1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: I'm really grateful to be playing with these wonderful people. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: They've helped me create a family away from my own. 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: From Futuro Media and PRX, It's let you Know, Usa. 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: I'm Marie Rosa. Today Luna Luna, a band from Texas, 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,640 Speaker 2: on how the Stars aligned, bringing them together to live 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: out their dreams on this show some music this time 7 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: from Luna Luna, the rising band based in Dallas, Texas. 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: Luna Luna is best known for mixing nostalgic sounds of 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: the past and fusing them with elements of funk and 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 2: dreamlike pop. We had Luna Luna on the show back 11 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two, and we're happy to have them 12 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: on with us today. One of Luna Luna's favorite things 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: to sing about is young love. You know, from the 14 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: joys of a newly blossoming relationship to the withering of 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: love and oh the heartache. Each member of this millennial 16 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 2: four member band comes from a very different walk of life, 17 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: and that's part of Luna Luna's DNA. They're made up 18 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: of vocalist Kevin Gonzalez, who also goes by Cave, backup 19 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: vocalist and keyboardist Danny Bonilla, drummer Kaylin Martinez and bassist 20 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: Ryan Gordon, who goes by Gordo. The band has had 21 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: different members throughout the years, but they say destiny has 22 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 2: brought them together from across the Lone Star State. Now 23 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: they're having a good time creating music and going back 24 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: on tour across the country. I'm going to hand things 25 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: off now to Kevin, Danny, Kaylin and Ryan of Luna Luna. 26 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: We're gonna get to know more about the people behind 27 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: the instruments and hear about how the universe brought them 28 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: into each other's lives to let them live out their 29 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: wildest dreams. Here's Luna Luna in their own words. 30 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 3: Hey, my name is Kavi. I'm the singer and producer 31 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 3: of Lula La Yeah. So Lula Luna started yay back 32 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 3: in twenty seventeen in Dallas, Texas. We're all Latino and 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 3: that's a La Luna. 34 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: I'm sure. 35 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 3: Yes. I was born in Colombia stayed there until I 36 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 3: was like six years old. You know, I feel like 37 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: a lot of Latino parents are like this where they'll 38 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 3: film like everything. So even back in the day, my 39 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 3: mom had a lot of videos of just old parties 40 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 3: that they would have with her family, and it was 41 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,119 Speaker 3: just all music and every like nobody's like sitting down. 42 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 3: Everyone's dancing and listening to music. So I just kind 43 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 3: of was like, whoa, Like, she's just telling me about 44 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: how life growing up in Colombia was. It was always 45 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 3: full of music and family. And I think like the 46 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 3: music comes from the music that my mom showed me 47 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: from Colombia, and you know, like sasabout checked all of that, 48 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: and then obviously growing up in America you get all 49 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 3: the English R and B pop hip hop. I think 50 00:03:50,640 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 3: that's what created the sound. Then my mom brought me 51 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 3: and my older sister to Dallas, Texas. She came here 52 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 3: as like a missionary for the church. Yeah, you know, 53 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 3: I started like getting the urge to make music when 54 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: I was fourteen, but I really didn't have any tools, 55 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 3: and I didn't have anyone to show me like how 56 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 3: to like record music or anything. So I used to 57 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 3: have a big, fat, like desktop computer, and I had 58 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 3: like a little like microphone that you like plug in 59 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 3: the bag that you put on your ear, so right there, 60 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: I would just record my voice and just make ideas 61 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 3: and just throw it on there. But you know, you 62 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: can't really do much for that. But later on I 63 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: found out there's someone that you can use like an 64 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: app called Garage Band on an iPhone and I was like, oh, 65 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 3: I can do that, and they downloaded that and I 66 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 3: was life changing because right there you can do like 67 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 3: multiple tracks. It has all these sounds you can actually 68 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 3: like make a song. Even on our last album Flower Moon, 69 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 3: like three or like three of the songs were started 70 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: like on Garage been still on my phone like to 71 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 3: this day. It was just like a really helpful tool. 72 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 4: Again. 