<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829305230846754223</id><updated>2026-04-13T02:22:46.336-07:00</updated><category term="messy blues"/><category term="oly betancourt"/><category term="vassy courtes"/><category term="Rooted Time"/><title type='text'>Vassy Courtes - The Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>Adult Oriented Rock Band</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vassycourtes.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vassycourtes.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Vassy Courtes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00597538670765771957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829305230846754223.post-4511029877551262179</id><published>2026-01-05T20:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2026-01-05T20:39:11.673-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="messy blues"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oly betancourt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rooted Time"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vassy courtes"/><title type='text'>Rooted Time 2026</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;We are back, anyway&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia;&quot;&gt;The album &lt;b&gt;Rooted Time&lt;/b&gt; was released in July 2017 through the &lt;b&gt;Reverbnation&lt;/b&gt; platform, five years after we released the singles &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The First Time&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Moonlight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. The album had demo quality in certain aspects and was full of grammatical errors (since English language is not my native language). There was also a technical error on my part as the producer when releasing it in quadraphonic format (optimal for both analog and digital compact disc formats but not for web digital). As a result, when playing two songs on the platforms and on &lt;b&gt;YouTube&lt;/b&gt;, two tracks were lost, leaving a gap filled only by the rhythm section.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Specifically, it happened with &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hand in Hand&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the piano solo and with &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Behind the Storm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the second guitar solo, and it was a mistake that we carried for almost nine years, even though the album was still accepted in English-speaking countries and some Saxon and Cyrillic-speaking countries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In Mexico, we didn&#39;t receive the same reception—though there was some, to a moderate degree—partly due to the language barrier and partly because the music had a retro feel. The fact that the so-called commercial urban style was in vogue (which I&#39;ll refrain from commenting on) also played a role. In Latin America, there was a mainstream surge of danceable and electronic rhythms that relegated rock to the underground. This included urban rock and rock in Spanish, which were supposedly the most popular with the masses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Of course, we knew that and accepted it, and the reaction from the European, Asian, and North American public took us by surprise. Back in 2018, we were planning a tour of certain provinces in Mexico and the southern United States, with a strong possibility of traveling to Milan, Italy; and Berlin, Germany. But things went against us for several reasons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;One of my mistakes was choosing backing musicians based on my personal criteria and the friendship I had with them for years, which brought us an element that asked to share the leadership but never showed up to rehearsals and we had to do without him, with fatal administrative consequences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;When we were about to solve that problem by calling the excellent Hector Melgarejo (bassist), the global COVID-19 pandemic began and obviously we had to cancel all plans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In 2022, we lost our manager, Lucio Usobiaga, due to respiratory failure, and the following three years were spent recovering and fighting for our survival. This further delayed our plans to return to the stage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In other words, from 2018 when we had to stop, to 2025 when there was team coordination to plan an eventual return (seven years); trends had changed for many reasons towards even more disappointing and cheap styles that made Rock a style necessarily based on Pop songs or experimental hybrids that have little relation to real Rock.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;At this point, another obstacle arises from the new generations of potential audiences: the overuse of resources derived from Artificial Intelligence, Auto-Tune, and the conversion of music to more conventional formats. At one time, rhythmic loops and background sequences flooded the market with electronic music, and it was easier and more profitable to create songs using AI applications than to record real music with real instruments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I&#39;d like to say it&#39;s nothing personal, but on the contrary, it&#39;s entirely personal because that market led the public to the consumer market and not the artistic market, and today a young guy prefers to listen to a song about how to get a girl (or another guy) into bed rather than a Paganini violin solo. Or, girls who look to trendy music as a way to seduce boys (or girls).