The Flats and Sharps Project

My name is Javier Anaya musician, composer, teacher, writer, researcher Enter to my world at your own risk

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Los Angeles

Information:

  • Source: California Sessions Notebook
  • Key: F Major / D minor
  • Measures: 48
  • Parts: Cello and Piano
  • Duration: 2:49 min
  • Pages: 4

Javier Anaya · Los Angeles

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“There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance. Visitors who wish to remain inconspicuous are advised to choose the latter.” – Fran Lebowitz

Hello,

THE CITY
I love L. A., is the most Mexican city in the world. A town full of revelations, addictions and contradictions; everybody is nice, and they have excellent weather, so they allow themselves to make movies about bad weather and horrible people.

My grandparents lived in L.A., specifically in the popular area that is known as East Los Angeles. What a surprise?, well, not to me, it is only logical to think that they decided to live in an area where they felt at home, because, 95% of the population in that area are Hispanics, _ what is...

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Something Always

Information:

  • Source: Music and Life Notebook
  • Key: C Major/A minor
  • Measures: 48
  • Parts: Cello and Piano
  • Duration: 2:38 min
  • Pages: 4

Javier Anaya · Something Always

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*“Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson>


Hello,

EMERSON’S WORDS
Emerson summarized in one line, the certainty that, if paying attention, there is always something good to look forward, even when we think our world is crumbling into pieces. His words, clearly remind me that life does not stop after a calamity, there is always a ray of light in the dark. Life situations and events resemble a rubber band that can be stretch almost to the point of breaking, only to be release at the last moment, just as we feel it cannot stand any longer, testing our most hidden skills for survival. Yes, Emerson’s words remind me that something beautiful always, always sings

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