Music...

If you're my friend on Facebook, you know that i post music a lot. I have different tastes in music.

When i was little, I listened to the music my mom played on the radio...to my dad's music in the truck, to the music that the people played on the jukebox in my grandpa's bar.

I have many favorites... My first album was Bobby Sherman, Julie Julie Do You Love Me, my uncle Abby gave it to me. I can still picture the living room and where we were all standing when he gave it to me. Then i went on to bigger and better things like Donny Osmond...boy was i in love with him.

Then came my junior high years, and all the top 40's music that i listened to with Julie, Christy, Tammy, Rosalie, LaVerne, Michael Sandoval, Johnny Sandoval. Good times! Good memories.

Then came my first introduction to funk and R&B like Parliament, Cameo, Switch, ConfunkShun, Earth Wind & Fire, Lakeside, and on and on, from my friends Danny, Bob, Dominic, Paul G, Paul M, Paul P, Kenny, Wayne and the DeCaspars, my best buddy Claudette and all the Eastsiders in Springs. That music was the best. I remember dancing to that good old music at house parties and singing at the top of my lungs with whoever would sing along with me! Fun times.

Then came my Denver days...and the clubs, SOS Band, Prince, Michael Jackson, Midnight Star and on and on. Those were my dancing days!

Then my brother's were old enough to turn me on to their music. Hair bands and metal. Bon Jovi, Metallica, Queensryche, Ozzy, Skid Row, Van Halen - those were my metal concert days with my brothers and Tony.

Also, during this time I was married in Denver and all the great tunes were playing...Keith Sweat, Stevie B, Dino, Seduction, and Tone Toni Tony (has done it again) lol...plus all the other cool bands.

Then I moved back to San Luis,, and then came Tupac..and all that thug music was playing in my car

Then, the best part of my life came to be. I was exposed to beautiful Spanish music. I met a man, in a chat room and he exposed me to Enrique Iglesias, Chayanne, and so many artists. Since then, its the music I like best. I am always looking for a beautiful song to play over and over again and learn the lyrics so I can sing it baby (its also helped me with my spanish)

Then i was exposed to gothic music thru my brother Michelangelo, as his band Skapegoat opened for Lacuna Coil and i fell in love with their music. Since then, I use this type of music to write.

Miami brought me salsa, merengue, reggaeton, and more Enrique Iglesias :) and more spanish music from other countries, whether it be love songs, like Alex Ubago's, or Spanish Rock like Mago de Oz..i just can't get enough!

Now my son brings to me his music, and i share mine with him. He grew up with my music, and i'll grow old with his.

My ipod consists of all that music and more....yes, from bubble gum, to r&B, to rap, to 70's top hits, to 80's rock, to 90's thug and hip hop, to the new spanish music along with newly discovered old spanish songs to the latest club music... its what makes me Mona...and Mona me!

I sometimes wonder....who would i be today if I hadn't been exposed to the music that fills my veins and soul! I definitely would not be as colorful! So when i post a song...i'm either trying to learn the lyrics or sing a long...If you hear me singing, it may be out of tune, but you know that it's because it meant so much to me that i just had to learn those lyrics that touch my heart!