Introduction

Music is the pulse of our city.  From the weekly local cover bands you rock out to at The Falls, to that one band that traveled half way around the world to perform at the White Rabbit.  Here in SA we have the best of both worlds.  It seems as though not a week goes by without someone telling me of a new band that I’ve never heard of playing down the street.  That’s a good thing.  It means that more and more kids are growing up practicing on some used Gibson guitar or that avocado green Pearl drum set their parents bought them from the neighborhood pawn shop.  Heck, my own dad gave me his vintage 1970’s sparkle Ludwig kit when I was just sixteen.  Aww, I loved those days… The point is that we need music in our lives and we need to teach the new generation to love and appreciate it as much as we do.  Sure when most of you hear The Deftones are coming to play at the AT&T Center you’re the first one online to shell out 50 to 70 bucks a ticket.  Then the next week your co-worker invites you to hear him play at the Limelight for FREE.  Instead you choose to go with your friends to Club Empire and end up embarrassing yourself on the dance floor trying to impress that sharply dressed college dropout standing with his friends. 

With that being said I hope to prove to you that we do indeed have some great talent here and I will do my best to introduce to you the best up and coming bands and musicians here in our fair city.  I will also pay respect to the movers & shakers in our community who year after year, have worked hard to bring us the exciting national touring acts that travel through San Antonio.  So send me your demos and tell me about your upcoming shows, CD release parties and touring dates. 

To all my fellow residents of San Antonio I just have to say one thing: I don’t ever want to hear someone tell me, “This city is boring” or “there is nothing to do here”, pick up a newspaper, pick up a local music magazine and I can promise you one thing.  There is ALWAYS something exciting going on here in SA.  If you think otherwise well, I guess you’re just hangin’ with the wrong crowd. 

See you on the strip.

G.Tomas Vasquez 2012

gtomasvphoto@yahoo.com

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