http://nnm.ru/blogs/fyv/enuma_els_obscura_epica/
"Атмосферный,эпический,мрачноватый оригинальный прог-инструментал,синтез многих направлений,с обилием клавиш,мелодий,временами чем то напоминающий CEA SERIN."
Traducción:
"Épica atmosférica, prog sombrío original-instrumental, la síntesis de muchas áreas, con una abundancia de las claves, melodías, a veces, que se asemeja a la CEA SERIN."
Pois eu estou bastante de acuerdo!
...bueno, en canto a Cea Serin... hai que salvar mooooooooito as distancias! Non conocía a este grupo, pero dinme unha volta polo seu myspace e pareceume unha pasada!!! (Normal! como se parecen a mín! jajaj)
Vaia situación un pouco extraña... un grupo que coñezo e do que me creo que vou ter que investigar máis.. gracias a unha páxina rusa que dice que facemos un estilo parecido. Curioso.
O caso é que se eu tivera máis medios e dedicara o tempo de aprender no programa a tocar definitivamente ben a guitarra.. e por supuesto tivera cartos (xa o dice o Palomo, por moi bon que sexa un grupo, se non ten cartos non chegará a nada, e ben que llo creo), pois con todo eso... o grupo propio que tería sería Cea Serin con un pouco de máis mala cara, máis doom e máis rápido ó mesmo tempo e algún growl máis, pero instrumentalmente nun 90%... tal cual!
http://www.myspace.com/ceaserin
Sólo para recordar que está dispoñible en descarga directa: Enuma Elis - (2006) Obscura Epica
domingo, noviembre 29, 2009
viernes, noviembre 27, 2009
Surprises 2009: The Trophy - The Gift of Life
Band: The Trophy
Album: The Gift of Life (first album)
Genre: Hard Rock
Country: Germany
Mixing elements from classic rock, electronic, hard rock, alternative rock and even pop, the first album of The Trophy is a fresh sample of how to make good music with many influences taking mainly the Rock root. Though they are a new band, their components are not new in relation to music. The singer is Michael Bormann, ex Jaded Heart and great voice that gives a lot of strenght to the music of The Trophy. I think I wouldnt take it as a surprise if someone like Bormann wasnt singing here. The Human Fortress guitar and programmer Todd Wolf is the main head of the project and Marco Grasshof is the other part of The Trophy in the keyboards.
A must listen for fans of Bon Jovi, Def Leppard or Gotthard.
01 - The Gift Of Life / 4:17
02 - When Nightmares Wake Me Up / 4:31
03 - Get The Cup / 3:24
04 - Justice / 3:47
05 - Rescue Me / 4:38
06 - Can’t Get Out Of My Head / 4:09
07 - The Shades Of Grey / 4:05
08 - Gloomy Days / 3:27
09 - Liar / 4:23
10 - The Way I Am / 3:48
11 - On These Wings / 3:05
02 - When Nightmares Wake Me Up / 4:31
03 - Get The Cup / 3:24
04 - Justice / 3:47
05 - Rescue Me / 4:38
06 - Can’t Get Out Of My Head / 4:09
07 - The Shades Of Grey / 4:05
08 - Gloomy Days / 3:27
09 - Liar / 4:23
10 - The Way I Am / 3:48
11 - On These Wings / 3:05
The link provided serves just as promotional source. The aim is letting know rookie, new or unknown bands with few resources that try to expand their music. Buy the originals if you like them! Help good bands to grow!
jueves, noviembre 26, 2009
Dio con cáncer de estómago
"Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.
"Long live rock and roll, long live Ronnie James Dio.
"Thanks to all the friends and fans from all over the world that have sent well wishes. This has really helped to keep his spirit up."
Source: http://blabbermouth.net/
miércoles, noviembre 25, 2009
En breves... leis máis duras contra internet
As leis antipiratería fanse máis estrictas en Europa , e a partir de decembro, o plazo para adaptar unha nova lexislación conforme ó convenido en Europa abrirase.
Tal vez vaia sendo hora de empezar a tomarse algo máis en serio todo esto porque o conto empezouse a facer máis serio. Non se sabe cándo e con qué matices chegará a España eso de cortar conexións, pero o que sí que empecei a ver foron algúns cortes de blog de descarga de pelis e series. De feito, ontes mesmo, un blog que ata agora tiña en favoritos, e do que descarguei valiosas pezas difíciles de encontrar coma as miniseries "Dead Set" e "La tía de Frankenstein", volou sen máis.
