Lisa Fischer is a vocalist and songwriter from New York in America. She is one of the most successful and one of the busiest session vocalists in the industry. She has also toured and been a backing vocalist for such names as Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan and Tina Turner.
I chose Lisa Fischer because she's the artist/singer/vocalist that has inspired me the most. I love to sing and perform, and I'm always looking out for artist who are established and have a lot of experience and I couldn't think of anyone better than Lisa. I remember hearing her award-winning song 'How Can I Ease the Pain' back when I was a child, my mum loved Luther Vandross, so it only makes sense that she would be playing Lisa's songs aswell. I started to listen to and appreciate her music in 2013. My vocal coach re-introduced me to her and I'm so thankful.
Wikipedia says, when she 1st started out in the music industry, in 1983, she was a Latin freestyle artist, which is basically club music. She went under the stage name Xēna and she release a single called 'On the Upside'. Before she started a solo career, she was a backing singer for a lot of big names. She's currently STILL singing back up for the Rolling Stones on their current world tour. The Youtube video of her singing 'Gimme Shelter' with The Rolling Stones has over 1.2 million views... you could say it's popular!!
Her website says that her next performance with The Rolling Stones is May 26th in Norway.
In 1990, she started a solo career. In 1991, her single, How Can I Ease the Pain from her début album, So Intense, reached No.1 on the U.S RnB charts, and if that wasn't enough, it only went and won a Grammy!! In 1992, Lisa Fischer's #1 hit single won a the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, she won the award joint with Patti Labelle that year. On her website, she's said that the 1st person she thanked when she won that award was Luther Vandross. He was a mentor to her in the time she sung back up for him.
Last year, Lisa joined forces with other well known voices such as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Judith Hill to film a documentary about the life of a backing singer, from the 50's to present day. 20 Feet from Stardom!! This movie. THIS MOVIE. This is the movie that really made me admire Lisa Fischer for the amazing vocalist and woman she is. I've never watched a more real movie than this one. It didn't hold back AT ALL!! It showed all the ins and out, the secrets that were covered up and the reality that is the life of a session artist. I have SOO much more appreciation for backing singers, session singers, singers from the early years and real vocalists, because, it's not easy... AT ALL. It's not easy to try and guess when your next steady jobs is going to be. It's not easy to tire out your voice singing for a variety of different artists and it's definitely not easy coming off the high of a tour to come back to your studio apartment and wonder when the next cheque's going to come from because the bills need to be paid.
Well, clearly the Academy thought the same as I did because the movie won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
So, clearly, Lisa Fischer has done well for herself. Her name may not be as mainstream as Beyoncé's, but her talent speaks for itself. Her accolades, accomplishments and affiliations are proof that talent is rightly rewarded. This amazing woman inspires me to be better. Her drive, commitment and passion show me I'm not crazy to love singing and music as much as I do, it is worth the struggle and pain.
Wikipedia says, when she 1st started out in the music industry, in 1983, she was a Latin freestyle artist, which is basically club music. She went under the stage name Xēna and she release a single called 'On the Upside'. Before she started a solo career, she was a backing singer for a lot of big names. She's currently STILL singing back up for the Rolling Stones on their current world tour. The Youtube video of her singing 'Gimme Shelter' with The Rolling Stones has over 1.2 million views... you could say it's popular!!
Her website says that her next performance with The Rolling Stones is May 26th in Norway.
Last year, Lisa joined forces with other well known voices such as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton and Judith Hill to film a documentary about the life of a backing singer, from the 50's to present day. 20 Feet from Stardom!! This movie. THIS MOVIE. This is the movie that really made me admire Lisa Fischer for the amazing vocalist and woman she is. I've never watched a more real movie than this one. It didn't hold back AT ALL!! It showed all the ins and out, the secrets that were covered up and the reality that is the life of a session artist. I have SOO much more appreciation for backing singers, session singers, singers from the early years and real vocalists, because, it's not easy... AT ALL. It's not easy to try and guess when your next steady jobs is going to be. It's not easy to tire out your voice singing for a variety of different artists and it's definitely not easy coming off the high of a tour to come back to your studio apartment and wonder when the next cheque's going to come from because the bills need to be paid.
Well, clearly the Academy thought the same as I did because the movie won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
So, clearly, Lisa Fischer has done well for herself. Her name may not be as mainstream as Beyoncé's, but her talent speaks for itself. Her accolades, accomplishments and affiliations are proof that talent is rightly rewarded. This amazing woman inspires me to be better. Her drive, commitment and passion show me I'm not crazy to love singing and music as much as I do, it is worth the struggle and pain.
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