TMS Musicos welcomes to the show, Percy Cardona, accordion player for Sting. We talk to Percy about how he started in music, his fathers and Uncles influences in his starting music. What movie influenced him to play keyboard. Playing percussion in high school band and making his move from Big Wells Texas to San Antonio to pursue a career in the Tej…

This week we talk to Nathan Barrera & Jack Mitts from Barrera and the Hot Springs (SATX)!! We discuss their music, the value of cassette tapes, Nathan's comedy career, politically charged music, the state of country/pop music, AND they perform a few songs live in our studio!! Check out the podcast share it with a friend! Or an enemy, we won't judge…

TMS Musicos welcomes to the podcast, Mike Torres III, former bass player for Little Joe Y La Familia. Now the frontman for his group, La45.We talk to Mike about how he got started in music, getting his first drum set at 2 years old, starting his professional career at the age of 12. Over the years Mike has learned to play several instruments, guita…

Episode 84 is upon us and we sat down with the 3 members of Verisimilitude (Prog-Instrumental / SATX) to talk about some music! They give some advice to musicians that are just starting out, how they lasted as a band for 10+ years, what instruments they played in orchestra, what they are doing with their record label TIMEWHEEL, and who's the best a…

TMS Musicos welcomes, Eddie Perez to the podcast, owner and bass player for La Calma. Join us we talk to Eddie about how he got started, the first two songs he ever learned on guitar, why he got kicked out of guitar lessons, making the move from Chicago to Texas and losing his business name to canadians! lolWe also talk about his time with some of …

Welcome to episode #81! This week Jules The Human has a conversation with Troy Peters, composer, musician, and conductor for the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. We talk about his schooling growing up as a composer & viola player, his connection to "pop" music, some stories on where music has taken him all over the wor…

TMS Musicos welcomes to the podcast, Albert Garcia, saxophone player and owner/band leader of The Groove Doctors and Surprise Package.Albert talks about his start in music and his short career as a trombonist! He also talks about hitting the road at a young age and some of the bands he played in, like the Young Brothers and the Smith Brothers. (and…

This week on the podcast we sat down with True Indigo (Psych Rock/ San Antonio, Tx)! We discussed their debut full length album I Saw Purple available now, what really is psychedelic rock, the music "scene" here in Texas, what really happened when they threw a party in the woods, AND SO MUCH MORE! They even perform some songs LIVE that you can't he…

TMS Musicos welcomes to the show, Cristina Hinojosa, drummer for Tejano singer, Stefani Montiel. An amazing young drummer in the tejano music scene today. We talk about her start in music, her influences growing up, teachers that were highly influential in her career. We also talk about breaking out of the shadow of her father, a well known tejano …

This week we have the North American Pharaohs on the podcast!! Formerly known as The Morning Owls, we chat about the name change, their own podcast they did way back in the day, their new music video featuring a human dog (??), and of course their new EP which is a really good listen! We also give you a chance to listen to some of the songs off the…

TMS Musicos welcomes the Kerosene Drifters to the podcast! Join us as we talk to Dana Chavez and Korey Manuel about their band the Kerosene Drifters and their latest self titled EP release. We talk about how they got started as a group as well as how they got started romantically! The process of writing songs for the EP and what the future holds fo…

Episode #75! This week Jules The Human sat down with Justin Philip Brooks (Texas Folk/ Dallas, Texas) to chat about their first album that was just released! He also talks about some of the struggles of being a father of two and trying to be a working musician, the SoFar Sounds events, and what it's like performing on stage with his family. Such a …

TMS Musicos welcomes to the show, Roland Sandoval, head band director at O'Connor High School. Mr. Sandoval has been the head director at O'Connor for the past 14 years and the O'Connor band program has won 19 consecutive sweepstakes with over 400 band students enrolled just this year! We talk about the importance of the school band program in a mu…

Jules The Human sat down with the legendary Harvey McLaughlin this week! We discussed how he learned how to play the piano, all the different bands and groups he is a part of, how he feels about vampires, and of course his new album that is in development. Take a listen and share with music lovers!Find us on Social Media!Facebook & Twitter: @TexasM…

TMS Musicos welcomes to the podcast, Dr. Adrian Ruiz, jazz trumpeter and band leader of the Adrian Ruiz Quintet. We talk to Dr. Ruiz about how he got started playing trumpet and how he got into music education. We also talk about the people who inspired him as a trumpet player growing up, his playing in the local scene and most importantly his debu…

THE NEW Texas Music Spotlight Podcast episode! 71 episodes, can you believe it?!? This week we chat with Svetlana Zwetkof (San Antonio, Tx / Experimental Vocalist) about her newest album "Gloomy Swamp, Breathless Mud", thinking about music 3 dimensionally, how she moved to San Antonio, her sculptures, and her tour with percussionist Dane Rousay!Tak…

TMS Musicos presents, percussionist, Gabriel Herrera. A multi talented musician who talks about getting started in music. How he got fired from his dads band. Using tree branches for sticks? His long time search for human bones and his study of different religions to learn different aspects of the percussion in religion. Gabriel is most notably kno…