Cando fai algunhas horas intentei cargalo para mirar a extensa lista de descargas online de cousas frikis e difíciles de atopar, "Desmembrados" xa non existía e no seu lugar había un escrito do tipo "este blog se ha eliminado por infracciones de copyright".
Así que bueno, a ver en qué dá todo esto...
Tal vez vaia sendo hora de empezar a tomarse algo máis en serio todo esto porque o conto empezouse a facer máis serio. Non se sabe cándo e con qué matices chegará a España eso de cortar conexións, pero o que sí que empecei a ver foron algúns cortes de blog de descarga de pelis e series. De feito, ontes mesmo, un blog que ata agora tiña en favoritos, e do que descarguei valiosas pezas difíciles de encontrar coma as miniseries "Dead Set" e "La tía de Frankenstein", volou sen máis.
Cando fai algunhas horas intentei cargalo para mirar a extensa lista de descargas online de cousas frikis e difíciles de atopar, "Desmembrados" xa non existía e no seu lugar había un escrito do tipo "este blog se ha eliminado por infracciones de copyright".
Así que bueno, a ver en qué dá todo esto...
martes, noviembre 24, 2009
Mod compilation - IT Forgotten Songs
Besides, one of the most important things I have learnt when working in Impulse Tracker was to enjoy works that didnt keep so good samples. They were made poorly in surface, but I could realize with time there was a great creative potential inside, even that they "sounded badly" at first. This is really a great thing cause going beyond the surface of music, of production, of great sound, is like reaching a higher level of understanding. I might sound cheesy XD but I comprehended that before that, my ears payed attention and listened different than I did later. Of course listening loads of music can also help to realise where you can find quality or there are just copypasted songs from others or just zero compositive talent.
I might not be a great music composer but trying to create helped me a lot in taking music into different levels and divide mentally and enjoy each one of the different instruments playing. That's why I would encourage everyone to take a musical creation program and try to invent and imagine things there (maybe the sentence "you dont know how hard is to make it till you dont try" fits well here, I think).
This is my tribute to those who once made music by computer with IT:
Forgotten Songs - IT Mod Compilation I (by EE)
01 - Betrayer - Snaildeath
02 - Marcus Kalushke - Too Much
03 - C0rpse - And Tears Apart
04 - Amok - After Millennium
05 - Skarf - Cromm Cruaich
06 - Icelizard - My Grief Never Dies
07 - Amanojaku - Amano Warriors
08 - Tuomo Saloranta - The Light And Nothing
09 - Dim Tim - Eye Of The Serpent
10 - Zack Ohren - Discombobled
11 - Aegis - Angelique
12 - Xoio Carmesí - Els Segadors (original by Thunder)
13 - MAlekith - Ahead On The Way
14 - Gonzalo Blazquez - Iris Parte 3
Forgotten Songs - IT Mod Compilation II (by EE)
01 - RED - Mayhem
02 - Pain Inc - In The Shade
03 - Malekith & Cadaver - Oath Of The Brave
04 - Destiny - Warcry Of Sarcasm And Triumph
05 - Zack Ohren - Crush
06 - Einherjar - Oak (with Vocals)
07 - Blue Shade Of Moonstorm - Beyond The Stars
08 - Icelizard - Beyond Life
09 - Jimmy Grimberg - Arrival
10 - Nocturnus - Dreamscape 9
11 - C0rpse - Pray For Me Tonight
12 - Oriol Taulats - Gikka2
13 - Betrayer - The Ending Dream
14 - Rez + Eclipse - Space Warz Opus 1
martes, noviembre 17, 2009
Only in Russia II
Rico rico y con Fundamento ou como queira que se chamase.
