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RE: How old am I here on the foro?
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Munin
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 RE: How old am I here on the foro? (in reply to michel)
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Man, all along I was reading this thread, thinking of my own reply and was about to reply with "19" when I noticed I actually turned 20 in February.  Life sucks.
I've been playing flamenco guitar for roughly more than a year. Guitar since, uh, 4 or 5 years, not sure. I kind of regret I didn't start with flamenco from the beginning, almost feeling like I wasted that time now, and even though some might say that the path is just as valuable as the goal, it's kind of sad too.
Matic, I know exactly what you mean - that age when you see others of the same age starting to distinguish themselves, perhaps even become notable or famous etc. - makes you think of yourself quite a bit, perhaps in not too positive ways too. Though I'm really not depressed at all and have quite a few things to look forward to.
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Date Mar. 20 2009 11:36:52
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mark indigo
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RE: How old am I here on the foro? (in reply to duende)
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i'm 39, i hated my teens, was a total mess in my twenties and have spent most of my thirties sorting myself out.... i'm not doing too bad these days! 
i started playing guitar on a crap electric i bought off a kid at school for a fiver and made a lot of horrible noise, and started playing flamenco in my early twenties.... not very well! 
i did have some lessons at first, and was playing for a dance class with another guy within a year of starting playing flamenco, but i really had no idea what i was doing and didn't have proper lessons....
so i've been playing flamenco 15-20 years now, but i'm sort of stuck at an intermediate level, in theory i know a lot of stuff but mostly can't play any of it fast enough to make it sound convincing.
i know i'm never going to be as good as the players i like to listen to, but i want to be as good as i can, so 5 days a week i do a half hour of chromatic exercises to a metronome first thing in the morning, and a half an hour of scales in compas later in the day too. i actually really enjoy these! i read Eva Yerbabuena in interview say something like "technique is a process of knowing yourself and your body" and i find that actually what i'm practising mostly is a relaxed but focused state of mind.
nice thread!
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Date Mar. 20 2009 13:17:15
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Pimientito
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From: Marbella
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RE: How old am I here on the foro? (in reply to michel)
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I am having my 37th birthday this weekend although I still feel 27. I have to eat better these days, be a bit more concious of getting some fruit daily, and I find myself waking up the same time most mornings despite what time I edventually get to bed, but I'm lucky. Time hasnt had too hard an effect on me. I still juerga till 5.00 in the morning, and can keep up with the 25 year olds. Mind you it helps that I dont have kids.
Like many other people who posted, I fell in love with the guitar long before I discovered flamenco. I played classical in high school and then at age 16 emptied my post office savings account to buy a sunburst strat copy. Did the whole heavy metal thing for a few years before the bitter discovery that I wasnt going to be the next Eddie Van Halen.
Age 21 I heard Paco de lucia for the first time and that moment changed my life. I immediately stopped electric guitar and switched to Flamenco. I was obsessed to the point that i edventually left my house, job, family in 1999 to move to Spain. I literally dropped everything one day and ran away to Spain. Since then I have lived in Almeria, Malaga, Nerja, Madrid and Granada.
I have never made the move to be a professional guitarist. I have another medically related business but I do gigs for weddings and parties. I met Gerardo Nuñez 5 years ago and have been studying with him in sanlucar every year since then. It was an ambition of mine to have the chance to learn his technique. I guess i just became obsessed with the music and still am obsessed. I feel lucky that i could move to the place where that music that i first heard came from
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