Mario Maisonnave (born November 19, 1962, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian/Costa Rican singer / songwriter / producer.[1] Maisonnave is best known as the founder and lead vocalist of rock en español band Modelo Para Armar[2] - but he started out in Distorsion, the first rock act to be signed by Sony Music Central America.[3] Over the course of his career Maisonnave topped the Central American charts six times.[4] His first record Todo en su lugar (Sony 1985) with Distorsion broke sales records for rock en español in Central America.[5] His album Mario Maisonnave / Modelo Para Armar (Sony 1989) stayed at number one for 4 weeks in Central America, achieving gold status.[6] The album included the single Abrime tu corazon which put Mario as the first Central American pop artist to enter MTV Latin.[7] Maisonnave currently lives in Southern California where he writes and produces for other artists as well as for his current project Bebeperro.