>>FROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY, WELCOME TO MELROSE IN THE MIX, OUR SERIES OF LIVE RECORDING SESSIONS HERE IN THE AUDIO STUDIO AT THE MELROSE CENTER.

HI EVERYONE, I'M JIM MYERS.

TODAY'S SESSION FEATURES ARTEFACTO.

THE BAND AND SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP OF HECTOR SALCEDO AND GERARDO MORA.

THE DUO BLEND NUANCES OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK, POP, AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO PRODUCE A RICH AND LAYERED SOUND.

AS EVIDENCED IN THIS SET, IN WHICH THEY WERE BACKED BY JUAN BURGOS ON BASS AND MICHAEL FUENTES ON DRUMS.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO HECTOR AND GERARDO RECENTLY ABOUT THEIR INFLUENCES, HOW THEY CAME TO FORM ARTEFACTO, HOW HAVING DIFFERENT MUSICAL TASTES HELPS THEIR COLLABORATION, AND MORE.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ >>NO QUIERO MAS ESTAR DE AQUí, NO RECONOZCO NO, LA TIERRA EN LA QUE NACí.

MI RUINA MATA LA VERDAD, ESTO NO ES FICCIóN, ES REALIDAD.

CUANDO ESTéS DESPIERTA Y TE SIENTAS SOLA BúSCAME BúSCAME CUANDO TODO FALLE Y NO HAYA VUELTA ATRáS, BúSCAME.

BúSCAME.

NO PUEDO MáS NO SOY AQUí, LAS HORAS SE VAN, PASAN Y ME DEJAN ROSTROS HECHOS DE LáGRIMAS... ESTO NO ES FICCIóN, ES MI REALIDAD!

CUANDO ESTéS DESPIERTA Y TE SIENTAS SOLA, BúSCAME.

BúSCAME.

CUANDO TODO FALLE Y NO HAYA VUELTA ATRáS, BúSCAME.

BúSCAME.

CUANDO NO HAYA FE ESTARé AQUí BUSCAREMOS, TODOS JUNTOS EL CAMINO HACIA LA LIBERTAD ♪ MUSIC ♪ YO ESTARé AQUí YO ESTARé AQUí CUANDO ESTES DESPIERTA Y NO TENGAS FUERZA BúSCAME.

BúSCAME.

CUANDO EL MUNDO FALLE NO PUEDAS MáS, TODOS JUNTOS GRITAREMOS LIBERTAD OH LIBERTAD (REPEATED) >>MY MUSICAL BACKGROUND I LISTENED TO ANY KIND OF MUSIC.

I'M NOT A TRAINED MUSICIAN.

I DIDN'T STUDY ANY MUSIC.

BUT I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

BY EAR.

AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT LIKE THAT.

I JUST LEARNED BY MYSELF AND PLAY BY EAR.

AND LIKE I SAID, I LISTENED TO EVERY KIND OF MUSIC.

>>MY BACKGROUND AS A MUSICIAN IS, I STARTED STUDYING PIANO.

JUST CLASSICAL PIANO.

WHEN I WAS A KID, DIDN'T LIKE MUCH.

DEFINITELY RITUALS IN MY COUNTRY IN ECUADOR.

I HAVE A CLASSIC PROFESSOR AND I ASK HIM FOR MY [INAUDIBLE] PLAY ROCK AND GUITAR, BUT I USED TO LIVE IN SMALL TOWN AND NO TEACHERS.

MY DAD PLAYED THE GUITAR AND HE TEACH ME.

BUT AFTER YEARS FINALLY I CAN BUY...MY MOM TRAVELED TO THE CAPITOL AND BUY AN ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR ME AND I STARTED PLAYING.

♪ MUSIC ♪ >>PUEDO ESTAR TAN LEJOS, SUELES VERME SUSPIRAR, DESGARRAR MI CORAZóN, PUEDO ESTAR TAN LEJOS, DESPIERTAME, AL AMANECER DESPIERTAME, DESPIERTAME NO ERES MáS QUE UN ROSTRO TE INVENTE EN SUEñOS, DESPIERTAME, AL AMANECER DESPIERTAME, DESPIERTAME.

DESPIERTAME, AL AMANECER DESPIERTAME, DESPIERTAME.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ♪ BAND PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ DESPIERTAME, AL AMANECER DESPIERTAME, DESPIERTAME.

AL AMANECER, DESPIERTAME AL AMANECER... ♪ SINGING IN SPANISH ♪ ♪ GUITAR ♪ >>WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER HERE IN ORLANDO IN THE EARLY 2000S.

LIKE 2005 AND 2006, I GUESS.

THEN WE DIDN'T DO MUSIC TOGETHER.

BUT I WENT BACK TO ARGENTINA.

THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM.

AND CAME BACK IN 2015.

THAT'S WHEN WE GOT IN TOUCH AGAIN AND AT THE TIME HE WAS PLAYING WITH A TRIBUTE BAND OF THAT BAND.

SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INSTRUMENT HERE, SO THEY NEEDED A BASS PLAYER.

SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I DON'T USUALLY PLAY BASS.

I DON'T EVEN OWN A BASS.

BUT IT'S MY CHANCE TO PLAY, I GUESS.

SO I BOUGHT A BASS AND THEN WE STARTED, I JOINED THE BAND.

WE STARTED PLAYING TOGETHER.

THEN THAT BAND JUST GOT DISSOLVED AND WE KEPT DOING SOME THINGS AND STARTED CREATING SOME STUFF.

HERE WE ARE.

