Saturday, October 30, 2010
Magic in San Sebastian
Magic in San Sebastian, Spain. If you're going to claim to be able to do this too, please attach proof. Joey
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tõnis Mägi - Estonian Traditional Resistance Song
Tõnis Mägi (click to play)
A friend I made at the hostel here in Utrecht is from Estonia. I knew nothing about Estonia, but he told me some things and I did some research, so I have a basic understanding. If yours is better and I made any mistakes, please let me know.
So, apparently, they have a history of being "tormented" by the countries around them, and gained their independence for the second time in 1991. They have been hard hit by economic depression. Gustav played a song for me that has become somewhat of a national anthem, although not officially. The song, as the singer in the video introduces it is a song of freedom. What he says roughly translates to "When we are together like this, nobody can defeat us." I tried translating the lyrics, but it wasn't perfect. But you can definitely sense standing up to something, especially the last lyrics. "A free Estonia we will soon see." I think the song name, Tõnis Mägi, is a place in Estonia too. Anyway, it's a beautiful song, enjoy.
A friend I made at the hostel here in Utrecht is from Estonia. I knew nothing about Estonia, but he told me some things and I did some research, so I have a basic understanding. If yours is better and I made any mistakes, please let me know.
So, apparently, they have a history of being "tormented" by the countries around them, and gained their independence for the second time in 1991. They have been hard hit by economic depression. Gustav played a song for me that has become somewhat of a national anthem, although not officially. The song, as the singer in the video introduces it is a song of freedom. What he says roughly translates to "When we are together like this, nobody can defeat us." I tried translating the lyrics, but it wasn't perfect. But you can definitely sense standing up to something, especially the last lyrics. "A free Estonia we will soon see." I think the song name, Tõnis Mägi, is a place in Estonia too. Anyway, it's a beautiful song, enjoy.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A Video Response from Marc Webb
A post on behalf of my papa.* Also, check out my new music page (the tab above that says music), it's not my music, but I will put some of my own up when I'm ready. Maybe expect a photo album in the near future too. Because I'm staying in this town Utrecht, Netherlands fro a week or so, I have consistent access to the web and a computer, so I can finally do some of this stuff. Enjoy the vid!
*aka father
Monday, October 11, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Places to play
At first I found the lack of quiet and isolated palces to play guitar discomforting. Asa result, I spent a good amount of time finding good places to play, and not as much time actually playing. This forced me pretty early on in the trip to get comfortable practicing and playing in public places. This was hard at first becuase I wasn't comfortable, but, as I began to do it, I realized another payoff: People would stop and want to play. Usually they play something and then end up teaching me something.
oh, yeah, i'm in amsterdam.
oh, yeah, i'm in amsterdam.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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