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Current mood:  nostalgic Category: Friends
I tend to get quite sentimental when i leave a city I have just visited and liked behind. This time it was Sevilla...I just started to find my way around the place, to activate my lousy Spanish, kind of figured out in which way the tram will go, and then I had to go myself.
I will go back for sure, I just don't know when...I seems that even if I had all the time in the world, I wouldn't manage to go to all the places I wish. So manny places to see, so little time.
Sooo, why am I getting all emotional about this trip? Becouse it was one of the really splendid ones. I came there to visit one of my closest friends, which I haven't seen for months. And I was also there for Womex. The expo was for me in the first place an opportunity to meet old friends and make new.
I know we came there for work, and we've all done some of that...some more, some less ;) But when it comes to describing it, first thing that comes to my mind is meeting familiar faces from all over Europe, you only get a chance to meet every couple of months on this or that concert or festival.
It's just so nice to see so manny people getting together for the love of music. Let's face it, music industry (like every other) is a bitch, and if you're not Madonna or Beyonce, you'll probably work your ass of to live from music. Esspecialy world music. But there is still no reason for exaggerated pessimism. First becouse I'm sure there is a lot of people out there, who love good music. And secondly, like our positive brothers from Latin America showed us, you can just take this sound and mash it up with modern beats... And the club is yours, becouse the grooves are simply infectious. Not that everybody should go electric or anything. It just one of the possible ways... And with all the pessimism and anxiety in the air, it was nice to hear that people just started a movement and it is growing all the time. From scratch to thousand people on the dancefloor every week. That is something to be proud of, couse it's damn hard to do it...Esspecialy if you - like me - come from a very small town, with very limited spaces, resources and potential audience. But this kind of optimism always gives me a kick in the ass and makes me feel like anything is possible.
To get beack to Sevilla again, it just took my breath away, literaly, since for the first couple of days I was just getting lost and late a lot, which resulted in constant running around. But since we were in Spain, I got into more easy mood quite quickly. Siestas i love, the food i adore, the socialising I'm crazy about.
And I guess I was really lucky to have been in Sevilla with the best possible crew ever. Kosta and Nikos, my official tour guides, showed me and the rest of the Balkan crew, the true flavour of Sevilla. Not to mention they are a lot of fun anyway. Also to meet again with the French, Austrian and Serbian friend, was a pleasure. And the Brasilians...Well, they just brought a lot of sunshine to the unusually cloudy Sevillian skyes.
Sooooo, lot's of kisses, hugs and love to all of you guys. And hope to see you all before the next Womex. This one just wouldn't be the same without you.
I'll stop this confused little essay of mine before I get to emotional or something... I just had to spill it out somewhere. Since I have written a lot of reports about Womex but always had a feeling the report did not capture the real spirit of Womex. Hope this did...
Hasta pronto amigos!
3:18 AM
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