Lo Carmen Is the Boss of Her Own World

A reflection on 20 years of doing-it-herself.

I’ve officially lived in album cycles for the last 20 years now.

My first solo album, Born Funky Born Free, was self-recorded and produced in my bedroom, and independently released on my own label Chiquita Records in 2002. I did my own artwork on a creaky old computer, made a music video with my friends, and telephoned and schlepped around to record stores to hand sell it. I toured it and posted CDs around Australia to street press and fans. I could not imagine how I could ever get my music out in America or Europe at that time.

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