Carlos Santana's music may sound very arousing at the first hearing.
But the fact is that that is not the primary intention behind his music. Carlos Santana is a very spiritual person.
Its easy to think of him as a latino man with a lot of inclination towards their 'amor' culture. His music is not just that really.
He too , like hendrix was just like the others in the 60s.. heavily doped ,and at the woodstock.
- His influences are not too exotic like we would imagine, some acclaimed musicians from latin america. No.
- He was very heavily influenced by BB King and Wes Montgomery.
- But he wanted to take a step away from being loud, he was more inclined to the sounds like a sax would produce or a violin.
- The most amazing part about Santana's music is that his guitar songs are not just tunes.
He writes poems for them, with tunes.
- What we get to hear in the tracks is his guitar, singing those poems.
His song Europa
is a poem about a sister of his friend who used to take mind expanding experiences just like them but couldn't cope up with it.
She was going hysterical, so she started to bug out. And Carlos made a song for her on the spot called 'Mushroom lady'. "Mushroom lady's coming to town. She's gonna have everyone around"..to bring the girl back.
Video
Here's Santana talking about it and showing how to play Europa in his music room. Pretty cool ha, he's wearing a Jimi Hendrix shirt.
The song bella
was for his daughter Stella, and he explains that it was inspired by the sound of the oceans waves, cuz they had a house near the ocean at that time.
And you can really imagine the ocean as you listen to that song. We can see that his mind has really expanded :)
He says that sometimes he just sits and listens to the water, and we can get songs from just that.
The beautiful song Samba Pa Ti
was also a poem that goes like
"Through every step in life you find, freedom from within. And if your mind should understand, woman love your man. Cuz everybody is searching for eternal peace. End is there waiting for you. All you have to do is share".
- He wrote this when he saw a man in distress who had a saxophone in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in his back pocket and he couldn't make up his mind which one to put into his mouth, he was swaying between both, from one hand to the other.
Video
Its all here, as he explains it.Samba pa ti
You get to learn a lot about guitar expression , the things you have to have in your mind as a guitarist, you get to learn this just by watching him speak. About masculine and feminine phrasing, and volume and tone control. Use of treble notes.
Like he says,
-everybody can learn scales and learn to play fast. But the passion is important. remember the first time you watched Jimi Hendrix. You could hear the guitar even with the volume turned off. And they didn't practice in front of a mirror or anything. They feel the notes as they play.
This is a very good interview of his to watch for a learning guitarist
Links to songs:
Curacion
Samba pa ti
This is a transcript of a Santana interview where he talks about Jimi Hendrix
But the fact is that that is not the primary intention behind his music. Carlos Santana is a very spiritual person.
Its easy to think of him as a latino man with a lot of inclination towards their 'amor' culture. His music is not just that really.
He too , like hendrix was just like the others in the 60s.. heavily doped ,and at the woodstock.
- His influences are not too exotic like we would imagine, some acclaimed musicians from latin america. No.
- He was very heavily influenced by BB King and Wes Montgomery.
- But he wanted to take a step away from being loud, he was more inclined to the sounds like a sax would produce or a violin.
- The most amazing part about Santana's music is that his guitar songs are not just tunes.
He writes poems for them, with tunes.
- What we get to hear in the tracks is his guitar, singing those poems.
His song Europa
is a poem about a sister of his friend who used to take mind expanding experiences just like them but couldn't cope up with it.
She was going hysterical, so she started to bug out. And Carlos made a song for her on the spot called 'Mushroom lady'. "Mushroom lady's coming to town. She's gonna have everyone around"..to bring the girl back.
Video
Here's Santana talking about it and showing how to play Europa in his music room. Pretty cool ha, he's wearing a Jimi Hendrix shirt.
The song bella
was for his daughter Stella, and he explains that it was inspired by the sound of the oceans waves, cuz they had a house near the ocean at that time.
And you can really imagine the ocean as you listen to that song. We can see that his mind has really expanded :)
He says that sometimes he just sits and listens to the water, and we can get songs from just that.
The beautiful song Samba Pa Ti
was also a poem that goes like
"Through every step in life you find, freedom from within. And if your mind should understand, woman love your man. Cuz everybody is searching for eternal peace. End is there waiting for you. All you have to do is share".
- He wrote this when he saw a man in distress who had a saxophone in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in his back pocket and he couldn't make up his mind which one to put into his mouth, he was swaying between both, from one hand to the other.
Video
Its all here, as he explains it.Samba pa ti
You get to learn a lot about guitar expression , the things you have to have in your mind as a guitarist, you get to learn this just by watching him speak. About masculine and feminine phrasing, and volume and tone control. Use of treble notes.
Like he says,
-everybody can learn scales and learn to play fast. But the passion is important. remember the first time you watched Jimi Hendrix. You could hear the guitar even with the volume turned off. And they didn't practice in front of a mirror or anything. They feel the notes as they play.
This is a very good interview of his to watch for a learning guitarist
Links to songs:
Curacion
Samba pa ti
This is a transcript of a Santana interview where he talks about Jimi Hendrix
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