K’SANDRA — SINGER, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, PERFORMER (Con’t)
private Grammy party and post-
ed a photo Gareth Emery liked it.
And I did like the way Timbaland
was saying my
name recently. It rather shows
me that I have worked hard
enough to be recognized.
You are multi-cultural as well
from Los Angeles to Ibiza
to Germany, what influence
does that have on you & your
music and which has the
most.
K'SANDRA: I believe this is the
main reason I do not sound like
anybody else with my music. I
take elements that I like with me
on my travels and make them
into my own recipe, so I might
sound a little like this and a lit-
tle like that but still different
enough. When it comes to EDM I
just swear on anything in my lug-
gage from Europe, nowhere else
is EDM better done, except of course now with Skrillex defining a new genre born in downtown LA.
Then when it comes to rock for sure UK and the US sound is quite inspiring, same with pop. One
thing that's just great done in the US is the risk taking in production and the know-how and creating
a certain sound on guitars or drums that make them just cool.
What positive things would you tell these young women of all ages and races coming up in
today's music scene?
K'SANDRA: I would tell them to keep working hard and not to let anybody bring them down. It is for
sure a male dominant business, but that is what makes us stronger and prettier and special. I also
would tell them not to focus on their looks but rather on their craft, it is a good feeling knowing that
we women just are the stronger gender and we don't need men to dominate what we do or how we
do things. In fact I would suggest for women to get together and to create with no pressure of having
to have an outcome but just for the fun of it. My and I girls often create spontaneous
and unexpected, we take pictures, do photo shoots and some of those shots are maybe later being
used as my promo shots.
What has been the highlight of your music career so far? Do you plan to continue doing the
things you do that make you multi-talented?
K'SANDRA: I was blessed to have gotten a few nominations by various organizations and also some
awards. I also never have time to look back and to review what were the high lights, because I be-
lieve the highlights just keep getting better and better. So it would be hard to compare
what's tomorrow to something that happened last year maybe. I have been blessed to