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The hidden (or forgotten) world of analog photography
March 30, 2023
A year or so ago (2021, in any case) I found two old unused rolls of Kodak film, which had expired in 2006. They were the last two of a box with 20 film rolls that I bought because they were cheap, precisely because they were about to expire . Back then, shooting pictures was […] seguir leyendo
New track: “Las Calores de Febrero”
August 14, 2022
A track to remember the summer, watermelons and hot nights. seguir leyendo
Some stuff I used to make in Blender..
December 16, 2021
20 years ago, I spent a lot of time playing in Blender, the 3D creation program. These is a small sample of what I made in those days. seguir leyendo
1 year of “Eclipse”, my first album
December 11, 2021
On December 11, 2020, “Eclipse”, my first solo album, was released on digital platforms. I thank everyone who has listened to it, and I invite you to listen to it again on the occasion of this anniversary: https://alvaromedina.cl/eclipse/index_en.html Also, to celebrate the occasion, I have made the album available for free download. To do it, […] seguir leyendo
“La Travesia” (The Journey”) in digital platforms
December 6, 2021
La Travesía (The Journey) is a theme 2016 them that is now on Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, Deezer, etc. seguir leyendo
Bass Station II Synth Impro #3 (aug-2019)
November 27, 2020
Perhaps one of the most “experimental” tracks I have done. Again, a track with the Bass Station II synth, which capabilities never ceases to amaze me. seguir leyendo
Impro – Delay Feedback (apr-2020)
November 21, 2020
Feedback and modulation of the delay effect, resulting in a crescendo coupling and pitch variation, producing something like a bad record player. seguir leyendo
Impro Drums (18-may-2020)
November 17, 2020
An experiment starting from an almost random (“hand-drawn”) pattern of midi notes to the “CASSETTE 606” plugin, a free virtual electronic drum set, processed with tape and delay emulators. seguir leyendo
Bass Station II Impro #2 (may 2020)
November 10, 2020
This improvisation is an experiment with the Bass Station 2 synth’s arpeggiator and filter. A 3-note ostinato, over an electronic drum pattern. The ostinato is mutating by the different positions of the filter, distortion, portamento, etc., of the synthesizer. seguir leyendo
Bass Station II Synth Impro – 2/oct/2020
November 4, 2020
From this week on I will start to publish some synths improvisations that I made, mostly during the quarantine of this year, and some from previous years. I start with this impro on the Bass Station 2 synthesizer that I made at the beginning of this month. These improvisations are experiments, part exploration of ideas, […] seguir leyendo
Exosfera – Music to focus, work and calm the mind
April 15, 2020
"Exósfera" was born after a period of anxiety and creative drought as a result of the events since October 2019 in Chile. It is a theme created and designed to relax, concentrate, meditate. seguir leyendo
Improvisations at Isla Negra
September 6, 2019
Improvisations created in the town of Isla Negra, on the central coast of Chile, with an analog Bass Station 2 synth. seguir leyendo
Music for the documentary “Volver a las Raices”
August 20, 2019
Some months ago I had the privilege to create the music for the documentary "¿Hacia donde vamos? Alimentación saludable en un mundo globalizado" ("Where do we go? Healthy eating in a globalized world") by Volver a las Raíces. seguir leyendo
How to support your musician friends
September 20, 2018
I believe everyone has at least one friend / family member musician or artist. In the case of musicians, we see them striving all the time to improve and promote their art, paying every week for a rehearsal space, buying strings / cables / sticks / reeds, paying for classes; paying for recording studio time; […] seguir leyendo
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