Tonia Evans Cianciulli on Maritime Music – The Maritime Anchor
What’s it like being an Atlantic Canadian artist?
I really feel there’s an actual kinship between Atlantic Canadian artists that’s not at all times current in others circles/genres. Atlantic Canadians are already an genuine and pleasant bunch, the type that’ll provide the shirt off their backs, and wholeheartedly welcome you into their houses. Add within the components possessed by our musicians and artists – heartfelt lyrics, soul-touching melodies, poignant interpretations of previous and current ache, struggles, and feelings – you’ve acquired the proper recipe for the profound experiences and therapeutic that we artists are able to delivering. There’s actually no place like house. I really feel this kinship once I’m house in Newfoundland and the opposite Atlantic provinces or Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, and so on.
At instances I’ve felt some competitiveness from colleagues, or a way of infringing on their turf nevertheless, there isn’t any room in my coronary heart for competitors. I want collaboration and a mindset of abundance, there’s room for everybody. Because the saying goes, ‘The tide rises all ships’’.
Do you’re feeling there are important challenges in Atlantic Canada for musicians?
I personally really feel that our voices have to be lifted up and represented higher on a complete throughout Canada. I imagine we’re a humble bunch and that may typically be a detriment to the furthering of our careers. I want to help and embrace expertise that’s proper beneath our noses, in our personal backyards. I at all times encourage household and mates to help native artists and musicians.
Typically, most individuals don’t know how a lot time, effort, and willpower goes into placing a physique of labor out into the world.
Through the pandemic, it has been artists that folks flip to for interpretation, peace, encouragement, inspiration, and the power to take a seat and see their grief interpreted at instances, once they don’t have any means of naming it or understanding it.
Which singer/songwriters encourage you?
On this form of style, to scratch the floor, Ron Hynes, Sarah McLaughlan, Alan Doyle, Ambre McLean, Chantel Kreviazuk, Enya, Florence Welch, London Grammar, and so on.
I like lyrics and melancholy melodies that make me really feel and assume deeply as a substitute of zoning out. I additionally recognize this facet about opera, one other style music I’ve carry out by way of my life. The composer Puccini tugs on my heartstrings, and my FAV opera singer has at all times been Maria Callas, a grasp of decoding feelings, even for many who aren’t conversant in opera a lot.
What recommendation do you might have for different singer/song-writers within the space?
Sing and write to convey your self consolation, therapeutic, and pleasure, and also you’ll absolutely convey consolation, therapeutic, and pleasure to others.
In case you are drawn to it, sing it and write it. Don’t let anybody put you in a field!
By no means surrender.
Don’t hearken to those that have by no means been the place you wish to go.
Anticipate synchronistic miracles alongside your profession path, and also you’ll expertise them.
Discover your tribe and help one another.
The place do you draw most of your inspiration?
From the smallest issues at instances…Discovering a coronary heart rock, lengthy walks by the water or on a forest path, watching my daughter’s response to seeing and experiencing artwork, seeing others care for themselves and try for his or her desires, self-help books, and so on.
I additionally get inspiration from seeing how far I’ve come personally.
We regularly look again to consider previous hurts, experiences, missed alternatives. We don’t look again typically sufficient to see how far we’ve come, and to have a good time and reward ourselves for what we’ve grown by way of, completed, and the way many individuals we’ve had the honour to the touch with our artwork or music.
What tune enjoying proper now on the radio is your favorite?
These days, I’ve had the soundtrack of the Netflix particular, INSIDE, by Bo Burnham, on repeat in my mid and on my telephone. My daughter and I’ve watched it not less than a dozen instances. He wrote and created this one particular person present throughout the lockdowns. It’s a profound and thoughts opening journey of music and deep feelings. I extremely advocate it, particularly for fellow artists and musicians. The music is hilarious, thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and hysterically humorous.
How has songwriting been throughout the pandemic? Has it been inspiring or brought about setbacks?
I’ll by no means be capable to specific sufficient gratitude to my producer, Dima Graziani, who opened his house to me to file two full albums of music throughout the pandemic. The primary was an album of standard hymns which have at all times introduced me consolation and peace, HYMNS of the HEART. I figured if I used to be needing the reminders and luxury of those hymns throughout this time, others would too. They’re sung in my most ethereal and heartfelt method I may muster up.
I additionally recorded a whole album of fully authentic music. A lot of it has a modernized East Coast vibe with haunting, and ethereal qualities. I write and sing about deep issues of the center, a few of my very own coronary heart, a few of others in my life. These had been all songs that allowed me to course of emotions and feelings I’ve felt all through the course of my life. Some issues I nonetheless wrestle with and a few I’ve proudly come out on the opposite finish, now having the ability to assist others by way of.
I’m a really empathetic particular person and music helps me interpret and translate my coronary heart and soul.
Please be happy to incorporate any web sites and social music. 😊 I’d additionally prefer to put the youtube video to your tune!
Marie video: https://youtu.be/4QPys2QfcgU
Digital platforms:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/737gGfW8oSusACNyZzTbuY
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/tonia-evans-cianciulli/1341166208
Web site; www.WishArts.ca
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Instagram: @myheartsobsession Tonia Evans Cianciulli
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