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Juan Martin el Rey
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ecgfc
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Joined: Apr. 18 2007
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 RE: Juan Martin el Rey (in reply to Florian)
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I personally don't know if Juan is "El Rey", I do know Paco DL is the God (great ilustration & creativity btw)...& yes, some of us have listen to multiple "guitarristas." Niño Josele said it best by saying "Paco is light years away form the rest!"
I think the guy who made the thread was as curious as I am, who knows. I do believe however that if one is to criticize anyone, be it their technique,style, "purismo" or "apariencia", we ought be certain that we are, perhaps, as good if not better than the one being criticized. I for one, do not do so as doing so will be a sign of my "naivete" (IMHO!).
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Date May 25 2007 14:30:05
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wiseguy493
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Joined: May 9 2007
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RE: Juan Martin el Rey (in reply to paulw)
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Juan is greatly over-promoted but I don't disrespect him for it.
I think his solo books are worthwhile tidbits to pick up on amazon.com for $15 per book
I think he's a good player, but nowhere near the best.
There are so many good players that are not publicized at all. A friend of mine recently visited Barcelona and brought back a CD for me that she bought from a guy who was playing on the street, his name is Anibal Palazolo. Anybody heard of him? I did some research and found a bio on him, found a few details of his education and that he's been to Argentina and some other little stuff but not much else. He has only published the one CD that I now have (and enjoy learning from... his Seguiriyas has quite a few fun falsettas). When he does publish another CD, I won't know about it and even if I did I'd probably never be able to find it.
Juan Martin is just a guy who has established himself in the market and published some books that are somewhat useful, even though there are certainly better method books on the market, and he's a guy who doesn't really need to or care to dispel the publicity he gets.
He has been around a long time, and he has been trying all that time to be famous, unlike many flamenco players. I think if somebody great actually publicized themselves the way Juan does, they would certainly take the spotlight off him, but so far none have.
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Date May 25 2007 16:19:59
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Ricardo
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Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
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RE: Juan Martin el Rey (in reply to ecgfc)
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quote:
I do believe however that if one is to criticize anyone, be it their technique,style, "purismo" or "apariencia", we ought be certain that we are, perhaps, as good if not better than the one being criticized. I for one, do not do so as doing so will be a sign of my "naivete" (IMHO!).
Nah, anyone can criticize anyone else. Otherwise you end up with only PDL as the allowed music critic. Anyone can make a critique, but understand doing either a critique or a DEFENSE, reveals more about the CRITIC than the artist discussed. 
Ricardo
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Date May 25 2007 16:56:45
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