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The Band: Un Dia Nuevo,Members: Leonardo Arias: Lead Vocals & Guitar,Darwin Diaz: Bass, B-Vocals,Juan Diego Perez: Drums, B-Vocals,The music: English & Spanish Progressive Rock.As pre-teens, the band members of Un Dia Nuevo came to America looking for a better life. What they found was an appreciation for music and each other. Leo, Un Dia Nuevo's lead singer and guitarist, came to America from Colombia at age 11. "I didn't have any friends for two years, I was very lonely and shy. It was really sad," said Leo when describing his first few years in America. "I didn't speak English, so you could imagine." At 10-years-old, bass player Darwin came to America from Argentina expecting every adolescent's dream. "My mom said, 'If you come here we'll get you lots of toys'," said Darwin. Instead, he found a house filled with miscellaneous instruments just waiting to be discovered. "I had a guitar, bass and drums at my house. Leo had this little feeling inside his heart about wanting to play the guitar since the age of 14, so I was like, alright, I'll play the bass," said Darwin. Three to four years later we got to where we were going." Where exactly are they going? Well, up until nine months ago, Leo sang only in English. Leo said about the transition to Spanish music, "I thought it would be fun to bring something new and different to the world. So we just went with it." He claims the music is romantic, like music for "love birds". Always the comedian. Really though, Un Dia Nuevo members want their fans to jump, fall in love, and enjoy life along with their progressive rock music. For not taking any music lessons, these guys are impressive. Leo said he would play the guitar day and night. The guys constantly got together for jam sessions while growing up. Even today, Un Dia Nuevo has no rules on music. "When we play or arrange a song, we don't plan anything; It just has to have the right feeling," said Darwin. "The right lyrics go with the right notes." Maybe this no-rules attitude transpired after years of listening to all music genres, such as house, disco, rap, and rock. Darwin listened to house and freestyle music at his cousin's house. "My cousin was a DJ," said Darwin. "I used to put my head by the speakers like an idiot. I just wanted to be a part of something." Early in his childhood, Leo was always experimenting with instruments like the accordion, the piano, and finally he fell in love with the guitar. Leo's father plays the guitar and sings back in the pubs of Colombia; No question about it; Leo's father definitely had an impact in his life; but things changed when grunge music made its mark in the 90's. Leo then tuned in to hear Nirvana, as well as finding an appreciation for legendary rock bands such as the Beatles and the Doors. "The dream is to always make it somewhere," said Leo. "Where? I don't know. But we want people to be happy everywhere. We live in country that gives us the opportunity to dream large, and we are eager to make that dream a reality, we only live once and life is too short. We will try everything possible to make you smile. Said Leo. Darwin wants to get out there and start playing out now. He wants to get back to his roots by playing in South America one day. The guys love to laugh. Leo said he is the joker of them all, and according to him, the others have to work on their jokes. "They laugh a lot. Sometimes too much, as you are reading this bio, Darwin is probably laughing, I'm laughing " said Leo. Darwin said the band is very sarcastic. "You have to have a sense of humor," said Darwin. Finally, putting the jokes aside and their thoughts together, the guys had to come up with a name for their group. They had trouble originally choosing a name for the band. "Other names weren't sticking. This name we all agreed on. "It sounded original" and UN DIA NUEVO was born. As Un Dia Nuevo was taking baby steps the drummer decided to leave the band;but we were blessed by Juan Diego Perez, an amazing drummer, who gave me a call one night and told me that he wanted to try out. He joined the band right after the old drummer left. Juan Diego also known as ( JD, Juan Diablo, or JD the Kid) always wanted to be in band with a creative gift and it became a reality. Juan Diego is also a creative drummer he has taken UDN music to another level. We all seem to suffer from that creative joy from time time. And now with Juan Diego on the drums we will go out there and show the world a taste of the new latin progressive rock. The beginning.
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