Margarito Montoya

Photos by Andrew Ortega @aperture.ortega

We caught up with Family Man & Bassist, Margarito Montoya. We asked him to share his "5 Facts" with us and this is what he said…

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1. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth & the Life and that no one will see the Father except through Him. My faith is based on evidence in the fields of biology, history, archeology, & even astronomy that support the biblical story of creation. I do not have enough faith to be atheist when such evidence shows the extraordinary unlikliness of Darwins theory of evolution.

2. I love America, but I hate the government. The philosophies this country were founded on have shaped the U.S. into a world leader in just over 200 years. Unfortunately, political corruption has nearly rotted those ideas to a point of socioeconomic & cultural collapse. As a country we

are receding into segregation in the name of “optics” rather than doing the hard work of self improvement, both individually & collectively.

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3. I am FIERCELY protective of my wife & children. I have learned this by embarrassing myself over the years many times standing up for each of them in different situations.

4. I still look up to my Dad. He’s s a stoic man who only shows emotion when he laughs. His wisdom has benefited me throughout my life & all my siblings, & all of our children as well. When I was young I thought everyone had a dad like mine, but as I got older I began to see how truly rare of a person he is.

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5. My all time favorite piece of music is Beethovens 5th symphony. The raw passion of this classic makes it a whirlwind of emotion. This piece swings from power & fury, to joy & inspiration, to a gentle sweet sadness, back to a crescendo of mad genius! I love it. Listening to it inspires me to be more technical with my bass playing; to get to a point of natural precision so that I will know I have reached the highest ability that I could possibly achieve as a musician.