Gary Meyers’ New Flamenco Album is Transformative
Gary Meyers is making a name for himself as a flamenco guitarist, composer, and producer. He’s performed at countless venues, including restaurants, corporate events, private parties, festivals, weddings, radio and television appearances, wine tastings gigs, art shows, coffee shops, benefits, and hotel performances, to name a few. He performs under the brand “Dirty Flamenco,” his way of acknowledging that he is a Westerner playing music that’s close to the hearts of the Andalusia, Spain.
“Flamenco is the sister music of Northern America’s blues—both come from oppressed people. The passion of flamenco is like that of the original blues artists, and, when I first heard it, it touched my soul, There’s a lot of struggle and pain in this music, and that melds us together,” Meyers says.
He just released his flamenco album, Desperado’s Shade, a collection of 10 song that put the listener into a meditative state. Each song has a flamenco base and infused with music from around the world that accompanies the theme of the song. For “Pyramid Secrets,” you get a strong flamenco guitar, but to make it sound more like you’re drinking wine in ancient Egypt, he include bells, the triangle, and percussion that you would hear in music from that region of the world. In “Texas Sunset,” he gives a sense of the old west in his technique and instrumentation. You feel like you are riding into the sunset on horseback in Texas.
Desperado’s Shade has a calming and an adventurous affect to it. He puts the listener in such as state that you can’t escape until his musical storytelling is over. He hooks you in with his sound and keeps you in with his musical literacy. The music and instruments converses with each other and the listener.
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Desperado Shade is the culmination of years of practice and performance. It’s a next-level musical milestone that honors tradition, but also imbues an individual’s artistic spirit into world music. “This is my proudest moment,” Gary affirms. Up next, Gary will be touring, and he will be branching out through licensing his music to film, TV, and commercials where his elegantly evocative musicality would perfectly enhance the visual medium.