NOTE: We’ve had the great fortune to have had the help of many, many, many (CHINGOS!), of wonderful and talented artists in all fields, and I’d like to profile them, because they deserve to be honored and appreciated.

Projects: Ash Wednesday- Capitulo Unus, The Heart of Treviño

Call it chance, destiny, luck or whatever you may call it, that’s exactly how we met Rolando (or Rol, to his friends).

It was September, 2006 and we were in Monterrey, MX doing the soundtrack to Ash Wednesday with our friends and great artists Waris Rodriguez and Giuliano Innocenzi.

A week before we arrived for the soundtrack, Giulias & Waris went to a school reunion in their hometown Sabinas, Coahuila, where they saw their old school chum Rolando. They chatted for a while back and forth about everything that they had done with their lives and were excited that they all had chosen a path that involved music.

Giulias and Waris told Rol about the movie soundtrack and Rol was intrigued, and to our luck he was also going to be in Monterrey that same week.

Sure enough, a week later we met Rol at the studios and I was very excited to work with Rol, because he had been built up as a piano prodigy.

To my surprise, he not only is an accomplished pianist but also an accomplished opera coach AND a really nice, down-to-earth kind of guy. Very rare to have that combination in any human.

The funny thing is, that was the only night we’ve only been with Rol for two nights in person. Thanks to the internet we’ve become friends and have recently collaborated for THE HEART OF TREVIÑO.

This guy really pours his soul into every piece.

For THE HEART OF TREVIÑO, he composed an incredible piece that will grab your soul, break it to pieces and then put it back together, it’s that powerful.

The piece is entitled: “Pintando las calles…” and is inspired by Jesse Treviño himself.

I cannot wait to see how we can take “Pintando las calles…” further… An orchestration is in our to-do list for the soundtrack, but I guess we’re going to have to wait and see what the future holds for all of us!

Here’s “Pintando las calles…” live:

Waris, Me, Rol and Paco