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<v Speaker 1>I'm really grateful to be playing with these wonderful people.

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<v Speaker 1>They've helped me create a family away from my own.

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<v Speaker 2>From Futuro Media and PRX, It's let you Know, Usa.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Marie Rosa. Today Luna Luna, a band from Texas,

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<v Speaker 2>on how the Stars aligned, bringing them together to live

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<v Speaker 2>out their dreams on this show some music this time

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<v Speaker 2>from Luna Luna, the rising band based in Dallas, Texas.

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<v Speaker 2>Luna Luna is best known for mixing nostalgic sounds of

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<v Speaker 2>the past and fusing them with elements of funk and

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<v Speaker 2>dreamlike pop. We had Luna Luna on the show back

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty two, and we're happy to have them

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<v Speaker 2>on with us today. One of Luna Luna's favorite things

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<v Speaker 2>to sing about is young love. You know, from the

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<v Speaker 2>joys of a newly blossoming relationship to the withering of

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<v Speaker 2>love and oh the heartache. Each member of this millennial

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<v Speaker 2>four member band comes from a very different walk of life,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's part of Luna Luna's DNA. They're made up

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<v Speaker 2>of vocalist Kevin Gonzalez, who also goes by Cave, backup

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<v Speaker 2>vocalist and keyboardist Danny Bonilla, drummer Kaylin Martinez and bassist

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<v Speaker 2>Ryan Gordon, who goes by Gordo. The band has had

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<v Speaker 2>different members throughout the years, but they say destiny has

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<v Speaker 2>brought them together from across the Lone Star State. Now

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<v Speaker 2>they're having a good time creating music and going back

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<v Speaker 2>on tour across the country. I'm going to hand things

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<v Speaker 2>off now to Kevin, Danny, Kaylin and Ryan of Luna Luna.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna get to know more about the people behind

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<v Speaker 2>the instruments and hear about how the universe brought them

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<v Speaker 2>into each other's lives to let them live out their

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<v Speaker 2>wildest dreams. Here's Luna Luna in their own words.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, my name is Kavi. I'm the singer and producer

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<v Speaker 3>of Lula La Yeah. So Lula Luna started yay back

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty seventeen in Dallas, Texas. We're all Latino and

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<v Speaker 3>that's a La Luna.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes. I was born in Colombia stayed there until I

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<v Speaker 3>was like six years old. You know, I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of Latino parents are like this where they'll

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<v Speaker 3>film like everything. So even back in the day, my

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<v Speaker 3>mom had a lot of videos of just old parties

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<v Speaker 3>that they would have with her family, and it was

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<v Speaker 3>just all music and every like nobody's like sitting down.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone's dancing and listening to music. So I just kind

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<v Speaker 3>of was like, whoa, Like, she's just telling me about

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<v Speaker 3>how life growing up in Colombia was. It was always

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<v Speaker 3>full of music and family. And I think like the

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<v Speaker 3>music comes from the music that my mom showed me

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<v Speaker 3>from Colombia, and you know, like sasabout checked all of that,

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<v Speaker 3>and then obviously growing up in America you get all

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<v Speaker 3>the English R and B pop hip hop. I think

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<v Speaker 3>that's what created the sound. Then my mom brought me

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<v Speaker 3>and my older sister to Dallas, Texas. She came here

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<v Speaker 3>as like a missionary for the church. Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I started like getting the urge to make music when

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<v Speaker 3>I was fourteen, but I really didn't have any tools,

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<v Speaker 3>and I didn't have anyone to show me like how

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<v Speaker 3>to like record music or anything. So I used to

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<v Speaker 3>have a big, fat, like desktop computer, and I had

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<v Speaker 3>like a little like microphone that you like plug in

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<v Speaker 3>the bag that you put on your ear, so right there,

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<v Speaker 3>I would just record my voice and just make ideas

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<v Speaker 3>and just throw it on there. But you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>can't really do much for that. But later on I

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<v Speaker 3>found out there's someone that you can use like an

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<v Speaker 3>app called Garage Band on an iPhone and I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I can do that, and they downloaded that and I

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<v Speaker 3>was life changing because right there you can do like

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<v Speaker 3>multiple tracks. It has all these sounds you can actually

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<v Speaker 3>like make a song. Even on our last album Flower Moon,

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<v Speaker 3>like three or like three of the songs were started

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<v Speaker 3>like on Garage been still on my phone like to

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<v Speaker 3>this day. It was just like a really helpful tool.

