Well hello there!!! Since the music starts up automatically, and you didn’t have a choice but to listen to the songs, thanks for listening! HA! My name is Rebecca Lobo Picon, just in case you missed my profile name. ;) I’m from Tucson, Arizona one of the best towns in America…GO CATS! I know, I’m opening a can for all you Sun Devil fans, but what can I say…we are better! :) A little bit of history to help you understand the motivation and reasoning behind me and some of the songs I’ve got on here: I was born in Ruston, Louisiana, where I still have family…Hi Dannie-Rae and Paul!!!! I was raised by my mother who is probably the most amazing mom you could possibly find. I know, I know, everyone’s mom is the best, but my mom is everyone’s favorite second mommy, and my favorite first mommy! She is a gorgeous woman from the inside out and raised me single-handedly with firm values and all the love in the world. I am fortunate to have had such a cultural upbringing with Colombian traditions, along with the wonderfully diverse friends who have become our family in Tucson, Arizona. We ALWAYS had music blaring in the house, but I can’t say it was really ever country. I grew up with salsa, merengue, the cumbia, and had the privilege of dancing with the Colombian Club of Tucson when I was growing up. Somewhere along the way Rebecca discovered country music and fell in love. My mom teases me that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree as far as music is concerned and my roots in Ruston. You can take the girl out of country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl! :) I heard “Sticks and Stones†by Tracy Lawrence and I was hooked! From there I tried and tried to get my mom to listen to country. I brought home Martina McBride’s “Time Has Come†CD and played it for her. She thought it was me. With that kind of compliment, I gave singing it a shot. I would sing every single day…LOUDLY (I prayed the neighbors couldn't hear me!)…in the kitchen, until I heard my mom’s car pull in the driveway. I would run and turn off the music and sit on the couch and pretend I was watching TV. She busted me a couple of times…EMBARASSING! But then I started making her listen. The ongoing joke with friends and my mom, is that you could listen to me, but only if you were in another room or all the lights were turned off (I won't lie, I still asked the tech in the studio to turn down the lights!). Then I found karaoke, and it was all over. I could go somewhere and get to know my voice and it really didn’t matter what it came out like?! PERFECT! I sang in an elite choir in high school…show tunes, show tunes, and more show tunes…those were some of my favorite times ever, but I was scared out of my mind to sing solos. Ahhh, memories. I recently went into a studio…thanks Justin!...and heard myself for the first time. It was crazy. I’m still learning, and would love to get my own music here soon, but have a few crazy friends who actually like my voice, and this page will let you crazy girls hear me whenever your little hearts desire. One more thing…you’ll probably notice I sang a couple of words different on a couple of songs. These are all karaoke tracks with me singing lead vocals only. The originals are all phenomenal hits you should get out and buy!!! On the current HIT, “Stay†by Sugarland, I couldn’t bring myself to sing “it’s another call from home…â€. When I originally heard the song, it pulled every heart string, but I heard it as the girlfriend/wife going through the pain of a cheating boyfriend/husband, and realized it was the mistress from that one line. In the karaoke track here, I sang, “it’s another call from her†to keep the emotion in the song for me. Sugarland is one of my favorite bands, but I just couldn’t relate to that one word, it changed the entire song for me. On Kellie Pickler's “I Wonderâ€, I changed the lyrics to say “father†instead of “mother.†I cried the first few times I heard the song on the radio. It really touched a place inside that I hadn’t felt in a while. Each song on here has special meaning to me, which is why I fell in love with country…lyrics. But, this song in particular is the reason I created this page. I haven’t seen or heard from my father since I was about 12. It’s been a while. What can I say…everything happens for a reason, right? I love myspace. This page has given me the peace of mind I needed. The link has been sent to him, and I hope you listen to each song and can get a feel for who I am as a person. The woman I have become…I hope you are listening. So, obviously, I was not going to sing about my mom not being there, when she has never left my side. Not once. She is my biggest fan, and I am hers. I sang that song at a difficult time and dealt with my emotions in the studio. Thank you for listening. I’m hoping I can soon be singing originals on stage, but ya got to start somewhere, right?! Please send me a message or a friend request…join me in my journey! Who knows where it might lead!
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