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Cori Yarckin
www.coriyarckin.com
1. When did your career as a artist/singer start and who's been your main influence for your style of music and as a singer?
I guess it started in high school. I was always a performer growing up with dance, acting, and musical theatre etc. But I started writing music in high school and it just kind of grew from there. I don’t really know who my “main� influence was. I was exposed to so many types of music growing up through dance etc as well as my parents. Great performers like Janet and Steven Tyler always inspired me. My dad was a huge Queen fan and Freddy Mercury is a ledged to me.
2. Where do you get your ideas for the lyrics that you are writing, are they taken out of everyday and personal life experience?
Yea… I've always written poetry my whole life so words come easy to me. I"ve been through a lot too and I"m able to take those experiences and translate them into words of art. I say "words of art" because lyrics are really important to me. They need to have meaning, be intelligent, and beautiful all at the same time.
3. You got your debut album, Ringing In My Head, out now. How well have it done so far and are you happy with the final result of the album or are there things you would have liked to done difference if the chance were given?
I'm incredibly happy with the way the album turned out. I had to do it on a shoestring budget and so for what I was working with, it's incredible. I have to give a lot of that credit to Jimmy R. Landry (www.audiostrike.com) who produced it. He was able to take the resources I had and make it into something great.
4. Has there been any interest from any record labels for the band from Japan and Europe and what about inside the States?
Yes, some. We're in the talks with a few different companies in Asia as well as India and the UK. I think it would be really cool to break overseas… so we'll see what happens with all that.
5. Could you tell us a little about the tracks featuring on, Ringing In My Head, and what's your personal favorite track to play live?
"Gratitude" is the first single. It's about coming out of a bad relationship a being a stronger person. It's basically saying thank you for such a bad time, because now I'm better than I was before.
My favorite to play live is probably "Everything You Said" because it's so empowering to say those things in that song.
6. What's the your personal point of view on todays music industry and the general music scene as it's seen on MTV and heard on the mainstream radio stations?
I think the music business is starting to come out of its slump. For a while there I was a little worried, but slowly things are starting to get better. There's like this indie-non-corporate-rock thing that's starting to win over the kids. I'm hoping it catches on and good music starts to come back over the majority.
7. Hows the local area where you hails from when it comes to get gigs to play and get played on the local radio stations?
Well as far as radio goes, it's almost impossible to get airplay because all the stations (especially here) are Clear Channel. You can't get on there unless you are a signed, top 40 artist. I'm really working the college market right now though. Getting some airplay through that… so it's a start. As far as live gigs go, I live in Orlando, and there's a fairly good scene going on here. Not too many places to play, but the ones that are here are really great and intimate. So its fun to play out here. If there are too many venues then the people get spread out… in this situation, they are all concentrated in about 3-4 places. So that's nice.
8. What's been your best moments in it's short time of existence and so far do you self feel it's been a struggle to get to where the you are now in your career?
Every show I play now is one of the best moments in my career. I love playing live. It makes everything else I do worth all the hard work. And yes, it has been a struggle. It's always a struggle… for any artist. Even when you make it big… it's still hard, just different.
9. What does the future holds for you at this moment in time, any plans of touring in the progress and what about new material?
Yea… wwe are hopefully going to be doing a college tour next semester. We're trying to get it all worked out right now… so we'll see how that goes. And yea, I'm working on some new music and probably putting out an EP in the next couple months.
10. Who would be your all time favorite artist/band to either sing with or collaborate with on writing a song?
Definitely Steven Tyler.
11. When one hear your album many may think of you being in the vain of Kelly Clarkson, Hillary Duff etc. but it sounds more in my ears that you have that Avril Lavigne theme over the album, and it comes more out as a album you have left your own personal touch on, than being a product or our times Popstar and other reality programmes or even a record company product. Whats your own view on that and who do you see you come closes to out there musically?
I sometimes get those comparisons even with the Avril thing. I see myself as more of a modern-day Pat Benatar/Alanis Morrissette/Liz Phair type of thing. But I really wasn't trying to model myself after anything when I wrote this album. I just wrote what I felt and this is how it turned out. And I'm happy about that.
12. Any last words to the fans/people out there here in the end?
I'm just trying to make it like everyone else and I appreciate all the support I get from everyone out there. So we'll see what happens… I hope it's written in the stars that everyone will soon seee much more from me.
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