First off let me say that it is great to have everyone check out my YouTube videos. They are definitely NOT state of the art but they are a fun way for you to find out a little bit more about me and what goes on inside my head (incidentally, you'll find some quick exits in there in case it becomes too much for ya). The earliest group of videos I have are from a TV show I did in Corpus Christi while promoting my "A Mover El Bote" CD.
We did the taping in a mall and, because I didn't have a band, the director was trying to come up with some clever idea on how to shoot this to keep the television audience interested. I told him that I could come down the escalator and by the end of the intro I could start singing down here by the drums which were there for another band. He liked the idea but I could still see in his eyes that he didn't think it was gonna work. I knew, however that when the music and video started and he saw me dance, he would change his mind. I knew my dancing was different from everyone else; mainly because I made most of it up as I went along. People seem to respond to it positively so I knew the director would also. He did.
I forgot I had an old VHS of these performances until a couple of years ago. I thought I would put them on this new YouTube site just for fun.
The next videos were from a public access show I had for about 15 years in San Antonio, Texas. The show wasn't at all about music when I first started it. It was about humor. I started with Greg Escamilla, a fellow musician I knew from my church days. Greg eventually bailed out and I had this time slot and no ideas what to do with it. That's about the same time I recorded my "Lounge Oddity" CD. It was a compilation of some of my favorite songs done up lounge. I got the idea from my favorite artist, Todd Rundgren and I ran with it. Don't know why it took me so long to combine my music with my public access show but, here we are. Later on, I started to get a bit more adventurous and brought in a live band. Charlie Bernal and the boys. We did some soul and stuff. It turned out great and people loved it.
They stopped the public access channel around 08'. When I decided to get back into music again, I concentrated on the recordings and not so much on videos. Now it's become very fashionable and necessary to put your music videos on YouTube so you'll have a better chance of getting your music heard. Some of my videos have become a little generic (The song plays while showing a picture or compilation of pictures).
This is only because I want to get the song out there so people can hear it. To wait for me to make a video may take 2 weeks to a month. I don't want to make people wait that long to hear the song. I will, however be working on some homemade videos to go with my tunes. Warning: be ready for these cause I can be pretty odd when creating my art. You've been warned. Seriously, thanks for being a fan and I promise some unique stuff in the future.
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