Socrates Garcia's Blog

Aqui esta la entrevista que me hizo el buen amigo Fernando Rodriguez de Mondesert para Jazz en Dominicana. Es en tres partes, asi que aqui estan los tres links. http://jazzendominicana.blogspot.com/2012/01/socrates-garcia-un-musico-del-patio-en_29.html http://jazzendominicana.blogspot.com/2012/01/socrates-garcia-un-musico-del-patio-en_28.html http://jazzendominicana.blogspot.com/2012/01/socrates-garcia-un-musico-del-patio-en.html Bendiciones, S

Hola, La semana pasada fué bien emocionante! Mi pieza "Keep Your Dragon on a Leash" (algo asi como "Mantén tu Dragón Amarrado"), que había sido seleccionada como la pieza ganadora del UNC Jazz Composition Contest (categoría doctoral), fué tocada por la UNC Jazz Lab 1. Lo hicieron tremendamente bien!! Es una pieza dificil de tocar pero ellos hicieron un gran trabajo. Fue conducida por Dana Landry. El titulo... no, no viene de una película o libro. El "Dragón," de mi punto de vista, se refiere a la manera en que mucha gente te quiere desanimar de hacer lo que estas soñando hacer, tan pronto les mencionas de tus planes. Asi que yo digo “guárdatelo para tí” (amarrado) y dejame seguir mi camino y hacer lo que siento que quiero hacer. En otra nota, (Bb)… -chiste–, también subí una pieza para orquesta de jazz, “Mi Point of View” (Mi Punto de Vista). Esta grabación fué de un concierto de la Nashville Jazz Orchestra, conducida por un servidor hace un pa

Hi all, Last week was really exciting! My piece "Keep Your Dragon on a Leash," that had been previously selected as the winner of the UNC Jazz Composition Contest (Doctoral category), was performed by  UNC Jazz Lab I. A great performance! It is a hard piece to perform but they did a great job with it. Dana Landry conducted it. The title... nope, it did not come from a movie or book. The "Dragon," from my point of view, refers to the way many people want to discourage you from doing what you are dreaming of doing, as soon as you talk about it. So, what I say is "just keep it to yourself"(on a leash) and let me follow my path and do what I feel I want to do. On another note (Bb)...–joke–, I also uploaded a piece for jazz orchestra, "My Point of View." This recording was a performance by the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, conducted by yours truly a couple of years ago. You can listen to it here: http://soundcloud.com/socwand7/my-point-of-view By