LEONOR H. ALVAREZ

I grew up in Spain and ever since I was a little girl I showed interest in other cultures, I was very heavily influenced by my family on my mom's side where almost everybody has lived abroad, and some even on the other side of the world. They all love every form of art like me as well, and we always have our little personal artistic projects going on that we work on here and there.

I have a lot of love for my lovely little town in the north of Spain, Santander. Life there is tender and sweet, but I only realized that once I've left her for good.

I love writing, I adore visual arts, photography, and music is one of the most important things in my life. I'm a sucker for blues, soul and folk music, Jazz and trashy 90's R&B. I've never been picky.

 

When I was 15 I moved for the first time on my own to BC, Canada. I was an international student at Langley Fine Arts School for 2 years, where I majored in Music and singing, and also where I graduated High School from. Vancouver really did steal my heart. Fort Langley, Whistler... I was surrounded by other international kids and exposed to all forms of art for the first time ever. Needless to say, these were my happiest years. This is where I saw my true musical potential for the first time, and looking back to those years makes me a little teary eyed still. That experience really set a clear goal in my mind, and that was to return to Canada. 

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After I graduated High School I moved back to Europe, this time to The Netherlands, where I tried to pursue a career in music, and started a bachelor's degree in Jazz singing. Yes, my wish was to stay in Canada, but as a 17 year old with no money facing the pressure of university coming so soon, it was just something to envision as a dream, more than anything. it was painful, but Holland ended up being a good experience overall.

While my inevitably short stay in Holland was a necessary experience since it was my first time living completely independently, I realized that there's something about life there that was not for me at all. I felt misplaced and misunderstood most of the time, which had a lot to do with my choice of school. I almost even started hating singing at some point before I decided to quit Uni. Maybe it was the system, maybe the people, maybe the regret from leaving Canada, the point was that I needed to leave. So that's what I did.

  

I'm now living in China for ten months, where I live as an Aupair and also perform on Monday nights at a bar. Life here is quick but simple. I have amazing friends and people that care for me, I learn new things every day and I become a little more independent as the months go by.

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The name of this blog comes from a song I wrote back in high school that was supposed to be called The Cherry Convoy, but due to my poor English at the time, I spelled ``comboy´´ instead. Cute no? 

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​​Shanghai, 2024