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“Feeling” the meaning of Rock and Roll…

08 Sunday Jul 2018

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It was April 13 2018 when my husband asked if I wanted to go see a band in Brooklin (north of Whitby), having no other plans and wanting to spend some time with my husband I agreed. Now, my husband did explained that this was a very special band and how he couldn’t believe they’d have a show in Whitby right before their world tour, but I was confused as we were looking for a garage/barn in a private house. Parked the car and literally follow the music through the dark… Being early April in southern Ontario, it was chilly and muddy as hell as it had been raining all day. When we got to the barn, we were told it was a benefit show, so we decided to give $20.00 each and then I decided to find a spot… not to enjoy the show per se, but to pass the time while my husband has a good time enjoying the show… I’m not that much into punk rock and I just don’t do mosh pits. However… my vision for the night was about to change…the first thing I noticed was that the vibe in this small barn crowed with people was far better than any local pub or venue downtown Toronto. I could actually see people enjoying themselves and I have to admit the punk rock tunes were making me sort of dance along the music and then I saw it… I felt it… this was Rock and Roll at its finest; a guy so excited to see the band that we swings from the beams of the barn and how people eventually helped a guy with a walking disability do the same. The show was over too soon… for everyone I think, but the band said their thank-yous and goodbyes and we started walking back to the car… needles to say the mud, the rain, the cold… didn’t matter anymore for I had found the truest meaning of Rock that night in a barn north of Whitby… Thank you Metz.

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Canadians & Partying,

06 Thursday Oct 2016

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Es difícil no caer en clásicas diferencias entre “gringos*” y latinos en esta categoría. Después de tres años en Canadá todavía no me acostumbro a que llega el fin de semana y mi esposo me dice que nos vamos de fiesta y que eso tiene un significado diferente para mi. Por unos segundos mi cerebro piensa que es la fiesta, la farra de allá con música, trago y BAILE! El baile es esencial en una fiesta, no soy buena en la pista de baile pero me encanta bailar y me decepciono una vez que caigo en cuenta que la fiesta regular de la que mi esposo está hablando consiste en escuchar música y tomar cerveza u otra cosa y hablar hasta que ya sea hora de regresar a la casa y mientras pasan esas horas no puedo evitar pensar en lo diferente que sería esa noche allá. Todavía tengo esperanzas que esto cambie algún momento  y una noche de fiesta sea para bailar en una discoteca o en la sala de una casa.

*entiéndase como cualquier persona que sea de Norteamérica.

Canadians & Partying,

It’s hard not to point out classic differences between “gringos”* and Latinos in this category. After three years of living in Canada I still don’t get used to the fact that that sentence has a different meaning to me. For a few seconds my brain makes me think about the party there: music, drinks and of course DANCING! Dancing is essential in a party and even though I am not a good dancer, I actually love to dance and I have to admit its a little disappointing when I realize that the party we are going to is listening to music and drink beer or whatever I’m in the mood for and talk until its time to go back home and while hours pass by I cant help to think about how different the night would be if we were there. I’m still hopeful that this changes at some point and that sometime  in the suburbs of Durham Region one night of partying will be  dancing in a club or in a living room.

*sometimes or most times when we say gringos, we mean anyone that is from North-America.

Canadians & Music

20 Wednesday May 2015

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En esta entrada voy a comenzar reiterando que el propósito de mi blog no es destacar los defectos de Ecuador o de los ecuatorianos. Adoro la música de mi país, me encantan muchos artistas ecuatorianos y canto muchas canciones tradicionales con mucho orgullo.

Me encanta la música en general y mi sueño frustrado es no poder cantar bien, aunque de todas maneras cuando estoy sola canto a todo el pulmón mis canciones favoritas. Seguramente no es regla general de todos los canadienses, pero al menos los que conozco y en el círculo social que me muevo, todos tienen un gran conocimiento musical y la gran mayoría sabe tocar un instrumento. Adicionalmente, la gente aquí prefiere la música “independiente”, es decir no les suele gustar lo que está de moda o lo que suena en la radio, les gusta lo auténtico y original y eso hace que haya un gran espacio para nuevos artistas pues hay para todos los gustos y hay presentaciones y shows  a precios exequibles. Muchas personas son artistas que tienen un trabajo regular, una familia regular pero también tienen su banda o grupo de música con la que practican y generan música e incluso tienen presentaciones, y no lo hacen por el dinero, sino más bien por el simple espíritu y satisfacción de poder tocar su música ante quien sea que los quieran escuchar.

Si bien me gustan bastantes géneros musicales y me creo abierta a sonidos nuevos, crecí viendo Mtv y escuchando la radio en Ecuador, por lo que mi carpeta musical en la computadora tiene bastante Pop en inglés y en español. También tiene rock debido a la influencia de tíos y mi hermano, pero no fue sino hasta conocer a mi esposo que pude escuchar cosas nuevas y ahora que estoy en Canadá, puedo ver cosas nuevas, y una de ellas es Danko Jones. Tuve la oportunidad de verlo en vivo hace unas semanas y fue una noche increíble!

Me gusta mucho que hayan espacios para que todo tipo de artistas puedan dar a conocer su música y espero que en Ecuador, la gente vaya creciendo y apreciando más lo local para poder brindar espacios a nuevos artistas, pues talento sobra en Ecuador!

Canadians & Music

I’ll start this entry stating again that the purpose of this blog is not to make a remark on the flaws of my country or of Ecuadorians. I love the music of my country, I love a lot of Ecuadorian artists and I sing proudly a lot of traditional songs.

I love all kinds of music and my dream since I was a little girl was to be a singer, later in life I came to realize that I can’t carry a tune! Nevertheless, that doesn’t stop me from singing out loud with all my soul when I’m alone.  I’m sure is not a general rule in Canada, but it’s a general rule of the people I know that everyone has a vast musical knowledge and that most people can play at least one musical instrument. In addition, people here prefer “independent” music, they don’t really like what’s playing on the radio or what’s “trending”. They like authentic, original stuff and I believe that this is what made possible that there are a lot of venues and places for new artists of all kind of music genre and when they have a show, people can actually afford it! A lot of artists have a 9-5 job, a family, etc., but they also have a band to play their music, jam and create something new and when they go on shows or get to be known it’s not really about the money it could bring them, it’s really about the musical passion and spirit they have, it’s really about being able to play their music to whoever is willing to listen.

I do like a wide variety of music and I think I’m pretty open to new sounds (or I like to think I am), but I grew up watching Mtv and listening to the radio in Ecuador, so my music folder on the computer has a lot of Pop music in English and Spanish. I also have Rock type of music, mainly because of the influence of my brother and some uncles, however when I met my husband I was able to listen to a lot of different things and now that I’m in Canada, I get to see a lot of different things… one of these was Danko Jones. I had the opportunity of seeing him a few weeks ago at the Danforth and it was an AMAZING night!

I like it that there are a lot of places so that a lot of artists can perform and people get to know their music and I hope that people in Ecuador can grow to like different sounds as well so that they appreciate local music and that way we can give some space to new artists, because I’m sure there is plenty of talent in Ecuador.