legrec -> RE: what is the best method ? (Jan. 25 2007 21:02:15)
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i mean it takes your hand from beginner level to the lets say 1st step to be profesional Doublekk2, I'm not a pro player and even don't want to try to be one so I'm probably not the best guy to say something here but I don't think ANY method will be able to bring you from beginner to "1st step" pro level (even if this is rather unclear by itself for me). I've eaten all the methods around me since 3 years, and can't consider I'm at the 1st step of being an "intermediate" player [:D]. What I want to say simply is that for me the two main things are : - "Hard work" is one key (with the pleasure notion in it, not only the "no pain, no gain" thing) - like playing 6 hours a day during several years. - Getting into a "full" flamenco environment is another one : Listening a lot to flamenco, taking lessons, learning from lots of different methods available, meeting and gigging with lot of people, accompagning, composing, trying to make a living with playing, recording, teaching etc. The pro player here will tell better than me, but I think if you're able to do a little bit of all these, constantly during several years, then you'll be able to play at a pro level. But not by focusing on one single method. So, some methods can be better than other ( I will rejoin Ricardo and Duende with the Encuentro series. And perhaps Oscar Herrero also, because there is a lot of these now). But in my personal opinion, I feel it could be a little misleading or frustrating if you're in the position of thinking that learning from a method can "bring" you to pro "entry level". But I don't want to say at all that you'll never be a "pro player", if you want to become one. I'm just saying that in my opinion, a method can't bring you to that level, if taken alone. But for sure, it depends a lot on what you understand by "pro level" : is it just a "very good playing" (at home), or the ability to gig, make concerts, accompagny baile&cante, to make a living ? Pro players here : how did you get there ? (Oh no, I'm relaunching the "what it needs to be a pro player" thread ! Forget my question... [:D])
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