Carlos A Torres – Designer & Photographer

Our beloved Yann Tiersen, composer of the music used in the Amelie soundtrack is coming back to Los Angeles in January. He’s going to be performing at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA. Yann is about to release his latest album, Dust Lane. I’ll make sure to pick that up and pass along a brief review. Those of you that know me and those of you who have accompanied me to his concerts before know I’m not missing this for anything. If any of you are interested in going with me, let me know. Tickets are already on sale so I’ll be getting a couple of them shortly. Get a hold of me and we’ll go enjoy the mastery, genius and magic that is Yann in person. Here’s a video of Yann live in Europe!

Yann Tiersen Official Website

Here’s how close we were with Brian “Head” Welch and Sonny from P.O.D. in the pic!

WOW, what an epic even this was today! The start of an interesting weekend began with 8 or so hours of pure fun and mayhem. This was by far the most fun one could ever have for free. Sir Bobby and I and about 40,000 of our closest friends descended upon Pomona for the One Love For Chi benefit concert that included AllOrNothing, Secret & Whisper, The Chariot, Living Sacrifice, Brian “Head” Welch (formerly of Korn) and P.O.D. Now being at a concert with 40,000+ people around us, the last thing we were expecting was to be able to make it all the way up front and center, but there we found ourselves. I’m a bit sore from the moshing that went on all around us and from playing the waves to crowd surfers but you know it’s a heck of a time when even girls start the moshing every once in a while!

I also became an instant fan of Head’s music and will begin reading his book, which has been sitting on my shelf for a while. Incredible story of one man’s journey from stardom and from having it all with Korn to turning to God and leaving it all behind for his one true love! Much love and kudos and success to Head for seeking out what he was lacking and seeking it in the only place he could have ever found it.

The Whosoevers Official Website
Living Sacrifice Official Website
Brian “Head” Welch Official Website
P.O.D. Official Website

Here’s the evidence! Much gratitude to Ryan Clark, lead singer of Demon Hunter and Yogi, drummer for signing my shirt and drumstick respectively. You guys rock! I wish you the best in all you guys do everyday and I definitely can’t wait until I get the product of your upcoming studio time in my hands.

It’s definitely been a while since I’ve posted anything personal but here we go. Just wanted to post a couple of pics from the Demon Hunter concert in Pomona, California. The night….actually make that, the day was awesome! Saw a bunch of bands since the concert lasted all day long. Kudos to Living Sacrifice, they rocked as always and their new song sounds like a definite winner. Demon Hunter of course, were the dynamic group that they are once again. Much thanks to them for putting together a great show, thanks to Ryan for autographing one of my shirts and for snapping a pic with me and thanks to Yogi for signing a piece of one of his drumsticks. I will post the evidence shortly.

Demon Hunter Official Website
Living Sacrifice Official Website

Let me begin by sharing with you the surprise that occurred hours before the concert started. My buddy Kevin and I got to Hollywood a few hours before the concert and we proceeded to walk towards the theater just to check it out and to then go on a hunt for some food. So we’re walking by the theater and past it, and I notice that someone is walking right behind us. I take a quick glance and there’s the man himself, Yann Tiersen, walking around having a smoke. I told my buddy “There’s Yann Tiersen”. He looks back in disbelief and says “Yep, you’re right”. I suggested that we wait until he’s done smoking so we can say HI to him. So we waited and then we pounced on him. I just said “Yann, big fans”, shook his hand and then asked for a picture. He was gracious enough for a pic, even though he seems very shy. Funniest thing occured 2 seconds after that when someone who was also standing by the theater came up to me and asked me “Is he with the band?”. Is he with the band? That was freakin’ Yann Tiersen and I told him so and the guy almost flipped his lid. He was so astonished he even thanked me for letting him know that was Yann.

We finally stepped into the El Rey Theater after a couple of hours of standing around. We were in for more standing since it was standing only/general admission. Even though the concert was a lot different than what I expected, I still must say that I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was continually amazed at the talent that Yann possesses. Of course it doesn’t hurt that we had taken that picture earlier and that we were able to hang out after the concert and get his autograph and a couple of more pics. Even though the sound was way different and no Amelie songs were played, there’s still nothing like live music and being able to support people’s music careers. I purchased his latest album Les Retrouvailles and was very pleasantly surprised. So far so good with this album and to top it off, it’s autographed! Thanks Yann and good luck in all you do!

Yann Tiersen Official Website
Yann Tiersen MySpace Page