Tropic Culture Blog Posts and Journal Entries

Posted by on June 15, 2010

Most of us in Tropic Culture love the sport and very excited to have the world cup begin. Brazil has always been a favorite among other teams. Cant wait to see what happens and who will be crowned world Champion. Let us know what team your pulling for and we will see who prevails. Soccer fanatics can be a bit crazy at times. Last year we went to Baltimore to see inter milan and chelsea play an exibition… (read more)

Drumstrong 2010 Pictures

Posted by on May 18, 2010

This weekend was a great experience with lots of activity and great people. As the drumcircle kept drumming through the night, The main stage hosted a lot of great talent and music. You defenitely got a taste of all kinds of music from all over the world. We got up at 10:00 pm to start our 1 hour set for the night. The energy was great and everyone was very receptive to our music, lyrics and rhythms.… (read more)

Tropic Culture at DrumStrong 2010

Posted by on May 11, 2010

On May 15, 2010: Tropic Culture will partake in a wonderful experience and share the stage with some lovely artist and musicians of all kinds. Drumstrong is an event organized by Drums For Cure, Inc. An organiztion that raises money for Cancer. The rhythm-driven cancer health festival! will be a blast. Tropic Culture will perform at 10:00 pm Saturday night on May 15, 2010. DrumSTRONG™ is a unique,… (read more)

Cancelled!! Battle of the Bands Cancelled!!

Posted by on April 25, 2010

The Unheard Radio Battle of the band has been cancelled for today April 25, 2010. The venue has permanantly closed down. Unheard Radio is currently looking for a new location. We will keep you posted on dates as soon as we get them. Thank you for your support and understanding. Tropic Culture www.TropicCulture.com (read more)

Battle of the Bands - Help Support Tropic Culture

Posted by on April 21, 2010

Tropic Culture will be taking part in the competition. Help us become successful. You can watch live video online or come to the actual battle. Tropic Culture will be competing in the first round on April 25, 2010. Location is at The Mansion 462 at 462 W. Franklin St Chapel Hill, NC (919) 967-7913. To watch the live competition online go to http://unheardradio.com/battle/ You can purchase tickets… (read more)

5 on 5 challenge to open for Tropic Culture @ The Visulite Theater April 16, 2010

Posted by on April 9, 2010

5 on 5 challenge to open for Tropic Culture On April 16, 2010 - Tropic Culture will be performing along with 5 on5 challenge at the Visulite Theatre. Below is a press release about the 5 on 5 and Tropic Culture. A special event you do not want to miss. Be there early! --- PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release March 31, 2010 Contact: Donell Stines, CEO of Create Don’t Hate Productions createdonthate@hotmail.com… (read more)

New arts center in Cornelius, NC: Carolina Art Garden

Posted by on March 30, 2010

Hi TC Fam., A new Arts center just opened up in Cornelius, NC. A much needed facilitator for the arts in the area. I had the privilege to sit down and talk to David Austin, great individual. Definitely a must see, come stop by when you get a chance. We will be working very closely with David. Come stop by and Carolina Art Garden @ Oak Street Mill: 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, NC 28031. Phone number… (read more)

5 on 5 Challenge Tomorrow 3/19/10: Free Admission

Posted by on March 19, 2010

The 2010 5 on 5 Challenge; New Art for a New Year. Charlotte, North Carolina – Create Don’t Hate Productions has started the New Year in the same fashion as it closed 2009, Running On All Cylinders! This year the company is off to a quick start with the introduction of an unprecedented amalgamation of talent, who will merge their individual artistic abilities to create a new and original presentation.… (read more)

FEb. 18 Show CANCELLED - Due to Water damage to the venue

Posted by on February 17, 2010

TC FAm, We are disappointed to say that our February 18, show in Chapel Hill has been cancelled. The venue recieved a lot of water damage and cannot do shows until it has been repaired. We will keep you posted on an updated date for Tropic Culture to perform at Mansion 462. Thank you for you understanding and apologies from us and Mansion 462. See you soon, Tropic Culture (read more)

Listen to a live recording boot leg of Tropic Culture @ www.Tropicculture.com/Blog

Posted by on February 15, 2010

Hi Music world and TC fams, We are excited to start a series of blogs with a podcast in it. Some will be with interviews, others will be just live recordings, and from time to time we will add some new material and ideas for you to ponder on. But first let us tell you that we are entering the Chapel Hill, NC scene this Thursday February 18, 2010 at Mansion 462. Love to have all of you there to… (read more)

Tropic Culture show today February 6 at the Double Door Inn.

