Hi everyone!
My name is Matías Menarguez, I'm a professional drummer (mostly a Jazz drummer) from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As I'm not the most organized person, I entered the #openmic for week 63 before introducing myself here, but well, here I am!
I've been playing and studying for more than 17 years now, and thanks to music and projects I've participated in, I've been lucky enough to travel to different countries and do what I love the most, which is playing drums.
Here's a short clip of me "vandalizing" NYC while I was on tour with "The SoHo Rentals".
Being a musician has never been easy, and today, given the amount of information and inmediate access we (almost) all have is, in my opinion, simplifying the art so we can produce more, faster.
That is why I would like to invite you all to go back to basics, go back to that time when we would sit down and listen to an entire record without interruptions or multitasking, no cell phone/facebook/whatsapp in the middle, and just try to get inside of what you are listening.
I've been doing this for some years now, with vinyls from Coltrane, Miles, Bowie, Shorter, and believe me, TODAY, that becomes a privilege!! Being able to pay full attention to what we want to do, is a privilege.
After working on theater plays for some years now I still can not believe that people have to check their phones in the middle of the play. Let's make a change!
I will be creating posts with music I would recommend everyone to listen to, some of my own projects, some of people I admire.
If you happen to be a drummer, and want to get any kind of info/execercises, want to start playing Jazz, or whatever you need, let me know in the comments and I'll gladly create a video for you.
Looking forward to reading your thoughts on this, if any, and please feel free to follow me on https://steemit.com/@matiasmenarguez
I say goodbye with a song I composed for my Jazz Quartet "Perceptual", played live some time ago.
I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for making the intro. Really good. And I really enjoyed your song.
Great start to my day.
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Translation to english of the song's name would be "Dear parents", it's a song I dedicated to my father and mother. Thank you for stopping by!
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Nice Mati!
:)
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Gracias luchito!
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just found out you introduced @matiasmenarguez had to upgrade your 5% upvote to 100%.
Well done @luisferchav
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Hello @dj123!! Thanks!! I'm really glad you guys are appreciating @matiasmenarguez, he's pretty much the best drummer I know personally and it doesn't hurt that he's a really cool dude too, as you can see from the New York video, he can make almost anything sound cool in very creative ways, and I thought he could bring something really nice to steemit! :)
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@luisferchav is the man! He took the time to explain to me how Steemit works, and that was a hard work! He’s an incredible musician, wait and see what he does with loops and vocals!
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Jazz for the win! Welcome to Steemit @matiasmenarguez :)
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Yeeeahh! Great to see you here @kevinwong!
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Hahah thank you Kevin!!
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Welcome!
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Thank you!
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Awesome @matiasmenarguez glad to meet a fellow musician! I enjoy all forms of music, and definitely think it's important for people to listen to entire albums, as opposed to only singles, which is how so many consume music today in the streaming age. I play guitar myself, produce my own music and art, and look forward to suggestions from you! I'll check out your music as well. Cheers and welcome to steemit
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Hey!! Thank you for stopping by. I totally agree with you, I believe we are all victims of the times we live in. You have to be the first, or get there first, otherwise you are outdated, so it's kind of undestandable that most kids nowadays find it difficult to dedicate 40 minutes to an album when they can stream 20 videos at the same time in the same computer. But well, even tho we have to adapt to the way things are now, I always try not to lose what I consider really important, and that is the time that music or art has to occupy in mi life as a listener, daily.
Take care! Looking forward to hearing some of your music!
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Couldn't agree more! I have begun uploading some music videos I have created through d tube, trying to get more of my content on these decentralized platforms!!! I have a bandcamp with lot of my music for free download, if you or anyone wants some free tunes! My debut album is there, and it is also available to stream over spotify, itunes or google play. Anyways, here is a link for the bandcamp if you are so inclined to check it out :) who knows, maybe we could collaborate one day!!!!
https://falseyedols.bandcamp.com/
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Will check it out later today! Hit me up and we can do something together. I work a lot recording drums at home for musicians all around the world, and I love it!
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Man, I'm listening to Augmented worlds now, loving it!!! You can check http://perceptual.bandcamp.com , we have a couple of songs there, still haven't had the time to get into the studio to record a full album.
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Thank you so much for checking it out! I started listening to your band's page as well, and it is definitely something right up my alley! I am going to download it for sure :)
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Matías, welcome to steemit! I hope you will find fun and interesting and useful times here. Success!
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Thank you very much! I hope I can contribute too! Take care!
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Welcooooooooooome!
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Thaaaaaaaaaank you!!
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My pleasuuuuuuuuuuure! :)
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Bienvenido Mati! Vamo con toda
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Gracias Pechiche!
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Oooh love your street drumming and can't wait for your upcoming posting, you are talented dude! Definitely original and creative - it is my pleasure to award you this badge :)
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Thank you so much Carl! Will do my best to upload original stuff and contribute in as many ways as I can to Steemit! Thanks again!
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Thanks @carlgnash, appreciate the support for @matiasmenarguez!
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Welcome to the community, i hope to see more from you.
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Thanks man! I’ll start doing it.
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Sounds good, remember to be active in the community
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Will do my best!
