Blues music in Medellin

lpdiver says on Dec 3, 2008, 21:26:

Would enjoy just basically jamming and an open mic type of atmosphere.

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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Dec 5, 2008, 03:50:

Sam Salmon says on Dec 5, 2008, 10:59:

Learn to play Vallenato-I can't imagine any Colombian bothering to listen to down music like blues when the country is full of so much more tuneful music.

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lpdiver says on Dec 5, 2008, 11:05:

I am open to different styles and would love to "jam" with locals. There music is actually a lot like cajun music with the fiddles and accordians.

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Bluesdude says on Dec 5, 2008, 16:51:

There are enough people playing vallenato well here, and not many playing blues well. Don't expect the Colombians to understand or appreciate blues in english. I tried that in a club here in Cartagena and they got bored after 3-4 songs. Also, I went to a rock concert where the words were in english and after a few songs the crowd just talked and didn't really listen. I tried translating a few blues songs into spanish but the meter is way off. So, I just play what I like and if someone digs it it's good and if they don't it's good. Funny, if you go into coffee shops or bookstores, the background music is mostly jazz with a little soft blues thrown in, in english, so that music does exist here. I think you need a place with at least some gringo clientele to have some people to listed to you. I hate vallenato; sounds like Lawrence Welk on steroids. But I have to say that my opinion is colored by listening to it being blasted from car stereos in the parking lot below my apt. at 2-3 O'Clock in the morning. Jus' mah too sents.

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Sam Salmon says on Dec 5, 2008, 18:31:

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If I was in a Colombian place and someone started playing blues I'd leave.

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lpdiver says on Dec 6, 2008, 03:53:

Good to know ut er sam. There are too many gringos there already.

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