COMING TO AMERICA
" I remeber running out to the savanna near my childhood home in Kenya, climbing a rock and singing to the tall, swaying African grasses, pretending they were an imaginary audience" Victor Sila says laughing. Victor, the first bo [+]COMING TO AMERICA
" I remeber running out to the savanna near my childhood home in Kenya, climbing a rock and singing to the tall, swaying African grasses, pretending they were an imaginary audience" Victor Sila says laughing. Victor, the first born in a family of five, was an imaginative kid who got hooked on music the moment he saw Michael Jackson's performance on Motown 25. "Michael Jackson was huge in Africa. I learnt all his moves and performed them at various local competitions and talent shows, which I usually won."
My parents were poor and couldn't afford music lessons or instruments, so the only way I could learn music was to join the choir in our village which had the only piano in the city." Victor adds. "I used to sneak into church and teach myself songs by artists like Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire and Prince hoping I wouldn't get busted by the Clergy." Victor says laughing." Growing up in Africa was a gift. I was exposed to music ranging from tribal music to Led Zeppelin. " When Victor moved to US, he had a mission - to pursue his dreams. The road to recording his debut album has been a long and windy one. Victor realized that the only way he could fulfill his dreams was to do it on his own. He started his own label, Visila Records, and worked tirelessly for seven years to raise funds to record a major label quality album.
"I did not want to cut any corners and sacrifice quality on this project. I recorded my album in some of the best studios in San Francisco, hired one of the best engineers in San Francisco, Matt Kelly (George Clinton and The P-Funk, Tupac, Chris Isaac) and featured local talents like Vinyl on horns and guitar and San Francisco's own Diva, Ledisi, on background vocals. The CD was mastered by legendary engineer Steve Hall (Madonna, Ricky Martin, Sisqo) at Future Disc Systems, LA. The results - an R&B/Pop album full of emotion, passion, intensity and great musicianship.
Victor's debut album features songs like "Hakuna Matata (No Worries)" a hot dance tune that mixes Afro-beats and dance. "Sexual" introduces audiences to the sexier, sensual, side of Victor. We feel the pain of love and loss in, " I Hate U/ I Love U" which Victor sings in a smooth Falsetto and rings true to those that go through love and h
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