>>AFTER THAT, IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT BECAUSE TRYING TO FIND DRUMMERS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES KIND OF HARD.

YOU KNOW.

AND WE START WRITING NEW SONGS AND HIS SONGS AND MY SONGS AND WE MEET TOGETHER AND SAY, OH YOU LIKE THIS ONE?

I LIKE THIS.

AND ALSO HE KNOWS THE SOFTWARE AND I KNOW SOFTWARE WE USE FOR COMPUTERS AND WE TRY TO INCORPORATE OUR MUSIC AND WE HAVE VERY MUCH IN COMMON IN MUSIC.

>>YEAH WE DIDN'T HAVE A...IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF US AT THE TIME.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A DRUMMER.

SO WE GOT A DRUMMER.

THEN I WAS PLAYING BASS.

HE WAS PLAYING GUITAR.

THEN AT ONE POINT I WAS PLAYING GUITAR AND WE WERE PROGRAMMING THE BASS.

SO WE'VE BEEN GOING AROUND WITH INSTRUMENTS A LOT.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ACABAS DENTRO DE MIS LAMENTOS TE ENTREGAS TODA REGRESAS SOLA.

VIVES ENTRE ESPACIOS MUERTOS LEJOS DE LOS SENTIMIENTOS ACABAS DENTRO DE MIS LAMENTOS UHH HABLAME, NO QUIERES VERLO LLEGA TU HORA, VISTES DE SEDA DE COLOR DE COLOR, INTENSO ABRES LA PUERTA DE TU TRISTEZA TE QUEDAS QUIETA RESPIRAS LENTO.

ENTRE TANTAS COSAS JUEGAS, CREES DEFINIR QUIEN ERES, RAYAS EN EL FIRMAMENTO, TODO LO QUE LLEVAS NO QUIERES VERLO, LLEGA TU HORA, VISTES DE SEDA DE COLOR DE COLOR, DE COLOR DE COLOR, INTENSO ♪ BAND PLAYING TOGETHER ♪ >>IT'S DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE USED TO HAVE LITTLE IDEAS, LITTLE SEEDS OF SONGS AND GET TOGETHER AND JAM AROUND IT AND MAKE A SONG.

MAKE A SONG AROUND THAT IDEA.

NOW PRETTY MUCH, EACH ONE OF US IS WORKING AT HOME.

SO IF I HAVE AN IDEA, I TRY TO DEVELOP THAT AT HOME AND HE DOES THE SAME AND THEN WE TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND JUST ADD EACH OTHER'S FLAVOR OF STUFF TO EACH OTHER'S IDEAS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE PRETTY MUCH WORKING RIGHT NOW.

>>YES, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ALWAYS WHEN I HAD ANOTHER BAND, I LIKE GOING TO MY COUNTRY, I HAVE BANDS I LIKE TO WRITE SONGS.

YOU KNOW?

BUT I WASN'T A SINGER.

AND THIS BAND ALSO, I WASN'T A SINGER.

JUST WE WERE TRYING DIFFERENT SINGERS, YOU KNOW?

AND FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE A SINGER WHO STAYS, A DRUMMER, EVERY ARTIST HAVE DIFFERENT POINTS OF WHAT THEY WANT TO PLAY.

AND AT THIS POINT, HECTOR AND I, WE HAVE CLEAR WHAT WE WANT TO PLAY.

YOU KNOW?

AND ONE DAY, SAY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO?

OKAY, YOU..HE TOLD ME, YOU HAVE TO SING.

OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TO SING.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE LIKE HOW I SING.

♪ MUSIC ♪ ELLA VISTE DE COLORES Y EN SUS OJOS NO HAY PERDóN EL LA ENVUELVE, CON SU CUERPO Y NUNCA DICE LA VERDAD SOLO SON RECUERDOS, QUE VOLVIERON A JUNTAR, MIENTRAS MATAN SUS TORMENTOS ESCAPAN DE LA REALIDAD FUERON UN BUEN MOMENTO, SUEñAN AL DESPERTAR, ELLA CONSUME SUS DESEOS SUS PECADOS SON TRAICION.

EL LA TOMA Y ABANDONA Y SIGUE SIENDO EL DE AYER YA NO SON RECUERDOS, SOLO VIVEN LA ILUSION, LLEVAN SU CADENAS, NADIE SABE DE LOS DOS.

SABEN PARAR DEL TIEMPO, JUEGAN A DESAPARECER.

FALSOS SENTIMIENTOS DE SIN DOLOR FALSOS NADIE TIENE EL CONTROL FALSOS PARECEN BURLAR SUS MIEDOS, NO SABEN DECIR QUE NO, BAILAN EN SU PROPIO CUERPO, NO SABEN DECIR ADIOS ♪ GUITAR ♪ ♪ MUSIC CONTINUES ♪ FALSOS SENTIMIENTOS SIN DOLOR FALSOS NADIE TIENE EL CONTROL FALSOS FUERON UN BUEN MOMENTO, SUEñAN AL DESPERTAR, SABEN PARAR DEL TIEMPO, JUEGAN A DESAPARECER.

FUERON UN BUEN MOMENTO, SUEñAN AL DESPERTAR, SABEN PARAR DEL TIEMPO, JUEGAN A DESAPARECER.

>>WE WANT TO PUSH THE SPANISH TRY TO COME OUT WITH MUSIC.

THAT'S WE WANT TO DO.

>>THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF MELROSE IN THE MIX FEATURING ARTEFACTO.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON WITH ANTOHER LIVE RECORDING SESSION HERE IN THE MELROSE CENTER AT THE ORLANDO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

>>THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.