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Marilyn

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About Me


EXTENDED NETWORK BANNERS + MYSPACE LAYOUTS
Layout made by live_love_laugh Okay, so what about me? I am a single mom with two kids. My son is 17 who is a musician. He plays the electric guitar. He has self taught himself to this point. He's very good. And I'm not just saying that because I'm his mother! Check out my videos and watch him play. My daughter is 11, she has a heart of gold! If she could save the world, she would! She loves art and just picked up the violin! They keep me going pretty much.Lets see, I've been working in the music business for 10 years doing just about everything from overseeing manufacturing, distribution, licensing, acquiring distribution accounts, sales, shipping, art direction, coordinating our CDs & DVDs for final release, promotions, some radio, whatever else, workin' with artists. Pretty much everything! The company I work for, used to work with new aspiring Artists, but now we work with Classic Artists such as The Chi-Lites, The Whispers, The Temptations, The Delfonics and etc. Definitely classics! I love working with them, because there's no head trip! They're seasoned, they've proven history and they're humble. The Whispers I must say have got to be the most humble group of people I've ever met.My passion is truly fashion design or pretty much designing anything. I went to school briefly for Fashion Design and hope to finish in that realm of artistic creation. But I would like to do Artist Management as well. Yeah I said I like working with "seasoned" Artists, but I do see special people that I believe in and I see their passion for what they are, who they are and what they can do and I KNOW they're talented, makes me wanna push them and help them make it happen! As you can tell, I'm also a passionate person. I truly have passion for things or people I believe in! I'm also a fighter. Been through too much to not keep going. I can also be a bitch when I NEED to be. ONLY if someone messes with me first. But if I hit 'em harder with my response, I'm the bigger bitch. I never really understood that. But most of the time, I have a smile on my face. I'm a nice person, big heart, but I will also tell you like it is. It's not my intent to hurt anybody, but to be real with them. I could work on being a little more smooth with my deliverance but I'm working on that! :) So that's pretty much about me!I was born in Lares, Puerto Rico and I finally went back for the first time in May 2006! I loved it!! I also love the sun, I love the trees in the fall! I like the trees when they have a lot of snow on them, when they are just twigs and I like the trees when they are in full bloom in the Spring! It's like a work of art that continually changes, I guess. And I talk alot! :) ****Please check out my blog about the music business. It's only the beginning.. but you may find it entertaining, educating or just something to read!

My Interests


¡Que Pasa Boricua! Get more at BorikuaSpace.comMy interests are of course seeing something created from nothing, whether it's music or fashion. It's like wow for me! My interests are also spending time with my kids, making jewelry, shopping of course, sewing (when I do it) and partying with my family on the holidays drinking and eating lots of Puerto Rican food!

I'd like to meet:

I would have loved to meet Judy Garland! Oprah.....Actually, I would like to meet all my myspace buddies!! You add people because you take an interest in what they do or who they are or you have similarties in their lifestyles or likes & dislikes, so for me, it would be great to have a myspace party!!! :)

Music:

Well I have to start from the beginning: Disco (yes Disco! I like to consider myself a Disco baby), House music definitely (I tried to educate my son and his friend David yesterday (7-25) about that and Freestyle and they were like "how do you dance to that? What is that? You listened to that!?" Boys are you serious??? That's real shit! They almost hurt my feelings!) So here we go, Disco, House, Freestyle (ie. Cynthia, Lisette Melendez, CoverGirls, etc.), Reggaeton, Hip Hop, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, R&B Classics, Easy Listening (ie Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne) etc. Almost everything except country.
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Movies:

Toy Story, Finding Nemo, I'm just kidding. But I mostly watch kid movies cuz of my babygirl. She's with me ALL the time. I loved Ray. I was getting Jamie Foxx'd out, but then I saw the movie and I was impressed. West Side Story. Old school baby! Napoleon Dynamite. I love to laugh. So anything that's funny! Laughing is good for the soul!!

Television:

Project Runway,Wheel of Fortune! (I applied to be on that show! I haven't seen the big yellow bus in Chicago yet!), World Poker Tour on Travel Channel, Oprah, Entourage, American Idol, only during the preliminaries, most of the time. I pegged Fantasia, Taylor Hicks and Kelly Clarkson off the jump and then I didn't care to watch after I figured it out. :) Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy

Books:

Last books I've read were "The Devil Wears Prada" and "New Rules" by Bill Maher. The books that I've bought recently that I have not read yet but intend to are "Pathways To Bliss" by Joseph Campbell and "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell.

Heroes:



Wonder Woman! :) My daughter is my biggest hero. She has an old soul. She has a certain knowledge of things that I have no clue where she's acquired it from. Her hugs, her talks, and how she caters to me always makes me feel better even if I'm already doing well. She is the World to me. A girl who chose to cut her hair for the sole purpose of donating it to the Cancer Foundation. She's my superhero! I must also say, my mom, I wouldn't be the strong independent woman I am today if it were not for the things we went through. I appreciate my mom. And of course, my son who always kicks reality to me. He's a thinker. He's also an analyzer. He makes me think! What's the word?? When I think of the right word, I will come back and edit! :) He asks me, "What do you think your life would be like if you didn't have us?" I truly racked my brain and I couldn't think of anything. Because like I told him, I couldn't imagine my life without them!..

My Blog

Learn Your Music History!

..> LEARN YOUR MUSIC HISTORY!!! For those of you in the music industry and those that are just willing to learn your music history, did you know that Beyonce's "Crazy in Love", which won her man...
Posted by Marilyn on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:52:00 PST

LATINOS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS!!

THE TWO PROUD MOMENTS THIS PAST WEEK FOR ME, WERE:#1, TO SEE ALL THE LATINOS WHICH WERE EITHER, NOMINEES, WINNERS AND ATTENDEES AT THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS, #2 THE CHICAGO BEARS GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!...
Posted by Marilyn on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:14:00 PST

GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING!!

So as I sit here and sip on my Bacardi Silver Raz, (mmmmm) I was jus' thinkin'. Thinkin' about the different situations that have come up this week, so of course, most of the time when I write a blog,...
Posted by Marilyn on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:45:00 PST

Be Patient!! Music Biz

Okay so in my first blog I told you that as an Artist you should learn the business. Trust me, it will be beneficial to you, the Artist, in the long run. Not only will you have more business savvy to ...
Posted by Marilyn on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:34:00 PST

Music Biz

Working with new Artists, in my opinion, is a lot of work. Some feel as if during their process of trying to become a known or major artist, they think they've already made it. It annoys me to no...
Posted by Marilyn on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:48:00 PST