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Gabriel Rivera

Stand for Something or Fall for Everything!

About Me

I am a Singer/Songwriter. I am a Performance Artist. I am an Actor. I am a Filmmaker. I am Hispanic. I am Mexican. I am American. I will NOT be Pigeonholed. I will not Conform. I will not give in to a Culture of Death. I BELIEVE in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am Catholic. I am God Fearing. I speak English. I speak Spanish. I speak Spanglish. Yo soy Pochismo. I believe LOVE conquers all. I am a vessel for the Holy Spirit. "I Am Who I Am", said the Lord. I strive for Truth, Justice, and an end to Poverty. I am a Sinner. I am Forgiven. I am Educated. I am Intelligent. I am extremely Blessed. I am Human. I am Brown skinned. I am El Pasoan. I am Texan. I am New Mexican. I am New Texican. I am Sorry. I have Loved and Lost. I am Bohemian. I am Creative. I am NOT Superficial. I hate Reality TV. I am Young. I Feel. I Laugh. I Play. I Live. I Hurt. My name is Gabriel. **Currently, Gabriel is the Praise and Worship Leader for the Life Teen Music Ministry at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in El Paso, TX. "God gave us talents, so that we could use them to glorify HIM!" The band plays contemporary praise music for a Eucharisitc Mass specifically geared toward teens and young adults, in hopes of bringing them closer to Christ.**Gabriel's forthcoming record "Songs from a Brown Boy's Bedroom: Stories of Life, Love, and Faith" is currently in pre-production. Please support independent music and purchase a copy when it is released.** For more info visit: www.gabrielriveramusic.com www.myspace.com/archangelito Also, check out Gabriel's production photo albums on Facebook .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: gabrielriveramusic.com
Band Members: **March 2007**We will be building a house for a needy family in Juarez, MX with CASAS POR CRISTO , the 12-16. If you are interested in helping, send me a message. Also, some production stills from the RED MESA movie are now online, you can view them HERE .**DECEMBER 2006**I've just been cast in a film called RED MESA . I will be playing the role of Octavio.**April 2006** My new music video, "MexameriPoP" is now up online as a MySpace video. Click on the link above to watch it either in Quicktime or Windows Media format. It tells the story of a young Mexican man and his arduous trek across the Chihuahuan desert to enter the United States in search of a better and more prosperous life. MexameriPop is written and performed by Gabriel. It explores the challenge of growing up in a bicultural environment on the U.S./Mexico border. Additionally, it features musician Mario Otero on lead guitar.
Influences: TOO MANY.
Sounds Like: You tell me.
Record Label: Archangelito Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gabriel actively supports the following Causes/Organizations:

Rock for Life http://www.rockforlife.org or http://www.all.org Justice For Immigrants http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org or http://www.whiteribbon.org for more info concerning the problem of Hum...
Posted by Gabriel Rivera on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:53:00 PST

PRAYER WALL

If you need prayer or have a prayer request, POST it here and our ministry will pray for you by name at least once a week. God Is Love, gabriel
Posted by Gabriel Rivera on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:37:00 PST