Raised: Miami, FL. (actually Carol City) There was a lot of music around. Salsa from my mom (Celia Cruz, Ruebin Blades, Chirino, El Gran Combo); FUNK from my brother (WAR, Rufus, EWF); and later Disco
from my sister ( I liked Donna Summer ALOT)

Junior High: joined the school band; grew my hair; DISCOVERED
ROCK & ROLL (Zep, The Doors, Floyd, Aerosmith)

Played my 1st guitar: I strung it left handed and took lessons from some old dude in my neighborhood

High School: Punk & New Wave (Pretenders, The Ramones, Blondie, Sex Pistols, B-52's, Devo) and dreams of grandeur

Moved to NY: for 2 reasons - to go to school (NYU to study music and audio engineering AND to become a ROCKSTAR

MTV: it changed my life

Clubbing: The Paradise Garage REALLY changed my life (we were "vogueing" before Madonna)

Started writing songs: on piano 1st (I just knew how to make chords)

1st Band: The Breeders (before Kim's Breeders) with my friend Cheryl (hey, where are you?)

Picked up the guitar: took lessons from some dude named Tony in the East Village

Met ANG

2nd Band:Pin Monkey (we actually recorded a few tunes and played some gigs)

Started voice lessons: ( I needed it) Greg Drew was my 1st teacher. He taught Lenny Kravitz, Corey Glover and that chick from the Divinyls.

3rd Band: Loving the Alien (Sonic Youth meets Fleetwood Mac) Esme sang and played guitar and I sang and played guitar and Steven played drums - no bass player. We later added bass and congas, recorded some songs, played lots of gigs, recorded 2 more songs and then fell apart.

LOLA Arrives: 8wk old bull terrier

New voice teacher: Ridley Chauvin (actually an opera singer)

New guitar teacher: Paul Sullivan (lots of 7th chords)

Formed The Ebb & Flow: Studio project with my DJ friend James Bullock (lots loops & samples, guitars & vocals)

Released "Postcards from Machine" in 2000: Those sessions with James became my 1st record under the pen name MOTH on my own label Bully Records

MOTH becomes a band: live musicians and DAT's

Started playing "solo" shows: usually with a second guitar player (I hate playing alone)

Recorded "Mi Corazon": my 1st solo recording produced by Josh Margolis

Shortened my name: to Aparro ( for no apparent reason)

Opened a restaurant: that's right JOYA . Awesome Thai food in Brooklyn

NIKKI comes home: a 12wk old Frenchy

Started recording a new record: with Josh at Steamroom Studios and John Street Productions (it took almost a year-my time was very limited because of the restaurant)

ALL I WANTED: Released in 2002 on Bully Records

Ruled The World: yeah I know Madonna said it 1st

"All I Wanted" entered CMJ's "most added" chart at #19.

Released "Mi Corazon": a 3 song EP for spanish radio.

Entered CMJ's N alternative "most added": chart at #1 and #2 consecutively.

Baby Vegas: comes home Aug 2003

We bought a cool-ass-shit brownstone in Brooklyn.

Signed a lease to open restaurant # 2 (calling it SONG)

In December: returned to the studio to record the follow up to All I Wanted with my band which I jokingly refer to as The Hired Guns. (the name sticks)

SPECIAL NOTE In January of 2004 my father took ill. I went back and forth to Miami and was able to spend some precious time with him. I lost my father March 4, 2004. I never felt that close to my father when he was around but now that he is gone, I know that we actually were. We shared a special bond , though neither one of us was able to articulate it very well. I miss him terribly. "Siempre en nuestros corazones"

March 19, 2004 Andrew and I celebrated 10 years together (how time flies when..blah, blah, blah)

In april, I went back into the studio and finished recording FROLIC & FUCK.

Started working on expanding Bully Records.

FROLIC & FUCK released in November 2004 on BULLY. Distributed by Select-O-Hits.

College radio seems to LOVE the record.

FROLIC & FUCK receiving KICK-ASS reviews (see the PRESS section of site).

GIGGING, GIGGING, GIGGING!!!!!

SONG, our 2nd restaurant, finally opens in FEB 2005.

Some changes for The Hired Guns. My longtime drummer and producer, Josh Margolis, leaves. Bill Mann takes over on drums. James Cruz joins us on bass. Tomas "new daddy" Marsh continues his guitar reign.

2006 was quite promising.

FROLIC & FUCK was a great indie success. I sold a couple thousand of these babies pretty much on my own.

SIRIUS Radio invited my band and I to do an live interview and performance.

GREAT GIGS.... Many hometown gigs, awesome Asbury Park show for Jersey Pride in June which we brought our son (his first Rock & Roll show). Played in Chicago in July for the Gay Games which was also a fantastic time along with great gigs in Philadelphia, Bethlehem, PA and Jersey again.

Finished 2006 by heading back into the studio with The Hired Guns (Steve, James & Bill) to record the followup to FROLIC & FUCK.

2007 Spent most of the better half of this year in the studio (aside from being quite busy with a baby in the house, 3 dogs and 2 restaurants to run).

The new record ALL THESE BRILLIANT THINGS was finally completed on August 16th, 2007. I am extremely proud of this record and it shall be released shortly.

SEPTEMBER 1st, 2007. The first single from the new record entitled "I'M THE ONE" is released digitally. It is made available for purchase exclusively through SNOCAP via www.myspace.com/arielapariciomusic. All the proceeds from the sale of this single will go to The Paul Chester Children's Hope Foundation.

DECEMBER 31st, 2007. The second single from the new record entitled "JAMESON & COCAINE" is released.

JANUARY 31st, 2008. The video for "JAMESON & COCAINE" is released online via YouTube.

FEBRUARY 14th, 2008. My new record "ALL THESE BRILLIANT THINGS" is released and available on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, Napster, CD Universe, MySpace & Snocap.

MARCH 6th, 2008. The official "ALL THESE BRILLIANT THINGS" album release party at 10:30PM, ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL, 196 Stanton Street, NYC, FREE SHOW.