Barbara: Such an eclectic background. You are all over the place but that is why I really think you are so aware.. because you have had all these different and vast experiences. MC: My uncle lived a couple of blocks from the school. My uncle had family friends of his that lived in a little town called Deer Park. Deer Park is now 30 minutes away because they built a highway but it use to be like about 45 minutes to an hour from the farm. So I lived on a farm. My father bought me a horse. I went to Deer Park high school and it was there that I grew to love this country. Because.. Barbara: Was that the first place you lived here in the United States? MC: Yes, I traveled when I was a kid to Miami to Puerto Rico (I have a lot of cousins in Puerto Rico) and I was put on a plane by myself at seven years old to go spend summers with my cousins or to go for Christmas. But living on that farm.. Americans are wonderful! The “real” Americans (.. the real real ones.. I guess are the native Americans but after that are the Americans from those towns) they are good people and that’s where my love grew for America and Country music. I grew up those two years that I was there with Johnny Cash, Glenn Campbell; I use to see “Hee Haw” (the TV show). I use to ride my horse. Her name was “Lady Godiva”. I use to ride her with no seat. I use to go from the farm where I lived to town. Barbara: Oh my god! MC: It would take me maybe an hour by horse just walking and then I would put my horse outside the supermarket. Barbara: laughter. MC: I loved it!! It was a town (I have been back) with 3000 population. It has changed a little bit. It has a traffic light (It didn’t have a traffic light before). It had one bank. So I spent two years with so much love. I was on the Drill team. I was in the choir. The school band got chosen to be in the Rose Bowl Parade. And I came to the Rose Bowl Parade because I was part of the Drill team. They brought me in case one of the girls.. You know what a Drill team is? Right? Barbara: Well, I don’t think so. Maybe you can tell me. MC: Do you know what Cheerleading is? Barbara: Yes. MC: Ok. Cheerleaders is while the game is going on. Drill team MC: The players are resting in the whatever whatever in that “middle” after the first part and before the second part of the game. Ten or fifteen girls would come out and do a dance that’s the “Drill team”. They jump and kick with choreography. In case anything happened to one of the girls they brought me in. We stayed at UCLA campus. I was only fourteen but since none of is midway you know like.. Barbara: Oh, Ok I get it.
the girls got sick. They gave me a trumpet .. And I marched in the Rose Bowl Parade making believe I played the trumpet. I only knew how to play “Mary had a little Lamb” and they said please don’t play “Mary had a little Lamb” .. Just make believe that you are playing. It was wonderful. So anyway that’s why I always loved country music. Loved Country music But I am a Rock n Roller. That’s what I am. My mind, my heart, my soul but “Rock and Roll” has been disappearing. Now, there’s this crazy music that is not so nice. “Rock and Roll” is like rock!! The 70’s, 80’s and 90’s for me was the best music ever!! So all of a sudden .. A few months ago in December I said ok, I want to do a music crossover. I have multiple number one records Internationally. All are in the Spanish speaking market Worldwide. But I never cared about doing the crossover but now “at this age”.. I still feel like I am 20! Barbara: I get that. MC: My writing partner is turning now a significant age. Barbara: It has nothing to do with age. MC: He (Mark Spiro) looks great and he writes even more amazingly now!! And I also have the same energy at the gym. I have the same energy to live like when I was in my twenties. So why do I want to do country or pop?
Barbara: It makes total sense. MC: And it’s now very .. Rock.
And now I am meeting different managers because I need a music manager or music agent. I have an acting manager but I don’t have a music manager or music agent. The music world nowadays is very very weird, very bad. It’s not like it use to be. It’s worse then ever. But I love music and I will be one of those artists that with age I will still be there and maybe now it will be even bigger for me. Barbara: I think so. MC: You know, it has been huge for me in the Spanish speaking world but I think it’s going to be as big or bigger in the non Spanish speaking world. Meanwhile, I am having the best time ever you know. A lot of people don’t enjoy “the process” but I enjoy the process. I am enjoying going to the studio, writing the songs with Mark.. And I am going to play two of the five songs I have created here.. and then I will have to run off to the studio.. One of the songs I just wrote is dedicated to Deer Park and my 4 best friends I still have from there, and whom I am still in contact with (Cindy, Karen, Tammy and Joleen)! Barbara: Ahh, that’s so nice, so beautiful. You are such a good person I love it. Why can’t everybody be like this.
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