June 20, 2024 • 39 mins
We speak with Andrew Garcia who made a name for himself during the 2000s YouTube era alongside AJ Rafael, Gabe Bondoc, and Jeremy Passion amongst others. We talk about this era and how his family's upbringing molded his way for music.
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Cut Mouston. Kyoo everyone yo yo, Andrew Garcia in the building, Might
I just say to you, droveabout what two hours away, like an
hour, like hour fifteen. Yeah, it was bad, it was It's
not bad. The mornings is notthat bad. Yeah, now you're pushing
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it. Oh my god. Iremember coming back from like yeah, going
from here to Riverside was like threehours around, like two or three.
Oh my, three hours. Yeah, traffic's crazy. Oh no, that's
nuts, man. I'm see.I'm from the Bay Area, so doing
that five hour drive to the Bayit's like it's a pain. It's a
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pain. So anything anything less thanfive, I'm like good to go.
Like we're going to Marongo this upcomingweekend, and bro, it's I mean,
I'm hoping it's just gonna be anhour and a half. We'll see,
we'll see. But thanks for stoppingby the podcast. Ego literally has
been up all morning and just scrollingthrough Instagram. I'm like, you're pretty
much talking to him at this point. That's like literally crazy. I mean
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that's what I do, especially whenwe got some guessing, you know.
But yeah, but I am familiarwith you, you know, so for
people who aren't Andrew Garcia, likemajor when like YouTube like first started out,
you know, like when you thinkof Andrew Garcia, rather when I
think of Andrew Garcia, right,I think of like Andrew aj, Raphael
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jer Chino, Melissa Paula and areall of them, because bro, like
you were, you're basically Filipino,you know what I mean. Show Yeah,
I got mad love for Philipinos.Many they showed love my son's half.
So it's like it's amazing, man. They like the foods fire,
yeah, yeah, so it's Ilove it. That's it. Oh so
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a Mexicpino baby, I love thatcool. Oh my gosh, this is
the first like Mexicano guess that we'veactual second, yes, yes, second,
but oh my god, that's awesome. Like so it was it like
kind of similar were in your experienceis like kind of meshing your families together.
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Yeah, they're like yeah that,like, h family is a big
thing in both our cultures. Soit's like it wasn't a hard transition.
It was just like, oh dope, they love family parties. Yeah,
Like the food, the love isjust amazing. It's all the same at
the end of the day, youknow, and I'm sure, like even
growing up, because I remember whenI first saw like your videos on YouTube.
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I was like, man, likecool, like more Filipinos are just
killing it on YouTube, but likeyou must have got that so much like
growing up and especially now, Imean maybe still right, yes, yes,
still Like I remember doing interviews anduh they were like, yo,
so what's it like being Filipino andlike on the rise and like blah blah.
I was like, yeah, no, shout out to Filipinos, but
I'm Mexican. And right after hegoes, man, so being Filipino on
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this journey crazy. But like Iguess in those instances like what like when
people ask you like oh like andthey try and make like see if you
actually are Like what's the what pointYou're like bro, like, man,
I'm just Mexican, Like we're thesame kind of I thing. But yeah
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they're like you're not Filipino. Man, Like what they like go crazy?
Are you? Is your parents likefrom here or from like were they born
in Mexico? My parents are fromLike yeah, okay, all right,
so your second generation actually yeah myparents well yeah, my grandpa's from like
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Denver. My grandma's always been inl A Oh wow, So Dan,
would you happen to know like theI guess like your family background and like
how your your You said your dadmigrated to Denver, grandma, your grandpa,
your grandpa he was born in Denver. Yeah, and then I don't
know how. I really don't knowhow I came here. I should ask,
but I don't. I don't know, but like, yeah, most
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of my family just like La California, it's just Denver is such a random
Yeah, I think that's what thatwas like kind of like the wait what
like because we just like assume we'reeither gonna come here to California or Texas
and that's pretty much it. Butthen we hear like, oh, we
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came from Denver, Like wait,hold on, so none it was from
Mexico. What's happening? And thenyour grandmother's from La Yeah, like that's
sick man born and raised and everything. Well, shoot, man, like
I mean for you, like,how did you get into like the whole
like music scene. So my dadwas like he would uh, so my
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mom and dad are like from thesame gang in Compton. Mom. My
mom kind of was like I gotbabies now I can't be but my dad's
kind of like always been in thatlife still, so he would kind of
be like in and out like hebe in jail or like you know,
just like out in l a fora while. So I was I remember
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uh graduating and being like, man, I don't want to do school,
like I suck at school, LikeI'm pretty sure everyone feels that. So
I was like, you know,I'm just gonna get a job and then
I'll figure out what I'm gonna do. So I got a job, and
my first job was like at CarlsJunior. It was like the worst,
like I was just like I didn'tlike it, and so I had a
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lot of time because it was parttime. So my dad left like a
broken guitar in my garage. SoI was like, man, let me
just fiddle with this thing, likeI ain't got nothing else to do.
So I just fiddle with it,and I found myself like thinking about it
while I'm at work, like Ikin't want to play more guitar, like
this is like I miss it.So I started playing more and more and
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started loving it more. And thenI started jamming with homies that played guitar,
and then someone were like, yo, you should join my band,
So I started. I was ina band for like four years, writing
like originals for like some rock bandsand stuff. What was the name of
the band, Avid ov I day, It's OVID, but we said avid
as like okay, okay, socool it was. It was a stylistic
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thing. Yeah, yeah, sowe were like, yeah, we were
like deep lyrics and like all thatstuff. Yeah, but that's kind of
like how I got into it.And I started like my drummer knew AJ.
Yeah, they went to high schooltogether, so he was like,
yo, like my homie plays musictoo, we all should hang out.
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So like of course we hit off. So we started jamming more and like
I started becoming close with AJ.We started doing more music. AJ was
like he was like crazy, likehe's been dope at music since he was
young. I feel like that fooljust came out the wombs singing ya know
what I mean, some keys orwhatever. He's just he's always been dope
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and like, uh he he hada choir which like taught me like how
to like harmonize more and like allthis stuff. And yeah, we just
started like like I think we discoveredYouTube together. We were looking at YouTube
and we were like yo, whatthe heck, Like, yeah, it's
dope, Like yeah, and thenhe started doing YouTube. I started doing
YouTube, and like that's kind oflike how I like fell in love with
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like music and like collabing and justjamming with other musicians and all that.
Yeah, so I guess And yougoing kind of like on your background of
like growing up and how your parentswere part of like gangs and that like
that was that ever kind of likewith you? Were you like maybe I
should be a part of this insteadof pursuing music. It was like cause
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my mom didn't, like she waslike my mom was like so responsible,
she was like held it down,and like, you know, I saw
like two versions of life, likeright my dad. I would literally come
home and my dad would have likenothing but straight gangster tolos in my garage.
And I thought that was part oflife because I was like, oh,
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this is normal. Yeah, Butlike now that I think back,
I'm like no, I was likewhat I would be like like something could
have pumped up real hard. Ihave nine on one, Like like I
thought that was normal, Like youknow, my dad would do tattoos on
people and like all this stuff.But I was always just like kind of
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like I would dress like a trollo. But like I for sure wasn't like
trying to be a gangster. Iwas like younger, I was like,
yeah, being gangsters cool, andbut as you get older, I was
like, no, man, Idon't think I want to be no gangster.
