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TAB: La Casa Azul

By: Aquiles Báez

“Thanks for putting my music on the web” (Aquiles Báez)

There’s a great story about this tab. I made this in December 1997 and posted it to my page in Geocities. Aquiles visited my page and loved the tab, and wrote me an email, thanking me for it (Aquiles was born in Venezuela but lives in New York)

About a year later i saw him at a concert here in Venezuela, I approached him to say hi, and he instantly knew who I was. We then talked regularly through email and at his concerts.

Fast forward to 2004. I was looking for a subject for a documentary I wanted to make as a thesis for my Mass Media major. I contacted him, and he was very happy about it. I spent from December 2004 to July 2005 recording him at concerts, at home with his family, etc.

Aquiles and me playing “Preludio Criollo” at his house in Coro

I then edited a 23 minute documentary out of everything. The happy ending is that I got the highest grade on my thesis!

My thesis partner and the jury (Henrique Lazo and Carlos Caridad)

 

In December 2005, the documentary was nominated for the VIART awards, an award made especially for student films and that accepts submissions from all Latin America. Although I didn’t win in the “Best Documentary” category, I won the “People’s Choice Award”!!!!!

 

The “People’s Choice Award”

 

The documentary was picked up by a nationwide channel for transmission!!! (VALE TV) and was broadcast on May 2006 (on mother’s day, you should have seen my mom!)

It was a great experience… The best thing is that now Aquiles and I are great friends!

 

Aquiles and me at my house

So here it is, “La Casa Azul” from one of the greatests venezuelan guitarists, Aquiles Baez. It can be heard in his CD “La Casa Azul” along with other great pieces and arrangements of Venezuelan and international music.

La Casa Azul

UPDATE: Watch the whole documentary in YouTube by clicking here.