TONIGHT WE’RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT HERE ON THE NEWS AT 9 WE ARE CARVING
OUT A SECTION OF THE SHOW TO
DEDICATE ENTIRELY TO TAKE ON A
MUSIC AND HAS A SPECIAL PLACE
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND FOR ONE
OF OUR VERY OWN AS WELL RJ
MARQUEZ. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT
YOU ARE J DECIDED TO TAKE ON
AFTERNOON NOTICE THAT A LOCAL
RADIO STATION SWITCH UP THEIR
FORMAT. YES, SO I’M A LITTLE
BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION
FIRST A GROUP IN EL PASO AND
OFTEN LISTEN TO LATIN MUSIC BUT
KNOW WAS NOT AS BIG BEAR.
>> AS IT WAS HERE OBVIOUSLY I
ATTENDED TEXAS STATE UP THE
ROAD AND WAS REALLY INTRODUCED
TO THE WORLD THAT THE HUNGER BY
SOME OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS,
WE’RE FROM SAN ANTONIO AND
OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS.
I REALLY CAME TO APPRECIATE THE
MUSIC AND STORIES BEHIND IT SO
YOU ARE HERE TO EDUCATE ALL OF
US THIS IS GOING TO BE
HOPEFULLY SHOULD FOR ME AS WELL
I DID NOT GROW UP LISTENING TO
IT I DON’T KNOW A
LOT ABOUT.
>> THE RISE AND THE FALL YES,
SO THIS ON THIS WAS AN
INTERESTING SOMETHING THAT I
LEARNED REAL QUICK MYRA WAS
THAT ONE OF 7.5 FM.
>> THIS WAS CAKES TN WAS THAT
KNOW STAPLE IF YOU WANTED TO
LISTEN TO THEM ON A MUSIC IN
THE SAN ANTONIO AREA THAT WAS
THE SPOT AND THEN IT WAS JUST
GONE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT AND
I STARTED TO WONDER
IS THAT HOW THE MUSIC ALSO
GOING AWAY TO YOUNGER
GENERATIONS TO LISTEN TO KNOW
AND WILL IT SURVIVE INTO THIS
FUTURE OF MUSIC APPS AND
STREAMING
SERVICES SO I SAID THAT WITH
SOME EXPERTS OF THE GENRE AND
LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE HISTORY
AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF THE
HEART OF MUSIC AND YOU’RE
TAKING US ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE BEGINNING THAT’S WHERE WE
GOT TO START RIGHT. THE
BEGINNING, YES I HAVE THE
CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND
THE RAMON HERNANDEZ, HE’S AN
ARCHIVE US AND LATIN
MUSICOLOGIST HE’S ALSO WRITTEN
MUSIC COLUMNS FOR DIFFERENT
PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE
EXPRESS NEWS. HE’S BASICALLY
JUST A HAS A WEALTH OF
KNOWLEDGE ANY BROKE DOWN THE
HISTORY AND ROOTS OF BEHIND THE
MUSIC FOR US.
>> SOMEONE IN ON THIS THE SCRIPTS KNOW AS A BIG TENT, JOHN OR OF MUSIC.
>> AND JOHN ARE THEY CAN BE PIGEONHOLED INTO ONE INCH ONE THAT’S INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO
OTHER STYLES AND SOUNDS CREATED
BY MEXICAN AMERICANS.
HE TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK MORE
THAN A 100 YEARS AGO IN THE
1910’S WHEN MEXICAN AMERICANS
WERE INTRODUCED TO THE
ACCORDION THAT STORY WHEN THE
GERMANS CAME TO TEXAS TO
PICK COTTON. THE MEXICAN
AMERICAN SENATE GERMANS FOR
PICKING COTTON AT THE END OF
THE DAY. IT WOULD BREAK UP THE
PARTY IS AND THEY WOULD HAVE
OCCURRED JAM SESSION
AND THAT’S WHAT BROUGHT ON THE
COTTON PICKERS TO SHIRK RAW
PERSON PEOPLE TOGETHER AND YOU.
>> WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
ACCORDION CAME MEXICAN POCUS
AND THE ANTENNA.
THE ADDITION OF AN ACOUSTIC
GUITAR VIOLIN MADE IN THE CONE
WHO THOUGHT
BY THE 1920’S MEXICAN AMERICAN
ORCHESTRAS BEGIN POPPING UP ALL
OVER TEXAS.
♪
>> THESE
>> THESE >> ORCHESTRAS ARE MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS GUITARS
VIOLINS SOMETIMES A BANJO
TRUMPET SAXOPHONES PERHAPS THE
FLU IN THE LATE 1920’S
MICROPHONES MARK A CHANGE IN
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN GENERAL
ALLOWING SENIORS TO PERFORM
WITHOUT STRAINING THEIR VOICES.
MEXICAN AMERICAN CAN WHO THOSE
IN ORCHESTRAS EVOLVE SIDE BY
SIDE FOR DECADES INFLUENCE NOT
ONLY BY CHANGES IN THE TYPES OF
INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BUT ALSO BY POP CULTURE IN
GENERAL WE OR INFLUENCED BY
WILL SCREEN ON AMERICAN RADIO
OR THEY SAW IN THE MOVIES.
>> SO WE CAN IN LATE
CORRESPONDENT MUSIC CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE IN 1948 WHEN FENDER MASS
PRODUCE THE FIRST ELECTRIC
GUITAR IN 1951 FENDER DEVELOP
THE PRECISION ELECTRIC BASS
ALMOST CERTAINLY YOUR FLIGHT IS
THAT THE MOTION A QUARTER OF
A HOME IN 1954, YOU SEE THE
LOPEZ RECORD THE SONG THAT SETS
MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSIC IN A NEW
DIRECTION THAT SONG WAS CALLED
♪
THE GOVERNMENT.
IT BECOMES A HIT AND HIS RECORD IT AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THEREFORE HE’S
CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF THE
>> IT WAS AROUND THE SAME TIME
THAT A LOT WAS GOING ON IN THE
MEXICAN AMERICAN MUSIC SCENE AT
ONCE THEY WERE CHICANO CAN WHO
THOSE COUNTRY ARTIST BEBOP AND
DO
UP GROUPS BUT UCONN A ROCK AND
ROLL THE MID 60’S MARK, THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPACT FOR
FUSSELL ORGAN,
THE USE OF THE ORGAN HELPED
CATAPULT THE SONG WILL BE
BELIEVED BY SAM THE SHAM TO
IMMENSE POPULARITY.
A 1979 THE OVERHANG SYNTHESIZER HIT THE MARKET SIGNALING A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE
HEART OF MUSIC.
♪
>> OK SO WE JUST GOT A SAMPLE OF THE INSTRUMENTS THAT MAKE UNIQUE SOUND THAT WE ALL
ASSOCIATE WITH ME ON THE HOUSE
AND ALSO GOING TO GIVE US A
CLOSER LOOK.
HOW A TAKE SORTS ON THIS
FORM, YES, SO THIS WAS A LOT OF
FUN RIGHT HERE THERE’S A LOT
THAT GOES INTO CREATING THAT
THEY HA NO SONG THAT GET PEOPLE
MOVING.
>> ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THIS
IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO
EXPLORE PRODUCER LEXI SALAZAR
EDITOR VALERIE GOMEZ AND
DIGITAL PRODUCER ANDREW WILSON
SAT DOWN WITH A LITTLE BIT LIKE
A LOCAL MUSICIAN. WE EXPLAIN
WHAT GOES
INTO IT. THEY TAKE A DEEP DIVE
INTO THE ANATOMY OF THE HOUSE
ON.
WAS IT IS BASED OFF OF WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN KNOWING THAT A LOT OF
ACCORDION.
>> AND I KNOW.
