Finally Started

Finally Started

As some of you know my dad came with me to check out South America so after filming in Rosario I took a break to travel around with him. We took off to Mendoza on the west side of Argentina against the boarder of Chile. Mendoza is Argentina’s wine country, like Napa, except it has the Andes Mountains as it’s Back drop. There we kicked, rappelled down water falls and drank lots of wine…  Then we headed over to Brazil to meet my cousin in Sao Paulo. We headed down to this island called Isla Bella where we kicked it on the beach and hiked in the rain forest. Then my dad headed back to the states and I got to work.
The first week has been nothing but meetings but it’s finally paid off as THE SESSIONS HAVE STARTED!!!!!!!!!!! Monday I got started with actual recordings. I did a two day session with a solo folk artist named Abel Barzola, it was amazing. This guy is a genius. We did 9 original songs of Argentine Samba and Tango. It sounds amazing. I´ll try to get the music up on the site ASAP. We are waiting for song registration to come through. We did the session in my good friend Haby Hilals rehearsal studio, so we achieved decent sound isolation. The best part was that he really wanted me to understand every word and from what and where the true tango came from… Amazing…!!!!! Lots of amazing lectures..
Next up is and artist named Norma Peralta. She has her own style of Spanish lyrics using indigenous and exotic scales over a tambor (drum). Then after Christmas (Merry Christmas every body) I head to the house of Marcelino Avalialet to record him and his sons. They have a project using only Pre-Columbian instruments.. They sound amazing…

Personal note: I’m really pumped that I’m really touching the people that the company was designed for.. It’s amazing to see the reaction of somebody that’s been playing for 50 years hear them selves recorded for the first time….. Argentina is treating me well, Summer is in full effect, got a nice tan going on and probably gained 10lbs,,, ha ha… Merry Christmas…