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MARIACHI CD: DIANA CANTA LA VENGANZA

When I first entered a mariachi, I was so far behind the others that I really had to concentrate. I didn’t listen to the words of the songs because I was trying so hard to learn the melodies.
 
When I did start to listen, however, I wasn’t favorably impressed! A lot of the songs had to do with bad women who caused their men to drink, drink, drink. The songs were ridiculous. The worst of all was “El rey,” ("The King") in which the singer claims that he’s still a king despite not having a throne, a woman, or any money. The nerve!
 
But one night a funny thing happened. I was so mad at an ex-lover that I couldn’t contain myself. First I stomped around the apartment. Then I swore up and down. And then I sat and started writing a song.
 
Eventually I wrote another fifty. Finally I decided I needed to put together a CD. Naturally, I had no idea what a difficult process this would be or I would have never attempted it. Instead I recorded 11 songs in an album titled “Diana canta la venganza” (“Diane Sings Revenge.”) Most of the songs somehow poke fun at men—nicely, of course. One of my favorites is “Véte a dormir,” “Go to Bed.” But the song doesn’t have anything to do with having sex. Instead it’s a long complaint about a man I once dated who couldn’t stay awake past ten p.m.!

The process of recording a CD, however, was no laughing matter. It took months and months of work plus untold patience on the part of my engineer, Doug Martin. That man was a saint. (Read all about it in SECRETS OF A MARIACHI VIOLINIST.)


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Hear the intros to some of the songs below:

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