Miguel Méndez
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Yes!! I play the venezuelan cuatro, some drums and the maracas. My mother told me that when my grandfather died no one took an instrument at home because there was a lot of sadness. Seven years later, when I was born my mother and my uncles started to play again for me, as my coming brought happiness to the family. Music was always around me (Live music), and I remember as I child the emotion inside me when I asked my mother or my uncles to play something for me. I like to make others happy when they ask me to play something, specially if they are children. In my case, music is part of my familiar and cultural identity. I felt totally in love with venezuelan music when my mother played this song for me: https://youtu.be/gxIibzxf8Ok Here you can hear how the "cuatro" sounds like: https://youtu.be/wpba9KpWg-o Here you listen how fulía's drums sounds: https://youtu.be/Lx9O0lma4ek I play music to remember my family, always. Love for them 💕💕
Sep 19, 2021 4:07 PM
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Yes!! I play the Venezuelan cuatro, some drums and the maracas. My mother told me that when my grandfather died no one played an instrument at home because there was a lot of sadness(associated with memories of him playing music?. Seven years later, when I was born my mother and my uncles started to play again for me, as my birth brought happiness to the family. Live music was always around me and I remember as a child the emotion inside me when I asked my mother or my uncles to play something for me. I like to make others happy when they ask me to play something, specially if they are children. In my case, music is part of my familial and cultural identity. I felt totally in love with venezuelan music when my mother played this song for me: https://youtu.be/gxIibzxf8Ok You can hear how the "cuatro" sounds like here: https://youtu.be/wpba9KpWg-o You can listen to how fulía's drums sound like here: https://youtu.be/Lx9O0lma4ek I play music to remember my family, always. Love for them 💕💕
September 19, 2021
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