He came, slept in the studio, and gave us three days and nights of total flamenco immersion. Tao’s CD is Mapleshade's most extraordinary guitar session to date—and the best guitar sound we've ever laid down. A passionately committed player, he honed his scorching chops apprenticing for years under gypsy masters in Spain. For this session, Tao improvised brilliantly original arrangements on each of the five best-known traditional flamenco forms: bulerias, seguidillas, etc. And he came cradling a stunning sounding $50,000 flamenco guitar, on loan for the session from a wealthy admirer and collector. Needless to say, all this inspired us to go all-out tweaking equipment and acoustics, in the hopes of making the best-sounding guitar CD ever. You be the judge.
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