Interview&Pics

It's currently eight at night and I just got home from school. I can now say that I stayed at school until eight at night, doesn't that make me sound smart and involved? So what did I do at school for all this time? I FINISHED MY INTERVIEW AND I TOOK SOME COOL PICTURES! I met Em and she was awesome, she was easy to talk to, super helpful, and just overall really nice and supportive. Working with her was a breeze! For the interview she didn't hold anything back, she was open about herself and her music. She wasn't camera shy either, it was all just great! While my friends set up for the music video, I sat down with her and I recorded the conversation we had.  This will be the article for my two-page spread. An "exclusive interview with upcoming artist Em Sasson". She told me about her vision, about her obstacles, hopes and dreams, how her music impacted her, how she wanted it to impact others,  and how she started this crazy ride. She gave me some exciting news about her music, her album, and a possible TV appearance!

When my friends finished setting up they started filming the dancer. During this time I took some pictures and videos for the magazine.

These are some of my favorite pictures, I edited the first two using iPhoto on my computer. I still need to edit the last one and I'm get together with Em again later this week to film the interactive/funny video so I might take more pictures depending on how the pictures I took come out. 

I also took some behind the scenes clips to maybe add on to the article, we'll see how it goes!

This is the full interview...

So, how was the experience of auditioning for America's Got Talent? I just submitted a video, but I didn't get in but it was really cool because the same day I got the email that I didn't get in but then a week later I got an email from The Voice. So it's really exciting.

Really?! Are you going to do it? Yeah, but I can't give detail, I can only tell you that I'm auditioning for the Voice.

That's awesome! Do you have any special coach in mind? Umm, maybe Alicia. Maybe, but I have to get in first. I have a couple songs I might do so I have to figure that out.

Are you planning on doing an original song? They don't allow original songs. Yeah it's really stupid, haha. I think they just want to hear what you can do.

Okay, so now for the music vide, what's the vision for the video? My vision is to make it so that there are a lot of sharp moves with the camera. Make it feel like the one line in the chorus that's "trapped inside the cage" so i want people to watch it and feel like they're trapped inside a cage. The whole songs just goes around the idea of me suffocating in my own head so I wanna make it so that the dancer portrays that through movements in a very physically expressive way.

What does this song mean to you? Um, I wrote it in a very difficult time, I had just come out of the hospital so I talked about all the things that went on int my head. It's a way to not just show what went on in my head but also as a way of saying this happened but you made it, you know?

Definitely. So what hopes do you have for this music video?I hope that it will come out the way I want it to hahaha. I want people to get something out of it. Not necessarily educational but a lesson. That no matter how many things you go through and how much suffocation you feel, you'll always get through it.

Do you plan on making a career out of music? Of course! Yeah! I've been wanting to do this ever since I was three years old.

And your voice is so different! I heard your songs and it's so different, it also goes really well with your songs.

Hahaha yeah, thank you! Sometimes I get insecure about it but you know that's what makes me unique so...

Exactly! So last question, what was it like recording this song? I recorded the song in seven hours. Garage band, my room, seven hours in total. Listen at first I was so unmotivated to do it, but then my mom was like " shut up, you need to do this." So I sat down in-front of my computer on a Saturday night, turned my phone off, and it was just me and the keyboard.  

Was it the first time you used garage band? Yes! I was like " I don't know what I'm doing, I'm clicking buttons." I literally learned how to use Garage Band by clicking buttons.