MADE TO SOUND A LOT BE THEIR VERSUS LIKABLE TO MUSIC. THE INTRODUCE THE SAXOPHONE
SOME OF THEM A FULL BAND
OF ORGANS. THE KEYBOARD YOU
NOTICE IN AND THE 80’S AND 90’S
THAT KIND OF MUSIC YOU KNOW
MAKING SILLY THE MUSIC YOU HEAR
THE SYNTHESIZERS IT’S A BIGGER
SOUND MORE COMPLEX AND MORE.
BUT YOURSELF BUT ALWAYS BEHIND
ITS ALWAYS A VERY CATCHY
SO ABSOLUTELY ARE THE RULES BUT KNOW PRIMARILY YOU HAVE THE DRUGS IN THE BASE.
THE PROVIDING THAT RHYTHM THE
MAKES YOU WANT TO DANCE.
>> IF YOU EVER BEEN DOWN TO A FIESTA. >> OR OR ANY OTHER DAY I WILL
SHOW YOU YOU IN A FEW POLLS
FROM THE KICK DRUM AND THE
BASES FULL FULL FULL
>> GOING TO TO
THESE EVENTS AND JUST FEELING
THAT THAT BRANCH AND THAT GOING
THROUGH ME LIKE WOW. WE’RE
GOING TO GIVE YOU MILLIONS
WE’RE JUST CORDS.
>> SOMETIMES IT IS A COURT IN THE BAT AND KEYBOARDS IN TIME TO GO BACK
AND FORTH. A LOT OF ABILITY I
SAY IT.
>> BUT THEY HAVE OVER YOU GOT TO GET INTRODUCED THE ELECTRIC TIME.
THEY IRAQ’S THE JAZZ
AND STUFF. THEY’RE DOING WITH THEM, YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES BUT SAME TIME THEY THE LEAD
HERE AND THERE.
THE IS IS ALL KNOW THAT THE
PRIMARY GIVE US. THEY I KNOW
IT’S VERY UNIQUE.
BACK TO THE DAY LIKE ACTUALLY A 1400 STARTED THE BASE IS DOING ITS.
THIS I WAS DOING ALL THAT THE RHYTHM THIS AS YOU KNOW IT ONCE THEY
GOT MORE MEMBERS IN THE BAND OF
COURSE.
ACCORDING TO START TO DO A
MILITARY LIKE IN METAL MUSIC,
IT’S IT’S LIKE THEY NEED TO GET
TIRED, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN
SEE PEOPLE LIKE ROCKING KNOW
MAKE YOU KNOW
THAT’LL MUSIC YOU KNOW I DO
LIKE THE AIR CORPS, YOU KNOW
THEY’RE DOING THAT YOU KNOW
JUST LIKE YOU WOULD A GOOD
TIME.
>> THAT ACCORDING AND THAT’S THE SIGNATURE YET I RECORDED THE ACCORDION I
KNOW I DON’T THINK I’VE SEEN
THAT BEFORE, BUT THAT’S WHAT
SEEMS TO GET EVERYBODY YEAH
ABSOLUTELY I DO KNOW THIS TAKE
ON A MUSIC HAD ITS VERY OWN
GOLDEN. THE A LOT OF GENRES
RIGHT EARLY 80’S MID-NINETIES
A SPECIAL TIME FOR TO HAVE A
MUSIC IN SAN ANTONIO IS
ABSOLUTELY MEYER YES ANYONE WHO
WAS IN SAN ANTONIO AND LIVE
THROUGH THIS. KNOW BOOM WILL
TELL YOU THERE WAS NO BETTER
TIME.
>> FOR THE MUSIC’S I SPOKE TO
HECTOR SALDANA AND JOHN ROMITA
IS ABOUT THE AREA
ABOUT THE AIR EXCUSE ME.
HECTOR IS A FORMER
EXPRESS NEWS, MUSIC COLUMNISTS
WHO CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE
TEXAS MUSIC CURATOR AT THE
WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS AT TEXAS
STATE. JOHNNY WAS A DJ AT CAKES
T N
BOTH SAID IT WAS A MAGICAL TIME
TO BE A PART OF THE INDUSTRY.
