RE: Calexico in High and Dry film, and hand-clapping

["Tom Rex" <tomrex1@cox.net>]

Here's a link to a film about the Tucson music scene.  There's a trailer at
the site to watch.


 http://www.upstairsfilm.com/highanddry/about.html


Hand-clapping (I believe it's called Palmas in flamenco music) would be an
interesting looping project for one musician to build on.  I've heard some
gypsy music live, and the polyrhythms can get to be very interesting, with
several playing the Palmas.  Has anyone ever done anything with this or
flamenco?

I actually found a web site with the rhythms for Palmas laid out like drum
machine charts, with up to 5 parts.  Hey Rick, next looping tour in Spain?
Per, habla espaņol :)

http://www.flamenco-seiten.de/navigation_magazin.htm

Tom



-----Original Message-----
From: .David.Auker. [mailto:DaVAuk@Hevanet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 8:43 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Calexico

I'm sure Love's Arthur Lee approves Calexico's cover Alone Again Or (if 
he's
that kind of guy...).  It's very similar to the original, but just a little
bit of hand-clapping opened a 'genre' door for me...it was 'wow, so that's
what that song is'

With the horns, rhythms, Calexico sounds so traditional, but they can swing
way over into much more abstractness (Spaghetti Westerns meet El Topo?).

Tucson sounds like a great scene!

David