Kai Narezo

Gear Reviews

kai — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:59:22 +0000

I’ve been doing some gear reviews over on the GSI Blog lately, including the L. R. Baggs Anthem SL Classical pickup and Apogee’s new USB/iPhone/iPad microphone. I’m not a big proponent of pickups for flamenco guitar, but this one is as good as I’ve heard, and the Apogee mic is seriously cool.

Gear Reviews from Kai Narezo

First Lesson Out on ‘On The Path’ iPad App

kai — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:14:12 +0000

They’ve just released my first lesson on the very cool ‘On The Music Path’ iPad app. It’s an intro to flamenco lesson that covers a lot of intro techniques including scales, arpeggios, alzapua and a lot of rasqueados, all in the Tangos rhythm. You can check it out here – On The Path.

First Lesson Out on ‘On The Path’ iPad App from Kai Narezo

Learn Flamenco on Your iPad

kai — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:21:20 +0000

I just finished shooting the first in a series of flamenco lessons for the ‘On The Path’ app for the iPad. The technology is pretty amazing – you can slow things down, skip around, loop any part of the lesson, and they’re shot beautifully. It seems like a pretty amazing tool for teaching, so I’m [...]

Learn Flamenco on Your iPad from Kai Narezo

Recording Primer

kai — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:15:53 +0000

I’ve been writing a series of articles for the Guitar Salon Blog on recording. They’re geared towards novices for the most part, but they cover a lot of material from the basics of computer recording (software, interfaces, how that all works, etc…) to things like microphones and mic placement. You can check them all out [...]

Recording Primer from Kai Narezo

Recording the De La Chica

kai — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:29:50 +0000

Ever since I got my new guitar (new to me – it’s a 1962 Manuel De La Chica) I’ve been trying to find the right mic for recording it, and now that I start tracking in a few weeks with Joey Heredia and Ric Fierabracci I really had to make a decision. After trying every [...]

Recording the De La Chica from Kai Narezo

El Cid

kai — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:33:35 +0000

So for the foreseeable future I’m at El Cid on Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week with Antonio de Jerez singing, Joey Heredia on percussion and the Almardiente girls dancing. It’s a fun tablao show that lasts about an hour, so check it out if you’re in town.

El Cid from Kai Narezo