David Guetta Builds A 'Bridge' Between Dance Music And The Mainstream
Over the past two years, French DJ/producer David Guetta has made impressive strides, turning dance music into pop music. "He's an incredible DJ, first of all," Guetta's "Sexy Chick" collaborator, Akon, recently told MTV News. "Second, he's an incredible producer." Dutch electronic-music icon Tiësto told us, "After all of the collaborations, like the Black Eyed Peas did with David Guetta ['I Gotta Feeling,' which Guetta produced with Will.I.Am] and Kelly Rowland ['When Love Takes Over'], I think that woke up the whole scene. Everybody wants to be a part of dance music." Dance music's new shining star, 22-year-old Afrojack, told MTV News, "He introduced me to everybody, and I had a great time with Will.I.Am, Kelis and Apl.De.Ap. David is just a really nice guy. He's not only my friend in the studio, but he's my friend outside."Respected by most in music, Guetta has been on a dream run with a series of collaborations (with folks like the Peas, Akon, Estelle, LMFAO, Ne-Yo, and Kid Cudi) that have done as much to make dance music mainstream as they have to turn the DJ/producer into a global superstar. On an average weekend, he spins records for a 100,000 people (like he did at the recent in Miami). "I always felt that our music was underrated," Guetta told MTV News recently. "I felt that it should be as big as hip-hop and rock. It happened this year with my album One Love. This is still a huge, fantastic, underground scene. But that bridge that I created between electronic Euro culture and American urban culture really made a difference, I think. To finally have dance-music records being played on the radio in America is pretty incredible.
"It is, like, really crazy, because I started as a hip-hop DJ, then discovered house music and was pulled into house," he added. "But also, I never stopped listening to hip-hop at home. It just came back to me. It's like destiny."
Now that he's found success merging dance and hip-hop, Guetta plans to keep the collabos coming.
"The mix between urban and electronic is really what I'm excited about today, and I want to do that direction for the next album, absolutely," he said. "Dance music is the next thing for the next 10 years. There's nothing you can do about it!"" Article source: www.mtv.com.
It seems as though the first era of digital music may have come to an end. Napster died, P2P lived in some black market twilight zone, streaming services on ad-supported revenue were suffocated by unsustainably high licensing fees, and subscription services sputtered along, never quite capturing the imaginations of music fans. 2009 ended in a flurry of acquisitions (LaLa, iLike), launches (Vevo) and shutdowns (iMeem), which dramatically rearranged the digital music landscape. When the dust finally settles, expect digital music to begin anew.
With that in mind, here are my five predictions for music in 2010.
1. Labels Will Get Smart
It’s been coming for more than a decade, but major labels are starting to grasp the digital opportunity. They’re licensing music on more sustainable terms, diversifying their business model, investing in new technology and, most critically, understanding more than ever what it means to be truly consumer-led.
As market leaders, major labels have the resources and the networks to profit most from the changes currently taking place. The move from physical to digital hasn’t been as fast as many people might have wished, but that’s because digital still doesn’t pay like physical does.
CDs, when they sell well, still mean big money. Digital isn’t like that. But that’s changing, and as major labels have shrunk, their capacity for change has increased. Expect 2010 to be the year that the bad press on the major labels starts becoming more favorable.
The promises of the digital age — deeper understanding of the music consumer, integrated ticketing and merchandise, direct-to-consumer sales, and fans as marketing teams — are all about to become a reality, and major labels will lead the charge.
2. Physical CD Sales Will Continue to Decline
To ensure at least one of my predictions comes true, I’m going to forecast that globally, sales of physical CDs will decline in 2010. That’s one thing you can definitely count on.
3. Release Strategies Will Evolve
The traditional model of building buzz through radio singles followed by a carefully timed album launch will still be the norm for commercial pop music. But at the edges, we’re going to start seeing a new model for releasing music that’s more attuned to the diverse community of music consumers.
The new model, pioneered by Topspin Media, will be the multi-tiered, staggered release. Artists will offer free, full streams and selected downloads early to the curious and the devoted, building their fanbase as they grow. Traditional release schedules will follow, in tandem with more innovative products, at more diverse prices, to more accurately segmented groups of fans.
