I’ve been playing with an orquesta típica here for a few months now and it has been an interesting experience. This past month we’ve been playing in the streets of San Telmo. A few years back there used to be only one orquesta típica that played there (I think) but nowadays with the resurgence of young orquestas, there are at least four now that plays there. It is great to see new energy being infused into tango here these past few years, but what is more interesting is getting to interact with musicians from different orquestas. Some musicians play in more than one orquestas. Every now and then we walk around and attend eachother’s performances. What was interesting to me was that when you see another orquesta play well, it inspires you to work harder to play better. This whole energy is positive and it constantly pushes everyone to strive to improve. I assume that it was probably similar in the old days when there were so many orquestas playing and everyone knew eachother. Having your peers improve inspires you to improve. It was something I didn’t really anticipate feeling. I’ve come to the conclusion that in any art that you do, you should always encourage and help your peers improve because in the end it will encourage youself to improve.
January 2007
Monthly Archive
Tue 30 Jan 2007
Tue 30 Jan 2007
It’s been a while since I posted. Things have been crazy busy with various musical projects and I’ve been comtemplating how much of myself I wanted to share with the world. It’s a constant debate… Anyways, things have settled down somewhat, and while I am still debating, I’ll continue to share a few thoughts from time to time…