Watch my back. Yeah yeah,like yeah, well, in a
sense, music was kind of likea little bit of like a way out
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from that lifestyle anyway, because youknow, what tends to happen is that
like when you're young on your board, you don't know what else to do
and you're just hanging out with thehomies, Like Okay, well that's just
what I'm gonna do for like agood remainder of my life. But like
you know, at least based offwhat you're telling us, like it just
kind of seemed like okay, likeI'm surrounded by it. What seems like
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twenty four to seven, I'm workingat a Carl's Junior. Here's a guitar
here. Maybe I'm just kidding.I'm gonna stick with his guitar and just
see what happened in crime or doI want a guitar? So yeah,
So when you like discover like YouTube, and all that, Like what's the
when is it that a click thatfor you guys? Like maybe we should
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just upload us seeing AJ Me andaj were like aj R Fower watching youtubes
and he was like, Yo,man, let's I think we should just
upload videos of us just jamming.And then he uploads some videos and eyeloaded
and like, I don't know,like how, I don't know. When
we saw We're like, oh,we're doing this, this is what we're
doing. But it kind of justlike it kind of just happened to where
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we were just like he was startingto do shows and like and like I
was getting shows in my band likelocal, and he would like bring us
out to his shows because he waslike he was getting like he was like
pretty popping on MySpace. Yeah.Yeah, so like he was getting shows
like and s D and he waslike, yo, come out man,
like it's gonna be dope. Iwas like, oh, yeah, let's
go. And then from there wejust started like meeting you know, everyone
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from this. Yeah. It's itwas such a cool era, man,
like the whole YouTube and MySpace era, because I mean you see what happens
nowadays, right, It's like yougot Instagram, you got TikTok. You
still got YouTube and there's just somuch information where you can or you know,
realistically, as a musician, youhave so many different outlets that you're
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bound to pop off on one ofthem. But back then it was really
just MTV BET But YouTube was thefirst time where like, you know,
you can get access to it likeimmediately, and you know, at least
for me growing up, Like whenI think of like that YouTube era where
there would be like you or evenyou know, our homie like Russell formerly
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known as like Deep Pride, rightlike that era, if you were popping
like during those days, you werelike freaking superheroes. Yeah, it was
crazy, yeah, because like backthen, it was like you had to
have like the big machine right tobe popping or like to even have that
dream like y, yeah, yougot to be famous or you got to
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just be on in TV or somethinglike that. But yeah, I remember
going to American Idol and making makingwhat is it Hollywood Week, like the
Hell Week of the Singers, AndI remember going from we had to get
moved from hotel to another hotel andit was like at the Chinese Man Theater
or something like we had to walkthrough there. I remember we're all walking
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through and like some fans were like, yo, can we take a picture,
and like all the other contents werelike yo, man, like what
are you doing on American Idol?Like you have fans coming up to and
I was like, yeah, fromYouTube, Like they're off from YouTube and
they're like, what's YouTube? Iwould tell him like, yo, you
just upload videos and you sing,you do whatever, like you just upload
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videos and like there's like millions offans on there and they're like what so.
And I remember there's this guy namedlike toddra Hall. Yeah, he
was always asking he was on AmericanI don't mean, he was always asking
like yo, what's YouTube? Whatis this? I was like, he
just upload videos, bro, he'ssinging, and like there's fans like it's
crazy. So he took off withit. He was like all right,
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bad, let me do this.But yeah, it was like it was
it was kind of crazy to seethose two worlds, like like how it
works, yeah, because now YouTubeit's the same way, like you might
go viral on something, but wejust had YouTube, like you said,
and it was like crazy to seehow I was on one thing and it
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was a different world. Than AmericanIdol World. Yeah, I didn't even
know. Do you miss those days? Uh? Yeah, it was fun.
I didn't miss the pressure of it. I guess I'm older now.
Yeah that's trying to beat but no, it's a I I remember looking back,
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and like I always tell him,like, yo, you'll hear this,
and it may sound corner to you, but like it's really the journey,
like like trying like those like gettinggetting denied here or like something not
happening here, But like those,that's the fun part of it. Like
that's the excitement, Like you getlet down, you get lifted up.
Like it's all like emotions that youneed to just take and build your character.
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I'm not gonna lie, Bro.I could see this podcast currently.
You watch the Joekoy Uh did youjust watch the Joke Cooy special? That
just know it's fine. It's anold head fucking comedy show, bro.
And I feel like this podcast isabout to bro. This podcast is about
to become old head really quick.I'm gonna start leaning into this shit.
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So because all I'm saying is manlike back then, like it was that
struggle of like not having the camerason you twenty four to seven and you
had to perform at like random bars, random spots. Like, bro,
I remember seeing like Jeremy Passion inthe most random spots performing when I was
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growing up, And I have oldphotos that I cannot find that I was
trying to show him when I firstmet him, and I'm like, bro,
like it was cool to see youperforming like here, here and here,
And obviously Lemonade was just like oneof those songs that you know just
took over them. Yeah, atleast the Filipino world, right. But
it's crazy because nowadays everything and thisis where the old head shit starts to
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come in. Right now. Nowadaysthere's this whole idea of like instant gratification,
like I gotta get one viral videoand I'm on right, But it's
like no, Like, it's theconsistency and it's the work that you put
in, like the the viral videosthat go on nowadays. Back then,
it was you have to go tothese bars, you gotta go to these
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venues and just start performing and gainlittle pieces of actual audience members, Like
with every single show, is thatsomething that you would kind of like do
you see that same way or that'sexactly how I see it like now,
I'm like before it's like yo,I need my monitors, my ears like
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that. Like before it was likeyo, here's a mic a speaker,
Like I don't know how you're gonnaplug your guitar and figure it out,
but like it's all that. That'sI like, I love that. That's
what made me like appreciate when itdoes get better. Yeah, you know
you appreciated more because you're like,man, you forget like the little bars
I played at the little parties Iplayed, Like you forget all those and
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those what make like what make yourcharacter as a musician or like as a
singer and all that It all mattersin that in that phase of like you
starting out and then you going onAmerican Idol and then realizing all these fans.
Was there ever a random like askof like can you play at my
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daughter's Like what's the most a randomone? Would you say? Man?
There are so many? It wouldjust be like kickback? He like,
can you just play a kickback?Like I'm like, I was like my
boy got booked for a kickback.I was like a right, like you
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what the heck? Like? Butnow like you learn like you be like
hey, take my email down insteadof like yell now like because before I
was I was saying out of thesethings, and I was like it was
fun. You meet you meet likecool people, but it's like you don't
know these settings. You gotta belike yo, give my email here,
my manager like le or safe.You had a kickback just pulling up with
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your guitar like on the ground,like what all the hood and everything?
Crazy? Did your dad ever doone of your tattoos? Because he did
my first tattoo a right here,Oh damn he like he uh, the
east string of the guitar. Heunwinded it and there's like a sharp there's
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like a little metal piece between thosein inside the string. So he unwinded
that, shaved it down, gota train motor, bent the bent the
guitar string and melted it in thetrain motor so it could go like that
and put a big pin and youput the needle through there. So when
you turn it on, it's likehe did my tattoo. That's a while
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and that's a big Mama was tripping. She's like what I mat with you?
Like why are you doing that?Dude? Like I mean, I
can see why the first guitar youpicked up had a broken strap and probably
that was probably the same damn string. That's man, your dad's a boss
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for that. I mean I wouldhave tried dog that's I mean, like
he sings, he plays guitar.That's where I get it from. Yeah.
Yeah, he literally fixed a carlike without anything, Like he's super
talented. Man. I feel likethat's just so like dads are, like
they just have these like these randomthings that they know how to picture.
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Like Okay, I guess it makessense. I wish I was a handyman
like back like you know, oldergenerators. Oh my gosh, I'm like,
can't we just call you know?It's funny because it's like I think
that's like a whole generational thing becauseyou know, even like my parents,
like they be telling me like,man, like you know back then,
like you don't even know what wewere going through. We had to do
this, this, this, AndI'll see like videos of people talking about
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like, yeah, you know,Americans are always just about wanting to like
chase their dreams and passions. Butyou know, really, like what happens
all the hard work and ship thatwe have to put in. I'd be
like that. I feel like there'sthis like thing with Mexican parents, specifically
growing up in LA where they alwaysfeel the need to tell us how far
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they've walked to school. Yeah.Literally, yeah, he's a walk here
while I'm like, oh, Idid it like at this point, Like
it was my dad who would alwaysevery time we passed by like where he
grew up, he'd be like,look, I'd start from there. I'm
my dad. I already know this. Yeah, I've been walking in my
head for the past, like Idon't know how many years. The love
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it. Yeah, I feel likethat's just how Mexican parents. Yeah,
yeah, they always they got totell you about like what their struggles or
else like like I don't know whythey need to, but I get it,
Yeah, because I can tell himto him. I don't even know,
you know, man, Like Ididn't even have like none of the
stuff. He has a studio youcan get to, like all the record
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himself, have none of that.He got all the video cameras he needs
like whatever. He's and his mom'sa musician too, so he got it
from both of us. He's chilling. He's like yeah, like I am.
