Artist Interview

-“ In Minerva I trust”. (QUOTE)

Everyday more and more people are joining Jaci Mone’s fan base.- MINERVA

It has been a successful year for R&B star Jaci Mone and things are about to get better for the UK artist as she releases her new album ‘Minerva’.

The 18 year old has already had two chart toppers with ‘I’m into you’ and ‘In my head’ featuring hip hop star Nelly featuring.

The UK star has also been busy when she was opening concerts for ‘The Weeknd’ and ‘Beyonce’.

Jaci grew up on the outskirts of Central London and attended St. Martin’s Grammar school. When she was at school in the day she was at the studio at night.

At 16 an independent music label ‘Simply Soul’ sat in on one of her studio sessions and signed her straight away. Later that year she set up a twitter account and got over 5000 followers in the first 14 hours. Alone here Dawn Gallant interviews Jaci as she speaks about her what her fans can expect from her this year.

-“I spent as much time in the studio as I possibly could”. (QUOTE)

Questions

So Jaci your releasing your debut album ‘Minerva’ where did the name come from?

Minerva is the roman goddess of music but, my choice is deeper than that. At school I did classical  civilisation GCSE where we learnt about Greek mythology and Roman God’s, The Goddess was said to have a lot of intelligence and understanding and; my teacher said that Minerva reflected me... so yeah that’s where the name came from.

When did you first realise your love for music?

From as long as I can remember; my parents always played old Motown CD’s. My siblings were always

playing old skool pop music upstairs-It’s something I’ve always been good at. In fact some of the tracks on Minerva are produced with a Motown beat.

People nowadays would class you as a R&B artist, what do you class yourself as?

My genre to say would be old skool R&B, it differs from Contemporary R&B which speaks about sex and drugs, and other stuff that I wasn't brought up around and I still believe that some people still have the old skool mindset. I decided that I would make music that I would enjoy listening to and making.

You say you like to paint pictures to accompany your songs, why is this important?

I think that singing the song isn't just enough. You need to make the lyrics have meaning and the listener should be able to visualize something and they should be able to interpret the lyrics in many different ways; I learnt this when I listened to other artist’s tracks and it’s what I've always wanted my songs to be about.

Who’s been inspiring you lately?

I’ve been spending a lot of time with other artists one of them being Beyonce, her album was amazing. She told me that she wanted to put her emotions across and make it relate to every female. So I guess my emotions and feeling are inspiring me at the moment.

Can you share any other details with us?

Umm.. I’m not sure what my label would say about that. But I’m shooting my third music video tomorrow and it should be out in a few weeks and I’m planning to go on tour next summer also for my fans... follow me on twitter @JMoneMusic to keep up with my latest news.