POST # 103 Juan Manuel Canizares on Technique part II

Technique is very important, but once you have it, you go to a second level. Technique has to serve the music. For this reason it is very important to work very hard with technique when you are young, so that you will have it later when you wish to compose. – Juan Manuel Canizares

(Some nice relaxing jamming here. - Ed)

POST # 102 Juan Manuel Canizares on Technique

My principal advice is to know where you want to go, because if you do not have a direction, you are wasting your time. Also I tell my students that until you achieve mastery of the instrument, it is very important to think that your first, middle, and last names are Technique, Technique, and Technique – because if you don’t have technique on your instrument, how are you going to express your ideas? - – Juan Manuel Canizares

( I love the sound of the Flamenco, no need to worry about getting an amp, dialing a sound on the electric etc....just pickup and play! Plus the various rhythmic things they do very passionately. - Ed)