XXX -> RE: Whom do you trust regarding your playing? (Jan. 18 2009 4:37:31)
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ORIGINAL: srshea It’s not listed as an option on the poll, but I’m gonna cast my vote for “the video camera”, which can be a much more accurate and honest extension of “yourself/ your ear”. It can be very surprising, heartbreaking, but ultimately helpful to see just how different something looks and sounds through the cold, disinterested lens of the video camera than it did when the guitar was in your lap. Yes, its very motivating to see that you not only sound bad when playing, but also look bad [:D][8|] Anyways, of course thats a good advice to record yourself. Another thing that made me start this thread, which i forgot to mention is these conversations i had with a dancer. I didnt know any falsetas for that choreography and so i started to play seemingly randimized chord sequences and rythms, which not only didnt fit to the choreography (maybe a little bit), but were also an embarrassment for every guitarrist to witness. My playing was the concentrated incompetence. It was hard to convince her of that. Much harder than to learn some falsetas and chord sequences (letras). The problem with the letras is that there is no singer, and i always thought its senseless to play standard accompayning chords. I wanted to create new chords, but now i have no time for that. Then i met another dancer who was the exact opposite. She would tell me many little spots and details where i can improve my playing. I had the impression she really made some thoughts on how the music fits the choreography. Before, i got one feedback for one whole 8-minute-choreography, now every second compas was "analyzed" (in a good sense). Why do i tell this long story? Well, at first i really didnt know where i stand with accompayning. I got told of playing "well" (sometimes dishonestly, as i found out later [8|]). Now i have the security of knowing it better. I tend to believe its better to rely on NOBODY. It just leaves a bad taste, cause you really are left alone with all the work and no help. You invest time and if you get false compliments, you kind of feel cheated. Is it always like that, or did i just had a bad start? I mean if i read that for example even Ricardo says he is his hardest critic... whats the sense of doing flamenco in a group then, if you are more or less alone in (learning) what you are doing? If you are your hardest critic, then playing with others will not improve your playing, isnt it?
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