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Olivier Duret: "T-Vice é estritamente uma banda de kompa enquanto eu sou mais versátil ..."
- Segunda-feira, 24 de outubro, 2011 10:01
MIAMI, EUA (defend.ht) - Um cantor T Vice-oficialmente deixou a banda de música do Haiti na semana passada para começar uma nova aventura como cantor solo, aprendeu DH.
Olivier Duret has decided to go solo after six years spent with Haitian music band T-Vice. “Thinking about my future as an artist, I realized that I would be more productive solo”, Olivier Duret said, in an interview with Kompamagazine on the reason he left the band.
“T-Vice is strictly a kompa band while I'm more versatile," Duret added.”
For the singer, there isn’t any chance he changes his mind, because the choice to leave was personal. “I had been thinking about for a long time, just never actually committed to it. This time I took the decision and I'm standing by it”, he said.
Olivier denies he was unhappy because of issues with song credits, or a share of the pie in the band. “As far as credits, if you check the album I got my credits. And as far as piece of the pie, I got paid, I felt like I was worth more but then again I am not an owner. I knew there would be a ceiling as far as my income within the institution”.
The singer rejects all other rumors of alleged disrespect that could break the camel's back. He stands he just wanna work on his own projects. "I took the decision to go solo; even though I know it won’t be easy. But I would say that's a new page. The music has just begun," Olivier said.
The singer confirmed further he has projects with Mika Benjamin as his Producer. “But we do not have any projects to put a Carimi/Kreyol La/T-Vice like band together”.
T-Vice staff has made no official statement regarding the resignation of Olivier Duret. But on Facebook, Roberto Martino, T-vice lead singer, confirmed "Olivier has made it clear in his statement that he wants to go solo, I can only wish him well!" "It's not easy being a solo artist in the Haitian music industry and I sincerely hope everything works for him", added Martino.
As solo singer, Olivier Duret says that his musical style will be very diverse. It will be very pop, zouk, kompa, mixture of zouk/kompa, RnB and some acoustic.
2011/11/10 relacionado: Olivier Duret Sai T-vice depois de 6 anos
Fonte: Kompamagazine
