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. |
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