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Ledaswan release new EP NUM83R5 Jan 21

January 4th, 2011 › ledaswan › jaime › Comments Off ›

Ledaswan release their long awaited new EP NUM83R5 on Jan
21 at Nightrocker Live

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A Musician’s life.

October 15th, 2010 › ledaswan › lalo › Comments Off ›

Every day I wake up and this comes up in my head,

To be a musician is a gift yet it can become a nightmare of sorts,

As I look at my life I have yet to say I have successfully launched a career that can completely sustain my way of life, my habits, and anything in between.

A musician’s life isn’t easy as you have to sacrifice a lot, you loose more than you gain in the process even though the future is uncertain, this way of life calls for socializing with lots of people as you are required to know people so they can pay some attention to your work or they may know someone who knows someone else so called important or with weight in the industry that may help you unlock that door, you are definitely required to do foot work such as passing out flyers at shows, venues, and anywhere that can grab people’s attention, yes we have to be dedicated to it.

Nowadays of course we have such other mediums to exploit, such as the internet which does help musicians to promote and present their music even to people from countries you would have never imagined before, The music industry has suffered in part of sales because of this thing we call the internet but it also has benefited independent bands to launch their music, some of those Independent bands are competitive with the heavyweights in the industry, sure sales may not be so high but then who actually made money on the sales? The record labels of course.

Musicians have more of an opportunity to control their product, they are able to keep the rights to the music compared to the early 2000’s and before where musicians didn’t make much on such and at the end of a contract they would end up in debt, doesn’t sound like the glamorized rock life people think of does it? A lot of bands we hear or have heard of back then did end up on debt, some of them where able to release themselves of such by a breakup which also a lot of times included loss of rights to all the material they have created, or they where at the end successful that they ended up paying all their debts which happens less than people think, even The Beatles didn’t make much when they were together beign the most successful band in the history of music, does this way of life still sound so glamorized? Don’t think so but we love to do what we do.

So the moment you meet a musician, appreciate what they are trying to do, don’t criticize them as they are only trying to cultivate something that has been important to human kind for ages,.

Music, yes the lovely form of art that has captivated people’s hearts, minds and souls for centuries, the wonderful sounds we hear at any moment and time of the day, the sounds that either ease our pain or deepens it more, that which uplifts us, fills us with rage or philosophical ideas, the sounds that makes our bodies move, that introduces us to love, whatever the reason may be remember always that what you are hearing was cultivated by a certain someone or band from their hearts expressing their current emotions to people.

“That which cannot be expressed with words, can be expressed emotionally with music”….

Eduardo “Lalo” Rodriguez

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update from erica

October 11th, 2010 › ledaswan › ericaswan › Comments Off ›

Today I nearly completed a backbone of a song that will hopefully see the light of day in a live setting. Last night I was at Starbucks and there had been a lot of words that needed to escape from my mind. I wrote some lyrics down and for the first time I wrote a song with the lyrics first. Then the music. Although I already had the melody so i cheated a little. Its main basis was how i’m feeling right now in my environment.

Lyricists' need love too

San Antonio night-life from the middle of the week to the weekend is mostly vibrant with things to do. But then there’s those dead nights, that seem so lonely. Part of the song is about our popular culture and how we use icons to sort of make ourselves feel safe. I think it’s because we are lonely, people in general. What is it about these larger than life poets and rockstars that we seem to need so badly? In general I’ve been feeling insecure, but i think maybe that’s us as a culture. Even though we do all have our own baggage so to speak. I feel like i’m fighting with my emotions and looking for some kind of sign to keep going, and sort of waiting for something to happen next. Anyway, enough of the heavy stuff. There are a lot of changes taking place and most definitely for the better. I never knew how hard it could be being a musician until now, or just human. Ups and Downs. Hopefully more ups for our future.

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Ledaswan – Live at The Mix Sat. Aug 28

August 24th, 2010 › ledaswan, ledaswan shows › jaime › Comments Off ›

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Vocals for new album almost done

July 17th, 2010 › home recording, ledaswan, new record, recording › jaime › Comments Off ›

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Ledaswan photoshoot

June 25th, 2010 › ledaswan › jaime › Comments Off ›

We just had a new photoshoot. The concept was put together by Santa Monzon, Jaime and David’s sister. Over 3 days we transformed a living room into our vision. These pictures will be out soon. We are very excited about it and hope you like them.