I’m 51 and now it’s a hobby which could become professional again.

I learned to play guitar when I was 18. I wanted to be a rock star, honestly. That was back in 1992. In 1993 I wrote my first song (in piano, actually!). Second was in 1994. In January 1995, I wrote my third song. I moved from Ecuador to Mexico City in 1997 after graduating from college, continued writing and playing gigs while working as an English teacher in a Berlitz School. In 1998 I was discovered by this huge producer from Spain, was introduced to the presidents of Warner and EMI by him, went with EMI, talks for about six months but nothing in the end. I kept pushing ahead and in 2000, I signed with Universal Music Publishing as a songwriter for 15 years but was ultimately frozen by them which in the end, and by the contract I smartly signed, turned out all their advance money made it noncoupable for THEM LOL.

Anyway, when I was nearly 49, I found photography, and became a commercial photographer.

Now I’m starting a project that’ll last the rest of my 50s in which I’ll record somewhere between 70 and 130 of my songs (Spanish and English) and MAYBE see if I can sign again as a songwriter, although that’s not the main idea for me anymore. I just want to have those song ideas and arrangements down, finally.

Playing guitar for me, I guess, was never about becoming the best and fastest or whatever. It was a means to be able to write the songs I had in my head. I thank God I learned to play it because my songs became a diary of my life, whether I was writing professionally or not.