Playa del Carmen NOW

hi and welcome to the Playa Del Carmen Now podcast welcome to the great and today we are going to be talking about music or bands in Playa del Carmen
great great we have guests today yes we do we do have a great guess today we have Amanda Amanda Amanda just had her band the the the mafia and the mafia music Mafia everywhere but you're right you're right
so hit man that is one of the well-known musicians with the band in Playa del Carmen she's been here for a minute how long have I known you a known each other about 7 years 7 years 7 8 years I keep it that way so before we start talking about music and bands and Paula let's first talk about how many where are you from Mexico and she's been in Playa del Carmen now for how long is 90 years this is I-90 or here nine years and while.
what is being happy so what brings you to play a Garmin mostly the beach every reason in a very popular reason why they didn't mean you had some amazing things in your career that I'm going to talk about it before we even get there
we ask this question we have to very specific questions to every single guest in the first question is when friends are family come in town what tour where do you take them oh okay first of all I bring them to the beach of course and two level tell us a notice yeah because Puerto Morelos is one of my favorite places and that'll tell us a nose is being able to to dive into you know of water hole transparent water where you can just lose yourself you what would like we were talking about the into the water and ethanol Days Inn in Sweetwater and it's amazing I love him so so no.
Esmeralda Esmeralda and that's the one in Porto 5 km into into the file do Carmen I'm very far from North North North
depends on how you stand it
big question we ask everybody what is your go-to restaurant
that you take everybody to there's got to be a go-to restaurant in before it before you answer this just want to tell you
this is this is probably about the time we've exceeded 20 episodes right now and not once has a restaurant been repeated and let's see if this happens again well mine is in it's also important okay so it's going to be delicious because it's traditional Mexican food for digital Mexican and it's made by Mexicans for me to get everyone else to yes what do you like from that from that place we love that
that's why it's it's it's it's it's worth it it's a recorded show but today is Independence Day in Mexico
did you do yes and I'm going to get her band the mafia just finished playing on the beach at the sea beach club where we were having a promotion and interesting promotion
free pizza and beer is very interesting and live rock and roll rock and roll so tell me what you think we did we did a Facebook live out there picking mine up for me and Mary for you to this is my Fleetwood it was my first time celebrating independence of Mexico Pizza Centerville so it's normal he's was solely or quesadilla and not today it was pizza and rock and roll with an amazing voice and we're going to talk about it
that there's enough space in place for everything everyone basic Independence celebration and being able to just celebrate it and still celebrate it and have it is I think it's like a year alarm called your son we like to to to to do that a lot of flak I did get a lot of feedback from staff your party matter fact I was at his birthday party I was telling all those Mexican friends that we're going to have free beer and pizza and he's like
are like tacos not something nothing Mexican you can have pizza if you don't want me to tell me what flag is almost as if you're having a party in your giving free anything I don't care what it is I think everybody's going to be at yeah I think so do Chinese food right for the next year and it's funny that you have like the so cold Mexican beer and that is so true but that's what we did today and we're looking to relive that tomorrow so if you're around well I can't say this because by the time this is way past but we do have these kind of celebrations during the hollow
play so it's always a good reason to come to Playa del Carmen yes it is and the other good reason I eat pizza during the day is because
typically when you celebrate independence usually starts around a lot later than the Facebook live how he says all right I'll be when do Mexicans celebrate independence we are used to celebrate like that around maybe 6:00 or 6 see you later later because the sun is out now. I just start getting ready at 6 so you'll be out of eight just having the doc was supposed to oil and everything and 11th and you have them tomorrow Indonesian Saturday and Sunday we have a long weekend so their body is going to be
it is Friday but tomorrow is Friday then Saturday Sunday
how's your boys by die if I buy that kind of federation that you're going to still working or Saturday or Sunday I will be like sitting on the beach and we all know about the very famous show The Voice worldwide and then there's the voice Mexico she was there before the pandemic of 1919 19-19-19 are you almost yes Amy finalist I'm going to try it again it was an amazing experience and the the crew and the production guys in the office
