Music makes the people come together

Having been quite busy lately, I haven't got much time to get back on the blog. To fill up the gap, I'm publishing this quickly-made video just to show you what's been on my mind - I agree, I need a break! In my spare time I've been practising on my new guitar, it feels so good to "be back". So my thoughts went back to highschool times - hence the need to present you this Spanish classical guitar song, sung by me and my ex guitar professor.  Enjoy! PS: the audio is pretty bad cause it's registered with an old mp3 player, and I have to admit that the video is not that good either...

Welcome to the "past" or about how all things are relative

Yesterday night we celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Thanks to my Iranian flatmates, I enjoyed an authentic Persian experience, whose impact kept me going all day long, despite the short night. There were both Iranians and Europeans in the group (Italians, Romanians and Spanish people) and it was really funny to notice the wonder of the latter faced to the Persian New Year traditions. Some of the funniest aspects was celebrating the arrival of the New Year - 1390, by the way - at precisely 12.20 a.m. (the hour is calculated every year according to their sharp solar calendar), without popping a bottle of champagne  and with no fireworks (that should remind us that initially even our New Year meant more than this). The photo from above illustrates a small "shrine" composed by 7 objects whose names start with "s" and they all symbolize positive concepts such as "life", "health","prosperity" etc. Below there is a sample of the live music I personally enjoyed last night.