Country Music Artist - France - Tracy Caine
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Bio:
It is never an easy task to compose a biography without adding superficial elements to it or without forgetting important ones. Therefore, I have decided to write it chronologically this time.
March 16, 1978 : I was born in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud. I spent my childhood and went to school in Orbe. Then, i went to high school in Yverdon where I obtained a diploma in General Studies. I was getting ready to become a teacher at first and then to work as a stewardess, but both enterprises proved unsuccessful. After doing practical training in commerce, I received my CFC (Federal Certificate of Capacity as an employee in commerce) with honors.
1995 : Sheryl Crow lands on radio waves with her hit single acclaimed worldwide, “All I Wanna Do”. She immediately makes me want to play music.
1997 : I travel to Germany where I meet to rock bands that convince me to play music. As soon as I get back from Switzerland, I buy a guitar and start self-teaching myself by practicing and playing “Talking ‘bout a Revolution” by Tracy Chapman.
1998 : I write my first song, “Home”, and I decide to start my first band.
2000 : The band breaks up but I instantly start looking for new musicians. I create a new band, “Sly”, with which I stay for three years. Together, we played a couple of scores of concerts, mainly in Switzerland.
2002 : I meet Robert Palm with R&P Productions. He likes my music and he proposes to record a professional demo.
2003 : Split-up of “Sly”. I fly to Sweden to record my demo with the hope to find a label.
2004 : I am still unsuccessfully looking for a label. Still, I rank second at an international songwriting contest (http://www.songprize.com) with the song “Little Girl” and I received a diploma from Billboard Contest (www.billboard.com) with the song “Always a Blank “. In the summer, I move to France. Though Switzerland is a wonderful country, it is musically limited. I have to start everything from scratch: look for musicians, look for concerts, and I still have no concrete perspective as far as finding a label is concerned.
2005 : I sign a management contract with Mario Roumieh who is with Shadow Management in Canada. Mario takes care of finding a label in North America. EMI Canada is interested but I am not Canadian. I would have to find a label in Europe but my style of music is not exactly what European labels are looking for, especially in France songs in French dominate the music market. An American distribution label contacts me but I have no album to sell. I decide to form a new band. In April, we are completely ready to play. In March, Chromium Records, a British label, signs me for three months to play songs on their compilation, “Best Unsigned Album Ever… 2!” In September, I decide to record my first album since the search for a label remains fruitless. In November, I make my first radio appearance on Euskadi Gaetza while the album has not yet been released. “Little Girl” appears as the best candidate for my first single.
December 2005 : Release of Look (Buy It)
MP3 Files
1. Little Girl
2. Always a Blank Page
3. Alone Today
4. Sometimes
5. Maybe
6. Why Should I Believe?
7. Home
8. Life is Beautiful
9. Mike Song
10. Happy
11. My Rain
12. Look
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