>> WELL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HEART OF THE GOLDEN AGE REALLY WASN’T
1985. THE 1995. WE ALL KNOW AND
REMEMBER THE NAMES LITTLE JOY
LEFT FAMILIA GROUP A MOSQUE NOT
A CANALIS AND THE MAFIA.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
MUSICAL ACTS THAT WERE PART OF
THAT NO MOVEMENT THAT SWEPT
THROUGH SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH
TEXAS IN THE EARLY 80’S WHEN I
REMEMBER WAS JUST
THE EXCITEMENT OF THIS NEW WAY
YOU KNOW THAT HE WOULD CALL IT
LOW AND THAT SHE KIND OF THE
WAIVER.
>> ALLOWING THAT NOT.
>> THESE ACTS THAT WERE PART OF
THE TEXANS WAIVE PLAYED TO
PACKED DANCE HALLS AND CONCERT
VENUES TO HOW THE MUSIC BLENDED
WITH OTHER TYPES OF MUSIC BUT
THERE WAS A KEY INGREDIENT
MISSING THAT TOOK IT TO NEW
HEIGHTS, THE ACCORDION
WHEN THE SYNTHESIZER HIT THE
MARKET IN THE LATE 1970’S IT
LARGELY REPLACED THE ACCORDION
BUT TO THE HUNDREDS STAPLES
HELP BRING YOU BACK TO
PROMINENCE THAT 2 PEOPLE CHANGE
THIS IS SORT OF THE PLEA DEAL
AND THEY REALLY ARE THE MASTER
SEE A DAY WHEN THE US IS THE
WAY HE PLAYED EVERYBODY WON
THAT.
>> YOU KNOW HIM TO BACK UP.
BANNON RECORDINGS, THOSE ACTS WERE ALSO SPRINGBOARDS TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF PERFORMERS
THAT INCLUDED SOME OF THE
BIGGEST NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY
IN MILLION
OF IDA. JAY BATT IS RAMEN AND
UH AND SELENA
SAN ANTONIO WAS AT THE
EPICENTER OF THE HAN A MUSIC
BUT IT WAS ALSO BEING PLAYED
AND LISTEN TO ACROSS THE STATE
AND A SENSE. SAN ANTONIO WAS
LIKE THE LONDON
OF YOU HAD TO GO TO THE
BIG CITY THAT WAS WHERE YOU
GONNA MAKE IT, JOHNNY RED MEAT
IS A LONGTIME DJ AND VOICE THAT
CAKES TN DESCRIBES THE ERA TO
THE 90’S WAS.
>> WHAT’S THE BEST BECAUSE WE
HAD ALL THIS
WE HAD OUR SOLID CORE BUT THEN
WE HAD ALL THE BANDWAGON YEARS.
AND THAT’S WHAT REALLY BLEW UP
IN HONDO K.
>> NEXT TO.
LET ME JUST SET THE HONEY MUSIC
AT THE TIME TRANSCENDED RACE
AGE BACKGROUND AND SOCIAL
STATUS. WE HAD ANGLE OF PEOPLE
THAT WOULD GO DOOR EVENTS WE
HAD AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE
THEY ALL CAME TO THE PARTY AND
THE PARTY GOT REALLY REALLY BIG
BUT AT THE CORE OF THE PARTY
WAS ALWAYS FAMILY EVERY WEEKEND
YOU COULD HEAR THE MUSIC COMING
FROM HOMES CARS ON THE STREET
FROM THE CZARS IN NEIGHBORHOOD
FARES. PEOPLE THAT WERE OLDER
AND YOUNGER RELATED. AND OFTEN
THE CONCERTS WERE MORE LIKE
DANCES SO IT WAS COMMUNAL IN
THAT SENSE FROM SALINA 3
MILIOTI JAY PEREZ AND DAVID LEE
THAT AIR OF THE HONEY MUSIC
LEFT MEMORIES THAT WOULD LAST A
LIFETIME BUT IT WAS A EXCITING
TIME. AND IT LEFT
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO
THE PARTY IS
BANNED WAGONER’S.
