Julio Preciado
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Julio Preciado y su Banda Perla de Pacifico (Julio Preciado and his Pacific Pearl Band) is a banda
singer based in Mazatlán
, Sinaloa
, Mexico
. His music is based on norteño
songs, such as those of Los Cadetes de Linares
, and sometimes includes accordion
s in addition to bass instruments. Julio Preciado was a former member of La Banda el Recodo. Julio Preciado has been on a Mexican singing show called "Cantando Por Un Sueño
". He also sang with the popular band La Banda Sinaloense El Recodo.
On occasion, he also sings with a mariachi, as evident in the 2001 release of his CD, Entre Amigos.
On February 2, 2009 he was assigned to sing the Mexican National Anthem in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, as a part of the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Baseball Series (Serie del Caribe). Unfortunately he made several mistakes in the anthem lyrics and musical pace, being majorly booed by the audience.
Some factors came into play during the failure to sing the national anthem properly since the background music did not play, so he decided to improvise by singing [a capella] A cappella
. Unfortunetely he decided to extend the improvisation. The audience's reaction caused the local sound to be shut off to protect Preciado from more serious actions by an angered public, so he could stop singing. In fact some people in the stadium assure that the singer was drunk.
Julio apologized to the audience and in a written statement hoping he will
get a second chance to sing the national anthem in the future.
Before the Carnival of Mazatlan he was a serious candidate to be burned as a "burn of bad humor" (La quema del mal humor), an event that burns the people or event that represents the worst thing for the people, But since he was a diputade with license and using his influence and money in the town of Mazatlan he was saved of that "un-honor" despite he won the votes of the people of Mazatlan to be burned.
Since he was not burned in that event the people of Mazatlan towards his anger with his daughter Yuliana Preciado, during the parade where she was elected as a "Infant Queen" in the middle of corruption and scandal, the people started to sing the Mexican National Anthem loudly to her in protest
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
singer based in Mazatlán
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa; the surrounding municipio for which the city serves as the municipal seat is Mazatlán Municipality. It is located at on the Pacific coast, across from the southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula.Mazatlán is a Nahuatl word meaning...
, Sinaloa
Sinaloa
Sinaloa officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 18 municipalities and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. His music is based on norteño
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...
songs, such as those of Los Cadetes de Linares
Los Cadetes de Linares
I Rule!!!Los Cadetes de Linares are famously known for their corridos, ballad-style songs about famous drug cartel criminals or heroes in the rural frontier of the US-Mexico border. They are a conjunto -- also known as a norteño group—and their accordion and bajo sexto waltzes are well-known in...
, and sometimes includes accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
s in addition to bass instruments. Julio Preciado was a former member of La Banda el Recodo. Julio Preciado has been on a Mexican singing show called "Cantando Por Un Sueño
Cantando por un sueño
Cantando por un Sueño is a television contest produced by the Mexican television network Canal de las Estrellas which also aired on Univision in the United States. As with its twin show Bailando por un sueño , celebrities are paired with common, everyday people...
". He also sang with the popular band La Banda Sinaloense El Recodo.
On occasion, he also sings with a mariachi, as evident in the 2001 release of his CD, Entre Amigos.
On February 2, 2009 he was assigned to sing the Mexican National Anthem in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, as a part of the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Baseball Series (Serie del Caribe). Unfortunately he made several mistakes in the anthem lyrics and musical pace, being majorly booed by the audience.
Some factors came into play during the failure to sing the national anthem properly since the background music did not play, so he decided to improvise by singing [a capella] A cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
. Unfortunetely he decided to extend the improvisation. The audience's reaction caused the local sound to be shut off to protect Preciado from more serious actions by an angered public, so he could stop singing. In fact some people in the stadium assure that the singer was drunk.
Julio apologized to the audience and in a written statement hoping he will
get a second chance to sing the national anthem in the future.
Before the Carnival of Mazatlan he was a serious candidate to be burned as a "burn of bad humor" (La quema del mal humor), an event that burns the people or event that represents the worst thing for the people, But since he was a diputade with license and using his influence and money in the town of Mazatlan he was saved of that "un-honor" despite he won the votes of the people of Mazatlan to be burned.
Since he was not burned in that event the people of Mazatlan towards his anger with his daughter Yuliana Preciado, during the parade where she was elected as a "Infant Queen" in the middle of corruption and scandal, the people started to sing the Mexican National Anthem loudly to her in protest
See also
- La Banda el Recodo
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