![]() ![]() ![]() “The agreement was that their involvement in music, which has been going on for years now, would continue without affecting their lifestyle.” “It is something special because they are children, and we want them to stay in school,” he said. Working with such a young group poses special challenges and “very strong personal care,” Lopez said. This is a family project.”Īlthough Vazquez has had an eight-year relationship with Sony, Roberto Lopez, president of the label, said he and his team were unaware of the Vazquez Sounds and first heard the group like everyone else - on the Internet. “It isn’t the typical contract with record companies, in which they used to control the artists’ career. “The contract with Sony isn’t the traditional type,” Vazquez said. He added that he retains total control over the project, and Sony music is working as a distributor. When the video sparked interest in a few million people beyond the Vazquez’s immediate circle, the decision to cut a CD was natural, Vazquez said. “My kids have had a musical education since they were very young, because I have worked producing groups for many years,” the father said. The videos of Angie and her brothers in their home studio are also professionally produced, mixed and lighted, with slick camera work.Ībelardo Vazquez says he’s not driving his kids into the music business, though he acknowledges they’ve had a leg up. “We really didn’t expect the cover to become such a phenomenon on the Web.”īefore you call the Vazquez clan Mexico’s version of Bieber-mania, consider this: The elder Abelardo Vazquez is a professional music producer instrumental in creating the sound of well-known Mexican bands such as Reik and Nikki Clan, also from the border. “We make a lot of videos of a lot of things, but my son Abelardo wanted to record this song and share it with friends and family,” said father Abelardo Vazquez in a telephone interview from the family’s hometown of Mexicali, on the California border. Their nearly overnight success online evokes the now legendary saga of Canadian ’tween idol Justin Bieber, who was discovered after his mother posted online amateur footage of him crooning and strumming. They released their first album this week that includes another Internet smash cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” 11 posting, the so-called Vazquez Sounds signed a contract with Sony Music Mexico. The video drew almost 18 million views, interviews on Mexico’s major television networks and a mention on Good Morning America. Ten-year-old Angie Vazquez has become an Internet phenom belting out a soulful cover of Brit pop star Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” In an online video seemingly shot at home, her teenage brothers Abelardo and Gustavo play the keyboard, guitar and drums. ![]()
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