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ORIGINAL: el carbonero

Conde guitar ???

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<VERY FLAMENCO>

Being a baldheaded Spanish bourgeois in his mid-life crisis trying to learn jazz and complaining about the assholistic bahaviour of some members of his trio.

Obviously.

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ok lets sum it up:

<NOT flamenco>

sitting infront of a computer and discussing what typifies flamenco in a forum.


thread can be closed now ;)

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Conde minimum

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Spending a lil time in jail

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<very flamenco>
Being broke
Sharing a bedroom with 5 brothers and sisters
Having a nickname you got on the streets
Spending a lil time in jail
Manuel labor

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What have you been up to Lenador? Was it you that let the dogs out?

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ORIGINAL: Anders Eliasson

Just remember one thing David

Flamenco is the expression of Andalucian people and even more of Andalucian gipsys.
Their ethics should always be taken serious. Its their music. the rest of us are just visitors who are welcomed with open arms, but I dont think we should call it our music.

Flamenco has its own Andalucian feel and richness, its Andalucian soul. I´m not talking about oldschool versus modern etc. Its not really important. You can find players playing traditional flamenco that do not have that soul or feel just as you can find modern players with a ton of it.

Just as Irish trad is traditional music with a certain set of Just as Irish trad is Irish, with a certain Irish set of rules. I was thinking what is it that makes Irish trad sound like Irish trad. Is it the rools, the bow triplets, the swing. No, its the capacity of playing something sad that makes you feel happy. rules. I was thinking what is it that makes Irish trad sound like Irish trad. Is it the rools, the bow triplets, the swing? No, its the capacity of playing something sad that makes you feel happy.

All kind of ethnical music work that way. If not, its not ethnical.