“Soy Disco” wins more than bragging rights at Sunday’s Fiesta Broadway

Written by Hilda Gabriela Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:43

As part of Burger King’s Tu Ciudad, Tu Música talent showcase where aspiring artists competed against each other for the prestigious first place title, Los Angeles based rock band, Soy Disco wins the crowd over with their electro-rock infused tunes. With the first place title came a whopping check of $2,500, a Burger King collector’s edition guitar and international media coverage.

After merely some months as a collaborative band under the name “Soy Disco”, Jonas Ceballos (vocals and keyboards), Alex Mayaute (guitar), Jose Torres (bass) and Sergio Alvarez (drums) are, in their words, living proof that hard work pays off. “This is all consequence of the hours that each one of us puts into rehearsing, recording and making sure that the sound that we play is our style” states lead singer Jonas. “We made it through the semifinals, the finals and now winning the title and performing in front of all those people in an event as important as the Fiesta Broadway, is well, unbelievable!”

Flying South
Each having played highly promoted shows at venues such as the prominent House of Blues, Sunset and having shared the stage with groundbreaking bands such as Monte Negro, Jonas, Jose and Sergio assure us that the Tu Ciudad, Tu Música win comes as confirmation that they are on the right path. Nonetheless, this recent win also urges the band to proceed with their plans of “bombarding”, as Jonas puts it, Mexico with their electro-rock songs. “We’ve seen what L.A. bands have done in Mexico as far as playing before massive audiences and reaching a wider audience,” he states. “First Enjambre and now Pastilla have left L.A. to pursue success in Mexico, and we plan to do the same.”

Jonas refers to two of L.A.’s most followed, and loved, indie bands of the Latin alternative community. Enjambre, who’s trajectory spans over 5 years and Pastilla who is known as one of the pioneering bands of the L.A. alternative scene have both took a break from playing local L.A. venues to spread their wings out to our friends south of the border. Enjambre most recently landed a spot in the coveted Vive Latino, which is the equivalent of a Coachella. “Hopefully,” states Jonas “after all the media coverage that comes out of this and after all of the self-marketing and promoting we put into our band, we’ll be able to follow in Enjambre’s and Pastilla’s footsteps and land ourselves a spot in Vive Latino as well.”

For the time being Vive Latino will be placed on their to-do list and replaced by an upcoming gig at the Troubadour come May 13th. The West Hollywood performance will have the band opening up for another local L.A. favorite, Curanderos, who will be officially releasing their self-titled CD the night of. And if all goes as Jonas plans, they too will soon be releasing their first official album. “The $2,500 will be put into furthering Soy Disco’s career,” he states. “We’re currently shopping around for recording deals and trying to figure out what works best for the band. But without a doubt,” he concludes “Soy Disco will have an album and two music videos out sooner than later.”

Competing against Soy Disco were Femi Tabu, Lau Miranda and Menores. For more Soy Disco info, check out their page here.

 

 

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