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guests with us today First I want to say thank
you to everybody tuning in last week a great
show with Los party perros del Valle tag team
wrestling unfortunately, I did release a Huge
message to them because they kind of broke my
heart a little bit guys they went off and Well,
there was some backstabbing going on the background.
So I had to release the beast, I guess. But other
than that, we got some interesting news today
after the podcast, a big announcement for season
seven. We finally came to the conclusion of what
we're going to do for next season, a total twist
on the podcast. So it might be a little bit more
fun for a lot of people and maybe bring up some
more interest on more people that want to get
more involved on what's going on here in the
RGB. But other than that, guys, back to what's
going on today. Episode 259. Oh, my gosh. Oh,
easier said than done, right? You hear those
wonderful voices in the background today on the
podcast, guys. I got three gentlemen out of a,
how many people are in this group? 200. Oh, 200
people. Everybody plays guitar, one bass, one
drum, and one vinyl player, and one keyboard.
No, but they've been on a podcast before with
my little brother with Quez on Cafe Chisme. They
know what to expect there, but I give them some
ground rules, guys, when they came in here. So
they have to play nice today. Now, we're going
to go ahead and talk about how everything started
with them, where they're from, who they are,
and everything. But long overdue introduction,
guys. Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome
Grupo Mero Valle. Look alive, guys. Look alive.
And the manager sitting next to me, she's going
to be on camera. Awesome. No, hey guys, welcome
to the two new podcast guys. Thank you Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you, Mark. Thank you so
much for having us I do want to say before we
start. I want to start by complimenting you.
I did notice that you have very nice hair, dude
You know, he's wearing a hat now, but when we
got here he wasn't out and I freaked out I'm
like that guy that you're gonna miss in his eyes
My hair starting to look bad But that's good
man, I think a man with good hair says a lot
man. Hey man, turning 50 in a couple of more
weeks. Grandfather when he passed away, a full
set of hair, I was blessed. I did that right
now. There you go. Can't say much request. Sorry,
but. No guys, like I said, thank you for coming
out to the pod man, having a little fun with
us here today. First of all, let's start from.
right to left, your left, my right. Name, instrument,
and where you're from? I'm Alex Medina, I'm the
drummer and I am from Mission, Texas. There you
go. I'm Baby D, I do raps and play the wheel
and I'm from Mission. There you go. You're angry,
right? Jesse Segovia, lead vocalist. There you
go, there you go. It's always the lead vocalist
that has the giggles. The ones that that's the
one basically on the mic all the time. So pretty
much passes gas. Everybody's here Everybody gets
to see my booty That's what the girls come pay
for buddy Your burps a lot for sure that's that's
one of his main things through which hole It
depends what I eat before singing. Hey bro, this
is a bass bro. This is a bass. You're helping
your bass player out. Don't worry about it. I
take advantage of when Alex is hitting the woodblock
super loud. That's his way of saying shut up
Alex, you're too loud. Don't let all the secrets
out, guys. I know what it is to have those secrets
to be the musician. Don't do that. You see, it
got louder. Someone's farting. Someone's farting.
Someone is farting. You go, hey Alex, cover me.
Give me a low D. Anyways guys, so tell me a little
bit about how did we start off with this group?
I mean, how did you guys eventually come together
and make this band, I mean, I've heard bits and
pieces of some of the stuff you write, you play.
I did make the commercial for that. I'm sorry
if I made you guys dance in sync. That was pretty
cool, actually. That's the best we've ever done.
I wish we actually danced like that in real life.
So yeah, that's pretty cool. We're actually in
tempo. But no, tell me a little bit how you guys
got together, guys, and how you met and you know.
Go ahead, whoever wants to start first. I'll
go first. Well, it's actually a pretty cool story,
man. It all started because, well, of course,
me and Jesse and, of course, Baby D, we have
a background music from years back. But not too
long ago, Jesse was actually doing his solo career
as a singer. He was trying to take off. And I
coincidentally wanted to start a podcast. Oh,
there you go. Yeah, we actually which is what
we actually have right now. All right. It's the.
And so Jesse wanted me to help him out on the
drums, like just as a, you know, sitting drummer.
So I started doing that and I told him, okay,
I'll do it, but help me out with the podcast.
I've always wanted to start one and you have
the studio, you have the know -how, help me out.
So we started helping out mutually and that grew
into us. or actually him kind of realizing, you
know what, I don't really want to do the solo
thing, I want to do a band. So he's, you know,
we had a little talk and it was just one of those
moments where we just clicked as far as I mean,
it's always about music, man. Yeah. I get it,
I get it. He gets you with the hair thing and
then he's like, okay, relax, now I can go. I'll
go for the kill now. That's how you get me. I
mean, anything that has to do with good hair
and I'm there, man. Okay, let's change the subject
From there it went to let's let's try it out,
you know, let's let's have a little rehearsal
and we invited just some buddies just up It wasn't
meant to be a serious thing for the band, right?
Let's let's jam out and see what happens and
the guys that came over they end up liking it
and they're like Hey, we're in if you guys are
gonna put this together. We'll do it and from
there that was about what about a year and a
half ago pretty much and ever since you know
From that point, we said, okay, well, let's just
do weddings and quinceañeras. Let's not get into
the mess of studio. And then two weeks later,
we were in the studio. So that's how that works.
And now we're fortunate to, we're going already
on our sixth. Sixth. Sixth. Sixth. Bro, I'm just
waiting for our single number six. I'm sorry.
I'm just waiting for the moment where his English
is done. This is about to happen. I got prepaid
English like you pay 20 bucks at Walmart and
he gives you like 30 minutes of English and it's
over. I've heard of that before, bro. Look, honestly,
if we do the interview in Spanish, it's much
better for me, bro. But it doesn't matter, we'll
do it as it is. That's pretty much the story,
man. I think the hardest part for us was coming
up with the name. We juggled a bunch of names.
I think at one point we had a couple of weird
names. I don't know if Jesse, since Metawayo
was Jesse's idea, I think I should let him share
the story on that. You don't mind if I move on?
No, go ahead. It's all good. So yeah, pretty
much we were at a practice, a late practice session,
and you know, we're like, okay, we got the band
together, let's come up with a name. And the
first thing that pops into my mind is Grupo Frontera.