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É ben sabido polos que estivemos en Estonia que os locales e os rusos, 20% da población de Estonia, non é que se leven especialmente ben, e a miúdo os meus amigos estonianos tenden a ridiculizar ós rusos e viceversa (ou eso intentan). E é curioso o habitual que é que entre estonianos se pasen videos ou que mos pasen a mín, coma este, que eu non me poño de parte de ninguén (ainda que entendo mellor a parte dos locales), pero hei de admitir que teñen a súa gracia:
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É ben sabido polos que estivemos en Estonia que os locales e os rusos, 20% da población de Estonia, non é que se leven especialmente ben, e a miúdo os meus amigos estonianos tenden a ridiculizar ós rusos e viceversa (ou eso intentan). E é curioso o habitual que é que entre estonianos se pasen videos ou que mos pasen a mín, coma este, que eu non me poño de parte de ninguén (ainda que entendo mellor a parte dos locales), pero hei de admitir que teñen a súa gracia:
jueves, noviembre 12, 2009
..de Aerosmith, Tyler, abandonos e márketing
Seica últimamente non se debía de estar falando moito do próximo album que están a punto de sacar Aerosmith por parte da prensa norteamericana, sobre todo. Ésta é a miña impresión logo de ver todo o que sucedeu nestes últimos días a velocidade axitada no seno da banda. Por se vos perdestes algo:
-6 de noviembre: Perry anuncia que o vocalista de toda a vida de Aerosmith deixa a banda. Joe Perry dice que "non sabe nada máis".
Perry: “I don’t know anymore than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don’t know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don’t know.”
Logo tamén dice que non lle responde ás chamadas, hai algo de como dice as cousas.. que me resulta algo .. sospichoso.. (e non, non me refiero a que o diga en inglés XD)
Perry: “He’s notorious for that, that’s one thing I’ve learned to live with. I try to overlook it. I like to pick my battles. Frankly, the last few months I’ve been wanting not to rock the boat. I don’t want him canceling any more gigs. We really wanted to do these last four. We just kind of didn’t want to call him out or anything and get him anymore pissed off, for whatever reason. So we just let things lie. So we did the gigs and, like I said, I got off the plane and saw this online. That’s how I know about it.”
60 y a la última
Por último, Perry dice que si hay que buscar sustituto, pois que se fai:
Perry: “Right now I’m adjusting to how we’re going to go on,” Perry says. “Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it’s like a steam locomotive. You just can’t disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as they do. We’re just trying to – at least I am – trying to figure out what direction the band should take." “As far as replacing Steve, it’s not just about that, it’s also four guys that play extremely well together, and I’m not going to see that go to waste. I really don’t know what path it’s going to take at this point, but we’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch.”
Cousa guapa
Ahora pensandoo un pouco, non vos sona un pouco precipitado todo esto? Un dice que se vai sin ningunha outra razón, os da banda dicen rápidamente que eles siguen e que lle desexan boa vida, e tamén inmediatamente dicen que buscarán a outro... sen nin sequera -querer?- saber máis do tema das razóns de deixar o grupo. Ademáis Tyler estivo días sen desmentir nada, coma desaparecido do mundo.
Esta noticia foi sen duda un shock para todo o mundo do rock, semellaba que Aerosmith e Steven Tyler eran un e que non sobrevivirían o un sen o outro ata que o grupo o deixase. A voz de Tyler, sen cuestionar gustos é bastante personal e esa personalidade era á súa vez intrínseca ó grupo. Resultaba difícil de crer esta separación... pero en fin.. se eles o dín...
El país
Ah! aquellos maravillosos 80 (non me preguntedes qué fan con metralletas e tyler vestido de chinita sexy)
RTVE noticias, nótese que neste link pon que Joe Perry ten 40 anos XD xa lle gustaría!
40 anos son os que leva Aerosmith, Perry pon wikipedia que ten 59
Deixoo ahí, que cada un recapacite...
... pero bueno, creo que Aerosmith sacaban novo disco, non? dicen por ahí que sí...
-6 de noviembre: Perry anuncia que o vocalista de toda a vida de Aerosmith deixa a banda. Joe Perry dice que "non sabe nada máis".
Perry: “I don’t know anymore than you do about it. I got off the plane two nights ago. I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don’t know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don’t know.”
Logo tamén dice que non lle responde ás chamadas, hai algo de como dice as cousas.. que me resulta algo .. sospichoso.. (e non, non me refiero a que o diga en inglés XD)
Perry: “He’s notorious for that, that’s one thing I’ve learned to live with. I try to overlook it. I like to pick my battles. Frankly, the last few months I’ve been wanting not to rock the boat. I don’t want him canceling any more gigs. We really wanted to do these last four. We just kind of didn’t want to call him out or anything and get him anymore pissed off, for whatever reason. So we just let things lie. So we did the gigs and, like I said, I got off the plane and saw this online. That’s how I know about it.”
