Ok, a few music related things have happened in the past few weeks. For those of you who don’t know, I write songs. I sing, but I don’t play any instruments (I’m working on the piano). During Thanksgiving I met another auxiliary named Shawn who said that he had some recording equipment and he sort of knew how to play the guitar. A few weeks ago I wrote a song and I really wanted to get some music behind it. So I sent a message to Shawn asking if he wanted to do something. He said he would and that he knew of other people who also played the guitar that would be interested. Enter Brian. Brian used to be in a band before he came to Spain and, after seeing my YouTube videos, sent me a message asking if I wanted to meet up. That weekend we got together and within the first hour, we had finished the song I had written. This guy is amazing. He also has recording equipment and we made plans to record once he got a new microphone. So that was pretty exciting within itself to find someone who gets as excited about music as I do. But wait, there’s more!
This past weekend I went to Madrid for the Kina Grannis concert. Kina is a YouTube star who is rising in fame. I’ve never been able to go to any of her concerts in the states and when I saw she was coming to Madrid, I knew I had to go. The tickets were pretty cheap as well, so I grabbed the opportunity. After inviting lots of friends (and strangers) to go to the concert with me, I ended up having to go alone. I honestly don’t mind doing things alone, but I was a little concerned about getting around Madrid by myself. My trip started at 10:00 a.m. here in Jumilla, where I caught the bus into Murcia. I then had a two hour layover in Murcia so I grabbed a chocolate donut and waited. After eating I looked down to find chocolate on my dress so I was then FORCED to go shopping. I lead a really rough life, I know. After finding an amazing coral dress at H&M, I was finally on my way to Madrid. We made it into town at 6:00 p.m. and I immediately caught the metro into town. I made it to my hostel around 7:00, checked in and ran back out the door since doors for the concert opened at 8:00. When I got to the club, there was already a small line. We made it inside and I had a front row seat (or standing area I guess since Spaniards don’t like to sit down) of the stage. The concert was great! A guy who calls himself Imaginary Friend opened for Kina and he was awesome. Then Kina came out and sang for about an hour and a half. She’s really amazing and so beautiful. After the concert was the meet and greet, and here is where things get interesting. So like I said, I write songs and a few years ago I wrote a song called, “The YouTube Song”. It just so happens that I mention Kina in that song and so I knew I had to tell her about it. So once I got up to the front of the line I took my picture with Kina and then I told her about the song. She told me to be quick since the line was really long and her manager was herding us through like goats. So I sang the part that mentions her and I’ve got to admit, I thought I had made a terrible mistake. Kina was making those “Ohhh!” sounds like someone who just saw a cute puppy, you know? So I was feeling pretty patronized but I pushed through and as her manager cut me off Kina said, “Oh my gosh I love your voice! Send me the link to your song, I want to hear the whole thing!” AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! That felt pretty good to hear! So then after I talked with her I was talking with her friend Keith Tutt II who played the cello for her tour. He was really fun to talk to and when I mentioned that I sang he asked me to send him my songs. And he then gave me his personal email address so that I could send him my songs!!
So needless to say, I was walking on a cloud all the way back to my hostel after the concert. I don’t know if anything is going to come of any of these encounters I’ve had in the past few weeks, but it’s nice to know that other artists are interested in me. Maybe I do have a future in music!
Thanks for reading!
~Arisha~
P.S. If you want to see the YouTube song (or any of my other songs) you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBf68HvTTu0&feature=plcp&context=C3feecb4UDOEgsToPDskJxC3JR8mWKmYyzkpjU2Lvh
You can learn more about Kina Grannis here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kinagrannis
And Imaginary Friend here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/imaginaryfriendmusic
This past weekend I went to Madrid for the Kina Grannis concert. Kina is a YouTube star who is rising in fame. I’ve never been able to go to any of her concerts in the states and when I saw she was coming to Madrid, I knew I had to go. The tickets were pretty cheap as well, so I grabbed the opportunity. After inviting lots of friends (and strangers) to go to the concert with me, I ended up having to go alone. I honestly don’t mind doing things alone, but I was a little concerned about getting around Madrid by myself. My trip started at 10:00 a.m. here in Jumilla, where I caught the bus into Murcia. I then had a two hour layover in Murcia so I grabbed a chocolate donut and waited. After eating I looked down to find chocolate on my dress so I was then FORCED to go shopping. I lead a really rough life, I know. After finding an amazing coral dress at H&M, I was finally on my way to Madrid. We made it into town at 6:00 p.m. and I immediately caught the metro into town. I made it to my hostel around 7:00, checked in and ran back out the door since doors for the concert opened at 8:00. When I got to the club, there was already a small line. We made it inside and I had a front row seat (or standing area I guess since Spaniards don’t like to sit down) of the stage. The concert was great! A guy who calls himself Imaginary Friend opened for Kina and he was awesome. Then Kina came out and sang for about an hour and a half. She’s really amazing and so beautiful. After the concert was the meet and greet, and here is where things get interesting. So like I said, I write songs and a few years ago I wrote a song called, “The YouTube Song”. It just so happens that I mention Kina in that song and so I knew I had to tell her about it. So once I got up to the front of the line I took my picture with Kina and then I told her about the song. She told me to be quick since the line was really long and her manager was herding us through like goats. So I sang the part that mentions her and I’ve got to admit, I thought I had made a terrible mistake. Kina was making those “Ohhh!” sounds like someone who just saw a cute puppy, you know? So I was feeling pretty patronized but I pushed through and as her manager cut me off Kina said, “Oh my gosh I love your voice! Send me the link to your song, I want to hear the whole thing!” AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! That felt pretty good to hear! So then after I talked with her I was talking with her friend Keith Tutt II who played the cello for her tour. He was really fun to talk to and when I mentioned that I sang he asked me to send him my songs. And he then gave me his personal email address so that I could send him my songs!!
So needless to say, I was walking on a cloud all the way back to my hostel after the concert. I don’t know if anything is going to come of any of these encounters I’ve had in the past few weeks, but it’s nice to know that other artists are interested in me. Maybe I do have a future in music!
Thanks for reading!
~Arisha~
P.S. If you want to see the YouTube song (or any of my other songs) you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBf68HvTTu0&feature=plcp&context=C3feecb4UDOEgsToPDskJxC3JR8mWKmYyzkpjU2Lvh
You can learn more about Kina Grannis here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/kinagrannis
And Imaginary Friend here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/imaginaryfriendmusic
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