Yeah, when it comes to likenow being a parent and being a
dad and you kind of growing upwith social media, is there that fear
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of letting your kid on social media? Still No, not really, I
mean because like I'm pretty like openwith him, like whatever, like uh,
the struggles of social media like whatever, you know, I put it
over. I'm like, yo,man, like, don't hide nothing,
and you won't even like gott tohide nothing. Just be yourself because I
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feel like people like who they trulyare, and then like when it comes
to light, they're like, ohmy god, everything's Like I'm like,
bro, just keep it real andlike you won't need you don't need your
social media, Like you don't needall that. And I keep it real
with him, like whenever I talkedto him about anything, I'm just like,
yeah, bro, don't get caughtup in the views or or being
viral. Just like only better yourself, like whether it's musician and life.
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Yeah, because life's gonna come atyou no matter who you are, whether
you're in the hood or not,life will come at you. So if
you just real it yourself and havethat work ethic really straight, yeah,
you know it's crazy because it's likeI'll be posting content like whether it be
DJ content, you know, podcastcontent. I have like a whole bunch
of like guitar content, just chillingin my phone right now, right,
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nobody knows about this shit except forher, well not for you now you
know this shit, right. Butyou know, I think once you let
go of like the standard of socialmedia of like I'm supposed to go viral,
I'm supposed to get like a lotof views, a lot of comments,
whatever, like, it becomes alot easier. And you know,
at least for me, Instagram andTikTok become a little bit more of like
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a diary for myself, you know, because like I'll listen to old mixes,
for example, that I've put onYouTube, and I'm just like,
god, I thought that was goodat that time. That's insane, bro.
And then I'll listen to what Ihave now and I can look at
everything and be like wow, likeI drastically improved at that time from this
time. And I'm sure you getthe same thing, because you got videos
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that are like ten twelve years old. Bro, thoseirls are like, oh
I sound horrible, you know,Like, but like you look back and
you're like, Okay, cool,like I made progress. Like yeah,
when you don't think about any ofthat, it's it's easier, you know,
to just upload and uh just becomfortable yourself because I think social media
makes everyone like no, no,no, you you you gotta be balling,
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You gotta look rich. Yeah,you gotta look popping. It's like,
no, man, you gotta bea good person. You gotta work
on yourself. You gotta be better. You gotta take care of your fan,
like you know what I'm saying,Like that's what matters like that that
will that all come when you're workinghard, like and then you gotta worry
about that. Yeah yeah yeah.Better stuff is like when you work on
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your skin, when you work onyour own personal life, being better all,
that's all that's I gotta ask becauseyou said both you and your wife
are musicians his mother his mother Okay, okay, okay, cool, cool,
cool okay okay okay, And areboth of you like full time musicians?
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Uh? Yeah, wow, Ilove. First of all, that's
an applause, you don't hear youhear it? But like how you've been
doing music forever, right, we'lljust say forever, ye right? Like
what are the what are the strugglesof like being a full time musician,
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raising a family, trying to navigatethrough life and all that, because to
me, that is a dream.That is I mean, I'm doing it
right. You know, I'm afull time DJ, producer, everything,
and it is freaking hard. Bro. I want to know, like your
thoughts on all of that. Man, I don't know, Matt, I
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kind of you kind of sometimes justhave to go with the flow. But
like obviously you know, you gotta. I'm like seeing how I'm like,
yo, let me, I gottatalk to some about this. I got
to talk to them about that.But me and his mom, like co
parent, we get along really good. Yeah, So like that's a plus
because I hear, like, youknow, people the parents that aren't some
that don't say together, don't getalong, and the kids, like you
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know what I'm saying, Like,I'm just blessed that I don't have to
go through that. So I reallyjust look at how blessed I am and
that helps me kind of continue tojust keep doing what I'm doing. The
stresses is like that's normal, Likethat's gonna come. Yes, it sucks
at times, and now you're like, yo, man, it's hard,
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but when you really look at howblessed you are, like where you come
from, it gets better. Man. It's like it gives you like a
peace of mind. Yeah, itreally does, man, because I mean,
like all musicians, like even youknow, there's like really good months,
Like you'll have a month where you'rejust like, oh yeah, like
like summertime is great, you knowwhat I mean. That's when the that's
when the weddings are happening. Soit's like you're perforting all the bookings and
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everything right, and then once youcreep into like November, December all the
way through like February, you're justgoing to get a job, he says,
considering the nine of Oh bro,I consider that at least like once
a year. And I'm just like, am I doing everything that I'm supposed
to be doing? Like you are? Man, As long as as long
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as you know this, it's thesame, like what we're in, it's
the same, Like it's what welove. It's it's uh, it gives
us our passion, it gives usour what's that word drive? A drive
and like, uh, motivation.I'm throwing in just all random words that
purpose, purpose, purpose, youknow what I'm saying, like, yeah,
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it gives you your purpose. Soit's like yeah, if it's all
just feel good, like it's tooeasy, you want to appreciate it.
Yeah, yeah, what would yousay is your purpose? Then? Oh
man? My purpose is like music'sfun to me right now, and I
do it like before I would belike, yo, I gotta get popping
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like that, that's normal to thinklike that. Right now. My purpose
is like yo, he he's sogood at music. My son's so good
at music, Like let me justteach him what I know and just hope
that he's better, he becomes better. Like I didn't know the music business.
I didn't care too. I waslike I just do the music and
like you know what I'm saying,like, no, you gotta know the
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music business. You gotta know,like you gotta know person, you just
got to you gotta be fair,like you can't like going this not knowing,
because then it's just not good foranyone. So I'm like trying to
teach him, like like my purposeI think is to teach him, like
yo, like this is where Imade mistakes, and this is where I'm
not afraid to tell you where Imade mistakes so I'm like open him and
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like making sure he knows just asmuch as he studies the guitar and singing
or whatever, to study the businessas well, just to know it,
you know, and study music.Because he's naturally talent. He could just
he don't even need notes or anything. He'd learned on his own, like
how I learned. But I waslike, man, let me just tell
you it's just good to know alittle bit music theory just in case you
do jam with somebody who's like outof the insanely talented, you'll know you
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know a little more. Let melet me hear it again. But I'm
just telling him, like, yeah, I'm just I think my purpose is
to, you know, show himthe better things of what I wish I
knew, and yeah, all that, but I'm not afraid of town where
I made mistakes, where I messedup or all that. It's just keeping
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real with him so he can keepit real with his music and keep it
real with when he has fans.And you know, saying that, well,
what what were like, you know, some of those mistakes that you
really had from man? I wasyou know, like work hard, play
hard. Yeah, man, workhard and play a little bit, like
real, you're gonna get burnt out, bro, Like like it's like celebrating
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is amazing, Like going out's fun. But like just remember, like,
yo, you love working, Like, don't like get caught up in all
that because it's easy. It's soeasy to get caught up in it.
And I got caught up in alittle bit, you know what I'm saying.
And you know, I was like, I'm not afraid to tell him
that I got caught up in it. It's just what it is. Yeah,
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I mean you know, last yearI was touring a lot. I
was traveling like Philippines, Canada,like Texas, everywhere, bro, And
like I immediately learned from the topof the year when I started touring,
I was like, man, Icannot be traveling and drinking every night.
Bro, this is not fun.Man, I get tired now thinking about
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it. Yeah, I didn't evenknow how I did it back then,
Like yeah, we tore Australia againlit next flight like over like when I
was younger. So that's why.Yeah, is there like a moment or
like a video rather on YouTube outthere that you're you look at it and
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you're like I was really cringe,Like I don't know, I don't know.
I can't remember. I was beena pretty cool dude, like those
are those are unlisted on YouTube?Now anything he thought was cringe it's not
even on YouTube. Good. Idon't know. I don't know. Maybe
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there's a video. I don't know. I can't It's usually just me performing.
