How do you think being a vocal artist from the Midwest has been advantageous to your career?
I’ve found it has been an advantage because Chicago is such a melting pot for so many cultures — much like New York. Chicago is unique because people come here and I believe they find that the central region of the country is a little more accessible than in a place like The Big Apple where it is also metropolitan, but a bit more standoffish.
Tell me about your new project?
Sweet Lovin’ is the name of the album; it is also the name of one of the singles on the album. The tune started off as a tune I wrote with another reggae artist in the city and we kind of got together to create a certain mood in the song. They used it on their CD originally and they allowed me to use the same song with my own unique arrangement. I placed it on my CD and it has done well — so it has gotten twice the hits and lots of great feedback from all over.
How has being a back-up singer prepared you for a solo career?
It not only allowed me to get valuable time on stage and become comfortable with performing, but it also trained my ear to work with an ensemble of people live and in front of an audience. You have a lot of solo artists who will be on stage but they don’t know how to sing with other people. They have a more difficult time working with the other components of what’s happening around them during a show.
Talk a little about your blog?
A lot of social networking sites … are very much cookie cutter by design and also very limiting in some ways, because of the content they do not use. I thought if I have my own blog and my own specialized spot I can avoid all those different types of distractions and have something representing the presence I want to have as well as the product.
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