Cuba happenings
August 31. Walked to hotel nacionale to Print out special piano parts for one of my pieces. I wanted to find somewhere to buy some blank printing paper to give as a gift to Jacinto. I noticed his supplies were…
August 31. Walked to hotel nacionale to Print out special piano parts for one of my pieces. I wanted to find somewhere to buy some blank printing paper to give as a gift to Jacinto. I noticed his supplies were…
August 30. Today we booked a taxi for Monday, the whole day, in order to pick up all the musicians / instruments and get them to the studio on time. Also to deliver the prepared lunch for 8 people that…
August 25. Woke at 4.15am in order to catch the New York subway trains to Newark airport. Train system is great, you can catch a few trains all the way to the airport. Thought i was going to miss my…
August 29. At noon today I got to meet most of the band that I will be recording with and discussed a little about each tune. I managed to have recordings of most of the tracks for the musicians to…
August 28. Today, we had plans to meet to great Cuban Flutist, Jose Luis Cortes. Due to his busy recording schedule this week it was postponed. After having a well earned sleep in, I spent a few hours over brunch…
August 27. Today I went to visit the EGREM recording studio of Buena Vista Social Club fame. Accompanied by percussionist Jacinto i was able to discuss recording & rehearsal rates and was able to view the main studio and console…