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It’s time for the Italian artist Kiara Laetitia, mainly know as the former vocalist of the symphonic power metallers Skylark, to write another chapter of her artistic life. With her debut EP “Fight Now” she inaugurates a brand new start that can only be shining for her future. Hi Kiara, first of all how are you?? Hi Miriam! I’m great thanks! Let’s start, so recently, after being for 8 years the lead vocalist of the Italian power/symphonic metal band Skylark, you have decided to go solo and release the EP “Fight Now”. What you can say about its genesis?
Well, I’ve always had the idea of a solo project, a parallel project to Skylark, but then I had so much going on with the band that I never found the time to sit down and write some material. For this EP “Fight Now” I wrote both music and lyrics and David DeFeis from Virgin Steele wrote some music for it as well. “I’m Not God” was born while I was still in Skylark, while “Fight Now” for instance was conceived like last year. I also wrote most of the stuff for the rest of the album and I’ve already started to record some demoes.
Yes, I’ve been writing that book for a decade now and I kept adding and adding things, it’s prose, poems and letters. What’s funny is that some of the poems in that book ended up as lyrics for Skylark, like “A Rose In My Hand” for instance. Oh god I was dying to know more about “A Rose In My Hand” since years!! Really?
You have already told me that “Fight Back” sees the collaboration of Mr.David DeFeis behind the mixing desk and a producer, but we must remember that you have already worked (or better you sing a song) with him to a song called “Symbol of Freedom” in 2010 released on the album “全部”. Yes, I had already worked with David on the “Symbol of Freedom” song back with Skylark, but working with him for a whole project like “Fight Now” was amazing! David also wrote some music for my EP and played most of the instruments for it (he played keyboards, bass and drums). And of course we co-produced the project together.
Behind a friend, I sense that him is also a mentor for you. How was, for the first time ‘deal with’ the music business by yourself, ALONE? Sounds a little silly what I’m asking here but we’re human being and we’re not machine without feelings so.. Of course it was! I can’t deny that I was a bit overwhelmed at the beginning by everything and the fact of having to do things on my own. But then I found strength inside myself first of all and of course David was a mentor for me as well. But the main strength always has to come from ourselves. “Victory Is Mine” is a way of saying that I can be victorious in the end if I want it.
“Fight Now” EP, for what I’ve learnt, is part of a bigger plan: your first solo album that will be out the next year. That’s correct, “Fight Now” EP is an amuse bouche, an appetizer for a full-length that should come out by the end of 2014. Most of the songs have been written, now they need to be arranged a nd then recorded, mixed etc…the wheel spins 🙂 I can say that’s it’s gonna be heavy, I should say heavier in some parts but always melodic. “Fight Now” is not only the title of your debut EP but also is your debut single for which you have shot an interesting videoclip. What you can say about its shooting?
The video has been shot in Milan and wants to represent music and art as freedom. In the video I’m in a coffin, behind bars, in a cage, then I have some hands trying to stop me and also the musicians are tied up in belts, chains and such. Every time I manage to free myself from something there’s always something else, and this symbolizes all the difficulties in life. In the end, when I find myself in front of a glass, I grab one of the chains and I smash it and that sets me and the musicians free. Music liberates us all, art allows us to be free and not be held up in boxes or cages someone else puts us into. Well, beside finishing the new album.. what are your next plans? Promo around the world?
Well, congratulation and good luck for that dear! Well, we’re at end I really thank you for this long long chat and thanks for being such welcoming and avalaible! Thank you for this opportunity to talk about a project that is sooo me and sooo defines me as a person and as an artist! To all the people who supported me, to all the Fighters out there, thanks for your support through the years, I’m here because of you and for you, my art is at your service!
KIARA LAETITIA is a singer, artist manager coach and author. Her career highlights as a performer include: one album 'The Last Gate' at # 3 in the Japanese Rock & Pop charts for over a month before the likes of Paul McCartney, Linkin Park and Marylin Manson, a solo EP 'Fight Now' charted # 15 on Amazon Music Italy, a collection of trading cards in her honor in Japan, tours in Japan, China, USA and Europe, features on some of the most renowned rock magazines in the world (BURRN! Magazine Japan, Metal Hammer, Rock Hard and blackberries). In 2014 she founded record label and artist management Musicarchy Media. Some of the bands she manages played alongside the likes of Steel Panther, Backyard Babies, The Pretty Reckless, Skindred, Within Temptation, touring the USA, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany and Russia. In 2019, Kiara published her first book 'NEVER GIVE UP The Real Secrets Of The Music Industry ' with advice for independent musicians who want to self release or get the attention of a label, with exclusive interviews to members of Ministry, Powerman 5000, Lordi, Delain and more. In 2020, during lockdown, Kiara created Online Female Fest, the first all-female virtual festival in its genre. Kiara Laetitia is set to release a book and a calendar under the title ‘Never Give Up’.The book and calendar are already available for pre-order with the official date for the release being the second of December.Below is press release from Musicarchy Media:Kiara Laetitia, rock singer and founder of the London label Musicarchy Media, simultaneously publishes a Calendar for 2020 and a book, both with the title Never Give Up.The photographer is Alessandro Quadrelli (Hardline, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Paul Gilbert, Kee Marcelo and more) with partnership of Area 51 (Vignole Borbera) and Associazione Culturale DB (Busto Arsizio), showcasing 13 shots (12 months plus the cover) of Kiara Laetitia in her natural environment - the stage and the studio. The book “NEVER GIVE UP The Real Secrets of the Music Industry” will be published in English and Italian and it is one of the first books to shed some light on the music industry today, cwith practical advice and a simple yet effective approach.
