on 2008 music kept me very busy,
I'm very grateful for this, playing with musicians I feel honored to play with
I played 67 shows with la national film chamber orchestra (most of them with matias mango) at malba, countless appearances at canal 7tv and 1 show at costanera sur with a luxurious lineup: samalea on drums; fito paez, mono fontana and matias mango on keyboards and myself on gtr
2 shows with maria eva albistur, one of them in montevideo,
22 shows and studio recordings with francisco bochaton,
2 shows with charly garcia in mar del plata and several very fine recording sessions at los pajaros, palito's studio near lujan, where charly is recovering
5 shows with flopa, with whom I wished there'd be many more!
4 performances with the guitar circle of europe around barcelona
12 shows with friends, including narrow bridges, mono fontana, ale franov, santiago vazquez, el diablo en la boca, lothus, mussa phelps, futura bold
over 100 live performances this year...
I was awarded with the condor de plata by the argentinean asociation of film critics for the music I recorded with fernando samalea and matias mango for a film by teresa costantini
recorded with fernando samalea, flopa, juan ravioli, julian massaldi. maria eva albistur, ale oliva, gabriel spiller, santiago vazquez, marcos rocca, maxi trusso, andra borlo, the circle of guitars of europe...mixed the live at nd ateneo cd...
all great projects that I feel happy and proud to be part of
the guitar academy on junin street is on its way and completed the year with a very warm live performance
so, music kept me very busy and there's no way I can complain!
a blessing
happy new year,
peace and love
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
weekend
on friday, saturday and sunday 8 performances by la national film chamber orchestra at malba.
15 minutes before the first show on friday the ac adapter for my gr20 guitar synth died. this meant I played the first 2 shows with no synth, only a clean guitar sound. and somehow it ended up being an advantage, particularly for the buster keaton movies...
my replacement adapter arrived in time for the last 2 shows. a lesson: always carry a spare transformer of each! to every show!
I had several technical problems in the last week: recording with charly, my tremolo pedal broke (a regular click sound!), also one of the buttons of the line 6 delay stopped responding...it's been a long year!!!!!
yesterday we played 2 movies, the last one "maman colibri", being the last performance of the year. a high note, to my ears a very good performance.
stools shopping at carrefour and back home for asado with the amianos, flopa and diego. wonderful!
rehearsal with charly today
15 minutes before the first show on friday the ac adapter for my gr20 guitar synth died. this meant I played the first 2 shows with no synth, only a clean guitar sound. and somehow it ended up being an advantage, particularly for the buster keaton movies...
my replacement adapter arrived in time for the last 2 shows. a lesson: always carry a spare transformer of each! to every show!
I had several technical problems in the last week: recording with charly, my tremolo pedal broke (a regular click sound!), also one of the buttons of the line 6 delay stopped responding...it's been a long year!!!!!
yesterday we played 2 movies, the last one "maman colibri", being the last performance of the year. a high note, to my ears a very good performance.
stools shopping at carrefour and back home for asado with the amianos, flopa and diego. wonderful!
rehearsal with charly today
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Rin Tin Tin
This week la National Film Chamber Orchestra is playing at canal 7 TV Argentina, all week at 0:30hs, playing music for Rin Tin Tin films.
This movies are a surprise for me, very good films, enjoyable to play. Last night's is among my favorites!
We will also be playing at Malba on friday, saturday and sunday.
Times and movies at www.malba.org.ar
Sunday, December 21, 2008
busy weekend
charly's interview at newsweek is very good, from the heart. it was moving reading it.
on thursday, friday and saturday I played witha la national film chamber orchestra at malba, almost 8 hours sessions on thursday and friday, almost 4 hs on saturday
a comment by matias mango after one of the movies: "this movie plays by itself"...this is exactly how it feels for me when things are right with the silent films, and we had wonderful moments this week, particularly on friday and saturday. the last show was difficult. we were exhausted.
yesterday I also played with francisco bochaton at festival buen dia, an open air festival at the park next to the planetario. very good attendance, hot day, hot audience. pogo included. entre rios played before us, with their brand new lineup. no lo soporto played before but I missed them.
very tired
today I took a needed day off. listened to cat power and cornelius in the morning. such a treat. in my car peter gabriel and bob dylan. reading "el tano y yo", malvicino's book on his life with piazzola. wonderful!
on thursday, friday and saturday I played witha la national film chamber orchestra at malba, almost 8 hours sessions on thursday and friday, almost 4 hs on saturday
a comment by matias mango after one of the movies: "this movie plays by itself"...this is exactly how it feels for me when things are right with the silent films, and we had wonderful moments this week, particularly on friday and saturday. the last show was difficult. we were exhausted.
yesterday I also played with francisco bochaton at festival buen dia, an open air festival at the park next to the planetario. very good attendance, hot day, hot audience. pogo included. entre rios played before us, with their brand new lineup. no lo soporto played before but I missed them.
very tired
today I took a needed day off. listened to cat power and cornelius in the morning. such a treat. in my car peter gabriel and bob dylan. reading "el tano y yo", malvicino's book on his life with piazzola. wonderful!
Friday, December 19, 2008
updating
images from the last few months...catching up little by little
I've played in mar del plata with la national film chamber orchestra...
and at canal 7 tv
with maria eva albistur in montevideo, uruguay
with bochaton in several venues, one of them niceto...
recorded in lujan,
and a lot more...soon to be updated....
I've played in mar del plata with la national film chamber orchestra...
and at canal 7 tv
with maria eva albistur in montevideo, uruguay
with bochaton in several venues, one of them niceto...
recorded in lujan,
and a lot more...soon to be updated....
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
La National Film Chamber Orchestra en Malba
Desde pasado mañana, en el Malba
Cómo fue el primer cineclub porteño
El ciclo recordará la labor de Amigos del Arte a través de los films que dieron a conocer
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1081095
La historia de los cineclubes porteños ya tiene primera página. Desde pasado mañana, el Malba (Figueroa Alcorta 3415, entradas a 10 pesos; estudiantes y jubilados, 5 pesos) presentará un ciclo dedicado al cineclub de la Asociación Amigos del Arte. Entre 1929 y 1931, dicha entidad albergó la primera experiencia cineclubística argentina, que se contó entre las primeras de América latina. La iniciativa fue de un grupo de jóvenes intelectuales vinculados a personalidades del mundo del arte de diferentes disciplinas, como el cineasta León Klimovsky, el crítico de arte Jorge Romero Brest, el fotógrafo Horacio Coppola, los poetas y escritores Héctor Eandi, Ulyses Petit de Murat, Jorge Luis Borges, José Luis Romero, Leopoldo Hurtado, Néstor Ibarra, Marino Casano y César Tiempo.
En ese entonces, la ciudad ofrecía una posibilidad única, ya que al menos hasta el golpe militar de 1930 no había censura. En el número 79 de la revista española La gaceta literaria, Guillermo de Torre reseñó la actividad, y destacó: "La novedad más considerable que puede presentar el cineclub de Buenos Aires con relación a todos los similares europeos es la abundancia de films rusos y soviéticos, de aquellos que la censura europea proscribe y que aquí se dan públicamente y sin mayor asombro".
Educando al cinéfilo
La retrospectiva reconstruirá parte de la programación ofrecida por el primer cineclub de Buenos Aires, a partir de una colección de sus programas conservada por Horacio Coppola. Esta primera entrega incluye una importante selección de lo visto en sus tres temporadas de vida.
Pasado mañana, por ejemplo, se verán cortos de Harry Langdon (a las 18), de Max Linder y de Charles Chaplin, así como Cazadores de almas (1925), de Josef von Sternberg (a las 20); El gato y el canario (1926), de Paul Leni (a las 22), y El gabinete del Dr. Caligari (1920), de Robert Wiene (a las 0.30).
Otros clásicos que se anuncian para lo que resta del mes son La pasión de Juana de Arco (1928), de Carl T. Dreyer, con Maria Falconetti (el viernes, a las 22, y el sábado, a las 0.30); La caída de la casa Usher (1928), de Jean Epstein, de acuerdo con el relato de Edgar Allan Poe (este viernes y el 26, a las 0); la obra maestra de terror El gato y el canario (1927), de Paul Leni (el sábado, a las 22); Una mujer de París (1923), de Charles Chaplin, con Edna Purviance y Adolphe Menjou (el 26, a las 18); Tempestad sobre Asia (1928), de Vsevolod Pudovkin (el 26, a las 22); La línea general (1929), de Sergei Eisenstein (el 27, a las 22), y finalmente, Fausto (1926), de Friedrich W. Muranu (el 27, a la 0).
Las proyecciones contarán con acompañamiento musical de la National Film Chamber Orchestra que coordina y dirige Fernando Kabusacki.
Cómo fue el primer cineclub porteño
El ciclo recordará la labor de Amigos del Arte a través de los films que dieron a conocer
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1081095
La historia de los cineclubes porteños ya tiene primera página. Desde pasado mañana, el Malba (Figueroa Alcorta 3415, entradas a 10 pesos; estudiantes y jubilados, 5 pesos) presentará un ciclo dedicado al cineclub de la Asociación Amigos del Arte. Entre 1929 y 1931, dicha entidad albergó la primera experiencia cineclubística argentina, que se contó entre las primeras de América latina. La iniciativa fue de un grupo de jóvenes intelectuales vinculados a personalidades del mundo del arte de diferentes disciplinas, como el cineasta León Klimovsky, el crítico de arte Jorge Romero Brest, el fotógrafo Horacio Coppola, los poetas y escritores Héctor Eandi, Ulyses Petit de Murat, Jorge Luis Borges, José Luis Romero, Leopoldo Hurtado, Néstor Ibarra, Marino Casano y César Tiempo.
En ese entonces, la ciudad ofrecía una posibilidad única, ya que al menos hasta el golpe militar de 1930 no había censura. En el número 79 de la revista española La gaceta literaria, Guillermo de Torre reseñó la actividad, y destacó: "La novedad más considerable que puede presentar el cineclub de Buenos Aires con relación a todos los similares europeos es la abundancia de films rusos y soviéticos, de aquellos que la censura europea proscribe y que aquí se dan públicamente y sin mayor asombro".
Educando al cinéfilo
La retrospectiva reconstruirá parte de la programación ofrecida por el primer cineclub de Buenos Aires, a partir de una colección de sus programas conservada por Horacio Coppola. Esta primera entrega incluye una importante selección de lo visto en sus tres temporadas de vida.
Pasado mañana, por ejemplo, se verán cortos de Harry Langdon (a las 18), de Max Linder y de Charles Chaplin, así como Cazadores de almas (1925), de Josef von Sternberg (a las 20); El gato y el canario (1926), de Paul Leni (a las 22), y El gabinete del Dr. Caligari (1920), de Robert Wiene (a las 0.30).
Otros clásicos que se anuncian para lo que resta del mes son La pasión de Juana de Arco (1928), de Carl T. Dreyer, con Maria Falconetti (el viernes, a las 22, y el sábado, a las 0.30); La caída de la casa Usher (1928), de Jean Epstein, de acuerdo con el relato de Edgar Allan Poe (este viernes y el 26, a las 0); la obra maestra de terror El gato y el canario (1927), de Paul Leni (el sábado, a las 22); Una mujer de París (1923), de Charles Chaplin, con Edna Purviance y Adolphe Menjou (el 26, a las 18); Tempestad sobre Asia (1928), de Vsevolod Pudovkin (el 26, a las 22); La línea general (1929), de Sergei Eisenstein (el 27, a las 22), y finalmente, Fausto (1926), de Friedrich W. Muranu (el 27, a la 0).
Las proyecciones contarán con acompañamiento musical de la National Film Chamber Orchestra que coordina y dirige Fernando Kabusacki.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
La Congreso World Templation!