Why? Because they're representing the frontage.
But Frontera could be a Frontera from anywhere.
So I'm thinking to myself, and Los MV pops in
my mind. Los MV right? Mero Valle. It's a bold
statement. It's pretty much representing... who
we are, where we're from. And it's not only that,
but we see it with conviction, with, you know,
we're proud to be from the Valley, so it's not
just a Grupo from the Valley, del Mero Valle.
So Grupo Mero Valle, and that's how, you know...
It clicked, and you know, surprisingly, Alex
liked it. I never liked shit, that's why. No,
no, I like to say we're night and day. Sometimes
I'm night, sometimes it's day and vice versa,
right? It's just how it works. It's good to have
a yin and yang in the bread. Exactly, exactly.
But it's crazy because at the end of the day,
it kind of brings balance because one thing we
both do have in common is we compromise a lot.
Right. I mean, we have totally different ideas,
but we'll try to both be like, okay, well, where
can I meet you halfway and where can you meet
me halfway? And that has definitely complimented
the commitment to this band and it's been good.
And then Brenda comes in the picture and makes
things even harder. Easier but harder, right?
I'm kidding. But yeah, that's how we pretty much
came up with the name. It's just like, how can
we do that? By mentioning the name in it. We
didn't want to include the 956 in it because
that ain't choteado. Everybody uses 956 for everything
in a ghetto way and I'm sorry to say it. Metal
eye, you know, and it's clicked and then maybe
they started working a an artwork and yeah, I
remember that night when they called me What
do you what do you think about this nail like
man if you're gonna represent the valley I mean,
that's perfect. Yeah, I started working on the
on the logo I do have to, I want to mention that
Baby D takes care of all our, anything has to
do with the artwork images and stuff. He's been
doing it for years. He has actually his own business
where he does graphic designing, promotions for
businesses. So he, I mean, it was a perfect,
aside from the music side that he brings to the
band, he also helps out with that. So I mean,
you know, we all try to compliment the band somehow,
you know, with whatever skill we have. We try
to make it as, what's that word you use? F -Y
-I or what? DIY. DIY, do it yourself. We try
to do it ourselves as much as we can. It's because
it's the Home Depot way. Do more. That's a fancy
way of saying we're broke, okay? Yeah, pretty
much. We can't afford to pay anybody, so. Hey
man, whatever works, bro. I might hit you up
towards the end of the season, the season of
this year, because we're going to change our
emblem again for something that's coming up.
So yeah, I will reach out to you for sure. So
you guys come up with a band, the rest of the
members, was this just people that you knew or
along the way you started having auditions? I
mean, was it you first three that started? start
the whole thing first, or is it unity? We've
had a mix of, there's been a few that have come,
they come and went. I mean, nothing wrong with
anybody not wanting to be a part of it. If it's
not for you, it's not for you. And we've always
tried to be as clear as possible. I mean, here
with Metal Valle, all we really ask for is...
I mean, while we're here, either rehearsing or
performing, just give it 100%. You know, you
don't have to be the best musician in the world.
But as long as you're, you know, committed to
what we're doing, that's all we really ask for.
And there's been cases where that's, you know,
we haven't really met eye to eye with some members
and we've parted ways. But for the most part,
everybody's that that's become a part of metal
by has stuck around. And I feel very confident
that the team that we have at the moment, I mean,
we're we're really good, man. It's like an engine.
It's a very fine tuned engine to where everybody's
on the same page. and it works out. That's awesome.
So as many, when you guys started off, like I
said, you want to do weddings, quinceañeras,
and virtual reunions and all that stuff, but
it just went... You said, you know what, we're
just going straight to the studio. Yeah, I think
it's weird how that happened because, I mean,
as you know, everything is social media now and
I like to say YouTube is your business card for
musicians. You don't have anything on YouTube,
you're nobody, I'm sorry. Yeah, exactly. It don't
matter how much talent you have, which we don't,
right, but at least we have stuff out there.
Oh wow, you got stuff out there, bro. But yeah,
you know, it's like... let's just record something,
why not? And from one came the other, and the
other, and now we're working on our sixth, possibly
even seventh, and then we got like five songs
lined up or something like that. I don't even
know where to begin anymore. And I'd like to
add a little bit to that, Jesse, also that our
friends, people have known us for a long time
that know what we've done in the music industry.
They kind of set the bar high for us, because
as soon as they found out that we were putting
a band together, they automatically assumed,
oh, you guys you're gonna do that again, like
where you're gonna go record and tour and stuff
like that. Because that's stuff that me and Jesse
and Baby D of course have done as well in the
past. So it was kind of hard to say, no, well,
we just wanna chill here, you know, like. you
know we actually it was the same thing you know
when people started saying that so that's when
me and him started saying you know why not let's
let's just go into the studio do something see
what happens right and i mean it's it's what
we know how to do i mean that's that's what we
know how to do it and like jesse says we live
in times where you have to put yourself out there
online and what better way than to do it into
something you know professionally done we know
how to do it so why not i don't want to ask i'm
not i'm not gonna i'm not putting you on the
spot but Explain to me the name. Baby D. Baby
D? Yes. Okay, when I started, actually... Because
the only thing that I'm seeing right now is Friday
and I'm seeing... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You got
some of those twinkies. Cookie, cookie. That's
a new one. That's a new one. You want to mess
with Baby D. No, the name came because actually
I was the little one on the boy band that I used
to play with. Okay. It's called La Pura Neta.
Oh, okay. All right. Yeah, I was the... I thought
you were saying it back to your voice. I thought
you were saying it back to your voice. Hey, bro,
it's something, bro. See, I was the youngest
one. Ah, okay. And my real name is Danny. Danny.
Okay. So that's why they call me Baby. Baby,
okay. So you just... They just call me that name
just like that. I mean, I don't mind. I can keep
my name, Danny, or whatever it is. You cannot
use that name, the real name. You have to be
creative, you have to create this image and another
nickname and this and that so they can recognize.
