Happy – betterwithmusic

Sele: (adjective) 1. Peaceful [the day, people]. 2. Calm, without waves [the sea]. 3. Quiet, who doesn’t talk much, who doesn’t make noise. (Translate from Llingua asturiana/asturian language)

Sele is a collection of Christmas songs that are not actually Christmas songs. The same happened with Año Nuevo and Postcard. They are songs inspired by this holiday season, by the winter, the family gatherings & reunions, the decorated houses … but at the same time, songs that can be heard all the year.

I searched a homey, warm, innocent, close to nursery rhymes and lullabies sound. Children are really the kings of the parties, or at least as I see it. Compositions about optimism and joy, with a touch of melancholy, couldn’t do it any other way. I wanted to add and highlight a homemade and imperfect character, direct, without excessive tweaking and production. Something accessible to young and old people. The “Edward” touch.

Influences …

Christmas trees, wake up in a cold day, Laura Marling and Laura Veirs, children songs, The tallest man on Earth, carols, fireplaces, Cass McCombs, family photos, añaes, New Year’s Eve, colored lights, DADGAD, school notebooks, “the day after”…

I return to the kitchen to present Stomako, a weblog that I did not mention in the post about cooking blogs because I wanted to highlight it and give him his own space, his own presentation.

Reasons? Well, They were a few of the “pioneers” using betterwithmusic’s library as background music in projects about food & recipes. In addition, they put the music in the foreground. “Hands, music and the best ingredients,” as Ruben Leon and Guiye Comín, minds and hands behind the project, said. Something that I and the other artists and bands involved in their videos must be thankful for.

And finally, and overall, I love this website: a place full of wonderful recipes, great quality videos… “Where there is space for everything from creating more sophisticated, to the more mundane snack”. Isn’t only about the use of my music. I’m really a big fan. I want to cook and eat it all!

Are you hungry?

47 PAD THAI DE POLLO from Stomako on Vimeo.