Jueves 4 de Diciembre
La Congreso World Templation
Mono Fontana (sintetizador)
Fernando Kabusacki (guitarra electrica)
Santiago Vazquez (percusion)
Alejandro Franov (teclados)
No Avestruz
Humbold 1857, Buenos Aires
21hs, $20
La Congreso World Templation
Mono Fontana (sintetizador)
Fernando Kabusacki (guitarra electrica)
Santiago Vazquez (percusion)
Alejandro Franov (teclados)
No Avestruz
Humbold 1857, Buenos Aires
21hs, $20
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
I'm in Mar del Plata this week, performing with La National Film Chamber Orchestra at Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata...I'll be back in Buenos Aires next Saturday, just in time for this ultra exciting show:
Sabado 15 de Noviembre
La National Film Chamber Orchestra
cine mudo con musica en vivo
Metropolis ( Fritz Lang, 1927)
los musicos:
Fernando Kabusacki: guitarra electrica
Fernando Samalea: bateria y percusion
Matias Mango: teclados
Mono Fontana: sintetizador
Fito Paez (invitado especial): teclados
La Noche de los Museos
Direccion General de Museos
Av de los Italianos 851, Costanera Sur
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
21hs, entrada libre y gratuita
Sabado 15 de Noviembre
La National Film Chamber Orchestra
cine mudo con musica en vivo
Metropolis ( Fritz Lang, 1927)
los musicos:
Fernando Kabusacki: guitarra electrica
Fernando Samalea: bateria y percusion
Matias Mango: teclados
Mono Fontana: sintetizador
Fito Paez (invitado especial): teclados
La Noche de los Museos
Direccion General de Museos
Av de los Italianos 851, Costanera Sur
Ciudad de Buenos Aires
21hs, entrada libre y gratuita
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
evaristo...
... photo by moni
last week I played with mussa phelps at no avestruz...
recorded with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7 tv
played with quio binetti and valeria pagola, butoh improvisation at centro cultural borges
and with francisco bochaton in la plata...some videos of that show can be seen in you tube...at deedeedie's
... photo by moni
last week I played with mussa phelps at no avestruz...
recorded with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7 tv
played with quio binetti and valeria pagola, butoh improvisation at centro cultural borges
and with francisco bochaton in la plata...some videos of that show can be seen in you tube...at deedeedie's
Friday, September 26, 2008
bochaton in plasma
last friday I played with francisco bochaton at plasma, a venue I usually enjoy playing at. but this time things became difficult. things went out of hands...the dressing room was shared with the opening band (good band!), so we had no private space before the show...the manager left the venue during our performance, without the band knowing he would, leaving things on the stage manager's hands. the stage manager had too many things on his hands. francisco broke a string and the sm couldn't replace it because he had no place to do this, and he didn't have the necessary tools (and strings!) to do it...so francisco played with an acoustic guitar completely out of tune... I had no place to stand since my space was the stage manager's path to francisco... an unbearable fan and his girlfriend stood next to me during the whole show disturbing me to the max. they attempted to steal my list of pieces (with important notes on it) and attempted to get me involved in a discussion during the show ... and my glass slide disapeared from the top of my amp. on top of this, they invaded the dressing room after the show, leaving me with no place to go. the venue's bar attendant was very kind and offered me something to drink. I had a diet coke. on top of my slide, matias' microkorg's transformer got lost. despite all this matias and quique said it was a good show. for me something got lost. an oportunity to play well and rock.
the federico garcia lorca's piece is stunning.
this week I visited maria eva albistur, we will play in uruguay next month. her songs are really good, and so will be her new record. good news: the hard case of my telecaster appeared in maria eva's house. it remained there since the days (...nights actually) of recordings with charly...I looked everywhere...now I found it...I'm very happy about this
feco visited last monday, great to have him at home. we will play together tonight
the federico garcia lorca's piece is stunning.
this week I visited maria eva albistur, we will play in uruguay next month. her songs are really good, and so will be her new record. good news: the hard case of my telecaster appeared in maria eva's house. it remained there since the days (...nights actually) of recordings with charly...I looked everywhere...now I found it...I'm very happy about this
feco visited last monday, great to have him at home. we will play together tonight
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I won the condor de plata award
on saturday I played with francisco bochaton in rosario. I preferred the audience's heat in santa fe, although I always love to play in rosario. my jaguar gave me a hard time, having to adjust the bridges saddles' screws every few songs due to buzzing, this was possibly due to extreme temperature changes. the guitar is going to mr de castro for adjustment this week.
the venue: bar berlin
the band in the dressing room
the emergency exit by the dressing room... scary
some signs in rosario are not respected:
sunday: back to buenos aires on a bus
monday: recordings with maxi trusso and alejandro teran at concreto. this record will be stunning.
in the evening I went to the "condor de plata" ceremony at canal 7. lots of celebrities and stars, and film directors, actor, critics... I was nominated for "best music" for the music for teresa costantini's film "el amor y la ciudad", and to my surprise...I won the prize!
I didn't suspect they would give me the prize so I didn't even think of a speech...so I just said I share this prize with matias mango and fernando samalea, whith whom I worked together on this project. I was given a very nice little silver statue...
here's a photo of all the winners. lucia puenzo's XXY won the "best movie", best book and best female actress. my piece " theme for el rayo rubio" is featured in the film
tuesday: guitar lessons
wednesday: rehearsal with francisco and 2 movies at ciudad universitaria with matias
here's the schedule of filmoteca at canal 7 tv for this week:
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FILMOTECA
Temas de Cine
Un programa de Fernando Martín Peña y Fabio Manes
SEMANA DE DRAMAS URBANOS
del 22 al 26 de Septiembre
Lunes a viernes 0:30 hs.
FILMOTECA, programa cosmopolita, en un alarde de originalidad y buen gusto, dedica la semana esta vez no a un director, no a un intérprete, no a un género, sino a un tema: La Ciudad. Y así programa una serie de películas que podrían catalogarse un poco arbitrariamente como DRAMAS URBANOS.
Una semana de films donde la ciudad es protagonista, donde la urbe vibra, circula y respira como un ser vivo y se convierte en el escenario de las miserias, las ilusiones y los fracasos de sus pequeños y solitarios habitantes...
Se exhibirán completos:
El lunes: “Berlín, Sinfonía de una Gran Ciudad” (1927) de Walter Ruttmann y “Buenos Aires” (1958) de David José Kohon
El martes: “Así es la Vida” (1930) de Carl Junghans, con Vera Baranovskya y “Überfall” (1928) de Ernö Metzner
El miércoles: “La Última Carcajada” (1924) de F. W. Murnau, con Emil Jannings
El jueves: “Soledad” (1928) de Pal Fejös y “Ménilmontant” (1928) de Dimitri Kirzanoff, con Nadia Sibirskaïa
El viernes: “Amanecer” (1927) de F. W. Murnau, con GeorgeO’Brien y Janet Gaynor
Musicalización en Vivo a cargo de FERNANDO KABUSACKI y MATIAS MANGO
the venue: bar berlin
the band in the dressing room
the emergency exit by the dressing room... scary
some signs in rosario are not respected:
sunday: back to buenos aires on a bus
monday: recordings with maxi trusso and alejandro teran at concreto. this record will be stunning.
in the evening I went to the "condor de plata" ceremony at canal 7. lots of celebrities and stars, and film directors, actor, critics... I was nominated for "best music" for the music for teresa costantini's film "el amor y la ciudad", and to my surprise...I won the prize!
I didn't suspect they would give me the prize so I didn't even think of a speech...so I just said I share this prize with matias mango and fernando samalea, whith whom I worked together on this project. I was given a very nice little silver statue...
here's a photo of all the winners. lucia puenzo's XXY won the "best movie", best book and best female actress. my piece " theme for el rayo rubio" is featured in the film
tuesday: guitar lessons
wednesday: rehearsal with francisco and 2 movies at ciudad universitaria with matias
here's the schedule of filmoteca at canal 7 tv for this week:
---------------------------------------
FILMOTECA
Temas de Cine
Un programa de Fernando Martín Peña y Fabio Manes
SEMANA DE DRAMAS URBANOS
del 22 al 26 de Septiembre
Lunes a viernes 0:30 hs.
FILMOTECA, programa cosmopolita, en un alarde de originalidad y buen gusto, dedica la semana esta vez no a un director, no a un intérprete, no a un género, sino a un tema: La Ciudad. Y así programa una serie de películas que podrían catalogarse un poco arbitrariamente como DRAMAS URBANOS.
Una semana de films donde la ciudad es protagonista, donde la urbe vibra, circula y respira como un ser vivo y se convierte en el escenario de las miserias, las ilusiones y los fracasos de sus pequeños y solitarios habitantes...
Se exhibirán completos:
El lunes: “Berlín, Sinfonía de una Gran Ciudad” (1927) de Walter Ruttmann y “Buenos Aires” (1958) de David José Kohon
El martes: “Así es la Vida” (1930) de Carl Junghans, con Vera Baranovskya y “Überfall” (1928) de Ernö Metzner
El miércoles: “La Última Carcajada” (1924) de F. W. Murnau, con Emil Jannings
El jueves: “Soledad” (1928) de Pal Fejös y “Ménilmontant” (1928) de Dimitri Kirzanoff, con Nadia Sibirskaïa
El viernes: “Amanecer” (1927) de F. W. Murnau, con GeorgeO’Brien y Janet Gaynor
Musicalización en Vivo a cargo de FERNANDO KABUSACKI y MATIAS MANGO
Friday, September 12, 2008
francisco bochaton, santa fe
rip hector zazou
the van picked me up at 6:00 am this morning, a good drive by mr vikingo, the highway in good shape. we listened to "abbey road" on the road
good spirits in the band
the bass player slept on the van
nice hotel downtown santa fe: the old and traditional hotel castelar. memories of my contemporary music studies in this town with professor mariano etkin, my friend natalia, my visits to rincon, the shows with los gauchos alemanes ("hot fat fish" era...actually this is the city where this name came out, also the recording of roger eno's "the frost" is from here...)
listened to maxi trusso's songs in the afternoon, in order to get familiar and ready for our upcoming recording session next monday. this recordings feature the banda de turistas and are being produced masterfully by alejandro teran
difficult soundcheck. the specialty of the local soundman is not exactly the kind of music we play. there was no understanding of our needs, nor much will to be on our side...difficult ... hard ... I could feel he hated when I stepped on my rat or fuzz factory...but hey...this is what we do...I wished we had our own soundman...probably so did he...
the venue
we played with francisco bochaton at universidad nacional del litoral. an open air show, good attendance, the show picked up after about 30 minutes...I'm happy I brought my big muff...the bridge of my jaguar needed constant adjustment...buzzing...too many extreme temperatute changes. "el gusano" was hot. my solo on perfume parpadear was difficult...
dinner at the university and back to hotel
I'm surprised to see how many people regularly watch "la national film chamber orchestra" on filmoteca, canal 7tv
rip mr salvador samaritano. sent my condolences to his family
this tour goes on: we play in rosario tomorrow
new dates with flopa in the calendar
a date with la congreso wolrd templation in the calendar!
the van picked me up at 6:00 am this morning, a good drive by mr vikingo, the highway in good shape. we listened to "abbey road" on the road
good spirits in the band
the bass player slept on the van
nice hotel downtown santa fe: the old and traditional hotel castelar. memories of my contemporary music studies in this town with professor mariano etkin, my friend natalia, my visits to rincon, the shows with los gauchos alemanes ("hot fat fish" era...actually this is the city where this name came out, also the recording of roger eno's "the frost" is from here...)
listened to maxi trusso's songs in the afternoon, in order to get familiar and ready for our upcoming recording session next monday. this recordings feature the banda de turistas and are being produced masterfully by alejandro teran
difficult soundcheck. the specialty of the local soundman is not exactly the kind of music we play. there was no understanding of our needs, nor much will to be on our side...difficult ... hard ... I could feel he hated when I stepped on my rat or fuzz factory...but hey...this is what we do...I wished we had our own soundman...probably so did he...
the venue
we played with francisco bochaton at universidad nacional del litoral. an open air show, good attendance, the show picked up after about 30 minutes...I'm happy I brought my big muff...the bridge of my jaguar needed constant adjustment...buzzing...too many extreme temperatute changes. "el gusano" was hot. my solo on perfume parpadear was difficult...
dinner at the university and back to hotel
I'm surprised to see how many people regularly watch "la national film chamber orchestra" on filmoteca, canal 7tv
rip mr salvador samaritano. sent my condolences to his family
this tour goes on: we play in rosario tomorrow
new dates with flopa in the calendar
a date with la congreso wolrd templation in the calendar!
