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Fiona Apple released her debut album
"Tidal" in 1996. She was 18 when she
released the album and the lyrics and song meanings
would show that she had the ideas and the soul of a
mature adult, and was stuck in an 18 year-olds body.
Fiona is a very grown up person for her age. With a
strong voice and an open mind she is just getting
started in the music industry and already her debut
album has left fans and the media to wonder what
talent this young lady will come out with next.
Fiona is known for her strong voice and for her
talent on the piano. "It wasn't that I didn't
think I had a nice voice, but I consider myself more
a writer," Fiona says. "I played piano
since I was about 8, and always wrote songs. I sang
them because it wouldn't make sense for anyone else
to,"
"This is something I think I've always wanted
to do but didn't say aloud. I wouldn't admit it to
myself, because admitting it meant making myself
vulnerable to the possibility that it might not
happen, and that thought was unbearable. I didn't
want to make a move until I knew it was the right
thing," Fiona says. "And I wasn't sure
until about a year ago."
Fiona grew up with her mother and father. Her father
was an actor, and her mom was a dancer, singer,
cook, and a fitness instructor. Fiona's mother was a
big influence on her while she was growing up.
When Fiona was older she went to LA to spend more
time with her father, and to get her high school
diploma. While in LA she also recorded a demo of a
few songs she had written. With these demo tapes
complete, her goal was to try and get her dream of
being a big success in the music industry off the
ground. For Christmas that year she returned to New
York City to be with her family for the holidays.
She brought along with her a few of her demo tapes.
She gave a tape to one of her friends. It just
happened that the friend baby-sat for a producer and
manager of a big record company Andrew Slater. The
friend gave the tape to him to listen to. He liked
the tape and contacted Fiona saying that he wanted
to meet and discuss a possible record deal. Fiona
agreed and the two met up. Soon after they signed a
record deal.
However before they could start, Fiona wanted more
time to write more songs. She thought that her
collection of songs that she had were not all record
quality. "Songs don't just pour out, so I
pressured myself to write," Fiona says.
"I'd write two songs a week, and I don't know
how I managed it because every time I write a song I
don't think I'll be able to write another ever
again."
When she felt the songs were worthy of an album, she
entered the studio and recorded, what we know today
as "Tidal". "My album is called Tidal
partly because all this has hit me like a tidal wave
but also because "tidal" refers to ebbing
and flowing, and that's really what life is, a
constant ebb and flow."-Fiona says.
In 1999 Fiona released When the Pawn, the second of
her two albums. This CD is to be more dark than the
first. Well this diva has made a big impact on the
music industry, and we can just wait to see what is
to follow this second album. By - Aaron Lewicki |
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