Rather than just a plastic CD, we’ll start seeing multiple tiers of music product: free streams and low quality mp3s, simple digital and physical packages, enhanced audio and packaging on digital and physical releases, and then levels of premium products including vinyl, merchandise, and increased access to the artist.
We still think of music in its physical form as a CD on the shelf. Increasingly, we’re going to understand it as a suite of music products — T-Shirts, mugs, books, framed art, signed lyric sheets, USBs, and once-in-a-lifetime music experiences.
4. Music Will Live Legitimately in the Cloud
It’s been talked about for a number of years, but 2010 could be the year we start thinking of music less as a finite product and more as an infinite, on-demand reservoir to be accessed at any time for a fee.
This process will roll out in tandem with the evolution of music “products.” Even if music is universally accessible, it’s still key to people’s idenity. We still need something to put on a coffee table, something to pass to friends, something to put under the Christmas tree and something to signal to the world that “this music is part of me and I want you to know it.”
iTunes, as ever, is in the driver’s seat to make the most of this change. Its acquisition of LaLa could see them own the streaming market as it currently owns digital music.
Spotify’s buzz seems to have cooled, but it’s still the best-placed streaming service to take advantage of the cloud’s potential.
Grooveshark’s growth, if it continues, is going to make it a serious player in the streaming game.
MySpace, with iMeem and iLike in its back pocket may also consolidate its place in the land of the streaming.
And finally, Google –- who owns the bridge over the moat, digitally speaking –- could pull the rug from everyone and facilitate properly integrated music streaming into its search platform.
Whoever emerges at the front of this pack will be in new territory, providing access to the world’s music, anytime, anywhere on any device.
5. Who Knows?
There’s some as-yet untested consumer models building momentum.
Guvera is promising the world, not just to the music industry, but to advertisers as well. Whether consumers buy into its advertisement for content exchange remains to be seen.
Rdio, with serious pedigree and some big money backing it, hasn’t poked its head up completely yet, but you can be assured that whatever it offers isn’t going to be lightweight.
Lost in all the buzz is the fact that some legacy digital music companies — Last.FM, Pandora and MySpace to name a few — still have the established brands, the existing customer base, and the revenue streams that preserve their lives beyond the froth of the tech/music blogosphere.
And of course, there’s Facebook. The biggest country in the world (or soon to be), Facebook and music have always been awkward bedfellows. If Zuckerberg and Co. can figure a way to integrate music with the Facebook platform, the existing user base would guarantee a big chunk of the market overnight.
It all adds up to create a big void of uncertainty, one that will be filled in the way the web knows best — by its end-users. What those end-users decide they love will ultimately determine the winners and losers in the digital music economy. As a passionate music fan, I can’t wait for the competition to heat up. For those on the digital frontier, music really is better than it’s ever been." Article source: www.neurosoftware.ro.
"Since his summer 2007 hit "Space", Micha Moor beyond doubt belongs to the shooting stars of the international electro house scene. "Space" was #1 on the Beatport listing for weeks and was played worldwide by DJ's such as Bad Boy Bill, Moby, Tiesto or David Guetta. Moreover, Micha Moor succeeded to place "Space" as #1 in all relevant dance charts. This followed by remixes for "R.I.O. - R.I.O", "Culcha Candela - Ey DJ" (top 10 German Dance Charts) "MYPD - You're not allone", "Capilari&Salvavida – Oye Como Vas" or "Nils van Gogh - Dreamer". One also didn't have to wait long for singles. "Close Your Eyes" was ranked in the top 10 of the German Dance Charts during summer 2008 and created another summer club hit.
Beside from his production functions Micha Moor is also an international well known DJ who will always set new courses with his DJ sets with his distinctive technical skills. During the past years Micha toured Brazil, Portugal, Russia, Croatia, Indonesia, Israel, Columbia, France or Greece several times, amongst other places." Article source: www.michamoor.de.
