BEHIND THE SONGS

"500 YEARS"
This song is about the Spanish Conquest of South America and the long suffering of the Indian people.

Beyond the long struggle of the Indian people, one has to be amazed at the way the Quechua and Aymara people have managed to keep their traditions and language alive to this day, despite nearly 500 years of systematic persecutions.

I feel a deep connection towards the Indian people and can only hope that these great indigenous nations will be free again.

For more information about the native Indian people from the Andes, please visit the following website:
Tawantinsuyu
(http://www.nativeweb.org/tawantinsuyu/)

"BEYOND LONELINESS"
Loneliness is affecting a large number of people in the Western society particularly in big cities where individuals can live isolated without any companion or friend.

The type of loneliness I mention in the song is the one affecting people in our modern society who feel lonely and isolated because of difficulties to communicate and reach out to others.

The increasing lack of interaction between individuals outside the workplace force many people to have a total inability to communicate. They loose confidence in themselves and in others. Their life becomes unbalanced and soon they retreat into a passive state of depression.

As I tried to put it in the song, one way to stop feeling lonely is through expressing one’s feelings and start loving oneself. To truly love others and be loved, one has to love oneself first.

To know about loneliness and how to deal with it, you can visit the following website :
How to deal with loneliness (http://www.counsel.ufl.edu/CounselNet/cnetloneliness.htm)