rombsix -> RE: Paco Pena Autograph (Feb. 20 2007 18:45:23)
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Thanks a lot guys. This forum is so great. You are all so interactive. I love the fact that you reply quickly. I guess the general atmosphere is negative concerning the whole autographing issue, and I'm not a good enough guitarist (I guess) to learn one of his pieces and play it in front of him. Even if I were, I guess my hands would just clench up at the mere thought of the performance anxiety itself. I only have one of his CDs (the one where he does his own renditions of many Nino Ricardo pieces, and other stuff... forgot the title though). I am not a great fan of his, but his playing is awesome (judging from the youtube videos). Very clean technique even though he uses the IMO annoying traditional flamenco seating position. I just wanted to go to the concert because I got a 50% discount being a student at the university he is playing at (thus the priciest ticket that was worth $55 cost me $27.5), plus the concert is being held right next door to my house (I live very close to the university), plus, I haven't gone to a "real" flamenco concert yet (I've attended many free classical guitar recitals, and some jazz and Brazilian music concerts - I've played in several "flamenco" concerts with my teacher and some of his students where we played some tangos, alegrias, bulerias, tarantas, soleares, farrucas, and mostly rumbas, but that is definitely not up to Paco Pena standards!). So that is basically it. Besides, I am a "pseudo-OCD" person, so I guess looking at my guitar every time and noticing that there is an autograph on one side (had I actually gone through with it and had him autograph it) but not symmetrically on the other side would have just driven me nuts!![:D]
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