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Then I faced the same old question: Why in English? The first argument from those who object to our decision to record in English brings up the issues of anti-nationalism and self-deprecation (which in means preferring foreign things) and suggests we to &lt;i&gt;sing what Mexican styles are&lt;/i&gt;. And that&#39;s the first story. I don&#39;t know what people mean by &lt;i&gt;Mexican styles&lt;/i&gt;, but if that&#39;s the case, we&#39;d have to use conch shells, rattles made from seashells or nuts, flutes made from jungle wood, and other pre-Hispanic instruments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Mariachi music is of French origin, banda music has German roots, and norteño music is related to bluegrass, which in turn shares a heritage from the Irish polka. Guitars, in any case, weren&#39;t invented in the United States but in Spain, and if there&#39;s one thing I&#39;m certain of, it&#39;s that neither cumbia nor salsa were invented in Tepito. Both styles are of South American origin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The basic idea behind recording in English (however badly I sing in English) is for the international market, and that&#39;s something I&#39;ve maintained for forty years, not just recently. Whether we like it or not, only with that language can we achieve global recognition. Among other things, I also believe that the term &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rock en Español&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Rock in Spanish) is a vile marketing label because, if you&#39;ll excuse me, Rock was born in English and always will be in English.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Now that we&#39;re back in the studio reviewing the album Rooted Time to update it on the platforms (Reverbnation, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud), we realized that, despite everything, the record remains timeless and continues to be well-received across the ocean. I guess I wasn&#39;t so wrong after all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;If our audience listens to the album again, they will find some small new features after the adjustments, and new audiences will discover what is interesting about our album.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I think it&#39;s unlikely that Vassy Courtes will tour in 2026 because a tour takes a lot of time in terms of logistics and planning, but it&#39;s probable that I, as a solo artist, will make occasional appearances at concerts and recitals in some parts of the country. I&#39;ll detail that on my own blog, since it&#39;s about me as a solo artist. For now, as a group, we&#39;re still in the necessary negotiations for the next step.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;In addition, there&#39;s material from Vassy Courtes that was left unfinished in the studio when we had to stay home. Enough material to consider for a second album.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Thank you for being here and thank you for eight years and months of patience that kept us in the top ten of the charts on the platforms mentioned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sincerely&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tony Hendricks&lt;/b&gt;,&lt;b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Messy Blues&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/4511029877551262179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/4511029877551262179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vassycourtes.blogspot.com/2026/01/rooted-time-2026.html' title='Rooted Time 2026'/><author><name>Vassy Courtes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00597538670765771957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829305230846754223.post-889747982687021302</id><published>2019-02-20T07:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2019-02-20T07:14:00.046-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Vassy Courtes en &quot;Amplificando&quot; - Programa de Radio</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/-amvfAuCllA&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/889747982687021302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/889747982687021302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vassycourtes.blogspot.com/2019/02/vassy-courtes-en-amplificando-programa.html' title='Vassy Courtes en &quot;Amplificando&quot; - Programa de Radio'/><author><name>Vassy Courtes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00597538670765771957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/-amvfAuCllA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829305230846754223.post-7652950437884488846</id><published>2019-01-15T11:01:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2019-01-15T11:01:23.273-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Entrevista en &quot;Proyecto Radio MX&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
El próximo 18 de febrero de 2019 Oly Betancourt y Messy Blues sostendrán una entrevista con la también cantante y, en este caso, locutora Sonia Ramírez para la estación de Web Streaming &quot;Proyecto Radio MX&quot; en donde hablarán de temas como Música Rock, el Movimiento de Contracultura Musical en México, el &lt;b&gt;Adult Oriented Rock&lt;/b&gt; y desde luego sobre su larga duración &lt;b&gt;&quot;Rooted Time&quot;&lt;/b&gt;, puesto oficialmente a la venta el año pasado.&lt;/div&gt;
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La entrevista podrá ser escuchada por internet a través del &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.proyectoradiomx.com/&quot;&gt;Sitio Oficial de Proyecto Radio FM&lt;/a&gt; a las 8 de la noche tiempo de la Ciudad de México.&lt;/div&gt;