I'm surprised they didn't call you P .W .D. No,
we don't want that. That's the reason why they
got me that name. P .W .D. As long as you don't
have somebody that's joking, no more locked doors,
no more locked doors. We're good. Yeah, Baby
D comes from the La Pura Neta camp. If you ever
heard of them, they were the crew that, if you
ever heard Chocolata from Cumbia Kings, if you
remember, by Peewee, there's a little section
in the middle of the song, there's like a rap
section, and it's La Pura Neta, the crew where
he was at, they're the ones that... that the
flow there was producing them at the time. So,
I mean, Baby D's been around, man. That's actually
how I met him, actually. When he was part of
that team, we met up in Monterrey, and that was,
what, 25 years ago? And ever since, I mean, we've
been in touch, and we finally had the opportunity.
You know, when me and Jesse were putting this
crew together, we wanted to give it that fresh,
urban style as well. I didn't get asked. Yeah,
it was my idea. and he's like, hey, I'm your
new hype man, okay. And what's your name, Baby
D? Oh, you don't mess with Baby D. You don't
mess with Baby D. And that's a good way to transition
to something else that I want to ask, because
I did watch a couple of podcasts that you guys
were on, and I believe it was, you're the drummer,
correct? Yeah, that's right. I believe it was
with, shout out to Delta, Delta, was it Delta?
Was it that one? I can't remember which the podcast
was. One of you guys, I think it was through
that one. One of you guys was supposing that
that was that? No? It's someone else? It was
not the Tejano Legend one? Yeah. That's the one,
remember? The one at the studio. It was an online
interview, right? Right. Oh, through TikTok?
Yeah. Okay, yeah. Yeah, I saw that. Tell me a
little bit about that. How did that come up to,
you know, how'd you get into a light to that?
How did you get the interview for that? for you
mean to the do the actual podcast. I think they
reached out through TikTok. OK, we've actually
been following each other because of our podcast
as well. And, you know, they reached out. And
first of all, to congratulate us, I think at
the time we had interviewed somebody, I can't
remember who it was, somebody who sings Tejano
or we were talking about him or something. We
were talking about that. We got Jay Perez. Oh,
my gosh. Are you serious? Well, we didn't have
we didn't have him on the podcast, but he he
he commented on one. That's awesome. One of our
clips. That's awesome. And from there, that kind
of went a little viral. And since being that
they're a Tejano podcast, they were kind of interested
in who we were, what we were doing. And I'm sorry,
I didn't even jump in to ask. The name of the
podcast you guys were doing is? That was Legends.
Legends podcast. Oh, OK. OK, OK, OK. Latin Legends.
Yes, yes, OK. Yeah. And I mean, it was a pretty
good chat, man. From the interviews that he's
done before, we were kind of like the first Because
we're not precisely Tejano. We're kind of Grupero,
Norteño, Tejano. It's a mix of music, what we
do. So it was kind of cool to be in a different,
like they say, to be out of our comfort zone,
you know, with a totally different genre. But
we managed pretty good. I mean, it was a pretty
good chat. I mean, I think everybody pretty much
enjoyed it. And you say that you're all low.
Those are the good bands, though, man. I mean,
not to toot my own horn here, but playing in
the band I used to play with, we all had different
styles. I was a blues. My buddy was a heavy metalist.
The drummer was a tech. He liked drumming techno
-wise. The bass player was more of a jazz, metal,
blues, rock. And then you had a singer that was
into YouTube, Tapeche mode, all these. It was
just a mixture and the music is beautiful. I
can only imagine. I mean, so much. When you bring
more to the pot, it's like a big pot of menudo,
man. And I mean, it's kind of like, what the
hell's going on? But when you get a flavor of
it, you're like, God. Yeah. Well, the weird thing
about that is, you know, for the most part, of
course, we do have our original music, but for
the most part, it's covers. You know, we play
at events, we play covers. But what's interesting
about it is that since all the musicians in this
band come from different backgrounds, as much
as we want to try to cover... to make them sound
like the original they sound different yeah in
a good way yeah so that's always i mean it's
always fun to play with that you know because
i mean it at first it kind of freaked us out
but we noticed that it made us stand out you
know from the rest of the other bands we kind
of had a like a little internal battle like I
guess you can call it that where it's like man
it's cuz it's it's we gotta in a way respect
what the original song sounds like right yeah
but you know the people that we have like to
use, incorporate their own essence. And it just
gives it a different flavor. So we got to the
point where, you know what, let's just let it
be. And it's what's happening right now. Absolutely.
That's the beautiful thing about it. I mean,
I know you can go and hear the original anytime
you want, but when you get that original and
you work on it. and you turn it to your style,
it goes, oh man, I've heard the original, but
have you heard it like this? That's what's awesome,
bro, when you change it and you make it yours.
It doesn't belong to you, but the style. And
a good example, just like Johnny Cash, there's
Hurt. It was written by Nine Inch Nails. You
hear it for the first time, you're like, okay,
it sounds kind of, but then Cash gets it and
changes it, and you're like, damn. That sounds,
I like this rendition, it was like this. And
same thing with Prince, he wrote Nothing Compares
to You, and Shani O 'Connor got it, and she made
it hers. Perfect example of Obama. Yeah, that's
been so much, that's been renovated so much,
bro, from the traditional mariachi style to the
newer style, and then you have it more of a rock
style, and it's changed, it's evolved through
the years. That's what's so awesome, man. Let's
talk about gigs. You got to give me, give me
one gig, one gig. You have to give me, I'm pretty
sure there's quite a few because... You're like,
I've been in that position before. Well, we've
only played like three times, so there's one
of the three then. Not a lot of options, but
hey, we'll try. Time to put people on the spot.
