneH_imiJ
Antonio's doing everything for his music to be accepted by wider audiences (mainly in the US). All for the money and the art is very obviously secondary at this point. I find it incredibly sad, but it's not really his fault, more the world around him has changed so he has to go down this route. Well he doesn't have to, but he does.
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