60 y a la última
Perry: “Right now I’m adjusting to how we’re going to go on,” Perry says. “Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it’s like a steam locomotive. You just can’t disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as they do. We’re just trying to – at least I am – trying to figure out what direction the band should take." “As far as replacing Steve, it’s not just about that, it’s also four guys that play extremely well together, and I’m not going to see that go to waste. I really don’t know what path it’s going to take at this point, but we’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch.”
Cousa guapa
Ahora pensandoo un pouco, non vos sona un pouco precipitado todo esto? Un dice que se vai sin ningunha outra razón, os da banda dicen rápidamente que eles siguen e que lle desexan boa vida, e tamén inmediatamente dicen que buscarán a outro... sen nin sequera -querer?- saber máis do tema das razóns de deixar o grupo. Ademáis Tyler estivo días sen desmentir nada, coma desaparecido do mundo.
Esta noticia foi sen duda un shock para todo o mundo do rock, semellaba que Aerosmith e Steven Tyler eran un e que non sobrevivirían o un sen o outro ata que o grupo o deixase. A voz de Tyler, sen cuestionar gustos é bastante personal e esa personalidade era á súa vez intrínseca ó grupo. Resultaba difícil de crer esta separación... pero en fin.. se eles o dín...
El país
Ah! aquellos maravillosos 80 (non me preguntedes qué fan con metralletas e tyler vestido de chinita sexy)
-12 noviembre: Steven Tyler desminte que se vaia de Aerosmith. E ollo a onde o fai: nun concierto do grupo de Perry en solitario, The Joe Perry Project, e cantando "Walk this Way" logo.
RTVE noticias, nótese que neste link pon que Joe Perry ten 40 anos XD xa lle gustaría!
40 anos son os que leva Aerosmith, Perry pon wikipedia que ten 59
Deixoo ahí, que cada un recapacite...
... pero bueno, creo que Aerosmith sacaban novo disco, non? dicen por ahí que sí...
Hard Rock Hell Road Trip Ibiza
Mamaíña do tren...
...esto foi o primeiro que pensei ó ver este festival.. que porqué? Imos alá:
- Bandas, de momento, porque se dice que se van anunciar máis en breve:
Wolf
Grand Magus
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Alestorm
TYR
Battlelore
Attica Rage
- Lugar de emplazamiento: Ibiza (España, obviamente)
- Días: do 2 ó 9 de junio de 2010
- Precio:
*New recruits: 190 libras (210 €)
*Vets/DC: 180 libras (199 €)
Nin idea qué significa "vets", no diccionario ponme "veterinarios" XD Seica debe haber moito animal por aló ou non sei XD
O precio incluye:
*Entrada para os 7 días de festival (por suposto :))
*Hotel para 7 días (mirar abaixo qué hoteles juas!)
*Entrada para todos os eventos que se celebren, incluido un boat trip (?), concertos acústicos na praia na posta do sol, open air rally, Rock Boat (?), actividades de Battle Metal (quen o diría en Ibiza!), actuacións de grupos locales, tarde dedicada ó Progressive (esperemos que non sexa o do punchipun), a NWOBHM, e etc de cousas que non entendo moi ben XD, podedes chequear na web, pero parece que serán bastantes actividades durante o día...
Palabras do organizador Jonni Davis:
"Hemos estado trabajando sobre esto durante un año, tendremos nuestros propios hoteles, nuestras propias barras, nuestros propios lugares, todo tan exclusivos para el fedtival todo ellos para que esto se convierta en algo que la gente recordará como una experiencia de verdadero rock para el resto de sus vidas. Estamos abrumados con el apoyo del comercial para patrocinios y se estan concretando actividades para toda la familia, niños heavys incluidos."
Hospedaje: Hotel Tropical, Del Mar ou Marco Polo II
Ollo para os sitios (clikear encima para unha mellor visual):
Evento patrocinado por Metal Hammer (Inglesa), Classi Rock, Classig Prog, Rock Radio and Scuzz TV , que terán os seus stand no festival.
Mail: info@hrhroadtrip.com
Páxina web do festival: http://hrhroadtrip.com/
Qué!, preparamos a mochilaaaaaaaah??
