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Jason McGuire
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Jason McGuire (in reply to Mark2)
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There are a handfull of MONSTER flamenco guitarists here in the US, that are the top working accompanyists for Dance shows. Jason is on that list along with Pedro Cortes, Chuscales, and Roberto Castellon. These guys all have an extremely agressive attack when playing, and no doubt, is probably the result of "working" together for many years with various groups. Accompanying dance is hard work sometimes, and very improvisational. If another guitarist is there doing his own thing, different style or level, you feel like you need to watch HIM instead of the dancer. If you don't, then the sound is like the guitars are stepping on each others toes. So when there is a time to take the lead, the lead guitarist needs to be A LOT louder. So with two leaders you can imagine where things go...CHOO! CHOO!-KA-BLAM!!! Even guitarists in Spain have this problem. I saw the guitarists for Farruquito and Juana Amaya, each had his own style and did brilliant work on there own. But at the end they came together for a number, and it was like two fighting dogs RUFF! RUFF! Each tried to get something in there under the feet, and I found it a little distracting. But even those guys would have to look out for a real locomotive like Roberto Castellon. I had the opportunity to play with him last year. I have seen him play many times. I love his style, and he is the nicest guy. Very cool, rhythmic and modern. In the rehearsal it was cool, we gave each other room to improvise a little. But on the stage, man he squashed me like an ant-"SPLAT!!!" Sound system and miking had a lot to do with it, but still, I would have prefered to just be in the audience and watch him go. I actually enjoyed the experience quite a bit, but man He said afterwards he wished we had more time together to work some stuff out. For me, I prefer when there is one accompanist, unless they are doing a real duet, because there needs to be some improv. Or one guy is lead on one dance, then they trade. Like in Jazz, you can't have two pianos. But when there is a guitar and piano, they have to becareful not to step on each others toes when comping. Anyway, if you are into Jason, you should also check out Robert's CD, it has some really great stuff. Pedro and Chusco have CD's too, but they are more on the commercial side. Ricardo
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