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Thank you for the info!
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Thank you so much!
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Welcome to Steem. Good luck.
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Thank you!!!
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You're very much welcome.
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"That is why I would like to invite you all to go back to basics, go back to that time when we would sit down and listen to an entire record without interruptions or multitasking, no cell phone/facebook/whatsapp in the middle, and just try to get inside of what you are listening."
Damn... So much this!
Last night I did that very thing... Lit candles, turned up the music, turned down the phones, and even blindfolded myself so I couldn't get distracted...
And then I danced.
Those powerful moments when nothing else comes between us and our existence are so few and far between now.
Moments when we get to actually feeeel the tension of the day kinking up our shoulders and we don't just reach for the Advil, but actually MOVE our neck and shoulders to unleash that tension...
Moments when we feeeel the avoidance in our body as our partner moves around us... or maybe it's the ache to feel them reach for us... or maybe it's the sizzle and snap of passion and pleasure undulating as we get lost in beats, rhythms, and rifts of music and motion...
Fuck.
That.
Thank you for your work and invitation to the rest of us to share in that moment with you! I'll be following and dancing along for sure!
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Ohh yes!!! That is it!!, I also find it a way to connect with ourselves, thing that gets harder everyday. It’s our very own private moment (of the day maybe?).
You nailed it, I’m really glad some of us are still willing to enjoy art in such a deep and personal way.
Take care and thank you for stopping by!!
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For sure, I'll be stopping by more!
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Hello, Matias, and Welcome to Steemit.
Thanks for the great intro. The moment I read "jazz guitarist," I realized it would be interesting. Then I clicked on the first video, and was very impressed by the way you made or found music / rhythm everywhere in NYC.
And reading the names of those great musicians in your vinyl collection made me want to hear your second vid. Excellent. Great composition and an awesome performance.
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Hope this helps for now. Good luck, and Full Steem Ahead!
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Hi again! First of all thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! And thank you very much for your feedback, it really helps and I truly appreciate it. Will have everything you said in mind for my next post. Take care!
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Yey!!! Thanks!!!
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The Street Sticking I really like, wow you are fast!
Welcome to our community! You already fond OpenMic, super! If you are interested in creating music together with electronic beat makers, you may head over to SMA Discord community.
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Hey! Thank you very much! I’ll go check that community soon! I love collaborative projects!
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Let me know when you make it up there. Thus link gets you directly to the SMA channel: https://discord.gg/jHKFUwY
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I'm there! "Matute" is my name on Discord.
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Cool! Collaboration projects under SMA Challenges and HipHop Rap. You can hear a broadcast of a curated playlist by yours truly under QSOUNDS. See you there!
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Being a drummer myself, welcome to steemit brother. Great to hear you
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Thank you very much! It’s always nice to come across another fellow drummer! Please feel free to share some video or music you may have recorded!
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Welcome to the great adventure Steemit, you will meet many more interesting people than others. Looking forward to reading you ^^
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Haha thank you! At the moment, everything about and around Steemit seems interesting to me! Take care!
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Welcome to Steemit, Matías. Nice video clip. Well written post, I totally agree with what you said there about phones and privilege. Very soothing music I loved it. Thanks for sharing. Have fun Steeming.
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Thank you very much @firepower!! I’m glad you enjoyed reading and listening to some of what I do. I’m having fun already!! Take care!
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You are most welcome. Good to know you are having fun Steeming. You too take care. :)
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You abosolutely rock @matiasmenarguez ....we hope this becomes a curated post. sent to the curators notice already, hopefully everyone holds back so they can get this submitted before anyone notices it and bang you goex 10x (maybe 30x). I'll revote 100% later.
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Thanks a lot!! I really appreciate it! :D :D
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Ok...looks like they have started to arrived...haha!
I'll go upvote all your good commenters to encourage them to follow you.
Consider it a super welcome to Steemit, and may it encourage you post more amazing stuff and to spread some of the love and Steem Spirit as you grow in success here!
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Thanks so much @dj123 ! Everyone has been incredibly helpful.... what a welcome!!!
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Hi all! I've created my first post for Musical Recommendation. I hope to see you there!
https://steemit.com/music/@matiasmenarguez/mm-my-weekly-musical-recommendation-week-1
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Welcome to Steemit.. I love music and we need more of it on Steemit. You will do well here. Enjoyed your song. Have fun!
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Thank you Tess!!!! I’m glad you enjoyed it! See you around!
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SUPER NICE!!!!
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Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed reading, take care!
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Wow, that’s awesome! Thank you for the information!!
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tremendooooo matii!!!!!!
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Grande Juli!!
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Great introduction. Welcome to Steemit!
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Thank you very much Allesia! See you around!
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Nice intro I must say, glad to make your acquaintance. I could feel your passion from your words. Looking forward to more post from you. About people checking their phones in the middle of a play... Being there, done that but it doesn't mean we don't enjoy what's going on on stage, it's just... Part of our habit now I guess.... 😉.
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Hey there! Thank you for stopping by! Yeah, I understand, we are all in the same page with technology and the "need" to be available for every single thing that happens. But hey, I think it's just of matter of respect, not only to the performer, but to your time too! Take care!!
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