Aih se non houbera examenes... ainda hei mirar a ver si me coinciden ben XD
...esto foi o primeiro que pensei ó ver este festival.. que porqué? Imos alá:
- Bandas, de momento, porque se dice que se van anunciar máis en breve:
Wolf
Grand Magus
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Alestorm
TYR
Battlelore
Attica Rage
- Lugar de emplazamiento: Ibiza (España, obviamente)
- Días: do 2 ó 9 de junio de 2010
- Precio:
*New recruits: 190 libras (210 €)
*Vets/DC: 180 libras (199 €)
Nin idea qué significa "vets", no diccionario ponme "veterinarios" XD Seica debe haber moito animal por aló ou non sei XD
O precio incluye:
*Entrada para os 7 días de festival (por suposto :))
*Hotel para 7 días (mirar abaixo qué hoteles juas!)
*Entrada para todos os eventos que se celebren, incluido un boat trip (?), concertos acústicos na praia na posta do sol, open air rally, Rock Boat (?), actividades de Battle Metal (quen o diría en Ibiza!), actuacións de grupos locales, tarde dedicada ó Progressive (esperemos que non sexa o do punchipun), a NWOBHM, e etc de cousas que non entendo moi ben XD, podedes chequear na web, pero parece que serán bastantes actividades durante o día...
Palabras do organizador Jonni Davis:
"Hemos estado trabajando sobre esto durante un año, tendremos nuestros propios hoteles, nuestras propias barras, nuestros propios lugares, todo tan exclusivos para el fedtival todo ellos para que esto se convierta en algo que la gente recordará como una experiencia de verdadero rock para el resto de sus vidas. Estamos abrumados con el apoyo del comercial para patrocinios y se estan concretando actividades para toda la familia, niños heavys incluidos."
Hospedaje: Hotel Tropical, Del Mar ou Marco Polo II
Ollo para os sitios (clikear encima para unha mellor visual):
Evento patrocinado por Metal Hammer (Inglesa), Classi Rock, Classig Prog, Rock Radio and Scuzz TV , que terán os seus stand no festival.
Mail: info@hrhroadtrip.com
Páxina web do festival: http://hrhroadtrip.com/
Qué!, preparamos a mochilaaaaaaaah??
Aih se non houbera examenes... ainda hei mirar a ver si me coinciden ben XD
martes, noviembre 03, 2009
A typical galician wedding
I have been recently in a wedding in Sevilla and I realised that this celebration is not so similar in all spanish areas. This last Halloween weekend I had another wedding of my cousin, and I decided to explain a bit how is the tradition of a wedding made in Galicia posting at the same time pics taken on that day.
Well, first, saying that even we are a lay country, not related with any religion, most of spanish population are still catholic. There are an increasing number of non-practicant catholic in the last years and even not catholic at all but they follow the traditions of catholic religion. Weddings are a good example. I can bet most of the current weddings in Spain are being celebrated without the faith of the cristian religion, but they are still keeping due "tradition", the pushing of parents, or the "more beautiful". So, for example, I guess my cousin and his wife are not attending regularly to church or having too strongly the catholic faith, but they have chosen this way of celebrating their union.
So, we, as part of the future husband, are firstly invited to his home in the afternoon (this was an evening wedding, not very common in winter times). There we talk with him, rest of the family and eat some appetizers.
When time is approaching, all of us with his car at the head of the line, are following him to the church, situated in the town of the wife. This time, the little town was very in the middle of the forest! we went through difficult and solitary roads up there, and attended to the celebration inside the small church. It was so small that almost everyone waited outside till they finished.
After 40 min. (it depends on the priest) they are officially married (I will not talk about the celebration itself this time), and people start taking "official pics" with them inside the church (I think he will send us when they are in his hands).
When finished the photo session, they go out from the church and many people are waiting for them to throw rice (not cooked rice :D). It seems to be a tradition that came from Asia, where rice is a symbol of fertility. Guests throw rice to the couple wishing they have lots of children.
Not necessarily the couple must take an old car with them :D but this car is quite special cause my cousin is a mechanic and he prepared the car (which was a mess of metal and cables when I saw it for first time!) to be ready for the wedding. Quite impressive work, he re-made the entire car with pieces from others.
They are leaving first, and then they are going to take pics to some place with the photographer. Meanwhile, all the guests are going to the place where we are about to eat. They will bring some appetizers while waiting again for the couple.