73 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, so back in the day, Uh, it just started 74 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: with me and a friend making music and just like 75 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 3: a room. And one day we got offered to perform 76 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: at a record store in Dallas and I was like, yeah, 77 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: we can play there, Like I'm down to play, but 78 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 3: I didn't have a band yet. I said yes before 79 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 3: like having an actual group to perform with. So I 80 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 3: figured it out from there, found some people to play with, 81 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 3: kept getting hit up to play shows or did open mics. 82 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: So at that time it just came time to recruit people. 83 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 3: And my Danny had an open mic. So I have 84 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: been going to this open mic thing for like a 85 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 3: couple of weeks already in deep ellenm it was called 86 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 3: Drugstore Cowboy. 87 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. 88 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 3: At that time, it was still like the old cast, 89 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 3: the season one cast. And then I see Danny with 90 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 3: one of his friends about to go on. They're getting 91 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 3: ready on stage while we're about to leave, and then 92 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 3: he gets on the microphone and he says like wait, Luna, Luna, 93 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 3: like like listen to this or like wait around, and 94 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 3: we were like, okay, we'll listen. So then they performed 95 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: and I was like, okay, like this is actually like good. 96 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 3: And then like we talked to each other, exchange info, 97 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 3: met up later, had some studio sessions together. We got 98 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 3: asked to perform another show in Denton, like a house show, 99 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 3: and then I asked Danny to play the keys for 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: us if he wanted to, and he said yeah, and 101 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 3: then that's that's the rest is history. 102 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 5: I'm Danny, I'm the tree leader of Luna Luna. I 103 00:06:55,960 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 5: also played the keys, and twenty two one night, I 104 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 5: see these guys, I'm like, oh, they kind of looked 105 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 5: like me, and I was I was skeptical, and then Kevin. 106 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 4: Goes, we made this song last night, So then I'm like, 107 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: oh my gosh, because be awful. 108 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 5: And it was Revelation, and I remember the intro hit 109 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 5: and I was like, okay, and then when the drums 110 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 5: came and I was. 111 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 4: Like, oh my god, is so good. I was. 112 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 5: I was blown away. And for some reason that night, 113 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 5: my mom was there, my friends were there, and my 114 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 5: aunt was there. For some reason, this is the night 115 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 5: everyone showed up. And then so I'm setting up because 116 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 5: I'm excited. I'm like, I got to show these people. 117 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 5: They're going to love me because they never seen somebody 118 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 5: like this before. And I remember like just like getting 119 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 5: ready to perform, and I turn around and they're leaving. 120 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 5: They're like walking out the door, like they already passed 121 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 5: the door. 122 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: My ah, no, wait, you want to see this. Trust me. 123 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 5: So then then they come back in and then I 124 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 5: just I go in like I'm like, this is my audition. 125 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 5: They're gonna love it. They're gonna they're gonna make me 126 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 5: join after this. And then yeah, so I was just 127 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 5: singing my heart out and then uh yeah, we exchanged numbers. 128 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 4: After that. 129 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 5: It was like the world was waiting for us to collide. 130 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 5: So my dad came to America when he was I 131 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 5: want to say, fourteen, and my mom came to America 132 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 5: when she was in second grade. Man, my parents loved 133 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 5: to tell stories, especially my dad. They were there in 134 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 5: the eighties and and that was when there was a 135 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 5: civil war happening. So they would tell me horror stories, 136 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 5: like just walking to school, they'd be dead bodies, or 137 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 5: you'd see someone die or see someone drown when they're 138 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 5: just trying to cross the river to go to school. 139 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 5: So their stories remaining like we had to survive, We 140 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 5: had a grind to get here. You better not waste 141 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 5: the opportunity that you have to go to school and 142 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 5: learn something. So that's what I was always pushed to 143 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 5: work hard. I've always had a connection with music. I 144 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 5: think it's just it's one of my first memories. I 145 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 5: remember when I was eight and I told my dad, like, 146 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 5: I want to be a singer. He's like, sings for girls. 147 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 5: And I was like, man, you sing all the time, 148 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 5: and that's what you listen to male singers, Like how 149 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 5: is this? I didn't even take it that personal because like, 150 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 5: I'm gonna do it anymore. I'm not asking you, I'm 151 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 5: telling you that I'm going to do it. And anyway, 152 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 5: learned how to read music and it just clicked It's. 153 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 4: Something that I understood. 154 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,520 Speaker 5: It's like a like an Isaac Newton with math. 155 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 4: It just felt like it just happens. 