{"id":288,"date":"2014-01-21T13:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2016-04-18T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T09:30:24","slug":"solo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/?page_id=288","title":{"rendered":"SOLO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6ed4ceb8b918eef3b564f4bcf459c63b735a9c33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-289 alignleft\" alt=\"6ed4ceb8b918eef3b564f4bcf459c63b735a9c33\" src=\"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6ed4ceb8b918eef3b564f4bcf459c63b735a9c33-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been doing since I started to play guitar at the age of 15. I&#8217;ve always lived a little away from fellow musicians, so soloing has been the smart choice! It&#8217;s a way of looking into myself and reacting to it. Most of the time I pass the reflections coming from inside. It&#8217;s important to choose what to reflect to other beings. I try to get the best out of me and resonate it with my music. There&#8217;s so much I try to leave behind when making music. In February 2014 I released my first solo effort &#8220;MINU LAULU PIDU&#8221; &#8211; songs from Estonian Song Festival&#8217;s choir repertoire, reflected intimately on acoustic guitar.<br \/>\n[soundcloud id=&#8217;22983179&#8242; format=&#8217;set&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p>In May 2016 my second solo guitar album &#8220;Andalusian Illusion&#8221; is released. I&#8217;ve spent some time in Andalusia to study and listen flamenco. I really admire this music &#8211; the variety of moods, the rhythms, the rich expressions of guitar! This album captures lots of memories, dedications and inspirations through my own compositions.<br \/>\n[soundcloud id=&#8217;251846365&#8242;]<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKmbsWKFOn8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QvGaiDF3huU?list=PL5-Cb2AO5_-wd5H3hD3QK5O8bv04P5fXD\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then I improvise. Sometimes record it. It&#8217;s been a while when I did this. Here&#8217;s one set with these:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F21402732&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;color=ff7700\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some other stuff that has influenced me. Popmusic. I grew up with it.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98pN9khiYyk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I played a programme with popinfluenced me on acoustic guitar and cajon!<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40997645\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/40997645\">Jazzkaar 2012 &#8211; Andre Maaker @ Elva Kultuurikeskus<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/jazzkaar\">Jazzkaar Festival<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been doing since I started to play guitar at the age of 15. I&#8217;ve always lived a little away from fellow musicians, so soloing has been the smart choice! It&#8217;s a way of looking into myself and reacting to it. Most of the time I pass the reflections coming from inside. It&#8217;s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/?page_id=288\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SOLO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":506,"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/288\/revisions\/506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kuula.ee\/andre\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}