{"id":3323,"date":"2009-08-19T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2017-11-13T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:35:56","slug":"alumni-and-friends-band-together-to-create-music-with-a-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2009\/08\/alumni-and-friends-band-together-to-create-music-with-a-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends with strong FIU connection band together to create music with a message."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of ORIGEN, from left to right: Antonio Couto, Hector Velasquez, Mirs Rueda and Ruben Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the release of their new music video \u201cCoexiste,\u201d the Miami-based Latin pop-rock band ORIGEN seeks to bring a little peace and harmony into today\u2019s turbulent world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe philosophy driving our music is simple—to coexist is freedom,\u201d said Ruben A. Martinez<\/strong> (BBA \u201906). \u201cOur music video contains scenes that aim to promote tolerance among races, sexual preferences, opinions and cultures. Some may find it controversial but we passionately believe that you need to respect everyone\u2019s point of view so that they in turn can respect yours.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video<\/a><\/span> premiered on August 13, 2009 at an MTV Staying Alive Foundation<\/a> event held at Santo, a trendy Miami Beach hot spot. The foundation\u2019s mission is to empower and support young people who are protecting themselves and their community against HIV and AIDS—making this an appropriate venue for ORIGEN\u2019s video screening.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played to a packed house of more than 400,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cI think the video made a huge impact. Everyone really connected to our music and the message it conveys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ORIGEN premiered \u201cCoexiste\u201d at an MTV Staying Alive Foundation event held at Santo in Miami Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The song \u201cCoexiste\u201d is the second single from ORIGEN\u2019s debut album. True to their commitment to bring people together through music, the band members come from across Latin America. Martinez, bassist and current graduate student pursuing his Master of International Business<\/a> (MIB) degree in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU), hails from Mexico. Drummer and fellow FIU alumnus Antonio Couto<\/strong> (BS \u201905, BS \u201909) and guitarist Hector Velasquez<\/strong> come from Venezuela, while lead singer Mirs Rueda<\/strong> is from Ecuador.<\/p>\n

Business school contacts and skill play well in the music arena.<\/em><\/p>\n

Martinez finds the connections he has made at FIU are helping him build a strong network for promoting ORIGEN through both traditional and newer social media outlets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough my studies, I\u2019ve honed skills in accounting and finance, which I\u2019m putting to good use in tasks related to managing the band,\u201d he said. \u201cMy course work also has helped me learn how to communicate with people from different cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the release of their new music video \u201cCoexiste,\u201d the Miami-based Latin pop-rock band ORIGEN seeks to bring a little peace and harmony into today\u2019s turbulent world. \u201cThe philosophy driving our music is simple—to coexist is freedom,\u201d said Ruben A. Martinez (BBA \u201906). \u201cOur music video contains scenes that aim to promote tolerance among races, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,7,10],"tags":[159,1080,1805,1869,1923,2331],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29691,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/29691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}