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Student sings in three languages on her new album

By Margarita Kitova, Staff writer.

Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Monitor.

Lila Salinas sings in English, Spanish and French. — Staff photo.

Ohlone student Lila Salinas has produced her first solo album, set to debut in next fall. Salinas describes the album, titled “Versatile Wayz”, as a blend of “hip hop, jazz, rock, reggae, reggeton, R&B and a bit of funk.”

The combination may seem unusual, but the result is nonetheless cohesive.

Salinas is responsible for writing all the lyrics for her songs, despite the fact that the songs are written in English, Spanish and French. The trilingual artist is looking to increase her marketing prowess to improve the sales of her album.

Marketing shouldn’t be a problem for Salinas for long: she has plenty of performance experience. Salinas began writing at the age of 10, singing and performing at 13, and discovered a new aspect of her performance abilities when she started rapping at the age of 14.

According to her, six years later, her family and friends are the best support group she has. Her parents have listened to all of her demos, have heard her sing in the shower for years and are her biggest fans. Although perhaps they come a close second to her friends, who always want to hear more, Salinas said.

We can expect more from her in the future as Salinas plans on making music her career.

Salinas sees it simply, “If you do something, anything, that means the world to you, go all the way. No goal is too high to reach. I see myself doing music, if not performing it, then producing it.”

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