About Me
Joyful life was born from the happiness and pleasure to write and perform music, which is the biggest passion of Mr. Key and Elettra.Elettra is the daughter of artists; the father is a lyric singer and the mother is a painter.
She began to study classic dance at the age of 8, and at the age of 17 she graduated from the Royal Academy of London. She then continued to dance as a professional, perfecting herself in modern jazz. Elettra worked hard for a long time in the locals of Rome where she began to sing and where she formed her first rock blues group. A few years later she went to live in Venice where she continued to sing. Since then, she has sung in many cover bands and for a long time she tried to find someone who was interested in creating a musical project with her.In 2004 while she was in the process of forming another group, she met the man who now is her producer and songwriter: Mr. Key. With him she found a common appreciation in music and, finally, a common objective: that of being able to express themselves through their own music. Elettra has always listened to various music and many different artists: from Mario del Monaco and Maria Callas to Anastacia, the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Police, and Madonna. But there is an artist who she loves more than every other: Tina Turner was her point of reference.As for Mr. Key, he has been studying classical piano since he was 5 years old, and later he moved to pop and electronic music, dealing with hi-tech gear such as synthesizers and sequencer. This passion pushed him to attend engineering studies and to graduate in electronic engineering, merging his knowledge of music with the knowledge of computers. This gave him a great ability to create, perform and record moder music on his own.Mr. Key was involved for many years as a keyboardist playing POP and R&B. He related to several big artists such as David Foster, Peter Gabriel, Police, Joe Jackson, Jay Graydon, and Donald Fagen, listening to 360° of music which enabled him to learn that music has no labels. He cares about its quality and expressiveness, no matter what genre it comes from.
After collaborating with the Visnadi brothers, hit dance producers during 90s, Mr. Key started producing his own music and when he occasionally met with Elettra he realized that he needed her warm and powerful voice. That was the point which started their collaboration during 2004, and the result was the Joyful Life project: Elettra wrote lyrics and laid down her voice for Mr. Keys music while he was arranging his songs for her unique voice.It was tough work. It took about 2 years of song writing, arranging and recording songs. Even though the songs span different genres from pop to house dance, they have a common base which give them a distinctive sound and personality showing that they derive from the same sign. These works include such songs as the charming The World in collaboration of Gianni Visnadi, the joyful and lovely In your eyes, the gorgeous Fly, a really classic and outstanding tune, the introspective Anything done for love, and the powerful The strolling heart, Revolution and Tell me why.The sound is huge and based on a texture of synthesizers and strings. It is inspired by 80s music but whith the freshness of contemporary music; it is strong but warm. The song writing sometimes recalls classical tunes and embraces traditional pop music and electro dance as well. Elettra has a strong charismatic personality and possesses a considerable artistic expression. With her warm voice, with her strong vocal abilities and unquestioned stage presence, she succeeds in creating a strong impression with the public. It makes of her all that a singer has to be.Joyful life has something more to say than music. Their message starts from the heart and soul and travels through music straight to your heart. Their music really concerns emotions and feelings and will be heard for a long time to come.
