During this Labor Day weekend, I had the opportunity to talk with an emerging artist from Texas. His name is Zacarias and his music carries messages of hope. The interview was made during an E Mail encounter between Texas and Florida and the rest is history.

1. When did you decide to become an artist?
Since I was child growing in the 80’s, I have always love music. I was
mostly addicted to LP records, music videos (esp. Houston’s Ch. 5,
NBC’s Friday Night Videos, VH1, MTV, BET’s Video Soul, and
Nickelodeon’s Nick Kids Video), cassette tapes, and shows that
featured music like Kids Inc., Mickey Mouse Club, and even Sesame
Street. I can’t remember when I was wanted to a singer, but my late
paternal grandfather told me that I was like 1 in 1980 singing Ray
Charles’, «America» by watching his TV concert. Maybe, when I was in
kindergarden or my first year in the first grade. Yeah, I failed the
1st grade due listening to my aunt’s LPs and tapes instead of dealing
homework. I was a slightly extreme music addict and TV couch potato in
my childhood.

2. Where have you performed in the past and present?

After I left El Paso to return back to the Houston area in 2007, I
haven’t performed except from making singing videos on my youtube
Channel and singing publicly. I was a choir boy both at Galena Park
Middle & High School during the 1990’s. Sometimes, I did solo acts
like I sung, «I’ll be Home For Christmas» in the 8th grade for our
Christmas concert. I feel old because this holiday season will make it
20 years ago. Lol. Later, I broke off from my shyness in my junior and
senior years to start sing at school shows because I was becoming a
grown man (age 18). I wanted be wealthy, successful, famous, and
established by my 30’s so I can get marry and have a big family. Of
course, I want my future wife, my kids, and my descendents to benefit
from my success. Here is my online resume of my work.

http://www.starsearchcasting.com/php/resume.php?talentID=3408155

3. Who were your musical idols and what did you learn from them in
order to establish your own style in music?

I have a lot of my role models in the music business. Ok, Mariah
Carey, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Selena, Whitney Houston,
Bobby Brown, Babyface, Jon Secada, Ricky Martin, AB Sure, Prince,
Michael Salgado, Lionel Richie, Jay Perez, Michael Jackson, Tina
Turner, El Debarge, Vanity (aka Denise Matthew-Smith), Stevie B,
Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias, Celia Cruz, Extreme, Linear, Marc
Anthony, Intocable, Dru Hill, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, and many
others. I learned a lot from them especially the various musical
styles, creative performances, breaking barriers in the mainstream,
and pushing the button (yes, Madonna). I want to mentioned the late
Tejano queen, Selena’s music introduced me to Tejano and Latin music
in general during late summer 1993. 20 years ago! Thank God! No
wonder, I love singing in Spanish. Que bueno!

4. Have you recorded albums in the past and present?

No, I haven’t. Hopefully to Dios, I will in the near future. I don’t
want to be in my forties, fifties, or even sixties as a staving and
striving singer. Yo rezo que ser rico y famoso antes de mi muerte.

5. What inspires you when you write music?

Due to working or searching
for real jobs as a recession victim, I haven’t wrote any songs since
2006. I wrote songs in my high school years and and when I was in
David L. Carrasco Jobs Corps, I would write songs in the switchboard
room while working as a part time student worker/switchboard operator.
I would come up with with some topics about life, love, cheating, and
other topics. I still have my song in my floppy disk and I’m hoping to
convert that data in my USB drive soon.

6. What is your advice to those who seek a career in music?

My advise to those to be ambitous, a hardhead to others’ dumb
expectation, driven, hardworker, and extremely don’t allow anyone
(including those in the business) to discourage you. Learn about the
business, stay in school, have faith with works like St. James said in
the Word (James 2:18-26), keep up with the celebrity media and styles,
be a individualistic
leader (not a follow), be open to diversity which I love(esp. as a
very proud descendant of multiracial descent), strive hard to show
mutual respect and assertiveness, and ex-communicate yourself from
dreamkillers. Don’t let doubters to doubt your dream. Doubt their
predications by proving them wrong.

To those have a religious/spiritual side, pray without ceasing (1
Thess. 5:17) like San Pablo (St. Paul). I’m not perfect and when I try
to strive for perfection, I do only for my Merciful Christ Lord which
I only prefer His judgment and correction, not from humans. But, I do
pray that I will make it so that’s why my advice to those spiritual
aspiring artists to pray so they will be singing good like St. Cecilia
to impress the industry people. Si, reza mucho.

7. Is there anything you want to say to our readers?

To: My fans

Please support sharing my online profile,

http://zacarias.starsearchcasting.com. Subscribe to my youtube channel,
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZacariasVEVO. Please share, watch, and
postively my videos. Tweet @ZacariasElDivo. Tell everyone about me and
make me famous. Email and write to the media internationally about
me!Fans are the main ones who make celebrities. I love you all! Te
amo, mis amigos!

Thank you Zacarias for accepting my invitation to an interview