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I’ve been accepted to Berklee college of music! Which is sick to say the least. So I guess I’ll explain how I did it, from the perspective of an international student of course. First thing I did was get an IELTS English diploma because that’s what Berklee ask for if you’re not a citizen of […]

The Banda Increible is back! Oscar Espin got the gang together plus some special guests, and rehearsals at Hill studios were on. This time it was a very special occasion because we were on the bill for the Zaidin Rock festival in Granada, which apparently is the oldest rock festival in Europe according to Oscar […]

5 Planes, that’s what we’ve named this band I got into a few weeks back, (which is a nice little pun if you know Spanish and English, “planes” means plans in Spanish). We’ve been rehearsing quite a lot and we have 5 songs sounding good. We’ve also been working on a logo, social media and […]

Yes, this time it’s a Spanish pop-rock band. I was checking Facebook out when suddenly I received a message from some guy saying  “we need a guitarist if you’re interested or you know someone”. I did not have a clue about who he was or why he was my friend on Facebook, but it was […]

  My band got selected, (before I was in the band) amongst many other bands, by some students that have to record a band as part of their course at University. The studios in which we recorded, are part of the school and they were pretty neat. I took all my gear of course! I […]

Here they are, my two new microphones! That came with a story. So I’ve just bought an 8 channel soundcard, a Presonus Firestudio Project, and I decided to look for some mics just in case there were any cheap ones and I could start collecting them to get a better sound out of the drums, […]

Since my first Jazz experience, which was a bit harsh, I’ve learned quite a few things about it that de-mystifies this field of music that is feared by so many. It basically comes down to standards: All of Me, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Cantaloupe Island, Out of Nowhere, Donna Lee, Anthropology, Mr […]

I joined a band! Funnily enough it was at a jazz jam session where a guy was looking for a guitar player for his jazz rock band. It was a nice way to end the night because I hadn’t really had a good session. I gave the guy my email and was pretty excited about […]

This is quite a romantic story with a very happy ending, which is pretty good for a jazz jam session. It started with the usual nerves I get when I enter the gig, and it wasn’t looking good, the people that normally play there, and know, weren’t there. So it was a bit discouraging because […]