This time, they have chosen one of the best places I have seen for a wedding.. EVER. This place is Finca Galea. It is a kind of "water museum" that I remember since I was born, it is just 10 min. walking far from my home in Alfoz. Time ago, the place was hired or bought (I dont know very well) for a company that shares benefits with the original owners. This company introduced many commercial activities and improvements, such celebrations of weddings, events, catering,... in general an expansion of the business.
When wife and husband arrive, they are still making pics with guests that require that (the place is worth a few more pics) and later we start eating the dinner (usually it's lunch, but this time they wanted dinner).
I have missed where the wife is throwing the bunch of flowers back, and the one who picks it will be the next having a wedding. I guess this is quite a spread tradition worldwide.
One of the things that I missed when I was in a wedding in the south of Spain was the GOOD and ABUNDANT FOOD. We, galician, are known because of being good big eaters and by our good fish and seafood.
So, in a galician wedding, seafood is a must, as many dishes that will make you to be all the full you want.
This time we got as seafood (I will link pics of the way or similar we ate those): lubrigante (I cannot find the translation in english, but a kind of lobster, one of our most expensive seafood) , almejas (clams) and langostinos (king prawns). Later rape (monkfish) with potatoes, and after a kind of tangerine sherbet, then ternera (veal meat) with potatoes. Afterwards the dessert, and finished, of course all joining galician wine (our best wines are white wines which join fish and seafood quite fine).
It is a kind of tradition as well that there must be a fish dish and afterwards a meat dish.
Obviously I didnt finish everything, few people could! and I think it's a bit of waste of food, cause I dont know what they will do with so much remaining dishes (at the time of the meat we were quite full already)
Then it is time to push a bit down all the food with some dancing time.
There is a guy (sometimes 2 or 3 making karaoke) trying to make more enjoyable our digestion with awful latin music playing from his pc all the sh.. succesful cumbias, merengues, and salsas that came from south american fields.
After dinner pic of my cousins, yes they are twins, and born the same day my brother did!
Then it is time for their presents, the wife is distributing for women and the husband for men. They are usually quite old-traditional presents: men are usually having a big cigar, and women some ornament or jewelry.
After that, the real party starts all night long with dances and so on. I have been in weddings with just a small group that made karaoke, others with DJ, others with a small orquesta (dont think about classical orchestra or something like that, I will try to explain at the end of this text what is that XD) and this time they hired one of the biggest galician orquestas, one called Panorama, which brought their own light and video show.
The first ones dancing are the couple, and they start always dancing a waltz.
Then all the others are joining till morning comes.
Close there is a place where you can get all the drinks you have, we call it here "barra libre" (open bar).
An "orquesta" is a music band that plays mostly in the summers around the spanish geography. Each one of the towns -even the most little ones- have their own party in summer, and they are hiring these "orquestas" to make enjoyable their celebration. They are playing mostly latin and easy-listening/easy-danceable stuff, but they dont compose anything, they just make cover songs. Some "orquestas" became very famous and they have hundreds of concerts all the summer and even autumn or spring. The biggest ones work almost like an enterprise and have an amazing system sound and scenary. But.. they are sometimes suspicious of not really playing music and just push the play button (it happened more than once that people realized some of them were not playing their instruments).
I have some friend playing in orquestas, and they are winning quite a lot of money, but they are having concerts almost everyday in summer, so it must be a very stressful job.
I would change hiring "orquestas" for hiring bands, but people want better to have all the summer hits and old spanish traditional songs and latin stuff in one.
Well, first, saying that even we are a lay country, not related with any religion, most of spanish population are still catholic. There are an increasing number of non-practicant catholic in the last years and even not catholic at all but they follow the traditions of catholic religion. Weddings are a good example. I can bet most of the current weddings in Spain are being celebrated without the faith of the cristian religion, but they are still keeping due "tradition", the pushing of parents, or the "more beautiful". So, for example, I guess my cousin and his wife are not attending regularly to church or having too strongly the catholic faith, but they have chosen this way of celebrating their union.
So, we, as part of the future husband, are firstly invited to his home in the afternoon (this was an evening wedding, not very common in winter times). There we talk with him, rest of the family and eat some appetizers.
When time is approaching, all of us with his car at the head of the line, are following him to the church, situated in the town of the wife. This time, the little town was very in the middle of the forest! we went through difficult and solitary roads up there, and attended to the celebration inside the small church. It was so small that almost everyone waited outside till they finished.
