Ramirez -> RE: ToddKs new challenger (Nov. 30 2007 14:25:36)
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Thanks for posting this... I can understand where this guy is coming from - although I'm not keen on the results. I remember when I first caught the flamenco bug. I'd already been playing for 15 years - slowly perfecting my picking hand - wanting to be John Mclaughlin. Then the flamenco bug took a big bite out of my ass. At first, I have to admit, I tried incorporating my existing picking technique into flamenco. However, for me it wasn't working. I had all this technique - but I no longer wanted to play anything but flamenco. Horrible position to find yourself in... It was a humblling moment three years ago, when I threw away the pick and started from scratch - using flamenco technique. But as somenone who has tried with the pick, I have to say nothing beats the sound of pulgar! Your thumb nail is the perfect pick! Sure for the last few years I've sounded like a beginner again. But slowly -and I mean very slowly my technique is starting to take shape. Now, you don't often succesfully see someone play flamenco with a pick - that's kind of what makes ToddK's playing so special. What's important is the final result - however you do it - whatever technique you use doesn't matter - as long as it sounds good, who cares? The difference with the guy on the video is that he's just dipping into the "the flamenco sound". To the untrained ear it probably sounds ok. But once your really into flamenco - it can be hard to stomach this kind of "experimentation".
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