Interview with Shout Out Miami

The interview granted to the publication Shout Out Miami documents Romina Daniele's professional journey, focusing on the constitutive necessity of editorial and artistic independence. The conversation examines the structural nodes of autonomous record production and the theoretical coordinates—musical, philosophical, and cinematographic—that guide her vocal research and writing. The full translation of the text follows.

« My brands are two or three: my actual name, that of our own record label (RDM Records), and that of the live music venue my partner and I built in Miami last year, Jadys Daniele’s, which is the name of my daughter. First of all, we are independent artists. And that’s what I care most about: independence. Which is freedom. Before having my own brand, I refused some proposals, both in live shows and recording fields, because sometimes what they were proposing implied compromises which would have modified my creative stream. I never allowed that. The big challenge will always be and remain to create with all your freedom, taking care of your pure talent and not letting anybody modify it anyhow. I will always be happy to say that every single goal I’ve reached has always been completely on my own. Why I am here now, crossing the United States with my projects, is because of my true love (my daughter) who was born in Miami, and that’s the path that brought me here. »

Full article from Shout Out Miami, July 22nd, 2020 follows.

We had the good fortune of connecting with Romina Daniele and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Romina, why did you decide to pursue a creative path?
Because I had no choice. I have often said: it is like a calling. I needed to write that book, that song or that poetry, even before it was commissioned or paid, of course. I performed in little bars as well as on big stages, and I also tried at the beginning to have “regular” jobs, but I couldn't go on with them too long, since I often felt myself almost violated by wasting my time or even the energy of my own thoughts. So, beside my music, art, and the creative process, I always did only what was strictly necessary.

For example, about 15 years ago, I was a teacher in school, but I left once I earned enough to produce a record—it was my first one, actually. I worked in an office some years later, when I needed some more money to come back to the studios. Then, for some years, I have even been so lucky to start working with photography, event promotion, publishing and record labels, which I continue to do nowadays.

To turn back to the point, it's not actually a “why” I pursue my artistic way—which is also a completely independent one—but it is a “how” you do it. For example, I can only sing what I feel: my music or some specific song or tribute. I can’t play everything and get booked as an entertainer in every place. I can’t even teach singing or writing (which would help me to gain more, and I also did it sometimes), because somehow those activities wouldn’t be strictly connected to my stream of creating music or thoughts—which is something you can only do alone, and then benefit everyone as well, since people feel what your job really is and what you’re communicating. My pursuit is actually my art itself: to keep making my art and expressing my thoughts as long as I am living.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
My brands are two or three: my actual name, that of our own record label (RDM Records), and that of the live music venue my partner and I built in Miami last year, Jadys Daniele’s, which is the name of my daughter. First of all, we are independent artists. And that’s what I care most about: independence. Which is freedom. Before having my own brand, I refused some proposals, both in live shows and recording fields, because sometimes what they were proposing implied compromises which would have modified my creative stream. I never allowed that. The big challenge will always be and remain to create with all your freedom, taking care of your pure talent and not letting anybody modify it anyhow. I will always be happy to say that every single goal I’ve reached has always been completely on my own. Why I am here now, crossing the United States with my projects, is because of my true love (my daughter) who was born in Miami, and that’s the path that brought me here.

Any great local spots you’d like to shoutout?
We’ll definitely be at Wynwood Brewery at least twice, and then we’ll see the full epic area (not only the Wynwood Walls spot) and its amazing art. It’s full of great places and nice people all over, and we’ll stop by here or there according to our mood. Since I live at the beach, Ocean Drive and Lincoln Road will also be our walking areas between one beachand another. We’ll not miss Coral Gables, Downtown, Brickell, and the Bayside.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shout out?

Antonio Sozio was my guitar teacher when I was 15. Bruno Del Viscovo was my Italian teacher and the first open-minded person I had ever been in contact with at school, which is an institutional place. Two of the greatest friends of mine are Alessandra Di Bartolomeo and Francesca Corradini; they always gave me credit as a creative mind and have alwaystrusted my talent. My sister, Monica Daniele, has always helped me in every way. My partner in business and father of my baby, Lorenzo Marranini, has always did the same too, and we still carry on great projects together.

The first book I wrote was at about 17 years of age and was secretly dedicated to a young love, Enzo La Penna. Thanks to professor Augusto Sainati, I officially published my first book about 10 years ago, since I wrote under his guidance at the University of Naples my degree thesis in the history of cinema, about the sound in films, the cinema of Louis Malle, and the music of Miles Davis. (I would have pursued a university career as well, if only I didn’t need to move to Milan at the time). Some years later, at the Conservatory of Milan, Riccardo Sinigaglia helped me a lot both in composing electronic music and having concerts.

Demetrio Stratos has been a unique Italian vocalist, and by listening to him, I started my own work in the experimental vocalism field. There are also different references that have been influencing my work both in writing and music; most of them are philosophers or filmmakers or both, like Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Chion, Martin Heidegger, David Lynch, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michelangelo Antonioni, Michelangelo Merisi, Marcel Proust, Fernando Pessoa. For the history of music, the greatest three of all time for me are Janis Joplin, Miles Davis, and Kurt Cobain.

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