The
InterView
nternational . Classically Trained . Soul Singer . Songwriter . Award Winning . Entrepreneur . Just a few words to describe the phenomenal woman and natural girl who truly rocks , Tasha LaRae , Lead Female Vocalist of one of my favorite groups “ Arrested Development ”. We meet at Whole Foods Café on
Ponce de Leon in Atlanta , GA , the atmosphere is so fitting , friendly , cozy with just the right amount of background noise and as our conversation starts , folks are getting quiet so they can listen in , once they realize there ’ s a superstar in their presence . Tasha is smiling with overwhelmingly good energy as usual and rocking her red natural do with style . I am by the way rocking a pair of Tasha ’ s EarJeans hand-dyed leather Earrings as you can see in the picture on the previous page . Interestingly enough as we were going through the interview , a woman passed by and complimented me on my earrings , I said thank you and took the opportunity to introduce her to the designer who I just happen to be sitting withJ� . We all laughed and said it was a great commercial .
RA : Reading your bio , it is awesome and extensive . With your solo career are you an indie artist or are you signed ? Tasha LaRae : No I ’ m an indie artist . RA : Okay , it states that you are classically trained which I thought was amazing . Tasha LaRae : Yes I am . RA : What school did you attend ? Tasha LaRae : I studied at the University of Omaha in Nebraska , Vocal Music Performance as a major and I had to study opera as a part of the course . RA : Amazing , Ok we ’ re going to have to test that out , one of these days , not today but one day . [ We all laugh ] RA : Arrested Development has always been one of my favorite groups , revolutionary and organic , so tell us how did that get on your plate ? Tasha LaRae : Oh goodness , well when I moved to Georgia I did what every singer that comes here inspires to do , I just did what they did , I got into the music scene and started singing background for people . That was my thing and I went from one gig to the next gig and one of my best friends was doing a show for her church and asked me to sing with her . So I ’ m singing , we ’ re having a good time and Speech was there DJ ’ ing and I was like what , that ’ s the short guy from the group back in the 90s , that ’ s pretty cool . I never went and
10