Alvaro Stars In New Mapfre Commercials

You have to get over to stv's Bati VLOG to see the full set of the brand new Mapfre commercials, featuring Alvaro as a bike. Yes, a bike. Look...



The ads can all be found here and here...

As with last year's ads, they also feature team boss Jorge Martinez as presenter, and are incredibly cute and clever.
Triffick!

Videos from the Bancaja Aspar Team Presentation

2 videos from the presentation on the 25th February.
The first is the general presentation round-up, whilst the second is interviews with all 5 riders; Alvaro Bautista, Hector Faubel, Gabor Talmacsi, Sergio Gadea and ickle newbie Pere Tutusaus :)

Presentación Bancaja Aspar Team - Videos Motociclismo
El Bancaja Aspar Team presentó esta semana en el Hipódromo de Madrid el equipo con el que afronta la temporada 2008 con el objetivo de revalidar el título del Campeonato del Mundo de 125 cc. Gabor Talmacsi, Sergio Gadea y Pere Tutusaus son las armas con las que cuenta Jorge Martinez "Aspar" en la categoría del octavo de litro. En 250 cc, Álvaro Bautista y Héctor Faubel son sus pilotos.

Palabras clave:motociclismo bautista mundial 125 cc aspar bancaja 250 cc talmacsi gadea tutusaus faubel hipodromo

Vídeo de motociclismo

Declaraciones de los pilotos del Aspar Team - Videos Motociclismo
Álvaro Bautista y Héctor Faubel en 250 cc y Gabor Talmacsi, Sergio Gadea y Pere Tutusaus en 125 cc son los cinco pilotos que se encuentran dentro de la estructura de Jorge Martínez "Aspar", un equipo que aspira a lograr la doble corona en las categorías pequeñas o, al menos, repetir un título como ha sucedido en las dos últimas temporadas.

Palabras clave:bautista 125cc aspar bancaja talmacsi gadea tutusaus faubel mapfre 250cc

Vídeo de motociclismo

Enjoy :)

Video of the Mapfre Aspar 250cc Presentation

With grateful thanks as ever to the awesome stv21 for finding this :)

Alvaro Bautista - "Campeón" Soundtrack Download

(*Above: me on the Chapman Stick... Ahem, er... Moshing...)

Good news is that the “Alvaro Bautista Campeón - www.BatiFans.com Fan Movie” posted up on Youtube is getting plenty of hits; well over a hundred in its first day - plus a few comments and stars...
Bad news is that I’m still a bit sulky that their compression has scrunched the first part of the movie (as well as the general overall hammering that you tend to expect). Anyway - it’s live and it’s loved... :)

One thing that was particularly crucial in doing the job right was doing the music right - I decided to write it myself rather than nick something from somewhere, and so I used some outtakes from old work by my band Smallcreep - most specifically some slow dirty guitar riffs by Rob (the Robster) Jenkinson, and pulled together the bass lines underneath with the Chapman Stick - an instrument I love using as a power-bass (largely because I’m not good enough to use it as a ‘complete’ instrument doing bass AND melody as some clever bastards do...)
Anyway, the method of tapping / thumping the strings - and dragging notes around makes for some excellent bass end textures, especially with some compression, EQ and chorus - and so with those in place, and with some further dirtying up of Rob’s guitarwork it was left to me and Garageband to pull the pieces together into a fast, driving piece that was going to have the right pace and vibe to edit against.

I’m really happy with the result, and if you liked what you heard on the movie and you want to download the MP3 of just the soundtrack then you can find it here...

Enjoy :)