Monday, August 9, 2010

You'd Better Like Cuban Music or Blog Title Inspiration

Alexander Abreu (the big guy in front in the video-Cuban trumpeter, composer, and singer) captured my attention a few years ago with this song, "Mi Música", originally recorded with Grupo Danzón from Sweden (go figure). Try to hear/find the Blog title in this very long, very good song:  "Como dice el coro …"--ok, so it's almost inaudible, but it's there..

There is no prize for finding it except for my undying admiration for your good taste in music. I will know that you truly understand how Cuban music and regular life work:
  • It's all about the chorus.
  • We tend to repeat things we understand about life (over and over).
  • We love to sing along, dance, and do all kinds of stuff with other people.
  • We get really hooked on good (and bad) stuff and can't get it out of our minds.
  • We start to really listen to a song/life when it gets to the chorus (the hook).
  • It's all about improvisation, passionate abandon for the things/people that you love, and keeping yourself happy.

1 comment:

  1. I lived in Puerto Rico a spell during the 1970s. I miss the environment that this type of music brings to mind. Mexico is not like this, at least not my part.

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