If only our manager could do more. Instead, she's
selling houses. Hey, hey, bro. That's going to
pay for the torpos, bro. Okay, well let's let's
jump off jump off the gig thing. Let's go to
the studio No, I want to go to the studio because
studio as a whole Stores and studios are totally
different to what live gigs are absolutely when
you're doing these songs the originals or the
remakes of Covers which song to you personally
was like damn it. I Yeah, I'm done with this
song. Let's just get it all with let's get through
it. Yeah, I'll play it again when we go live
okay what song in particular like ours though
the covers we've done covers that you've done
or an original use like You know, I actually
felt that with one, but we never actually put
it out, which was Amor No Me Ignores. It's recorded,
we just never put it out for some reason because
we've had other songs that got priority. But
for some reason, for me in particular, I mean,
and that song was my idea, right? I'm the one
that put it on the table. But for some reason
when I was like - Baby's like, yeah, that's the
reason why you didn't put it out. Exactly. But
it was a real drag, dude. And it's a very rare
thing for me. I mean, for the most part, I always,
even if I don't like the song, like I'll find
something like a little edge or something to
get me. And for some reason that song was just
not. I guess it was just the overall sound of
it. I was just not enjoying it. Okay. Okay, so
I was kind of praying man I hope we don't put
this one out and I guess that's why it never
came on and then again And the thing is that
you're so used to playing in the 72 74 BPM Yeah,
which was what voluminous used to play in yeah,
and this song is right up the you know that alley,
but at the same time It's so easy to lose your
tempo when the song is so slow. Yeah, so Greg,
our keyboardist, he was also our studio engineer.
He was the one tracking all this. He's very like,
boom, and up, and again, and again. He's that
type where he has that patience and that persistence,
and you can just see it in Alice where he was
just like, ugh. Remember Richie Valance and La
Mama where they're making them do it over and
over? That was me, that was me. And then I was
the Bob. We were like, they all sounded the same
to me. But it was crazy because that shit happens
when you were recording Nunca Voy a Olvidarte,
right? Oh yeah. He's over and over and over.
Vocals is a whole, oh man. I just want to say
real quick, Bob is a badass. Bob Morales. He
was a badass, man. I loved him in that movie.
I mean, for the singer, I mean, as being... instrument
players you know you do your spot you do your
skeleton and you come back you fill them clean
them up and then yeah you're done not as you're
singing backup not as you're doing something
else but the singer i think personally and i
don't mean to say like you know oh it is what
it is but they they get put in the spot yeah
they get put because they have to hit every single
note on point and the singer that i had was in
the group the producer was just like he said
no again no again higher do a little bit lower
that octave was off to the point where he made
him bleed all of his vocals yeah that's how good
the guy came out raw jam and it was a tough recording
like that is what i'm saying that's why when
i see that i'm like when you say you're the vocalist
and your studio is like bro if you have not bled
yet from your vocal yeah you should thank your
prayers that this guy knows what he's doing Oh
great, I'll give him an idea. Sweet, let's go
ahead and see if we can do that. I will never
get there, man. I don't care who I'm recording
for. If I know I can't at that moment, it's going
to stop because I'm not going to mess up my vocal
chords for anybody. But yeah, it's tough, man.
Same thing happened with me with Greg. Same story.
We're recording the song and it's one of the
highest pitched songs that we have. and he had
me you know like and there's times where you
hit the notes but maybe you're too far back or
you got too close or anything just because of
that you got to do it again and and it's but
i love it man That's what we're here for. It's
a challenge. For the most part, we do have a
lot of fun. We record in Jesse's studio where
we actually do the podcast. It's also a home
studio. It's our studio, man. For the most part,
we go in there and we spend six, seven, eight
hours. That's awesome. It doesn't feel like eight
hours, man. We come out of there. You're doing
something you love. There's just something about
the creative. process that's fun to us the juices
So yeah, we were always looking forward to we
haven't done it in a while we've been really
busy trying We're always lately it seems like
we're always Brenda's keeping us busy with you
know interviews and doing radio stuff and So
we've been kind of focusing on that aspect of
it, but we definitely need to get back in the
studio because Like Jesse said, the industry
has changed so much to where every month you
got to be putting something out. So, you know,
it's kind of a drag. We hear people saying, yeah,
one song a month. And then we're interviewing
some guy Elvis Ayala and he's like, yeah, man,
I try to put in like at least two every two weeks.
We're like, damn, you just made things harder.
Like, come on, one song every two weeks is insane.
For me personally, it sucks because I'm the type
of person that if I hear a song that I like,
I'll hear it for. Long time right and I feel
like nowadays like people are barely starting
to get into your song and then you throw something
else Yeah, I got you and you take the attention
away from hey, you know that other song could
have potential to be like a You know, yeah Yeah,
cuz I think there's a psychological aspect to
it to where you know before you artists would
put out 12 songs per year and you had 12 or yeah,
he had 12 songs or a whole year to get those
songs into people's conscience, you know, and
to really listen to it and appreciate it. And
I don't think that it's very rare that that happens
now. I mean, compared to what it was back in
the day in the late 90s, early 2000s, the hustle
was the hustle. You're in a band, you're in a
band, you're in a group, everybody got at least
a small little EP with like three songs. And
where would they send you? To the frickin' mall.
They'd say, all right, go out there and try to
sell these or give them away, pass out flyers
that were gonna be, you know, over here. And
that was the hustle, bro. You had to hustle.
You had to go out there and do that. We didn't
have all this great technology where you have
a phone and you can post it on Facebook, post
it on Instagram, on your OnlyFans. Well, at least
I do. The hair, the hair, the hair. It's the
hair bro. You caught me bro, it's the hair bro.
I knew it, I knew it. It's uh, oohhair .com only.
Donate $50 every week. No, uh, no, but it was
the hustle. And it's totally different. And I
see a lot of the younger, younger generation
that say, yeah, man, I just released like four
songs on Spotify. Oh, I did this. I go, bro,
you don't know how easy you got it, bro. I mean,
you don't realize the hustle, how hard it is.
Right now, you say easy. It's a double -edged
sword, man. Man, I'm gonna tell you why. I just,
I sent these guys a video, a YouTube video to
the group page earlier today. We're not only
dealing with so many bands now, we're now dealing
with AI. Oh, yeah. And these people, I don't
know who they are. They're creating profiles.
They're making... Cumbia Beats, completely produced
Cumbia Beats, and they're putting AI voices of
famous people, collaborations, and they're uploading
to YouTube. In an instant, they get 100 ,000
views, 200 ,000 views on an anonymous YouTube
account, and us that are putting sweat, blood,
and tears into it hours and hours and hours.
can barely make it to a K views in a whole month.
Bro, you're preaching to the choir. You're preaching
to the choir. It's just gonna get worse, man.
That's what I'm saying. It's a double -edged
sword because now we're dealing with AI. Yeah.