After 40 min. (it depends on the priest) they are officially married (I will not talk about the celebration itself this time), and people start taking "official pics" with them inside the church (I think he will send us when they are in his hands).
When finished the photo session, they go out from the church and many people are waiting for them to throw rice (not cooked rice :D). It seems to be a tradition that came from Asia, where rice is a symbol of fertility. Guests throw rice to the couple wishing they have lots of children.
Not necessarily the couple must take an old car with them :D but this car is quite special cause my cousin is a mechanic and he prepared the car (which was a mess of metal and cables when I saw it for first time!) to be ready for the wedding. Quite impressive work, he re-made the entire car with pieces from others.
They are leaving first, and then they are going to take pics to some place with the photographer. Meanwhile, all the guests are going to the place where we are about to eat. They will bring some appetizers while waiting again for the couple.
This time, they have chosen one of the best places I have seen for a wedding.. EVER. This place is Finca Galea. It is a kind of "water museum" that I remember since I was born, it is just 10 min. walking far from my home in Alfoz. Time ago, the place was hired or bought (I dont know very well) for a company that shares benefits with the original owners. This company introduced many commercial activities and improvements, such celebrations of weddings, events, catering,... in general an expansion of the business.
When wife and husband arrive, they are still making pics with guests that require that (the place is worth a few more pics) and later we start eating the dinner (usually it's lunch, but this time they wanted dinner).
I have missed where the wife is throwing the bunch of flowers back, and the one who picks it will be the next having a wedding. I guess this is quite a spread tradition worldwide.
One of the things that I missed when I was in a wedding in the south of Spain was the GOOD and ABUNDANT FOOD. We, galician, are known because of being good big eaters and by our good fish and seafood.
So, in a galician wedding, seafood is a must, as many dishes that will make you to be all the full you want.
This time we got as seafood (I will link pics of the way or similar we ate those): lubrigante (I cannot find the translation in english, but a kind of lobster, one of our most expensive seafood) , almejas (clams) and langostinos (king prawns). Later rape (monkfish) with potatoes, and after a kind of tangerine sherbet, then ternera (veal meat) with potatoes. Afterwards the dessert, and finished, of course all joining galician wine (our best wines are white wines which join fish and seafood quite fine).
It is a kind of tradition as well that there must be a fish dish and afterwards a meat dish.
Obviously I didnt finish everything, few people could! and I think it's a bit of waste of food, cause I dont know what they will do with so much remaining dishes (at the time of the meat we were quite full already)
Then it is time to push a bit down all the food with some dancing time.
There is a guy (sometimes 2 or 3 making karaoke) trying to make more enjoyable our digestion with awful latin music playing from his pc all the sh.. succesful cumbias, merengues, and salsas that came from south american fields.
After dinner pic of my cousins, yes they are twins, and born the same day my brother did!
Then it is time for their presents, the wife is distributing for women and the husband for men. They are usually quite old-traditional presents: men are usually having a big cigar, and women some ornament or jewelry.
After that, the real party starts all night long with dances and so on. I have been in weddings with just a small group that made karaoke, others with DJ, others with a small orquesta (dont think about classical orchestra or something like that, I will try to explain at the end of this text what is that XD) and this time they hired one of the biggest galician orquestas, one called Panorama, which brought their own light and video show.
The first ones dancing are the couple, and they start always dancing a waltz.
Then all the others are joining till morning comes.
Close there is a place where you can get all the drinks you have, we call it here "barra libre" (open bar).
An "orquesta" is a music band that plays mostly in the summers around the spanish geography. Each one of the towns -even the most little ones- have their own party in summer, and they are hiring these "orquestas" to make enjoyable their celebration. They are playing mostly latin and easy-listening/easy-danceable stuff, but they dont compose anything, they just make cover songs. Some "orquestas" became very famous and they have hundreds of concerts all the summer and even autumn or spring. The biggest ones work almost like an enterprise and have an amazing system sound and scenary. But.. they are sometimes suspicious of not really playing music and just push the play button (it happened more than once that people realized some of them were not playing their instruments).
I have some friend playing in orquestas, and they are winning quite a lot of money, but they are having concerts almost everyday in summer, so it must be a very stressful job.
I would change hiring "orquestas" for hiring bands, but people want better to have all the summer hits and old spanish traditional songs and latin stuff in one.