The Story

 

 

Musicholic, is an album like no other that I started to record in 2005. It was a challenge for me, because it was the first time I would have the experience of having my own pre-production home studio.  Being an engineer was not my strongest talent; however, I did manage to complete three songs.   These three songs were, I Hope You Dance, Meren Blues and Musicholic.  In 2006 when my song El Tun Tun de tu Corazon, which had been recorded on my previous CD called Breakthrough became a bonified hit, I had to put Musicholic on hold.   It wasn’t until 2007, when I was driving to the city of Yuma, Arizona that my creative juices started to flow again.  While enjoying the ride to Yuma, I turned the radio up to listen more closely to Sean Kingston’s, Beautiful Girl.  Beautiful Girl, got my attention because it was a make over of another very popular song from the 60’s, by Ben E. King called, Stand by Me.  Stand by Me became my favorite song after landing in New York from Cuba.

As I made my way across the desert that song stayed on my mind.  Upon arriving to Yuma, and after seeing my sister, inspired by what had transpired that day, I drove home and went to work.  I started with Beautiful Girl, and kept working until the time came for me to leave for Shanghai.  After being in Shanghai for two weeks, I returned home and went back to work on Musicholic.  By the summer of 2008, the music was finally mixed and I was ready to roll it out on the streets, when out of the blue, I got booked to play in China for three months which soon turned into five months.  While in China, I listened to the mix and didn’t like the quality of the sound, so, I called my engineer from Beijing and told him to remix the whole CD again.

I got back to the U.S, and with my inner ear, listened to the music again, still not happy, I had the same engineer go back and remix it again, this time, I listened to it and much to my surprise it was right on the money.  Personally, I don’t think that one can be 100% happy with a mix, why, because there is always something that you think you could have done to make it better, but all in all, I felt damn good with the final mix.  One of the most important aspects that you’ll notice in Musicholic, is that no song is arranged or sounds exactly alike.  That’s because Musicholic is a true extension of my personality.  It’s who I really am.  So much so, that before the CD was named, Musicholic, I called it, “This Is Who I Am”.   OK peeps so now you know the 411 scoop on the new CD.

I hope that as you listen to Musicholic, you also walk away with the feeling that you have really gotten to know me, and that all the songs are a perfect blend of my own rhythms, life experience and, that’s right, that hot funky, Latin, pop, salsa, and r&b mix flavor.