It’s been four years since Danity Kane’s final release, “Welcome to the Dollhouse,” and the group’s disbandment. What’s happened in that time for you professionally and what are you pursuing presently?
Since DK was officially disbanded in ’09, I took a full year to spend with my husband and focus on the next journey. Then I headed down to Nashville. Started writing and really exploring the type of sound I wanted. The process is still moving forward. I’m not working with a label, which means a lot of creative freedom, but it also means the process takes a lot longer if you want to do it right. What is your ideal goal as a recording artist and who inspires you the most creatively?
My goal is always quality of product & the brand I represent as a person and artist. Gwen Stefani is a wonderful representation of a well thought out brand; from her style [and] songs, to LAMB, to how she balances her family. Everything has a beautiful streamline and consistency. I’m very excited to see what she does next.
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Starting and stopping seems to be a big part of pursuing a music career. How have the ups/downs impacted you emotionally?
The entertainment business is always starting and stopping. You have to find a good balance between investing into your work and personal life. You never know when your last gig, job, concert will come. The consistency in your life will come from family and friends. A music career can break you emotionally. SO be confident in who you are and what you bring. Don’t make moral sacrifices to succeed in the game. That way when it’s all said and done you know you did your best and you didn’t
Imagine growing up in Virginia and singing to people on the street while standing on an overturned trash can.Years later you win a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance? Well, believe it or not Melissa Annette Elliott. She is also known as Missy Elliott. Missy Elliott’s background, personal qualities and accomplishments all lead up to why she got where she is now.
Diana Ross is internationally known. With a career spanning for over 40 years, Ross is by far one of the best female entertainers of all time. Diana Ross began her career as a singer that evolved as an actress. She began as a member of a famous singing group, which grew into world-wide fame, riches, and family. Diana has led a rags-to-riches life that is one to be admired.
Alicia Augello Cook was born on January 25th 1981 in New York. Alicia started playing the piano at age seven and began to take piano lessons. She grew up in a single family household with her mother due to her father’s absence at the age of five. Alicia first noticed her passion in music at a very young age and always dreamt of making it big and performing but never thought that it would actually happen. She had a lot of faith and took everything she did very seriously.
It is none other than the British boy Band Heart Throbs, One Direction. The female rapper gushed over the X Factor foursome backstage at the BET Awards and said that she's actually a big fan.
Beyonce was born on September 4,1981 in Houston, Texas. Her parents are Tina and Matthew Knowles. Beyonce’s full name is Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter. She also has 3 siblings Their names are Solnage Knowles, Bianca Lawson, and Nixon Knowles. Her nickname is Queen B. Queen B started singing at a very young age. She also danced. She attended two Elementary School, Parker Elementary and St. Mary’s. Beyonce went to Alief Elks High School in Houston, Texas, but she did not go to any colleges.
Melissa Etheridge is often considered to be an iconic female in the world of rock music. In her early years she learned the music could be her source of release sparking her love and interest in music performance. By eighteen she decided she wanted to perform music as a career and moved to Boston to study at Berklee’s College of Music. She dropped out however after the first year and moved to Los Angeles. Here she found work in in bars and clubs. Her career took off in 1986 when she was signed on by the record company Island Records that is based out of the United Kingdom. Out of her many nominations for grammy’s she has won two in 1993 and 1995. In both year she won the grammy for “best female rock vocal performance.”
Demetria Devonne “Demi” Lovato was born on August 20,1992 to Patrick Lovato and former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader Dianna Hart in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but was raised in Dallas Texas. Since an early age Demi had a passion for acting and performing. At the age of ten she made her debut on the childrens show Barney and Friends.
After Queen Beyonce Knowles made it known to the world that she is pregnant with twins, everyone starts to speculate how her pregnancy came about. After posting a photo on Instagram that shows her pregnant belly, many wonder how it is possible for her to get twins at her age.
It wasn't until 2013 when Vance first started to tour the world on a global scale, and during this time, he recorded the first album with Atlantic Records. In September of 2014, his latest album titled "Dream Your Life Away" hit the music shelves, and fans went crazy.
5 Richest Female Rappers Photo credit: Oh No They Didn’t Although the rap music industry is clearly dominated by male rappers, there are some successful female rappers who are popular in their own right. Their songs are constantly played over the radio and their videos are consistently shown on MTV. These female rappers are some of the richest artists in the music industry.
Gwen Stefani and bandmate Tony Kanal began dating soon after Stefani joined No Doubt,: she stated that she was heavily invested in that relationship. Gwen Stefani's relationship with Kanal ended. Their break-up inspired Stefani from the core, and many of Tragic Kingdom's songs, such as "Don't Speak", "Sunday Morning", and "Hey You!", chronicle the ups and downs of their relationship.
The following report introduces two producers I draw inspiration from, and am influenced by; Rick Rubin and Ken Scott. Firstly to critically analyze their bodies of work we must first understand the role of a producer and what classifies an individual as a producer or engineer. A producer must be able to oversee and effectively manage the recording, they must be able to understand the bands vision, they must have an overall goal as to what they wish to produce with the band, they must be creatively innovative and true to the bands and their own style, they must effectively portray the story
Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York on March 27, 1970. When she was 18 she signed with Columbia Records and had four number 1 singles within her first album. Mariah is one of the best-selling female artists. Her voice can range more than 5 octaves. In 2012 she was chosen for a season 12 judge for American Idol. In her second marriage with Nick Cannon, she had twins, Moroccan and Monroe. After 6 years they got divorced which was finalized 2 years later. Other than music and love life, Mariah also fundraising for the Fresh-Air Fund. After graduating high school, she moved to Manhattan where she worked as a waitress, coat check girl, and studied cosmetology. The only free time she had was at night which is when she would
Nothing is more enjoyable than listening to your favorite song. All over the world, people listen to music on a daily basis. Music plays a major part in a tremendous number of people’s lives. While they are enjoying the music, they do not think about how the song came about. Music is not just the sound you hear or the voices in the background. People do not think about what is behind the scenes of where music comes from. Before the song is completed, someone has to make it happen. In music, there are different careers which are the song writer, the manager, the marketing executive, and the produced. Each of these careers play a huge role in how music is brought to the public.
Music is an industry that has a number of aspiring artists wishing to be mainstream musicians. The road from aspirations to the establishment as a mainstream artist is often marred with a lot of problems. These problems are failure to attract record labels with demos; failure to have one’s songs reviewed in local and national newspapers and magazines; failure to attract people to one’s show; meeting con promoters, who are not serious about developing one and one’s work, and running out of money in the course one’s struggles. Successful aspiring artists