They want to be prophets in their own land; Ecuadorian artists dream of a powerful billboard of national concerts

2022 is not over yet but there are already more than a hundred international artists who have confirmed their visit to Ecuador for the following year. The concert billboard 2023 includes artists like Alejandro Sanz, LP, Camilo, Romeo Santos, Jorge Drexler, Ha*Ash, Kudai, among others.

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These announcements have made fans happy who have already left sold out some of the shows planned, but it has also opened the debate on national artists and the lack of support to fill stadiums or complete arenas.

Singer nikki mackliff He expressed his point of view on the subject. In a publication on the EL UNIVERSO networks, where information about international concerts was gathered, the Ecuadorian singer-songwriter invited Internet users to consume local music. “Amazing, excellent artists. But hopefully it will be that incredible with a billboard of Ecuadorian artists. To also consume the talent of our country”, commented on the post which adds more than 19 thousand likes.

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Mackliff, who performed this Sunday at the Telethon 2022 and this year he released his EP from scratchclarified to this newspaper that he is not against international concerts, but rather the lack of support from Ecuadorians for their own artists. “I love the billboard of artists that I saw in the publication, I’m a super fan of most of them, but inside I felt like ‘wow’, I would love to see a publication like this with a billboard of national artists at some point,” said.

“All the artists here make a great effort, there is a lot of talent, I’m not even just speaking it as Nikki Mackliff the artist, but I’m speaking it for all the talents that I see that keep coming out, new artists are being born and what they do is incredible. It’s not for a lack of talent, nor for a lack of effort, I think perhaps a lack of opportunities. I would love for there to be such a billboard of great Ecuadorian artists soon”, added.

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In this it agrees Ren Kai, Ecuadorian-Chinese singer, who considers that it is a country with a lot of potential but that the conditions to have an industry have not been met. “By this, I mean that there are more producers, more composers, more audiovisual production companies involved in music videos, marketing teams, production teams from different areas, unfortunately that has not happened, but the more artists are launched to trust, to believe, to make an effort in your project, will allow more jobs to exist and that will begin to form an industry ”, express.

“This is quite a challenging career… but I have great faith that the years to come will be much better and the world will take Ecuador into account as an artistic potential”, continued the young man who is preparing a tour of China.

Meanwhile, Luz Pinos, who in March appeared on a billboard in the New York Times Squarethat these giant steps of Ecuadorian artists depend a lot on fans and the general public. “The support of the fansof the people who listen, of the social communicators is so important to be able to give this message of the musicians who are on the Ecuadorian scene”, He said in a press conference after his presentation at Telethon 2022.

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This also thinks Dayanara Peralta, who has felt the love of her fans very closely to whom she always addresses with love for the value it has for her. “If we are walking through this international search, the main support has to be from mine, from my people, from my Ecuadorian family, who will never leave me alone,” emphasized.

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And it is that the biggest objective that every artist pursues is internationalization, something that has cost the local industry not only from the musical field. “You know that it is not something easy for an independent artist, it is always like starting over but one faces it and faces it in a positive way”said Mirella Cesa, recently proclaimed as a national ambassador by Unicef.

This is something that begins with the existence of cultural/artistic policies, the fans and the work of the media. “Although it may seem like a lie, from here in Ecuador, it does echo elsewhere and music can go viral that later starts playing in Colombia, starts playing in Chile, in Argentina… you are my label (journalists)” , said Cesa, who this year celebrates his 15 years of musical career with his album the quinceanera

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“One can travel to another country and you are in a medium, and the people of your country are the ones who are destroying the social networks of that medium of communication. So always, the fact that one is a prophet in his own land will have that weight and that help that one needs to give visibility to his project “narrowed. (YO)