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by Orato | April 16, 2007 at 09:53 am
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I started singing when I was about 10 years old. It was in school. We were doing some little recital and our music teacher was going around the classroom asking everyone to sing. I really did not want to sing, so I was hiding in the back behind these guys. My teacher saw me hiding and he said, “Come on Lisa, it’s your turn.” I really didn’t want to, but I started singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow, and when I was supposed to stop, he asked me to keep going. Afterwards, he said, “You got the part Lisa. You’re it.” I was so excited. I ran home and yelled, “Mom, I can sing!” I’ve come a long way since then. Things started to get interesting when the man who produced and co-wrote Mariah Carey’s first album heard my demo tape and came calling.
I didn’t always want to be a singer. There was a time when I used to want to be a pediatrician or a marine biologist, but then I realized I’d have to go through a lot of schooling, so I changed my mind. (laughs) I didn’t really start getting into singing seriously until I was about 16 or 17 years old, when I started performing across Canada with the number one French Hip Hop group at the time, Dubmatique. After a couple years, when I was 19 years old, I opened up my own Karaoke company in Montreal. I did a few things to explore singing, but nothing really major until I moved to California, which is where I am now.
I’ve been in California for four years. After four long years my forthcoming album is finally coming to fruition. It all started when I got a phone call from this guy named Ben Marguiles, who co-wrote and produced most of Mariah Carey’s first record. He had received a demo of my songs that I wrote and recorded when I was 16 years old, he liked what he heard and he called me. He wanted to fly me out to Santa Barbara to record a song with him. I just assumed it was a lie, because everyone knew I grew up listening to Mariah Carey. I thought it was probably just someone messing with me. I kept on ignoring the phone calls and messages and didn’t take them seriously until a few months later. Read Full Story
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at 14:22 on December 4th, 2008
Lisa, I too had not heard of you before i found you on u-tube singing "If I was A Boy"
You are great! what feeling and passion, you put into the songs, you look like you really enjoy them.
Lets hope we hear a lot more from you, in the future.
at 08:37 on February 10th, 2009
Girl !
Lisa Lavie !
Stop talking and listen let me introduce: Seviyorum Seni: E-b-r-u Y-a-s-h-a-r: you are the first one: the first part of the production: guitar: and: enjoy: Leyli Leyli: N-u-r-a-y H-a-f-i-f-t-a-s: enough quality for you with guitar: and: background: the first part of the instruments: Senden Oldu: M-u-s-t-a-f-a Ö-z-a-r-s-l-a-n: Because Of You: is a dimensional one melody production with different instruments: 3D: is a production with different melodies and different instruments: two background and one melody lead: Because Of You: as background: the first part: and: come away with me: could be the first part: as background: two different melodies: everbody must to know the background melodies: do what you like but do it right: hearing: Leyli Leyli: singing like is O.K.: guitar: too: Maria Maria: nine grammy guitar playing: video: design, colors: Gone With The Wind: ain´t no other man: B-e-n-j-a-m-i-n B-u-t-t-o-n: beginning the productions like: You Are The First One: and as bridge to chorus: don´t forget it: design, colors: must be in quality to survive: singing too: rhythm too: instruments too: video too: try to combinate: you know: come away with me: don´t know why: sunrise: the productions must be clean to survive: if you can realise like: Leyli Leyli: with quality rhythm: design, colors: enough quality to survive: you know: Lisa Lavie: Free Your Mind: girl you know it´s true !