Music

9 posts
2026

700 Hours

An hour-long conversation I couldn’t handle at 400 hours is now within reach, reading Spanish literature feels more natural, and …
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600 Hours

Spanish feels faster and more immediate, crosstalk has become genuinely conversational, and native content still reveals how far I have to …
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The Spanish Idiom Museum

Lo hecho, hecho está: writing a song with Spanish idioms.
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Soundtrack of Resistence: Spanish Folk Protest Songs

An album of anti-fascist folk songs surreptitiously recorded under Franco.
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450 Hours

Notable but quieter progress compared to months ago with a better sense for the input level that will get me to the next level.
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Contigo: Brilliant Songwriting and Cover

Cannot stop listening to this Joaquín Sabina cover by Valeria Contigo. Some of the best songwriting I’ve ever come across.
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Victor Jara Folk Tragedy

Sharing the well known Victor Jara song Te recuerdo Amanda
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Writing Songs in a Language I Don't Know

Using generative AI as a creative supplement to comprehensible input
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Silvia Pérez Cruz

A couple beautiful songs from the Spanish singer Silvia Pérez Cruz
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