Óscar Maydon, From Acting Covers to Topping Billboard’s Charts

Within the border cities of Mexicali and San Felipe, Óscar Maydon was once simply any other native musician appearing covers in small native venues. His position then, outlined via the good fortune of others, hadn’t discovered its distinctive voice. Then, as the arena halted in 2020’s Covid-19 pandemic, he confronted what appeared like an insurmountable impediment. Concert events have been canceled, venues closed, and alternatives dried up in a single day. But, it was once all over this lockdown that Maydon’s profession in song inadvertently started.

Confronted with the pressing want to make ends meet, Maydon grew to become to what he knew absolute best: song. However as a substitute of constant with covers, he started to put in writing authentic corridos for buddies and co-workers. “‘Hiya, I’ll promote you a corrido,’ I’d inform them, ‘Need one? I’ll write it for you,’” Maydon remembers. “They’d ask, ‘How a lot will you fee?’ ‘I don’t know. Let me write it and I’ll let you know how a lot.’” This shift from performer to author was once now not on the subject of discovering an source of revenue all over tough occasions, however the delivery of an artist who would quickly seize the guts of the loads along with his storytelling.

These days, Óscar Maydon is in the back of one in all the freshest tracks at the Latin song charts: “Tu Boda,” that includes Fuerza Regida. After an excellent 11-week reign on the most sensible of the Scorching Latin Songs chart, in large part held via its streaming energy, the tune — a compelling Gothic sierreño romance — now dominates radio, incomes the No. 1 spot at the Regional Mexican Airplay chart this week.

“We have been coming from Baja Seaside Fest [in August 2024]. Publish-festival, I hit the studio to seek for the easiest requintos and gildings — I’m meticulous with these items,” Maydon remembers concerning the game-changing introduction of “Tu Boda,” launched final September. “Taking into account each and every component, from the guitars to the bajo sexto, the tololoche, the charchetas, and the vocal preparations… I even texted Chachito — my supervisor and the tune’s co-writer — urging him to finalize the lyrics temporarily. Our willpower to refining the main points is why, I consider, we’ve controlled to lift Mexican song to new heights. The general public’s reaction has been overwhelmingly sure; they’ve truly embraced our sound.”

Madyon grew up on a gradual nutrition of norteño song and “all-things regional,” with Joan Sebastian, Juan Gabriel, and Mexicali band Los Muecas being a continuing affect. “I discovered to play when I used to be about 15 years previous, popping out of highschool. From there I began taking part in guitar. My entire circle of relatives are musicians,” he finds. “In my grandfather’s international, everyone sings, and a few play tools. And I’ve cousins who’re musicianswho taught me a couple of issues. And my uncle taught me the fundamentals — A, B, C, D, E, F, G chords, and YouTube. It’s truly the will that makes you be informed issues — no one teaches you anything else. They do provide an explanation for it to you, but it surely’s the will that makes you be informed one thing”.

With hit collaborations along música mexicana giants like Natanael Cano in “Madonna,” Peso Pluma in “Santal 33,” Junior H in “Fin de Semana” and Gabito Ballesteros with Chino Pacas in “Elvira,” Óscar Maydon, who’s signed to Rancho Humilde, is not only part of the regional Mexican song scene — he’s actively shaping its long run.

From an area musician taking part in duvet songs in small venues to a chart-topping hitmaker, Maydon stays dedicated to pushing musical limitations and exploring new sounds that proceed to counterpoint the style. Learn extra about our January Latin Artist at the Upward push under.

Identify: Óscar Maydon

Age: 25

Advisable Track: “Otra Mentira”