Maybe I don't get it but what is Conjuntoislife doing for Conjunto music?

[NPCMA]

I want to start this discussion because of my love for traditional conjunto music. I think that conjuntoislife is a great website. Martin has done wonders to have a membership of over 1000. But, what is it doing for conjunto music? I see people in here posting videos, songs, pictures, and events. The people in here already love conjunto music. They don't need to be converted. However the millions of people that are not conjunto lovers and some haven't even heard of conjunto music are the one's that need to be converted. 1000 people could do so much for conjunto outside this website. For instance calling non conjunto stations, writing articles to newspaper, contacting polititians demanding they acknowledge our cultural music, etc, etc, etc. most of us are not doing that in here. We are just talking to each other. I do not refer to the musicians because they are desperately trying to get their band noticed. It is them that we should all be working for. It is them that NPCMA struggles to fight for because without them we have nothing. I write this with absolutely no anger just a concern. Give me your opinions to this matter that I write on.

[antonio mendoza]

Sorry to enter this discussion late. In Greeley, Colorado there are no radio stations that play Tejano, Conjunto. Pura Pinche Banda, I distribute my cd's to anybody that wants, listens and appreciates our music. Back when, you could go to a tardiada and pay 50 cents to watch Tony de La Rosa, Los Guadalupanos and people would pack the dance halls, today you see maybe 25 people and the only people dancing to the music are Los viejos como yo(62). I play music for my grandkids and everytime that we have a cookout or a party I breakout my mp3 with over 6,000 songs Conjunto bernal, los guadalupanos, freddie gomez, Lazaro Perez, Percy Cardona to name a few. We need to invite and support the local musicians La musica de conjunto regional changed with Tejano. Support and distribute the music.