Today we’d like to introduce you to Romina Daniele.
Romina, we’d love to hear your story and how you got to where you are today both personally and as an artist.
I am from Naples Italy where I studied the history of art and Cinema, classical guitar and modern singing, and have lived in Milan Italy for about 15 years where I studied sound art and have been awarded different prizes, two of them dedicated to the experimental music and the vocal research.
Since 2005 I have been produced three books (one of these is my degree dissertation on the Miles Davis music for the first Luis Malle’s movie) and three records with my name and two other as collaborations.
I performed in Europe, mostly in the Milan area, in solo for voice and electronics and with the band, with which I was focused on a rock blues and fusion selection of pieces; and in my last record you can so find a truly multitude of components from all the possible points of view.
My goal is always been find answers to the unknown, and the brain is still unknown in the field of medical and in the same way the sound is still unknown in that of physical. And brain and sound are deeply involved in composing as in singing. And they are in a unique way.
I never used music or composing to merely entertain (even if the show has its great importance of course), and I refused some recording label proposals, choosing to have my own independent label. I also believe the real rock music has always been the real avant-garde (since I don’t care of the avant-garde as a classification), and I never think to the blues as a genre but as the feeling of sound itself.
I found an ideal connection between the sound from the history of classical music with the contemporary electronic and sound art and the rock blues: the improvisation and the recording of the improvised sound. This is the way I compose.
I was writing a book around voice, as the pillar and heart of everything, actually touching in about one thousand pages a multitude of fields. It was almost at its final stage when I came to America to explore new possibilities in the land where blues is born and in the period my daughter arrived about two years ago.
I never produced records in one day even if I based them on improvisation. I really care about composing with the recorded improvised materials (creating structures and levels of tracks and times) and the concept and the message to deliver to the final listener; so I couldn’t write a book on the voice in a brief way, since I am still searching answers while I write it, or better: I write it as I research. And in the same way, I compose music: improvising and analyzing and so creating structures and frames.
I am starting up a live music venue in Miami Beach, my baby was born in Miami, and that’s the place where I am based lately.
How can artists connect with other artists?
To be lonely is necessary for the process of creation. However, drink and laugh is equally important. As I was mentioning, we strongly wish to create a connection between artists and musicians with our place dedicated to live music. So if you are in the Miami area you should be connected with us, we are looking forward to the grand opening, and we’ll announce it shortly.
We are located at 1311 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach, and the name Jadys Daniele’s comes after that of my daughter.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
You can listen to my full discography everywhere from YouTube or Spotify and other channels like these. You can also buy records or books on Amazon or wherever, which I strongly recommend of course since I really care about materials and my last work is a triple cd with a lot of images and texts.
I am not having concerts right now since my baby was born and I moved to Florida, but I will have them soon (I started to work with some booking agencies) in solo and then with the band. I’ll find local musicians as well. – I am currently working on the starting up of my live music venue and we wish it to be a touchstone for artist and musicians.
Actually, since I am scheduling live music, I started to be in contact with many of them.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.rominadaniele.com
- Email: info@rdm-records.com
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/rominadanielemusic
- Other: www.jadysdanieles.com
Image Credit:
Romina Daniele with RDM Records
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