Steve Salazar
Today is a good day.
Most of you don’t know this, but for the past year I have had the pleasure of managing an amazingly talented singer/songwriter from Minneapolis named Steve Salazar. I met Steve in January of 2010 when Sing It Loud played the Garage in Burnsville, MN for a new years acoustic show. We met thanks to the lovely Pat Brown, who after a little mix up, had me convinced that the guitar we had borrowed had been stolen. Of course, I flipped out and stormed all around the Garage trying to find the guitar, when in the midst of my fury, I found it sitting next to Steve Salazar. After about 20 minutes of thorough questioning, and almost bringing the poor kid to tears, we established that it was NOT the guitar Pat had borrowed and that it belonged to Steve. Turns out, Pat had been playing the “lost” guitar for the better part of an hour backstage and didn’t bother to check and see if the guitar he was holding in his hands was the missing instrument I had been searching for.
Needless to say, I felt terrible for the guy, so I apologized over and over. I felt so bad that I even invited him to come play some online shows with us. After checking out his stuff, I, just like many others, immediately saw something special in him. He doesn’t think he’s super cool. He doesn’t shit talk ANYONE. He doesn’t act like a rockstar. And most of all, he doesn’t straighten his hair. He is just a great guy, playing catchy-as-hell music that means something to him. This is a quality that is few and far between when it comes to young musicians.
Bottom line is- this kid’s got it. We have been working our asses off for about a year now alongside my best friend Jordan Schmidt to get his music out there, and today it finally happened. His debut album, produced by Jordan and myself dropped today, and it would mean the world to him and to me, if you could just go take a listen. I’m not using this post to solicite another record (like I so often do). I just want to share with you a great kid playing catchy, feel-good music that will definitely put the finishing touch to your favorite summer playlist. Support good music. Support good people.
Check it out here.
Love
-k
