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What the heck happened to Marija Temo?
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xirdneH_imiJ
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RE: What the heck happened to Marija... (in reply to Guest)
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i believe she may be a good guitarist, but judging from this performance, not a great one at flamenco, she has nice technique and tone at places, it seems obvious that she more or less understands flamenco, but what she did to the compás was horrifying... and you know it well Todd has his own style that one can often find offensive, but in this case he's spot on...and poor Juan Martin doesn't get on the foro and how much stick he's getting here :)...i think any self respecting artist with an ear can take criticism, if she understands flamenco well and re-listened this performance she'd be ashamed and got to practicing to a compás track... btw, my comment stands for the artist on the big stage getting the applause and some cash for the performance, not the many wannabees out there who post their stuff on youtube...
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Date Oct. 28 2010 0:31:59
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RE: What the heck happened to Marija... (in reply to Guest)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: romerito Taken out of context. Read the post. Many FLAMENCO guitarists, including Paco, would sing if they could. For a more recent quote see Javier Limons quote at flamenco world. He would not be searching for Buzuki players, and by inference, playing the guitar, "if he could sing like Potito." (just to avoid misunderstandings, it should be clear that whenever i say guitarrist, i mean flamenco guitarrists......................) I have no doubt that some or many guitarrists, and other flamencos, say this in interviews, in small talks, or in other contexts. But i doubt the honesty behind it. If i should be wrong, i want somebody to explain to me why on earth they dont learn singing. All singers had to learn it. No singer woke up one day and "could sing flamenco" out of nothing. The training in Spain is less formal and more cultural i agree, but nonetheless it is a TRAINED and LEARNED ability, just as guitar. You will not find 2 people with identical hands, or muscle response, or whatever ability is relevant for guitar playing either. What im saying here HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SOLO GUITAR. Im talking about the role of guitar in general (accomp+solo) in comparison to cante, which is to be said what "IT IS ABOUT" (see your quote of Paco, Gerardo above). My view is that guitarrists are guitarrists because they chose to be so. If they rather wanted to be singers, they would have learned that. Simple as that. That said, im not implying anything like guitar would be more important than cante or anything. I just think its time to reflect that people can be attracted by different things in flamenco and that every discipline (cante, dance, guitar, palmas) is influenced by each other.
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