"“Somebody’s Watching Me” is the debut single by R&B artist Rockwell, released on the Motown label in 1984. The song’s lyrics relate the narrator’s paranoid fear of being followed and watched. It featured former Motown artists Michael Jackson on the chorus and Jermaine Jackson on additional backing vocals. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, and reached the top of the Billboard R&B singles chart, as well as reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart. It was the only major hit for Rockwell. His follow-up single Obscene Phone Caller was Rockwell’s only other Top 40 single, reaching #35 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, the song was ranked #20 on VH1’s 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. The single’s music video underscores the song’s paranoid tone with a haunted house-inspired theme, including imagery of floating heads, ravens, graveyards, and shower scenes referencing the film Psycho. The mailman who appears in the music video for “Somebody’s Watching Me” also stars in the video for “Obscene Phone Caller”. This was a low budget video. Music video produced by The Wolfe Company, directed by Francis Delia, cinematography by Dominic Sena, production manager: Jason Braunstein, production coordinator: Jon Leonoudakis. Leonoudakis appears in the video as the visual metaphor “watching” Rockwell through the porthole of the front door." Article source: www.last.fm.
"Born Kenneth Gordy, Rockwell is the son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. He changed his name so as to avoid charges of nepotism, wanting to make it in the music business on his talent alone. He signed to Motown as a solo artist without his father’s knowledge, taking his name from his high school band. His first single, the Michael Jackson-esque “Somebody’s Watching Me,” which featured backing vocals from both Michael and Jermaine Jackson, shot into the Top Ten, hit number one on the R&B charts, and went gold; only then did he reveal his true identity. This, however, was his peak of success; the follow-up single fizzled, as did his next album. A cover of “Somebody’s Watching Me”, by the dance act Beatfreakz, was released in the UK in March 2006, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. A cover version of the song was also released by the band Warmen.
The Swiss 90is artist DJ Bobo’s first Hit was also a cover version of “Somebody’s Watching Me”. He turned it to “Somebody Dance With Me”." Article source: www.last.fm.
"Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), better known by her stage name Lykke Li is a Swedish indie singer. Her music often blends elements of pop, electronic, and alternative rock; various instruments can also be found in her songs, including violins, tambourines, trumpets, saxophones, and cellos. She released her debut album, Youth Novels, in 2008.
Li was born in Ystad, Skåne in 1986; her mother is a photographer, her father is a musician.The family moved to Stockholm when Li was a toddler and later moved to a mountaintop in Portugal when Zachrisson was six, where they lived for five years; the family also spent time in Lisbon and Morocco and spent winters in Nepal and India. She moved to the neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn in New York for three months when she was 19. She returned when she was 21 to record her album. When not touring, she resides in the Södermalm district of Stockholm. Zachrisson released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 4 February 2008 and it received a wider European release in June, 2008. The album was produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John and Lasse Mårtén and reportedly inspired by a previous relationship of three years. It was released in the United States on 6 May 2008. The album was released in the Republic of Ireland on 6 June 2008 and 9 June in the UK, promoted by a performances of "Little Bit" on Later With Jools Holland on 25 May 2008.
Lykke Li had some success with the EP "Little Bit" in 2007. Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October 2007 and described her music as a mix of soul, electro and "powdered-sugar pop".
She has appeared on Swedish musician Kleerup's self titled album, contributing vocals to the track "Until We Bleed". She also worked with Röyksopp on their album Junior, contributing vocals to "Miss It So Much".
Lykke has become increasingly popular with indie music fans and took her particular flavor of music more mainstream with an appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly on February 18, 2009. She has received a great deal of notoriety for her cover of "Knocked Up", originally recorded by Kings of Leon who had approached Lykke to cover a song of her choice, and "Gifted" in which she performs with Kanye West. Going further mainstream, Lykke performed at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 19, as well as the 2009 Lollapalooza Music Festival on August 8 as part of the promotional tour for the album Youth Novels. A remixed version of her song "I'm Good, I'm Gone" was featured in the film Sorority Row (2009). The song "Possibility" was written for the film New Moon (2009). Lykke had been asked to write a song to the film soundtrack but she was reluctant to commit to the project. It was after she had seen an early screening of the movie that she decided she wanted to contribute to the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on 16 October 2009.
According to her Myspace Blog, she has started writing material for her second album but insists it will be a long wait until it is finished." Article source: www.en.wikipedia.org.
The history of club dancing goes back to the mid to late 1970s, and has continued to evolve ever since. From Ibiza to Paris, from San Francisco to New York, dance has been a part of the club scene. As long as there is music in the clubs, there will be dancing.
