MANNY Y BEBE
Interviewed by: Angela

MANNY: How u doing Mrs. Angela?

Angela: I am doing great. Having so much talent come out of one family has to be a crime. Do you find it easier working together since you are brothers?

MANNY: Yes definitely, we understand each other and when things get a little rough we always reach out for one another and of course the respect is always there...

Angela: That is exactly how I can picture it! Which one of you decided to do music first?

MANNY: Well I always dreamed of either being a dancer or sing/rap someday and my brother Bebe has always been more quiet but as we grew up we always had the same taste, just different ways of expressing ourselves but at the end its was kind of both of our decision...I took the first step and he just kind of followed...but it was both of our decision.

Angela: Yea I did notice that he was quiet. When did you guys decide to go ahead and start taking it seriously and start producing and recording original material?

MANNY: We started taking it really seriously after the first year. Well we have always recorded original material we believe if we stay original we will have a better chance of making it in the music industry.

Angela: Which one of you does the writing?

MANNY: Both...but we help each other out and ask for opinions from each other.

Angela: Nice. Do you guys have English songs as well?

MANNY: Right now what we have put out is only Spanish but yes definitely we are working on English songs…but that’s a secret...ha ha ha.

Angela: Where do you get your inspiration for your songs?

MANNY: To be honest with you we love Reggaeton but when it comes to singing/rapping we try to go more from what we feel and know so I will say from life itself and reality. We had gone through a lot together so I feel that we always write from our heart no matter what song it is.

Angela: How many albums have you recorded so far?

MANNY: As of right now only 1. We started alone with no help and we are still alone and thanks to God we have learned a lot about the industry and we feel it’s not about how many albums or how many songs is about what impression did you leave in every album and every song so we want to make sure that the newest album is definitely a lot better then the previous 1.

Angela: Nice. When is that one coming out?

MANNY: Well the 1st one just came out in September of 2005 so right now we are concentrating more on doing featurings and performing to get our names out and if God permits either by the end of the year or so we might have another album out.

Angela: What was your first album called?

MANNY: "PA Q TE ACUERDES MAMI" The title tell it all. Ha ha ha

Angela: Where is that available?

MANNY: Online...CD BABY cdbaby.com, TOWER RECORDS towerrecords.com and local store around the Chicago suburbs, California, Boston and Florida.

Angela: How is "PA Q TE ACUERDES MAMI" doing for you so far?

MANNY: So far is good but of course it can be better but thanks to God our songs are getting played on radio stations in California, Texas, Florida, Boston and some online radio stations and that sometimes is more important then your album sales. We believe that sales and fame is not everything right now we need to go out there and get our name out then from there everything else will fall into place.

Angela: Exactly. You guys are definitely on the right track. You have shared the stage with many big artists, have you gotten the chance to record with any of them yet?

MANNY: No not yet...ha ha ha but sharing the stage with this artist is very exciting and we thank God for the opportunity. I mean right now you have people that are known that wish they can do what some of the things we had a accomplish and we wish we can be where they are at but everyone will get their time to shine we just make sure to be patient and make sure we earned it so we can appreciate it and not let it pass us by.

Angela: Wow. You guys are so humble. That's great! Who are some of the artists that you would eventually like to collab with?

MANNY: Well if God gives us the opportunity we will like to collab with Tempo, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Zion & Lennox, Wisin & Yandel, Hector "El Father" etc... But really we will collab with anyone as long as we can work together to help each other not to just benefit one and not the other.

Angela: I hear you on that one. How would you describe your musical style?

MANNY: Well our musical style is unique and we try to be as original as possible so I will say our musical style is Manny & Bebe style...ha ha ha.

Angela: What do you hope to accomplish before the end of 2006?

MANNY: Well we hope our group will have a solid name by then and hopefully if God permits get a good signing bonus...ha ha ha

Angela: What is your official website?

MANNY: Well for right now we have www.mannyybebe.s5.com but will be getting a new one soon and we also have the http://www.myspace.com/mannyybebe
Angela: Ok, I will put that one down but you have to promise to come back and tell me when you have the new one done so that I can update your facts.

MANNY: NO PROBLEM! And you have to promise to stay in touch...

Angela: Always! You know I will! How do you promote yourselves, your music and your sites?

MANNY: Word of mouth, online, events, flyers etc..

Angela: Nice. Is there anything that you would like to say to fans and other up and coming musicians?

MANNY: Well to fans we will like to say THANKS A MILLION for all your support we REALLY appreciate it from the bottom of our hearts. To other artists out there stay true to yourself wait patiently and don’t give up your time will come "GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT".

Angela: Very good advice. Do you have anything else that you would like to add?

MANNY: Yes we will like to thank you and the magazine for this chance and for also supporting us if it wasn’t for people like you we wouldn’t have new fans and our careers will be harder.

Angela: Awwww. Glad to be here to help. I love supporting great new Latin Music! Do you have any shout outs that you would like to give?

MANNY: To our fans to our family to and friends THANK YOU...

Angela: Well thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate it!

MANNY: NO THANK YOU.

Angela: Ciao.

MANNY: Bye.