"Hello. Thank you for visiting and I'm glad you're here. Explore the latest updates and the new links. Welcome to my home, my music corner of the internet.
Enjoy your stay."
This is a Tejano Music site with a commonality line of balance.
Meaning ...
A music balance of Tejano awareness, logical/sound reasoning, and Tejano music issues/agendas ... plus music dialogue are the main principals of this site, and for all of you. Progress in the advocacy and infrastructure of our Tejano music industry you could say, again, 'is the heart and rhythm of TMDC.'
Let's talk less ... and do more.
Music like life itself - I believe - can take us through so many roads, so many different paths, so many changes, traveling through city after city, playing in other states and countries, but more importantly we also learn other things from so many people we meet along the way. That is the beauty of life itself. Plus, throughout my lifetime music has been right next to me, from Austin TX to San Jose CA, and now in Sun City West AZ. Retired.
I must admit all of this ...
Has been an exceptionally 'long music journey' since the good old days in Austin. Today, well, I am grateful for the many advances in the digital world and how it's used in our modern and present day.
It is a fast-paced world out there with social media platforms, better commerce and overall music markets, many turbo-driven music apps - and we live in a exhilarating and exciting modernistic society with new trends, exclusive choices, and exciting paradigm models of the future.
Welcome.
Years ago when I was working with a few Phoenix promoters and meeting a lot of Arizona musicians from the valley, I met one friend that was exceptional and he came up with a super idea for our music. His first opening line was, "Hey TEJANOmike. I have an idea, and hopefully you will like it as much as I do. Okay? Okay. Here we go." Then he went on talking ...
"Well, TM, you know a lot of people and musicians in our Onda, right? So, I was thinking, why not gather some of the best musicians from San Antonio? or Texas? or from around the country? then make up a bad ass tejano orchestra ... [you can talk to the main tejano artist and bring the idea to him/her and to all the musicians in the new band] ... then set up a tour in all major cities and do a concert about our tejano music legends. What do you think? And I'll go along and help you all the way."
Just when I thought he was done, he continued on, " ... and TM, if possible, do the concert about all the history of our Onda, you know, start the show and concert with music from the beginning of our history, go to the 1940's, 50's, 60's ... then an intermission ... come back to the stage and start with the 1970's, 80's, 90's and all the way to the present."
But, what a great idea, indeed. Maybe we could start small in the beginning, and year after year getting better and better. Another important way to look at this would be to see it as a historical museum show, a cultural event, or as a tejano music heritage concert.
There is another way of doing this. Why not have, for example, David Marez, do a show/concert about all his past music and on to the present. He could start playing all his past hits - from his first recordings to his new music of today. He could play two sets. The first show would be like an hour of his previous hits, intermission, then another another hour and a half to close the show.
Another words, the music and backdrop, all his pictures and memorabilia, music and show, meet and greet with the artist also, everything that is, would be about David Marez.
The upcoming list of tejano artists is endless, I mean, after David Marez, the same band could back up the Jay Perez show, then the DLG concert, then RAM, add Little Joe, Carlos Guzman, Freddie Martinez, and so many others. Also add the tejano female mainstream singers to the concert series.
End results?: Doing these shows and concert series is just more tejano music entertainment for all the tejano music fans in our country and the fanbase around the world too.
BTW, since I'm from Austin Texas, a Libra, well ...
"I love beauty in all forms" and in all kinds of art/abstract pictures, 'astronomy has been one of my favorite subjects since I was eight years old' ... Love to write and compose 'love ballads' and tejano music, originals and conjunto, group, and band music arrangements; also, I have written a few Latin and country charts.
I also play different kinds of music here, from super Tejano hits to light rock and new/old country, upload YouTube videos at times, and other music that I have in my music room, like salsa, oldies, Hawaiian, reggae, and classic hits. Other current interests are world history, United States history, photography, computers, and digital effects. I use Photoshop to layout my own pictures of the universe, creation, and astronomy together - FAV planet? - Saturn; and I luv, love the beautiful sound of the flute.
Finally, I look forward to a new day and a new site because ...
"It brings in a new life chapter, it opens another new path, and each day brings all of us another
window of opportunity for us to face the world all over again."
TEJANOmike is a passionate advocate for Tejano music, which is a genre that blends Mexican and US influences, often featuring instruments like the accordion and guitar. He runs a website called TEJANOmike.com ... where he shares his love for Tejano music, promotes its history, and encourages young musicians to excel in this genre. I would like to welcome all the new visitors from other states and countries, and much gratitude for long-time supporters of TM.
And try to remember my factoid from years ago: "For all our music industry failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, us tejanos and tejanas are capable of greatness. We are a courageous generation, but without imagination, without a business alliance, and without total unity, we will go nowhere with La Nueva Onda." TM 05/14/2022