Wow, so this is much delayed

Ok so I missed quite a few blog posts, and each time I thought about catching up on the blog, it seemed like such a daunting task, so I procrastinated. Ok, two big things have been happening. One is the amount of music I have been working on and recording. At times it feels like I’m a full time musician and a part time student here (No complaints on my part). I’ve been in the music technology labs until closing about 3 or 4 times a week. Once I finish up some songs completely I’ll post them here, but for now just take my word that it is unlike any of the music I’ve made before. I’ve been going for a much bigger sound, incorporating orchestral instruments and percussive sounds, with a lot of diverse instruments I would have never written parts for, and its turning out better than I could have expected. So nothing worth paragraphs and paragraphs on that front, although it has been taking up a large amount of my time.

As for the other significant event worth writing about, last week I decided to take a nice 4 day holiday and head off to Barcelona. I have to say, in my 4 days roaming around the city, all the romanticized ideas I had about Barcelona seemed to be quite accurate. The city has street performers literally littering the street. A good portion of my spending went towards giving money to various street performers that impressed me. From classical Spanish guitarists to experimental hang players (check out what a hang is, sounds unreal live http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LfJLvuZqmQ&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=9D55761CAB978D87) this is a city that encourages its arts.

I was staying with my friend Mike from high school. He is studying abroad for the fall term in the city with four of his friends from school and they were letting me crash in their apartment which turned out to be right in the heart of Barcelona. Since it was Thanksgiving, Mike’s family had taken a vacation to see him. The first two nights I was there, they took us out to dinner at some of the most fabulous restaurants I have ever eaten at (Thank you so much. The meals were wonderful and I had a blast walking around the city with you guys.) Friday morning I kind of wandered around the city on my own. I checked out a few of the big tourist spots, including Park Guell and Sagrada Familia, two of Gaudi’s most famous creations. Unfortunately, Sagrada Familia was closed by the time I got there, so I wanted to make sure I had a chance to see the inside of it the next day. On Saturday I made sure I got there early to check it out. I got to go to the top of one of the towers and the view from up there was unbelievable. On Sunday, before heading to the airport I went down to the beach to see the Mediterranean and explored a few more parks before catching a bus back to Gerona where my plane was leaving. As expected the nightlife was great throughout the trip (everything is open until at least 6  am since dinner doesn’t even finish until generally 11pm or later). I even got a chance to refresh my Spanish and use it to somewhat get by in conversations with locals (although they prefer to speak in Catalan).

All in all this was a terrible summary of the trip. I will update it when I get a chance but I’m writing this in between class and there’s to much for me to even begin to describe. If I get the time, I will do it before I see the Lion King tonight, otherwise just be patient.

Here are some pictures to hold you over.

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~ by skipwaldron on December 3, 2009.