OK, I've made massive notes about Mongolia and I am writing them out, but today was a bit intense in Kathmandu, so I felt I should write about what's going on starting with the most important words: nothing to worry about.
This morning, I headed over to start recording. We managed to re-record a song that I was unhappy with, as well as an entirely new song. Both came out very well and we will probably do mixing and the like tomorrow.
While I was waiting, I decided to check facebook and saw that a Tibetan monk had self immolated in Boudha that morning. Fortunately, I am neither staying, nor working in Boudha, but none the less this was a concern.
After finishing up at the studio, I called some friends, who all said not to come to Boudha, that it was swarming with security and probably not even possible to get near the stupa, period. My Tibetan friends did not want to go anywhere near there. Overall, however, the view is that things will be back to normal tomorrow, therefore there is nothing to be overly concerned with.
In the afternoon, I went to meet Tsering Gyurmey, who is amazing at Piwang. I asked his help with one song and he kindly agreed, then we just sat around and chatted, as we hadn't seen each other in years.
Expect more posts about Mongolia soon!
This morning, I headed over to start recording. We managed to re-record a song that I was unhappy with, as well as an entirely new song. Both came out very well and we will probably do mixing and the like tomorrow.
While I was waiting, I decided to check facebook and saw that a Tibetan monk had self immolated in Boudha that morning. Fortunately, I am neither staying, nor working in Boudha, but none the less this was a concern.
After finishing up at the studio, I called some friends, who all said not to come to Boudha, that it was swarming with security and probably not even possible to get near the stupa, period. My Tibetan friends did not want to go anywhere near there. Overall, however, the view is that things will be back to normal tomorrow, therefore there is nothing to be overly concerned with.
In the afternoon, I went to meet Tsering Gyurmey, who is amazing at Piwang. I asked his help with one song and he kindly agreed, then we just sat around and chatted, as we hadn't seen each other in years.
Expect more posts about Mongolia soon!
