The idea for this CD came to me, when I was living in Santa Cruz. I began to feel like I was overdue to make a CD. The first song I recorded what called: 'In your arms'. Shortly after that, I made the move to Los Angeles and began working on the album with other songs that I had in my mind for years. When I went to Spain in 2000, I was inspired by the flamenco music that I heard. I bought a flamenco guitar and came back to my Spanish guitar roots. The next year I went to Egypt with a group from Agape Church in California, and wrote several of the songs on the CD, when I was there. I also bought an oud, which I use on the album. Some Brasilian friends helped me with a song that I had written many years ago, while I was living in Rio.
Recording the album was a challenge, as I had to learn a lot technically. Most of it, I recorded myself in my home studio. Today, I am very proud of it. It was worth waiting for. Paleo is to me a 'distillation' of the sweetest essence of the travels I did in Europe, in Africa and South America. The people, the impressions from Spain, from Brasil. The beauty of those passionate and romantic cultures coming in a distilled elixir. I am one of those people.
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