Right now hanging in Barquisimeto which is considered the beginning or end of the Andes mountains depending on who you talk to, recording "música del estado lara," or music from the state of Lara.We have recorded a few groups and variations of groups in one night at a place i can´t remember the name of right now (will correct later) but it was generally pretty cool. Had a few sound problems but we should be able to get 4 or 5 songs posted in the next few weeks or so.

Also had a good session with Ivan Canela and his group (his father Pablo was a famous musician in this region) and got an interesting interview as well. He runs a few music stores in town and they make alot of their own instruments as well. Hell of a nice guy too-

This is a variation of llanera music which predominately exists in this region and throughout the Los Llanos area. The instruments typically include mixes of cuatro, violin, mandolin, cello, harp, tambores, guitar and bass.

Also recorded a superb guitarist Andres, who plays Venezuelan classical music for guitar. We will probably record him again and two other groups before we make our way to Merida.

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