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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

Jugando con la especularidad © 2001

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

The importance of the technical rider

September 16, 2018

Beyond brown M&Ms. seguir leyendo

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