It's not really like a lot oflike interviews. Yeah, there was
a song of yours. You know. It was about basically constantly being in
like airports and terminals, right right, Yeah, I love that. I
love that song and I was listeningto it so much last year because of
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the situation of like traveling a lot, and I'm like, man, I
relate to this guy so much evenmore right now, you know, And
even that song was like what twentythirteen, Yeah, it was a while
ago, right, I think so. So, Like my question to you
is, bro, like now,like you know, you're you have a
son, Like you know, you'renot traveling as much anymore, like not
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touring as much anymore? Does thatlike ever get into your head because like
you know, you're a lot morestationary, You're not like airplanes and terminals
like every week or like you know, in Australia getting land like touring every
day, like you know, Imean, I'm pretty chill now. Like
I remember I booked a show inSingapore and I was like, man,
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I haven't flown across country in awhile. Let's see how this goes.
But it wasn't bad, man.It was like like like like riding a
bike, you know what I'm saying, when you know how to ride a
bike getting back on the bike again, It's like it was cool, man,
it was fun. Yeah, I'venever lit like I used to know.
You're like, I'll be in bedright after the show. I got
to catch flying in the morning andI'm trying to be busted all tired,
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like, n how was the crowdin Singapore? Oh? Man? They
always show love, Like every timeI went out there, It's amazing.
Bro, it's crazy. It's it'snuts. Yeah, I want to visit
Singapore like so bad. Oh it'snice, Jakara all that, like they
show love. It's hot as heck. But it's what is that the most
like memorable place you've been to AustraliaCanada, Like I think it was Vancouver,
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Vos. Yeah, I think itcame at a perfect time. Where
it was just like I guess Idon't know if it's getting over winter or
beginning winter. Like the sun wasout there was cool, it was like
perfect, and I was like,yo, this is crazy amazing and Australia
is just every every part of Australiais just fire. It's beautiful. I
haven't been, you know, it'sa trip talking to my Australian homies because
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they're like, yeah, you know, we got to take a flight over
to the other side of the country. I'm like, bro, how big
is Australia. They're like, bro, like Australia is as big as the
US. I'm like, it suredoesn't look like that on the freaking map.
That's just nuts. It's big outthere, bro, but it's still
you gotta go out there. Man. You ever try kangaroo yes on a
pizza? When I was out thereon a kangaroo pizza, Bro, Bro,
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it looked like, uh, sausage. It's the textures a little weird,
like I wouldn't prefer it. Butyeah, I was like, I
don't want to try kangaroo like that. Australia, man, it's so it's
like gainy and whatnot. Ship SoAndrew like anything in the works, like
because you know, I see likeAJ is still like touring during his thing,
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Like do you have anything in theworks in regards of like a tour
or anything. No. Right now, I'm just like I'm like doing music,
like I'm like working on I'll bewriting a little bit, yeah,
and then I'll be like showing himstuff and like teaching him like like yo,
like you gotta you gotta start writingoriginals. Man, you got cause
he has originals and they're like reallygood. Hell yeah yeah. So I'm
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like so I kind of right hereand there and then more, folks,
I'm like getting him like where heneeds to be and like yeah, you
know, for you like you know, obviously, like during that time,
like being a cover artist was likethe thing, and it was so easy
to like you know, well Iwouldn't say easy, but you know,
like to move around and get yourname out. That was like the best
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way to do it. But it'sI feel like it's always been a double
ledged sword because like, yeah,you can become a really dope cover artist,
but you could also get stuck justdoing cover you know, cover art.
I think I feared that a littlebit in the beginning. But then
once I started like seeing a lotof people knowing that my originals, yeah,
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I was like, Okay, it'snot like I thought I was gonna
be just like oh, he justdiscovers like so like they, I started
getting loved for my originals. Sothat's what kind of made me like,
oh, I'm not tripping, It'sall good. Yeah. Yeah. And
when you were talking about, youknow, teaching your son more than you
learned yourself, like you were talkingabout like, oh, because you didn't
know music theory, you were justkind of like play that again. How
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was it in studio sessions where itwas kind of like where you had those
moments. Did you feel like maybeI should have taken like some sort of
school or anything like that, Likenot at the time, because at the
time I was like, you know, you're in that like yo, I
got fans like you know, youhave that little ego. So I was
like I was always like down tolearn, though, like whoever I was
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collabing with like oh nope, thisis cool, Oh okay, this is
cool. Like so I was alwaysopen to like learning stuff, but I
was like confident in all right,I don't know as much as them but
this is how you learn. Youcollab with people better than you. You
that's how you learn. So that'swhat that's uh, that's how I approach
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it to, like, oh,I know they're way more better than me,
so I'm gonna learn something from them. And it's also a lot of
like trial and error too. Yeah, you gotta you gotta fail to know
where you're at in your in yourtalents or whatever you do. Yeah,
in the best way possible. Ilove being the least informed or the dumbest
person in the road. Yeah,because then you get informed, you learn
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something new. Yeah, man,what would you what would you say is
like your biggest piece of advice forsomebody who is you know, just trying
to be a musician, especially someonewho is young. Ah, man,
like just to focus on focus onyour musicianship, I say, like your
your talent or your skills to justsaying don't worry about don't worry about going
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viral, don't worry about getting views, worry about just getting better and and
owning your craft and yeah it'll comeyou just don't give up. Yeah hell
yeah, why Andrew Garcia, everybodyI'm talking about Mexic Pino podcast let's go.
I gotta say I think I thinkwe need like a remade video of
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your cover with AJ and Tory Kelly. We need you know what I mean,
we need a remake of that becausethe ten year anniversary or something just
passed like not too long ago.See, I don't knowing all that.
You're like, I gotta go backand just like that, you know more
than me. You're like, Igotta go back and I gotta look that
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up. I gotta look at thedate. I'm down, man. Yeah,
like that was. That was afun cover. That was crazy.
That was when like, yeah,that was when we were just like yo,
door Kelly is crazy. Yeah tocrazy. It was dope. Man,
it was fun. Oh a couplemore questions. Actually, So when
it comes to when it comes tolike eras of music, right, I'm
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assuming you were born in like theeighties, orty five? Okay, perfect,
perfect question thirty eight, So Andrew, I'm thirty one. I love
my thirties. Let me say it, So Andrew, if you were to
take out one era of music eighties, nineties or two thousands music, Oh
that's hard. Yeah, which eraof music would you just completely kill off?
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Dang, it's a hard question.I'll hear eighties songs and I'm like,
Yo, that's amazing the feel Iget from it. But then nineties
it's like hello nineties, Like that'sthat's what we turn up to. We
turned two thousand. I don't know, man, that's a hard question.
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You know, we always save thebest question for last so far, wait
two thousands, Like what neo twothousands like from the year two thousand to
like twenty ten? Damn, He'slike fucking made it even harder. The
nineties eighties got THEMN love ballads.I don't know, man, that's I
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think we said we would cut offthe nineties. I'm not gonna lie I
would personally cut off the ninetiesies.I would personally, I mean, and
I say that because, like Iwas born in ninety three, so it's
not like you couldn't really you knowwhat I mean. I wasn't like coming
out the womb like talking about Tupac, you know what I'm saying. And
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then my parents they love the eightiesmusic, and what I grew up with
was two thousand. So that's whyfor me I cut off the nineties.
That helps me, like with thedecision, because yeah, nineties. You're
young. I was young. Ididn't really hear music like that. Yeah,
I just knew like like Tupac,like my dad be bumming too.
I love, I love like Ihear those let me see sounds like you're
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cutting off the nineties, bro.But now I listen to the nineties so
much. I would I would sayeighties because I was like a bait.
I was like in the middle.Yeah, I was born in the middle
of ees, like eighty five,so I would say eighties. There we
go, Okay, okay, whyya canceled? My name is Nico Liz,
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I'm Garcia, and we are outeverybody. Mexicano Podcast
Cut Mouston. Kyoo everyone yo yo, Andrew Garcia in the building, Might
I just say to you, droveabout what two hours away, like an
hour, like hour fifteen. Yeah, it was bad, it was It's
not bad. The mornings is notthat bad. Yeah, now you're pushing
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it. Oh my god. Iremember coming back from like yeah, going
from here to Riverside was like threehours around, like two or three.
