Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Vanina Vincent
Introduction of the project – VANINA VINCENT (IT/ARG)
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
I was lucky to have a family that appreciated and listened to a lot of music. At home, we listened to a lot of Argentine and international 70/80/90 Rock, at my grandparents’, a lot of jazz and classical music, and in my music library, many childhood songs by the brilliant Maria Elena Walsh.I remember my first
favorite songs were by Tracy Chapman, the Police, and Dire Straits. How did your passion for creating music begin?
The songs I listened to and loved as a child, I would even perform them in my living room, singing at the top of my lungs as if I were on stage with an audience. I’ve always loved singing; I remember even doing it on the “colectivo” (Buenos Aires buses) while traveling, very loudly, and I wasn’t at all ashamed of it. I was a creative child.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
One day while I was in Seville, a colleague of mine at a “feria” heard a demo I’d recorded for fun with a friend in Italy and encouraged me to go play in the street, under the Seville Cathedral. I remember riding my bike for miles with my guitar slung over my shoulder, playing for pennies, sitting on the ground. But it was great, and after a few sessions I met a guy who opened the doors
to a different audience for me. He told me about a singer-songwriter club in Seville, La Estacion, a wonderful place. He took me there and introduced me to the owners, Milagros and Alfonso del Valle (a Spanish singer-songwriter of some repute), and I started playing there as a resident artist every Tuesday along with four other singer-songwriters. Then, after a year of apprenticeship, I started investing in my project, opening the doors of creativity and inspiration in my life.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?
A fusion of pop sounds with electronic and Latin rhythms. Not all music can be categorized into a single style. Given how I approach music – with complete freedom of expression -I can say that I encompass many currents, but I don’t represent any one in particular. Generally speaking, I can define myself as a modern singer-songwriter who maintains the emotional depth of singer songwriter music in her lyrics while pursuing more danceable and rhythmic sounds.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music? The loop station
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Guitar, loop station, keyboard, paper, pen, and portable recorder to capture initial ideas that I then develop later.
Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?
Natalia Doco, La chica, Las Anez, Muerdo, Natalia Lafourcade, Bomba Estereo, Aurora, Lagartijeando, Killabeatmaker, La muchacha, Pedro Pastor.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
I come from the world of singer-songwriters, where lyrics reflect emotional experiences. So I feel like many aspects are more refined now because over time I’ve paid more attention to my emotions, I listen more to my inner self, and perhaps I even need fewer words to express them. Few words, but strong ones. At nine years old, I wrote my first song after a traumatic experience, and now I understand that music has always been my ally.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
Lightness and freedom of expression. Personal sovereignty over one’s own world, satisfaction in what one does, beyond all expectations.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
The power of communication that transcends the confines of the mind. What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
Glastonbury because it’s an iconic festival, but also any other festival that conveys a message through music and selects artists with a vision.
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why? Chancha via Circuito because he was a pioneer of ethnotronica in Argentina. Where can our listeners follow and support your music?
My website has a newsletter to which I invite you to subscribe. It’s a way to stay connected without filters and receive deep inspiration and creative news written and created by me for you and for us. https://www.vaninavincent.com. Then, of course, follows and likes are always useful in this world of numbers and the mad rush for results, so here are Spotify and Instagram. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0A2Fzn3ynQbo5wVAGgsi2G https://www.instagram.com/vaninavincent/
I also invite you to follow me on this site where I announce concerts, because it’s live that you feel the essence of things. Let’s not give in to the superficiality of homologation; let’s all feel like creators of real content, the kind we feel when we look into each other’s eyes and vibrate together.
https://www.songkick.com/artists/10164435-vanina-vincent
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
I have a new album coming out soon that I adore, and I’d like it to be cherished and welcomed as an invitation to celebration. I’d like to perform it live as much as possible, because that’s where I feel my project grows best.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
I believe in what I do, so I create a path for myself. The strength I draw from it can inspire listeners to believe in themselves. We are queens and kings of ourselves. In the deepest sense. A touch of grace and beauty makes the world a more comfortable place.
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