Monday, September 08, 2008
devil's bug...
the bus to mendoza was fancy, but at our arrival we had to wait a long time out in the cold for "the guy who has the key" of the place we were staying...
I got a terrible cold...after lunch I stayed in bed...feeling feeble...until soundcheck...I was driven to soundcheck in a terrible state, and I was tortured by the soundman asking millions of hard hits of the snare drum...I liked the sound of my jaguar through a stack nativo amp...then back to the apartment for a shower and back to bed...nelson the band's bass player brought a plate of boiled rice to my bed...then I was driven to the venue (I bought a thermometer on our way)...away from the city...to long of a ride...ouch...feeling terrible
francisco bochaton at aloha...very nice venue...good sound system...unbearably loud support band...I played and I survived but I felt terrible...very bad...matias the band's keyboardist was also sick and wished to go back home asap, on an early plane...
back to bed around 5am
on saturday I felt even worst...all day in bed...took the fancy bus back to buenos aires...began to feel a bit better around midnight...back home at 9am played with my daughter and rested
today I played with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7tv , we played the movie "maman colibri"...a bit of a hard job...back home for lunch and an afternoon off
I got a terrible cold...after lunch I stayed in bed...feeling feeble...until soundcheck...I was driven to soundcheck in a terrible state, and I was tortured by the soundman asking millions of hard hits of the snare drum...I liked the sound of my jaguar through a stack nativo amp...then back to the apartment for a shower and back to bed...nelson the band's bass player brought a plate of boiled rice to my bed...then I was driven to the venue (I bought a thermometer on our way)...away from the city...to long of a ride...ouch...feeling terrible
francisco bochaton at aloha...very nice venue...good sound system...unbearably loud support band...I played and I survived but I felt terrible...very bad...matias the band's keyboardist was also sick and wished to go back home asap, on an early plane...
back to bed around 5am
on saturday I felt even worst...all day in bed...took the fancy bus back to buenos aires...began to feel a bit better around midnight...back home at 9am played with my daughter and rested
today I played with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7tv , we played the movie "maman colibri"...a bit of a hard job...back home for lunch and an afternoon off
Thursday, September 04, 2008
thursday
moni and I went to see laurie anderson at teatro gran rex last week. excellent show, so fine, such a treat! a remarkable band... lou reed played and sang as guest.
memories of playing with charly at gran rex on his 55th birthday show, and of visiting the theater together with charly and pedro to meet bjork...in fact I was wearing my same velvet jacket ... and my "say no more" bracelet was in my pocket. I hope to be able to see charly again soon, I hope he is in good recovery
last friday matias and I played the music for metropolis... the very complete version, with fragments I´ve never seen before, and a long last section (a 45 minutes finale!!!)
on the weekend I composed and recorded the music for nadina´s short film. all with "reason" playing my electric through my gr1 into the reason sounds...orchestral!
on saturday I visited samalea and he suggested changes in the pieces´ order of my new live cd
monday: recordings for maxi´s new album at concreto, produced by alejandro teran...wonderful stuff...my jaguar had a buzz on the fifth strings so I had a hard time...I hope to have a new chence next week...I loved the songs!
more recordings with la national film chamber orchestra this week. "the last man", by murnau, is superb. but the added end was difficult to play...it felt so "off" from the movie...
today I´m at rolling stone magazine with my favorite 10 guitar songs:
television / venus
the pretenders / kid
bowie / fashion
king crimson / elephant talk
pescado rabioso / cementerio club
u2 / bad
the police / walking on the moon
charly garcia / cerca de la revolucion
led zeppelin / black dog
the beatles / taxman
the are aso many more I can think of...10 is not enough!!!!!!!
tonight I travel to mendoza to play with francisco bochaton
memories of playing with charly at gran rex on his 55th birthday show, and of visiting the theater together with charly and pedro to meet bjork...in fact I was wearing my same velvet jacket ... and my "say no more" bracelet was in my pocket. I hope to be able to see charly again soon, I hope he is in good recovery
last friday matias and I played the music for metropolis... the very complete version, with fragments I´ve never seen before, and a long last section (a 45 minutes finale!!!)
on the weekend I composed and recorded the music for nadina´s short film. all with "reason" playing my electric through my gr1 into the reason sounds...orchestral!
on saturday I visited samalea and he suggested changes in the pieces´ order of my new live cd
monday: recordings for maxi´s new album at concreto, produced by alejandro teran...wonderful stuff...my jaguar had a buzz on the fifth strings so I had a hard time...I hope to have a new chence next week...I loved the songs!
more recordings with la national film chamber orchestra this week. "the last man", by murnau, is superb. but the added end was difficult to play...it felt so "off" from the movie...
today I´m at rolling stone magazine with my favorite 10 guitar songs:
television / venus
the pretenders / kid
bowie / fashion
king crimson / elephant talk
pescado rabioso / cementerio club
u2 / bad
the police / walking on the moon
charly garcia / cerca de la revolucion
led zeppelin / black dog
the beatles / taxman
the are aso many more I can think of...10 is not enough!!!!!!!
tonight I travel to mendoza to play with francisco bochaton
Monday, August 25, 2008
busy saturday:
in the afternoon I played a solo improvised show at direccion general de museos, in the basement auditorium, very cozy place, very nice and warm sound. I enjoyed playing. unfortunately I could not check out the other performances since i had to leave to la plata inmediately
drive to la plata
in the evening i played with francisco bochaton at el teatro, in la plata. the biginning was terrible and this marked the whole performance, which could never recover: since the band that played before us extended their show (good show) a bit too long and began a little too late, and since our manager was under great pressure cause we had to en strictly on time, the change of sets was done in great rush...and the keyboards fell down on the stage...and broke! but we had to begin on time...so we began but in a strange mood, not able to respect the set list, the keyboard player no able to play his instrument (matias ended up playing on his microkorg and guitars...) and on top of this drinks asked by francisco and by the drummer never got to the stage... I only got a glass of warm pepsi (sorry...no ice available...
when relaxing in the dressing rooms area after the show (our proper dressing room had been emptied already...) we were asked to leave since alfredo casero and his band needed the space...ok...bye...I didn't feel at home in this venue.....
back home before 3:00am
in the afternoon I played a solo improvised show at direccion general de museos, in the basement auditorium, very cozy place, very nice and warm sound. I enjoyed playing. unfortunately I could not check out the other performances since i had to leave to la plata inmediately
drive to la plata
in the evening i played with francisco bochaton at el teatro, in la plata. the biginning was terrible and this marked the whole performance, which could never recover: since the band that played before us extended their show (good show) a bit too long and began a little too late, and since our manager was under great pressure cause we had to en strictly on time, the change of sets was done in great rush...and the keyboards fell down on the stage...and broke! but we had to begin on time...so we began but in a strange mood, not able to respect the set list, the keyboard player no able to play his instrument (matias ended up playing on his microkorg and guitars...) and on top of this drinks asked by francisco and by the drummer never got to the stage... I only got a glass of warm pepsi (sorry...no ice available...
when relaxing in the dressing rooms area after the show (our proper dressing room had been emptied already...) we were asked to leave since alfredo casero and his band needed the space...ok...bye...I didn't feel at home in this venue.....
back home before 3:00am
Friday, August 22, 2008
fun
yesterday guitar lessons in the morning and afternoon
last night I played an improvised concert with santiago vazquez at espacio eclectico.
we had so much fun...and the venue became one of my favorite venues in buenos aires. such a nice place, with good sound, cozy and clean dressing room, delicious food and kind staff, located in san telmo. santiago and I had lots of gear. santi with his handsonic, a looping device, berinbao, talking drum and lots of percussive toys!
I run my jaguar through a roland gr20>whammy>boss loop station>boss giga delay>rat>mxr distortion>fuzz factory>pulstar tremolo> another boss giga delay > line 6 delay modeller> korg kaoss pad into a fender blues deluxe
lots of pedals, lots of fun
today after driving my daughter to kinder garden I recorded with la national film chamber orchestra at estudio 5 of canal 7 TV: 2 movies by duvuvier. "au bonheur des dames" was most enjoyable. we also played maman colibri.
a sunny day in buenos aires, time to go to the park with my daughter.
last night I played an improvised concert with santiago vazquez at espacio eclectico.
we had so much fun...and the venue became one of my favorite venues in buenos aires. such a nice place, with good sound, cozy and clean dressing room, delicious food and kind staff, located in san telmo. santiago and I had lots of gear. santi with his handsonic, a looping device, berinbao, talking drum and lots of percussive toys!
I run my jaguar through a roland gr20>whammy>boss loop station>boss giga delay>rat>mxr distortion>fuzz factory>pulstar tremolo> another boss giga delay > line 6 delay modeller> korg kaoss pad into a fender blues deluxe
lots of pedals, lots of fun
today after driving my daughter to kinder garden I recorded with la national film chamber orchestra at estudio 5 of canal 7 TV: 2 movies by duvuvier. "au bonheur des dames" was most enjoyable. we also played maman colibri.
a sunny day in buenos aires, time to go to the park with my daughter.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
comienzan las grabaciones para kabusacki 10
yesterday al 10hs the recordings for kabusacki X began at concreto. a very fruitful session with santiago vazquez, alejandro oliva y gabriel spiller on percussion and marcos rocca on electric bass
meanwhile, kabusacki 9 (nd live, with 3 bonus tracks) is close to being released...hopefully next month
meanwhile, kabusacki 9 (nd live, with 3 bonus tracks) is close to being released...hopefully next month
journals from spain part II
19 de julio 2008
san cugat
comentarios en el desayuno acerca de la performance de ayer.
gnossiemme fue declarada "not ready" y se sugirio dejarla afuera.
un regalo maravilloso de sergi
hable con potenzoni, quien hace 3 anios vive en barcelona, ojala hubieramos tenido la oportunidad de vernos
18 de julio 08
san cugat
8:10 me desperte muy cansado
email de mi padre
este cuarto en este lugar es un treat. con banio privado...lo mas duro es estar lejos de casa, especialmente lejos de mi hija. ayer alguien me dije que es bueno que se acostumbre, que siempre va a ser asi mi vida. y que yo tambien me acostumbre.
the road to the master musician. en varios momentos me encontre pensando: el master musician lo haria de este modo? no, el master musician lo haria asi.....
tocamos en un yoga center hoy, en un sotano...la caminata larguisimo, el lugar extremadamente caluroso...caminata de vuelta...muy larga por suerte una buena conversacion con mariana,
grabamos por la noche, el grupo se entusiasma con the arrow y especialmente con mantral, que fue un hit en el concierto de hoy
hable 2 veces a casa, no veo la hora de llegar
llame a potenzoni pero no lo encontre
buen aforismo de john: ¨we have a change...let's keep doing it the same way...¨
otro mio: ¨it's great: let's fuck it up¨
¨comfort is death...but is much nicer...¨
17 de julio
san cugat
al despertar un canio se habia roto sobre el cielorraso del pasillo. goteras...rapidamente vinieron los plomeros a arreglarlo
comentarios sobre la performance de ayer en el desyauno
meeting con lucho, martin y herny
me saque la duda de gnossiemme: la nota q estaba entre parentesis era el problema
arreglo de arrow, pero el grupo no me entendio la indicacion y lo deje como estaba...maniana hay q cortarlo,
tocamos en barcelona, boca nord...fuimos y vinimos en tren, huge effort...difficult gig
moni llamo, entro al concurso uade, bien! hable con mi hija
full moon
16 de julio
san cugat
anoche dress rehearsal. the arrow fue calificado "still sounds like a jam session" asi que salio de la lista aunque muchos la habian puesto en un lugar importante. no estoy apegado a que toquemos la pieza aunque la considero una buena contribucion, necesaria, pero siento que no es mi performance y que lo que yo piense no importa. solo tengo que hacer mi trabajo honorablemente
12:08 desde anoche me duele la punta del indice de la mano derecha, me cuesta mucho tocar, y en algunos temas tengo que buscar una digitacion diferente para evitar usarlo. la semana pasada tambien me dolia pero entonces era muscular. ya me tengo casi aprendida la lista de temas para hoy. golpe fuerte en mi puerta: el fontanero (+1 ) otra vez.
ideas sobre posible presentacion en espania en octubre, pero debo estar de regreso en bs as el 23 de oct para cumple de charly
19:00 de regreso de el centro verge de ... donde tocamos con el circle of guitars of europe. para quien tocar? para los ancianos. rompi una pua, mariana me presto una
de regreso del supermercado con lucho.
