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A song that probably influenced and marked many like me. My small homage to the late Pau Donés

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7 months later... The assembly of the Music Studio started. What mess of wires!

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Some entertainment yesterday night at the movies. Surprising how real the whole thing felt at the cinema. Felt like in a concert.

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3/4 of my electric muses: A BMG special (Brian May's’ Red Special replica), a Fretlight Telecaster (from Optec, with interactive integrated LEDs in the fretboard), and a Fender Stratocaster (Contemporary Made in Japan) from the 80s. Feels good just to look at them :) 

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My (very compact) custom made (for the last 2 years) music corner... with most of my arsenal. Custom Music Desk, custom Pedal Board... Custom Les Paul. Anyone recognizes anything else?

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My most recent recording! S3RTX & piano, nothing else... #alejandro sanz #piano #ballad #cover song #y si fuera ella #cantautor

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I was happily making a nice label for my loop pedal to end up the year with another DIY project done when... I basically screwed it all by isolating the ground of the switches with my plastic label. Apparently, the builder of my pedal decided to spare wire by using the metal case instead! So, by the time I realized half of the pedal wires were disconnected. Anyways, the label is done, next year I’ll rewire it back properly!

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Something digital is going on here with my pedalboard! A looper, an Akai USB MIDI LPD 8 and 3 USB foot pedals... Any ideas?

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Cover track of the song "Pongamos que hablo de Madrid" by the Spanish singer and composer Joaquin Sabina.

Recorded in Spain with: - Unidentifiable Spanish guitar - Qbase (on an old Windows Millenium machine) - Edited with Audacity, iZotope and MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab (noise removal and other enhancements)

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En Pol petit, agafarà la guitarra cada nit. Sortirà al carrer, i cantarà una cançó. Cantarà ben fort, i dirà la vertitat sense cap por. Amb en Pol petit, també cantaré jo.

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This is another of the cover songs of my last album, and in fact the last song I recorded in my home studio. This one is in Spanish and is a ballad by Alejandro Sanz with voice and piano only.

Recorded with a Zoom MRS4B digital recorder, a Yamaha DGX-500 keyboard emulating a Grand Piano, and voice recorded with an M-Audio Uber-Mic.

Y, ¿si fuera ella? - Alejandro Sanz

Ella se desliza y me atropella Y, aunque a veces no me importe Sé que el día que la pierda volveré a sufrir Por ella, que aparece y que se esconde Que se marcha y que se queda Que es pregunta y es respuesta Que es mi oscuridad, estrella

Ella me peina el alma y me la enreda Va conmigo pero no sé dónde va Mi rival, mi compañera, que está tan dentro de mi vida Y, a la vez, está tan fuera, sé que volveré a perderme Y la encontraré de nuevo Pero con otro rostro y otro nombre diferente y otro cuerpo Pero sigue siendo ella, que otra vez me lleva Nunca me responde, si al girar la rueda

Ella se hace fría y se hace eterna Un suspiro en la tormenta, a la que tantas veces le cambió la voz Gente que va y que viene y siempre es ella Que me miente y me lo niega, que me olvida y me recuerda Pero, si mi boca se equivoca Pero, si mi boca se equivoca Y al llamarla nombro a otra A veces siente compasión por este loco, ciego y loco corazón

Sea, lo que quiera Dios que sea Mi delito es la torpeza de ignorar que quien no tiene corazón Y va quemando, va quemándome y me quema Y, ¿si fuera ella?Ella me peina el alma y me la enreda Va conmigo digo yo Mi rival, mi compañera, esa es ella Pero me cuesta cuando otro adiós se ve tan cerca Y la perderé de nuevo, y otra vez preguntaré Mientras se va y no habrá respuesta Y, si esa que se aleja La que estoy perdiendo Y, ¿si esa era? y ¿si fuera ella?Ah, sea, lo que quiera Dios que sea Mi delito es la torpeza de ignorar que quien no tiene corazón Y va quemándome y me quema Y, ¿si fuera ella?A veces siente compasión por este loco, ciego y loco corazón ¿Era? ¿quién me dice si era ella? Y, si la vida es una rueda y va girando Y nadie sabe cuándo tiene que saltar Y la miro y, ¿si fuera ella? Y, ¿si fuera ella?

Composer: Alejandro Sanchez Pizarro

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The latest addition to my collection of beauties! A HBO-850 classic. This is a classical guitar, that is, with nylon strings despite the looks of an acoustic Ovation guitar.

First impressions: 

- It seems to be quite well done and finished. It plays quite easily and has a low action for a classic guitar. It is quite common for a low cost classic guitar to be “hard” to play. This is not the case despite the reduced cost of it.

- It is simply gorgeous. I love the appearance, and although it should not be the most important criteria, it is a very relevant one for a mate you are going to spend many hours with. There are minor finishing details that can be spotted if looked at carefully, but nothing worth mentioning. Basically, it is not perfectly finished, but it is exceptional for the price.

- The sound is quite good (Albeniz would probably disagree with me, but it is for non-professional standards). Better than I expected, especially since I never owned this type of guitar (round bottom, no hole in the middle below the strings). It projects quite well the sound and is bright.

- It is electro-acoustic, which is a plus. It has an active pickup system with an equalizer on the side. Not sure I’m going to use it much, but I wanted it so for my recording sessions.

- The cutaway and the 20+ frets is a game changer when you are used to standard classical guitars. It has more frets than expected because there is no hole right in the middle, and the cutaway allows you to easily reach the higher frets.

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Rocksmith and my bass fighting over Nirvana's In Bloom. So much fun!!

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Say hello to my new acquisition, a beautiful round bottom with cutaway blue classic guitar from Harley Benton. For anybody that doubts… the guitar is worth every euro it costed (and is only 111 eur!).

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Here they are! The first bunch of CDs :). Beautifully made and good quality. I recommend the CD-Click guys anytime.