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Tijan

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About Me

Tijan is a young artist from Senegal ( West Africa), who's blessed with the gift of song. He moved to the U.S. six years ago, and is one of the most passionate young artists of our time. This ambitious young talent writes, produces, and arranges all his work. When he's not in the studio recording, or writing countless songs, he is busy making new tracks on his keybord or modeling through his agency The Talent Group. His face can be seen representing a great deal of companies: He is the exclusive model for King J. ( A head gear company: Doo Rags, hair brushes, wave gels etc.. Check it out @ www.duraggo.com), has been on numerous adds for DSW (Shoes etc..), magazines like Monarch, has modeled fo Mac Cosmetics, Dicks Sporting Goods etc... He claims he eats music, breathes it, sleeps it, cries it, bleeds it... He beleives that music is his struggle, his history, his rise and fall... He claims "he is music" because everything in his life revolves around music. Music that's meant to inspire every generation, music that heals wounds, soothes the soul, and of course music that you can just bop your head to, music that gets you pumped before facing your daily hustle, or music that makes you shake your tail feather up in the club, or right in your living room, 'til you run out of breath! why not? Lol. Not to be mistaken with what he calls Poison, garbbage, in one word mainstream Music Biz...Family means everything to me, that's the reason why I fight, struggle, shed my blood, sweat and tears. Family's always there, regardless of what you do, who you might become, how old you get, how many mistakes made...They're always there. Senegal For Life!!!!God keeps me grounded, that's why I keep Him First, Second, and last. I am what I am Because He made me... Alhamdulillah( All Thanks and Praises to the Most High).“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” -HELLEN KELLER."Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps. Les gens puissants veulent et veillent." -HONORE DE BALZAC.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/25/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/tijanspace
Band Members: Just me, myself and I Therefore, I have 2 write, produce, and perform my own work.
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Influences: My influence is Life, Nature, People, this Gift from God... Everything sings to me..., affects me, moves me..., in a very musical way... @ first, I found myself idolizing the RnB group New Edition, singing "Can you stand the rain" talent show after talent show, 'til I lost my voice... Then Of course came Youssou Ndour from my home country SENEGAL, Phil Collins ( The album "But Serously" is like one of my all time favorite), Bob Marley ( Everything from The Gong), Stevie Wonder (what more can One say about him, that hasn't been said yet... He is the Best!), Donny Hathaway( One of the greatest that ever did it. Simply a vocal genius). Then came BoyziiMen ( I watched'em on tv @, I beleive the 96 American music awards, and I knew I wanted 2 sing, that xperience made me cry like a whimp), The Beatles (One of the gratest of all time), Todd Rundgreen ( The guy is a genius)... Anyway after Ronny, Bobby, Ralph, Ricky, Jhonny, and Mike came Brian McKnight, R. Kelly, Jodeci, Whitney ( the queen of RnB in my book), Aretha Franklin, Blackstreet, Babyface, Joe, Dru Hill, Usher, Tyrese, Linkin Park, Rob Thomas, Brandy, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Price, Mariah... and gosh, so many more... Finally, I happened to pay attention to the music in particular, rather than just the lyrics. As a result of that, I became a huge, huge fan of every artist that produce their own material ( Reason Why I only listen to original albums, I gotta know who wrote what, who produced what, who arranged what, and so on). On the Hip Hop side the top of the list is Pac, then my boy Nas (nobody writes like that kid), 50 ( The definition of struggle, I respect him 4 that). I've been listenin' 2 a lottta french Rap lately, and my boy Soprano's flow and lyrics are realy worth paying attention to, and there are many more Mcs worth listening 2, like Disiz, Sefyu, Booba... Production wise Im very influenced by Stevie Wonder R. kelly, Brian McKnight, Babyface, Tim&Bob, Underdogs, Rodney Jerkins,B. Cox, Jimmy Jam& Terry Lewis, Teddy Riley,Shep Crawford,Phil Collins, Dre, My homeboy Akon,Timbaland, Pharell, Jon B... and the list goes on and on...
Sounds Like: The Pictures are symbols of Smooth(Usher), Struggle(50), Beauty, and Awe of the Human Nature(Big City, Melting Pot), and its creativity(RocknRoll= Music in General), and the world around us(Waterfalls etc...) We can change the world, in a good way, provided we want to... We are truly blessed...
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