Well, generally all Shakira fans are just being stupid overall. You are so ALIKE with the Britney Spears fans, they are NEVER happy, they always want more, even if it's amazing they go "OMG NOT ENOUGH" It's so stupid. You should be happy with little things and don't put your hopes high. Besides all this, it's NAMES OF TOUR and A CD COVER, Shakira works the hell outta her ass to please us and still many of you just keep on complaining, you all need to quit that.
I will ALWAYS support Shakira instead of joining the haters like many of you do.
Well, generally all Shakira fans are just being stupid overall. You are so ALIKE with the Britney Spears fans, they are NEVER happy, they always want more, even if it's amazing they go "OMG NOT ENOUGH" It's so stupid. You should be happy with little things and don't put your hopes high. Besides all this, it's NAMES OF TOUR and A CD COVER, Shakira works the hell outta her ass to please us and still many of you just keep on complaining, you all need to quit that.
I will ALWAYS support Shakira instead of joining the haters like many of you do.
ALL artists have fans and haters like what you described!
I just made a list of the songs we'll probably get:
Estoy Aqui Ojos Asi
Ciega, Sordomuda
Si te Vas Inevitable
Whenever, Wherever
Underneath Your Clothes La Tortura
Hips Don't Lie
Loca
She Wolf
Why Wait
Gypsy Waka Waka
Life is busy, as a self employed Artist and Single Parent even more so. I some times manage to flip through and read a few pages of "Simple Abundance" a way of forcing myself to take Note-Inventory, Reality Check and so on. I actually need to force myself to slow down just to take note of all I have done in a day, a month, the past year and sometimes I go as far as a lifetime. I had an unbelievable opportunity and experience this past week that made me take note of what I have done in my lifetime. The birth of my daughter doesn't count in this as her presence in my life will always at the forefront of my concience and will always be monumental to me. The experience that I am talking about is, that I had the honour to work one-on-one with the Latin Pop Star "Shakira". I was brought in to further assist Shakira with her Flamenco movement for a piece that is in her upcoming international tour that opens in Montreal September 15th. The choreography was already set I just came in to help her clean it up and perfect her movement. Before I tell you the amusing story of how it went down, I will first talk about the saying.... ask the universe for what you want and you shall receive it. Scary...given some situations I have been through in the past few years, yet unbelievable too.
I seldom watch TV and I'm not up to scratch on a lot of pop culture, but I remember watching Shakira perform Hips don't Lie, (how ironic I have a video flick called Feet don't lie (2002) and thinking to myself, "Wow she's Hot...good for her she actually managed to commercially cross over a traditional art-form into Pop Culture...wonder how she did it?." That's all and I went on with my day. Fast forward a few months to August 28th, 2010.
I am driving towards the Toronto Beaches with my daughter and her best friend Chanelle and her Mom. The girls are singing in the back seat and my cell phone rings, just as I answer the battery fails on my ear piece and I hand hold the phone as I simultaneously navigate through down town Toronto keeping and eye on police so I don't get nailed for driving and holding my phone (which is illegal in Toronto). While I'm driving and looking for a place to stop and chat this woman on the phone asked if I was Carmen Romero and if I was a flamenco dancer etc...she then wanted to see footage of my dancing I directed her to YouTube. Then she says to me " can you come on Sunday (next day) to work with Shakira on her movement at her hotel?....I said "No, because I thought it was bogus and there is now way I'm just going to show up at the Four Seasons unescorted to work with "Shakira" I told her I would think about it and had to make arrangements first for my daughter. When Shakira's Management company Live Nation (One of the largest Artist Management and Booking companies) contacted me to work out the details I new it was the real deal. I worked one on one with Shakira on Sunday and then was asked to return this past Thursday during their stage rehearsals where they work out the technical elements of the show. I have worked in the past with high profile people, but I have to say this one was quite the experience. While I can't say I know the secret to Shakira's success I can tell you this. She is HARD WORKING, she knows what she wants, she is focused. From the moment she entered the building to over twelve hours later she did not take a break and even in the the eleventh hour when Shakira and everyone else was starting to show signs of fatigue, she still used her Please and Thank You's. She was warm and down to earth and so too where her staff. Maite her choreographer (the person who called me) was extremely open to the suggestions I offered on various parts of the choreography. What a treat for me to be able to talk shop at such a high level. The drummer, Brandon was also open to suggestion as we talked about the aspect of musical and visual communication in flamenco so that he could accompany Shakira on Cajon. To the guitarists who had to accompany Shakira with Palmas, I gave them a crash course on how to create the sharp sound of the "Clara" and the subtle sound of the "Sorda" and to use the tension in the hands a like a string instrument to change the sound of the Palmas. They were amused. The other interesting feature in Shakira's personnel is that everyone came from different parts of the world yet they were all hand picked by Shakira because she knows what they are capable of and she knows they will support her a 100% and they do.
To top off the experience was when we were running the piece and I was on stage with Shakira and her musicians. I had suggested Jaleo during her piece Gypsy, so while she sang I did Palmas and Jaleo for Shakira. What a thrill it was for me to rhythmically shout her name in Compas and see her light up and respond as a flamenco artist would to the heartfelt cry of encouragement. Wow, what a ride!
I arrived at 2am in Toronto after rehearsals I didn't fall asleep until 3ish am and had to be up early to get ready for the Company's Annual performance at the CNE. I thought I was going to be a wreck, instead I was inspired and energized and appreciative for what I had experienced and achieved. Most importantly I have first hand experience of what happens when you ask the Universe.
Thank you Maite for the opportunity. Thank you Shakira for the experience. Thank YOU for being apart of the Universe. I leave you all a video of Gypsy.
Saludos,
Carmen