Hi! today I'm going to talk about my best friend
Well, actually, I don't have just one best friend, I have a group of them, and none of them is specially my best friend. Maybe I shared more things with some of them, like with Javier, with whom I play in a band. With him I've shared lot of memories, lots of anecdotes, some of them are funny, some of them are sad, so with him a might say I'm closer. There is Gonzalo to, I know him since we were babies, because our families are close. We've shered lots of moments, family reunions, vacations, and of course, parties. In that group of friends there are Carlos, Claudio and Jaime to, but sadly I spend less time with them. I don't see Carlos for a long time now, but we chat a lot. I've seen more Claudio, we've shared more in the recient time, also with Jaime, with whom I hangout sometimes in the middle of the week.
And girl friends, of course! I'm gonna talk about two. There is Francisca, who is from Rancagua. I meet her at Escuela de Verano of Universidad de Chile in the summer of 2012. Although I don't see her to often, I feel that we're very close, She is a dancer and comes to Santiago every saturday, when we could hang we usually go to eat something and just talk and laught for hours.
There is also, Valeria, I don't see her a long time ago, but a trust 100% on her, I know I can tell anything to her and of couse she can do it to.
Well, I think those are my closer friends, and maybe, my best friends. Love you guys <3
Friday, October 30, 2015
Friday, October 23, 2015
A Day to Remember
I think this is one of the most memorable days of my life, and I will say something as an introduction first:
Since I was a little kid, I've always had some interest in music, I was always hiting stuff just to make different sounds. Of course everyone in my house heard lots of music, and I think that the one that I enjoyed the most was my brother's, he listened to funky music, things like Chancho en Piedra, Los Tetas, Tiro de Gracia, etc, and also american bands such as Parliament, Funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown, etc.
When I was 10, I started to play recorder in school and my teacher told my parents that I was good in it, so they bought me a better one and I played it in school's musical workshop.
At the age of 12, I told my parents that I wanted to play the bass, inspired for all great funky bassist players, and they told that, as a start, they'll bought me a guitar, so, they did it. It was a crappy guitar, the cheapest that you can find in a supermarket, but it was just for the beginning in case that I regret.
And know, finally comes the story of the day that I will never forget. It happen a sunday evening after tea time, in a time period in which I was getting closer to classical rock music.
My dad went to do the dishes and put Deep Purple's album "Machine Head" on the radio, and started to sound the first song, Highway Star. When I was singing along the song, the guitar solo started to sound and I went to my room and graved my crappy cheap acoustic guitar and started to pretend playing that great solo. Of course I didn't knew that solo, of course I didn't had the technique to play it, of course my guitar wasn't made for playing that kind of music but all of this didn't matter, I just discovered that I want to play guitar, and to this day, I haven't got separated with the instrument.
Know, I know this is a very strange situation, and probably even really dumb, but, for me, this day is unforgettable, because I realized what I wanted to do in my life.
Since I was a little kid, I've always had some interest in music, I was always hiting stuff just to make different sounds. Of course everyone in my house heard lots of music, and I think that the one that I enjoyed the most was my brother's, he listened to funky music, things like Chancho en Piedra, Los Tetas, Tiro de Gracia, etc, and also american bands such as Parliament, Funkadelic, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown, etc.
When I was 10, I started to play recorder in school and my teacher told my parents that I was good in it, so they bought me a better one and I played it in school's musical workshop.
At the age of 12, I told my parents that I wanted to play the bass, inspired for all great funky bassist players, and they told that, as a start, they'll bought me a guitar, so, they did it. It was a crappy guitar, the cheapest that you can find in a supermarket, but it was just for the beginning in case that I regret.
And know, finally comes the story of the day that I will never forget. It happen a sunday evening after tea time, in a time period in which I was getting closer to classical rock music.
My dad went to do the dishes and put Deep Purple's album "Machine Head" on the radio, and started to sound the first song, Highway Star. When I was singing along the song, the guitar solo started to sound and I went to my room and graved my crappy cheap acoustic guitar and started to pretend playing that great solo. Of course I didn't knew that solo, of course I didn't had the technique to play it, of course my guitar wasn't made for playing that kind of music but all of this didn't matter, I just discovered that I want to play guitar, and to this day, I haven't got separated with the instrument.
Know, I know this is a very strange situation, and probably even really dumb, but, for me, this day is unforgettable, because I realized what I wanted to do in my life.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
The best concert I've ever seen
Fortunately, I've had the chances to go to lots of concerts because my older brother and sister invite me to almost every concert that they go. I've seen Iron Maiden, Santana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, Zas, Black Sabbath, Jack White with Robert Plant, recently I went to Santiago Gets Louder festival to see Faith No More and System of a Down, also I went to this year's Lollapalloza festival. Despite seening all that great artist I would have to say that the best concerts that I've seen are Paul McCartney at Estadio Nacional in 2011, Roger Water's "The Wall" also at Estadio Nacional in 2012, and, just two days ago, Muse at Movistar Arena. I remember those three concerts as if they have been just yesterday (although one of those was, in fact, just two days ago hahaha).