Oh my, three hours. Yeah, traffic's crazy. Oh no, that's
nuts, man. I'm see.I'm from the Bay Area, so doing
that five hour drive to the Bayit's like it's a pain. It's a
(00:44):
pain. So anything anything less thanfive, I'm like good to go.
Like we're going to Marongo this upcomingweekend, and bro, it's I mean,
I'm hoping it's just gonna be anhour and a half. We'll see,
we'll see. But thanks for stoppingby the podcast. Ego literally has
been up all morning and just scrollingthrough Instagram. I'm like, you're pretty
much talking to him at this point. That's like literally crazy. I mean
(01:07):
that's what I do, especially whenwe got some guessing, you know.
But yeah, but I am familiarwith you, you know, so for
people who aren't Andrew Garcia, likemajor when like YouTube like first started out,
you know, like when you thinkof Andrew Garcia, rather when I
think of Andrew Garcia, right,I think of like Andrew aj, Raphael
(01:29):
jer Chino, Melissa Paula and areall of them, because bro, like
you were, you're basically Filipino,you know what I mean. Show Yeah,
I got mad love for Philipinos.Many they showed love my son's half.
So it's like it's amazing, man. They like the foods fire,
yeah, yeah, so it's Ilove it. That's it. Oh so
(01:51):
a Mexicpino baby, I love thatcool. Oh my gosh, this is
the first like Mexicano guess that we'veactual second, yes, yes, second,
but oh my god, that's awesome. Like so it was it like
kind of similar were in your experienceis like kind of meshing your families together.
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Yeah, they're like yeah that,like, h family is a big
thing in both our cultures. Soit's like it wasn't a hard transition.
It was just like, oh dope, they love family parties. Yeah,
Like the food, the love isjust amazing. It's all the same at
the end of the day, youknow, and I'm sure, like even
growing up, because I remember whenI first saw like your videos on YouTube.
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I was like, man, likecool, like more Filipinos are just
killing it on YouTube, but likeyou must have got that so much like
growing up and especially now, Imean maybe still right, yes, yes,
still Like I remember doing interviews anduh they were like, yo,
so what's it like being Filipino andlike on the rise and like blah blah.
I was like, yeah, no, shout out to Filipinos, but
I'm Mexican. And right after hegoes, man, so being Filipino on
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this journey crazy. But like Iguess in those instances like what like when
people ask you like oh like andthey try and make like see if you
actually are Like what's the what pointYou're like bro, like, man,
I'm just Mexican, Like we're thesame kind of I thing. But yeah
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they're like you're not Filipino. Man, Like what they like go crazy?
Are you? Is your parents likefrom here or from like were they born
in Mexico? My parents are fromLike yeah, okay, all right,
so your second generation actually yeah myparents well yeah, my grandpa's from like
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Denver. My grandma's always been inl A Oh wow, So Dan,
would you happen to know like theI guess like your family background and like
how your your You said your dadmigrated to Denver, grandma, your grandpa,
your grandpa he was born in Denver. Yeah, and then I don't
know how. I really don't knowhow I came here. I should ask,
but I don't. I don't know, but like, yeah, most
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of my family just like La California, it's just Denver is such a random
Yeah, I think that's what thatwas like kind of like the wait what
like because we just like assume we'reeither gonna come here to California or Texas
and that's pretty much it. Butthen we hear like, oh, we
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came from Denver, Like wait,hold on, so none it was from
Mexico. What's happening? And thenyour grandmother's from La Yeah, like that's
sick man born and raised and everything. Well, shoot, man, like
I mean for you, like,how did you get into like the whole
like music scene. So my dadwas like he would uh, so my
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mom and dad are like from thesame gang in Compton. Mom. My
mom kind of was like I gotbabies now I can't be but my dad's
kind of like always been in thatlife still, so he would kind of
be like in and out like hebe in jail or like you know,
just like out in l a fora while. So I was I remember
(05:16):
uh graduating and being like, man, I don't want to do school,
like I suck at school, LikeI'm pretty sure everyone feels that. So
I was like, you know,I'm just gonna get a job and then
I'll figure out what I'm gonna do. So I got a job, and
my first job was like at CarlsJunior. It was like the worst,
like I was just like I didn'tlike it, and so I had a
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lot of time because it was parttime. So my dad left like a
broken guitar in my garage. SoI was like, man, let me
just fiddle with this thing, likeI ain't got nothing else to do.
So I just fiddle with it,and I found myself like thinking about it
while I'm at work, like Ikin't want to play more guitar, like
this is like I miss it.So I started playing more and more and
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started loving it more. And thenI started jamming with homies that played guitar,
and then someone were like, yo, you should join my band,
So I started. I was ina band for like four years, writing
like originals for like some rock bandsand stuff. What was the name of
the band, Avid ov I day, It's OVID, but we said avid
as like okay, okay, socool it was. It was a stylistic
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thing. Yeah, yeah, sowe were like, yeah, we were
like deep lyrics and like all thatstuff. Yeah, but that's kind of
like how I got into it.And I started like my drummer knew AJ.
Yeah, they went to high schooltogether, so he was like,
yo, like my homie plays musictoo, we all should hang out.
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So like of course we hit off. So we started jamming more and like
I started becoming close with AJ.We started doing more music. AJ was
like he was like crazy, likehe's been dope at music since he was
young. I feel like that fooljust came out the wombs singing ya know
what I mean, some keys orwhatever. He's just he's always been dope
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and like, uh he he hada choir which like taught me like how
to like harmonize more and like allthis stuff. And yeah, we just
started like like I think we discoveredYouTube together. We were looking at YouTube
and we were like yo, whatthe heck, Like, yeah, it's
dope, Like yeah, and thenhe started doing YouTube. I started doing
YouTube, and like that's kind oflike how I like fell in love with
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like music and like collabing and justjamming with other musicians and all that.
Yeah, so I guess And yougoing kind of like on your background of
like growing up and how your parentswere part of like gangs and that like
that was that ever kind of likewith you? Were you like maybe I
should be a part of this insteadof pursuing music. It was like cause
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my mom didn't, like she waslike my mom was like so responsible,
she was like held it down,and like, you know, I saw
like two versions of life, likeright my dad. I would literally come
home and my dad would have likenothing but straight gangster tolos in my garage.
And I thought that was part oflife because I was like, oh,
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this is normal. Yeah, Butlike now that I think back,
I'm like no, I was likewhat I would be like like something could
have pumped up real hard. Ihave nine on one, Like like I
thought that was normal, Like youknow, my dad would do tattoos on
people and like all this stuff.But I was always just like kind of
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like I would dress like a trollo. But like I for sure wasn't like
trying to be a gangster. Iwas like younger, I was like,
yeah, being gangsters cool, andbut as you get older, I was
like, no, man, Idon't think I want to be no gangster.
