Comparision: Surfing and Skimming

Surf and skimboard are two sports that I like to practise in summer, both are similar but they have their differences and I’m going to explain them.

The most evident similarity is the fact that for practise both of them you have to use a board, a surfboard or a skimboard, and stand up on it; another similarity is that the main objective is to ride the wave and do tricks; next one it is that you have to put wax on your board, because if you don’t, you will fall off the board and despite the fact that you are falling in the water, you will hurt yourself.

The differences between them are clear. The board, a surfboard is larger, heavier and it has keels, while a skimboard is smaller, lighter and it has no keels. Next difference is that when you surf: you start swimming in the water, then you stand up on your board and you go to the shore; whereas when you are skimming: you start running in the sand, drop your board on the wet sand (you don’t throw it) and then you stand up on your board and to catch a wave and ride it.

Resuming they are similar because both are water sports in which you will need a board, but they are different for they way of catching the wave.

PS: I let you my favourite skimboard video, if you don't want to watch the whole video, at least watch the wave on minute 3:56 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kusb_OI-3Vk

Advantages and disadvantages of playing in a band

Playing in a band could be fun, and in fact it is, but it has its advantages and disadvantages. Not everything is about playing music.

Once you’ve been playing a while, you realise you have to spend too much time and money. The first disadvantages it is the time, you will have less time for do other things, because you must rehearse not only with your partners, but when you are at home and if you have to combine it and studying. Second issue it’s the rehearsal room, you can rent it, which takes you to another problem: money, or ask a relative to let you his country house or garage, which involves moving to that place, that’s the reason why I can’t stay all weekends in Murcia. Lastly and bigger issue it’s money, music instruments cost a lot, more than people think, and you’ll have to buy a amplifier, and microphones, etc.

But the advantages solve these problems. If I weren’t playing with my band, I would be bored sitting at home, watching TV... and I don't really care the fact of going back to my hometown each weekend, because I can see my friends. The two most important advantages are playing our own songs, and live performances I really enjoy it.

To finish I would say that playing in a band takes a lot of work, but it has its rewards.

PS: this is my band: https://www.facebook.com/IrracionalOficial

And here you can listen to us https://soundcloud.com/irracional my favourites are: "Mi realidad" and "Quédate", because the bass line it's funny to play, I'm the bass player :)

My opinion about MGMT's last album self tittled "MGMT"

MGMT is my favourite band so far this month (surely next month will be another one, because I change my mind about this to many times), I love their first and second album, "Oracular Spectacular" and "Congratulations", because both of them has a psychedelic sound that reminds of bands like Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, The Beatles, 13th Elevator Room Hotel, etc. personally I think the second one is the best. But I feel kind of disappointed with the last album. It has really involving songs such as “Alien Days”, “Introspection” and “An orphan of fortune”, also I found interesting the song “I love u 2, death” which it’s more a poetry reading than a song but that’s a cool experiment and the lyrics get the point of the song.

Despite those songs, the rest of the album hasn’t got that sense of involving, the songs don’t seem to have a logical structure and the final mixture sounds very dirty. The fact of the dirty sound could be due to the psychedelic influences of this band, when you want to do psychedelic rock, you have to risk your music and experiment a little bit in order to get new sounds, even so it is very noisy and dirty.

Furthermore, it seems that they hadn’t put too much effort in this album for three reasons: Firstly the name of the album, it’s a self titled album, it doesn’t show too much originality; secondly the songs are kind of simple, to be honest are more complicated than other songs I’ve listened, and the lyrics are very cool on the line of the other albums; lastly, they put a version, it isn’t bad, doesn’t mean they are not good musicians, it just helps to prove the few effort they have put.

Appearances notwithstanding, it’s not that I don’t like the album; I do really like some songs, but it is that I’m disappointed; I hoped it would be like the first or the second. Let’s wait for the next one to be better.

My favourite place in the world: Mojacar

Mojacar is a seaside resort, it has beautiful places to go and there is a lot of people, it looks more like an American or an English seaside than a Spanish. When most people think of Mojacar they are thinking about party and clubs, but to me that is just the tip of the iceberg. I spend all the summer in Mojacar, since i was a child, so I know each part of this town. Apart of the pubs and clubs, there are good places to go. In the morning you can go to the "Cantal" beach, which in my opinion is the best beach, and then go to have lunch at "Tito's" (my favourite restaurant), where probably will be a band playing relaxing songs, or go to any other restaurant there is a lot of them for instance: Italians, Brazilians, Argentineans, etc. but better go to a "chiringuito" to eat a paella. In the afternoon you can go up to Mojacar Town, you should go by car or bus because you are going to go uphill and it will be a long walk, then go to the viewpoint and chill out in a café. Later at night there are a lot of places to go, you can choose if you are on the mood for a club, a live music pub or a chill out bar close to the beach. Resuming Mojacar is my favourite place because it is a beautiful town and there are a lot of things to do. 

Description: my brother

My brother is the best! He is a very good brother. He is eleven years older than me so he has been taking care of me, cheering me up and trying to make me feel happy all the time since I was a child. Because of that I really appreciate and admire him, I always wanted to do the things he did, like playing guitar, singing, surfing, etc. all except playing footbal, because I don't like it. He is tall, has long hair and people say we resamble closer to each other for our attitude and our look. he is someone reliable,thus I could have tell him all the troubles and secrets I had. To tell the truth he is one of the most important people in my life.