Welcome to the Texas Music Spotlight! Jules The Human sits down with drummer Kirstian Barboza to talk about how he got started with music, his first drum kit, how Mikey Vibe whisked him away on tour when he turned 18, and life as a musician with a baby. We are back and we missed you. Share this episode with your friends!Find us on Social Media!Face…

Volcán is back on the podcast! About a year ago, JulesTheHuman talked to Jaime, band leader and head writer of the band. Now some more members are on the show to talk about what they've been up to, the music video they are shooting alongside Santikos Entertainment, and what's in store for the 13 of them for the summer and beyond. So many goofs in t…

Welcome to the Texas Music Spotlight! This episode is huge. Like crazy huge. Piñata Protest (Tex-Mex Punk Rock/SATX) is a band that's done so much already that it's hard to try to explain everything they've accomplished in short. From their album "El Valiente" debuting at #7 on the Latin Billboard Top 100 Charts, their music being featured in a few…

TMS Musicos presents, Ray Gutierrez, keyboardist for Bobby Pulido for the past 22 years! Join us as we talk about his start in music with a $100 casio keyboard that fit in his back pocket. His time with such bands as, The Good Times Band, Albert "Tiger" Diaz, Los Aguilares, Inocencia and most notably...Bobby Pulido.Find us on Social Media!Facebook …

Welcome! Today we have an awesome episode that was a long time in the making. We chat with Collective Dreams (Shoegaze/SATX) and hear a few songs off their newest EP "Evergreen Sessions" that was released earlier this year. Some other topics we discuss are their feelings towards influential music, how the band got started, which one of them lies th…

TMS Musicos welcomes Texas Music Spotlight alumnus, Jason Martinez..Vocalist and guitarist for Grupo Vida and the Electric Cowboys. Jason talks about his start in music, his short lived violin career as a child and learning different instruments at a young age.We also talk about how he transitioned from accordion to guitar to get a gig and about hi…

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 16 of the Texas Music Spotlight podcast! This episode we have a wonderful musician from Austin, Texas, Alesia Lani (R&B)!! Listen in on our conversation as we chat about her early musical influences, R&B Choir, her album "First Impression", her love for pho, and her newest single "Ride". She's a fantastic musician and wh…

TMS Musicos welcomes guitarist, James Garcia, to the show. We talk to James about his start in Tejano music and how he didn't like the music when he first heard it and never bought a Tejano CD...sort of. His time with such bands as Patsy Torres and Emilio Navaira. We also talk about his very successful local band, Finding Friday.Find us on Social M…

Episode 14 is here! In this episode we talk to musician Dane Rousay (Experimental/Improv) SATX, about his time with Christian rock, his Instagram famous dog, teaching music, the art of improvisation, the cymbal wall story, his many upcoming album releases, and you get to hear some EXCLUSIVE tracks off his soon to come cassette "Blip" releasing next…

TMS Musicos presents a special edition of the show where I attended the Tejano Music Awards Fanfare to talk to musicians and listen to some great music. In this episode we talk to Joe Zimmerle, Dave Biondi, Gabriel Barajas, Veronique Medrano, Mark Garcia, Jesse Flores, G-Man, Corey Carrizales, Lupito Acuna, Frank Lozano, Mike Rodriguez, James Garci…

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 12 of the Texas Music Spotlight! This week we have a fantastic musician on and he did a LIVE set for us! The Josh Glenn Experiment (Folk/SATX) sat down with us to chat about growing up with music, learning guitar, the energy on a stage that musicians can relate to, Cholula his new dog, hiking, and of course his new full …

TMS Musicos welcomes to the show, Carl Leon. Guitarist for such bands as Shelly Lares, Patsy Torres and most notably, Emilio Navaira.Carl talks about how he got started playing music and what got him into guitar. Carl and I share stories of our time together with Emilio, including the jet ski incident and his motorcycle adventure in Switzerland. We…

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 10 of the Texas Music Spotlight Podcast!On this episode we chat with Daniela Riojas and Alex Paul Scheel of the San Antonio band Femina-X! Some topics we cover are the spiritual self, deeper meanings in life through the pursuit of happiness, how they began, their recording experience at Sonic Ranch, Daniela's time at St…

TMS Musicos welcomes, Ernie Gonzales to the podcast. Ernie has his own band, Grupo Alamo but he is also a recording studio owner (Reel Tracks Studio), a record label owner (RoRecords), system tech for George Strait and is a Governor on the Texas Chapter for the Recording Academy!Amazing and humble guy, we talk about his early DJ gigs at the age of …

Welcome to another episode of Season 2 of the Texas Music Spotlight! We have our good friend, Adipsia (Electronic/Ambient SATX) joining us on the show today and we had a great time catching up with him! In this episode you can hear us talk about country music, Veggie Tales, sreaming music, the ambient atmosphere, his family bagpipe band (!!), chara…

