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| Jun 11, 2008 @ 12:59 PM
Name of band members: Flo Anito
Type Of Music: Jazzy Pop, Folk Rock
Location: Washington, DC
Birth Place: Chatham, NY
Age: 20 something
Flo Anito is an artist that has been interested in music all of her life. When she was younger she use to beg her mother to let her be in the Mickey Mouse Club, but she never did get the chance. However, her love for music never died, and she continued to make music. Flo Anito is starting to become a very well known singer in the Washington DC area, not only for her great music, but her good looks and charms as well. She pours her heart and soul into her music, and this is something that can be heard when listing to her songs.
Interview:
Q: How old where you, when you got started in the music industry?
A: I started working in musical theater when I was nine. I loved being on stage. I’ve played piano since I was five, the cello since I was ten, and the guitar since I was sixteen. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t sing. I use to beg my mom to let me audition for the Star Search, Kids Incorporated, or even the Mickey Mouse Club, but we live in upstate NY and it never really happened. I majored in Music at Wesleyan U (CT) though, and that was when I realized that songwriting was what I wanted to do.
Q: What got you started making music?
A: High school made me crazy and music kept me sane. I listened to a lot of Jewel and Ani. There songs were a light at the end of a dark tunnel to me. I figured if they could untangle things with music, I might as well give it a shot. So I started writing while I listened. I filled up a zillion journals. I wrote a song for a speech at my high school graduation and when I got into college, I stated performing my songs at Cafes, dorms, the bookstore…
Q: Who are some of the other artists and musicians that you like to listen to?
A: Right now I listen to Feist, Julieta Venegas, Regina Spektor, Nellie McKay, Ingride Michaelson, Postal Service, Thievery Corporation, Ben Folds Five, Amy Winehouse, Georgie James.
Favorites are Elle Fitzgerald, Counting Crows, Celia Cruz, REM, Ani Difranco, Fiona Apple, Shakira, Radiohead, Paul Simon, Kanye West, Pete Yorn, Jamie Cullum, The Weakerthans, and Jewel.
Q: What are some hobbies of yours that you do in your spare time?
A: I play on four soccer teams so that eats up a lot of time. I just got back from a tournament in Vegas. I Love dancing as well. Especially Salsa y Merengue. I go to a lot of concerts, and I travel whenever I can.
Q: How do you come up with new music? What is your inspiration?
A:Most of my songs are about my life. People, places, books, and situations that I have encounter and the inspiration as well, I guess. I am also not very brave about having big conversations so whenever one of those is due, I tend to write a song……or five.
Q: Which song that you have written I your favorite, and why? What is the meaning behind it?
A: That changes with the hour but the title track of my album “No Dustbunnies” is definitely one of my favorites to perform life cause I love watching the audience’s reaction to it. I wrote it one day when I was “people watching” in Cleveland Park and I saw all these couples holding hands and men carrying bougquest. I found myself wishing I had that in my life and then I got frustrated at myself for wanting that and started to make fun of myself a bit. I guess the song is really a bit of a throwback to the 50’s with a toungue in cheek modern twist. People always ask which side of the song I’m on. Feminist or Anit-Feminist, and it usually opens up some cool conversations.
Q: What advice would you give to someone who is looking to get started in the music industry?
A: Get a Myspace Page!
Q: Were your family and friends supportive of your music and your choices to get into the music industry?
A: My mom used to cart me around to my music lessons and play rehearsals, but she’d always tell me I should be a surgeon cause I had agile fingers from playing the piano. My dad wasn’t thrilled with the music idea in the beginning. He wanted me to be a lawyer, eek! These days though, everyone is really supportive. My sisters and brother help me out a ton, and my friends are super!
Q: Where do you see your band in the next few years?
A: Touring, touring, and touring some more (with two albums, not one).
Q: What is the overall goal or dream that you want to achieve with your music?
A: I want to help someone else the way that the music I listened to has helped me. Music save me and I’d like to pay it forward. Of course it would be cool to be on the cover or Rolling Stone too….
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