>> IT LEFT AN IMPRESSION ON
THEM THAT THEY STILL LISTEN TO
THIS DAY.
>> I THINK WHETHER YOU GREW
UP WITH IT OR NOT IF YOU LIVE
IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU HAVE A
GREAT MEMORY ASSOCIATED WITH 2
ON NEWS, IT.
BUT YOU ARE EXPLORING TONIGHT
IN THIS SEGMENT ABOUT HOW
SOMETHING CHANGED OVER THE PAST
COUPLE
OF DECADES.
>> YEAH, I MENTIONED EARLIER I
REALLY BEGIN TO NOTICE THE
CHANGE IN APRIL 1, 1, OH 7.5 FM
STOP BROADCASTING CAKES TEA AND
BUT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY
CHANGING BEFORE THIS YEAR IN
FACT BACK IN 2011. THE NATIONAL
ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS AND
SCIENCES ELIMINATED 31
CATEGORIES AT THE GRAMMY
AWARDS. ONE OF THEM WAS KNOW SO
WE JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> THE OBVIOUS ONE IS THE DEATH OF SELENA BUT THAT’S TOO SIMPLE OF TRANSITION
PERIOD. EVEN SHE WAS TRYING
TO MOVE INTO THE MAINSTREAM
MARKET SALDANA SAYS AT THE TIME
OF SELENA’S DEATH IN 1995.
SHE HAD JUST ABOUT FINISHED HER
ENGLISH DEBUT ALBUM.
>> AND IT WAS ALSO AROUND THIS
TIME THAT A MILLION OF EITHER
RELEASED HIS FIRST COUNTRY
SINGLE. IT WAS ALWAYS A
REGIONAL GENRE
THAT GOT A BIG BOOST BECAUSE OF
STORMS LIKE A MILLION TO IT.
>> I THINK IT’S NOT. IT’S NOT
VIBRANT AS IT USED TO BE THE PROBLEM IS RADIO AIRPLAY ELECTORAL REVIEW.
>> AND ON THIS SAYS THEY’RE
STILL TELLING US THAT THE 100
MUSICIANS OUT THERE AND AS A
MUSIC WRITER HE GETS ABOUT 10
CDS A MONTH.
>> A LOT OF IT
TO HER. AND IT’S IT SADDENS ME
IS FIRST MEAN THAT THE PLANE.
THAT’S WHAT THEY NEED THEY NEED
THAT EXPOSURE ANOTHER THING
THAT’S IMPACTED THE INDUSTRY
TECHNOLOGY DONNA WAS SLOW TO
GET INTO THE GAME OF A MUSICAL
DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING.
>> SO DONNA SAYS THAT MUSIC
INDUSTRY SIMULTANEOUSLY HAD TO
DEAL WITH DECREASING
RADIUS SUPPORT IF YOU’RE VENUES
FOR LIVE SHOWS AND A
SLUGGISHNESS TO ADAPT THEIR
HOUSE TO SOME EXTENT ARE WE’RE
STILL KIND OF.
>> HE’S THE OLDER TO HAVE A SAY
STILL WANT TO SEE THE VI STILL
WANT SOMETHING IN THEIR HAND
THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK HOME
AND PLAY IT HAD TO DEAL WITH
WHAT HAPPENS WITH ANY POP MUSIC
JOHN OR WHICH IS THAT IT
DOMINATED BY YOUNGER ARTIST AND
SO YOU HAD
OVER MORE MALE DOMINATED ACTS.
SORT
OF REPRESENTING WHAT DONNA WAS
AND IT
WE NEEDED A CHANGE IN THE WAY
THAT COUNTRY MUSIC CHANGED BIG
PARTIES SAY THE KIND OF FADE
AWAY.
>> THE RECORD LABELS. THE
MAJORS CAME IN THEY MADE THEIR
MONEY.
>> AND THEN THEY JUST LEFT.
