Solea rehearsal video

[sorin popovici]

http://hal.cs.tuiasi.ro/~popovicis/

my first videos ...

there are about 50 MB each (sorry for those who have a poor internet connection, my connection speed isn't that big ...but at least I dont pay for it .We have free internet in the university .)

in the first and the first half of the second one ....i have some solea....

I know ,I should play it slowly... it was just a rehearsal....very simple falsetas ....they are all in (or almost ...cause i do some kind of rhytm with tremolo,this is my way ... I'm sure that probably somebody did it before me ,cause is very simple ) Dennis Koster The keys to flamenco(book).

The second half of the second one ...I practice some compas for bulerias ....(I'm out of compas sometime :D )

In the third one I was doing a tune from a famous movie casablanca....a jazz theme ....not very jazzy the way i did it , but I was just warming up .

Todd,the falsetas please ....the solea falsetas ,bring them on ...I was suppose to do these videos ...until the fifth of dec ,but I was late as usual .

Anyway the files are all in avi fomat .... when u click on one of them after
u've downloaded , choose "open with" ...and choose your video player.

Compagnito ....waiting for your video or mp3 too ...
The falsetas in the solea

The link is

http://hal.cs.tuiasi.ro/~popovicis/

I hope it works ....Faya how's your hand ?

So that's how I look :D (I'm growing the beard like Tomatito :D,I'm trying to grow the playing too like his...but I thought I have a better chance with the beard )

The guitar u see is a reghin guitar(romanian factory ) ,it doesnt have good sound but I have extreme playbility ...very very low action ..I like buzz . By the way, next year she'll be 20 years old .
I cant do yet ,properly thumb rasguedos ...so that's why u dont see me doing one ....


Anyway ...send me some feedback ...some advices...

[Todd]

Hi Sorin!

Your videos are very large. You can find freeware on the net
that you can use to compress them down a bit.

I have broadband, so i have no trouble getting them
downloaded quickly.
But others will find they are too big, and take too long.

I'm so glad you posted the videos! I love to watch people
play. And i feel like i know you better, now cause i've actually
seen you!
You are coming along nice with Solea. Good rasgueados.
You dont really need Marote (thumb) rasgueado to play
a good Solea.
The guitar sounds ok, but its a bit dark. You could stand to
hit with your thumb harder. The thumb downstrokes should be
brighter, and louder.
Happy 20th birthday to your guitar! And the beard looks cool dude! 8)

Now that you've done a solea video, i will have to do one now!!

I'll post it tonite! :P :twisted:
Toddk

[compagnito]

Sorin 50mb - you must be kidding, can you stick a sound file up & a photo? we can use our imagination then.

Could GSI set up somewhere to upload our files. I have a cheapo website but duh it won't tke sound files. Mine will be .wav by the way.

[sorin popovici]

Go go go !!!

I also like people videos ,in fact i have this theory ...i think that u can trick with words but is harder with music,especially when u are improvising....somewhere in the middle of the improvisation u'll be your true self (i know ,i sound corny (is that a word ?)) ,and somewhere it will show how u think and feel.

ok,i'll try to compress them ...tonight.

[sorin popovici]

U have the compressed files too now.

video 1 - 7mb
video 2 - 7mb
video 3 - 5mb.

I could do a much smaller version ,but I hope 7 Mb is small enough ...

I also have a picture with me and my computer ..usually from here I read the GSI forum.

http://hal.cs.tuiasi.ro/~popovicis/

[adrian]

Sorin 50mb - you must be kidding, can you stick a sound file up & a photo? we can use our imagination then.

Could GSI set up somewhere to upload our files. I have a cheapo website but duh it won't take sound files. Mine will be .wav by the way.
We've considered providing a space for uploading files to our forum, but with almost 1,000 registered users, you can see how quickly that may become combersome. But stay tuned: I'm sure we'll find a nifty solutin that works for everyone AND doesn't slow down our servers.

Adrian, GSI

[Armando]

Sorin 50mb - you must be kidding, can you stick a sound file up & a photo? we can use our imagination then.

Could GSI set up somewhere to upload our files. I have a cheapo website but duh it won't take sound files. Mine will be .wav by the way.
We've considered providing a space for uploading files to our forum, but with almost 1,000 registered users, you can see how quickly that may become combersome. But stay tuned: I'm sure we'll find a nifty solutin that works for everyone AND doesn't slow down our servers.

Adrian, GSI

That sounds great. I've got the same problem as i would like to post a soundfile of my first selfmade flamenco guitar. The videofiles are uncompressed also about 50mb each.
Without a solution on your side one will have to buy webspace on a hostserver to post them.

i would greatly appreciate a solution on your side.

thank you

Armando

[sorin popovici]

Well , Todd are u there ?

give us the video ! (the juicy falsetas u promised )

and another thing ...I can see on my page that I have 980 MB download from united states(I mean that some people from usa downloaded these videos enough times) ,still no message ... was I that bad?

Paul ...where are u ?

[compagnito]

Hi Sorin,

It took me about 40 mins to download, but the file has no file extension so have not been able to play it.

Looking forward to watching it though.

Cheers.

[Todd]

Well , Todd are u there ?

give us the video ! (the juicy falsetas u promised )

and another thing ...I can see on my page that I have 980 MB download from united states(I mean that some people from usa downloaded these videos enough times) ,still no message ... was I that bad?

Paul ...where are u ?

Sorin, sorry for the delay, i'm making the video today.

I think some people have downloaded your files, but they
need some sort of "codec" to play in WMP.

You might have to do some more research in the video codec
area. There's alot that can go wrong. :)
TK

[compagnito]

Hey Sorin, It is an .avi file, got it to play - great Solea, nice work.

Great pic too - well done.

[Faya]

Ole' !!!! :D

My hand is still all #$%^! up.
Thanks for your concern.

[sorin popovici]

Well ,I updated the page .Now there are all in avi format !
No need to change the extension .The bad thing is that the server is down
and until tomorrow ,I can do nothing.
Thanks for the kind words !

Hey this is only the begining ,maybe after a month or two we'll do a bulerias video .Boy ,this is starting to be fun !

Tonight ,we'll see Todd at work...I already seen his picture ..on his website :D ,but never at work!

[Jubilee Valence]

Well , Todd are u there ?

give us the video ! (the juicy falsetas u promised )

and another thing ...I can see on my page that I have 980 MB download from united states(I mean that some people from usa downloaded these videos enough times) ,still no message ... was I that bad?

Paul ...where are u ? :roll: Sorry Drac, but my Juraissic X-1B computer/phone lines preclude me from participating in download but at least I can rely on the "play by play" & running commentary! 8) *##@*& --damn Jube