Friday, December 10, 2010

Some pictures I found in my PC

Using my cousin's Jackson.

I love it when the crowd goes wild.

Playing "I was born to lose" at Humboldt School.

Unplugged at Humboldt School.

The first concert I ever played "The Unbreakable Spirit" was at Jazz Zone.
When I still had trouble playing the guitar standing.

Singing Metallica's Seek and Destroy with my friends at school.
Yep. Singing love songs.
Unplugged at Humboldt School. I was nervous as hell.

I don't really know what to say about this pic. Very cool effect.

Improvising.


Me and my cousin.

With Sebastian.
With my friend Franco.
A zoophilic giraffe.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Love songs

Lately I've been listening to the songs on the radio and a few thoughts came to my mind.

Basically this: what is it with you people and love songs? I mean, I like them myself but I don't see the point of having to make every single song a love song.

Don't you have any other thing to say at all? Really?! C'mon! Let's be a little creative here. You can write a song about anything. And I mean ANYTHING.

It doesn't have to be about a philosofical subjetc. You can write for example about the day you bought your first yoghurt or about those voices in your head who keep telling you to fart on the bus or whatever you think that can fit in your style.

Since it's starting to be more a never-failing commercial formula, I have started to wonder how many love songs are actually inspired on a real life person.

As I said, I like love songs. I even wrote one of those for a girlfriend a few years ago and I still like it. I like it not because the song says the most romantic things ever, I like it because it is sincere and reflexes how I felt about this particular person at that particular time and THAT is the magic about those songs.

The whole idea for me, is that every person you meet is different and therefore, every song is going to be unique (if you know how to personalize it of course). Every song is going to mean something, even if it is only a past memory, your present or just a desire.

But if everything you write is going to be about romantic love just because "it sounds good, it's normal,  everybody does it or because you have no other ideas", then the whole thing becomes empty and loses it's uniqueness.

It can still be a good song, though (commercially speaking).

But I'm not saying don't write generic boring love songs. What I'm saying is don't waste an oportunity to say something with an empty and meaningless message. Take your time, think what needs to be thought and let it be. And if you decide to write about tacos or Pac-man instead of the meaning of life or the torments of your past, that's ok, because fun is also a very good reason to write your lyrics.

I actually liked this album very much. The songs need more cowbell, though.