>> STILL THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO
SEEM TO BE WHAT’S HAPPENED TO
THE 100 MUSIC AS MORE OF AN
EVOLUTION THAN EXTINCTION SO
KNOW SORT OF EXIST NOW, BUT
IT’S EVOLVED INTO MORE OF A
INTERNATIONAL SOUND MORE OF A
DANCE ORIENTED MIAMI CENTER,
NEW YORK, CENTRIC SOUND IT’S
LIKE SAYING THE COUNTRY MUSIC
SPEND A DIME, NASHVILLE.
YOU KNOW IT’S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN IT’S STILL AROUND
YOU JUST MAY NOT RECOGNIZE IT
QUIETS DOWN TO THE ROOTS ARE
STILL THERE.
AS YOU HEARD THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE HUNT IS OVER BUT THEY WERE STILL AN EFFORT IN SOUTH TEXAS
TO KEEP THE HISTORY ALIVE.
>> A MAN YOU’VE HEARD FROM A
LOT TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY HELPING
OUT WITH THIS
ABOUT A YEAR AGO RAMON
HERNANDEZ DONATED ONE OF THE
LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF BEHIND
THE MUSIC ARTIFACTS,
2 TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY’S
WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS.
>> THIS HISTORY NEEDS EPA SELF
AND NEEDS TO BE ON THE SAME
LEVEL HAS REALLY NELSON JERRY
JEFF WALKER AND ALL THE PEOPLE
AN IDEA THAT IS THAT MOST
PEOPLE DISSING OF TEXAS MUSIC.
>> YOU CAN SEE MORE AT THE WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS ON THE CAMPUS OF TEXAS STATE
UNIVERSITY.
SO WHERE DOES THE HUNNAM MUSIC
GO FROM HERE WE’VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT ITS MOST POPULAR DAYS TO
SOME OF THE DECLINE
BUT TRUE TO ITS NATURE THE
MUSIC HAS STOOD THE TEST OF
TIME GOING BACK NEARLY A
CENTURY. THE ROUTE THAT THEY
HAD TO RUN DEEP IN
SOUTH TEXAS. WE EXAMINE THE
CULTURAL IMPACT, THE MUSIC HAS
HAD IN SAN ANTONIO.
ITS SIMPLEST FORM THE HONU IN SPANISH SIMPLY MEANS TEXAN,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT
MUSIC IT’S A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR
SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS,
POLITICAL AISLE.
>> THERE’S BOATS TO MAY.
>> HEARING THE MUSIC. IT BRINGS
A LOT OF MEMORIES.
BUT FOR CITY THE CULTURE
AND I THINK THEN YOU WE NEED
MORE PEOPLE LISTENING TO THEM
USING THOSE SONGS REALLY ARE
LIKE OUR SUN. THEY REALLY ARE.
>> THANK YOU KNOW WE CREATED
THEM TO HUNT A MUSIC HAS BECOME
A PART OF FAMILY LIFE ACROSS
SOUTH TEXAS, A FAMILIAR
CONSTANT NOT JUST A
MUSIC GENRE. IT’S ALWAYS BEEN A
PART OF OUR TRADITION OF PART
OF OUR CULTURE.
>> AND A PART OF OF WHO WE ARE
AS PEOPLE.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY BIG
EVENT EVERY IMPORTANT EVENT AT
WEIGHTINGS GETS NEAR US
FUNERALS EVEN OF A BACKYARD
BARBECUE, WE’LL BE PLAYING
DOWN.
>> MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE TO MUSIC
IS PAST ITS PRIME, BUT THEY’RE
STILL BE IN USE ACROSS SAN
ANTONIO CLEAN LIKE THE 100
MUSIC TO CROWDS EVERY WEEKEND
ONE THING THAT YOU DEFINITELY
CAN NOT DENY IS THAT THEY
HUNTED MUSIC IS PART OF THE
CULTURE AND THE SOUL OF SAN
ANTONIO, IT GETS PEOPLE MOVING
ANYWHERE THEY GO TO LISTEN TO
IT OR PEOPLE THEY GET TO PLAY
TO HIS PART OF THE GENERATIONAL
HOLD ON
THIS CITY.
