Artist
Fiona Joy Hawkins Interview on Nagamag
Nagamag:
What are the genres that describe better your music style?
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
New Age, Celtic, Neo-Classical or just romantic piano :) A unique defining style puts music outside the pigeon holes or genre descriptions.
Nagamag:
Few words about your musical background and career?
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
I was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at the age of eight and found solace in the piano. I buried my head in music, found my calling and discovered a gift that allowed me to believe in my own possibilities. I went into the recording studio for the first time in my 30s and have never wanted to do anything else since.
Im classically trained, love touring and performing and hail from a small village in Australia. I want to reach other people and turn them onto the idea that music has health and connection benefits and the power to make our lives better.
Nagamag:
Do you remember your first connection of love to music that was the right impact to be a music artist now?
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
My Mother was 17 when I was born and my Grandmother moved in to help raise me. She arrived with an old German iron frame piano and it was pure magic to me from the first note that I touched. I literally fell in love with the endless possibilities for sound and its all I have ever truly wanted to do - be a musician.
Nagamag:
What advice would you give newcomers to the music industry.
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
Firstly, hone your skills and learn your craft. After you have that in check, if you want to compose you need to have something to say. Being a composer is about story telling and that comes from the depth of your soul , the ups and downs you have experienced in life. Regarding the business of music.... that is the conundrum we all face, be prepared to work seven days a week for little money except the satisfaction that you are doing something you love and touching lives with your music.
Nagamag:
Most artists have a favorite song from a different music genre than the one they are producing music for... Which is yours?
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
Wivajoy "Warm Glow"
Nagamag:
Of Course Nagamag would love to listen also which track from a similar artist you admire?
Fiona Joy Hawkins:
FLOW "Promise"