Speak like a real local from Medellin! The pod cast uses real sound bites from Colombian Novelas to explain the meaning of coloquial words. It's a fun way to speak like a local and understand how real people speak!
Los Catedraticos are celebrating the arrival of their new record. It is pressed and ready to sell and distribute. Hopes are high and they're all celebrating!! Onwards and upwards! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode the unscrupulous reporter and the events organizer looking to get more publicity at whatever cost is trying to get the reporter tp hold on to the news of the feud between the two singers in the rival groups. The organizer thinks there might be a better time later on when the two groups have released their records with a view to getting more publicity. All publicity is wanted be it bad or good!! In his view. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
The Paln to battle --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo and his new group los Catedraticos are planning their launch of their new record by the end of November to release it before Los Latinos and hope to capture the market - the early bird gets the worm! All very excited with the new plan. But will do it humbly and not wanting to just copy Los Latinos - the Catedraticos have their own identity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo finds out that Los Latinos are releasing a record in December. This makes him want to release a December record too but with Los Catedraticos. Let the war begin!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
The promoter and the journalist dig out a bit of dirt on the issue of the rivalry between Los Latinos and Los Catedraticos. They discover that the singer os los Latinos - now Juancho - has dated the other band's singer's exwife -Camilo's. Albeit before they were together, but still it's bound to be a bit of a sore point for both singers and a bone of contention. A fire which they can fuel!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
The marketing agent and a corrupt journalist plot to sell fake news for their own gain. They want to create an image of discontent and aggressiveness between the two groups: Los Latinos and Los Catedraticos. By doing this they think that the rise to fame of both groups and news paper sales will hit full throttle, in one fair swoop. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode the new singer of Los Latinos is at the producer's office and negotiated a new contract successfully. However, the producer also knows Camilo very well and so asks the new singer why their friendship ended. He explains that it was because he became the new singer of Los Latinos which was Camilo's band. He explains that he tried to consult with Camilo about this decision, but Camilo wouldn't listen to him. So the new singer went ahead and accepted the offer to become the new singer to replace Camilo. Camilo felt betrayed by his best friend. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Los Latinos are arguing amongst themselves because they've had an offer from the tour organizer "Cuellar" who is not always honest and who let them down badly the last time. However, they have few options. Should they accept a tour from an organizer they don't really trust? or not tour at all... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Now there are two rival bands - LOS LATINOS and LOS CATEDRATICOS; with the previous singer - Camilo - from Los Latinos, and who was kicked out from Los Latinos due to a divorce settlement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
The rehearsal with the new band goes very well, but they need to tweak a few things. There is an issue with the keyboards. The player doesn't seem to have a certain oneness with the music. They can't quite pin point what's wrong but think there should be a replacement. The producer has someone in mindwho he thinks is ideal and Camilo has no idea who it is. But agrees to the change. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Camilo now has gathered toegther a new band with the help of the record producer - they are at the recording studio practising to see how they sound all together. This is a translation of the lyrics for fun! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Los Latinos are now with Camilo's ex-wife and they are discussing new singers for the band. Should they hire Juancho who is Camilo's friend or should they get a brand new singer. Camilo has gone his own way with a new group. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
The band is now at the ex's studio and they tell Daniella they need time to decide because, if they move on to be with her then they would need a replacement singer and who could that be?. Camilo was seen as being the soul and key member of the band. Or not? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo tries to convince one of the band members to follow him into the new unchartered routes to a new record with a new sound for the band. He wants to change everything because the name Los Latinos belongs to the ex-wife so the band would need a new name, new sound, new look. And he wants to take on the challenge with gusto! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Daniela takes the name Los Latinos and the band can decide whether to carry on with her. She explains that Camilo will no longer have anything to do with the band. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Daniella - the wife - decides she will continue with the name of los Latinos as her band and is looking for another singer to replace Camilo. Camilo will have to start a fresh and asks the current band members if they want to follow him on a new different venture and style. If not they're welcome to leave the band. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo and Daniella decide to separate - what effect will this have on the band? Camilo decides to leave it all and asks the band to follow him into creating a new band.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Los Latinos is expanding its empire now by also becoming an independant record company themselves. This is the joint venture between Camilo and his wife who provided the back up funds from her family estate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Continuing with the phone in. An excited fan calls in to congratulate them and asks how their marriage and relationship is going. And so far so good! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
During the very successful phone in radio show the fans phone in keeping the switch board very busy, They want to chat, give their positive opinion and congratulate los Latinos for the wonderful music!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Los Latinos are all still at the radio station being interviewed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode they have been invited to a national radio station! They are all being interviewed during the chat show and are given a chance to chat to their fans during a phone in. All is well and they are becoming more and more famous with the new LP which has proven to be a great success. Camilo is happy married to Daniela and there are no problems with the band. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo has married the love of his life, has a new record out, just completed a very successful tour. Fame, fortune and happiness at last! Daniela his new wife comes from a well to do family and they have the funds to back the band with the new record which is now out. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
After appearing on TV various supportive music executives become interested in the band. Long forgotten are the days of having to chose between a bad contract or nothing. A flood of offers comes in! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Camilo has the great news that they have a distributor for the record, not only that but they have been offered a TV appearance and they've also got an upcoming tour!!! Fingers up to the radio stations! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo visits Don Tonio - the honest record producer and friend. Camilo offers him a deal to allow Los Latino's record to be distributed. Because the dishonest record producer has made it impossible for their record to be played on any radio station. Los Latinos need to sell the records somehow. They're pressed and sitting there. Unsold. What can he do? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo's sister is a waitress at a bar where they also play music. She suggests taking Camilo to see her boss. Perhaps he will be willing to play the record while people are eating and drinking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