The Clubs
According to AmericanHeritage.com, the history of the club dates back to before WWII. The French had dance clubs called discotheques, but when the Nazis invaded, they took over clubs and outlawed certain types of music, such as swing and jazz. This was due to the American, Jewish and African American influences on those styles. When the war was over, discotheques went underground, becoming very secretive and hard to find. Patrons usually learned of them via word of mouth. As time passed, the concept of the discotheque was brought to New York, and it became the realm of the elite. One hundred dollar entry fees and yearly dues kept out anyone but the wealthy, and going to a club became a badge of upper class living. Fortunately, that changed during the late sixties, when Richard Burton's first ex-wife, Sybil Burton, used her divorce settlement to open her own club, Arthur. She purposely designed it as the antithesis of the discotheque; fashion and spirit were required to get in, not just money.
The Dances
Dances were, and still are, invented by teens, later discarded, and then picked up by the adults. According to AmericanHeritage.com, a perfect example of this is the Twist. Teens in the late fifties created the dance, but by the time Kennedy's term ended, everyone from socialites to senior citizens were doing it. Many different dances appeared in rapid succession; The Jerk (not to be confused with 2008's jerk dance), the Hitchhiker, the Bug, among others. Most of these dances were fairly easy to do. The Jerk was simply bending and crossing the arms; the Hitchhiker used the thumbs as if "hitching" for a ride; and in the Bug, the dancer pretended to itch and scratch, passing the "infestation" along to another dancer. All of these dances could be found in the club scene, and contests were often held to see who could best do a specific dance. Winners would often get trophies, but even if they did not, they had the respect and esteem of their peers--until the next contest.
The Music
Club music really started to change in the mid to late 1970s. According to the unesco.org website, it was around that time that house music, named for its appearance at The Warehouse club, became popular. House had its roots in black and Latino music, and part of what made it so popular was that the DJs would play 15 hours of music in a row without a break. The music was loud, pulsating, and full of energy. This kept people dancing, literally, all night long.
The Drugs
According to AmericanHeritage.com, drugs have been a part of the club dance scene since the days of the French discotheque. In the early days, most clubgoers chose cocktails or hard liquor. During the days of Andy Warhol, speed was shot or consumed. In the 60s, the drug of choice among dancers was LSD. In the 70's, participants took poppers (an amphetamine), quaaludes (a depressant), and cocaine. All of these drugs were chosen to enhance the dance experience for those who took them. Some, like poppers and cocaine, helped participants dance for hours without fatigue.
Club Dancing Today
Today's clubs are much more varied than they were in the past. Clubs can be found all over the world, playing all sorts of music. Different genres of music are being created regularly, especially in the house scene. Clubgoers range from teens to adults, and clubs have taken this into account. Major cities have under and over 21 club scenes to cater to each crowd. As for the dancing, teens are creating new dances all the time. Mostly, however, dances are free-style and avoid a great deal of structure." Article source: www.ehow.com.
"Klaas’ fascination of putting on electronic sounds was aroused within the Cologne club scene in the late 90ies: He debuted with several releases and approached ambitiously the art of mixing sounds. Soon after, the open-minded Cologne based DJ moved forward to the energetic electro-sound producing his first electro-vinyl Slip & Slide with Micha Moor for the Cologne label Scream and Shout Recordings, which paved directly the way onto the playlists of reputable DJ celebrities. From then on, there was no way to stop him making a go of his passion. The releases Get Twisted and Confession were placed in the Top 5 of the German Dance Charts. Following remixes for several DJs like Dr. Kucho & Gregor Salto, John Morley, Chrissi D! and Jens Lissat, Klaas prepared the UK Chart-Act The Freelance Hellraiser and, together with another Sony BMG UK-Act, the remix Klaas vs. I’m Finn – I Love You at the end of 2006.
His distinctively energetic style of sound is also convincing for his Swiss followings. Accordingly, no less than DJ Antoine ordered a Klaas remix DJ Antoine – This Time, which is included within a Egoiste release.
Following the worldwide resonance, remix inquiries of pop music celebrities won’t be long in coming. Only a few weeks ago, Klaas mixed the single version of “No Angels – Goodbye To Yesterday” by transforming the popstars-like sound to an electronical house-mix – excellently suitable for clubs.
