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El Kiko
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Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland
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well I knew it would happen ...
Now i suddenly have a live gig ......
My wife decided to volunteer me to play ...thank you ,,,,
It is part of a charity/fundraising thing ,,, and I have been put in ..(she tells me later)
Anyway its in a small cathedral, which is one thing that is of interest .. acoustics in a place like that ...
Theres an Irish harp player , piano , some choral singing ...and me ...suppose its time to clean the guitar up and change strings ... I got 1 week ...
Due to a mixed range of audience ....I was thinking of playing
An old Sevillanas by Pepe Martinez .. its very lively and i know it well ...
Also i was thinking of putting in Ricardo Marlows Cafe Sole...that comes out ok and is fairly easy listening .
I hope Ricardo doesnt mind that I totally ripped off his tune and will use it .. i will of course give the composers a mention ,,,
I only have to play 2 or 3 pieces so i have a bulerias , in Aminor ..if I need it and a nice solear , but i dont think i will be needing that ,,,
wish me luck .. if it goes wrong i may have to move house ....
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Date Feb. 27 2015 18:56:40
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Me Live (in reply to El Kiko)
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I'm sure you will do just fine, Kiko. In fact, your performance will be the most exotic of the lot, from what I can tell. You had better prepare an extra piece though, as I can see the audience requesting an encore. Oh, and have a copita of jerez before the show to put you in the right frame of mind.
Cheers,
Bill
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Date Feb. 27 2015 19:20:19
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Me Live...update .. (in reply to El Kiko)
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quote:
seemingly people regard flamenco as if it was almost a different instrument or something ..over here anyway ,,,,
Congratulations, Kiko! Regarding your observation that people seem to regard flamenco as if it were a very different instrument or form, I think that's true. I remember discovering flamenco when I was 17 (that's 55 years ago!) and first picked up an album by Carlos Montoya, and then seeing Carlos live in Phoenix, Arizona that same year, and then graduating to Sabicas. It seemed utterly exotic to me at the time.
This was the time when Martin Denny had his band, using exotic and interesting instrument to create his best-selling album "Exotica" and the hit taken from the album, "Quiet Village." It was sort of exotic lounge music that conjured up visions of the South Pacific with a hint of Asia (or so it seemed to us at the time, with our as yet unformed but vague intimations of adventure and forbidden fruit). In any case, flamenco had the same effect on me.
I think that because we have made flamenco a passion, learn it, play it, listen to it, and at times almost live it, we tend to take it for granted and forget how utterly different and exotic it sounds to most people. In pursuing this interest, we have been granted a gift, even those, like me, who are at best mediocre players.
Bill
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And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
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