A couple weeks ago I sat down with Charlie Vela (recording
engineer, musician & one of the director's for the upcoming
documentary "As I Walk Through The Valley"). We talked about the
local music scene, how he first heard about and got involved in it.
We talk about how the idea for "As I Walk Through The Valley"
started and how he started recording at Sound of Rain Studios.
- Introduction to the scene
- Trenton Point
- First band
- The December Drive
- Learning how to record
- First Studio
- Arnold Garza
- Providing recording services
- Upgrading in equipment & quality
- Gallows Holier Than The Cross at Space 16th
- The Malcontent Party
- The beginning of The Union
- How the idea of the documentary began
- Different era's of the Valley music scene are connected
- First record pressing plant in Texas was in San Benito
- The 60's music reflecting the change in the Valley
- Streets of Pharr 1971
- "Slater didn't know he was Chicano"
- Finishing the first cut of the documentary for SXSW
- Drone shots
- The response after the trailer release for "As I Walk Through The Valley"
- Sound of Rain Studios
- The Palatines
- We Suck tape
- Archiving Valley music
- "Down here, you are defined by it in one way or other.
Either you're embracing it or rejecting it."
- Twitter & Instagram:
@SORStudios / @Charlie_Vela / IG: CharlieVela