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<v Speaker 4>Again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so back in the day, Uh, it just started

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<v Speaker 3>with me and a friend making music and just like

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<v Speaker 3>a room. And one day we got offered to perform

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<v Speaker 3>at a record store in Dallas and I was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>we can play there, Like I'm down to play, but

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't have a band yet. I said yes before

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<v Speaker 3>like having an actual group to perform with. So I

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<v Speaker 3>figured it out from there, found some people to play with,

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<v Speaker 3>kept getting hit up to play shows or did open mics.

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<v Speaker 3>So at that time it just came time to recruit people.

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<v Speaker 3>And my Danny had an open mic. So I have

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<v Speaker 3>been going to this open mic thing for like a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of weeks already in deep ellenm it was called

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<v Speaker 3>Drugstore Cowboy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>At that time, it was still like the old cast,

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<v Speaker 3>the season one cast. And then I see Danny with

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<v Speaker 3>one of his friends about to go on. They're getting

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<v Speaker 3>ready on stage while we're about to leave, and then

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<v Speaker 3>he gets on the microphone and he says like wait, Luna, Luna,

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<v Speaker 3>like like listen to this or like wait around, and

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<v Speaker 3>we were like, okay, we'll listen. So then they performed

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<v Speaker 3>and I was like, okay, like this is actually like good.

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<v Speaker 3>And then like we talked to each other, exchange info,

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<v Speaker 3>met up later, had some studio sessions together. We got

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<v Speaker 3>asked to perform another show in Denton, like a house show,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I asked Danny to play the keys for

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<v Speaker 3>us if he wanted to, and he said yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>then that's that's the rest is history.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm Danny, I'm the tree leader of Luna Luna. I

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<v Speaker 5>also played the keys, and twenty two one night, I

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<v Speaker 5>see these guys, I'm like, oh, they kind of looked

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<v Speaker 5>like me, and I was I was skeptical, and then Kevin.

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<v Speaker 4>Goes, we made this song last night, So then I'm like,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my gosh, because be awful.

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<v Speaker 5>And it was Revelation, and I remember the intro hit

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<v Speaker 5>and I was like, okay, and then when the drums

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<v Speaker 5>came and I was.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, oh my god, is so good. I was.

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<v Speaker 5>I was blown away. And for some reason that night,

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<v Speaker 5>my mom was there, my friends were there, and my

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<v Speaker 5>aunt was there. For some reason, this is the night

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<v Speaker 5>everyone showed up. And then so I'm setting up because

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<v Speaker 5>I'm excited. I'm like, I got to show these people.

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<v Speaker 5>They're going to love me because they never seen somebody

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<v Speaker 5>like this before. And I remember like just like getting

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<v Speaker 5>ready to perform, and I turn around and they're leaving.

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<v Speaker 5>They're like walking out the door, like they already passed

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<v Speaker 5>the door.

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<v Speaker 4>My ah, no, wait, you want to see this. Trust me.

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<v Speaker 5>So then then they come back in and then I

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<v Speaker 5>just I go in like I'm like, this is my audition.

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<v Speaker 5>They're gonna love it. They're gonna they're gonna make me

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<v Speaker 5>join after this. And then yeah, so I was just

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<v Speaker 5>singing my heart out and then uh yeah, we exchanged numbers.

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<v Speaker 4>After that.

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<v Speaker 5>It was like the world was waiting for us to collide.

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<v Speaker 5>So my dad came to America when he was I

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<v Speaker 5>want to say, fourteen, and my mom came to America

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<v Speaker 5>when she was in second grade. Man, my parents loved

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<v Speaker 5>to tell stories, especially my dad. They were there in

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<v Speaker 5>the eighties and and that was when there was a

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<v Speaker 5>civil war happening. So they would tell me horror stories,

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<v Speaker 5>like just walking to school, they'd be dead bodies, or

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<v Speaker 5>you'd see someone die or see someone drown when they're

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<v Speaker 5>just trying to cross the river to go to school.

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<v Speaker 5>So their stories remaining like we had to survive, We

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<v Speaker 5>had a grind to get here. You better not waste

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<v Speaker 5>the opportunity that you have to go to school and

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<v Speaker 5>learn something. So that's what I was always pushed to

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<v Speaker 5>work hard. I've always had a connection with music. I

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<v Speaker 5>think it's just it's one of my first memories. I

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<v Speaker 5>remember when I was eight and I told my dad, like,

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<v Speaker 5>I want to be a singer. He's like, sings for girls.

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<v Speaker 5>And I was like, man, you sing all the time,

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<v Speaker 5>and that's what you listen to male singers, Like how

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<v Speaker 5>is this? I didn't even take it that personal because like,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna do it anymore. I'm not asking you, I'm

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<v Speaker 5>telling you that I'm going to do it. And anyway,

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<v Speaker 5>learned how to read music and it just clicked It's.