However the Cologne whiz kid is unstoppable: Despite several remixes amongst others for Eddie Thoneick, Aston Martinez, Michael Mind and Global Deejays he focuses constantly on his own productions: So, the new release Micha Moor – Music is Dope produced by Klaas&MichaMoor came in april. Also for his Scream&Shout co-worker Micha Moor he worked out even a dual-remake of the forthcoming release “Micha Moor – Space” and delivered two as usal massive but independed mixes. The “Klaas Club Mix” became a worldwide success and topped both the Beatport and German Dance Charts at number 1 slot for weeks. Finally in November of 2007 Klaas´ higly anticipated third solo-single “The Way” is released, by which Klaas is setting new standards. With his three solid clubmixes he shows his wide range variety in the electrohouse genre. At once in the first week “The Way” was placed at number 2 slot of the German Dance Charts. Just back from his almost three-week dj-tour through Australia and Newzealand he made in the beginning of 2008 his new reworks of well known classics like „Guru Josh - Infinity“, „Horny United - Crazy Paris“, or “G&G – My My My”. All of these records made the way to the top 10 of the German Dance Charts.
Shortly after this his remix of DJ Disciples - Work it out was released.A logical result of his immensely qualitative output was the nomination at the "Beatport Music Awards 2008” at which Klaas was nominated as one of the 10 worldwide best Electro House Artists.
Addional gigs in Canada and Australia made his fourth release only in May 2008 possible. To “Feel The Love” he contributed again three strong mixes and thus he proved once more his extreme flexibility and versitality as an Electro-House producer." Article source: www.klaas-music.de.
"Craig David is one of the UK music scene's most successful male solo exports. During his ten-year career he has sold over 13 million albums, enjoyed 13 Top Ten hits and achieved multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries, even appearing on the cover of NME. He also continues to sell out venues worldwide and at home, including a solid four nights at Wembley Arena. A winner of two MTV Europe Awards, three Ivor Novello Awards and four MOBO Awards, he has also been nominated for twelve BRIT Awards and two Grammys. His debut album, ‘Born To Do It', recently came second in a poll by MTV to find the Greatest Album Ever, beaten only by Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller'.
Craig has also recorded with Kano, Sting and Tinchy Stryder, and features on Jay Sean's new album. Craig was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music from Southampton Solent University for his contribution to the industry. His arrival on the scene came through ‘Re-Rewind', a track that saw the dawn of a new age in British music, and that is now synonymous with the arrival of The UK Garage movement, back in 1999. Now based between London and the creative melting pot of Miami, Craig is still one of the most talented and enduring R&B acts on the planet, with four studio albums to his name so far and a fifth on the way.
His brand new album, 'Signed Sealed Delivered' asserts once more why Craig is such a significant artist. Covering a multitude of Motown classics, Craig's fifth studio offering retains his innovative approach to music-making, while respectfully delving into the past. It's not the straightforward covers album you'd expect, as Craig gives classics from the likes of Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops and The Temptations a modern twist.
The first single 'One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows)' is the perfect example of this, with its beautifully raw 60s soul sample, sitting comfortably over a 21st century hard knock drumbeat, coupled with some of Craig's most versatile vocals to date. The album features classics such as 'For Once In My Life', 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone', 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' and, of course, the title track by Stevie Wonder." Article source: Craig David on MySpace.
"Dana Dawson is an American singer and actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 7 in a national tour of Annie. She was an understudy in the national tour of Rent in 2000 and joined the Broadway cast in 2001 as an understudy/swing. In an interview in The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Dawson said that she was given time to become secure in each of the two roles she understudied—Mimi and Joanne—before learning the other. As a singer, Dawson released Paris New York And Me, her debut album, in 1991. Her second album, Black Butterfly, was released in October 1995 by EMI and included three singles that made the UK Top 40 chart: “3 Is Family” reached number 7 in July 1995, “Got to Give Me Love” reached number 27 in October 1995, and “Show Me” reached number 28 in May 1996.
The Disney Channel show Lizzie McGuire featured her 2001 single, “Nice Life”. Several multi-track “singles” of Dawson’s music have been released in the United Kingdom, including 3 Is Family, Got To Give Me Love, and How I Wanna Be Loved.