hable con mi hija ...al fin...quiere ir a ostende
martes 15 de julio 2008, san cugat
12:48 reading andy summers' book, puede ser que lo termine durante este viaje, me pregunto a quien se lo puedo dejar que le resulte de utilidad.
full group meeting a las 9:30. bach cantata, nuevas notas, esta tomando forma y la circulacion es mas ritmica. menos errores. creo que anoche estabamos todos muy quemados. herny pidio que toquemos all or nothing, calliope y eye of the needle . (yo toque bajos, me siento mas comodo). despues the arrow. presente el cambio de acordes y la pequenia melodia de transicion de D a A
8 personal meetings
small group meetings para repasar bach cantata. durisimo. quede mas confundido que antes. mucho mas. ahora me siento totalmente perdido
varias veces en el curso me paso, y recien me paso de nuevo: mi guitarra se siente mas pesada que de costumbre
17:20 a la hora del te hernan menciono al campeon de guitar craft face...
lunes 14 de julio
san cugat
presente mantral a la maniana y the arrow a la tarde. ambas piezas pueden funcionar
alexander meeting: 2 relaciones: piernas/ torso y cabeza/caderas
lave la ropa
comentarios en la cena: en un momento dificil del meeting de satie recorde un aforismo y todo cambio. suffer cheerfully. "if 1 aphorism doesn't work...try 3!!!"
domingo 13 de julio 2008
san cugat
anoche fuimos a ver argento en sala apolo, barcelona. luciano y sus amigos hicieron un buen trabajo. creo que tal vez necesiten un bandoneon y una guitarra electrica...me pregunto si luciano escucho la banda de samalea.
tome la decision de volver en octubre, solo para el curso con rf. me pregunto como hacer para que venga moni y uma, o tal vez puedan venir una semana mas tarde? o estar la semana en casa de alguien (valentina?) mientra es el curso y despues del curso hacer algo juntos? preguntas...
anoche pase 2 hs tratando de hacer funcionar mi nuevo hard drive. al mediodia sylvain en 10 segundos lo arreglo: tenia que enchufar los 2 cables usb simultaneamente
a la maniana no tenia suficiente tiempo para san cugat asi que fui en busca del shopping mall. pesima decision. solo la cafeteria y la golosineria estaban abiertas. un bajon. en el camino escuche un poco de otis redding y patti smith (changing of the guards muchas veces...muy poetico...altisimo...) en mi ipod
el lcg project comenzo con el almuerzo. las papas estaban crudas y faltaba sal, pero las porciones eran abundantes.
primer grupo grande con guitarras...definimos repertorio y algunas reglas, despues small group meetings...y otro large group despues de la cena. martin presento magistralmente una circulacion de bach
viernes 11 de julio 2008
san cugat
despues del desayuno office work respondiendo emails y despues fui a san cugat a hacer algunas compras. me encontre con al y 2 italianos del curso y visitamos la catedral, de hace 19 siglos... mas compras (regalos para mi hija, hoy es su cumpleanios!!!), almorzamos, llame por telefono a casa, el locutorio estaba cerrado asi que tomamos el tren de vuelta a sant joan.
te
lave los platos. claro comienzo, clara complecion.
dificil estar lejos de casa en el cumpleanios de mi hija.
proposiciones y sugerencias para venir a tocar a barcelona y a roma, y sft sugiere compartir un escenario...tal vez en inglaterra?
19:00 hora de cenar . exhausto. house work...moviendo colchones, camas, mesas, pegando nombres en las puertas...subi y baje las escaleras cientos de veces. una avispa intenta anidar en el cuarto de john. insiste.
jueves 10 de julio, san cugat
lcg4 con rf: nos movimos a c simetrica en la octava mas baja, con desplazamientos de nota y de ritmo, algunos acordes en c sim y despues nos movimos entre c simetrica y g simetrica. "es la ultima vez que estaremos juntos en este lugar"
presentacion qualitative endeavour. meeting para presentacion de los trabajos personales. escuche muchisimas palabras y note poca calidad.
despues un guitar circle para beginners + martin + jaxie + john p. whizzes a 9 sillas or segundo...
meetings personales: demasiado concern en como hacerlo...deben hacerlo mas...practicar...tener la experiencia y ganar reliability.
19:54 - la cena fue muy ruidosa. la gente parece ansiosa por el final del curso... yo me siento cansado y con necesidad de un break. no hay internet asi que no puedo definir mi viaje a londres...
a practicar y poner en orden las cosas que aprendi....
22:00 el curso se ha completado hace 6 minutos
miercoles 9 de julio 2008
san cugat
the road to the master musician
8:49 los ruidos de la construccion en san cugat son incesantes. me pregunto si cuando la gente compra departamentos aca sabe como va a ser en el futuro...
por suerte encontre una marca de medias en bs as que me gusta; tom. hace anios estaba buscando algo asi. puro algodon, muy comodas.
muchos beginners no vinieron al sitting, y tampoco al desayuno...mas tranquilo que de costumbre
hoy es el cumpleanios de ken
mas ideas sobre la academia. clases grupales 1 vez por mes...
12:45 practicamos con lcg4 + martin. me resulta impresionante lo que podemos hacer...ayer me parecia imposible poder tocar de corrido los patterns y escalas que presento rf...
17:52 trabajamos con jaxie despues del almuerzo, y despues un meeting de lcg4 con robert, mas variaciones, con numeros de patterns 123y4, y un diagrama con las notas de la escala simetrica...
E
C# G
Bb
despues el te...taichi y luciano me paso las formas nuevas, que trabajando con mariana empezaron a tener sentido y ahora si puedo decir que "yes, it's falling into place"
tratamos de llamar a ken por su cumple con al y martin pero el celular no funciona
ideas sobre la academia y el tutor. meetings semanales en circulo martes o jueves 1 vez por mes por lo menos
tutor: los detalles sobre como tomar la pua y aspectos tecnicos de manos derecha e izquierda serían traducciones de gc monographs
¨...el Master Musician no pierde la inocencia porque siempre esta en contacto con el Genio...¨
martes 8 de julio 2008
san cugat
en el desayuno mr milano pregunto si hay un 5to ej primario. rf dijo que si. yo pense que primero me gustaria escuchar la escala de do mayor, saber si ya habian aprendido el cuarto
noto que el ruido de las construcciones se me empieza a hacer molesto, por primera vez en el curso
no hay acceso a internet ni telefono. el tema de las comunicaciones siempre es importante para mi. ayer quise mandar una postal a casa y no pude. deberia tener un tel celular con cobertura internacional?
copie mi agenda a mi ipod. buenisimo.
...write a tutor...
23:28 regreso a mi cuarto despues de practicar los patterns de la escala simetrica de hoy con martin y jaxie: mi guitarra se siente mas pesada que de costumbre, al caminar por el pasillo y al subir por las escaleras
en el meeting con los beginners, donde se anuncio el challenge de performance para maniana,
dificil llamar a casa...una vez que llame fue dificil hablar...
7 de julio 2008
san cugat
9:08 el momento de definicion en el contacto de mis pies con el suelo esta maniana fue de una claridad particular. esto tiene q ver con 2 meetings personales con rf de ayer.
22:32 de regreso del meeting en el ballroom. las instruciones: when ready please begin, when ready please begin again and when ready please begin again again. si bien no llegaron a emerger claramente, mi sensación es que algunos patrones intentaban emerger a traves del sonido. lo importante del momento que paso fue muy claro al ver a john sentado en el pasillo al salir del meeting
esta lloviendo en san cugat
hernan llego esta tarde. dice que se nos ve cansados
trabajo con lcg4: patterns en symetrical scale...meeting con robert & lcg4... practicamos con el 4tet y con lucho. por suerte desistimos de tocar nuestra pieza en la cena. que alivio...lo mismo dijimos todos..
los buddies dimos meetings personales a los principiantes. mi impresion general es que cada uno esta cerca de lograr algo importante pero al ver los ejercicios en su total magnitud se pierden el logro posible.
muy buen meeting con dr mike.
6 de julio 2008
san cugat
12:52 - pedi ingresar al trabajo de lcg 3, fui audicionado y tuve una oportunidad de irme de la banda, pero decido perder esa oportunidad y permanecer. declare que una de las cosas que me llevo alli fue la curiosidad, y mi objetivo ahora coincide con el objetivo comun de este grupo: "develop knowledge and further variations on the symetrical scale". rf dijo que cuando uno pide entrar en una banda le preguntan si tiene equipo de sonido y una combi. yo dije que los tengo.
17:10 tocamos con los relay boys a la hora del te, iniciativa de john peacock, una circulacion.
en la cena, rf pregunto por observaciones, quienes no han hecho comentarios antes...yo pense uno, aunque no lo dije: me fue mucho mas facil aprender la pieza de bartok de martin que haberla leido de la partitura...era una gran pared para mi el deber de tener que sacarla leyendo...y aprenderla directamente de martin fue un placer
practicamos en la capilla con lcg3. variaciones de las escalas simetricas.
semisupina guiada en alexander. tres relaciones: piernas, cabeza/ pelvis eje vertical, costillas
meeting de la casa con guitarras en el ballrrom a las 21:00. la instruccion fue para cada uno de los circulos: "when ready...begin". sucedieron cosas, musicas que nunca habia oido. tambien whizzes muy rapidos. sin pensar, cuando escuchaba la nota del de a mi izquierda tocaba...respondiendo. sandra menciono el otro dia la diferencia entre reaccionar y responder. eso es
hable con mis chicas via skype
compre un power sleeve, hecho por barbra
traduje 2 meetings con robert (2 rosarinos)
mas trabajo con lcg3 a las 20:30 y a las 22:30
5 de julio 2008
san cugat
12¨59 de regreso de la capilla donde victor y yo ayudamos a los principiantes (¨those who suck¨) con el ejercicio primario de la mano derecha. necesitan la experiencia, mas alla de todas las ideas e indicaciones que se le han dado. necesitan asimilar el movimiento de la mano derecha y basicamente como tomar la pua de un modo eficiente. muchos olvidan respirar. el grupo esta mejorando notablemente
meeting para todos con guitarras, circulos concentricos, circulaciones en ritmos de 7 y 5, divididos en varios grupos, de forma continua y con retorno
tuve mi primer sesion de alexander despues de bastante tiempo...buenisima
aprendi un ejercicio nuevo y lo practicamos con sylvain en el cuarto antes de la clase de taichi.
extraño a mis chicas
4 de julio
san cugat
meeting del kitchen team. una sugerencia: servir comidas que solo precisen un plato y un utensilio.
el meeting inaugural fue a las 10:00. mis objetivos: to get in shape and keep a journal (in spanish).
- what does it mean for you to get in shape? - pregunto robert
- practicing taichi and work on my guitar is part of it
- what else?
