Music for Antologia del Cine Mudo Argentino DVD completed by La National Film Chamber Orchestra, guitar lessons continue, visits to Charly in his rehabilitation in Lujan continue, performance with La NFCO continue, rehearsals and performances with Francisco Bochaton continue and preparation for the performances of The League of Cratfy Guitarists is currently underway.
After a weekend off with my family at the Atlantic coast, La NFCO played last night at centro Cultural Recoleta. We played live music for El Regreso al Bulin and La Quena de la Muerte. Good attendance and attentive audience. Authorities present, such as the Ministro de Cultura de Buenos Aires, the Director of Museo del Cine and legislators of the City. El Dia del Cine Nacional was celebrated.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Since my return in Buenos Aires from San Cugat I've been locked full time into Nandu Studios with La National Film Chamber Orchestra, recording music for an anthology of Argentinean Silent Films to be released next month on 3 DVDs
Also playing several gigs with Francisco Bochaton.
2 weeks ago Moni and I went to see Peter Gabriel's wonderful show at Velez stadium, and it was great to see Tony here in Buenos Aires. There's a great photo I hope to post soon...
Tonight I play with Bochaton at Niceto. There are some amazing new songs in the set.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists
Viernes 27 de Febrero
Robert Fripp & The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists
San Cugat, Barcelona
España
Robert Fripp & The Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists
San Cugat, Barcelona
España
Friday, January 09, 2009
2009
began the year playin, with friends, with family, a very good beginning for a year with much hope...
my les paul and setup to begin the year with...
my les paul and setup to begin the year with...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
a busy year
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
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
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.
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