Dawson’s songs are included on many other albums, including EMI’s Music of the Twentieth Century: 1980-1999 and Virgin’s Best Dance Album 1995; she also performed on the Michael W. Smith 1989 Gospel album I 2 Eye." Article source: www.last.fm.
"DJ Project is a Romanian trance music group, made up of Gino Manzotti (Handke Giuseppe) and DJ Maxx (Ovidiu Florea) as producers and Elena Baltagan as the vocalist. The group was formed in 2000 in Timişoara, with their first album, Experience, released in 2001. At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006, DJ Project were awarded with "Best Romanian Act" prize. In 2006 and 2007 the group has received the award for the best dance group at the MTV Romania Awards. At the end of June 2007 they released their sixth album, Două Anotimpuri. In early 2008, Robbins Entertainment picked up DJ Project for their first American release, Before I Sleep. The album is dubbed under the name "Elena", the same advertising name used in England. The album was released on iTunes on March 18, 2008 and was available in CD format on April 1, 2008. In the summer of 2009 Elena left DJ Project as a result of their earlier conflicts, Elena taking the decision to go on a solo career. After a previous collaboration with DJ Project for the song “Prima noapte”, Giulia Anghelescu became the new singer of the group. The new project is called DJ Project feat. Giulia." Article source: www.musicofromania.com.
"Gino Manzotti, on his real name Handke Giuseppe, was born on 22 January 1972, in Arad. He lived in Germany from 1990 to 1999. There, after putting music in a café, he started mixing in the best known club of the Bayern region, his fame as a DJ continually increasing. Therefore, he was invited to mix in Forum, Alcatraz, Metropolis or Nightfly, where he performed with many internationally recognized DJ`s, like Tom Novy, Sven Vath, Marusha, Westbam, Talla 2XLC, Tiesto, Tomcraft or ATB. In 2002, he performed at one of the major house events in the world, the Love Parade in Berlin. After returning in Romania, due to his friendship with Tommy Serano, Tom Novy, Tomcraft and ATB, he organized many events in Romanian clubs, where special guests were famous DJ`s such as Da Hool, Andry Nalin, Voodoo & Serano, Max Graham, Smokin Jo, Dave Seaman, Margaret Dygas, Miss Sylvie, ATB, Moguai. Presently, besides being a member of the well known musical group DJ Project, he performs as a DJ in clubs all around the country, also taking care, together with Maxx, of the trendiest club in Timisoara, Zambara.
Maxx, on his real name Ovidiu Florea, was born on 7 July 1973, in Alba Iulia. Passionate to music, he started the classes of the School of Popular Art, the Percussion section. During highschool, he was member of a rock band, being attracted to the music of Guns’n’ Roses, Iron Maiden, Metallica, AC/DC, but also to the pop group Depeche Mode. The first major concert he went to was the one of Prodigy, at the beginning of the 90`s, which he describes as an unforgettable experience. He performed as a DJ in many clubs in his hometown and, in 1997, he became resident of Park Place club in Timisoara. He was invited to mix in clubs all over Romania, having the opportunity to perform with famous DJ`s, such as ATB, Moguai, Marusha, Da Hool, Andry Nalin, Voodoo&Serano, Dave Seaman, Max Graham, Smokin’ Jo, Level K. Like Gino, he is presently member of DJ Project, but also one of the most appreciated DJ`s of Romania.
ELENAGIULIA
Elena Baltagan, the voice of DJ Project, was born on 28 February 1984, in Buzau. She attended the classes of the local Art Highschool. At present, she is a student at the Faculty of Music, part of the Western University of Timisoara. In the 9th grade, she began taking part in musical contests and festivals, such as the ones in Ploiesti, Baia Mare, Nehoiu, Mangalia (Callatis), Buzau, where she won many prizes. She became member of DJ Project in 2004, alongside with the album “Lumea ta”. Meanwhile, she was a canto teacher at a private music school in Bucharest. Due to her amazing voice, with a warm and unique timbre, she is considered to be one of the best singers in Romania and the most interesting voice of the last years." Article source: www.dj-project.ro/forum.