Posted by on February 6, 2010

Hi Music world, It has been a great week for Tropic Culture. Although the wheather is a nuisance, we still are moving along with having our shows. Last Saturday we had an acoustic set at Pura Vida. The snow and ice did not help but we decided to do it anyway,. A full house of listeners and we thank Teresa once again for making it happen and facilitating our music. The following Sunday we performed… (read more)

Happy Holidays

Posted by on December 31, 2009

Happy Holidays and a fun new Years. As always be safe and have a designated driver. Lots of good things coming for 2010. Keep on the loop as we are coordinating with our community at large. Also when you get a chance, we would like to hear your thoughts on our new website. Something new for the New Years. Happy Holidays, Tropic Culture (read more)

Last nights Tropic Culture's acoustic show at Pura Vida

Posted by on November 29, 2009

Yesterday evening we had the privilege to perform an acoustic set at Pura Vida Worldly Art in Charlotte, NC. The listen ing room in the back has a great intimate atmosphere where all get to experience the vibe of the music and emotional transitions and interpretations. Familiar faces were seen as well as new unknown faces. We thank Teresa for the opportunity and greatly appreciate all who were there… (read more)

Tropic Culture's song "Noche Guerra" selected to be the background track

Posted by on November 18, 2009

When Tony called us about utilizing our song to be the background track for the 2009 Recap video of the Latin American Festival in Charlotte, we were exstatic. Finally the video is out and you can see it here. Thanks Latin American Festival 2009 for selecting our song "Noche Guerra". (read more)

Latin American Festival this past weekend

Posted by on October 12, 2009

On Sunday, We got the privalage to perform at the 2009 Latin American Festival in Charlotte, NC. Along with some great artist local and nationally known. The national acts were Grupo Fantasma and Jorge Villamizar from Bacilos. Look them up their music its pretty awesome. Our homegrown town of Charlotte has brought some great talent throughout the years and this year it was even better. This year along… (read more)

This Past Weekend

Posted by on September 28, 2009

What a weekend. On Saturday we headed our way to the Flat Rock Music Festival. It was raining the entire ride up there and finally cleared out when we got close to the facilities. Speaking of facilities We drove our trailer and vehicle through some trails. We got stuck in Mud to find out we were going the wrong way. Had a tractor come to our rescue and pull us out. THANKS! So we made it finally to… (read more)

Past few gigs experience

Posted by on September 14, 2009

Its time to drop a line or two and wanted to write about our past month and a half dates. First I like to start with the Acoustic set for the GAP's 40th year anniversary celebration. WE got the priveliage to perform an acoutic set at the Greensboro Four Seasons Mall. Most importantly we met some wonderful individuals: James, John, Dotie, Emily, Dale and others that I really can't remember off the… (read more)

tropic Culture needs your Help!

Posted by on August 5, 2009

TC Fam, There are 2 voting competitions we are involved with and need your assistance with both. Please click on the links below and vote once a day. You will have to confirm your vote with your email. A message will be sent to your email address once you vote and all you have to do is click on the link and the vote gets confirmed. We need help on placing on the top 25. Vote everyday until August… (read more)

Tropic Culture news and updates

Posted by on July 15, 2009

Tropic Culture will be in the Finals of Battle of the Bands sponsored by Amped 4 Cure. Any money raised from the event will go to this great organization. We hope to see all the support out there on July 23, 2009 as it will be based on audience response. For further details look at our events page. Tropic Culture will have the privilage to be part of the largest-ever simultaneous live acoustic music… (read more)

Cinco De Mayo

Posted by on May 4, 2009

Hi TC Fam, We will be throwing down for cinco de mayo at the Cantina located at 1511 East BLVD, Charlotte, NC. Events starts at 5 pm and we get up at 8:00 pm. Drink specials, food, entertainemnt, the whole works. Come on by and get some coronas and dance it off to the Tropic Culture groove. See you there! P.S. for those of you who lack in the spanish skills, cinco de mayo is May 5. This Tuesday May… (read more)

Tropic Culture next Shows

Posted by on April 15, 2009

Friday April 24, 2009 We will be at the famous Double Door Inn in Charlotte, NC with Bums Lie. Doors open at 8:00 pm. Saturday April 25, 2009 We will be at the Boone Saloon in Boone, NC and doors open at 9:00 pm. Hope to see you there. (read more)

Our past show reviews

Posted by on April 8, 2009

On March 27 and 28, We envoked ourselves to gig at UNC-Charlotte, and The Rock Shop in Fayetteville, NC the following day. Friday started early with packing all the sound and equipment into the trailer to than unload at the UNCC campus. The hospitality was great and very organized. They even had food and help for us to unload and pack up. The show went very well and we loved the atmosphere within… (read more)

upcoming shows

Posted by on March 21, 2009

Tropic Culture will be at UNC-Charlotte March 27, 2009. The following day we will be at the Rock Shop in Fayetteville, NC on MArch 28, 2009. Hope to see you all there. Later, Jorge (read more)

Back to the grind

Posted by on March 17, 2009

Hey fams, Just wanted to let you know that we are working hard on getting over your way this year. We are going to play in more festivals and more cities this year to get to those who have been waiting to see us at your hometown. We have been making changes with musicians and members as you will start seeing new faces. New material is being written every month and will soon come out of the practice… (read more)

Tropic Culture's Alberto Espinosa interview with Off The Charts Radio in the United Kingdom, The Jay Atkins Show.