Paul McCartney's concert was amazing, a trip for his entire career, reviewing his Beatles times with song like Drive my Car, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Let it Be, etc. Also, his Wings times with Jet, Band of the Run or Live and Let Die and of course his solo albums with song like Dance Tonight. He even had time to honor John Lennon and George Harrison, that was very beautiful.
The Roger Waters concert was very different as it was a whole concept of the album "The Wall", not just play good songs, he made the entire stadium part of the show, with speakers surrounding the stadium for the helicopter effcts, a large wall covered all the stage in the first half of the album for, later to be destroyed for the final of the album concept. That show was really amazing, is maybe the biggest production in the rock world, for all it takes.
Finally, the Muse concert just two days ago was brilliant. I arrived to Parque O'Higgins near 11pm to make line to be the nearest possible to the band's stage, and I got it. Althought it wasn't a long concert, it was very energical, I yelled every song as it should be for your favorite band. The concert had lots of videos, images that gave life to the album's tour concept: "Drones". Lots of lights that were kind a "playing" with song with a perfect cohesion. Definetelly, the have one of the greatest live shows nowadays.
So, those are my favorite concerts, every one of them with huge world quality productions. As I said in my previous post, I dream giving great concerts like those. If someday I have the oportunity to do it, of curse that those great shows would serve as inspiration for me and my hypothetical shows.
Paul McCartney's concert was amazing, a trip for his entire career, reviewing his Beatles times with song like Drive my Car, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Let it Be, etc. Also, his Wings times with Jet, Band of the Run or Live and Let Die and of course his solo albums with song like Dance Tonight. He even had time to honor John Lennon and George Harrison, that was very beautiful.
The Roger Waters concert was very different as it was a whole concept of the album "The Wall", not just play good songs, he made the entire stadium part of the show, with speakers surrounding the stadium for the helicopter effcts, a large wall covered all the stage in the first half of the album for, later to be destroyed for the final of the album concept. That show was really amazing, is maybe the biggest production in the rock world, for all it takes.
Finally, the Muse concert just two days ago was brilliant. I arrived to Parque O'Higgins near 11pm to make line to be the nearest possible to the band's stage, and I got it. Althought it wasn't a long concert, it was very energical, I yelled every song as it should be for your favorite band. The concert had lots of videos, images that gave life to the album's tour concept: "Drones". Lots of lights that were kind a "playing" with song with a perfect cohesion. Definetelly, the have one of the greatest live shows nowadays.
Friday, October 9, 2015
A Country I would like to visit
Well... oh, there's to many posibilities! I think that would be pretty great to travel around the whole world because theres too much to learn and to know: landscapes, sports, music, food, people, education, laws, literature, basically, every aspect of the culture in each country, or region.
But, I think that the country that I most like to visit would be England. I don't really know why England above another countries, maybe the beauty of this is that there's no particular reason, I just like it.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, also part of european continent. They got temperate maritime climate, that I find quite lovely, it's tender and rains a lot.
Of curse once I'm there, I would do all the touristic stuff: go to big ben, Westminster Abby, London's Eye, Buckingham Palace, etc. Of curse I'm gonna go to a football match at Wembley Stadium, maybe the FA Cup final or something like that. But I think that the main reason why I like to go there, is to go to huge rock concerts of my favorite bands, Muse, Radiohead, maybe could watch David Gilmour or another legend, or go to Reading Festival! That would be awesome!
And well, as not all is fun, I would take advantage of my ocupation and try to have a band and live of music. And who knows, maybe some day I would be the one giving a concert in Wembley! Now, that would very pretty dreamy. But, dream is free, doesn't it?
But, I think that the country that I most like to visit would be England. I don't really know why England above another countries, maybe the beauty of this is that there's no particular reason, I just like it.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, also part of european continent. They got temperate maritime climate, that I find quite lovely, it's tender and rains a lot.
Of curse once I'm there, I would do all the touristic stuff: go to big ben, Westminster Abby, London's Eye, Buckingham Palace, etc. Of curse I'm gonna go to a football match at Wembley Stadium, maybe the FA Cup final or something like that. But I think that the main reason why I like to go there, is to go to huge rock concerts of my favorite bands, Muse, Radiohead, maybe could watch David Gilmour or another legend, or go to Reading Festival! That would be awesome!
And well, as not all is fun, I would take advantage of my ocupation and try to have a band and live of music. And who knows, maybe some day I would be the one giving a concert in Wembley! Now, that would very pretty dreamy. But, dream is free, doesn't it?
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