I can't really put into words what it's like to be here. It's like a thousand thoughts and a trillion dreams all bundled together and wrapped up tight with a beautiful little bow. So filled to capacity with contentment, disbelief and utter utter joy, I find this beautiful little bow quite frequently just seconds from bursting open to release colors and light and sound...
Ok, I've wafted poetic - you can blame it on the damn good dinner I just cooked myself, the half bottle of Malbec I've just consumed and the luxurious bath I've just emerged from.
I've been in Buenos Aires for three weeks now - it already feels like a lifetime - yet today it is officially... home. I'm writing to you from my apartment. To which only I have the keys. It's warm, safe, bohemian and everything I ever imagined it to be.
But I'll talk about my apartment later - I want to tell you all about the recording sessions. We've had three so far, and we have recorded the pre-production (reference tracks) for four songs. This basically means that we've gone through each song as an "equipo" (team) starting by me playing them acoustically - then laying down basic guitar and vocal tracks, then... we begin to "play". With timing, structure, rhythms, different instruments. Seeing how I'm recording in a somewhat trafficked sound/video engineering studio (and this is Argentina) often times people decide to join us for a session and as we pass the Máte around they come up with ideas. If it's good, we throw them in the booth and ask them to record it. For example, Cristian who edits video upstairs (and with whom I composed a song with back in November) sat in on our session yesterday, and wound up laying down the most catchy guitar riff, I swear, it makes the song.
It's futile for me to attempt to express my contentment - as words will just not suffice - but let me try to paint a picture for you. Martin and Fernando and I sit around like giddy little kids, throwing out ideas, and testing stuff out and at the end of every session Fer screams - "Es un HIT" (It's a hit) which makes me laugh every time... seriously, it never gets old.
The fact that I'm watching these songs that I truly believe in come to life alone is fantastic, to be doing so in a Spanish - Speaking environment. Absolutely, positively dream turned reality.
I guess the most fantastic part is that it doesn't even matter if this album wins a grammy or earns a penny... the day to day experience is just so fun, it's totally and completely worth every second.
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