Berriaren bizia

Published in DEIA on June 10, 2010

Ten years ago, right this time, I presented my first website; kepajunkera.com, and I remember the powerful feeling that I felt at seeing it in the cyberspace. Even at that time it was fascinating to me to be able to “pin up” in the virtual world of the Net, a site in which contents were my own. Since then it has rained a lot and even more in the unstoppable and even maddening world of computing and telecommunications. The contents have changed and even on how to approach them and their subsequent treatment. Now and days, what is appearing on stage, among many others, the blogs, social networks all the time revolutionizing the landscape of the Internet, always in constant evolution. Finally the physical gives way, increasingly, to a virtual and the information support conquest different spaces than the real world. Today, the access to it, to music, to images ... reached almost an endless of huge proportions and we wanted with this new version of kepajunkera.com, which was presented this week, making it in the heart of everything published about my music, to be a place to meet and in consultation, both for the follower as the professional who needs constant updates. At the end this type of work are the result of the efforts of many people, that might not appear in the front row, but without whose efforts and dedication none of this would be possible. I want to thank each of you who have participated in this project, Bea, Iñaki and in particularly to Sole Calzada, whose talent and hard dedicated work without asking anything in exchange fills each page and each picture with it. Mila esker denori! (Millions of thanks, to all) And again, this very special feeling, knowing that in a small corner of the immense virtual universe, exist a place where my music, my projects and I can also say that even part of my life, for anyone who wants to share. I’ll be waiting! This goes to the three of you!!


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LUX AURUMQUE

April 29, 2010

While watching the video that a friend of mine just sent me through e-mail, a deep emotion comes over me remembering the experience that we did at the Technological Park in Zamudio. At that time we divide our band into two rooms: txalaparta, drums and alboka in one room and in the other the guitar, bass and the accordion, using a sophisticated technological system we could play at the same time, four songs of our repertoire. I have to say that, that experience really caught my attention, showing me that with advance science we have an infinite of possibilities open to us to create. On this occasion I was invited to visit an Internet site in which this video was absolutely fascinating. In it, the American orchestra director, Eric Whitacre, directs 185 singers from 12 different countries singing “Lux Aurumque” a song composed by him. So far, normal, right? Now what is so curious about the whole affair is that the members of this virtual choir recorded their performances at their home! They later sent their recording to the director for further post-production. To do this, Eric published the scores and a video with him directing the theme for all those interested in participating in the choir, to then be used to record their voices in it. The final result was an original virtual choir, innovative and open up to anyone who was interested in taking part in. I think that things in life should be exploited to the fullest. Normally we all have the idea that technology and scientific advances thwart us in a way, and that our creativity is already given out to us. But somehow I think we should advantage of it turning things around. Let’s just say that these advances can serve us as impetus for our imagination in using them to develop an exponentially creative project, for example, this choir. The music, image, space, assembly, editing and effects are perfectly talented, the imagination and the creativity of the human being.

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