Diandra Interviews Club Del Rio: How Friendships Build Songs

Club Del Rio are so chill and it comes with friendship. They are, literally, a bunch of buddies making music: transferring conversations into songs. Their simplicity and desire to continuously simplify is what makes their music instantly likable. We all want to be understood, and in finding someone who understands you, a good song/ friendship can be born.

Diandra: With optimism being so commonly attributed to your name, what do you feel is so positive about your music?
Esteban de Bergia: Well, they call me “remedies” because I always want to find solutions. (he laughs) Yet, I would describe our music more as eclectic.

Álvaro Ayuso: In the end, we are friends, and I think that is what our music reflects. We are friends that want to do what friends do: hang out, laugh, talk about life and dreams, play a good song…

Esteban: I also think it is about being real. We have been friends for so long that I think that is what transfers into the music and what people hear. They feel that difference like we do. So optimism is a quality but we still have a lot to learn about it.

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Diandra: In mixing so many genres, what have you leaned is universal about music?

Esteban: Music is an emotional medicine. The people that practice music release their emotions from it, and those that listen to it begin to feel less alone because they feel what the musician feels.

Alvaro: I think that you do not even need to know the lyrics or language of a song to understand it. The rhythm, itself, carries the message. You don’t need to know to understand.

Diandra: You have said you follow your heart when it comes to making a song. Do you believe to be an artist is to be intuitive?

Álvaro Ayuso: I think being artist is like having this inner channel within you, and it makes you sensitive to the human experience and what that means. You need that channel to truly be an artist.

Diandra: How do you think music and your songwriting process pushes you to mature as persons?

Esteban: I think that is a great question. I think in writing songs you take out what is within you and place it on your “surface.” In seeing what is within and, in turn, making it outward, you mature. You put images to your words, and you classify your thoughts in a way. When you are making music, you are trying to be profound. It is like, if you are writing love song, then you have to think about love. What it means? How have you experienced it?

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Diandra; Seeing music as truth, what is one truth about life music has taught you?

Álvaro: I think in being musicians we have had to learn to simplify. You add the melody and the rhythms and the verses and it is like, “Hey, don’t overcomplicate me!” I think that is like a person. In the end, make sure to keep your personalty and your essence. In a way, a good song is like a good person. It has a nucleus and it shows you less is more.

Diandra: You have talked about how the industry can be competitive. Do you feel such competitiveness inspires or dampens creativity?

Esteban de Bergia: I think every industry is on a frenetic frequency. I think industry, itself, is competitive, It doesn’t inspire me that type of pace or even thinking about it. I am sure there are people that, in seeing other groups advance, find motivation to see how they are doing it. Yet, I don’t. I rather just focus on us.

Álvaro Ayuso: I think it motivates, but if you look to see how others are doing “day to day,” you’ll go crazy and you will start taking things personal.

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