- practicing division of attention excercises has to do with the next one...
traduccion al español no fue necesario, excepto por un par de preguntas de manuel y los objetivos de 2 rosarinos
hay varios rosarinos en la casa: manuel, mariana, gonzalo, luciano, alvaro y yo
primer meeting con guitarras para todos los que deseen.
circulaciones, distintos grupos en distintos beats. 2 circulos concentricos. circulaciones muy rapidas. el pulso todavia no se establece bien. rf sugirio seguir trabajando en grupos de 2 a 9 personas hasta el almuerzo
hay un personaje increiblemente twitchy......un booby total
en el almuerzo dijeron q hay personas q se llevan las tazas a sus piezas. rf dijo que ese es el tipo de cosas que fernando haria....
presentacion de primer primario a la tarde. un tipo tenia la guitarra con 2 cuerdas. yo estaba parado dentro del circulo preguntandome que hacer para ser util y ahi estaba la respuesta: le preste mi guitarra
taichi con luciano en el parque de atras de la casa.
despues de la cena guitar meeting para todos. whizzes...
llame a casa por tel. mi hija sigue triste, enojada conmigo, no quiere hablar mucho,. me entristece...no se que decirle para alegrarla. no quiere ir al jardin...la extraño
july 3 2008
san cugat
the weather cooled down, last night I couldn't sleep much due to jet lag, but only one mosquito bothered me, and not much
breakfast sitting arrangement tight. I was part of the washing up team, with robert and george
I may go downtown to call ken and try to book my tickets for a day off in england
a melody by adriana calcanhoto resonates in my head, memory of my last moments at home. I can't get rid of it
21:05 I got rid of that melody. dinner was delicious. still sleepy
july 2, 2008
san cugat
7:50 - couldn't sleep much last night. heat, mosquitos, dreams, time difference. woke up around 6:15 not knowing where I was
internet connection not available yet. went to the town's locutorio last night to call home. my daughter is obviously upset with me, the cleaning lady is sick and granny tries to hold things together...but she also has a flu.
july 1, 2008
16:27 - frankfurt
1 hour ago it seemed I wouldn't catch my connection to barcelona...
the flight from buenos aires landed in frankfurt 30 minutes late, on top of that instead of parking in the terminal, passengers had to be taken to the terminal on buses. on top of that... the stairs had a technical problem so the pilot could not open the plane's doors...I went through passport control and security check, took 2 elevators and walked long distances, arriving at the gate to find the flight was delayed. this is good news. a new aim for the upcoming course appeared: write a journal in spanish
I'm on the plane now, and it's being fueled
I haven't been to germany in many years! around 1990 my fights to germany were very frequent.
reading andy summers' book, listening to spinetta, lefty frizzell and neil young
from ezeiza I called my mother, father and sister and spoke to my wife and daughter. also spoke to samalea and nito, who put me up on info about charly's condition.
we were just informed there's a caterers' strike which is causing delays
san cugat
comentarios en el desayuno acerca de la performance de ayer.
gnossiemme fue declarada "not ready" y se sugirio dejarla afuera.
un regalo maravilloso de sergi
hable con potenzoni, quien hace 3 anios vive en barcelona, ojala hubieramos tenido la oportunidad de vernos
18 de julio 08
san cugat
8:10 me desperte muy cansado
email de mi padre
este cuarto en este lugar es un treat. con banio privado...lo mas duro es estar lejos de casa, especialmente lejos de mi hija. ayer alguien me dije que es bueno que se acostumbre, que siempre va a ser asi mi vida. y que yo tambien me acostumbre.
the road to the master musician. en varios momentos me encontre pensando: el master musician lo haria de este modo? no, el master musician lo haria asi.....
tocamos en un yoga center hoy, en un sotano...la caminata larguisimo, el lugar extremadamente caluroso...caminata de vuelta...muy larga por suerte una buena conversacion con mariana,
grabamos por la noche, el grupo se entusiasma con the arrow y especialmente con mantral, que fue un hit en el concierto de hoy
hable 2 veces a casa, no veo la hora de llegar
llame a potenzoni pero no lo encontre
buen aforismo de john: ¨we have a change...let's keep doing it the same way...¨
otro mio: ¨it's great: let's fuck it up¨
¨comfort is death...but is much nicer...¨
17 de julio
san cugat
al despertar un canio se habia roto sobre el cielorraso del pasillo. goteras...rapidamente vinieron los plomeros a arreglarlo
comentarios sobre la performance de ayer en el desyauno
meeting con lucho, martin y herny
me saque la duda de gnossiemme: la nota q estaba entre parentesis era el problema
arreglo de arrow, pero el grupo no me entendio la indicacion y lo deje como estaba...maniana hay q cortarlo,
tocamos en barcelona, boca nord...fuimos y vinimos en tren, huge effort...difficult gig
moni llamo, entro al concurso uade, bien! hable con mi hija
full moon
16 de julio
san cugat
anoche dress rehearsal. the arrow fue calificado "still sounds like a jam session" asi que salio de la lista aunque muchos la habian puesto en un lugar importante. no estoy apegado a que toquemos la pieza aunque la considero una buena contribucion, necesaria, pero siento que no es mi performance y que lo que yo piense no importa. solo tengo que hacer mi trabajo honorablemente
12:08 desde anoche me duele la punta del indice de la mano derecha, me cuesta mucho tocar, y en algunos temas tengo que buscar una digitacion diferente para evitar usarlo. la semana pasada tambien me dolia pero entonces era muscular. ya me tengo casi aprendida la lista de temas para hoy. golpe fuerte en mi puerta: el fontanero (+1 ) otra vez.
ideas sobre posible presentacion en espania en octubre, pero debo estar de regreso en bs as el 23 de oct para cumple de charly
19:00 de regreso de el centro verge de ... donde tocamos con el circle of guitars of europe. para quien tocar? para los ancianos. rompi una pua, mariana me presto una
de regreso del supermercado con lucho.
hable con mi hija ...al fin...quiere ir a ostende
martes 15 de julio 2008, san cugat
12:48 reading andy summers' book, puede ser que lo termine durante este viaje, me pregunto a quien se lo puedo dejar que le resulte de utilidad.
full group meeting a las 9:30. bach cantata, nuevas notas, esta tomando forma y la circulacion es mas ritmica. menos errores. creo que anoche estabamos todos muy quemados. herny pidio que toquemos all or nothing, calliope y eye of the needle . (yo toque bajos, me siento mas comodo). despues the arrow. presente el cambio de acordes y la pequenia melodia de transicion de D a A
8 personal meetings
small group meetings para repasar bach cantata. durisimo. quede mas confundido que antes. mucho mas. ahora me siento totalmente perdido
varias veces en el curso me paso, y recien me paso de nuevo: mi guitarra se siente mas pesada que de costumbre
17:20 a la hora del te hernan menciono al campeon de guitar craft face...
lunes 14 de julio
san cugat
presente mantral a la maniana y the arrow a la tarde. ambas piezas pueden funcionar
alexander meeting: 2 relaciones: piernas/ torso y cabeza/caderas
lave la ropa
comentarios en la cena: en un momento dificil del meeting de satie recorde un aforismo y todo cambio. suffer cheerfully. "if 1 aphorism doesn't work...try 3!!!"
domingo 13 de julio 2008
san cugat
anoche fuimos a ver argento en sala apolo, barcelona. luciano y sus amigos hicieron un buen trabajo. creo que tal vez necesiten un bandoneon y una guitarra electrica...me pregunto si luciano escucho la banda de samalea.
tome la decision de volver en octubre, solo para el curso con rf. me pregunto como hacer para que venga moni y uma, o tal vez puedan venir una semana mas tarde? o estar la semana en casa de alguien (valentina?) mientra es el curso y despues del curso hacer algo juntos? preguntas...
anoche pase 2 hs tratando de hacer funcionar mi nuevo hard drive. al mediodia sylvain en 10 segundos lo arreglo: tenia que enchufar los 2 cables usb simultaneamente
a la maniana no tenia suficiente tiempo para san cugat asi que fui en busca del shopping mall. pesima decision. solo la cafeteria y la golosineria estaban abiertas. un bajon. en el camino escuche un poco de otis redding y patti smith (changing of the guards muchas veces...muy poetico...altisimo...) en mi ipod
el lcg project comenzo con el almuerzo. las papas estaban crudas y faltaba sal, pero las porciones eran abundantes.
primer grupo grande con guitarras...definimos repertorio y algunas reglas, despues small group meetings...y otro large group despues de la cena. martin presento magistralmente una circulacion de bach
viernes 11 de julio 2008
san cugat
despues del desayuno office work respondiendo emails y despues fui a san cugat a hacer algunas compras. me encontre con al y 2 italianos del curso y visitamos la catedral, de hace 19 siglos... mas compras (regalos para mi hija, hoy es su cumpleanios!!!), almorzamos, llame por telefono a casa, el locutorio estaba cerrado asi que tomamos el tren de vuelta a sant joan.
te
lave los platos. claro comienzo, clara complecion.
dificil estar lejos de casa en el cumpleanios de mi hija.
proposiciones y sugerencias para venir a tocar a barcelona y a roma, y sft sugiere compartir un escenario...tal vez en inglaterra?
19:00 hora de cenar . exhausto. house work...moviendo colchones, camas, mesas, pegando nombres en las puertas...subi y baje las escaleras cientos de veces. una avispa intenta anidar en el cuarto de john. insiste.
jueves 10 de julio, san cugat
lcg4 con rf: nos movimos a c simetrica en la octava mas baja, con desplazamientos de nota y de ritmo, algunos acordes en c sim y despues nos movimos entre c simetrica y g simetrica. "es la ultima vez que estaremos juntos en este lugar"
presentacion qualitative endeavour. meeting para presentacion de los trabajos personales. escuche muchisimas palabras y note poca calidad.
despues un guitar circle para beginners + martin + jaxie + john p. whizzes a 9 sillas or segundo...
meetings personales: demasiado concern en como hacerlo...deben hacerlo mas...practicar...tener la experiencia y ganar reliability.
19:54 - la cena fue muy ruidosa. la gente parece ansiosa por el final del curso... yo me siento cansado y con necesidad de un break. no hay internet asi que no puedo definir mi viaje a londres...
a practicar y poner en orden las cosas que aprendi....
22:00 el curso se ha completado hace 6 minutos
miercoles 9 de julio 2008
san cugat
the road to the master musician
8:49 los ruidos de la construccion en san cugat son incesantes. me pregunto si cuando la gente compra departamentos aca sabe como va a ser en el futuro...
por suerte encontre una marca de medias en bs as que me gusta; tom. hace anios estaba buscando algo asi. puro algodon, muy comodas.
muchos beginners no vinieron al sitting, y tampoco al desayuno...mas tranquilo que de costumbre
hoy es el cumpleanios de ken
mas ideas sobre la academia. clases grupales 1 vez por mes...
12:45 practicamos con lcg4 + martin. me resulta impresionante lo que podemos hacer...ayer me parecia imposible poder tocar de corrido los patterns y escalas que presento rf...
17:52 trabajamos con jaxie despues del almuerzo, y despues un meeting de lcg4 con robert, mas variaciones, con numeros de patterns 123y4, y un diagrama con las notas de la escala simetrica...
E
C# G
Bb
despues el te...taichi y luciano me paso las formas nuevas, que trabajando con mariana empezaron a tener sentido y ahora si puedo decir que "yes, it's falling into place"
tratamos de llamar a ken por su cumple con al y martin pero el celular no funciona
ideas sobre la academia y el tutor. meetings semanales en circulo martes o jueves 1 vez por mes por lo menos
tutor: los detalles sobre como tomar la pua y aspectos tecnicos de manos derecha e izquierda serían traducciones de gc monographs
¨...el Master Musician no pierde la inocencia porque siempre esta en contacto con el Genio...¨
martes 8 de julio 2008
san cugat
en el desayuno mr milano pregunto si hay un 5to ej primario. rf dijo que si. yo pense que primero me gustaria escuchar la escala de do mayor, saber si ya habian aprendido el cuarto
noto que el ruido de las construcciones se me empieza a hacer molesto, por primera vez en el curso
no hay acceso a internet ni telefono. el tema de las comunicaciones siempre es importante para mi. ayer quise mandar una postal a casa y no pude. deberia tener un tel celular con cobertura internacional?
copie mi agenda a mi ipod. buenisimo.
...write a tutor...
23:28 regreso a mi cuarto despues de practicar los patterns de la escala simetrica de hoy con martin y jaxie: mi guitarra se siente mas pesada que de costumbre, al caminar por el pasillo y al subir por las escaleras
en el meeting con los beginners, donde se anuncio el challenge de performance para maniana,
dificil llamar a casa...una vez que llame fue dificil hablar...
7 de julio 2008
san cugat
9:08 el momento de definicion en el contacto de mis pies con el suelo esta maniana fue de una claridad particular. esto tiene q ver con 2 meetings personales con rf de ayer.
22:32 de regreso del meeting en el ballroom. las instruciones: when ready please begin, when ready please begin again and when ready please begin again again. si bien no llegaron a emerger claramente, mi sensación es que algunos patrones intentaban emerger a traves del sonido. lo importante del momento que paso fue muy claro al ver a john sentado en el pasillo al salir del meeting
esta lloviendo en san cugat
hernan llego esta tarde. dice que se nos ve cansados
trabajo con lcg4: patterns en symetrical scale...meeting con robert & lcg4... practicamos con el 4tet y con lucho. por suerte desistimos de tocar nuestra pieza en la cena. que alivio...lo mismo dijimos todos..
los buddies dimos meetings personales a los principiantes. mi impresion general es que cada uno esta cerca de lograr algo importante pero al ver los ejercicios en su total magnitud se pierden el logro posible.
muy buen meeting con dr mike.