Watch my back. Yeah yeah,like yeah, well, in a
sense, music was kind of likea little bit of like a way out
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from that lifestyle anyway, because youknow, what tends to happen is that
like when you're young on your board, you don't know what else to do
and you're just hanging out with thehomies, Like Okay, well that's just
what I'm gonna do for like agood remainder of my life. But like
you know, at least based offwhat you're telling us, like it just
kind of seemed like okay, likeI'm surrounded by it. What seems like
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twenty four to seven, I'm workingat a Carl's Junior. Here's a guitar
here. Maybe I'm just kidding.I'm gonna stick with his guitar and just
see what happened in crime or doI want a guitar? So yeah,
So when you like discover like YouTube, and all that, Like what's the
when is it that a click thatfor you guys? Like maybe we should
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just upload us seeing AJ Me andaj were like aj R Fower watching youtubes
and he was like, Yo,man, let's I think we should just
upload videos of us just jamming.And then he uploads some videos and eyeloaded
and like, I don't know,like how, I don't know. When
we saw We're like, oh,we're doing this, this is what we're
doing. But it kind of justlike it kind of just happened to where
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we were just like he was startingto do shows and like and like I
was getting shows in my band likelocal, and he would like bring us
out to his shows because he waslike he was getting like he was like
pretty popping on MySpace. Yeah.Yeah, so like he was getting shows
like and s D and he waslike, yo, come out man,
like it's gonna be dope. Iwas like, oh, yeah, let's
go. And then from there wejust started like meeting you know, everyone
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from this. Yeah. It's itwas such a cool era, man,
like the whole YouTube and MySpace era, because I mean you see what happens
nowadays, right, It's like yougot Instagram, you got TikTok. You
still got YouTube and there's just somuch information where you can or you know,
realistically, as a musician, youhave so many different outlets that you're
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bound to pop off on one ofthem. But back then it was really
just MTV BET But YouTube was thefirst time where like, you know,
you can get access to it likeimmediately, and you know, at least
for me growing up, Like whenI think of like that YouTube era where
there would be like you or evenyou know, our homie like Russell formerly
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known as like Deep Pride, rightlike that era, if you were popping
like during those days, you werelike freaking superheroes. Yeah, it was
crazy, yeah, because like backthen, it was like you had to
have like the big machine right tobe popping or like to even have that
dream like y, yeah, yougot to be famous or you got to
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just be on in TV or somethinglike that. But yeah, I remember
going to American Idol and making makingwhat is it Hollywood Week, like the
Hell Week of the Singers, AndI remember going from we had to get
moved from hotel to another hotel andit was like at the Chinese Man Theater
or something like we had to walkthrough there. I remember we're all walking
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through and like some fans were like, yo, can we take a picture,
and like all the other contents werelike yo, man, like what
are you doing on American Idol?Like you have fans coming up to and
I was like, yeah, fromYouTube, Like they're off from YouTube and
they're like, what's YouTube? Iwould tell him like, yo, you
just upload videos and you sing,you do whatever, like you just upload
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videos and like there's like millions offans on there and they're like what so.
And I remember there's this guy namedlike toddra Hall. Yeah, he
was always asking he was on AmericanI don't mean, he was always asking
like yo, what's YouTube? Whatis this? I was like, he
just upload videos, bro, he'ssinging, and like there's fans like it's
crazy. So he took off withit. He was like all right,
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bad, let me do this.But yeah, it was like it was
it was kind of crazy to seethose two worlds, like like how it
works, yeah, because now YouTubeit's the same way, like you might
go viral on something, but wejust had YouTube, like you said,
and it was like crazy to seehow I was on one thing and it
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was a different world. Than AmericanIdol World. Yeah, I didn't even
know. Do you miss those days? Uh? Yeah, it was fun.
I didn't miss the pressure of it. I guess I'm older now.
Yeah that's trying to beat but no, it's a I I remember looking back,
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and like I always tell him,like, yo, you'll hear this,
and it may sound corner to you, but like it's really the journey,
like like trying like those like gettinggetting denied here or like something not
happening here, But like those,that's the fun part of it. Like
that's the excitement, Like you getlet down, you get lifted up.
Like it's all like emotions that youneed to just take and build your character.
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I'm not gonna lie, Bro.I could see this podcast currently.
You watch the Joekoy Uh did youjust watch the Joke Cooy special? That
just know it's fine. It's anold head fucking comedy show, bro.
And I feel like this podcast isabout to bro. This podcast is about
to become old head really quick.I'm gonna start leaning into this shit.
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So because all I'm saying is manlike back then, like it was that
struggle of like not having the camerason you twenty four to seven and you
had to perform at like random bars, random spots. Like, bro,
I remember seeing like Jeremy Passion inthe most random spots performing when I was
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growing up, And I have oldphotos that I cannot find that I was
trying to show him when I firstmet him, and I'm like, bro,
like it was cool to see youperforming like here, here and here,
And obviously Lemonade was just like oneof those songs that you know just
took over them. Yeah, atleast the Filipino world, right. But
it's crazy because nowadays everything and thisis where the old head shit starts to
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come in. Right now. Nowadaysthere's this whole idea of like instant gratification,
like I gotta get one viral videoand I'm on right, But it's
like no, Like, it's theconsistency and it's the work that you put
in, like the the viral videosthat go on nowadays. Back then,
it was you have to go tothese bars, you gotta go to these
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venues and just start performing and gainlittle pieces of actual audience members, Like
with every single show, is thatsomething that you would kind of like do
you see that same way or that'sexactly how I see it like now,
I'm like before it's like yo,I need my monitors, my ears like
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that. Like before it was likeyo, here's a mic a speaker,
Like I don't know how you're gonnaplug your guitar and figure it out,
but like it's all that. That'sI like, I love that. That's
what made me like appreciate when itdoes get better. Yeah, you know
you appreciated more because you're like,man, you forget like the little bars
I played at the little parties Iplayed, Like you forget all those and
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those what make like what make yourcharacter as a musician or like as a
singer and all that It all mattersin that in that phase of like you
starting out and then you going onAmerican Idol and then realizing all these fans.
Was there ever a random like askof like can you play at my
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daughter's Like what's the most a randomone? Would you say? Man?
There are so many? It wouldjust be like kickback? He like,
can you just play a kickback?Like I'm like, I was like my
boy got booked for a kickback.I was like a right, like you
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what the heck? Like? Butnow like you learn like you be like
hey, take my email down insteadof like yell now like because before I
was I was saying out of thesethings, and I was like it was
fun. You meet you meet likecool people, but it's like you don't
know these settings. You gotta belike yo, give my email here,
my manager like le or safe.You had a kickback just pulling up with
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your guitar like on the ground,like what all the hood and everything?
Crazy? Did your dad ever doone of your tattoos? Because he did
my first tattoo a right here,Oh damn he like he uh, the
east string of the guitar. Heunwinded it and there's like a sharp there's
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like a little metal piece between thosein inside the string. So he unwinded
that, shaved it down, gota train motor, bent the bent the
guitar string and melted it in thetrain motor so it could go like that
and put a big pin and youput the needle through there. So when
you turn it on, it's likehe did my tattoo. That's a while
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and that's a big Mama was tripping. She's like what I mat with you?
Like why are you doing that?Dude? Like I mean, I
can see why the first guitar youpicked up had a broken strap and probably
that was probably the same damn string. That's man, your dad's a boss
(18:08):
for that. I mean I wouldhave tried dog that's I mean, like
he sings, he plays guitar.That's where I get it from. Yeah.
Yeah, he literally fixed a carlike without anything, Like he's super
talented. Man. I feel likethat's just so like dads are, like
they just have these like these randomthings that they know how to picture.
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Like Okay, I guess it makessense. I wish I was a handyman
like back like you know, oldergenerators. Oh my gosh, I'm like,
can't we just call you know?It's funny because it's like I think
that's like a whole generational thing becauseyou know, even like my parents,
like they be telling me like,man, like you know back then,
like you don't even know what wewere going through. We had to do
this, this, this, AndI'll see like videos of people talking about
(18:52):
like, yeah, you know,Americans are always just about wanting to like
chase their dreams and passions. Butyou know, really, like what happens
all the hard work and ship thatwe have to put in. I'd be
like that. I feel like there'sthis like thing with Mexican parents, specifically
growing up in LA where they alwaysfeel the need to tell us how far
(19:15):
they've walked to school. Yeah.Literally, yeah, he's a walk here
while I'm like, oh, Idid it like at this point, Like
it was my dad who would alwaysevery time we passed by like where he
grew up, he'd be like,look, I'd start from there. I'm
my dad. I already know this. Yeah, I've been walking in my
head for the past, like Idon't know how many years. The love
(19:38):
it. Yeah, I feel likethat's just how Mexican parents. Yeah,
yeah, they always they got totell you about like what their struggles or
else like like I don't know whythey need to, but I get it,
Yeah, because I can tell himto him. I don't even know,
you know, man, Like Ididn't even have like none of the
stuff. He has a studio youcan get to, like all the record
(19:59):
himself, have none of that.He got all the video cameras he needs
like whatever. He's and his mom'sa musician too, so he got it
from both of us. He's chilling. He's like yeah, like I am.