TMS Musicos welcomes bass player, Steve Roth. A long time veteran of the Tejano music industry who has played with such tejano legends as, Latin Breed, Little Joe and Ram Herrera just to name a few.We talk about his start in the industry, the first tejano song he learned and what that vintage fender P bass is worth!We had so much fun talking with S…

This is a fantastic episode. No, really. Cooper Greenberg (SATX/ATX Americana) is an amazing talent with an ear for music and such a wonderful road ahead of him. This week JulesTheHuman sits down with him and discusses his new EP Wave Pool, the San Antonio vs. Austin taco debate, music theory, his time in Nashville, his childhood obsession with Spi…

TMS Musicos welcomes, Adrian Regalado, drummer for Conjunto Primavera. We talk about his start in music and how he began managing his dads band at the age of 12! Hes played with some of the Tejano greats, such as, Stefani Montiel, Eddie Gonzales and Emilio Navaira. We also talk about his transition from tejano music into international mexican music…

Marila Voe! Episode 4 is killer, don't just take our word for it, you're reading the caption so you're about to listen aren't you? AREN'T YOU?! This week was super cool with probably are "hardest" rock(?) band to date, Marila Voe! Listen to them as we chat about coast stories and the time Arturo didn't get kidnapped, losing relationships for the mu…

TMS Musicos talks to Richard Garza, bass player for David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales. Join us as we talk about how he started playing, working with different drummers and singers and the tejano industry in general. This was such a fun interview with an amazing musician and someone who has influenced so many tejano bass players, including myself!…

Welcome to the Texas Music Spotlight! Season 2 Episode 2 is here! Thank you all for the tremendous response to our Season opener, it was fantastic! This week discover, Booty Feet. A trio of guys just having a good time making music, sat down with JulesTheHuman and talked about, their upcoming EP, Noah's love for Scotty Pippin, Giggles and why that …

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Texas Music Spotlight! Did you miss us? We missed you. A lot. Season 2 kicks off with a round table talk about the music industry, music in San Antonio, flyers, promotion, cover bands, and Ian's beef with H-E-B. What? This episode has host JulesTheHuman talking with past podcast guests Ian and Oscar, as well as newco…

This week we have Ila Minori from San Antonio, Tx on the podcast! She performs some tunes (one that will be on her new LP), we talk about her travels to Rome, explain some bad habits, and have some fun just chatting. This one was a good one!Find us on social media:FB & Twitter: @TexasMusicPodInstagram: TexasMusicPodcastwww.texasmusicspotlight.com…

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This week on our Music Now podcast we have Greg G on the show! We sit down and talk about some of the great loves of his life, his new album that will be coming out soon, a possible Broadway musical in the works, what he has to say to new artists grinding hard. Don't miss this inspirational talk with a phenomenally driven human being.Find us on soc…

TMS Live presents Ronnie Eaton from Lubbock Texas.www.ronnieeaton.comwww.texasmusicspotlight.comBy TexasMusicSpotlight

Welcome to TMS Live! Our guests today are the Vegan Street Tacos from San Antonio, Tx! Listen in as we talk to Nick Gomez about his music, skateboarding, we listen to some Tejano music, and the VST perform a few songs for you LIVE! You don't want to miss this episode!Thanks for all of your continued support!Find us on social media:Facebook & Twitte…

We're back with another exciting episode of our Music Now podcast! This week we have good friend Adam Tutor on the show. We chat about his first experiences with the saxophone, the San Antonio Sound Garden and what they're doing for the music community, his literal garden, his romantic heart, and how the music scene is blossoming as we speak. Fanta…

This week on the Music Now podcast we have hip hop artist SONO. This is one very inspirational talk with a driven human being that is serious about his craft. We chat about his hip hop career, his upbringing, the Nu Age Unlimited collective that he's starting up, and so much more. Listen in and subscribe for more awesome content with fantastic indi…

This week we are joined by The Velvet Hues! Jules The Human, accompanied by co-host for the day Dominic of Akasha Glow and Mr. Pidge, dive into everything Velvet. The band plays a few amazing tunes live, talk about their favorite musicians past and present, the best Olympic sports, their brand new EP, and SkyMall. Discover the sounds of The Velvet …

This week on our Music Now podcast we have Ian Stavis, owner of Vapure E-Hookah Lounge in San Antonio, Tx. We talk about how it was building his establishment in the past 6 months, his connection to the music scene, how cool vaping is, and how you need to have your next wedding at Vapure. Sit back and relax to the voice of Ian Stavis.Find us on soc…

TMS Live presents, open mic with hosts Julian and JulesTheHuman. Join us as we discuss the podcast and also dive into the music scene and the music industry business.www.texasmusicspotlight.comBy TexasMusicSpotlight

This week on the Music Now podcast we sat down with Darian Thomas, violinist of San Antonio bands Femina-X, The Foreign Arm, and Sugar Skulls just to name a few. We chat about his life as a classical musician, how he became the go to violinist in San Antonio, and about his opera that he aspires to compose. It's all here in this podcast and a fantas…