156 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,719 Speaker 5: I didn't have to try. I just instantly got it. 157 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 5: I'm a very confident person. I'm well aware of what 158 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 5: I what I'm capable of, and I think that's just 159 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 5: from how I was raised. So I have strong self confidence. 160 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 5: I'm believe in myself more than anything. And I knew 161 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 5: this is the time. You know, I've been waiting for 162 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 5: an opportunity unity. I've been trying to find it this 163 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 5: whole time. It's right in front of me. I'm gonna 164 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 5: take the moment and seize it. I don't care what 165 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,840 Speaker 5: anyone says or anyone does. My moment, I'm gonna make 166 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 5: it happen. That's my thing. I'm gonna make things happen. 167 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 5: When I say I say something, I do it. I 168 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 5: knew instantly I needed to be in this band. It 169 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,959 Speaker 5: wasn't like I hope I need to be in this band, 170 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 5: So I made it an. 171 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm Kaitlin and I'm the drummer for Luna Luna, and 172 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: I am twenty six years old. So I grew up 173 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 1: in Lufkin, Texas, and yeah, it's a really small town 174 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: next to Louisiana, Deep East Texas and very conservative, very 175 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: close knit, lots of churches around there. So my parents 176 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: are my dad is Mexican American and then my mom 177 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,200 Speaker 1: is white. Then yeah, I just ended up up playing well. 178 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: Around fifth grade, my mom asked me if I wanted 179 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: to play music, and I'm the only one in the 180 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: family that had any interests. So I started playing drums 181 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: and then throughout my life I started playing it throughout 182 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: church and whatnot, and that kind of, you know, led 183 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: me into starting to play live much more and with 184 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 1: bands and stuff. 185 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 4: I'm around Gordon, but I also go by Gorda. I 186 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 4: played bass. 187 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 6: So I too, am from Plano, Texas, grew up there, 188 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 6: born and raised. I think my initial connection to music, 189 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 6: that perception of it being really beautiful, was when. 190 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 4: I went to Mass Sunday Mass. 191 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 6: You know, I grew up Catholic, and I remember being 192 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 6: in the service and just listening to everybody, you know, 193 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 6: singing together and live band and you know, everything just 194 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 6: got It was really moving to me. And I think 195 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 6: I was like four or five at the time, but 196 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 6: I just remember being really touched by that. 197 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, like I too cried. 198 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 6: This is the music that was like making me tear up. 199 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 6: That was a new feeling for me. 200 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 4: At the time. 201 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 6: I was like, that was weird, but it was also 202 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 6: like a good weird, and so pretty much then on, 203 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 6: I always like to look after that sort of lump 204 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 6: you get in your throat and you hear a song 205 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 6: so beautiful. 206 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: So I'm in a band with Ryan called Digital Candy, 207 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: and I meet the lead singer of that band because 208 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: I just pull a number off an ad looking for 209 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: a band. I think this is twenty seventeen, and yeah, 210 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: I want to start playing music again. And so I 211 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: contact that guy, and then that guy somehow gets in 212 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,959 Speaker 1: touch with Ryan eventually, and so yeah, I met. We're 213 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: in a pop punk band, and Kevin finds that out 214 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,079 Speaker 1: and then he's making music and I'm like seeing his stuff, 215 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: I know that it's really cool, and I'm like, well, 216 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: like I would loved to play that kind of music 217 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: one day. And this band is coming out of Dallas. 218 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: Like all the music in Denton is like, you know, 219 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: emo pop punk, like thrash metal, all that. I don't know, 220 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: Like I love listening to that, but that's not the 221 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: kind of stuff that I really wanted to, you know, 222 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: put myself in. But then one day he like messaged 223 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: me and I was like, I remember tearing up when 224 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: I saw it, like because it was just such a 225 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: special moment, Like I was like he saw me and 226 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: thought of me, and like I think this is just 227 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: going to be huge, and I can't believe I'm the 228 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: one that he asked. So the message that Kevin sent 229 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: me like to join the band, it was it wasn't 230 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 1: you know some that's something like too spectacular or anything, 231 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: but it was just like, hey, I don't know if 232 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: you know, but I'm I'm starting a new project called 233 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: Lenda Luna, And yeah, I know that you played drums, 234 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: and I was wondering if you wanted to be in 235 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: the band. Eventually he was like, yeah, I need a basis. 