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EstivalSamples are full length CD quality YouTube clips.
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 Estival I (Overture)
Rivulet
Adiós Manzano
Malabares
Estival Romance
Gabriel's Rondo
Sonatina of William Arthur
Estival II (Finale)Stories Behind the Music |
In the spring of 2000, I started to work as a solo guitarist. At the same time, I was offered the chance to have a musical theatre play produced by the drama department of the University of Calgary. It was based on a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and all I needed to do was obtain permission from the author's agency. Since the reply was going to take a few months, I thought it would be a good idea to get started on the sketch. So while I waited, I wrote during the day and worked at night as a solo guitarist. The wait was long. I had the text nearly completed and I had already sketched some of the music when I received the news that the application for permission was declined due to an upcoming movie production of the unmentioned novel. It was already spring of 2001. My big project had vanished before my eyes and I was left with nothing. In spite of that, I was still working as a solo guitarist. True and grateful to my friend who has always stood by my side in the most difficult moments, I wrote again. It was going to be a solo guitar album. Those who love me warned me about the difficulties of trying to sell an album of this kind. However, I'm an artist and not a salesman. So, with this in mind, I went ahead and recorded. I finished recording Estival on June 28 of 2002, and due to technical problems, time spent writing elaborate program notes and a delay in the order of CDs, it finally arrived in my hands by the end of November of the same year. Nonetheless, The CD release party was held at La Paella Restaurant before a very cool group of patrons, I sold a good number of copies, and at the end of the party, I headed out with my buddy Dozabo somewhere else for a drink up. It was great. I still have copies if you want one.