Who knows how good or bad that might get. And
it's a great thing you bring up that topic because,
I mean, I've always talked to a lot of musicians
or artists that come in here and ask, what do
you think about AI? Some are for it. He goes,
hey, man, there's some times where I'm writing
something and I put those lyrics in AI form.
I go hey man try to give me a beat for this because
I can't think right what what kind of beat do
you want I wanted to sound like this this this
boom makes the beat shit there it is yeah let
me know sometimes they put a beat they have a
beat but I have no lyrics I'm trying to write
about this boom it does it you know I can understand
it helping you but the way you say it is like
okay they got this person they made up the lyrics
they made up the the beat And the vocal, they
change it to a famous person's vocal with someone
else singing back up. And then, like I said,
they make fake profile and boom, they're making
money. Precisely the one I sent them was Frontera
with Daddy Yankee. That's never happened. First
of all, Daddy Yankee became Christian, I don't
know how long ago. I doubted he would go back
to record with Frontera. But, and then you hear
it, and you can kind of hear Bayo's voice in
there. But you can never make up Daddy Yankee's
voice. No, you can't. It just doesn't sound right
to me. It's not authentic. But, because... They
put both their pictures on the thumbnail and
they threw it out there and people started clicking
on it Yeah, yeah, and they're they're banking
We're the ones doing the honest work, right?
It's still not monetize the real musicians trying
to be in the studio trying to put note per note
sound Where's the bridge? Where's the bleed?
Here's where we should stop. Here's what we should
come back in Yeah, this is a triple note for
note for beat to beat and if you're listening
or watching like what? the hell are you talking
about? You have to know, if you know, you know.
And I totally agree with you, there's a lot of
people who do that. But AI has come in and out,
for me, I'm putting myself out there, but AI
has helped my, as far as like, and this is probably
gonna poke a stick at you, some of the graphic
designs. I go on there, this is what I'm looking
for, this is what I'm trying to do, I need you
to do move this, move that, at an angle, and
for me it's like, oh dude. This is awesome, I
got it done, let's release it. When it comes
to somebody who goes to school, learns to do
it, you know, step by step, and you know, shit,
I know how to do this, let me show you how you
do it. And I go, bro, I just finished it in five
minutes. It's gonna take you four days, three
days, two days, maybe a day, I finished it in
a day. Like that trend where the people were
making cartoons of their own pictures, you know?
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, that's what I'm saying. I've
done a couple of those. I've done the puppet
thing and all that stuff. And I do it, and I
look at it, I think I'm, you know what, I'm good,
but. I have a buddy of mine also who's a big
-time artist, and I do stuff like, oh bro, that's
just messed up, bro. But see, it's valid when,
we've done it. We've done it with Modo Zombie,
right? We threw out a single collaboration with
Los Marrománticos, and I went in AI, and I simply
typed in, give me a zombie with a Volkswagen
combi in the background. Oh wow. And it busted
it out, right? So what did I do? First of all,
I made sure Alex was okay with it. And then he's
like, yeah, man, let's go. Let's run with it.
We send it to baby D and he does his magic over.
So it's a bit of both worlds. It has some honesty
in it too, you know what I mean? No, I hear you,
I hear you. But I mean, that's how I feel like.
That's how people should be using AI. Not just
literally making everything for you and you get
all the credit for it. That's not fair, man.
Totally agree with what you're saying, man. Hey,
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We were talking about AI and we're gonna go into
switch gears a little bit I know Want to hear
your thoughts on this? I mean, well, you know
what before we get into that we said you said
you do have gigs you say Okay, I mean give me
one of the best gigs that you guys done where
it's just like the one that's the bar They say
this one's the bar and that we we want to be
better We have to be better than what we performed
on this gig. What is the best gig y 'all had?
Well, I would definitely say and I'm sure these
guys are gonna agree that it'd be our release
Party for our latest single which was posiciones.
That was what two weeks ago, right? We had it
there at a taboo bar and grill and now you could
just feel the vibe man when we finished our first
set they actually played the video on the big
screens and they presented it and you could just
feel the vibe man the crowd was loving it they
were really uh you know getting down to the video
and the song you know it means a lot because
you know we put our heart and sweat into it and
to see the reaction of the people i mean it's
it's always good sold out and it was a sold out
night so that made it even better yeah we sold
we sold out the the club wow so yeah i think
that ranks on our you've done that twice tough
right yeah That same place? Yeah, we've sold
out twice. Okay, well yeah, but that night was
special because it was our single. I think the
Rio Grande gig was pretty cool too. And then
we played the song live for the first time there
too. Actually that was a big challenge for him
because I remember. Why? Because that was the
very first time we played that live. We got a
bunch of instruments like salsa, tropical, cumbia,
everything bro. For me, it was a big challenge.
We were a little nervous because we rehearsed
the day before, right? Friday? Was it Friday?
I'll be honest, it didn't sound that good. It
wasn't tight yet. You know, when you rehearse
a song enough times. Actually, I think that tightness
comes from playing it live a few times. We never
played it live. It was just there at rehearsal.
This happened right about 1 .50 a .m. So everybody
was drunk. It sounded bad. It makes perfect sense
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the better we sound So you got that one as a
release party now the total opposite Which is
the one that you're like, dude The last one we
were there Wow Yes and no, I think I'd go with
that time we played at that park in Mission,
the Placita. And then on top of that we didn't
get paid. We did, but you know the... And if
you hear the voice right there, that is the manager
holding her ground saying, you got paid. You
got paid just to give you cash on the spot. So
that would be the word why would it be the like
the worst one guys? I mean sounds crappy bro.
Yeah, it was hot. It was outside, you know like
that I mean it wasn't at 1 p .m. But you I was
like, man, it was my turn, man. It was my time
to shine. Yeah. You remember that time? Yeah,
yeah, yeah. They don't even have it. They had
so much room. At least turn on my mic so we can
say bye to the people. You can say bye to the
crowd. Go, go, go. I'm going to say go, go. All
right, baby. I tricked them. I mean that's the
kind of element that either makes gigs fun or
that make them suck because you never know what's
going to happen you know and you got to know
how to improvise you know sometimes we've been
in situations where everything shuts off and
there's nothing but the accordion the drums and
the percussion and the voice so we just you know
as long as the crowd is engaging with that we
keep going. You see and that's a great icebreaker
for you when you're about to go out. It's a great
icebreaker man. engaged with the people, or they
could just all stare at you like, what the hell's
going on? Like I said, you just gotta improvise
and make the best out of it. And then being the
vocal itself, you're the master MCs up there,
man. You're the one that has to keep yapping.