6 de julio 2008
san cugat
12:52 - pedi ingresar al trabajo de lcg 3, fui audicionado y tuve una oportunidad de irme de la banda, pero decido perder esa oportunidad y permanecer. declare que una de las cosas que me llevo alli fue la curiosidad, y mi objetivo ahora coincide con el objetivo comun de este grupo: "develop knowledge and further variations on the symetrical scale". rf dijo que cuando uno pide entrar en una banda le preguntan si tiene equipo de sonido y una combi. yo dije que los tengo.
17:10 tocamos con los relay boys a la hora del te, iniciativa de john peacock, una circulacion.
en la cena, rf pregunto por observaciones, quienes no han hecho comentarios antes...yo pense uno, aunque no lo dije: me fue mucho mas facil aprender la pieza de bartok de martin que haberla leido de la partitura...era una gran pared para mi el deber de tener que sacarla leyendo...y aprenderla directamente de martin fue un placer
practicamos en la capilla con lcg3. variaciones de las escalas simetricas.
semisupina guiada en alexander. tres relaciones: piernas, cabeza/ pelvis eje vertical, costillas
meeting de la casa con guitarras en el ballrrom a las 21:00. la instruccion fue para cada uno de los circulos: "when ready...begin". sucedieron cosas, musicas que nunca habia oido. tambien whizzes muy rapidos. sin pensar, cuando escuchaba la nota del de a mi izquierda tocaba...respondiendo. sandra menciono el otro dia la diferencia entre reaccionar y responder. eso es
hable con mis chicas via skype
compre un power sleeve, hecho por barbra
traduje 2 meetings con robert (2 rosarinos)
mas trabajo con lcg3 a las 20:30 y a las 22:30
5 de julio 2008
san cugat
12¨59 de regreso de la capilla donde victor y yo ayudamos a los principiantes (¨those who suck¨) con el ejercicio primario de la mano derecha. necesitan la experiencia, mas alla de todas las ideas e indicaciones que se le han dado. necesitan asimilar el movimiento de la mano derecha y basicamente como tomar la pua de un modo eficiente. muchos olvidan respirar. el grupo esta mejorando notablemente
meeting para todos con guitarras, circulos concentricos, circulaciones en ritmos de 7 y 5, divididos en varios grupos, de forma continua y con retorno
tuve mi primer sesion de alexander despues de bastante tiempo...buenisima
aprendi un ejercicio nuevo y lo practicamos con sylvain en el cuarto antes de la clase de taichi.
extraño a mis chicas
4 de julio
san cugat
meeting del kitchen team. una sugerencia: servir comidas que solo precisen un plato y un utensilio.
el meeting inaugural fue a las 10:00. mis objetivos: to get in shape and keep a journal (in spanish).
- what does it mean for you to get in shape? - pregunto robert
- practicing taichi and work on my guitar is part of it
- what else?
- practicing division of attention excercises has to do with the next one...
traduccion al español no fue necesario, excepto por un par de preguntas de manuel y los objetivos de 2 rosarinos
hay varios rosarinos en la casa: manuel, mariana, gonzalo, luciano, alvaro y yo
primer meeting con guitarras para todos los que deseen.
circulaciones, distintos grupos en distintos beats. 2 circulos concentricos. circulaciones muy rapidas. el pulso todavia no se establece bien. rf sugirio seguir trabajando en grupos de 2 a 9 personas hasta el almuerzo
hay un personaje increiblemente twitchy......un booby total
en el almuerzo dijeron q hay personas q se llevan las tazas a sus piezas. rf dijo que ese es el tipo de cosas que fernando haria....
presentacion de primer primario a la tarde. un tipo tenia la guitarra con 2 cuerdas. yo estaba parado dentro del circulo preguntandome que hacer para ser util y ahi estaba la respuesta: le preste mi guitarra
taichi con luciano en el parque de atras de la casa.
despues de la cena guitar meeting para todos. whizzes...
llame a casa por tel. mi hija sigue triste, enojada conmigo, no quiere hablar mucho,. me entristece...no se que decirle para alegrarla. no quiere ir al jardin...la extraño
july 3 2008
san cugat
the weather cooled down, last night I couldn't sleep much due to jet lag, but only one mosquito bothered me, and not much
breakfast sitting arrangement tight. I was part of the washing up team, with robert and george
I may go downtown to call ken and try to book my tickets for a day off in england
a melody by adriana calcanhoto resonates in my head, memory of my last moments at home. I can't get rid of it
21:05 I got rid of that melody. dinner was delicious. still sleepy
july 2, 2008
san cugat
7:50 - couldn't sleep much last night. heat, mosquitos, dreams, time difference. woke up around 6:15 not knowing where I was
internet connection not available yet. went to the town's locutorio last night to call home. my daughter is obviously upset with me, the cleaning lady is sick and granny tries to hold things together...but she also has a flu.
july 1, 2008
16:27 - frankfurt
1 hour ago it seemed I wouldn't catch my connection to barcelona...
the flight from buenos aires landed in frankfurt 30 minutes late, on top of that instead of parking in the terminal, passengers had to be taken to the terminal on buses. on top of that... the stairs had a technical problem so the pilot could not open the plane's doors...I went through passport control and security check, took 2 elevators and walked long distances, arriving at the gate to find the flight was delayed. this is good news. a new aim for the upcoming course appeared: write a journal in spanish
I'm on the plane now, and it's being fueled
I haven't been to germany in many years! around 1990 my fights to germany were very frequent.
reading andy summers' book, listening to spinetta, lefty frizzell and neil young
from ezeiza I called my mother, father and sister and spoke to my wife and daughter. also spoke to samalea and nito, who put me up on info about charly's condition.
we were just informed there's a caterers' strike which is causing delays
Thursday, August 14, 2008
journals from spain
6 de julio 2008
san cugat
12:52 - pedi ingresar al trabajo de lcg 3, fui audicionado y tuve una oportunidad de irme de la banda, pero decido perder esa oportunidad y permanecer. declare que una de las cosas que me llevo alli fue la curiosidad, y mi objetivo ahora coincide con el objetivo comun de este grupo: "develop knowledge and further variations on the symetrical scale". rf dijo que cuando uno pide entrar en una banda le preguntan si tiene equipo de sonido y una combi. yo dije que los tengo.
17:10 tocamos con los relay boys a la hora del te, iniciativa de john peacock, una circulacion.
en la cena, rf pregunto por observaciones, quienes no han hecho comentarios antes...yo pense uno, aunque no lo dije: me fue mucho mas facil aprender la pieza de bartok de martin que haberla leido de la partitura...era una gran pared para mi el deber de tener que sacarla leyendo...y aprenderla directamente de martin fue un placer
practicamos en la capilla con lcg3. variaciones de las escalas simetricas.
semisupina guiada en alexander. tres relaciones: piernas, cabeza/ pelvis eje vertical, costillas
meeting de la casa con guitarras en el ballrrom a las 21:00. la instruccion fue para cada uno de los circulos: "when ready...begin". sucedieron cosas, musicas que nunca habia oido. tambien whizzes muy rapidos. sin pensar, cuando escuchaba la nota del de a mi izquierda tocaba...respondiendo. sandra menciono el otro dia la diferencia entre reaccionar y responder. eso es
hable con mis chicas via skype
compre un power sleeve, hecho por barbra
traduje 2 meetings con robert (2 rosarinos)
mas trabajo con lcg3 a las 20:30 y a las 22:30
5 de julio 2008
san cugat
12¨59 de regreso de la capilla donde victor y yo ayudamos a los principiantes (¨those who suck¨) con el ejercicio primario de la mano derecha. necesitan la experiencia, mas alla de todas las ideas e indicaciones que se le han dado. necesitan asimilar el movimiento de la mano derecha y basicamente como tomar la pua de un modo eficiente. muchos olvidan respirar. el grupo esta mejorando notablemente
meeting para todos con guitarras, circulos concentricos, circulaciones en ritmos de 7 y 5, divididos en varios grupos, de forma continua y con retorno
tuve mi primer sesion de alexander despues de bastante tiempo...buenisima
aprendi un ejercicio nuevo y lo practicamos con sylvain en el cuarto antes de la clase de taichi.
extraño a mis chicas
4 de julio
san cugat
meeting del kitchen team. una sugerencia: servir comidas que solo precisen un plato y un utensilio.
el meeting inaugural fue a las 10:00. mis objetivos: to get in shape and keep a journal (in spanish).
- what does it mean for you to get in shape? - pregunto robert
- practicing taichi and work on my guitar is part of it
- what else?
- practicing division of attention excercises has to do with the next one...
traduccion al español no fue necesario, excepto por un par de preguntas de manuel y los objetivos de 2 rosarinos
hay varios rosarinos en la casa: manuel, mariana, gonzalo, luciano, alvaro y yo
primer meeting con guitarras para todos los que deseen.
circulaciones, distintos grupos en distintos beats. 2 circulos concentricos. circulaciones muy rapidas. el pulso todavia no se establece bien. rf sugirio seguir trabajando en grupos de 2 a 9 personas hasta el almuerzo
hay un personaje increiblemente twitchy......un booby total
en el almuerzo dijeron q hay personas q se llevan las tazas a sus piezas. rf dijo que ese es el tipo de cosas que fernando haria....
presentacion de primer primario a la tarde. un tipo tenia la guitarra con 2 cuerdas. yo estaba parado dentro del circulo preguntandome que hacer para ser util y ahi estaba la respuesta: le preste mi guitarra
taichi con luciano en el parque de atras de la casa.
despues de la cena guitar meeting para todos. whizzes...
llame a casa por tel. mi hija sigue triste, enojada conmigo, no quiere hablar mucho,. me entristece...no se que decirle para alegrarla. no quiere ir al jardin...la extraño
july 3 2008
san cugat
the weather cooled down, last night I couldn't sleep much due to jet lag, but only one mosquito bothered me, and not much
breakfast sitting arrangement tight. I was part of the washing up team, with robert and george
I may go downtown to call ken and try to book my tickets for a day off in england
a melody by adriana calcanhoto resonates in my head, memory of my last moments at home. I can't get rid of it
21:05 I got rid of that melody. dinner was delicious. still sleepy
july 2, 2008
san cugat
7:50 - couldn't sleep much last night. heat, mosquitos, dreams, time difference. woke up around 6:15 not knowing where I was
internet connection not available yet. went to the town's locutorio last night to call home. my daughter is obviously upset with me, the cleaning lady is sick and granny tries to hold things together...but she also has a flu.
july 1, 2008
16:27 - frankfurt
1 hour ago it seemed I wouldn't catch my connection to barcelona...
the flight from buenos aires landed in frankfurt 30 minutes late, on top of that instead of parking in the terminal, passengers had to be taken to the terminal on buses. on top of that... the stairs had a technical problem so the pilot could not open the plane's doors...I went through passport control and security check, took 2 elevators and walked long distances, arriving at the gate to find the flight was delayed. this is good news. a new aim for the upcoming course appeared: write a journal in spanish
I'm on the plane now, and it's being fueled
I haven't been to germany in many years! around 1990 my fights to germany were very frequent.
reading andy summers' book, listening to spinetta, lefty frizzell and neil young
from ezeiza I called my mother, father and sister and spoke to my wife and daughter. also spoke to samalea and nito, who put me up on info about charly's condition.
we were just informed there's a caterers' strike which is causing delays
san cugat
12:52 - pedi ingresar al trabajo de lcg 3, fui audicionado y tuve una oportunidad de irme de la banda, pero decido perder esa oportunidad y permanecer. declare que una de las cosas que me llevo alli fue la curiosidad, y mi objetivo ahora coincide con el objetivo comun de este grupo: "develop knowledge and further variations on the symetrical scale". rf dijo que cuando uno pide entrar en una banda le preguntan si tiene equipo de sonido y una combi. yo dije que los tengo.
