Author Archives: Cindo Santos

About Cindo Santos

Songwriter, guitarist, singer, performer, a human and social commentator, a fellow traveller. From Florida to Berlin and a lot in between!

Never mind an earlier post: Family is Happening Again!

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Cindo Santos

That’s right, communication with my special other has been completely rehabilitated… no more “Communication Breakdown!” That sure feels GOOD, now I can focus on music again.

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Girl from Ipanema in São Paulo

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Cindo Santos

Well, having fun recently:

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Check your ego occasionally or you’ll start believing your own BS.

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Cindo Santos

No explanation needed.

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Having serious family issues

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Cindo Santos

Hi dear Blog readers. I apologize for not having posted anything lately. The reason is that I’m devastated with the total Communication Breakdown I’m having with my wife; we’re talking the big D here! I actually don’t know what’s going … Continue reading →

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Can You Tell a Person by What Sequencer She Owns?

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Cindo Santos

Happy New Year All! I just ran into a colleague at my daytime job who is a very important go-getter department manager and a great musician and songwriter. Now that he is such a big shot and very busy we … Continue reading →

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One Reason we Make Mistakes

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Cindo Santos

For efficiency and speed, that’s why! The faster we want or need to do things the higher likelihood we make a mistake – like running too fast over rough terrain, or playing your instrument at speeds beyond your current capabilities. … Continue reading →

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What Michael Jackson Did for Recording

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Cindo Santos

Just read today in Sound on Sound mag. an interview with the engineer Bruce Swedin and two things struck. MJ would: (i) completely memorize the song lyrics before singing in the recording session and (ii) he would have his vocal … Continue reading →

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More Staten Island, NY

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Cindo Santos

Just saw a movie on DVD by that title. It was actually quite revealing of the place, with mobsters, people being kind of slow-in-the-head, looking for fame and social upscaling in this forgotten, ugly city sister of Manhattan. It made me think of … Continue reading →

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Staten Island, NY

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Cindo Santos

Just read that Cornelius Vanderbilt, the risk-taking financial mogul, was born in “a Staten Island, N.Y., farming village in 1794. How about that? I lived in the Seventies in Staten Island with my parents, in a little one-bedroom apartment! My song … Continue reading →

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Are crowds wiser?

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Cindo Santos

“We think usually that crowds–on average–can be wiser than individuals… most people got it wrong because whenever we are in an irrational, exuberant bubble, people fail to think correctly.” Nouriel Roubini in Newsweek, May 4, 2009. Same goes for democracy: … Continue reading →

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