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CHAPEL HILL NEWS
June 28, 2005
Letting the music happen
Local songwriter hits her creative stride with new CD and busy performing schedule.
Chapel Hill's Yasmine White has earned international recognition for her songwriting, with a new CD that features tracks influenced by a range of music from folk to electronic.
By DAVE HART, STAFF WRITER
CHAPEL HILL — One day two years ago, Yasmine White’s husband Jim approached her with a sheet of paper in his hand.
“He said, ‘Sign this,’ ” Yasmine said. “So I signed it. I didn’t even look at it. That could be unwise in some situations, I know, but I trust him.”
She scrawled her signature on the sheet. After that she gave the exchange not another thought. Then one day some months later, the phone rang.
“I answered, and the person said, ‘Congratulations, you’re a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest,’ ” she said. “I didn’t know what that was. I said, ‘OK, I guess that’s good.’ ”
She didn’t realize at the moment how good. The Lennon contest is an annual international songwriting competition begun by Yoko Ono in 1997 and judged by the likes of James Brown, Elton John, Judy Collins, Carlos Santana, Bjork and other heavy hitters.
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June 28, 2005
Letting the music happen
Local songwriter hits her creative stride with new CD and busy performing schedule.
Chapel Hill's Yasmine White has earned international recognition for her songwriting, with a new CD that features tracks influenced by a range of music from folk to electronic.
By DAVE HART, STAFF WRITER
CHAPEL HILL — One day two years ago, Yasmine White’s husband Jim approached her with a sheet of paper in his hand.
“He said, ‘Sign this,’ ” Yasmine said. “So I signed it. I didn’t even look at it. That could be unwise in some situations, I know, but I trust him.”
She scrawled her signature on the sheet. After that she gave the exchange not another thought. Then one day some months later, the phone rang.
“I answered, and the person said, ‘Congratulations, you’re a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest,’ ” she said. “I didn’t know what that was. I said, ‘OK, I guess that’s good.’ ”
She didn’t realize at the moment how good. The Lennon contest is an annual international songwriting competition begun by Yoko Ono in 1997 and judged by the likes of James Brown, Elton John, Judy Collins, Carlos Santana, Bjork and other heavy hitters.
read more...
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