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But two years prior to graduating, Camacho was already getting her feet wet as a singer in a ska band. It was here that she cultivated her ability to interact with the audience and perform live. In the ska environment, she felt like the ringleader to the audience and gained rapport during her performances. Additionally, being a part of a band challenged her to flex her creativity in songwriting and transported her to a different atmosphere beyond her classical training.
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\u201cI learned a lot on how to save my voice, how to perform for audiences, how to interact with them, and how to really make that connection,\u201d said Camacho.
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Camacho describes the move to California as warm. She feels very welcome in California and says the same about the city\u2019s music scene. She arrived in San Francisco in October 2017 and since then has felt that the community here has been very supportive. She believes that the city has a history that makes it proud and welcoming to her. \u201cTo say the least,\u201d said Camacho. \u201cSan Francisco is a more musical city. More artistic, more progressive, more creative. It\u2019s less about who you know.\u201d Camacho began working with Los Bad Hombres after moving to California. She met Leo Nava playing guitar on the streets of San Francisco. Jeff Gomez later came aboard and they began jamming together as a trio. Since then, Los Bad Hombres has expanded into a six piece group and done work with covers as well as created their own original music, blending English and Spanish music concepts with hip hop. The name Los Bad Hombres is a political statement, satirizing the derogatory use of the phrase. Camacho released an eleven song EP in 2018 titled \u201cFeedback\u201d under her stage name LOUDA. She is looking to write more music and release more songs either as singles or as another EP. On Aug. 10, 2019, Louda y Los Bad Hombres competed in Acci\u00f3n Latina\u2019s first of this year Encuentritos mini-concert series, and won. As an Encuentrito winner, Louda y Los Bad Hombres performed as one of the opening acts at the 38th annual Encuentro del Canto Popular on Dec. 8, 2019 at The Chapel. Camacho is studying Early Childhood Development at City College of San Francisco and aims to become an educator. Despite this, she is adamant in keeping music in her life stating that to not be doing music is to not be living. Before Louda and before Los Bad Hombres, Laura \u201cLouda\u201d Camacho\u2019s passion for music began to blossom in Chicago where she grew up. As a high school student at Jones College Prep, Camacho\u2019s musical education and interest in singing grew as she became involved with the school\u2019s choir as well as their after school jazz vocal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":42559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18472],"class_list":["post-42343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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