Interview with recording artist YOVANNI - Music industry talk
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“Every great artist has lived in NYC once in their life, and I knew at a young age that is where I needed to go in order to become a real musical artist.”.
Even after the singer was on the verge of being homeless after getting fired from a restaurant, he didn’t turn away from his dream and sang broadway and original songs in the NY subways to get enough money to go on more job interviews and auditions. The classic song “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers was one of the songs he sang for money in the tunnels of NY, that later won him a spot at the famous “Showtime at the Apollo” which was the classic American Idol talent show back in the day, and one of the toughest singing competition in Harlem.
By the fall of 1999, YOVANNI got gigs as a back up singer for heavy hitter Funk band TNP and also recorded backup vocals for other musicians before he fully concentrated on his own solo career.
YOVANNI started to release catchy, melodic pop, dance songs that got attention of DJ;s and dance music fans at dance clubs throughout the US and Europe. He has been named the “Modern Citizen” of the underground indie music scene. Dance club anthem remixes; “Hello”, “I Want You”, “Stay Away” and “Perfect Crime”, were massive underground hits with Dj’s from all over the world.
Today YOVANNI defines his genre of music as a stylish mix of R&B, Funk, Pop Rock with elements of electronica. The music scene has a wide mix of songs being released everyday but what makes the songs that YOVANNI writes and sings about is that they are truly a life story of a Man who trying to make it through another day in the jungle of life one song at a time.
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“Every great artist has lived in NYC once in their life, and I knew at a young age that is where I needed to go in order to become a real musical artist.”.
Even after the singer was on the verge of being homeless after getting fired from a restaurant, he didn’t turn away from his dream and sang broadway and original songs in the NY subways to get enough money to go on more job interviews and auditions. The classic song “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers was one of the songs he sang for money in the tunnels of NY, that later won him a spot at the famous “Showtime at the Apollo” which was the classic American Idol talent show back in the day, and one of the toughest singing competition in Harlem.
By the fall of 1999, YOVANNI got gigs as a back up singer for heavy hitter Funk band TNP and also recorded backup vocals for other musicians before he fully concentrated on his own solo career.
YOVANNI started to release catchy, melodic pop, dance songs that got attention of DJ;s and dance music fans at dance clubs throughout the US and Europe. He has been named the “Modern Citizen” of the underground indie music scene. Dance club anthem remixes; “Hello”, “I Want You”, “Stay Away” and “Perfect Crime”, were massive underground hits with Dj’s from all over the world.
Today YOVANNI defines his genre of music as a stylish mix of R&B, Funk, Pop Rock with elements of electronica. The music scene has a wide mix of songs being released everyday but what makes the songs that YOVANNI writes and sings about is that they are truly a life story of a Man who trying to make it through another day in the jungle of life one song at a time.
