She done an unusual fashion style and her quirky hairstyle made of spikes and ankle-length braids attract a lot of attention. She is also a fan of piercings and has got them on her nose and chin. Many pops and rock fans consider Jane Child as the perfect pop idol.
That influence is seen in her freestyle music. I did it because I wanted to sing. Since then, it has become important to write good songs, so the motivation has definitely changed.
At fifteen, she was on the road with a band, facing the club circuit, and forced to compromise. It was either play cover songs, or go the original route and struggle to find work. She recalls, "It was very, very hard. They would send us up to places you wouldn't believe exist. The first year, I worked 45 weeks, ate and slept in these places. It was a very good lesson in life.
They are beyond comprehension and nobody wants to hear music they haven't heard on the radio, so you either cover it or slug it out on your own. I did both and decided not to take any day job, but make my living in music, so anything I was hired to do, I did as well as I could without attitude.
I played organ in church, very structured piano for ballet classes, organ at a horseshow—paid well, very long hours— a lot of piano bars, some classically, and in those situations it was good if they heard me before they saw me because they were very upscale. I did a lot of jingles - and then there were the magical times with I sang with a band doing my own stuff, which is what I lived for. The rest of the time, I just supported my habit.
Eventually, she cut a demo tape that landed in the hands of major labels. Having done jingle work in the studio, the engineer allotted her "spec time. I recorded about five songs. My entertainment lawyer in Toronto looked after things and believed in me.
He had a client who was a partner in a New York production company. They signed me, I moved to New York, then they moved me to L. They seized my equipment. I don't know how. Thirteen labels went into a bidding war and I was without management or a cent to my name. It was a very diverse time. I lived in a place where everything was turned off because I couldn't pay the bills, while I was being flown first class, wined and dined by labels. I met all the heads of companies and decided to go with Warner Brothers.
In , she released her second album, Here Not There. The album and its singles were a commercial failure, and she was dropped from the label and kept a low profile for the rest of the decade, releasing a few collaborations with Japanese artists in that country.
Her follow-up single, "Welcome to the Real World", was a modest hit, peaking at No. Eventually Child cut a demo tape and was signed to a label who relocated her to New York and then Los Angeles. Adamant on producing her own music, Child left the label and after negotiations with other labels, she settled with Warner Bros. Records, who agreed to sign her on her own terms.
Her debut album, Jane Child, released in , was fully written, produced, and performed on the synthesizer except for the guitar parts by Child herself, a rarity for a debut artist signed to a major label. Due to her musical style and her emphasis on control over her music, she was at the time labelled by the press as "the female Prince".
Jane Richmond Hyslop born 15 February , known professionally as Jane Child, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer best known for her hit single "Don't Wanna Fall in Love". She is also known for her unique and unusual fashion style, which included a hairstyle made of spikes and ankle length braids and a nose chain piercing. Jane Child. Her husband is Cat Gray m.
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