Rita Dakota writes songs for pop stars and its own performance. Did you make plastic Rita Dakota? Photo before and after Rita Dakota before and after
Popular songs of domestic pop Each Russian is heard regardless of its desire: when another platinum walker is born, it sounds literally from each iron. We all know the performers of these tracks, but we are not familiar to their authors at all - and it is precisely from under their feather the charges and chorus that cannot be thrown out of the head. The Village met four songwood poets and asked them about the beginning of a career, the process of creating a hit and what they listen to themselves.
Anton Koh
It all started with my dating with Anton Maslennikov, the popularity of the "Reverse" group singer in those years. I, a 16-year-old pimply Yunets, wanted to get in touch with great and wrote him in ICQ. So began to communicate. After listening to one of my creations (I remember now, the song was transferred to the modem for two hours), he introduced me to Misha Kuvinov, the producer of the Linda singer. Together with him, other authors and arrangers, we wrote an album for a career of the group "Popolas" then - Duet twin brothers. But the album did not come out: the tragedy happened, one of the brothers died.
The same Misha Kuvnov worked on the album Yura Titov (graduate "Star Factory - 5" - Ed.)So my songs got into his album. None of them I created specifically for Titov, they were all written for their own pleasure. Contrary to the controversial reputation that could arise because of the "Star Factory", Yura turned out to be a talented jazz vocalist with a unique timbre. Even pops in his performance sounded dignity and gently.
Then I and Lesha Romanof from Vintazh met at the competition of young authors. I have not seen the analogues of this contest on the Internet. A couple of years ago there was a similar show of authors on the channel "Russia", but there, of course, everything was known in advance and calculated. And the contest of young authors was an honest bold experiment - and I do not understand why he did not shoot. It was there that first sounded songs "Aquarius sign" and "breathe" in my performance - now they sing the group "Vintage". And it was there that Lesha noticed me and for some reason I remembered. I learned about this later a year or two, when I wrote to him on Twitter: the story of dating without any special goals and intentions repeated.
My attempts to find a language with directors, stars and producers, when I specifically offer them songs, still tolerate the collapse - despite my "songs of the year", "Ruve Prize" and "Golden Gramophones". I can not find a common language with them and at some point just stopped trying, lost interest to them. I have enough of those performers with which mutual love happens not through force, but by coincidence.
And as the author of the text, and as the author of the music, I learned to guess the trickness. This one comes with experience - when you are herself and read. You begin to understand where the stamp, and where the hook, for which the ear is cling, where is the banality, but where is the surprise.
Sometimes artists are asked to change something in already written songs - in most cases to simplify something or remove hints of cruelty, aggression and politics. With reasonable people, I go on compromises, and the final version often returns to the original. I refuse if I am asked to change everything, if you ask to make a song, "like bianca or" gang'ros ", only darling" or when they ask for free.
I myself listen to high-quality pop, a lot of modern classics (Philip Glass, Max Richter, Clint Mansell), a little electronics and those artists who are outside the genres, Bjork, Nino Katamadze, Irina Bogushevskaya, Royshin Murphy. In the "own" artists, I also do not have a soul tea.
All songs I write first of all myself. There is always an entry in my performance, many of them are published. I would leave the best poems to yourself if it could sing quite well for their execution. But the songs should live without me, so you have to let them go - provided that they are not instant to unrecognizable and they will not cut off the most important thing from them, a piece of pieces.
Alexander Kovalev
I was 3 years old when I started writing some poems - and since grew up on "Laskovaya Mae", they were quite primitive. But from the soul. My leader Rita in the camp once read them and offered to write a melody to them. Together we made a beautiful medley - I was delighted.
Then we began to write with a classmate brother. And in 1992 I met Lech Romanov (Founder and composer of the group "Vintage". - Approx. Ed.). Then they wrote the first real song: it is nowhere to find it now. It was long before the participation of Lesh in the project "A-Mega" and long before the Sergey Krylov Show studio, in which Romanov began working professionally.
Then there was a long break when I wrote only for myself. Finally, in 2004, I and Romanov began to write songs for other artists, and then for the "Vintage" appeared. I remember my first song, which appeared on the air, "Alice" Leshi Vorobyov. She played during the titles in the series "Dream Alice", and the clip on it was often shown on MTV.
When my songs began to appear on the air, I was bald from happiness. Very happy, tested straight puppy delight. And now I'm calm towards this - surprises, rather, when they do not hear them.
Hope that the song will shoot, there is always. But it depends not only from me, but also from the arrangement, mastering and information. The track must be radial and sound well on any carrier: in the column, in the car, in the headphones. By the time of derage, I can already say if the song has a future. Although I'm not always guess. Once we talked with the singer of Dima sorcerer, and he told me: "Sometimes the authors bring songs and say:" It's hit! "What nafig hit? Time will show, hit it or not. "
Of course, it is sometimes necessary to refuse artists in collaboration. First of all because of the fee. Sometimes the price for work is trying to reduce much, and then I refuse, because I do not see the point. Artists have concerts on which they earn, including unofficial, for which the author's deductions are not paid. And we, authors, this is not. I also have my own blacklist: in it there are several artists, producers and intermediaries - they did not really correctly behaved in relation to me, and I don't work with them anymore.
