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QANTARES

Play from your heart, not from your head

About Me

Founded by Gil Flores, QANTARES is a group of musicians from different backgrounds. We all individually work with different ministries but we come together under the banner of QANTARES to play music that WE LIKE and that perhaps we don't always have the opportunity to play. Our sound is a unique fusion of jazz, funk, latin and gospel among other genres. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Fundada por Gilberto Flores, QANTARES es una banda de musicos de distintos trasfondos. Todos individualmente trabajamos con diferentes ministerios pero nos juntamos bajo el nombre de QANTARES para tocar musica que a NOSOTROS nos gusta y que quizas no siempre tenemos la oportunidad de tocar. Nuestro sonido es una fusion de jazz, funk, latin y gospel entre otros generos.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: qantares.com
Band Members: GIL FLORES (Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar) ----ANDY MUÑOZ (Bass Guitar/Keys) ----TIM MONTES (Keys) ----SPOONY JOHNSON (Drums) ----FRANCISCO DIAZ (Electric Guitar) ----BOBBY GRIFFIN (Electric Guitars) ----LUIS LENZI (Sax)
Influences: JESUS CHRIST - KING DAVID - Torre Fuerte - Marcos Witt - Fred Hammond - Israel Houghton - Earth Wind & Fire - Chuck Escamilla - Marcos Vidal - Luis Miguel - Alejandro Sanz - BONO (U2) - Stevie Wonder - Miles Davis - George Benson - George Duke - Vinnie Colaiuta - Kiko Cibrián
Sounds Like: FORTHCOMING ALBUM - PROXIMO PROYECTOINSTITUTO CANZION CALIFORNIA - MI GENERACIONMI GENERACIONMI AMIGA LILY CRUZ CANTANDO UNA DE MIS CANCIONES "QUIERO AMARTE".MY FRIEND LILY CRUZ, SINGING ONE OF MY SONGS "QUIERO AMARTE".---------------------------THE WORSHIP "INDUSTRY"
Record Label: LABELS ARE FOR DEPT. STORE PRODUCTS
Type of Label: None

My Blog

The "S" word

Submission! (and not the "ufc" kind)Ok... I’m single, I’ve never been married, and I’m not an expert on marriage or anything like that... but I was looking at some&nbs...
Posted by QANTARES on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:34:00 PST

Develop your ear dammit!

I was thinking&.you know how we all "know in our head" that God is love, that He is faithful, etc etc etc.We know that "intellectually".... but I wonder if we "really" know that in our hearts&have we ...
Posted by QANTARES on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:42:00 PST

MATERIALISM BUGS ME...

There is nothing wrong with having nice things, but here in Califorina people seem to think its OK to measure people's worth by what they have, how they look, what they wear and who they know. So what...
Posted by QANTARES on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:38:00 PST

Friday in the Tower

I hung out in Fresno's Tower District today.I talked to a lady making and selling beaded wristbands and other crafts, helped a girl tune her guitar, talked to these dudes waiting for the bus about a p...
Posted by QANTARES on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:22:00 PST

MY BIRTHPLACE - GUADALAJARA

I love this city! Not a day passes that I don't wish I could be there! (Especially during the holidays!) This city contains some of the most elaborate architecture on the western hemisphere. It is ric...
Posted by QANTARES on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:09:00 PST

INTERESTING PEOPLE

I like learning from people who've lived interesting and meaningful lives. These are a few people I find fascinating: (Clockwise from left) Bill Russell - Basketball great with an incredible mind. 11...
Posted by QANTARES on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:03:00 PST

MAYAN CIVILIZATION

I am fascinated by the Mayans. These people who lived in MesoAmerica 2600 years before Christ are one of the great early civilizations of the world. They made incredible advances in mathematics, medic...
Posted by QANTARES on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:49:00 PST

ABOUT GIL

  Gil Flores   Worship Leader, Composer, Musician, Owner/Operator of Qantares MusiQ Studios (www.qantares.com ).A native of beautiful Guadalajara Mexico, Gil started playing guitar at the ...
Posted by QANTARES on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:02:00 PST

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ON JAZZ

Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival "God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to createand from this capacity has flowed the sweet ...
Posted by QANTARES on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:15:00 PST