You gotta keep yapping. Who's the yapper on stage?
Well, ironically, it's me. You're hiding, you're
hiding behind! mean I don't I would prefer for
it not to be me honestly I would rather it be
Jesse and I always tell him it bro like you know
we engage more with the crowd you know you you're
you're the guy up there you know and singer is
come on just down on bro but it was Don't get
me wrong, even though I'm not the first one to
jump on the mic, I'm always on that prep mode
because there's sometimes that Alex is doing
something, or he's talking to another band member,
hey, this song is next, or whatever. And all
of a sudden, I'll just hear like, I'm not just
saying. I'm like, oh, OK. The coordinators is
trying to get the change of coordinates or something.
We need to talk, and we can get everybody's attention.
You need to talk to him? But I don't have the
mic. I was at the front. Oh, OK. We'll make sure
you get your mic. But this is Jesse on the mic.
I don't have a wireless mic. What up, bro? No,
no. How we got the wireless? I don't know. But
just so you know, this is Jesse on the mic, the
animator. OK, vamos a continuar con la próxima
canción. Muchas gracias. And that's how you feed
me, bro. You know this. I get it. If I haven't
eaten, I won't even talk. I won't even sing.
I want my tacos, bro. Aside from a drummer, I've
been a DJ for a long time. And I used to DJ at
clubs, all types of clubs. And our biggest enemy
was dead air. Management always got on our case.
Hey, no matter what, I want either music or you
talking on the mic. But that dead air, I see
less dollar signs when that happens. Number one
rule. That's the number one rule. Podcasting
or like you said DJ nori on stage. Yeah, they
can't be not even two seconds a day It's the
stair contest like yeah, you know a lot of you
kill the fire You're asking what their dead air
is is it's um, it's a fart that I do That's Dead
Air, ladies and gentlemen. So, we try our books.
But yeah, that's what, I mean, when we're on
stage, I've never actually had this talk with
them, but it's crazy that I'm doing it on a podcast,
but yeah, the Dead Air rule, we should never
do it, man. Yeah, it's a number one rule, man,
especially in a podcast, or like I said, a live
studio audience, especially, number one. But
guys, we know that October's right around the
corner. Halloween is getting very close. There
is a big thing going on here in the RGV and I'm
gonna bring this up and people are like, why
are you talking about this? I'm gonna bring it
up. There is a special guest in the RGV in McAllen.
They are selling tickets two for 20 right now
and then when the time is for the show to start,
it's gonna be $30 at the door per person and
you're all wondering, what the hell is he talking
about? Well, Annabelle is in the Rio Grande Valley
and in Texas for show starting October I believe
it's the seventh or the fifth she is available
for viewing and people are a little nervous because
you're in the valley bro there's always that
one local is because I want to grab her So that's
the actual doll from the based on the movie raggedy
and all the actual doll that is Supposedly I
like to do the quote Supposedly possessed all
right, so that is gonna be for viewing in the
RGB. We didn't didn't Some dude just died from
moving her from one place to another. The building
got burned. The building was burned. But that's
original from the warrant? It's the actual original.
Yeah, that's everybody's reaction. That's capitalism
at its worst, man. I think that doll coming down
here, I think she scared herself. That's the
big thing happening in Halloween coming up in
early October. What are your thoughts, man? Are
you willing to take the chance to buy a ticket
to go see this thing? Absolutely. Yeah, I'm down.
I love a good thrill. We're having a concert
on November 8th. You know? Good, yeah. You don't
want to jinx it? Alright, jinx it! Maybe, well
she is going to be there until the last, the
first week of October. We can dance with the
dog. Don't tempt it bro, it might happen. No,
I just want to take this time to let everybody
know that we're going to be in concert on November
8th. We got downtown McAllen's in El Rey. Oh,
there you go. There you go. And the tickets are
already on sale. You're invited. Oh, I'm invited.
Sweet. Do I take the one they get free with me
too? No, I'm just joking. The dog's not gonna
be there. No, no. Trust me, this dog won't let
me come close to Chu. No, and I know they had
asked me earlier where the name Chu and U came
from. Yeah, I was wondering about that. Okay,
well. sit back and get comfortable because it's
gonna be a long ride no it's a short ride and
i'm actually gonna give you the actually the
the story itself this happened oh shoot i would
have to say back in 2000 in the year 2000 uh
2000 thank you uh 2005 -06 uh the wife and i
had just uh got married in uh in 99 so yeah it
was about six years into our marriage And a buddy
of mine, which is our buddies next door, one
of my buddies, Anne Chu himself, had gone out
downtown McAllen, 17th Street, went to go have
a good time. Well, they got pulled over by the
great city of McAllen and took them in because
they weren't driving, but they were intoxicated.
So they took him in, I guess for public intoxication
or whatever. Took him in, then my buddy calls
me the following morning. Hey, man, can you do
me a favor? He goes, what's up, man, can you
come pick me up? I'm like, yeah, dude, I can
go pull you out. So I'm thinking, you know, down
the street or, you know, a couple of blocks over,
his car broke down. He goes, no, I'm an accountant
PD. What the hell happened? He goes, yeah, we
got arrested last night. We got thrown in the
tent. I'm like, oh, shit. In the drunk tank?
He goes, yeah, in the drunk tank. Okay, no problem,
man, I'll go pick you up, man. Tell the wife,
hey, we're gonna go pick up so and so. Okay,
well let's go. We gotta do, we gotta do. So we
go, we get there. I get off the car. I'm looking.
Can't find my buddy. Call him up on the phone.
Hey man, where you at? Oh, my mom already picked
me up, bruh. I go, I'm here to pick you up. Where
you at? She picked me up already. I'm already
home. But do me a favor, pick up Balde. Balde
is a chew. I was like, okay, I'll pick up Bladen
up. What is he looking like? Oh, you won't miss
him, dude. The tall son of a bitch, you won't
miss him. I'm like, okay, whatever. So I'm looking
around and I see this tall guy walking at me.
He's about, she was about six, five, six, six.