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En cuestión de días el primer larga duración de Vassy Courtes, &quot;Rooted Time&quot;, estará finalmente publicado en línea y lanzado en versión física a través de un portal especializado acompañado de su correspondiente gira promocional, misma que será anunciada oportunamente en este espacio y en su sitio web oficial y aunque se incluirán músicos de respaldo, los elementos oficiales serán los conocidos hasta ahora: Messy Blues, Oly Betancourt y Héctor Melgarejo. El disco será también respaldado por artículos tipo &quot;Souvenir&quot; como playeras, tazas, botones, etc.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Rooted Time&quot; será el primer disco de larga duración de Vassy Courtes después de los dos sencillos lanzados en 2012 cuando se formó el grupo. Está compuesto por canciones hechas por el grupo y su formato físico incluye un interesante tema &quot;Retro&quot; en el diseño gráfico y entre otras novedades los elementos cambian un poco de su imagen tradicional retomando en algunas cosas el hard rock y algunos estilos más clásicos.&lt;/div&gt;
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Será también la segunda en 9 años por parte de Oly Betancourt y Messy Blues que en 2008 lanzaron el &quot;Blues Whisper&quot;. En 2012, Oly y Messy lanzaron un par de sencillos que hasta el día de hoy pueden escucharse (pero sin descargar) y fueron puestos como &quot;demo&quot; de lo que hacen.&lt;/div&gt;
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&quot;Rooted Time&quot; será presentado en dos formatos, como se menciona arriba, digital y físico y ambos podrán ser adquiridos únicamente vía internet. Su ejecución &quot;online&quot; gratuita tendrá una grabación de fondo mencionando que se trata de promocional y tendrán un recorte de segundos al final de cada &quot;Track&quot;. Lo anterior con la finalidad de respetar el trabajo conjunto de la gente que ha contribuído a la creación del disco, desde el grupo Vassy Courtes hasta los proveedores al público pasando por la gente de estudio y la que interviene en el proceso legal.&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/118860598752811383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5829305230846754223/posts/default/118860598752811383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vassycourtes.blogspot.com/2017/04/rooted-time.html' title='&quot;Rooted Time&quot;'/><author><name>Vassy Courtes</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00597538670765771957</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829305230846754223.post-4342693125819627757</id><published>2016-07-21T07:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2018-08-27T15:04:45.210-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="messy blues"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="oly betancourt"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vassy courtes"/><title type='text'>Vassy Courtes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Grupo de Rock Overall caracterizado por crear su propia música hecha actualmente con sonidos Retro emulando los ambientes del Rock desde la década de los 50&#39;s a los 70&#39;s tomando sus elementos artísticos y culturales pensado todo en los criterios de esas tres décadas. Su alineación, de hecho, es virtualmente la clásica de los grupos Pre Progresivos de finales de los 60&#39;s y buena parte de los 70&#39;s como son guitarras, teclado, bajo y batería aunque de una manera mas variada gracias a que la responsable de los teclados y sus variantes también toca piano y guitarra .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Fue formado en 2012 por la guitarrista-teclista-compositora Oly Betancourt, el guitarrista-vocalista-compositor Messy Blues y el bajista Héctor Melgarejo como un proyecto de estudio destinado a aparecer en videos a través de conocido portal especializado pero eventualmente fue tomando forma mas seria y llegó el momento en que tuvieron que reestructurar la idea original para darse a la búsqueda de un baterista formal. Aún así hoy ocupan bateristas por contrato.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ya conformados con la alineación frontal comenzaron a trabajar en su concepto de proyección que consiste en retomar lo bueno de cada época tocante a música, simbología, items culturales, etc. y luego a armar su música en función al mencionado concepto. Las canciones son por sí mismas consideradas como material del grupo pero es justo señalar que la mancuerna creativa en hacer canciones son Oly Betancourt y Messy Blues aunque son importantes las participaciones de Héctor Melgarejo. Se establecieron también funciones específicas en sus roles pero es muy cierto que los tres dominan mas de un instrumento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Actualmente &quot;Vassy Courtes&quot; ha publicado su primer CD oficial así como videos promocionales (slideshows) y algunas cosas también promocionales que incluyen un cómic, algunas animaciones y artículos de Memorabilia (botones, playeras, etc).&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ficha técnica&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Nombre del grupo:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;Vassy Courtes&quot;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Fecha de formación:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;2012&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Estilo:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Retro Rock (Rock Overall o AOR)&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Elementos:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;4 (posible adición de un eventual en conciertos grandes)&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ciudad de origen:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;México, D.F., MEXICO&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Oly Betancourt y Messy Blues como pareja han pertenecido conjuntamente a tres bandas previas a &quot;Vassy Courtes&quot;: A saber: The Messy Blues Band, Dark QUEEN y Tono 5 en el periodo comprendido entre 2005 y 2012.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Messy Blues es conocido por sus rutinas en escena pero la que mas despierta curiosidad es su imitación de Jimi Hendrix tocando con los dientes. En realidad lo que hace es usar la púa (Plumilla) para hacer tal acto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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