Posted by on November 7, 2008

Here is an interview with Jay Atkins from Off The Charts Radio in the United Kingdom. (read more)

Tropic Culture interview with 106.5 The end, The Divakar Show

Posted by on October 27, 2008

We just had an interview with 106.5 Fm The End, out of Charlotte, NC. Part of the Divakar Show. Here is the link to listen to the interview. Thanks all for the support. We are pretty excited. (read more)

New and upcoming Feature for Tropic Culture website

Posted by on September 15, 2008

Hey family and Friends, Tropic Culture will be starting a podcasting feature here at our blog page. you will be able to grab any live recordings, interviews, and just commentary by Tropic Culture and others. We will post a podcast soon in the near future. Working on some material and live recordings. We will also offer free downloads of our live recordings. So pay attention because there will be things… (read more)

Tropic Culture over seas

Posted by on August 13, 2008

How about that!!! Tropic Culture is getting noticed in different cities around the world.. we are very happy about this... one of the coolest places is the city where stonehedge is!!! hells yeah!! we will do our best to be able to rock that place soon.. other cities that have been noticing us are located in Argentina, Germany, Taiwan , vietnam, amongst others.. these are exciting places and the band… (read more)

CD Release Party This Thursday July 17, 2008

Posted by on July 14, 2008

Back in April we posted a few notes on our studio experience. Well its time to see the fruits of that labor. We are throwing our much anticipated Cd Release Party this thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Visulite Theater. All the promotion is in place. We just heard our music being played on the radio station last night at, 106.5 The End. It was really exciting to hear, and happy tat it was able to make… (read more)

Lately

Posted by on June 11, 2008

Hi everyone, It has been, what seems a while, since our last blog. We can say that it has been a hectic last few weeks and upcoming. As you all know we have a busy weekend and getting closer to our CD Release Party. What we like to discuss is the technicalities that come with creating album art and music recording and mastering. It has been a prominsing experience with all of it, but the time spent… (read more)

Tropic Culture Newsletter Up and Running

Posted by on May 15, 2008

Hey everyone out there, Tropic Culture has started there initial newsletter that will come out every month. Check it out, see our fan of the month, and other news, updates and so forth. Any ideas or features you would like, let us know. Give us feedback on it. To get to it go to our community page and link to the newsletter page or just click on newsletter in this blog to go direct. We appreciate… (read more)

Tropic Culture will start a newsletter

Posted by on May 1, 2008

We will began a newsletter this month (May, 2008). We will also have free things for our fans and subcribers. So be ready to be surprised. We would like to have a Fan of The Month section on our newsletter, so if you are interested please send us information about yourself and picture if you like. We appreciate the support. Make sure you sign up to our mailing list. Thanks, Tropic Culture (read more)

Playing in the streets

Posted by on April 26, 2008

So we decided to go and try to set up a semi-acoustinc session in the streets tonight. I just got back from it and it was pretty awesome. We went to the NoDA district here in charlotte, NC and played until about 3:00 am. It ended up being 2 guitars, latin percussion, violin, and vocals. Through the night we let several individuals show up for the spot light. Eventually a harmonica player came through… (read more)

Studio Experience

Posted by on April 20, 2008

Coming back to the studio in 2008 had different purpose and agenda. Alberto decided to add some new songs and tracks to the Album. So there we went. Here are a few pictures from the Studio Orleans engineer Paul Trahan. By the way we are almost finished, have one more day of studio work and to the mastering lab we go. We will let you know how that goes. Alberto giving Jorge direction and telling… (read more)

Our first days

Posted by on April 6, 2008

So we get to the studio not knowing what to expect. This being our first time and the excitement fluttered through our veins and you could see it in our faces. Our expectation were high and goals were set. Drums and bass were the first to go. It went pretty smoothly for our first drum and bass tracks. We began this project late 2007. More to come soon. Jorge (read more)

Close to the end

Posted by on April 1, 2008

We have been going at it since last year, 2007. Finally we see an end to the road. our first album: live to love, love to live, will be out soon.we will post pictures and some experience on our new blog. check back with updates. Thanks, Jorge (read more)

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