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<v Speaker 4>Something that I understood.

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<v Speaker 5>It's like a like an Isaac Newton with math.

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<v Speaker 4>It just felt like it just happens.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't have to try. I just instantly got it.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm a very confident person. I'm well aware of what

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<v Speaker 5>I what I'm capable of, and I think that's just

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<v Speaker 5>from how I was raised. So I have strong self confidence.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm believe in myself more than anything. And I knew

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<v Speaker 5>this is the time. You know, I've been waiting for

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<v Speaker 5>an opportunity unity. I've been trying to find it this

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<v Speaker 5>whole time. It's right in front of me. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 5>take the moment and seize it. I don't care what

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<v Speaker 5>anyone says or anyone does. My moment, I'm gonna make

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<v Speaker 5>it happen. That's my thing. I'm gonna make things happen.

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<v Speaker 5>When I say I say something, I do it. I

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<v Speaker 5>knew instantly I needed to be in this band. It

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<v Speaker 5>wasn't like I hope I need to be in this band,

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<v Speaker 5>So I made it an.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Kaitlin and I'm the drummer for Luna Luna, and

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<v Speaker 1>I am twenty six years old. So I grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in Lufkin, Texas, and yeah, it's a really small town

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<v Speaker 1>next to Louisiana, Deep East Texas and very conservative, very

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<v Speaker 1>close knit, lots of churches around there. So my parents

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<v Speaker 1>are my dad is Mexican American and then my mom

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<v Speaker 1>is white. Then yeah, I just ended up up playing well.

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<v Speaker 1>Around fifth grade, my mom asked me if I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to play music, and I'm the only one in the

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<v Speaker 1>family that had any interests. So I started playing drums

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<v Speaker 1>and then throughout my life I started playing it throughout

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<v Speaker 1>church and whatnot, and that kind of, you know, led

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<v Speaker 1>me into starting to play live much more and with

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<v Speaker 1>bands and stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm around Gordon, but I also go by Gorda. I

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<v Speaker 4>played bass.

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<v Speaker 6>So I too, am from Plano, Texas, grew up there,

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<v Speaker 6>born and raised. I think my initial connection to music,

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<v Speaker 6>that perception of it being really beautiful, was when.

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<v Speaker 4>I went to Mass Sunday Mass.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I grew up Catholic, and I remember being

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<v Speaker 6>in the service and just listening to everybody, you know,

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<v Speaker 6>singing together and live band and you know, everything just

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<v Speaker 6>got It was really moving to me. And I think

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<v Speaker 6>I was like four or five at the time, but

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<v Speaker 6>I just remember being really touched by that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like I too cried.

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<v Speaker 6>This is the music that was like making me tear up.

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<v Speaker 6>That was a new feeling for me.

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<v Speaker 4>At the time.

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<v Speaker 6>I was like, that was weird, but it was also

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<v Speaker 6>like a good weird, and so pretty much then on,

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<v Speaker 6>I always like to look after that sort of lump

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<v Speaker 6>you get in your throat and you hear a song

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<v Speaker 6>so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm in a band with Ryan called Digital Candy,

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<v Speaker 1>and I meet the lead singer of that band because

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<v Speaker 1>I just pull a number off an ad looking for

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<v Speaker 1>a band. I think this is twenty seventeen, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to start playing music again. And so I

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<v Speaker 1>contact that guy, and then that guy somehow gets in

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<v Speaker 1>touch with Ryan eventually, and so yeah, I met. We're

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<v Speaker 1>in a pop punk band, and Kevin finds that out

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<v Speaker 1>and then he's making music and I'm like seeing his stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>like I would loved to play that kind of music

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<v Speaker 1>one day. And this band is coming out of Dallas.

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<v Speaker 1>Like all the music in Denton is like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>emo pop punk, like thrash metal, all that. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I love listening to that, but that's not the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff that I really wanted to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>put myself in. But then one day he like messaged

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<v Speaker 1>thought of me, and like I think this is just

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<v Speaker 1>one that he asked. So the message that Kevin sent

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<v Speaker 1>me like to join the band, it was it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>you know some that's something like too spectacular or anything,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was just like, hey, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>Lenda Luna, And yeah, I know that you played drums,

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like I know the perfect guy. Then I think Kevin. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I took it from there.

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<v Speaker 6>Kevin comes by and gets my number and saying, well,

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<v Speaker 6>that's a good sign. Well, the fact that Kaylin was

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<v Speaker 6>like I know if I'm in this band, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 6>click because we already clicked previously.