>> I’VE GROWN UP WITH AND SINCE
YOU KNOW FOR SO.
IT’S JUST BEEN SOMETHING I’VE
ALWAYS ENJOYED YOU KNOW IT’S MY
CULTURE THERE’S A LOT OF SCHOOL
PROGRAMS THAT TEACH.
>> ACCORDING TO IT
THAT TEACH MARIACHI MUSIC EVEN
AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. SO YOU DO
HAVE AVENUES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET INTO MUSIC AND THEN IF THEY WANT TO DO KNOW START
THEIR OWN GROUP. THEY CAN
DO IT AND THERE ARE SIGNS
THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT ARTISTS ARE
DOING AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS A
GROUP CALLED SIGNAL RECENTLY
REMADE THE POPULAR SONG
DESPACITO.
>> MAKING IT THEIR OWN BY INFUSING ALL SCHOOL WITH NEW SOUNDS STATE JUST DID IT THIS
YEAR.
>> AND AGAIN HERE WE HAVE A
SOUTH
AMERICAN PLAYER WITH THE BEHIND
OF COURSE SO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT
THAT YOU HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH
THE TIMES THEY HAVE A MUSIC IS
NEVER GOING TO
WOULD REACH.
>> THE PEAKS OF THE EARLY TO
MID 90’S. I DON’T KNOW.
I’M THINKING THAT IT WILL
EVENTUALLY AND I HOPE TO STILL
BE AROUND FOR THAT WITH THE
DECLINE IN RADIO SUPPORT.
>> MANY SAY IT’S ESSENTIAL FOR
THE OLDER GENERATIONS TO PASS
DOWN THAT THEY
100 TRADITION AND TELL THEIR
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHAT
THE MUSIC MEANS AND REPRESENTS
AS MEXICAN
THE CONDOS WHETHER YOUR FIRST
SECOND 3RD 43TH GENERATION.
I THINK IT’S UPON US TO INSTILL
THE MUSIC TO OUR YOUNGSTERS.
I THINK THAT THEY LIVE HIP-HOP
GREAT
WHATEVER FOR MEN IS OUT THE
ROCK AND ROLL ARE INDEPENDENT
ROCK OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO
CALL IT. IT’S GREAT, I MEAN
MUSIC IS WAS MADE TO BE
LOVED BUT EVERY SO OFTEN SIT
HIM DOWN AND SAY THIS IS WHAT
WE’RE ABOUT. THIS IS OUR MUSIC.
>> YOU MAY NOT HEAR IT ON THE RADIO AS MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW IN SAN ANTONIO AND SOUTH TEXAS
THAT IS GOING TO STAY AROUND
ABSOLUTELY YEAH, AND THAT’S ONE
OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I
KIND OF TOOK FROM
MEETING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS
AND JUST DOING SEVERAL OF THE
STORIES IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT
IT’S JUST GOING TO BE AROUND
FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO SORT OF PAST THAT SOME OF
THOSE TRADITIONS
DOWN BECAUSE AS MANY PEOPLE
JUST SAID IT IS SAN ANTONIO
THAT IS OUR CULTURE AND SO WE
NEED TO DEFINITELY BE PROUD AND
REPRESENTATIVE OF IT AND I
APPRECIATE YOU.
>> EDUCATING ME AT A LOT
ABOUT THE HISTORY. THE IMPACT
IS AND ITS FUTURE OH YEAH, WHAT
I MAY LOOK LIKE YEAH, YEAH IT
WAS A IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO
PUT TOGETHER
WE HAD SOME A GREAT HELP FROM
THE PEOPLE WE INTERVIEWED AND
ALSO OUR.
>> A CREW
HERE AGAIN. PRODUCER LESLIE
ANDREW DIGITAL PRODUCER AND A
VALERIE PUT TOGETHER
THOSE PIECES.