Yeah, when it comes to likenow being a parent and being a
dad and you kind of growing upwith social media, is there that fear
(20:22):
of letting your kid on social media? Still No, not really, I
mean because like I'm pretty like openwith him, like whatever, like uh,
the struggles of social media like whatever, you know, I put it
over. I'm like, yo,man, like, don't hide nothing,
and you won't even like gott tohide nothing. Just be yourself because I
(20:45):
feel like people like who they trulyare, and then like when it comes
to light, they're like, ohmy god, everything's Like I'm like,
bro, just keep it real andlike you won't need you don't need your
social media, Like you don't needall that. And I keep it real
with him, like whenever I talkedto him about anything, I'm just like,
yeah, bro, don't get caughtup in the views or or being
viral. Just like only better yourself, like whether it's musician and life.
(21:10):
Yeah, because life's gonna come atyou no matter who you are, whether
you're in the hood or not,life will come at you. So if
you just real it yourself and havethat work ethic really straight, yeah,
you know it's crazy because it's likeI'll be posting content like whether it be
DJ content, you know, podcastcontent. I have like a whole bunch
of like guitar content, just chillingin my phone right now, right,
(21:32):
nobody knows about this shit except forher, well not for you now you
know this shit, right. Butyou know, I think once you let
go of like the standard of socialmedia of like I'm supposed to go viral,
I'm supposed to get like a lotof views, a lot of comments,
whatever, like, it becomes alot easier. And you know,
at least for me, Instagram andTikTok become a little bit more of like
(21:53):
a diary for myself, you know, because like I'll listen to old mixes,
for example, that I've put onYouTube, and I'm just like,
god, I thought that was goodat that time. That's insane, bro.
And then I'll listen to what Ihave now and I can look at
everything and be like wow, likeI drastically improved at that time from this
time. And I'm sure you getthe same thing, because you got videos
(22:15):
that are like ten twelve years old. Bro, thoseirls are like, oh
I sound horrible, you know,Like, but like you look back and
you're like, Okay, cool,like I made progress. Like yeah,
when you don't think about any ofthat, it's it's easier, you know,
to just upload and uh just becomfortable yourself because I think social media
makes everyone like no, no,no, you you you gotta be balling,
(22:38):
You gotta look rich. Yeah,you gotta look popping. It's like,
no, man, you gotta bea good person. You gotta work
on yourself. You gotta be better. You gotta take care of your fan,
like you know what I'm saying,Like that's what matters like that that
will that all come when you're workinghard, like and then you gotta worry
about that. Yeah yeah yeah.Better stuff is like when you work on
(22:59):
your skin, when you work onyour own personal life, being better all,
that's all that's I gotta ask becauseyou said both you and your wife
are musicians his mother his mother Okay, okay, okay, cool, cool,
cool okay okay okay, And areboth of you like full time musicians?
(23:21):
Uh? Yeah, wow, Ilove. First of all, that's
an applause, you don't hear youhear it? But like how you've been
doing music forever, right, we'lljust say forever, ye right? Like
what are the what are the strugglesof like being a full time musician,
(23:44):
raising a family, trying to navigatethrough life and all that, because to
me, that is a dream.That is I mean, I'm doing it
right. You know, I'm afull time DJ, producer, everything,
and it is freaking hard. Bro. I want to know, like your
thoughts on all of that. Man, I don't know, Matt, I
(24:06):
kind of you kind of sometimes justhave to go with the flow. But
like obviously you know, you gotta. I'm like seeing how I'm like,
yo, let me, I gottatalk to some about this. I got
to talk to them about that.But me and his mom, like co
parent, we get along really good. Yeah, So like that's a plus
because I hear, like, youknow, people the parents that aren't some
that don't say together, don't getalong, and the kids, like you
(24:29):
know what I'm saying, Like,I'm just blessed that I don't have to
go through that. So I reallyjust look at how blessed I am and
that helps me kind of continue tojust keep doing what I'm doing. The
stresses is like that's normal, Likethat's gonna come. Yes, it sucks
at times, and now you're like, yo, man, it's hard,
(24:52):
but when you really look at howblessed you are, like where you come
from, it gets better. Man. It's like it gives you like a
peace of mind. Yeah, itreally does, man, because I mean,
like all musicians, like even youknow, there's like really good months,
Like you'll have a month where you'rejust like, oh yeah, like
like summertime is great, you knowwhat I mean. That's when the that's
when the weddings are happening. Soit's like you're perforting all the bookings and
(25:15):
everything right, and then once youcreep into like November, December all the
way through like February, you're justgoing to get a job, he says,
considering the nine of Oh bro,I consider that at least like once
a year. And I'm just like, am I doing everything that I'm supposed
to be doing? Like you are? Man, As long as as long
(25:37):
as you know this, it's thesame, like what we're in, it's
the same, Like it's what welove. It's it's uh, it gives
us our passion, it gives usour what's that word drive? A drive
and like, uh, motivation.I'm throwing in just all random words that
purpose, purpose, purpose, youknow what I'm saying, like, yeah,
(26:04):
it gives you your purpose. Soit's like yeah, if it's all
just feel good, like it's tooeasy, you want to appreciate it.
Yeah, yeah, what would yousay is your purpose? Then? Oh
man? My purpose is like music'sfun to me right now, and I
do it like before I would belike, yo, I gotta get popping
(26:25):
like that, that's normal to thinklike that. Right now. My purpose
is like yo, he he's sogood at music. My son's so good
at music, Like let me justteach him what I know and just hope
that he's better, he becomes better. Like I didn't know the music business.
I didn't care too. I waslike I just do the music and
like you know what I'm saying,like, no, you gotta know the
(26:48):
music business. You gotta know,like you gotta know person, you just
got to you gotta be fair,like you can't like going this not knowing,
because then it's just not good foranyone. So I'm like trying to
teach him, like like my purposeI think is to teach him, like
yo, like this is where Imade mistakes, and this is where I'm
not afraid to tell you where Imade mistakes so I'm like open him and
(27:10):
like making sure he knows just asmuch as he studies the guitar and singing
or whatever, to study the businessas well, just to know it,
you know, and study music.Because he's naturally talent. He could just
he don't even need notes or anything. He'd learned on his own, like
how I learned. But I waslike, man, let me just tell
you it's just good to know alittle bit music theory just in case you
do jam with somebody who's like outof the insanely talented, you'll know you
(27:36):
know a little more. Let melet me hear it again. But I'm
just telling him, like, yeah, I'm just I think my purpose is
to, you know, show himthe better things of what I wish I
knew, and yeah, all that, but I'm not afraid of town where
I made mistakes, where I messedup or all that. It's just keeping
(27:59):
real with him so he can keepit real with his music and keep it
real with when he has fans.And you know, saying that, well,
what what were like, you know, some of those mistakes that you
really had from man? I wasyou know, like work hard, play
hard. Yeah, man, workhard and play a little bit, like
real, you're gonna get burnt out, bro, Like like it's like celebrating
(28:25):
is amazing, Like going out's fun. But like just remember, like,
yo, you love working, Like, don't like get caught up in all
that because it's easy. It's soeasy to get caught up in it.
And I got caught up in alittle bit, you know what I'm saying.
And you know, I was like, I'm not afraid to tell him
that I got caught up in it. It's just what it is. Yeah,
(28:45):
I mean you know, last yearI was touring a lot. I
was traveling like Philippines, Canada,like Texas, everywhere, bro, And
like I immediately learned from the topof the year when I started touring,
I was like, man, Icannot be traveling and drinking every night.
Bro, this is not fun.Man, I get tired now thinking about
(29:07):
it. Yeah, I didn't evenknow how I did it back then,
Like yeah, we tore Australia againlit next flight like over like when I
was younger. So that's why.Yeah, is there like a moment or
like a video rather on YouTube outthere that you're you look at it and
(29:29):
you're like I was really cringe,Like I don't know, I don't know.
I can't remember. I was beena pretty cool dude, like those
are those are unlisted on YouTube?Now anything he thought was cringe it's not
even on YouTube. Good. Idon't know. I don't know. Maybe
(29:55):
there's a video. I don't know. I can't It's usually just me performing.