it was it was one of the best experience I've ever had remember watching the first couple episodes of the first episode cuz it's a song that you sang well had you at the meaning of my parties I've had many parties with the company and end of the year parties you've been you've always been our our our voice for around me she does a lot more than rock and roll is well I mean she does have that strong powerful female voice and it's quite amazing and very even the voice Representatives the the the judges were shot think they hit the button they all hit the button within the first minute it was just amazing that they were just damn damn damn so she knocked it out of the park and I think I was traveling on the in the semi-final and I didn't get to see that episode tonight
I messaged you and said hey how you doing what you do have an amazing voice and I mean semi-finals he is something that we might start considering us something normal or you did not get the finals but how many people can get to just being able to get into the TV show cyclists like it's people that's in their videos to be able to just go and addition and ones you are there it's hundreds of people in in in in that tiny little groups I think it's like 20 that go to the town and everyone had a Mason boys there there was no one that you would say that I got and maybe the voices in very young
yeah they can belt it out if the girl the girl that went up against you that one time I was like what the young girl I can't remember her name but you were up against the young girl I think and round to leave around 2 and she was when I heard her I was like oh my God you came out and you belted another song out again and it was yeah so what was the beginning from this story of singing my house there were musicians and rehearsals and music playing and I started going on tour with my dad when I was 6 months old so it's always be like there is it percentage of people that is related with music that comes with the family right like it's not something that happens just for one that grew up with living whatever born with the ear
here is you know about people like listen to Mexican music without offending anyone with my dad used to be a funk singer and a soul singer okay so you and a redesigned and The Supremes and then all that's my childhood music noises that's why you are saying that's how I didn't mean in music and everything but it's my soul just trembles when I hear Soul music and I was like
so
I mean if somebody's coming in to plow the Carmen and they want to see you where do you typically do you have a regular place or from 8 to 10 at 11 on 5th Avenue it's a really nice place to have a very good Mexican Cuisine and on Saturdays every other Saturday on the Scentsy Beach and you can come and dance and have a great time and at the other Saturdays I might love and kind man do I I'm I probably know it I just don't mess around 24
the First Avenue via 1st and 1524 I think you can dance if you want to come in and have dinner or if you want to come with friends and have a few drinks it's just and you do this with now the new this new mafia band right cuz you've been around with a few bands but I've been able to to known and play with with many great ones in and we are always
actually one of them one of them with you today the drummer Josh just noticed that has been here like forever and he's and when I got here he was one of the first employed me and told me was it but now I have my band exactly how does it work to lead a band the most difficult thing is to be able to have a steady job with good pay especially call me back from the pandemic places are still paying like the pandemic and it's like
the same thing we were we were you turning 5 years ago and then they would like have in the pandemic and they still want to pay that it's like that
what is busier now though right I mean really I'm surprised I'm surprised because I thought it was coming around I noticed I mean honestly when I contacted a few bands for 4 for today and tomorrow of course I found it thank you first and I always contact the others just to make sure you tell me now I'm busy because I know you're busy I know you're always busy and then and it was almost a kind of a last-minute thing when I contacted you
in a lot of the bands that contact over like know we're busy and it is a holiday yeah but most of the bands are playing at old are you playing tonight those days I was a musician of the 24-Day where the tough one
get yourself on a microphone and talk for 30 minutes wonderful difference being without a voice ever and so no going back there to be a boss for this program how you arrived there how how was you I have one of my best friend's Alexandra did something happen
I I I I I read now I post in Facebook and they are starting to to look for people for auditioning for the voice and I sent you a video and they suggest also India calling you Lisa Jess and I said those are friends right I don't want to go in that place is booked so where did you go where did you go where was the Mexico City and I had only one request because they told me okay so you come and you Edition and I was like I will do whatever you want me to go but I have a child as long as I can bring it to you of course just