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<v Speaker 4>And the sound was there and everything was just there.

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<v Speaker 6>And to be quite honest, I didn't really like know

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<v Speaker 6>like the far extent of their musical releases.

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<v Speaker 4>And all that. You know, I've heard for you how long.

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<v Speaker 4>But that was about it.

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<v Speaker 6>But yeah, up until I was asked, you know, I was,

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<v Speaker 6>I was kind of in the dark in some sense.

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<v Speaker 6>But like once I was asked, I just saw, like,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, Cloud's.

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<v Speaker 4>Part and I was like, oh, my message is there.

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<v Speaker 6>So I just kind of ran with it from there

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<v Speaker 6>and it's been a crazy journey since.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I don't know, this whole situation is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like fateful. I don't know, it's all not yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just like it's just destiny, you know. Like I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>excited to just keep playing. I actually just quit my job.

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<v Speaker 1>I love music and this is the first time I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever tried to do this full time, so touring will

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<v Speaker 1>help with that. And then I'm also playing music outside

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, Luna Luna as well, so I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to be doing that. I'm really grateful to be playing

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<v Speaker 1>with these wonderful people. They've helped me like create a

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<v Speaker 1>family away from my own.

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<v Speaker 4>Going back on tour like it. It's very rewarding.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, very tiring, but it's so refreshing to be back

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<v Speaker 6>out there seeing you know, our fans.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, we have the best fans. I feel so.

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<v Speaker 6>Lucky to have such wonderful people coming to our shows.

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<v Speaker 4>Fans have come up and told us like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 4>your your music got me through my breakup. The music

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<v Speaker 4>got us. We met each other through your music. We

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<v Speaker 6>Your music, and you know, we hear that a lot,

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<v Speaker 6>and so that's just reassuring, like, Wow, we're really onto

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<v Speaker 6>something as a group, as a collective, as the vision

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<v Speaker 6>being there, and so that's just a it's just a

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<v Speaker 6>beautiful thing to see that, that's resonating, like that you

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<v Speaker 6>call me out.

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<v Speaker 5>I just want to say thank you to the big Man,

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<v Speaker 5>Kevin for giving me an opportunity to showcase all my skills.

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<v Speaker 5>I want to say thank you to a beautiful drummer

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<v Speaker 5>Kaylin holding it down Ryan being like the big brother

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<v Speaker 5>never had craziest faces. I feel like right now is

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<v Speaker 5>the should is the most finely tuned we've been and

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<v Speaker 5>I think we're great at what we do now. At

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<v Speaker 5>the beginning, we were definitely just kids haven't thought of,

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<v Speaker 5>but now it's we're professionals trying to change the world

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<v Speaker 5>one melody at a time.

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<v Speaker 7>Sununund.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we started, you know, it's kind of like

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<v Speaker 3>a romantic, like hopeless romantic sound that kind of got

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<v Speaker 3>our foot in the door in the music industry. And

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<v Speaker 3>then I think with the last album, we're kind of

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<v Speaker 3>trying to branch out a little maybe get a little

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<v Speaker 3>more popped in there, and so far that's where we're at.

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<v Speaker 3>I think the sound that's going to come out of

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<v Speaker 3>Lunar Later is going to be like a mix of both,

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<v Speaker 3>and I think it's going to be evolving, and I

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<v Speaker 3>think it will be better than anything we've had before.

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<v Speaker 2>This episode was produced by Renaldo Lanos Junior. It was

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<v Speaker 2>mixed by J. J. Carubin. The Latino USA team also

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<v Speaker 2>includes Victoria Estrada and Relo, Quees Crusado, Doriman Marquez, Marta Martinez,

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Sargent, Nor Saudi, and Nancy Trujillo. Nile Ramirez is

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<v Speaker 2>our co executive producer. Our director of Engineering is Stephanie Lebau.

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<v Speaker 2>Our senior engineer is Julia Caruso. Our marketing manager is Luis.

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<v Speaker 2>Our theme music was composed by Xenia Rubinos. I'm your

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<v Speaker 2>host and executive producer Bydieno Kosa. Join us again on

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<v Speaker 2>our next episode, and in the meantime, I'll see you

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 7>Baye Latino USA is supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,

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<v Speaker 7>the Tao Foundation and Michelle Mercer and Bruce Golden. You're

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<v Speaker 7>still the.

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<v Speaker 5>One that that's some of your christ of art. That

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<v Speaker 5>was my streamlined the conscience in the Shania Twain and

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