TEJANOmike

From TM:   'About TM dot com'

All seven links on this tejano music site are 'integrated and are a compilation of collected information' for the process, perception, concept, sound reasoning, inconclusive narratives, and the power of comprehension. In its totality, they were created and put together in order to improve our tejano music industry across the United States. Secondly, to represent TEJANOmike and in a orderly method of ideas, presentations, my own views and commentaries, both in my present life and in my past music career.

 

It is a complete, extensive, thorough site, and perhaps even exhaustive to read all these links, but TMDC is 'me'   ...   which can easily be misinterpreted since tejano music is a complex enterprise/not commercialized. Also, my own music analysis and commentaries go further in depth and with a more serious analysis, but not to the consensus of the majority. Therefore, tejano music discretion is strongly advised.

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"What are the site links about?" 

• Home   ...   This is where it all begins, and it has my introduction to the site. I talk about music balance, music awareness, Austin and my beginnings, the long music journey, present music apps/platforms, and as an advocate for more than 30 years.

• Tejano Music   ...   I try to give my visitors my own views on all things tejano, but I start kind of hard with a new commentary about reclassifying, ranking, organizing, and categorizing our music - past and present. There's also 'to the heart statements' about how we lost everything we had. I added a few internet tejano music history articles. You probably want to know why have all this info about tejanos? Honestly? Because I think our tejano 'lives' makes us so different than others. We're special, we are unique, and we are super great! We like all kinds of music! Yep, and that is super about us! GO TEJANOS!

• Music   ...   On this link I'm introducing our own 'Carmona Music' material - from original songs and other cover arrangements by TM. All four of us love music tremendously and in our hearts and souls, passed on from previous Carmona generations. The music tracks and demos are there also for music artists that need more original songs for their recordings.

• Visuals   ...   For some strange reason I call it 'Visuals' instead of a Picture Gallery, Pics, Prisms, Pictures, a collage, grid, and even a slide gallery. Whatever. Just me. I guess it comes from my past years as a photographer in San Jose CA. The girls? Sorry. I'm a Libra.

• The Past   ...   "Nobody wants to go back to the past, right?" Hmmm. Well, our beautiful tejano music does have a lot of history that is relational with so many different past cultures. I think we need to understand it 'a little better', or we are going to miss too many life links. I'm not suggesting you read 20 books and 10 volumes about our music history but get a glimpse of where you came from, your own tejano music roots, and when/where our music started. It wasn't San Antonio.

• The Army   ...   I was drafted into the Army and was gone for two years in Monterrey CA and in the country of Panama - 1964/66. But what was more exciting was all the Army band tours we did while stationed in Panama. My mom being my mom, as always, had a funny way of saying things. When I got back home after my separation in Charleston, South Carolina, I rang the doorbell and my mom opens the door and says, "What are you doing here? They didn't kill you in Vietnam?" OMG. My mom. I love you too mom. Hello. Life is funny at times. 

• AFTERwords   ...   This link has no order, no format or platform either. Seems to have a life of its own and a little bit of everything. My introduction on this link states, "Some of the documentation here extends TMDC beyond its main conclusion. It provides additional information, context, reflections, and/or I talk about other events, news, updates, FAVs, and even my own relative conclusions that come to mind. You could say I close loose ends or any other relevant and consistent afterthoughts that I might have missed over the years. It happens." Ahh, yeah, that's about it. It's a freestyle anything goes type of link, that's all.