It's not really like a lot oflike interviews. Yeah, there was
a song of yours. You know. It was about basically constantly being in
like airports and terminals, right right, Yeah, I love that. I
love that song and I was listeningto it so much last year because of
(30:18):
the situation of like traveling a lot, and I'm like, man, I
relate to this guy so much evenmore right now, you know, And
even that song was like what twentythirteen, Yeah, it was a while
ago, right, I think so. So, Like my question to you
is, bro, like now,like you know, you're you have a
son, Like you know, you'renot traveling as much anymore, like not
(30:38):
touring as much anymore? Does thatlike ever get into your head because like
you know, you're a lot morestationary, You're not like airplanes and terminals
like every week or like you know, in Australia getting land like touring every
day, like you know, Imean, I'm pretty chill now. Like
I remember I booked a show inSingapore and I was like, man,
(31:00):
I haven't flown across country in awhile. Let's see how this goes.
But it wasn't bad, man.It was like like like like riding a
bike, you know what I'm saying, when you know how to ride a
bike getting back on the bike again, It's like it was cool, man,
it was fun. Yeah, I'venever lit like I used to know.
You're like, I'll be in bedright after the show. I got
to catch flying in the morning andI'm trying to be busted all tired,
(31:21):
like, n how was the crowdin Singapore? Oh? Man? They
always show love, Like every timeI went out there, It's amazing.
Bro, it's crazy. It's it'snuts. Yeah, I want to visit
Singapore like so bad. Oh it'snice, Jakara all that, like they
show love. It's hot as heck. But it's what is that the most
like memorable place you've been to AustraliaCanada, Like I think it was Vancouver,
(31:52):
Vos. Yeah, I think itcame at a perfect time. Where
it was just like I guess Idon't know if it's getting over winter or
beginning winter. Like the sun wasout there was cool, it was like
perfect, and I was like,yo, this is crazy amazing and Australia
is just every every part of Australiais just fire. It's beautiful. I
haven't been, you know, it'sa trip talking to my Australian homies because
(32:13):
they're like, yeah, you know, we got to take a flight over
to the other side of the country. I'm like, bro, how big
is Australia. They're like, bro, like Australia is as big as the
US. I'm like, it suredoesn't look like that on the freaking map.
That's just nuts. It's big outthere, bro, but it's still
you gotta go out there. Man. You ever try kangaroo yes on a
pizza? When I was out thereon a kangaroo pizza, Bro, Bro,
(32:36):
it looked like, uh, sausage. It's the textures a little weird,
like I wouldn't prefer it. Butyeah, I was like, I
don't want to try kangaroo like that. Australia, man, it's so it's
like gainy and whatnot. Ship SoAndrew like anything in the works, like
because you know, I see likeAJ is still like touring during his thing,
(33:00):
Like do you have anything in theworks in regards of like a tour
or anything. No. Right now, I'm just like I'm like doing music,
like I'm like working on I'll bewriting a little bit, yeah,
and then I'll be like showing himstuff and like teaching him like like yo,
like you gotta you gotta start writingoriginals. Man, you got cause
he has originals and they're like reallygood. Hell yeah yeah. So I'm
(33:22):
like so I kind of right hereand there and then more, folks,
I'm like getting him like where heneeds to be and like yeah, you
know, for you like you know, obviously, like during that time,
like being a cover artist was likethe thing, and it was so easy
to like you know, well Iwouldn't say easy, but you know,
like to move around and get yourname out. That was like the best
(33:43):
way to do it. But it'sI feel like it's always been a double
ledged sword because like, yeah,you can become a really dope cover artist,
but you could also get stuck justdoing cover you know, cover art.
I think I feared that a littlebit in the beginning. But then
once I started like seeing a lotof people knowing that my originals, yeah,
(34:04):
I was like, Okay, it'snot like I thought I was gonna
be just like oh, he justdiscovers like so like they, I started
getting loved for my originals. Sothat's what kind of made me like,
oh, I'm not tripping, It'sall good. Yeah. Yeah. And
when you were talking about, youknow, teaching your son more than you
learned yourself, like you were talkingabout like, oh, because you didn't
know music theory, you were justkind of like play that again. How
(34:28):
was it in studio sessions where itwas kind of like where you had those
moments. Did you feel like maybeI should have taken like some sort of
school or anything like that, Likenot at the time, because at the
time I was like, you know, you're in that like yo, I
got fans like you know, youhave that little ego. So I was
like I was always like down tolearn, though, like whoever I was
(34:51):
collabing with like oh nope, thisis cool, Oh okay, this is
cool. Like so I was alwaysopen to like learning stuff, but I
was like confident in all right,I don't know as much as them but
this is how you learn. Youcollab with people better than you. You
that's how you learn. So that'swhat that's uh, that's how I approach
(35:12):
it to, like, oh,I know they're way more better than me,
so I'm gonna learn something from them. And it's also a lot of
like trial and error too. Yeah, you gotta you gotta fail to know
where you're at in your in yourtalents or whatever you do. Yeah,
in the best way possible. Ilove being the least informed or the dumbest
person in the road. Yeah,because then you get informed, you learn
(35:36):
something new. Yeah, man,what would you what would you say is
like your biggest piece of advice forsomebody who is you know, just trying
to be a musician, especially someonewho is young. Ah, man,
like just to focus on focus onyour musicianship, I say, like your
your talent or your skills to justsaying don't worry about don't worry about going
(36:02):
viral, don't worry about getting views, worry about just getting better and and
owning your craft and yeah it'll comeyou just don't give up. Yeah hell
yeah, why Andrew Garcia, everybodyI'm talking about Mexic Pino podcast let's go.
I gotta say I think I thinkwe need like a remade video of
(36:28):
your cover with AJ and Tory Kelly. We need you know what I mean,
we need a remake of that becausethe ten year anniversary or something just
passed like not too long ago.See, I don't knowing all that.
You're like, I gotta go backand just like that, you know more
than me. You're like, Igotta go back and I gotta look that
(36:49):
up. I gotta look at thedate. I'm down, man. Yeah,
like that was. That was afun cover. That was crazy.
That was when like, yeah,that was when we were just like yo,
door Kelly is crazy. Yeah tocrazy. It was dope. Man,
it was fun. Oh a couplemore questions. Actually, So when
it comes to when it comes tolike eras of music, right, I'm
(37:13):
assuming you were born in like theeighties, orty five? Okay, perfect,
perfect question thirty eight, So Andrew, I'm thirty one. I love
my thirties. Let me say it, So Andrew, if you were to
take out one era of music eighties, nineties or two thousands music, Oh
that's hard. Yeah, which eraof music would you just completely kill off?
(37:39):
Dang, it's a hard question.I'll hear eighties songs and I'm like,
Yo, that's amazing the feel Iget from it. But then nineties
it's like hello nineties, Like that'sthat's what we turn up to. We
turned two thousand. I don't know, man, that's a hard question.
(38:05):
You know, we always save thebest question for last so far, wait
two thousands, Like what neo twothousands like from the year two thousand to
like twenty ten? Damn, He'slike fucking made it even harder. The
nineties eighties got THEMN love ballads.I don't know, man, that's I
(38:36):
think we said we would cut offthe nineties. I'm not gonna lie I
would personally cut off the ninetiesies.I would personally, I mean, and
I say that because, like Iwas born in ninety three, so it's
not like you couldn't really you knowwhat I mean. I wasn't like coming
out the womb like talking about Tupac, you know what I'm saying. And
(38:57):
then my parents they love the eightiesmusic, and what I grew up with
was two thousand. So that's whyfor me I cut off the nineties.
That helps me, like with thedecision, because yeah, nineties. You're
young. I was young. Ididn't really hear music like that. Yeah,
I just knew like like Tupac,like my dad be bumming too.
I love, I love like Ihear those let me see sounds like you're
(39:22):
cutting off the nineties, bro.But now I listen to the nineties so
much. I would I would sayeighties because I was like a bait.
I was like in the middle.Yeah, I was born in the middle
of ees, like eighty five,so I would say eighties. There we
go, Okay, okay, whyya canceled? My name is Nico Liz,
(39:49):
I'm Garcia, and we are outeverybody. Mexicano Podcast
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