There are some young artists and friends for which I am fundamentally writing for free. Because if someday someone did not help me, I would have nothing happened.
When my songs began to appear on the air, i was bald from happiness. Very happy, tested straight puppy delight. And now calm towards it
The copyright system should work like this: the song comes out - and its author receives copyrighted from each television and radio ester, from each concert, with cafes, karaoke clubs and so on. I do not say about the Internet, this is a separate topic. But, judging by my reports, cafes and karaoke clubs ignore the rules, and I consider it a flawlessness of the Russian author's society. There are exceptions: Recently, from Krasnodar RAO, a letter came to me that during a local concert without permission, the song of the Vintage group called "when next you" was performed. Now RAO submits to the organizers of the concert to court, will defend my rights. It is pleasant - it means there are some movements in the civilized side. I am sure that, despite all the troubles, which is enough in RAO, the situation will eventually become only better.
What do I listen myself? I adult in the late 80s - early 90s, so I have a standard set: I love A-Ha and George Michael, I love Michael Jackson. New artists perceive with difficulty. Although I recently downloaded and gladly listen to the album of Zayn Malik, who left ONE Direction. Like the last album of Justin Bieber. And now three Soon - awesome songs writes a guy.
It's nice that many of those artists, whose creativity I love, sing my songs. At the end of 2015, the premiere of my track "Perfect World" at the concert of Sergei Lazarev was held. I called myself Sergey himself, although I personally familiar with him. Got a great pleasure: he, of course, is a big professional. From those with whom I do not work: I recently met with Alekseev - I believe that the guy has a big future. Like the "Seagull" group, I am close and interesting to their material, I try to go to all the concerts.
It happens, you do not know the artist personally, but he thanks you in an interview. For example, a participant in "Voice" Gela Guralia is an original person with a bright gift. In 2015, he released the song "You Know", which we wrote with the bones of Legostayev, and sang her stunningly. And then told us many words of gratitude. It's nice. Fans of artists are often written, they say a lot of good. It is at such moments that you understand, for what you work, and not when you get a fee.
I follow the domestic show business and I can say that the time of non-professionals passes. People have become much more serious about what they do, and this applies to all industries. As in the 90s, "on the harvest", nothing will happen. After all, the viewer became more selective: people are easily understood when the phonogram begins, and they can safely leave, demanding returning money. Therefore, the time of living artists comes.
I want to give advice to young authors: do not offer anyone only lyrics, it is meaningless thing. Look for a composer, work with him and then offer artists already ready-made track. There were, of course, rare cases when my friends managed to attach text without music somewhere. But most often the producers of artists turn to composers in confidence that those have their own poets.
Rita Dakota
Once me threatened Producer One large canal: "We need this song! If you do not give, get to our blacklist! " But I still did not give
I'm not a hitmaker, I am a musician. I have only a couple of awards like a "song of the year" or "Golden Gramophone", and I do not strive for the status of the author's horses. It is much better that the song of the Christmas tree "New Sky", written by me, loved the fans so much that she came out at two albums immediately. Or when "not needed" Svetlana Loboda took a prize room in the ranking of the most executed songs in Karaoke CIS, and the clip collected some kind of crazy number of views and reviews of critics. I live for such awards - Folk love is priceless. The Christmas tree premiered one of my songs in a crowded house of music with the orchestra in the frames of his "short concert." And her whole team at that moment looked at me and applauded. It was a surprise for me, she did not say anything until the last moment. Then there were goosebumps! And the radio is a cool bonus for reporting music to the maximum number of ears, no more. I perceive it.
I listen to a million performers - from classics to the underground rock. My husband and I go to the musical festivals, constantly absorb the tracklists from the players that respected by our artists, we can sit on the kitchen for hours and share musical finds. I also have to listen to the songs of the artists, with whom I work, - I have to see them, feel. Music says herself for himself, otherwise she is useless. I will not say that I am a fan of all my artists, but my mission is to help them reveal from their strength.
Usually, artists trust me, so there are practically no one in my track record for those who would write only one song and then we would no longer cooperate. At the same time, I should not replace anything in the text of the track the phrase that breaks my artist. I want the song to be perfect and came to him.
Men I write no less often than women. We all hurt the same, it is also rejoiced equally, regardless of gender and age. I love to write men, especially adult and mature: invent the image of the perfect hero and broadcast from it through music, poems, melody. It is very interesting. With age - the same story. Once I was asked to write a Russian text for an English-speaking song Larisa Valley. I sang her dad, and he melted. Said: "How are you in 18 years old can be an adult aunt?" The text, however, was not useful, the song remained in the English-language version. But the experience was invaluable.
