{"id":1795,"date":"2018-05-07T19:31:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T00:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2022-01-09T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T19:21:55","slug":"paso-a-paso-sounds-himalayas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/paso-a-paso-sounds-himalayas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind &#8220;Paso A Paso&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RlFu2Ht-95E\" width=\"760\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">THE STORY BEHIND PASO A PASO<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">It was late at night somewhere along the Everest Base Camp trail. &nbsp;We were snuggled deep into our sleeping bags, our only defense against a brutal cold. &nbsp;I was thinking about the project I was working on: capturing sounds of the high Himalayas. &nbsp;The sound of wind whipping through a valley, rushing mountain streams, the soft ding of prayer wheels, the gentle tinkling of yak train bells, even the crunch of the trail beneath our feet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">I&#8217;m not sure where it came from, but suddenly the idea entered my mind to build a song from these sounds. &nbsp;How interesting would it be to create a song, in which every bit of sound comes from the landscape and was recorded there? &nbsp;The humming melody from Paso A Paso immediately filled my mind, and I reached my arm out into the cold to grab my phone to record it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">The next morning, I shared the idea of Paso A Paso with Jos\u00e9 and he was fully on board. &nbsp;For the next two weeks, we worked together to capture the video and audio for this piece. &nbsp;The vocals and ukelele were recorded at various points along the trail. &nbsp;The percussive elements consist of our footsteps on the trail, prayer bells, a river, a piece of glass I found along the path, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/14\/sounds-of-china-nepal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">deep rumble of a glacier<\/a>. &nbsp;Jos\u00e9 filmed, edited, and produced the music video, building it with the video we captured specifically for the project as well as the vast body of film and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/06\/himalayas-time-lapse-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">timelapses<\/a> he painstakingly captured during our trek.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">For me, one of the most magical elements of this song is a chorus of hikers and locals singing together in a cozy tea house at 15,580ft. &nbsp;Every evening along the trail, <a href=\"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/14\/sounds-of-china-nepal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">trekkers and locals convene in teahouses<\/a> to sip tea and attempt to glean some heat from the room&#8217;s central stove. &nbsp;One night I plucked up the courage to speak to everyone in the room, explaining our project and how I would like to record everyone in the teahouse singing the chorus together. &nbsp;We sang together, and something in the energy of the room shifted. &nbsp;The rest of the night the room was filled with warm laughter, dancing, and stories. &nbsp;It was a beautiful night, and my favorite of the entire journey.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2iufgHa-rg\" width=\"760\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">LYRICS<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Hey you, con la vida that you didn&#8217;t choose<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Hey you, with the burden que controla tu mundo<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Hey you, quien naciste with a silver spoon<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Hey you, con cada oportunidad en el mundo<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">Paso a paso, paso a paso<br><\/span>Es imposible sue vivamos every day the same<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Cada uno con su lucha, con su mountain to tame<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>Lyrics in English<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey you, with the life that you didn&#8217;t choose<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey, you, with the burden that controls your world<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey you, born with a silver spoon<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey you, with every opportunity in the world<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Step by step, step by step<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> It&#8217;s impossible that we live every day the same<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Every one with his struggle, with his mountain to tame<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"><strong>La Letra en Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey t\u00fa, con la vida que no escogiste<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey t\u00fa, con la cruz que controla tu mundo<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey t\u00fa, quien naciste en la cuna de oro<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Hey t\u00fa, con cada oportunidad en el mundo<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Paso a paso, paso a paso<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Es imposible que vivamos siempre el mismo d\u00eda<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\"> Cada uno con su lucha, con su monta\u00f1a que escalar<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">CREDITS<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Written, recorded, and produced by Cora Rose<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Video filmed and edited by Jos\u00e9 Luis V\u00edlchez<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Audio mixed and mastered by Jos\u00e9 Alejandro Mungu\u00eda Fonseca, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supraural.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supra Aural Studios<\/a>, Le\u00f3n, Nicaragua<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">All tracks recorded with a Zoom H2n Handheld Microphone<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica;\">Paso A Paso is available for download and streaming on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/paso-a-paso-single\/1380896998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paso-Cora-Rose\/dp\/B07CVHYP98\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525638169&amp;sr=1-1-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&amp;keywords=Cora+Rose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3c1Wn516CZKaiuTichcpNb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE STORY BEHIND PASO A PASO It was late at night somewhere along the Everest Base Camp trail. &nbsp;We were snuggled deep into our sleeping bags, our only defense against a brutal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-before-the-americas-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5099,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions\/5099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artwethereyet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}