Ginny Blackmore Research Paper

Franja

GINNY BLACKMORE

INTRODUCTION Virginia Blackmore also known by the name Ginny Blackmore is a New Zealand singer and a songwriter composer born on March 6, 1986 in Auckland. She is now 31 years old. Ginny does different genres of music such as rock, R&B, ballad and pop music. When she discovered her passion and love for music, she left school at the age of 16 to pursue a music career. Three years later, she relocated to London where her demo tape helped nab her a publishing contract with Sony/ ATV. Subsequently, Blackmore penned tunes for artists such as Adam Lambert and Christina Aguilera. While working with Lambert and producer Tricky Stewart in Los Angeles Blackmore received encouragement to start performing and shopping her own material to labels. In 2011, she was signed by X-factor judge and famed producer LA Reid and to

In 1994, at the age of 9, she can precisely remember that she wanted to be a musician in the future as she explains on one of her interviews when she was sitting in a movie theater watching Sister Act 2, she was captivated by Lauryn Hill’s singing performance. Lauryn Hill musically influenced her that she decided to become a singer. Blackmore grew up in a religious family and had little knowledge of secular music. Since then she threw herself into music. But the beginning of Blackmore’s career began when she left school at the age of 16. In 2001, she took a lot of time off performing at school, music theaters, and travelling around Australia, New Zealand and other places. She was almost at that point where she could no longer pass school. Eventually, her school principal raised the idea that since she knew what she wanted to do, it would be best for her to leave and concentrate on music. She dropped out of high school to pursue her dream as a