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gerundino63
Posts: 1746
Joined: Jul. 11 2003
From: The Netherlands
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RE: How to become a good Flamencogui... (in reply to Guest)
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Well......... I do not agree with you for this one........ I have a computer now for about 2.5 years. And all my frends here gave me a huge carieer boost. I was allways practicing and seldom playing out. Till i got the computer and met the frends over here, First, I have to admit, it was a little strainge to hear from Americans that play flamenco, it sounded in my ears like they are selling salmon mouse and kaviar at Mc. Donalds , but when I red the comments, and heared about the dedication, and after a while some recordings, I was overwhelmed, and found it GREAT! I was in a lifetime chancing situation at that time, and decided, well, perhaps it is possible for me to make a very little living out of flamenco. So I made as much time free as possible, and gave myself a few years to do so. Till now, i had some performanses, and fill two days of giving lessons. So you see, the foro helped me a lot! ( And I will not ever be narrowminded about American's sorry bout that... .) So, thanks everybody here! Peter.
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Date Mar. 18 2005 13:09:24
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Mark2
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Joined: Jul. 12 2004
From: San Francisco
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RE: How to become a good Flamencogui... (in reply to Guest)
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Guys, I hate to throw a wet blanket over the fire as I really enjoy communicating with all you guys. I started my study of flamenco much as many of you-I was fortunate that I had a teacher from Spain for the first five years, but all I did was study his music on my own, and then when I got it down I did solo gigs for years before I started playing for dance and then singers. It was amazing how much I didn't know about flamenco even though I had been playing for years. A singer told me "Now your starting your flamenco education" I said what the heck have I been doing the last eight years? She said "playing the guitar" It's true that today the learning tools available are better than ever-compas programs, dvd's, midi files etc, but flamenco is above all, a communication between participants, IMO. If you don't hang out with other guitarists, singers, and dancers, you are missing most of the fun. I know there are many people out there without those support people available, but if you are going to spend hours, days, months, years, playing flamenco guitar, you owe it to yourself to seek out others who you can play with and learn from. You owe yourself a trip to Spain to see the pros on their home turf, and if you are a guitarist who has payed your dues and learned compas, you owe yourself the thrill of playing for dancers. Reward yourselves for your efforts! Smell the roses and eat the fruit! End of rant.
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Date Mar. 18 2005 21:37:03
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Ron.M
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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland
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RE: How to become a good Flamencogui... (in reply to duende)
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Im getting really sick of it..but what can i do? If i lived alone i could move to Stockholm,Gothenburg or Malmö. (swedish citys that´s big enough to have Dancing schools and flamenco). the girl i live with has no intresst in moving to biger citys, only smaller Henrik, How about considering a move to one of the rural villages close to Granada, like Anders or Simon? "How do I earn a living?", I hear you ask.. Well, you are a qualified guitar teacher aren't you? There are probably many younger folk there who want to learn Jazz/Pop?Metal styles as well and music theory and reading, and probably not too many teachers. So you can nip up to Granada for teaching (and learning Flamenco) and your girlfriend will be happy in the quiet little village, although I'm sure once she starts to attend peñas & juergas, she'll probably become a Flamenco addict as well. You could just rent something to begin with and see how it works out. If it's not viable, then at least you'll have had, say a year in Andalucia as an extended working holiday. Might be worth looking in to. cheers Ron
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Date Mar. 19 2005 9:25:38
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Miguel de Maria
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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ
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RE: How to become a good Flamencogui... (in reply to duende)
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Henrik, I have a scheme for you to use. It is tricky, but it could possibly work. It is important that you are very careful to execute it correctly, or it could backfire and make things even worse. You need to save up a little cash for a vacation. The vaction has two and only two purposes: 1) there is a certain flamenco show you want to watch, and 2) to take the girlfriend to Andalucia on a romantic and beautiful trip! You have to make everything perfect, incredibly romantic and make your girlfriend feel very special and loved in Spain. If you take her to the right places, she may fall in love with the scenery, especially if accompanied by memories of romance and happiness. You only get to see one flamenco show, because it is her you are trying to sell on the idea of moving to Granada, not yourself. You have to go to at least one flamenco show, because otherwise she would get very suspicious. What do you think?
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Date Mar. 19 2005 14:49:08
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