Michel DeQuevedo is a Mexican/Canadian drummer, percussionist and singer-songwriter. After working for many years for artists like Julieta Venegas, La Lupita, Molotov, Natalia Lafourcade, Walk off the Earth and more, he is now releasing his first original project.
Music is the way I live, it gives me all I need.
I am actually living my music dream, I do music full time and do well enough to be happy.
People's mentality, I would free the world from greed and intolerance.
Plastico by Ruben Blades. It is a song about how the only thing greed and intolerance achieve is to separate us and create conflict.
I like so many the mentioning only some of them would be unfair, unrealistic and
Stories, life experiences, everything that moves my soul.
In general I try to send out positive messages, ways to improve ourselves and live in a better way. I also write about the moments that made me realize something, those moments when we discover ourselves and star making positive changes.
In heaven!!
I see a lot of young musicians succumb to the "Plan B Syndrome" Either by family's pressure of by fear of failure I've seen many talented musicians start working and using a lot of energy on their "Plan B" which slowly ends up turning into Plan A and forces them to quit music. Don't get me wrong, it is essential to have a plan B but don't give up to it so easily, sacrifices have to be made in order to achieve any goal, not only in music, in everything!
I think it is a great idea with a lot of potential.
How Music is rarely seen as a serious career by the rest of the world, how people fails to understand the amount of time, study, discipline, sacrifice and dedication it is required just to play an instrument! never mind making a living out of it! Real story: While playing at a bar a girl comes to me and says: Her - Hey, nice to meet you, what do you do? (I still have my Djembe on me at this point!!) Me - hmmm... music! Her - Yes but what is your profession? Me - Musician!! Her - No, I mean what do you do during the day!!??
More than as a fan as a friend, as a colleague, as a teacher, as a source of honest and positive feedback.
Drive and discipline in both the musical and the business sides.
Michel DeQuevedo!!! lol... Ok seriously, Conor Gains, The Altobeelays, Stacey Kaniuk, Allison Young, Eric St-Laurent, Adam Carter and the Human Race, Pamela Gardner... there are sooo many!!