17:10 tocamos con los relay boys a la hora del te, iniciativa de john peacock, una circulacion.
en la cena, rf pregunto por observaciones, quienes no han hecho comentarios antes...yo pense uno, aunque no lo dije: me fue mucho mas facil aprender la pieza de bartok de martin que haberla leido de la partitura...era una gran pared para mi el deber de tener que sacarla leyendo...y aprenderla directamente de martin fue un placer
practicamos en la capilla con lcg3. variaciones de las escalas simetricas.
semisupina guiada en alexander. tres relaciones: piernas, cabeza/ pelvis eje vertical, costillas
meeting de la casa con guitarras en el ballrrom a las 21:00. la instruccion fue para cada uno de los circulos: "when ready...begin". sucedieron cosas, musicas que nunca habia oido. tambien whizzes muy rapidos. sin pensar, cuando escuchaba la nota del de a mi izquierda tocaba...respondiendo. sandra menciono el otro dia la diferencia entre reaccionar y responder. eso es
hable con mis chicas via skype
compre un power sleeve, hecho por barbra
traduje 2 meetings con robert (2 rosarinos)
mas trabajo con lcg3 a las 20:30 y a las 22:30
5 de julio 2008
san cugat
12¨59 de regreso de la capilla donde victor y yo ayudamos a los principiantes (¨those who suck¨) con el ejercicio primario de la mano derecha. necesitan la experiencia, mas alla de todas las ideas e indicaciones que se le han dado. necesitan asimilar el movimiento de la mano derecha y basicamente como tomar la pua de un modo eficiente. muchos olvidan respirar. el grupo esta mejorando notablemente
meeting para todos con guitarras, circulos concentricos, circulaciones en ritmos de 7 y 5, divididos en varios grupos, de forma continua y con retorno
tuve mi primer sesion de alexander despues de bastante tiempo...buenisima
aprendi un ejercicio nuevo y lo practicamos con sylvain en el cuarto antes de la clase de taichi.
extraño a mis chicas
4 de julio
san cugat
meeting del kitchen team. una sugerencia: servir comidas que solo precisen un plato y un utensilio.
el meeting inaugural fue a las 10:00. mis objetivos: to get in shape and keep a journal (in spanish).
- what does it mean for you to get in shape? - pregunto robert
- practicing taichi and work on my guitar is part of it
- what else?
- practicing division of attention excercises has to do with the next one...
traduccion al español no fue necesario, excepto por un par de preguntas de manuel y los objetivos de 2 rosarinos
hay varios rosarinos en la casa: manuel, mariana, gonzalo, luciano, alvaro y yo
primer meeting con guitarras para todos los que deseen.
circulaciones, distintos grupos en distintos beats. 2 circulos concentricos. circulaciones muy rapidas. el pulso todavia no se establece bien. rf sugirio seguir trabajando en grupos de 2 a 9 personas hasta el almuerzo
hay un personaje increiblemente twitchy......un booby total
en el almuerzo dijeron q hay personas q se llevan las tazas a sus piezas. rf dijo que ese es el tipo de cosas que fernando haria....
presentacion de primer primario a la tarde. un tipo tenia la guitarra con 2 cuerdas. yo estaba parado dentro del circulo preguntandome que hacer para ser util y ahi estaba la respuesta: le preste mi guitarra
taichi con luciano en el parque de atras de la casa.
despues de la cena guitar meeting para todos. whizzes...
llame a casa por tel. mi hija sigue triste, enojada conmigo, no quiere hablar mucho,. me entristece...no se que decirle para alegrarla. no quiere ir al jardin...la extraño
july 3 2008
san cugat
the weather cooled down, last night I couldn't sleep much due to jet lag, but only one mosquito bothered me, and not much
breakfast sitting arrangement tight. I was part of the washing up team, with robert and george
I may go downtown to call ken and try to book my tickets for a day off in england
a melody by adriana calcanhoto resonates in my head, memory of my last moments at home. I can't get rid of it
21:05 I got rid of that melody. dinner was delicious. still sleepy
july 2, 2008
san cugat
7:50 - couldn't sleep much last night. heat, mosquitos, dreams, time difference. woke up around 6:15 not knowing where I was
internet connection not available yet. went to the town's locutorio last night to call home. my daughter is obviously upset with me, the cleaning lady is sick and granny tries to hold things together...but she also has a flu.
july 1, 2008
16:27 - frankfurt
1 hour ago it seemed I wouldn't catch my connection to barcelona...
the flight from buenos aires landed in frankfurt 30 minutes late, on top of that instead of parking in the terminal, passengers had to be taken to the terminal on buses. on top of that... the stairs had a technical problem so the pilot could not open the plane's doors...I went through passport control and security check, took 2 elevators and walked long distances, arriving at the gate to find the flight was delayed. this is good news. a new aim for the upcoming course appeared: write a journal in spanish
I'm on the plane now, and it's being fueled
I haven't been to germany in many years! around 1990 my fights to germany were very frequent.
reading andy summers' book, listening to spinetta, lefty frizzell and neil young
from ezeiza I called my mother, father and sister and spoke to my wife and daughter. also spoke to samalea and nito, who put me up on info about charly's condition.
we were just informed there's a caterers' strike which is causing delays
Friday, July 25, 2008
the guitar circle of europe
the guitar circle of europe has been rocking spain!
here's a photo from soundcheck at bocanord, barcelona, last week
journals to be posted soon
here's a photo from soundcheck at bocanord, barcelona, last week
journals to be posted soon
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
here
here it is...flopa's band at centro cultural rojas, photo by pablo abarca, taken from emocionhomicida.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 14, 2008
maestro penderecki
last week I visited teatro coliseo again to hear a chamber orchestra from vilnius (home of some kabusacki ancestors) conducted by maestro penderecki. superb. very moving. they played penderecki, shostakovich and dvorak.
thursday: I accompanied charly to the doctor and back home, and that was the last time I saw him before he got into troubles. I tried to fly to san juan but all the flights to san juan and mendoza were fully booked, with no waiting lists. we had arranged I was going to join the band for the show in rosario june 13. I looked forward to this show. I booked a car to drive me to rosario straight after my show with flopa. that meant from the road to the stage, but manageable. it all fell down. sadly. I hope charly will recover soon. I visited him at the hospital yesterday but I wasn't let in. "strict orders: no one is allowed to see him" said a policeman. very very sad. I left a message for him but I doubt it got to his hands at all. I was informed by nachosnm there was going to be a peaceful gathering at his house's door, expressing support.
last night flopa presented her new album at centro cultural rojas. I used my new pedalboard designed and prepared by cluster. very comfortable! in it there's a boss tuner > boss compressor > rat > fuzz factory > mxr distortion > cluster tremolo > line 6 delay modeller. all to a fender blues deluxe. I used my blue fender jaguar. a sold out show. flopa and this band are so wonderful, and the songs so beautiful...more luxury: guest guitarists rodrigo guerra, manza, claudio lafalce and ariel minimal! a claim from flopa: "free charly garcia"
pizza at guerrin with flopa and band after the show
listening to 00I00 in the car. reading andy summers' "one train later". watched robert wyatt's bbc documentary.
thursday: I accompanied charly to the doctor and back home, and that was the last time I saw him before he got into troubles. I tried to fly to san juan but all the flights to san juan and mendoza were fully booked, with no waiting lists. we had arranged I was going to join the band for the show in rosario june 13. I looked forward to this show. I booked a car to drive me to rosario straight after my show with flopa. that meant from the road to the stage, but manageable. it all fell down. sadly. I hope charly will recover soon. I visited him at the hospital yesterday but I wasn't let in. "strict orders: no one is allowed to see him" said a policeman. very very sad. I left a message for him but I doubt it got to his hands at all. I was informed by nachosnm there was going to be a peaceful gathering at his house's door, expressing support.
last night flopa presented her new album at centro cultural rojas. I used my new pedalboard designed and prepared by cluster. very comfortable! in it there's a boss tuner > boss compressor > rat > fuzz factory > mxr distortion > cluster tremolo > line 6 delay modeller. all to a fender blues deluxe. I used my blue fender jaguar. a sold out show. flopa and this band are so wonderful, and the songs so beautiful...more luxury: guest guitarists rodrigo guerra, manza, claudio lafalce and ariel minimal! a claim from flopa: "free charly garcia"
pizza at guerrin with flopa and band after the show
listening to 00I00 in the car. reading andy summers' "one train later". watched robert wyatt's bbc documentary.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
getting cold in buenos aires
very cold days in buenos aires, my old leather jacket is on.
rehearsals with flopa's band continue, with new versions of old songs and new versions of new songs. the band's lineup is always moving: rodrigo guerra is playing guitars on some songs and juan plays keyboards and percussion instead of gtr. on the last rehearsal I missed juan's guitar.
weekly rehearsals continue, and 2 shows with francisco bochaton. one in san miguel 2 weeks ago (one of the best for this lineup) and last friday in ciudad vieja, la plata. things change so much for me when there is another electric guitarist in the band...and I can't complain at all...in charly's band there's kiuge...in francisco's band there francisco playing a strat and in flopa's band there is juan or rodrigo (flopa plays acoustic). luxury.
the combination of my washburn red rocker (w/ seymour duncan) and the blues deluxe works well, particularly with the sd bridge pickup
on the van back to buenos aires last saturday morning we listened to a recording from our previous show at ciudad vieja. all of us were surprised. I think there's a live ep there...at least...
on friday eve I went see maestro daniel baremboin directing bruckner at teatro coliseo. superb.
rehearsals with flopa's band continue, with new versions of old songs and new versions of new songs. the band's lineup is always moving: rodrigo guerra is playing guitars on some songs and juan plays keyboards and percussion instead of gtr. on the last rehearsal I missed juan's guitar.
weekly rehearsals continue, and 2 shows with francisco bochaton. one in san miguel 2 weeks ago (one of the best for this lineup) and last friday in ciudad vieja, la plata. things change so much for me when there is another electric guitarist in the band...and I can't complain at all...in charly's band there's kiuge...in francisco's band there francisco playing a strat and in flopa's band there is juan or rodrigo (flopa plays acoustic). luxury.
the combination of my washburn red rocker (w/ seymour duncan) and the blues deluxe works well, particularly with the sd bridge pickup
on the van back to buenos aires last saturday morning we listened to a recording from our previous show at ciudad vieja. all of us were surprised. I think there's a live ep there...at least...
on friday eve I went see maestro daniel baremboin directing bruckner at teatro coliseo. superb.
Friday, May 16, 2008
brahms
listening to brahms now. these days on my car I have been listening to eric clapton/jj cale, elvis, cat power and kenny burrell, apart from the radio, fully overloaded with the subject of the absurd farmers' strike
a few weeks ago I played with bochaton in villa maria, and I used this amp. one of the worst experiences I had on a gig. appaling...never use this for an electric guitar!!!! the promoters or the venue's owner thought it's the same a guitar amp and a bass amp. well, it's not. had it been a fender bassman, maybe!!!!!!!
on the other side, when playing with charly in mar del plata I used this amp
and it was heaven!!!!
a busy week,
guitar lessons on tuesday, followed by a wonderful recording session with charly...a new song, stunning!
wednesday: a talk at national cinema school (enerc) re. my experience with music for films and silent movies, 2 hs queue in the bank, a visit by the mandel family (so glad to see them well!!!) and a rehearsal with flopa's band...also...new songs!!!
not much rest these days. I must look tired: a man at a coffee kiosk at coghlan station suggested I was in a riot or a fist fight...well, I wasn't... why???
thursday: guitar lessons in the morning and afternoon and 2 shows with la national film chamber orchestra at malba in the evening
today I hope to decompress and rest a bit...only 1 show at malba tonight
a few weeks ago I played with bochaton in villa maria, and I used this amp. one of the worst experiences I had on a gig. appaling...never use this for an electric guitar!!!! the promoters or the venue's owner thought it's the same a guitar amp and a bass amp. well, it's not. had it been a fender bassman, maybe!!!!!!!
on the other side, when playing with charly in mar del plata I used this amp
and it was heaven!!!!
a busy week,
guitar lessons on tuesday, followed by a wonderful recording session with charly...a new song, stunning!
wednesday: a talk at national cinema school (enerc) re. my experience with music for films and silent movies, 2 hs queue in the bank, a visit by the mandel family (so glad to see them well!!!) and a rehearsal with flopa's band...also...new songs!!!
not much rest these days. I must look tired: a man at a coffee kiosk at coghlan station suggested I was in a riot or a fist fight...well, I wasn't... why???
thursday: guitar lessons in the morning and afternoon and 2 shows with la national film chamber orchestra at malba in the evening
today I hope to decompress and rest a bit...only 1 show at malba tonight
Monday, May 12, 2008
my jaguar has been readjusted by mr de castro...a superb job...now it rocks! I still haven't tried the midi pickup work yet though, but it looks good
charly also has a new guitar now! I begged him to take care of it...... we hope to get to play together and record soon
I recorded some guitars for samalea's new album last week
rehearsals with flopa begin this week...yes!