He's tall, tall, something, tall guy. Chewbacca
tall. Yeah, so there you go. You're going towards
it. So I see him. I'm like, God damn, dude, you're
a hug. I'll be looking fucking Wookie. He's looking
at me, go shut the fuck up, Ewok, and take me
home. So that's how we got Chu and Oo. Oo is
short for Ewok. So he's the Chewbacca, I'm the
freaking Ewok. Makes sense. Makes a lot of sense.
We would talk a lot on Xbox Live, but we'd constantly
game, but I never knew who he was until that
day. So yeah, man, so now he's... He's part of
the show and everything and I'm glad he's not
here. No, he's a great guy, great guy. So, I
was going to say something else. Don't ever talk
about this. Don't distract me. No, I do want
to send it if you allow me a shout out to Freddy
Honda you mentioned him right now sponsor He's
actually gonna be gonna be on our podcast A couple
of months right he set up ready. So yeah We're
expecting that to be a really good chat. I've
been following his content. It's pretty cool,
man I always have a good laugh when he's uploading
his videos and stuff. Thank you that kid The
last time they were here The last time we interviewed
him and his wife and himself, they were telling
me that when they first started, they would go
live a lot before they started releasing all
their content. And I would always jump out and
go, dude, you guys gotta do content, man. You
guys are freaking funny. He goes, you think we
should? He goes, dude, you should, man. You should
have your own podcast. I don't know why you guys
don't do like a Freddie and wife or whatever
you wanna call it, Honda and wife or whatever.
You should. He goes, yeah, we'll think about
it, okay. And as soon as I get off the line with
him, like about... three days later he starts
popping up content lifter and they're freaking
hilarious yeah i'm like wow and so he told he
was telling me thanks to you man thanks to you
we're we're making it like content and we're
you know we're doing what we're doing and we're
doing well i go where's my 10 % bro where's my
10 % and then he goes you can come and get a
tattoo i got your 10 % there sweet i'll be there
next week He's a sponsor to the show man, he's
a great guy bro. Seeing that guy grow up through
the years. When we first had our first podcast
in southwest of Co, a little bit further south.
Same, we've been on Texan Boulevard for the last,
what are we going on, seven years already. Dude,
it's been a ride. It's been a ride watching so
much talent coming through that door, through
the other door. We had the other podcasts, just
nothing but talent. And it's sad that, you know,
Being in the valley, and I'm going to say this
because I'm a feather musician to you guys, it's
tough. For you guys, I know that what I was saying,
I'm going to say Tejano music, the Tropical and
Merengue, all that good stuff that you guys play,
it's smooth waters. It seems to me, on my end,
dude, you got the smooth waters going your way,
because everybody likes listening to it. You
can play it at a quinceanera, you can play it
at a wedding, you can play it at a barbecue.
People will go and they get up in the dance.
Being in a rock band, being a hip hop guy, the
waters are rough. And a lot of these hip hop
guys that I tell them, being in hip hop itself,
you gotta jump out. You gotta go north. and it's
hard like here in the valley actually for a latino
like it's not into one attention you know what
i'm saying yeah they can't see you because uh
he was he was more into the car scenes that's
the reason why he got a panda yeah yeah no and
we used to do car meets over there his shop when
he was over there the 23rd and uh nolana okay
okay okay okay yeah The cigar bar. Cigar bar,
yeah. I know exactly what that is. A couple of
years ago. Yeah. See, and I see that. I'm like,
bro, it's, to be an artist, a musician, down
here, it's a rough ride. It's a fight. I mean,
not only is it a fight for the community, but
it's also a fight because you have other... Bands
that are trying to do the same thing. Yeah, you
know, and it's a comp a constant competition
You know and you always have that there's always
that one group of the number Don't listen to
those guys. Well, we're better than them. We're
not man. Yeah The problem is that it's not even
about talent anymore man and you can have any
any dude that's just cow looking and does weird
stuff and people will follow that guy because
Yeah, but it's weird what you were mentioning
right now about the support from the crowd like
actually getting the crowd to listen You know
not too long ago I was in California and I had
a little time to go chill at a bar And it was
just you know your mom and pop bar You don't
think nothing fancy and there was a they had
like a little corner stage with the rock band
playing And you had at least I counted at least
15 people like just stood up from their tables
Or where they were sitting at and they were just
standing in front of the band like supporting
Like they play a jam that they like you know
to California or some classic rock song and they
were jamming to it and I think that's something
very rare here in the valley where as far as
the rock scene for people to support like that
you know so yeah it's a tough crowd man it is
it is a very tough job like I said before I mean
I've told a lot of our schools bro if you can
make it here you can make it anywhere Because
I mean, the valley's like the Apollo. The valley's
like the Apollo. You know, they can love you
and then they can kill you. Exactly, dude, exactly,
exactly. It's all nothing but love. Supposedly
to them, but but guys I love you, but I'll cancel
you at any moment Exactly right? No for sure.
No kidding, bro So you guys have a performance
and you said in November November 8 November
8. It's our very own concert We were organized
it and I really want to take the time to thank
our manager Brenda Blanco who is doing miracles,
man She's the one out there, you know, dealing
with the sponsorship, with the venue and all
that stuff. And of course, we're doing our part
as well. But it's a challenge, man. It's a challenge
because at the end of the day, we just want to
make sure that we get it out there so we have
a crowd that night, you know, and try to at least
break even. It looks promising as of right now.
We're getting a lot of support, especially in
the Mission, McAllen area. But we also would
like to invite everybody out here, man, the Westicle,
the, you know, La Feria, Harlingen area. People
that know in downtown McAllen, Cinel Rey is a
historical venue. So we thought it'd be the perfect
place to do our first official concert. It'll
be like a showcase of everything we've been doing
since last year. So it's going to be fun, man.
We're going to have our brother WC and Quiz out
there as well that night. They're going to be
jamming with us as well as a Grupo Riesco 956.
And we got one more band as well. 5 o 'clock
there we go right there if you guys click on
that it'll take you directly to their facebook
page show you all the upcoming events that's
going on uh what to look for and uh you know
anything that's uh behind the scenes that's going
on because i've seen a couple of their content
there it's pretty good stuff and you see uh baby
d uh you know jumping around say hey i'm over
here too No, but watch a baby D hacked that thing
and it's his that his it's his only fans No guys
first things first, I want to say we're 58 minutes
into the pod. We are rolling here you guys I
admire you guys man that you go out as far as
so many in this group itself, what's the total?
