I am a flamenco guitarist from Ukraine. I also like Romanian, Moldavian, Indian, Gipsy and many other kinds of ethnic music. I try to play all the music I like although I am not a professional violinist, tabla player etc, but I try:) I also play voilin (lautary and Celtic styles) and tabla (Hindustani classical).
Sometimes I make concerts in Kiev, sometimes I visit Russia and play flamenco music there. My dream is to play all the music I like. But it is a dream, I have not so much time:) Also I would like to be a musician only. Here in Ukraine is a dream too because I want to work with non-commercial types of music. All I do now is working as a web designer and programmer, programmer for accounting sphere, a small online shop owner and administrator; a musician.
I try to perform my own music more than music of famous guitarists, but many compositions of Paco de Lucia, Paco Pena etc. must be listened, so I perform it for my own pleasure and for all the people who likes flamenco.
I never had music teachers (except violin teacher from whom I had 4 lessons), my system of self teaching is not very original. If you like flamenco or other ethnic music and you want to play it, so try to play it, why not? You don't have notes? Listen and play, why do you need it?:) There are you and there is a sound. Notes are certain mediator between you and sound, not very good, if it is a popular music like flamenco... Just listen and play! You can not play by ear? listen the fist note and repeat. Done? Then the second note, etc. You can play all the composition in this way. You have mistakes? But who doesn't have mistakes? Just play, later your experience will remove your mistakes. During the process of self-education you obtain your personal musical logic, but you need to like the music and to listen and to analyze a lot. Use all that you hear and see. That's all =)