Post 8: Music

For me the music is an extension of ourselves, of the moments and of the emotions we feel in certain situations. I don't know very much about the different styles of music and all off the artist that are famous today. Since I was a little girl my favorite artist is Silvio Rofriguez and I totally feel like his music has been present in all my life. And that's exactly what I love about music, it is present in important moments of my life, and sometimes when I listen certain song it transports me immediately in that time. Probably because my father is a musician I have always loved Chilean music, especially the artistic movement known as "El canto nuevo". So I have grown listening to the troubadours and the popular chilean music like Pedro Yañez, Eduardo Yañez, Cecilia Astorga, Francisco Villa, Rafael Verdugo (El Felo), Eduardo Gatthi, Illapu, Inti-Illimani, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra etc.. To me this music is special in two different ways, because I like the melodies, the contents, the way of tell what the artist want to say, and also because It makes me feel close and connected whit my father.

In the other hand I also love rock music, specially The Beatles. Again, I love this band since I was little and I adore it the songs, the melody, the rhythm. I feel very good when I listen some of their songs and also I like it because it’s something I chare whit my friends and brother.

Actually, I like different kind of music, because different songs from different types of music makes you feel different things, so I believe that it depends on your emotions. Something related whit how music makes you feel is the contain of the songs, to me that is very important because what the artist wants to say trough that song is an important part of the song’s soul. That’s way I like so much the Canto Nuevo movement because the songs have a very beautiful contain that is related to our society, our culture and the way we live.