A great professional...

Hello again, I wanted to take a moment to talk about someone that is very important in my life and now my career in the university, a person that I admire because of his work and what he has done, Gustavo Santaolalla. He is a musician and, music producer and most important, a great sound engineer. Gustavo was born in 1951 in Argentina and started as a member of a rock band called 

''Arco Iris'', playing guitar and singing, he was also the main composer of the band. In time he left the band and then started working with several musicians and other bands as a music producer, also he worked  in films creating the soundtracks, this led him to the Oscars winning in two occasions, one for his work in the movie ''Brokeback Mountain'' and for his work in the movie ''Babel''. Gustavo´s latests work was for the soundtrack a sound mixing for the videogame ''The Last of Us''.

I like him not only because his success and the recognition of the world, I like him because of his way of being, the way he works, he has an amazing creativity and ideas that make him a great professional in the field. 

My Music...

I don't like talking about my favorite music or favorite anything because I don't like to put a thing over another one, all the music is different with their own singular characteristics, and besides, I always change the kind of music that I listen to after a while. But if I had to choose a band I would say Los Jaivas, that's what I'm listening at the moment.

Los Jaivas was a very popular Chilean band of the 70', 80' decade, they are still playing today but after the death of the lead singer and player Eduardo 'Gato' Alquinta it wasn't the same. In the beginning they called themselves High-Bass because of the difference of heights between them.

They are famous for playing a kind of progressive rock like Pink Floyd but adding to their music Chilean folkloric elements and instruments. This is why I like this band very much, the mixture between styles is amazing, it is like you're listening to a 'cueca' and then you hear a guitar solo, it's great.

One of my favorite songs from this band and one of my favorites in general has got to be ''Corre que te pillo'' from the Aconcagua album (if you haven't listened to it you should).

Pictures...

I'm not sure who took this picture but I think he did a great job, the picture shows us one of the most famous soccer plays of all time, Diego Maradona's hand of God, the picture was taken during a match of the world cup in 1986, a game with Argentina against England when Maradona scored a goal with his hand because he wasn't tall enough to hit the ball with his head, I like this photograph because it reminds me of the human 'inteligence' to do impossible things in order to win , maybe it wasn't a fair play (because it's cheating), but still, it is a great picture of a historic moment in soccer and sports in general.

A fun fact about this picture is that when Maradona scored the goal he was waiting for his teammates to go with him and embrace him but no one was coming to him so he told them : ''Come hug me, or the referee isn’t going to allow it'', so the goal was allowed and Argentina won the game and a couple days later the world cup.

Festivities !!!!!

It's always nice to talk about festivities, in this occasion I'll talk about my favourite one, New Year's Eve, is on the last day of the year December 31 according to the Gregorian calendar. It origin dates back to the XIV century when the pope Gregorio XIII isntalled it with the purpose to replace the julian calendar and so the New Year began to be celebrated in many catholic countries in Europe and then all over the world.
This is my favorite festivity because all the familly reunites for a big dinner and have some fun, singing, eating watching the fireworks  and mostly talking about the year that has pass and the one thats coming. I like this very much because is in this time when I think about my life and the fact that is great to be alive to see a new day.

My favorite piece of technology

Hello people, in this opportunity I'm going to talk to you about my favorite piece of technology, the laptop, I got it a couple of years ago for my birthday because I needed to do my homework and stuff like that, although I also use it to listen to music or play video games, it is very helpful to look up for information or watch videos that help me to study now that I'm in college.

I usually use it in the afternoon when I get back from college but in the weekends I use it mostly during the day when  I have some free time.

Sometimes I think about what my life would be without this piece of technology, and I guess that it wouldn't be that bad, I think that I could survive without it.             

What I want for my future.

I have always been a fan of music, since I was a child I listened to different kinds of music, I think it was because of my mom and dad, who liked to turn on the radio or put CD's during most of the day.

But I think that one time when my parents gave me a guitar for Christmas was when I knew it, I wanted to study music and learn about the different kinds of music and instruments, that was my dream.

By the time I finished high-school I had very clear what I was going to study: Sound Engineering, at that time my other career options were similar, music theory, composition, even I thought about audiovisual communication but finally I decided for Sound because it was the most complete career in my opinion, the laboral field is very wide.

Now I'm fulfilling my dream studying what I chose for me, it is very fun and every day is a challenge, I'm learning a lot about music and arts but also I have math, algebra and calculus, that makes it even better. 

In the future I would like to work in a music studio for a recording company or a TV channel or even radio listening to music every day and watch new musicians closely.

Who am I ?

Hello world, in this post I'll tell you about me,  my name is Matías Espinoza I am 18 years old, I was born in 1998 in Santiago de Chile, I live with my parents and my 13 years old sister, I studied at the Bahia Darwin elementary and later in Liceo Manuel Barros Borgoño. Now I'm in college studying sound engineering at the Universidad de Chile, I'm very proud of it.

I think I am mad about movies, I've seen a lot of movies, often thrillers and suspense kind, The Secret Window or Zodiac are my personal favourites.

Another thing I like very much is music, in my life I've listened to many music types, usually from the 70', 80', 90' decades, but lately I've been listening folkloric music of my country like Los Jaivas, Inti-Illimani, etc. This music inspired me to learn how to play musical instruments, now I know how to play guitar, charango and a little keyboard, but I want to learn more.

This is it for now, I'am just 18 years old, life awaits for me.