On this week's Travel Tips for Aztlan we celebrate John Lennon's Birthday with a Little Help From My Friends, Latin Alternative bands The Rumba Madre, Beto Hale, Nancy Sanchez and Miguel Atwood Ferguson. We will also here insightful and kind words from longtime Lennon friend and publicist Elliot Mintz and a brand new collaboration with The Rumba Madre and Nancy Sanchez

2021 John Lennon's Birthday

Cordoba Spain based Singer Auxi Belmonte joins Travel Tips for Aztlan host Mark Torres and special guest host Beto Hale to speak about her latest EP of songs that showcases her operatic training and soulful singing. The album was recorded at Beto Hales Los Olivos studio.

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Auxi Belmonte visits KPFK 90.7FM to discuss her new album Kairos

This is a 10 minute sample of the Deep Relaxation with Music track from the Tinnitus Relief Project by Rewiring Tinnitus.

The Tinnitus relief project is designed to help you habituate to the sound of your tinnitus and get to a place where it stops bothering you.

You can find the entire program at: http://rewiringtinnitus.com/relief

Tinnitus Relief Project: Deep Relaxation Music Sample

Far Away
© 2017, Beto Hale/Let’s Mexam Music (ASCAP)

Ever since your eyes
Blinded me with beauty
Ever since my heart
Was haunted by your voice

The moon reminds me of your laughter
The sun reminds me of your smile
You have my love forever after
Although you’re far away

Although you’re far away
I feel you close today
Although you’re far away
I feel you close today

(Repeat)

Far away, far away

Ever since you left
I’m a cloud a cloud without a form
Ever since I kissed you
I’m sailing in a storm

Your skin has buried me in flowers
Your lips have poisoned me with joy
For you I’ll climb the highest towers
Although you’re far away

(CHORUS)

I’ve lost my mind, I’ve lost my way
I’ve lost my sense of time and place
But I will not allow myself to lose you
When you’re far away

Far away, far away

(CHORUS)

Beto Hale - drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, lead and background vocals

Mixed by Pablo Munguía

03 Far Away

Composer Website: http://www.danaevlasse.com

New Music Video ALERT!! Watch here: https://vimeo.com/238251818

Critical Acclaim for "Trilogies" and the compositions of Mrs Vlasse:

"Gorgeous piano pieces expertly recorded.There is no questioning the talent of Danae Xanthe Vlasse. I think you will have reverence for the skill displayed here."
~ Dan Weston (Divide & Conquer Music Reviews)


"Magnetic power, expressiveness and the ability to capture audiences"  ~ Mischa Lefkowitz, Violinist ~ Los Angeles Philharmonic ~


"Each time we listened we were taken to a world where  commercial trappings didn't have to exist and where ART for the sake of art could not only survive, it could thrive!"
~ Song Pitchers Publishing

"Danaë's musical world is very unique. It speaks to the soul because it is written with the heart. She manages to make boundaries between composer, audience and performers disappear."
~ Cécilia Tsan ~
Principal Cellist with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra


"Haunting...compelling..."
"[Vlasse's music] shows a strong command of chromatic harmony and thematic development"
Anna Rubin,
Compact Disc Reviews, IAWM


"I love Danae's piano music for its exuberance, honesty, emotional appeal, as well as unabashedly and beautifully Romantic feeling!  Her musical language takes me back to the Golden Age of the Piano."  ~ Dr. Eugene Alcalay, pianist

About the Album:
Award-winning composer and pianist Danaë Xanthe Vlasse offers a collection of new works for piano in the style of the great 19th century Romantic tradition. Each type of piece seeks a different sort of experience, from feeling simple moments of quiet pleasure to great prolonged adventures full of contrasting moods. The three “Fantaisies” are grandest in scope and tell epic stories of emotional battles such as succumbing to madness, facing the unknown, defying death and overcoming great internal obstacles. The “Nocturnes” seek to explore different night-time landscapes; some are quite serene while others are more imposing. The “Petite Valses” were all conceived as little lullabies. And finally the three “Préludes” celebrate scenes of daily life, each one inspired by a different mood.

Danaë Xanthe Vlasse has been praised by critics and audiences for her neo-Romantic writing, which has been described as “a current of old-world tension and modern angst.” Critics have also praised her patient and regimented approach to composition as “crafted with absolute depth and emotional presence.” Mrs. Vlasse’s native France is a clear influence in her harmonic language and melodic ideas, while her Greek heritage guides her Classical approach to structure with balanced form and carefully measured phrases. Mrs. Vlasse lives in Los Angeles, where she is engaged in music-making with the finest musicians of Southern California, and she also collaborates with musicians and other composers from all over the world.

Trilogies

Prélude #3

Prélude #3(composed and performed by Danaë Vlasse)

Beto Hale's first release, available for streaming for the very first time!
It features five tracks with bass maestro Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Paul Simon, King Crimson):
“Lejos de mi hogar”, “Sube, Sueña”, “Puerto Escondido”, “You'll Find a Friend in Me”, and “Sin tus caricias”.

Sube

Sube....Suena

Lejos De Mi Hogar

All samples created by Bana Haffar

Process / experience 

"The 901 oscillators are very unique and rich in their subtle fluctuations, turning pitch sequences into elastic cascades of slightly variable pitch, felt but hardly heard. 

The analog distortion from pushing the gain on the mixer is extremely listenable.

The fixed filter bank is a transformational portal. 

The instrument calls back to a simpler, deeper era of sonic exploration, one where nuance is everything. A compact but very capable system that communicated with my eurorack sequencers and modulation sources with ease."    -Bana Haffar

Circuits

You Want Me

Sing songwriter and Travel Tips co-host Nancy Sanchez and producer Beto Hale were my special guests to talk about Nancy's new 3-song EP Say Something. the songs were inspired by the community actions during the Black Lives Matter protest in response to the killing of George Floyd in late May early June 2020. Beto's productions were lush and beautiful. the songs Say Something, The Kids Are Still in Cages and Hasta Que Todos Estemos A Salvo are premiered in this segment.

Mark Torres instagram: @mexicanspitfire1 @traveltipsforaztlan
Nancy Sanchez instagram: @nancysanchezmusic
Beto Hale instagram: @betohale

Nancy Sanchez Beto Hale Say Something EP On KPFK 90.7

Mexico City native. LA resident. Multi-instrumentalist. Pacifist. All around good guy.

Lejos De Mi Hogar

Beto Hale

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