In this paper I will focus on the personal history of an artist named Selena Quintanilla. She became famous at a young age due to her singer talents. Moreover, her early exposure in the musical world in the band “Los Dinos” was mainly due to the support of her father. Her participation in “Los Dinos” influenced her to continue her passion for music. I chose Selena Quintanilla as the artist that I will write about due to the great impact her music has in society. Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. She grew up in Corpus Christi the place where she began her career as a singer. Her mother name is Marcella and her father name is Abraham. Selena had two siblings one was named Suzette and the other was called Abraham …show more content…
was involved in the band “Los Dinos” as the first generation from 1957-1972. However, he had to leave the band once Selena was born so he could support his family. Even though he gave up on his band he did not give up on his love for music what influenced to teach how to play instruments at a young ages to his kids. He teached how to play bass to his son Abraham while he teached how to play drums to his daughter Suzette. Selena’s father was really focused in bringing his kids to the musical world by the creation of the second generation of “Los Dinos” by involving his own kids to this band. However, “when Selena was just 3 years old, she demanded to know why her father was leaving her out of the music. Abraham simply said she was too young”. http://selenaweb.yaia.com/biography.html. After that conversation she started showing him that he was wrong. Selena started to sing what made her father felt astonish of discovering how beautiful was his daughter’s …show more content…
When I found out Selena could sing, that’s when the wheels started turning in my mind. I saw the chance to get back in the music world through my kids.”http://www.selenaforever.com/Selenamusic/selena_biography.html. This shows how Selena’s father passion for music did not die and his love for music was able to be exposed in his family what made him have talented children. For this reason, Abraham Quintanilla converted his garage in a studio where he could teach Selena how to sign in Spanish and continue teaching his other children how to play the instruments. This is because English was Selena’s first language so he thought it was important for her to be able to speak Spanish so she could interact with the Latino community so she could become more popular through their