SPOTLIGHT
52
RAGE monthly | MAY 2011
HER CAPTIVATING NEW TURN TO DANCE MUSIC “Being a woman, we feel so powerless in many ways; we have to act tough.
Whatever we can do to try and represent that power that is more inside. Females are so powerful but we’re
deceiving...and that can be even more dangerous.”
Zayra is somewhat of a chameleon. Crossing the musical borders of artistic expression, the singer/songwriter is discovering her power within. With two top ten Billboard Dance Hits
“V.I.P.” and “Baby Likes to Bang” under her belt, she is advancing on to the front lines of pop music. Zayra will give a musical salute to the start of summer with a special performance at
The Action Summer Party at Boudoir San Diego on Sunday, May 29. Get ready for it—this Memorial weekend is geared toward intensive dance floor action, so stay on the alert. Unique, thoughtful and original, Zayra is in control and maps out this new direction with The Rage Monthly magazine.
Listening to your voice on your earlier songs such as “Hoy” or one of your performances on Rockstar: Supernova of “Not an Addict,” it’s a different musical style. Please tell me what created this new shift to dance and club music as a performer?
I think the transition is mostly production. My technique of writing or how I express whatever comes in an
inspirational way is still the same. I still write on guitar or with some simple beats I can make on a computer; the means are the same. It’s just the production where you can have a little bit more freedom to go in any direction you want. At this time, I just wanted a little heavier, more danceable production of my songs, but they’re still pop songs.
I don’t think anyone is going to brand you into performing just one style of music anyway. Exactly. I change my mind a lot…as you can tell (laughter). I get bored very easily. How would you describe your passion for singing and songwriting?
It started when I was very young. I’ve always been attracted to the arts for some particular unknown
reason—I was always attracted to it like bees to honey. My mom couldn’t get me away from anything that was artistic. I really like the passion that comes from the freedom that you get from performance art; there’s not a
“no,” it’s always “yes,” it’s all opinions but it’s still a big “yes.” I love that concept of expressing your inner thoughts. There is a freedom to be whatever you want in performance arts. That is where my passion comes from.
by bill biss
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