La agruación se llama "The Paradise". Tenemos poco más de un año pero ya hemos gozado de un renombre en la ciudad en que vivimo la cual es Villa de Cura. Hemos recibido multiples elogios por nuestra forma de animar el escenario, llegando a estar en la radio, eventos publicos y privados. El camino no ha sido facil, pero se hace lo que se puede. Había empezado siendo el guitarrista ritmico y el que hacía algunos coros de las canciones, luego de la partida del cantante original, se me asignó el rol de cantante el cual acepté sin dudar. Destacandome bién en el escenario y dando lo mejor de mí. Logrando sentir orgullo por mi, dandome cuenta que tengo potencial y que no debo dejar que los demás me afecten. Así sea mis familiares. Aunque creas que tu tiempo se ha acabado, te das cuenta que es solo el comienzo. Al cumplir 20, me sentí menos preciado, como si hubiese mal gastado mi vida, la mayoría de las problematicas que tengo ni siquiera son por mi culpa sino por 3eros, pero a pesar de eso, he podido salir adelante. Todo lo que puedo decir es, si yo pude, ustedes también.

2022 has been a year full of incredible surprises. I did things I didn't think I was going to do for a long time. I really wouldn't know where to start.

Last year was terrible, I had many financial problems that brought me stress and frustration. There were several projects and ideas that I wanted to carry out, but unfortunately they never happened. I started 2021 with a love disappointment in which a very dear friend had chosen to be with another individual, obviously I respected her decision, but it was not an easy thing to do. Then I made some investments that did not prosper or generate anything, basically delayed what was inevitable, my band at that time was almost dissolved, we no longer bothered to rehearse, everyone seemed busy in different activities, basically it felt like a ship that was sinking little by little and you could not do anything to avoid it, so months later I decided to dissolve it. My best friend had stopped talking to me, but not because she was upset or anything similar, but rather for family reasons as she had to do different duties that consumed her time. An old childhood sweetheart announced her marriage, even though I hadn't seen or spoken to her in years, it made me reflect a bit about my life, the fact that we grow up and the good times don't come back, "change is the only constant in the universe " someone once said. And to top it all off, my best childhood friend had gone to live in Ecuador, which made me even more depressed.

The only thing that really made me proud was the album I made with the help of my friend Hive account@gabrielinhomusic who lent me some of his equipment at the time to record and edit the album a bit. There were some mistakes due to my inexperience with recording and using the equipment, but I achieved my goal. Although it didn't get a lot of airplay, it did get mostly positive reviews, the only thing I was questioned about was the way it was recorded, but I didn't really care about that, I just wanted to release it. I used most of the events that had happened to me in the last few months to make it, since I had learned that you can have expectations of something but then these are not completely fulfilled, and that sometimes you have to make decisions from which there is no return. I was about to make a decision like this I won't say which one it was to leave it to each one's criteria.

In this photo you could say that I look happy, but if I'm honest, I felt very uncomfortable. I even feel that I smiled unwillingly. This is because I was in a not very pleasant environment, so to speak. Certain relatives reproached me with things like "So-and-so has achieved such a thing, you should start doing something." Words that left me really very sad, especially coming from that relative. I want to emphasize that I am not a lazy or anything like that, I go to university, I study pedagogy in language and literature, however, I could not physically attend classes due to the quarantine and that the university was still not in conditions to receive students and teachers, mainly due to vandalized classrooms, high grass in the surroundings and little or no cleanliness, it should also be mentioned that the same teachers were those who insisted on giving classes online because several of them were engaged in other things that generated more income than teaching.

Going out to work could not be an option, this because I do not have internet at home, so I have to go out to friends' houses and others to receive and deliver the written work assigned to me, so working either in a company or store was going to consume time which I had to do homework. Basically it is "Work or study, but not both ". My own mother urged me to continue studying, in terms of money, she solved. Months later I joined this platform, which has helped me on more than one occasion, although I had to make an effort to contribute content.

My life was summarized in doing work, making some content for the platform and watching movies and series, I felt a huge emptiness, a lack of purpose. Until suddenly one day in May, a message arrived on whatsapp: -Would you like to join a group?-. At first, I imagined it as something stupid, something to pass the time and kill the leisure, so I played hard to get at first. -Maybe, let me think about it...- I can tell you that it has been the best decision I have ever made in my life.

The group is called "The Paradise ". We are just over a year old but we have already enjoyed a reputation in the city where we live which is Villa de Cura. We have received multiple compliments for our way of animating the stage, getting to be on the radio, public and private events. The road has not been easy, but we do what we can. I had started being the rhythm guitarist and the one who did some backing vocals for the songs, after the departure of the original singer, I was assigned the role of singer which I accepted without hesitation. Standing out well on stage and giving the best of me. Making me feel proud of myself, realizing that I have potential and that I should not let others affect me. Even if it is my relatives. Even if you think your time is up, you realize it's just the beginning. When I turned 20, I felt less precious, as if I had misspent my life, most of the problems I have are not even my fault but because of others, but in spite of that, I have been able to get by. All I can say is, if I could do it, so can you.