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by Tavi Meran

 

Hi Tavi, I’m great. Thank you!.

It happened when I was a young girl, around 15 – 16. At that time, I created my first group: we had a lot of fun playing music.

 

Well Tavi, it’s my name. I like it and I really think it represents me.

 

I had a great experience and a great time working with these “big names”, also because I was on big stages, in front of thousand and thousand of fans :) A part from this, I worked with them in comlpete harmony and calm. When I toured with Zucchero, I was the youngest girl; I think I got my diploma just some days before the tour began and I believe I was the most coddled girl among all the staff..

 

I have to say that I really love Waitin’ for you, especially the verse orstanza. It’s one of my favourite tracks so far and I’m really happy that people like it too..

 

Yes, it is.

Don’t know if I will ever record any other tracks for this project, but I really hope to sing some new dance stuff!

 

I know Sandy and Alexia, but I never thought about the idea of doing a duet with one of them. I will think about it, Tavi!.

 

Sanremo was absolutely one of the best experiences I have ever had. When you are on the Sanremo stage, you’ve got everyones attention. I think it’s an experience to take with the right philosophy: I’ve seen many colleagues crying because their life was rotating around Sanremo Festival. And when they saw that they weren’t reaching their goal, they had failed. For me, it was fun, great and a big surprise. It was my first time composing and singing an Italian song (I wrote the lyrics of Semplice sai) and I won the young category + the critical prize of the Festival, so I was really satisfied. It was a magical moment and -par excellence– the magical moments are not releated with real life at all..

 

Well, as you said, I won the Sanremo Festival, the most important Italian song contest. That’s why I had to record an Italian album.

 

Come un sogno was recorded in record time. I remember that in that period I had the chance to listen to Io sono il vento, an Italian song presented at Sanremo Festival in 1959 by Arturo Testa. I love the melody, so I decided to insert it in my album.

 

As I said before, we recorded it in record time.

 

Music is a way of expressing and speaking, it’s a way that you can use to “send a message” to the people, to share feelings. As all of us have different feelings, I need to express myself with different genres (like jazz, pop, dance and so on). Music is a language..

 

I think that – as often happen – there are some returning fads. For example, when I was in the Funky Company group, there was the Acid Jazz return. Now, the ‘80s and the 90’s are coming back. It’s quite normal that people are pulling out some stuff (music and fashion related) from the ‘90s: it’s a kind of memory that we can use to see how we were and how we felt. In the ‘80s and ‘90s I wasn’t so good: I was 15, in my teens. Now that the ‘80s and ‘90s are back, I feel music and style with affection, with a smile. .

 

Sometimes it was a job, but often it was pleasant, as I sang tracks that I liked. I was satisfied when I listened to the songs on radios or in discos.

 

Private :).

 

Tavi, I’ve a big fault: I’m not tactful. So, if I’m in front of a "singer" who doesn’t sing well, I’m not so polite with him/her. Also, I really think teaching is a big responsibility. As a teacher, I absolutely want – from my students – a complete dedication and constancy that a TV show can not give to you. With this kind of TV program, people are led to think that everyone can do everything, something like "Ehy, yesterday you were a cashier? From tomorrow you can be a superstar!". I don’t want to say that we can not change and become something different. I just want to say that this kind of TV programs bring illusions; the message that people feel is that with a good appearance, everyone can do everything. The big problem is that this kind of concept has become a real way of life. People have lost the desire to reach goals and this brings a void. We’re loosing the real meaning of things.

 

You’d better visit my myspace! www.myspace.com/jennybflip

 

I’m going to see some friends from Cuba who are performimg in Rome.

 

As I don’t have a favourite musical genre, I don’t have a favourite city too. I’m lucky, because I can live in different places and I like all of them.

 

I cannot reveal this kind of secret at the first interview… maybe, in a second one :)

 

No

 

I had great experiences with both the labels, as they are professional and they work very well.

 

Yes, but I don’t like to give money to the associations, as sometimes it happens that the money gets lost. As I have enough time, I prefer doing it personally.

 

Be happy!

 

 

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