ONCE

Woke up early enough this morning...well, enough for being an unemployed English teacher waiting for the Italian school system to change in a way (but i guess we gotta wait for someone to DIE!!!). Anyway...writing something, playing my guitar a bit, listening much more to some music, watching videos on youtube...and so I ran back in "ONCE" and all that comes after this movie: The Frames, The Swell Season, Glen Hansard and so on!!!

I feel so connected to this indipendent movie, maybe because of my passion for music and the fact that I would do, I did and I'm doing many of the things "the guy" does in the movie! Anyway, I Love that kind of approach to music and I'm facing many of the difficulties all the "wannabe" singers, guitarists, musicians and artists in general are facing day by day. Well, I won't be complaining here about all the things that don't work here in Italy!!! Trying to stay positive, I just wanted to spread the word about this special movie, talking about "a guy" playing in the streets of Dublin (go there, Ireland is GREAT), helping his father fixing hoovers, meeting a music lover just like himself (Marketa is lovely!) and so on...enjoy this special movie, it's really worth it, I think!!!!

I met these guys in Cork in August...it was an amazing gig, it goes by itself. I'm not staying here trying to analyze them and how they stayed "simple" even after winning the oscar for "falling Slowly". I don't know them and I don't think it is the point...the point is their music, their love and passion coming out each single chord or word they sing on stage! Anyway, it was nice to say hi and THANK YOU to Glen and Marketa after the show outside the "Everyman Palace" in Cork (lovely theatre, amazing acoustics).

I was second raw and a couple of steps from the stage...and outside Glen was nice and funny, and he told me they'd hit the road to Italy soon next year: ROME!!! It was a magical night, and getting back to Italy and caserta wasn't that easy, for a thousand reasons I won't be explaining here (it would be boring to myself!).

Anyway, I Do agree with Glen when he says that "music ain't like sports, there's no sense in number ones and charts". Well I guess he was happy to win an oscar, and it's the best thing that an artist could imagine, having his own music, art in general, appreciated by other people! This is undeniable!!! But fuck all the other things...well, I guess I'm getting fed up of myself in here, so...

Cheers mates

Fabio