I hope everyone is doing well. I really enjoyed the topic from MG on how do you prepare for a gig. I'm amazed with all the different answers and of course most answers are from musicians. As a manager, bookie and bouncer (lol) I literally get all the instruments in one section ready for load-up, get the "uniforms" ready for the guys and make sure we have all our merchandise, posters, and business cards. But I gotta say, it has become a faithful ritual with the guys and the spouses that before any performance they huddle up "like a football team" and join in with a prayer. We've found that when we "accidentally" started without it, the performance was just so-so! Call it ironic, superstitious or whatever, but the prayer ALWAYS has been powerful for us!
So......with that in mind....I'd like to know what drives you to go time after time to perform? Do you ever get discouraged? And if so, Why?
Bueno folks, I hope each and everyone of you had a GREAT THANKSGIVING! God Bless you all and we'll be talking!
For me it's about the rush of being on stage. Nothing like getting on stage and just jamming your heart out. It's a natural high that can't be matched!
Well for me it's simply about haivng fun. It's jamming with your compadres and haivng a good time. Money aint important at that point it's just letting the kid inside of you come out and play.
Being the best. It's that simple, i want to be the best at whatever i do, wheter it's playing conjunto music or playing football, or playing xbox. Being the best is what drives me.
BEING ANOTHER CONJUNTO MOM AND SPOUSE....I HAVE TO AGREE WITH SOME OF YOU...IT'S IN THE HEART....FROM MY HUSBAND..LEO NUNEZ-LOS CUATRO ACES...TO 2 OF MY SONS...ANTHONY-FORMALLY OF INVICTO AND AND ALSO PLAYED FOR MR. FLACO GARCIA....AND LIL LEO...12 YEAR OLD DRUMMER AND ACCORDION PLAYER FROM H-TOWN....IT DOESN'T MATTER WETHER IT'S 10 PEOPLE OR 10,000 PEOPLE..THEY ALL GIVE IT THEIR ALL...AND YEAH, I KNOW IT'S TRUE...MY 12 YEAR OLD HAS STOOD BEFORE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT FAN FAIR-SAN ANTONIO OR LOCALLY HERE IN HOUSTON TO EVEN HIS TALENT SHOW IN SCHOOL...BUT....HE CAN NOT GIVE AN ORAL REPORT FOR CLASS...ASK HIM HE SAYS HE ENJOYS SEEING THE PEOPLE MOVE TO HIS MUSIC ..OLD AND YOUNG...SO, THERE YOU GO.
IT'S IN THE BLOOD....IT'S THE RUSH.... THE HEART POUNDING BEAT THAT HAUNTS MY EVERY DAY AND NIGHT.... IT'S MY NATURAL HIGH.....IT'S MY DRUG AND THE CLUBS AND BALLROOMS ARE MY AAA MEETINGS!!! IT'S MY ADDICTION AND PROUD OF IT..... I GUESS THATS WHAT DRIVES ME TO PLAY....RAIN SLEET OR SNOW......SICK, NOT SICK, BROKEN THUMB, OR BACK (HURTS LIKE HELL BUT DIDN'T STOP ME!!!)IT DOSEN'T MATTER..... IT'S THE LOVE OF THE MUSIC AND IT HAS TO BE CONJUNTO