what days do they pull us both and I was able to dishin so there I'm telling you they are really nice people and very considerate and they know how to treat artist know it's more like I don't know I don't know they were really really nice and sweet with me and I was just driving around with my baby to be able to do power start the story so you have somebody from Playa Del Carmen in a famous show in Mexico City I mean that's just that's just that just shows you that there is a lot of great talent here we are so I didn't know that story wow that's really nice that is
sent to this audition I think it was a piece of my heart of my heart
just tell me what to do on that you arrived to Mexico City and then in the afternoon for the first one was to see them and rehearse for the addition and I came by it with like a I go to today and tomorrow I was that and then they flew me back again and I went like
Tuesday night and the addition was Wednesday night and then I pass and and Thursday morning I was back and like that like three four times I know it so it was it was like a rockstar nice you used to say I had a band it's going to sorosis okay and it's a blues band and you will not believe not going to be fine and you'll like Mariachi style or oh see yeah I definitely think I'm more in this
so where'd you learn to speak English so well my grandfather and he was born in Texas and my mom got me into a Bilingual School when I was like this in every family gathering like pull me over and sit me down and speak to me in English in English in English in English singing English and my music was an English in my so it's like a Californian style although I did at our Christmas party last year in the year party you spank if you that you saying
dancing course because it was that was that was what was going on for me this is the TV star the show start
sorry I got a call there real quick and it has disrupted me so yeah what is your favorite song to sing
right now it's I try for Macy Gray
I really enjoy it
and Rock With You Michael Jackson's rock with you so which which song
which song do you find super challenging that you force yourself to say yeah yeah I think Whitney I grew up with her you know it was like like the body Garden City playing in my house like I'm going to but I I know every song in that CD
Somme yeah Whitney Whitney to bring the best part of you can do better and you know so you can motivate me I was a musician super super many years ago
one of my childhood things in in last year at the Christmas party I don't know what you did to me but I did go I open the box for you open the box you got me going I got up there and I was playing the guitar and I hadn't touched the guitar
seven years seven years never even picked one up
yeah because I think the last time I touched the guitar was at the my wedding my wedding I've got got that same thing though one of the band's open that box and I got up there and I felt like it was singing but that was that was why you were so you know what the thing is with musicians that when people see and feel how much you are enjoying it it's I think it's everything gets in your blood
Jazz note is not for everyone okay I mean to be a musician to to have this passion to know levels I don't know a lot of techniques to leave them there are many people who can play and maybe people who went even and in started music and everything and then leave off of the something else but you know diving into the whole musician life it's not for everyone doing this for a long time before that's why what are you doing family yes I want a pump. That's being a waitress at being a working at a aksesori story I've been up
jockey I was just jogging before I was playing music and then he was like okay I need to okay
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yeah that's super exciting it's super super super exciting all right well and then a thank you so much for being on the show you did an amazing job but before we left to go we have to talk about today's promotion in every podcast we do some kind of promotion so that you can come to condo hotels Playa Del Carmen and stay in one of our properties and maybe just maybe come and check out her minute and one of her locations so the promotion we are doing today special promotion for November and December it's going to be hashtag music hashtag music is going to get you an additional 15% off of any reservation for November the cember not including Christmas sorry sorry.
and I will be 15% off of this year 2020 to nice go to the front desk to ask the front desk where is Humana at and they will give you that information or talk to yours let me know so I can do we forget how can people find you yes with a j a i m e n a s s e t o v i a have original songs to you she has original songs
I mean you know
you graduate through it but then writing your own stuff that actually sounds good I'll send you a couple of it you play some or I play a little bit of piano that's how I make my songs but not enough to play on the on the on the show and I do know he's going we'll put all that information on the YouTube channel put it on the podcast Channel you'll be able to go see this person you have to see her she's amazing. Thank you and everybody thank you have a wonderful day