Farewell to my band - PICS from last rehearsal and last 2 gigs

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Well yesterday the entire band, with the exception of myself and one of our singers/rappers left for London in order to re-establish themselves over there and give it a go in a new market/country.
Unfortunately, I did not join them due to financial commitments I have here and the time simply wasnt right for me as Im also involved in other projects..

Here are some pics from our last rehearsal, the album launch and finally our farewell concert.

You can check out some samples from the tracks on the album by going to http://www.sonveneno.com/

Tracks will auto play once you enter the site.
By the way, for anyone going onto the site ( http://www.sonveneno.com ) the sample tracks that auto play freeze on song 6, it wont load. You will need to click on track 7 for the audio to continue so you may hear the rest of the tracks from the album.



Ok here come the pics....

Last ever rehearsal...



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cont...

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MC Maya Jupiter, dropping some rhymes..

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My brother, rapper, rumbero and sonero Carlos..

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Checking the tuning at the album launch (2nd last gig)

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another..

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My bro, Steve, drummer, timbalero and rumbero.

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My girlfriend Francisca was invited to do some vocals at our album launch, here she is getting in on some tumbao/marcha action.

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Steve again...

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Mac'd up.

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sound check.......

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my corner.... (missing in the pic is my rack of percussion with bells, tamborines, shakers etc etc)

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Left to right,

just out of shot is Mike on Trombone, Marty on trumpet, Emiliano on bell, blocking me out of shot on congas, my girlfriend Francisca on vocals, Steve on drums, Maya on raps, Cesar on bass...

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more action

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