Male, how did this album (which you give for free in your shows) come about?

The idea was to promote myself. I recorded an eight-track album, which I paid out of my own pocket, and it doesn’t have any more tracks because the budget didn’t allow it. (Laughter). I released it on my indie label. The idea of giving it for free is so that people would begin to know me and fall in love with the songs. I’m also selling it at the universities and other places where I play.

Where are you living now?

In Mexico! It’s been four years. Last August 7^th was my four-year anniversary in the DF.

Happy anniversary!

(Laughter) Thank you! Thank you!

The ones who started out by also giving away their albums for free and almost as a joke were Catupecu Machu… Do you know how many albums you’ve given away?

I’ve probable given away around 350 albums. On my site if you want to get the album for free you just have to give us your address and we can mail it to you, or you can also find it in our shows. I give away 10 albums, 10 t-shirts, and five DVDs in every one of my shows. The idea is to get the ball rolling and instead of having to pay for something you don’t know that you would get to listen to it, get familiar with it, and have your friends listen to it and they can then buy it or get it at another concert. What matters to me is to sing and that people come to my gigs. And it works… It’s give and take.

Why did you choose Mexico as your place of residence?

I started out by doing auditions. I was with Pepe Cibrian for a long time and that was my break because I was able to get a leading role in a musical that never got to be released after eight long months of rehearsing because of copyright issues. The play was really good. It was like a dagger in the heart to me because the play was incredible and I had been able to get a leading role. Since I didn’t write, and being a woman, it was hard for me to find a niche in the rock scene in Argentina—and I don’t want to seem like a feminist for saying this. I came up with the idea to go live in Mexico and I told myself, “I’m going to try my luck!” I had some friends who had done well in Mexico, in TV and theatre, and I was coming here with the idea of becoming a singer by going to the labels, opening the door and recording the album, but I realized it doesn’t work that way. (Laughter)

We began crafting songs with a musician, then he returned to Argentina and I created a blues band and later on began writing my own music, and that’s how the album came about.

Are some of the first songs you wrote included in this album?

Yes! What I wrote in the beginning was more rockanrolero…More Stones. (Laughter.) The songs in Así soy are more pop rock with an eighties base. The rock & roll blues I did will be for the second album.

You always talk about rock and blues. Are those the genres you identify with?

Yes! A Full. Soy rockanrollera y blusera a full. For a woman to be a rocker implies that they’ll throw a lot of sticks to your head. So I said, “Well, OK! I’m going to have an eighties’ rock base but I’ll be true to my style. If you listen to the album closely you’ll hear how I sing very bluseado. I’m happy with the results! I love what I did and I’m defending it with my life. If you ask me what I want to do in the second album I’ll say rock & roll and blues.

The first single in the album is called “Estoy cansada.” What are you tired of?

(Laughter) “Estoy cansada” is a compilation of past times. I was inspired by my father when I wrote that song. I was inspired by the commitment to love…and I’m tired of many things….Tired of the hypocrites that tell you “¡Está bárbaro!” And then they close the doors on your face. I’m tired of starting over again, but I do it again. You see?

Which musicians do you admire?

I think Tina Turner is a multitalented artist. She is on fire on the stage and in her career. She started singing blues, and then did pop, then funk, and she ended up singing with Eros Ramazotti. She’s 73 years old and is still giving concerts and she goes on tours whenever she wants to and does whatever she wants and everything she does is good—and that is what I aspire to in my career, to be able to do whatever I want and not care about anything. (Laughter.)

You speak of Tina at 73... How do you picture yourself at that age?

I see myself wearing tight jeans, boots, and rompiéndola. I see myself rockanroleando. (Laughter.)