A chat with Simone Piccini, a world traveller & handpan player | Daniel Waples 'chats' - in Bogota

Whilst I was in Bogota, I caught up with Simone Piccini, an Italian national who left Italy in 2016 and is travelling the world without using a plane!
He had just arrived to Colombia via a cargo ship which brought him from Australia where he had just finished cycling across the entire county!
He had picked up a handpan just before he left Italy from a mutual friend and when he heard I was performing in Bogota, he travelled across the county to come and meet me at the shows I was playing...
Amazingly his handpan has pretty much the same scale as mine, so here we jam a few lines of my track 'midnite', whilst sitting in the Botanical Gardens, waiting for the tage that I was to perform on later that evening to be set up...
Enjoy and follow Simone on his journey around the world!
Check out Simones website here: www.wanderhang.it
FB here: / simone.piccini.33
and his instagram here: / simonepiccini_wanderhang

[@francishyland]

Lovely!

[@morutasousakan]

素晴らしい音楽だ。great music!

[@michaelhandpan9675]

very nice Waples Stil

[@DanielWaples]

Check out Simones website here: www.wanderhang.it FB here: facebook.com/simone.piccini.33 and his instagram here: instagram.com/simonepiccini_wanderhang/

[@adhyanshparashar640]

Daniel Waples b Bhhyy

[@smoothtruth]

❤

[@korpakukac]

Beautiful :) How come you've cut your hair?

[@DanielWaples]

Because after 15 years it was time for a change :)

[@Jafmanz]

I doubt he cycled across Australia.. its a bit dry and baron in the middle... maybe he cycled around the edge?:P

[@MauroGuerreiro]

The execution as always is good, but the audio, lousy.

[@DanielWaples]

Indeed, I currently own a $150 chinese phone... I'd love to have a nicer one, and will be sourcing one soon, but travels ain't cheap and I ain't rich ;)

[@MauroGuerreiro]

I understand, but there are practical, low-cost solutions that can improve audio. You can buy a simple lapel microphone, connect it to your mobile phone and place it close to the instruments. If you still find this expensive, there is a very cheap improvement. Increase the audio level in video editing and try to pass it through a mastering process. I'll try to improve this audio and send it to you.

[@MauroGuerreiro]

Daniel, I sent it to you through the website WeTransfer, your Bogota audio mastered. Chek your email please.

[@DanielWaples]

thanx bro, i have all sorts of devices to record with, but the fact is this was a super quick recording using a bad phone... I have a new one waiting for me in USA when I pass by there in a few days ;) But thankyou so looking out for me brother :) I really appreciate it :)

[@MauroGuerreiro]

Capturing sound outdoors is not an easy task. If you have to pick up with the camera, let it be with a directional microphone. Ideally, you have a camera with audio input and use an external microphone installed near the instrument. It would look great. Remember that we are talking about your channel, your work. I think it is worth trying the best technically.