Promocionar tu página también ..In August , 2005, approximately, a group of friends gathered together to make some music and to play the guitar, without further intentions, in a huge and ghostly old house located in Peña Blanca, Villa Alemana, Chile. The house belonged to Claudio “Callito†Donoso, experienced and accomplished song-writer and singer in local pubs.Some musicians, who, joined to Donoso to perform songs of diverse style. In many of these musical evenings Claudio used to share some of his compositions, and the guests, joined him singing and playing spontaneously. In order to improvise some music, they used conventional instruments and others not quite so conventional, such as: bottles, metallic decorations and every other device capable of producing sound. The main idea was to participate and to have fun. Some of those songs had been composed a few years ago, around 1999-2000, by the band CER , whose integrants were Donoso, E. Huerta and R. Bustamante. Among the conventional instruments there were acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars, electric bass, bongos, “palo de aguaâ€, tambourine, toc-toc and “quena.†( wind instrument from Northern Chile) Suddenly, it came up the idea of transcribing the song called “Ciudad Puerto†in an electrical arrangement. Thus, it was set up the first line-up of the band with Callito ( electric guitar/bass/voice); Eduardo Huerta (bass/electric-guitar/voice), Francisco Castro( harmonica/voice/accessories), Alejandro Oyaneder ( quena/voice), Alejandro Mani†Cornejo (electro acoustic guitar- voice), Ricardo Bustamante y Eddie Vera ( percussions). The original theme, kept its basic structure, and acquired folk rock tone and psychedelic air, we can enjoy these effects in the instrumental parts with solos of “quenaâ€, which were created by the band. Bálticos registered the song “Ciudad Puerto†in a contest named “Una Canción Pa’ La Joyaâ€, whose aim was to find original themes related to ValparaÃso. Among the songs selected it would be chosen the new anthem of ValparaÃso (Chilean city). After this first experience, the band which was actually quite happy with the result started working again. They composed more songs, like, “El Vueloâ€, “La Marilachelaâ€, “Primero†y “Sentenciaâ€. Also, “Blues de Ladronaâ€, composed by F. Castro. All these themes formed the repertoire of the band( in that period). Then, the musical gathering of friends turned out to be musical rehearsals. The same year, on September, they got the first invitation to perform in public. It was to play in a folk fest with beneficial purposes, that was going to be set up in a church located in El Belloto Sur, (Quilpué, Chile).The musicians were happy to play on the church although it had nothing to do with rock activities. It was the right moment to find a name for the band. Don Oso y los Bálticos was one of the alternatives, but, finally Bálticos alluding to a beverage which was always present in the musical gatherings of those times. The band performed under the latter name, Bálticos, before an audience who did not show much enthusiasm for the band. But, in spite of this, Bálticos continued working. In January, 2006, Ivan Roberto Bustos joined the band as the drummer, alternating this role with Bustamente, who a few months later left the band. The new line-up of the band participated in a cycle of toccatas organized by the local cultural centers named “La Casa de Ladrillo†and ENERGIA. The band was invited in that event for five consecutive times. In May 2006, Francisco Castro left the band to join to the rock blues of the band called, “La Ruletaâ€. This fact leads the band to a new formation, and not the last. After leading the twelve bands selected, in June, 15th, 2007 is set up the participation of Bálticos in “Una Canción P’a La Joyaâ€, with “Ciudad Puertoâ€, playing for over 30 minutes, for an audience of 200 people in the cafeteria of the PUCV University of ValparaÃso. Although the song did not win the contest, the band appreciated the experience as encouraging and valuable. It was the very first public appearance of the band, in an important event of regional level. In the middle of the year, the band had the hardest moment. Donoso left the band definitively. Although all the members of the group cooperated with musical ideas, most of the songs of the band’s repertoire had been composed by Donoso. However, this fact was taken in a positive way by the group, and soon they produced new songs. They decided to keep the compositions with contributions of all the musicians leaving Callito’s themes only for special times. Later on Galmier Vargas joined the group adding new sounds with his keyboard. Galmier also sings and eventually plays the bass. That is how is composed today’s Bálticos, who, are now working on new projects and performing on different stages of the V region.
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