Hello Tejanos Out There!
I'm happy you're here!, and welcome to the real tejanomike dot com. My site is a place where our music, our culture, and our community come together as one. This website was created with a passion for Tejano music and a commitment to supporting its growth and its infrastructure through advocacy, awareness, and constructive dialogue ... and if possible, within our tejano community and industry.
To me, these efforts represent the heartbeat of TMDC and the spirit that continues to keep Tejano music alive and moving forward towards a new future - for all of us. Take your time exploring the site. Check out my thoughts and commentaries on the 'Tejano Music' page, enjoy the new photos featured in 'Visuals', and most importantly, enjoy the music and the journey.
Thank you for visiting, and thank you for supporting Tejano music.
This is where it all begins ...
Where we meet, and it has my introduction to the site.
I talk about tejano music balance, music awareness, I talk about my city of Austin and my early beginnings in music.
Like I said, it's been an exceptionally long music journey between three states. Also trying to help our tejano music as an advocate for more than 35 years.
And sort of 'kicking the bucket' and living through the modern world and with our present day music apps and media platforms.
I try to play different kinds of music for my listening audience and my tejano music fanbase, i.e., from super Tejano hits to light rock to new and old country covers. At times I upload YouTube videos, and other music that I have in my computer like Latin salsa, oldies, Hawaiian, reggae, and other classic hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s, to the present. I mix it up all the time.
I'm from Austin Texas folks, and a Libra too, well, sorry, but, "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.
I love to write and compose love ballads, contemporary pop, country - but - Tejano music being the main one, I enjoy writing original songs as well as conjunto, group, and band music arrangements. I have written a few Tejano and country songs; they're on the 'Music' link. Our latest original is below:
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Track: "So Far Away" [Part of the lyrics below]
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Written by: Mike Carmona & Gabe Carmona
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Produced by: Gabe Carmona
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Mixed & mastered by: Gabe Carmona courtesy of 88k Media®, Carmona88 ASCAP
[Intro]
[Soft piano, distant strings, airy vocal hums]
Ooh...
Mm, mm...
Even in the silence
I can feel you next to me
[Verse 1]
They say that distance breaks a heart
That lonely roads can pull us apart
But every mile I make it through
Only leads me back to you
And when the city falls asleep
I hold your memory close to me
The dark can take the stars from sight
But not the way you light my night
[Pre-Chorus]
So far away, your name still finds me
So far away, your voice still calms me
The space between our hearts still reaches me
And somehow, baby, you’re still here with me
[Chorus]
Even if you’re a thousand miles away
My heart will find the road, my love will find the way
I’ll meet you halfway, I’ll meet you halfway
Through every storm, through every broken day
And if the night is all we have tonight
I’ll hold you in my dreams until the morning light
I’ll meet you halfway, I’ll meet you halfway
No distance can erase the love we made
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh, I’ll meet you halfway
Ooh, I’ll meet you halfway
Today in 2026, well, I am grateful for the many advances in the digital planet and the innovational Ai technology we see daily ... and how it's used in our little planet and in the chaotic 'left' world. Help!
You could say and you might even agree with me that it's a fast-paced industry out there with social media platforms ... and so many turbo driven music apps. It's a busy market-driven music business.
Finally Tejanos, and being a Libra from Texas, kindly allow me to share two thoughts with you:
"I believe that music, like life itself, can take us through so many roads and so many different paths, so many changes,
traveling through city after city, and playing in other states and countries. But more importantly I think, we
also learn other things from so many people we meet along the way. That is the beauty of life itself."
"Every morning, I look forward to a new day because it brings in a new life chapter, it opens another new path, and
each day gives all of us another window of opportunity to face the world all over again."
I thank you for walking this music path with me, for your loyalty, and for all your support.
About this site: 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 the real 'TEJANOmike' at www.tejanomike.com ... where he shares his love for Tejano music, promotes its history, and encourages young musicians to excel in this genre. Welcome back.