Monday, May 05, 2008
francisco bochaton at nd ateneo
may 2, 2008
francisco bochaton at nd ateneo
the band: francisco (electric and acoustic gtrs), matias mango (keys), quique ilid (drums), nelson colinwood (bass) and myself (electric gtr)
no matter how much we rehearse with francisco... there are so many songs in his repertoire always readily available to be called at the gigs (some times asked for by members of the audience) that there is always a great deal of surprise, freshness, inventive on the spot...the versions are always different, I like this! we played a brand new song today: gira la serpiente. a hit
nd ateneo is such a treat...the sound is superb...by far this is my favorite venue in this country. I played in this venue with robert fripp & the league of crafty guitarists, with juana molina, with flopa, with maria eva albistur, with samalea, with roxana amed...all different styles of music, and it always sound superb...
my setup this time: fender jaguar > fender blues deluxe amp > mxr distortion > rat > boss volume pedal > line 6 delay modeller > boss dd20 giga delay
back home around 3am, by the time the band was getting ready to party
what have I been listening to in my car recently? the travelling wilburys, haco, miles davis, skay, bill monroe, mark knopfler/emmylou harris and classical fm
today after buying 4 fish for the pond, I dropped my wife and daughter at granny's house and drove to alto palermo. I bought a cream dvd and an elvis cd and visited charly. we listened to new recordings and improvements on previous ones. great stuff! we ate a delicious chocolate cake
reading: andy summers "the train I didn't miss"
Monday, April 21, 2008
smokey week
smoke coming from the burning of country fields has been unbearable in buenos aires city. state of emergency has been declared and highways have been closed to traffic. red eyes, coughing, sore throats, high amounts of CO2 in the air, lack of visibility, smokey clothes, houses, cars...all caused by unscrupulous farm owners, unprevented by goverment
on tuesday and thursday i played at malba, as part of the bafici festival, accompanying "en el infierno del chaco", a stunning movie made around 1930 on the war between paraguay and bolivia. on tuesday I played with juan ravioli, on thursday alone
on wednesday I played at canal 7, alone since matias was sick, 2 movies by von stroheim. the first was too long for my capacities and preferences, the second brillant...a very exciting movie to play with. on this one I feel I contributed quite honorably.
on friday half of francisco bochaton's band was supposed to travel to villa maria...the roads were closed due to the smoke, so the buses were cancelled. things went back to almost normal at 14:15hs so I managed to ride on a bus...but the drummer couldn't make it...and matias continued to be sick...
on the bus I listened to miles' "big fun" and the rolling stones and read "parallels and paradoxes", coversations by daniel baremboin and edward said. I arrived at villa maria after a long ride around midnight; we played (drummerless and keyboardless) around 1:30am. a difficult gig...with hot moments. the bass amp (instead of guitar amp specified in the rider) assigned for me made it quite painful and hard
I slept 4 hours and got ready for our next ride to cordoba. slept a bit on the bus. listened to the mark knopfler/emmylou harris cd.
the gig in cordoba (at dorian gray discotheque) was very good although with accidents: the tension went down 3 times and the gig almost got cancelled. finally a generator was brought and the gig happened. the audience was very patient and enthusiastic, and the band delivered. my amp sounded great: a tronlite head with a decastro cabinet. superb. courtesy of a kind local guitarist named santos. overall the sound was very good.
2 hours sleep and ready for a 11 hours bus ride back to buenos aires
smoke cleared although strong smokey smell persists. listening at "anthology of american folk music" while typing in my garden
lucia cedron's new film is showing next month, with very good reviews...congratulations lucia!
on tuesday and thursday i played at malba, as part of the bafici festival, accompanying "en el infierno del chaco", a stunning movie made around 1930 on the war between paraguay and bolivia. on tuesday I played with juan ravioli, on thursday alone
on wednesday I played at canal 7, alone since matias was sick, 2 movies by von stroheim. the first was too long for my capacities and preferences, the second brillant...a very exciting movie to play with. on this one I feel I contributed quite honorably.
on friday half of francisco bochaton's band was supposed to travel to villa maria...the roads were closed due to the smoke, so the buses were cancelled. things went back to almost normal at 14:15hs so I managed to ride on a bus...but the drummer couldn't make it...and matias continued to be sick...
on the bus I listened to miles' "big fun" and the rolling stones and read "parallels and paradoxes", coversations by daniel baremboin and edward said. I arrived at villa maria after a long ride around midnight; we played (drummerless and keyboardless) around 1:30am. a difficult gig...with hot moments. the bass amp (instead of guitar amp specified in the rider) assigned for me made it quite painful and hard
I slept 4 hours and got ready for our next ride to cordoba. slept a bit on the bus. listened to the mark knopfler/emmylou harris cd.
the gig in cordoba (at dorian gray discotheque) was very good although with accidents: the tension went down 3 times and the gig almost got cancelled. finally a generator was brought and the gig happened. the audience was very patient and enthusiastic, and the band delivered. my amp sounded great: a tronlite head with a decastro cabinet. superb. courtesy of a kind local guitarist named santos. overall the sound was very good.
2 hours sleep and ready for a 11 hours bus ride back to buenos aires
smoke cleared although strong smokey smell persists. listening at "anthology of american folk music" while typing in my garden
lucia cedron's new film is showing next month, with very good reviews...congratulations lucia!
Monday, April 14, 2008
bafici
mundo tributo, featuring music of mine, will be showing at bafici
also, la national film chamber orchestra will be playing live accompanying "en el infierno del chaco" this tuesday and thursday at malba, also as part of bafici
Sunday, April 13, 2008
this week
it's been a very busy week,
recordings for marco's movie al estudio el nandu continued. inspiring moments, sometimes responding to the director's suggestions and ideas, sometimes unable to, sometimes inspired by them, sometimes paralized by them. a difficult challenge, but since I believe this a great movie, efforts are more than worth it
recordings with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7; a von stroheim's film "foolish wives"
guitar lessons with some reorganizing and new order in my studio
a talk at universidad del cine, about my upcoming work composing and performing music for nadina's film. the music will be performed live by orquesta sinfonica de buenos aires next september
suddenly it's quite cold in buenos aires
booked my ticket for the upcoming guitar craft course in san cugat next july
recordings for marco's movie al estudio el nandu continued. inspiring moments, sometimes responding to the director's suggestions and ideas, sometimes unable to, sometimes inspired by them, sometimes paralized by them. a difficult challenge, but since I believe this a great movie, efforts are more than worth it
recordings with la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7; a von stroheim's film "foolish wives"
guitar lessons with some reorganizing and new order in my studio
a talk at universidad del cine, about my upcoming work composing and performing music for nadina's film. the music will be performed live by orquesta sinfonica de buenos aires next september
suddenly it's quite cold in buenos aires
booked my ticket for the upcoming guitar craft course in san cugat next july
Sunday, April 06, 2008
weekend
I spent much time with my little daughter today, and played with pablo reche and mr. dysarthria at espacio giesso, at a concert organized by luis marte
recordings for the movie hopefully tomorrow
recordings for the movie hopefully tomorrow
Friday, April 04, 2008
suddenly life gets a bit easier
last weekend shows with la national film chamber orchestra at malba, john ford and lon chaney movies
also emergency call for recordings for a very good movie by an italian director
on tuesday evening I visited charly at the studio, where he was recording. details and more details. a proposal for a series of shows with the prostitution... on thursday morning I read in the news that he spend a few hours in jail after troubles with 2 colombian guys. here's a photo from hotel hermitage's sidewalk. charly's hands are stamped next to carmen barbieri's
this morning more recordings with the film orchestra at canal 7. 2 argentinean films from ca 1915. we had sessions booked for the emergency thing this afternoon and tomorrow but yhey got cancelled.
suddenly my life got a bit easier
also emergency call for recordings for a very good movie by an italian director
on tuesday evening I visited charly at the studio, where he was recording. details and more details. a proposal for a series of shows with the prostitution... on thursday morning I read in the news that he spend a few hours in jail after troubles with 2 colombian guys. here's a photo from hotel hermitage's sidewalk. charly's hands are stamped next to carmen barbieri's
this morning more recordings with the film orchestra at canal 7. 2 argentinean films from ca 1915. we had sessions booked for the emergency thing this afternoon and tomorrow but yhey got cancelled.
suddenly my life got a bit easier
Saturday, March 29, 2008
flopa at nd ateneo
thursday: guitar lessons in the day. in the evening I played with flopa (sharing the bill with hana and rosario blefari) at nd ateneo, always a pleasure to play in the wonderful theater. superb sound, great vibe. audience very warm and kind. flopa overcame her flu and delivered,
friday: la national film chamber orchestra at canal 7 (old argentinean silent films) in the morning; la national film chamber orchestra at malba in the evening ( 2 westerns and a superb lon chaney film)
back home tired around 1am
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
easter weekend
wednesday: recordings at canal 7 with la national film chamber orchestra: cavalcanti action movies
thursday: I played with francisco bochaton in la plata, at our usual venue: ciudad vieja. a drunk guy came and talk to me after the show. I had no interest in talking to him. he didn't care.
friday: super 8 cinema at home!
saturday and sunday: charly garcia & the prostitution at abbey road, mar del plata.
my amp was an old ibanez that sounded great!
...my pedals
worked some arrangements with kiuge in the dressing room. finally learned adela en el carrousel. we rocked.
I stayed at freddy's, who saved me from sharing a hotel room with 3 ultra noisy characters!!!
the emblematic lobos de mar at la rambla...with graffitys
charly's hotel and limo
back home monday morning...and played with narrow bridges (with samalea and julian gandara among others) in the evening
narrow bridges 6 gets ready
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
bob dylan's never ending tour
since last posting I played with el diablo en la boca, several shows at malba and recordings at canal 7 with la national film chamber orchestra, rehearsed with flopa and with bochaton, celebrated my 43rd birthday and went to see dylan at estadio velez and, last night, at hipodromo de rosario. back on the night bus with sama...very tired
dylan's shows were such a master class. so enjoyable and so nourishing...I'm very happy i went to both shows; i even bought a tshirt. at the show in velez I had the conviction that my life was changing
I have used my new amp today at the rehearsal with flopa...a fender blues deluxe...sounds wonderful...
dylan's shows were such a master class. so enjoyable and so nourishing...I'm very happy i went to both shows; i even bought a tshirt. at the show in velez I had the conviction that my life was changing
I have used my new amp today at the rehearsal with flopa...a fender blues deluxe...sounds wonderful...
Sunday, February 24, 2008
a day off
la national film chamber orchestra at malba...thursday: sunrise...friday: 3 expressionist films...yesterday: dr mabuse !!! the lineup for friday and saturday: mono fontana, juan ravioli and myself...dr mabuse is a loooooooooooong movie.............we survived...on thursday I played with matias mango
here mono's, juan's and myspaces after the show.
mono fontana's space...
ravioli's space
my space (the conductor...coordinator...guitarist...)
back home at 3am
andra borlo came to the show on thursday...here pics from the recording days at ion...
samalea's space
the old tape machine at ion
the mic for my acoustic
my space
paul dourge's space
maestro walter rios' space
the gallery of old photos at ion...
today a much needed day off, with a visit to the murgas of saavedra in the evening!
here mono's, juan's and myspaces after the show.
mono fontana's space...
ravioli's space
my space (the conductor...coordinator...guitarist...)
back home at 3am
andra borlo came to the show on thursday...here pics from the recording days at ion...
samalea's space
the old tape machine at ion
the mic for my acoustic
my space
paul dourge's space
maestro walter rios' space
the gallery of old photos at ion...
today a much needed day off, with a visit to the murgas of saavedra in the evening!
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