236 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: Sounds like I know the perfect guy. Then I think Kevin. Yeah, 237 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: I took it from there. 238 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 6: Kevin comes by and gets my number and saying, well, 239 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 6: that's a good sign. Well, the fact that Kaylin was 240 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 6: in the band before me, and I just knew like, oh, 241 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 6: like I know if I'm in this band, I'm gonna 242 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 6: click because we already clicked previously. 243 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 4: And the sound was there and everything was just there. 244 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 6: And to be quite honest, I didn't really like know 245 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 6: like the far extent of their musical releases. 246 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 4: And all that. You know, I've heard for you how long. 247 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 4: But that was about it. 248 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 6: But yeah, up until I was asked, you know, I was, 249 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 6: I was kind of in the dark in some sense. 250 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 6: But like once I was asked, I just saw, like, 251 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 6: you know, Cloud's. 252 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 4: Part and I was like, oh, my message is there. 253 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 4: Oh well, stumbled upon something beautiful. 254 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 6: So I just kind of ran with it from there 255 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 6: and it's been a crazy journey since. 256 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: Like I don't know, this whole situation is kind of 257 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: like fateful. I don't know, it's all not yeah, it's 258 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: just like it's just destiny, you know. Like I'm really 259 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: excited to just keep playing. I actually just quit my job. 260 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: I love music and this is the first time I've 261 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: ever tried to do this full time, so touring will 262 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: help with that. And then I'm also playing music outside 263 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: of you know, Luna Luna as well, so I'm going 264 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: to be doing that. I'm really grateful to be playing 265 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: with these wonderful people. They've helped me like create a 266 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: family away from my own. 267 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 4: Going back on tour like it. It's very rewarding. 268 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 6: Yeah, very tiring, but it's so refreshing to be back 269 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 6: out there seeing you know, our fans. 270 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 4: I mean, we have the best fans. I feel so. 271 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 6: Lucky to have such wonderful people coming to our shows. 272 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 4: Fans have come up and told us like, oh my god, 273 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 4: your your music got me through my breakup. The music 274 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 4: got us. We met each other through your music. We 275 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 4: connected with each other through. 276 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 6: Your music, and you know, we hear that a lot, 277 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 6: and so that's just reassuring, like, Wow, we're really onto 278 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 6: something as a group, as a collective, as the vision 279 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 6: being there, and so that's just a it's just a 280 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 6: beautiful thing to see that, that's resonating, like that you 281 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 6: call me out. 282 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 5: I just want to say thank you to the big Man, 283 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 5: Kevin for giving me an opportunity to showcase all my skills. 284 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 5: I want to say thank you to a beautiful drummer 285 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 5: Kaylin holding it down Ryan being like the big brother 286 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 5: never had craziest faces. I feel like right now is 287 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 5: the should is the most finely tuned we've been and 288 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,320 Speaker 5: I think we're great at what we do now. At 289 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 5: the beginning, we were definitely just kids haven't thought of, 290 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 5: but now it's we're professionals trying to change the world 291 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 5: one melody at a time. 292 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 7: Sununund. 293 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 3: I think we started, you know, it's kind of like 294 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 3: a romantic, like hopeless romantic sound that kind of got 295 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 3: our foot in the door in the music industry. And 296 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 3: then I think with the last album, we're kind of 297 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 3: trying to branch out a little maybe get a little 298 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 3: more popped in there, and so far that's where we're at. 299 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 3: I think the sound that's going to come out of 300 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 3: Lunar Later is going to be like a mix of both, 301 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,760 Speaker 3: and I think it's going to be evolving, and I 302 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 3: think it will be better than anything we've had before. 303 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 2: This episode was produced by Renaldo Lanos Junior. It was 304 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 2: mixed by J. J. Carubin. The Latino USA team also 305 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 2: includes Victoria Estrada and Relo, Quees Crusado, Doriman Marquez, Marta Martinez, 306 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 2: Mike Sargent, Nor Saudi, and Nancy Trujillo. Nile Ramirez is 307 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 2: our co executive producer. Our director of Engineering is Stephanie Lebau. 308 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 2: Our senior engineer is Julia Caruso. Our marketing manager is Luis. 309 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 2: Our theme music was composed by Xenia Rubinos. I'm your 310 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 2: host and executive producer Bydieno Kosa. 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