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12-21-2005, 12:52 PM
| | | | Esteban: Did he really study with Segovia?
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Sorry if this has been posted already before....
I've always thought that he was a rather mediocre flemenco guitarist. I'm not trying to take away anything from his success. If he wants to whore poorly crafted dreadnoughts on QVC and talk about how he just wants to give children the gift of music, then I wish him the best. Still, a friend sent me this article, and I found it interesting. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issue...s/feature.html
Thoughts?
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12-21-2005, 02:03 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Thoughts...Esteban found a way to make himself famous and rich. He's a good guitarist, not great. His detractors seem to have an axe to grind. Yes, he invokes Segovia's name way too much, but in the end, he's not hurting anyone. |
12-21-2005, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SoCal | | Who is the "Esteban of bass" and why isn't he on TV to promote the low end? Esteban Burs(t)wood Guitar Review  |
12-21-2005, 03:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nashville TN | | | Esteban might be a less-than-spectacular flamenco guitarist. He might be peddling lousy guitars on QVC. He might even invoke Segovia's name too much.
but the good news...the dude just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to Geico!! |
12-21-2005, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by nashvillebill Esteban might be a less-than-spectacular flamenco guitarist. He might be peddling lousy guitars on QVC. He might even invoke Segovia's name too much.
but the good news...the dude just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to Geico!! | beat me to it  |
12-21-2005, 03:52 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | | thats a funny commercial...
but as for segovia, I've already heard what the newspaper said...What i heard is that he once went to get segovia's autograph, and he wrote "To steven, who loves to play as much as i do" or something to that matter, and apparently that was his go-ahead to say that he studied under him...personally i don't really believe it, but in reality, he makes a lot of money, i've seen him on QVC, and he still does have talent if you ask me.
i do laugh at his package deal, they give you a 25 piece accessory kit, and 6 of the pieces are the 6 strings, which i found kinda funny... |
12-21-2005, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by superbassman2000 thats a funny commercial...
but as for segovia, I've already heard what the newspaper said...What i heard is that he once went to get segovia's autograph, and he wrote "To steven, who loves to play as much as i do" or something to that matter, and apparently that was his go-ahead to say that he studied under him...personally i don't really believe it, but in reality, he makes a lot of money, i've seen him on QVC, and he still does have talent if you ask me.
i do laugh at his package deal, they give you a 25 piece accessory kit, and 6 of the pieces are the 6 strings, which i found kinda funny... | Thats Beautiful Brother !  
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12-21-2005, 07:27 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Well, since Segovia was a classical guitarist, and Esteban is supposedly a flamenco guitarist, I doubt it. |
12-21-2005, 07:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Esteban is on my friends list on myspace
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12-22-2005, 07:23 AM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | If that's all it takes to say he studied with Segovia, then do the puny few* lessons I managed to take from Chuck Rainey make me, like his disciple?
*And puny few is not an exaggeration. I think I totaled, something like a dozen lessons with him. I'm sure it was less than twenty. I'm pretty sure it was more than ten. Twelve-ish sounds about right. So, am I the "Disciple of Chuck"?
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12-22-2005, 07:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | I know someone who had a 5 minute "lesson" with Doc Severinson and from that point on said he "studied with" him.
I guess it's true, sort of... |
12-22-2005, 07:39 AM
| | | | I've seen Geddy Lee perform live and watched him do a weird bunny hop thing across the stage and thus I am his disciple. |
12-22-2005, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Bard2dbone If that's all it takes to say he studied with Segovia, then do the puny few* lessons I managed to take from Chuck Rainey make me, like his disciple?
*And puny few is not an exaggeration. I think I totaled, something like a dozen lessons with him. I'm sure it was less than twenty. I'm pretty sure it was more than ten. Twelve-ish sounds about right. So, am I the "Disciple of Chuck"? | While I never took lessons w/ the great Chuck Rainey, I learned Reverend Lee, (by Roberta Flack on her second record for Atlantic "Chapter Two"), that bass line alone makes me a disciple, so you're a disciple 12 fold in my book.
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12-22-2005, 04:15 PM
| | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | Okay that's decided. I am founding a religion for bassplayers. We can all be "Disciples of Chuck."
I'll start working on the tenets of our faith this weekend when I get off of work. But I'm pretty sure our high holy days will include the birthdays of Becker and Fagen. We'll have to set aside money for GAS as a tithing behavior. Hmmmm I'll have to think about this.
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12-22-2005, 05:42 PM
| | | | I own Aja by Steely Dan. Does that make me a Disiciple of Chuck Rainey too?
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12-22-2005, 06:12 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | I only listen to Esteban while gazing at my Thomas Kinkaid paintings and fondling my Hummel figurines. The guy found a market, and, like all good capitalists, is exploiting it. His critics, more than likely, make a career out of saying "why didn't I think of that?"
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