They've put aside the issue of not being able to be heard on the radio and have been offered a tour by Mr Cuellar - an events organiser. He appears to have arrived to the rescue. Like a knight in shining armour - or not? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode Camilo is with the band explaining what's happened with this powerful record mogul and the fact that none of the radio stations are willing to play their record because he has given the stop order. They decide that they just need to find a way of getting heard which ever way they can. After all if people hear it somehow and people start asking the radio stations to play it; then they will have to air it by public demand. So they decide to consider even hairdresser's radio stations. Any thing will do; and they will show those powerful people that they won't be silenced! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo goes to the office to give this unscrupulous record producer a talking to. Camilo is going to complain to this unfair record producer who is telling all the radio station networks that they shouldn't play the record because it was self financed and produced independently, so it leaves out the middle man: the producers and record companies. Instead he offers Camilo a very unfair record deal which ties them for several years with almost no gains. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
His friend and record company executive come to his house on a bank holiday to warn him about the other executive's plan to stop his record being played in any record station. If this happens. How will Los Latinos ever be able to sell the record they have worked so ard to produce and is now all pressed and ready to sell? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode two record producers are talking over lunch. One of them is asking the other to back him up with a foul scheme to stop the Latino's record from being played in ANY record station: because the Latinos produced an independant record; they left the middleman out - the record producer. So he's not happy that he can't get a cut of their success. The plot thickens! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Renewed Fame at their grasp again! Now that the national network of radio stations will play their new record, it will be a hit!! Surely fame and fortune are just round the corner. What could possibly go wrong? ... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this episode a record producer aproaches the radio station manager and DJ to ask him to avoid playing the independant record because if they did that for all the artists; then where would the record producers fit in? He reminds the radio station that in the past they've always watched each other's back in business. To their mutual advantage. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
After going to many stations and taking gifts and trying unusccessfully Camilo finds a radio station that will play his record - and without any dubious fees or charges. Success seems close by: but another music expert gets to know by chance and for him this is not good news. An independant record being played for free on radio? cutting out all the producers, marketeers and all that a record company would do? what ever next: what if all the artists were to do that? what would happen to record companies? where would they get their cut from? No way! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Encounter the real nitty gritty of the music business. The radio station listne to the record and is very positive, but insunuates that money should pass hands to get them to paly the record. What does Camilo do? He's fuming at the shady deals that radio stations seem to see as the norm. Exploiting the artists and deceiving the listeners. Ay caramba! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Now that the band are all happy with the record Camilo excitedly begins to cold call radio stations to get them to play it and so generate sales. They're all in high spirits about the new record which they have recorded completely independently. Things are looking up. Or: are they not? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
After much doubting and thinking that the record was going to be a failure because Camilo had spoilt it by adding extra sounds: The xpert says that the record is good and innovative and that this is good in this industry. The band is over the moon and their fears are dispelled. However, the expert - Cuellar - does warn them that simply because the record is good it doesn't mean that it will be a hit. There is a long road between making a good record and marketing in a way that makes it a hit. Watch this space! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Behind Camilo's back the band members decide to call in a music industry expert to listen to the record. The band members are not sure about the record and call in the music events organiser (Cuellar) to get his opinion on wether the record can possibly be a hit even though it does seem quite an unusual one. They are very doubtful of its possible popularity given that they themselves had chosen the other simpler version which had none of the noises made by the singer Camilo during the recordings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo decided to press the version with the animal sounds in the recording. TO the dissapointment of the band members. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Excitedly they receive the box of pressed vinyl and the whole band opens the box excitedly! However, not all seems to be as they had agreed. Camilo has once more followed his instinct and not the band's wishes... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo and the band are very excited because the copies of the single are ready to pick up.. None of them have listened to the final version... adn they have no idea how they will well it or promote it. But the entrepreneurial spirit is keeping them in good spirits. Camilo assures them that they will find a way even without any record company back up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this scene they are practising for the local church event in the community, These are the types of events they first played at when they weren't famous. But as they have no tours or record contracts they've had to go back to square one to get some funds for their record. They're playing at the loc parushe's Chiristmas event. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this scene the band are finaly at the recording studio for their first new single. Paying for it in instalments Camilo heads withthe band to the recording studio. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this scene two band memebers are reminissing about the good all days of fame and fortune. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Camilo goes to the record producer to try and get an independant record but the cost is way too high. As the producer is keen and ready for a deal Camilo sugests doing a single instead. In his view it's cheaper and a step towards the LP. But the band hadn't expected or agreed to this short changed deal... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this eposide Machorro- the hippie member of the band gives his fellow band members a bit of advice following the love and peace mantra of his hippie ideology --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
I this scene they beand members get together without the leader to discuss whether they should split or support the band leader with going ahead with the independent record. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
Here the band discuss the ways in which they could do their own record without a record company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
In this scene the group are gathered together. They have no record contract and no posibility of getting one because the record producer has already got another group to record the songs that were reserved for them. The full effect of this hasn't quite hit them yet and they have high hopes that something good is just round the corner... if only they knew.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandra-wright1/message
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