Songs in english, with phrases in spanish

This is really cool. Is somewhat old, but a friend dropped by my house yesterday, and we started talking about it. I knew that I had it somewhere in my hard drive, so I looked it up and decided to post it here.

This is a flash movie which contains a few songs in English, but some parts sound as if they were spoken in Spanish. It's really funny how we missed them.

Enjoy.

Music@home

I'm a music lover. When I was young, I used to play the bass guitar. I then switched to play keyboards. Later I settled for the guitar, which I have been playing for over 15 years...on and off. I've had one rock band - Bandidos back in the early 90's. I then, about 6 years ago created AJ Project with a friend of mine, now guitarist for Temple of Heads. With AJ Project we did a few really cool home recordings, but then life took over and we stopped playing together. I really enjoy playing the guitar, and I really wish I had more time to play.

On special occasions, I try to record something special for my wife. There are songs that at some point have been important to us, and I simply record my own version.

Now, for the first time ever, I make two of these songs available. The first one is "Allegretto by Bond". This one is pretty straight forward. I took the actual song, and simply recorded an electric guitar track on top. I'm very happy with this one.

The second, "Por tí me casaré, based on Ednita Nazario's version". This one was a lot tougher. I programmed all the drum and bass tracks using FruityLoops. Rhythm and lead guitar were recorded by me....I just didn't had time to record a solo.

Notice that I don't have expensive equipment...this is all recorded in my laptop computer...the same one I use for work.

Please enjoy and send me your comments. Perhaps I some day decide to record a whole album.


Alco-Allegretto



Alco-Por tí me casaré




-R

Serú Girán

About fifteen years ago, I was introduced to Latin Rock. Of all the bands that I was exposed to, there were two bands that really stood out. The first, Baron Rojo from Spain. A friend of mine gave me two original cassette tapes (which I still have in my car) of the albums "Volúmen Brutal" y "Tierra de Nadie". This last is my favorite, and its title song I learned to play on my guitar, when I myself used to have a rock band. I just found in You Tube an interview, and the presentation for the song "Pico de oro".

The other band is Serú Girán. This band was really amazing, and was dubbed "The Beatles of Latin America". The main architect of the band was the infamous Charly García, a musical genius if you ask me. Their music is kind of weird, with classical-sounding piano parts, and sometimes heavy guitars with dissonant melodies.

One of my favorite Serú Girán songs is named Seminaré (Original Version - Live Version). Almost at the end, the song says - "Si pudieras olvidar tu mente frente a mi, se que tu corazón diría que si". I've had lots of fun with that line...if you know what I mean ;).

Long live Serú Girán!

-R