There's eight of us. To hold a band together
with that many people, that many musicians, man,
I know it's, I'm not saying it's difficult, but
it takes dedication to do that, you know, and
that's what's so beautiful about it. All I can
say, you guys are doing great work. Continue
doing what you're doing, man. Let your heart
lead you where your heart leads man when you
far as your music wise I know we're we're in
a deficit right now as far as AI people throwing
stuff out there and people making art out there
that you know that other people really work hard
for You know, but keep doing what you're doing
because in the long run, you know The the nice
guy wins every single time the one that works
the hardest I'll tell you Mark we're really blessed
that as you know as big as the band is like Jesse
said there's eight of us but it's a band where
everybody that's here wants to be here yeah so
that that's a big plus and we're just happy to
keep chugging forward and and you know putting
out new music and there's much more metal wide
to come right man well I'm looking forward to
it man I'm really looking forward good luck to
you guys man and continue doing what you're doing
I know I had a I'm gonna leave the camera forward
because I want to I'm selling a baby D right
now that I'm probably gonna use help later on
at the end of the season. Season six, we're going
to season seven. Chu and I decided to make a
quick left turn on season seven. We've noticed
that, not to say we're done with local talent,
because that's never gonna end. We're always
gonna have the open door for those guys. Whoever
wants to come in and talk or say, hey, I can
have them coming out. Is there a way you can
fit me in? We will fit you in for the episodes.
We are taking a left turn for all you wrestling
fans coming up for season 7. We are going to
go directly towards the wrestling field. We have
already talked to New Breed. We've talked to
Combat Colt and also with our great friend at
Kakahuate who works with three bad productions.
We talked to them so each week and maybe the
last week we'll have somebody local talent come
in but we are going to be turning into a small
wrestling podcast for season seven so it's going
to be an interesting ride i know everybody likes
the fact that chu gets hit all the time so that's
the reason we're doing it no no but uh a lot
of people the manager says that sounds like a
great concept no but it's it's something that
We've noticed that the crowd really tunes into
a lot. I know football season is starting. Right
now, those Cowboys don't even know what the score
is because I don't have the authority to ask
unless I ask the NFL for that information. But,
you know, the next couple of weeks or months
is going to be kind of rough because Thursday
nights we always, always live at 730 and we're
competing with. Thursday Night Football. So that's
gonna be tough. So if those three people that
are watching or four people that have tuned in,
I understand because majority, everybody's watching,
especially when you're from Texas, you're watching
the Cowboy game right now. And that's fine. I
know we'll get all of you later on tonight or
tomorrow morning. But I mean, this was one of
the great episodes. This is the reason why I
like doing this podcast to me. people like you
guys, man, that are out there doing the hard
work to put out great music, entertaining the
RGV, representing the RGV. And I just hope someone
northern from here hears this or watches this
podcast or hears the audio on Spotify and say,
hey, man. Let's tune into these guys, see what
they got. And eventually you get picked up and
say, you know what, we're going on tour. Sometimes
that's all it takes, man. That's all it takes.
We are ready. And by that same token, we also
want to invite our viewers to, if you've never
heard of us, if you've never checked our music,
it's everywhere. It's on Spotify, YouTube, Apple
Music. Just look us up as Grupo Mero Valle and
you'll see our original recordings. And we hope
you enjoy, man. And also, I want to let you guys
know that We also have a podcast that's also
named like the band, Esta Grupo Mero Valle, and
then there's Mero Valle podcast which are directly
linked together. We try to use the podcast as
much as possible to kind of like a platform to
promote our music and like you say, to also have
the opportunity to talk to other artists. And
instead of having that vibe where it's all about
us, it's a vibe of, hey, you know, that's us,
but there's also more talent here in the valley.
And like they say in Spanish, pensamos que la
union hace la fuerza. so we definitely want to
keep everybody you know be on good terms with
everybody and you never know you know one day
you're on top but the other guy might be on top
later and nos echamos la mano that's how it works
that's how it works my social media is where
they can follow you personally for anything you
want to Talks out there, where can they look
you up? Everywhere, it's Grupo Medo Valle, Facebook,
Instagram, TikTok. You were asking about the
band or us personally? It's a personal fan. I'm
Alex Medina on all platforms. Baby D2 King. Jesse
Segovia. Guys, you want to follow their routine
live and then also follow the band? Find out
what's going on, what is Alex eating in the morning,
what is Baby E eating Twinkies, and what is that?
And what drum rolls do we have for next week?
Nah man, thank you so much guys, I appreciate
each one of you. Especially the manager who reached
out, I know Quest told me, hey uh... When do
you have time? I will make time for them and
then we just find a date. It had to be coming
soon so I got you guys on. We really appreciate
it man. Thank you. It was a good ride man. You
guys make great music and continue doing it man.
Like I said, without music, there is no, there's
no, it would be boring. Life would be boring.
There was no music though, honestly. I'll tell
you one thing, Mark, it's always fun to do an
interview with a fellow musician. You know, I
feel like the, the, the chemistry is more genuine,
you know, because I can say something and you
know what I'm talking about. We understand each
other. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, especially when
it comes to the struggles, you know, and then
the things that happen on stage, I know you can
definitely identify. So that's always fun to
have that feedback. So thank you so much for
having this morning. Thank you for coming out
man, I appreciate you guys man. Ladies and gentlemen,
that is a podcast for the night, episode 259.
Oh my god, this is the hair he was talking about
bro. I tell you man, he's got good hair. Cut
your hair, man! But other than that, thank you
so much to Grupo Mero Valle for coming on to
the podcast. Like I said, thank God Chew wasn't
here because he probably would have taken off
his leg. That freaked out the guys last week,
by the way. But other than that, guys, thank
you so much for coming to the podcast. Take care,
God bless. May everything work out for you guys
all the way through the rest of the year. We
will see you next week, 730, once again, Chew
new podcast. And like always, guys, lay your
skaters. Peace out. Eso, y nosotros somos el
grupo Mero Ballet!