for a total of 50.000 persons; later in 2004 he would open two Jethro Tull concerts in the Theatre Coliseum of Argentina for an audience of 10.000 and years later he would play with Trey Gunn and California Guitar Trio sharing respective tours in Spain. From 1999 Cides decided to live in Europe for half of the year and the rest of the year in his native land. Taking root between Barcelona, the Netherlands and Argentina, Cides recorded his CD tribute to J. S. Bach played totally on Stick, in a small Dutch town called Leeuwarden. The CD The Bach Tribute by Cides was edited in 2000 during the "Year Bach". This one was the first CD of classical music recorded with the Stick and it is considered to be a unique work with this instrument. In the following years he would perform more concerts between Europe and Argentina. In 2002 Cides decided to withdraw his CDs from the market, anticipating the record crisis that would happen some years later and dedicated himself solely to live concerts. In the same year he left Argentina and moved permanently to Barcelona to create the Stick Center in Spain that was officially presented on March 7 in the school Aula de Musics de Barcelona. There he began a new musical career in a country where his music was still unknown. In the following years his activity in Spain popularized the Stick, offering his solo concerts in diverse Spanish festivals (see below). He also distinguished himself in the following years with the creation of the Spanish Ensamble de Stickistas, presentations on Television and National Spanish Radio and the consolidation on the Internet of www.stickcenter.com as the first portal in Spanish about this instrument. Through the Stick Center, Cides organized the first Stick Camp in Spain with instructors from different countries and presented many new Stick artists, besides information and news relating to the instrument. From 2003 and for the following 3 years he would write in the Spanish magazines Bajista and Guitarra Actual with monthly pages called Stick Center's Pages. Established finally in Spain and concentrating only on live concerts, from 2004 Cides created several different groups besides his usual solo appearances. In this way The Stick Trío was formed (Cides, Lampi, Baggerman), Electrik Consort (Cides on Stick, Grandia on Hurdy-Gurdy, Mercader on percussion), Dj d_Melmac + Cides, and the Meeting Bao / Cides