Lo Que Vamos a Dejar / What We Leave Behind
In support of #ActOnClimate and the Obama administration's #CleanPowerPlan.
(Full credits on youtube's info blurb).
You can now hear both Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and yours truly (Andres Useche with KDNA) on the song "El Principio del Final" This second mix of the song can also be downloaded for free here or at this Nine Inch Nails website: http://remix.nin.com/play/mix?id=18075
Our pro-Obama music video "Si, Se Puede Cambiar" has reached 301,794 hits, in one of the many versions up on youtube and mantains a rating of 4/5 stars. Today I was also contacted by the good folks at Link TV, who wanted to show it at their "Dear American Voter" section. You can also join the conversation here where they posted it this morning.
Hello everyone, thanks for all your support. Thanks also to those who have sent press links for our video "Si Se Puede Cambiar" . I'll share some with the rest of you so you can post comments at those sites and help us keep doing our bit to rally the nation behind Barack Obama's message of hope.
The Dallas Morning News
This is about both a song for Hillary and our video and song for Obama. Never mind the title, read on to see who's favored in it.
I heard we were on Telemundo and another Spanish language channel, but that's all I know.
"Si Se Puede Cambiar: is also up at The Official Barack Obama for President page, (you have to scroll down as it was published on Feb 22), or if it's too late when you read this you can always reach the permanent link here at main blog in Spanish
Here's the video itself as hosted at my site where you can also download TWO versions of the song, one with Barack Obama and his supporters chanting in the background and one that's just me. You will also find the lyrics in Spanish and English. By the way, the response from English has been such that we've decided to record a version of the song in English that will eventually have its own video. More on this later, here's the video:
And here's a few other places where you can find it as well and comment and vote if you wish, there's the main youtube version
which has received honors as one of the Most viewed and Top Rated videos this week in the category of News and Politics. Muchas gracias to those who've voted for it! Other uploads of the song have surfaced on youtube including some that have been subtitled into Vietnamese, Korean and more.
There's the copy version at Webcastr .
Thanks. Have a good one.
I wrote this song while campaigning with the grassroots group United for Obama. Like many I've felt disfranchised for many years because I saw too many politicians playing games and not backing their promises with actions. In Barack Obama I found a leader that didn't bow down to corporate powers and who fought for what was right no matter what his audience was. He spoke of cutting gas emissions to automakers and spoke to the African-American community of the importance of ending discrimination but not only against them, but also by some of them, the discrimination against immigrants, the Jewish people or gays and lesbians. This struck a chord with me. We must fight discrimination of all kinds, not because it is personally convenient, but because it is the right thing to do. Because all of us as a society will be better off if we truly embrace equality and justice for all. Here is a man who not only offered a compassionate and effective way to offer healthcare to all but who also stood firm from the beginning against this despicable war when the position was unpopular.
I've heard people criticize him because he's a great speaker. They are really desperate if their attempt is put down his ability to energize people of all ages, genders and races to become active in the democratic process. What they are trying to ignore is the fact that we are not only responding to his eloquence, but also to the truth of his message. It is a message of a more balanced engagement with world, of an economy that is not rigged to benefit the few, a message of tolerance and progress.
It is this message that has awaken me, and so many of our young, from our long political slumber. It is this renewed enthusiasm that fuels this vast movement, and it is the plurality, the diversity of this movement which inspired me to write this song.
The lyrics were thoughts that have been growing within me, and I'm sure, many others, and as Barack galvanized our intentions, this campaign focused my thoughts into this words that came out in a matter of hours.
We recorded quickly and it is thanks to Eric Byler, Warren Fu, Loni Pham and Annabel Park that you are able to see the finished product so immediately after the fact.
It was a labor of deep-rooted conviction, born of a desire not to acerbate antagonism, but to help, in however small measure, to unite those of us who have been waiting for so long for a moment in which to step up and take charge in the betterment of this world. That's right, we can improve this world. It is not an impossibility. We can do it. Yes we can.
Friends and family, last night I recorded a demo for the Si Se Puede Cambiar song I wrote in support of the Obama campaign. Please give it a listen at www.virb.com/useche I'll be updating it as we get to record and mix new elements, and put the video together... but the basis is there. Please help us get this anti-war, anti-discrimination message out! Share it with as many people as possible. It's a free download found at www.virb.com/useche I'm also creating a page on the dreaded myspace to try to spread it as much as possible. Look for Andres Useche in music. Shortly we´ll make the video available on www.youtube.com/unitedforobama and other places.
Familia latina, anoche grabe un demo para la cancion Si Se Puede que escribi para apoyar la campaƱa del candidato Barack Obama a la presidencia de Estados Unidos de Norte America. Por favor escuchenla en www.virb.com/useche La actualizare cuando puede poner el resto de elementos pero ahi esta la base. Por favor ayudanos a expresar este mensaje de paz y contra la discriminacion. Comparte el link con cuanta gente sea posible. Se puede bajar gratiz de la red en www.virb.com/useche Dentro de poco subiremos el video a www.youtube.com/united for Obama. Gracias