Thank you to visit my little corner, and welcome to my particular world!
My name is David Caballero. I was born in January 1963 in Madrid, Spain, the city where I live currently.
I always had a tight connection with Nature, a love that I cultivate since I was a child.
I love to walk in the forest, watch birds and contemplate beauty in all its manifestations.
My education is in Forestry Engineering, a particular branch of Civil Engineering which is related to planning and management of
natural resources and infrastructures in the wild.I studied in the Polytechnic University of Madrid,
School of Forestry.
I have specialised in the study of forest fires, the phenomenon and the natural
and social risk, and how to prevent and suppress them. Early in the eighties I developed my first decision support system based on
computer models, particularly fire spread, called CARDIN.
By then I was researcher in the University.
Since then, and for 15 years, I have participated in several research projects
about forest fires and information systems, such as FOMFIS, FORFAIT, E-FIS, WARM, AUTOHAZARD and EUFIRELAB. All co-funded by the
European Commission within the R+TD Framework Programmes. This is my current professional activity
that has rendered a number of publications on this subject.
And this activity keeps me travelling all the time around Europe, and this has given me the opportunity to make very good friends
and visit places that now are part of my life, such as Greece, a land that I enjoy and love so much.
My second love (but not less important) is music. I play keyboards since I was just 7 years old. I was educated in piano playing
and, afterwards, continued studying harmony and composition on my own. I cultivated several styles, Jazz, Ragtime, Bluegrass and finally
Electronic and Celt. Today I have a digital studio full of synthesisers and
keyboards connected to a computer.
You can find all my music free to download in Soundclick,
and some tracks in high quality in Music Download.
Also find music scores, phone ringtones and other material in the download area.
I always try to communicate my experiences and feelings trhough music. In 1999 I published my compositions in
mp3.com portal under the nickname of GNOMUSY (Gnome of Music)
and had a neat success. That pushed me to keep publishing music in Internet and to finish two D.A.M. mp3 albums, "Scent of Light"
and "The Edge" which were available in such portal. Recentrly I launched a real CD album, "Ethereality" which was published by
Non Profit Music in Spain and
Only New Age Music in USA.
All the proceeds of the album sales go directly as donations to Doctors Without Borders in Spain for humanitarian causes.
You can buy this album and contribute to this enterprise.
My third important activity is sports, particularly long-distance running. Recently I finished my first
marathon (Madrid, 2003), and that was a very intense and emotional experience.
I run every day and have participated in many popular races.
These are some brushstrokes of my life and myself. More detailed information is given in the
Curriculum Vitae and the Musical Biography, documents that you can find in this web site.
If you want, you can
write me, read and participate in the
Blog, or write in the
Forum, or sign the
Guest Book. You can also visit my
Photo Collection
and download pictures.