I would never like to sing those songs that I write to your artists. Here is Michael Cors, for example, not wearing women's dresses, but sews them - and it does not cause questions. For the same reason, I am in songs written for other people are also inorganized as Michael Cors in a female dress. Because these are fictional stories based on long dialogues with a singer, on his experiences personally. I do not feel about what the mature Anita Tsoi is singing in my song. But I do not interfere with the absence of such experience to present all this in paints and reproduce.
The first song was composed of 12 years. My family and I came back from a holiday in nature, I sat in the back seat of "Zhiguli" and branded on the guitar - then the melody came to me. Upon arrival, I was already ready a song with three bonds. It was long before I started playing a group. But in that group we played this song too.
When I was six years old, I constantly listened to the cassette, on one side of which the Beatles were recorded, and on the other - ABBA. Under the Bitlovsky track "Rock & Roll Music", I drove and danced every time. As now I remember these dances.
I remember the first song I wrote with the intention to give it to someone else. It seems that, 2007, and then announced a competition for writing songs for Eurovision. Ani Lorak was driving from Ukraine to the competition, and I really wanted to write a song for her. I wrote, sent, but in the end she sang another, which, of course, was several times better and more successful. Thanks to this case, I started writing songs for artists. There was no idea how to do this, so I sent my tracks to all email addresses, which was able to find on the sites of artists and produce centers. Further everything was evidently inexplicable fantastic way. I learned the electronic address of the producer center of Yury Fooli and sent him all the songs that I wrote, including Provence. It so happened that Yuri showed this song Tree, for which I am very grateful to him and I will be grateful to all my life.
I live in the village, in a very quiet place, rarely drive in a taxi, not so often listen to the radio, so really rarely hear the songs that wrote. And, probably, because of this, such moments are especially joyful. In the car I do not listen to music, in the player - also very rarely. In general, I try not to listen to a lot of music - only the one that resonates very much with me. But after our artists I follow, and not only for those with which I have the honor to work, - I try at all for everyone. And I hear a lot of good songs.
I try to engage in creativity, write songs. If any of them like artists and they want to sing them, I am very happy. I can not imagine situations when I could refuse the singer. It happens, of course, something does not work, it does not develop - the same life, everything is not always perfect, - but that I should be able to refuse the artist, I do not remember this.
When I am writing a song, I can't objectively appreciate it: it's good or bad, will find a response from people or not. There are tracks that become truly relatives, their promise is close to me, I consider it personally my own. For example, my own song "Fashion" is the case when everything happened naturally, without reflection. I really feel it: be happy fashionable, and you need to try to be happy, feel it every minute.
Of course, I read and hear the words of gratitude and from the artists, and from the listeners. This is indescribable nice. At such moments you feel that the music really unites people, makes them happier.
Dakota - singer, songs of which are popular with the audience aged from 15 to 35 years. Do you like her creativity too? Want to familiarize yourself with the biography of the artist? Find out the details of the personal life of Beauty? All the necessary information about its person is presented in our article.
Rita Dakota (Wikipedia, Singer): Childhood
She was born on March 9, 1990 in the Belarusian capital - the city of Minsk. Margarita Gerasimovich - so truly names the famous singer. Her family is the most common. However, Rita's parents did everything to provide daughters happy childhood and give a decent education.
Our heroine grew by an active child, from an early age showed her character and leadership qualities. She almost was not girlfriends. And all because she liked the "Cossacks-Robbers" and other boyish games.
She was also keen from childhood with music. The baby not only paroding Russian pop stars, but also composed of her songs. Rita dreamed of becoming a composer.
The girl in parallel visited two schools - ordinary and musical. She studied the game on the piano. Teachers immediately noted her perfect hearing, diligence and a sense of rhythm. Together with other guys from the Music School Rita participated in regional and international competitions and festivals.
Start of creative activity
In the 11th age, our heroine wrote the first serious song. On her creation, the girl inspired the French film "Leon" and the composition of Shape of My Heart performed by the British musician sting. At the age of 14, Rita had its own punk band. And she sold musical sketches to local radio stations.
After receiving the school certificate, Rita wanted to submit documents to the music school. Glinka. But here she learned about the talented teacher of Vokal Gulnara Robertovna. The girl appealed to her. As a result, the teacher helped our heroine to make a demo record of songs and register copyrights on them.
Then Margarita Gerasimovich became interested in graffiti. One day, specialists in this field came from Portugal in Minsk. They highly appreciated the drawings of the singer and described them as "Dakotat". This word really liked Rita. And she decided to make it a pseudonym, removing the last letter "t".
Musical career
In 2005, the talent contest "Star Dilizhans" was held in Minsk. The singer Dakota was one of the participants of this event. She performed a song in English. It became its fatal mistake. After all, the Belarusian jury accused a girl in the absence of patriotism.
In 2007, our heroine learned about the beginning of the casting on the project "Star Factory 7". She went to Moscow and confidently passed all the stages. Rita got into the number of project participants. On the show singer Dakota fulfilled compositions of their own essay. Also, a native of Minsk wrote songs for other "manufacturers." The greatest popularity won her composition "Match". This track on the Internet was downloaded more than 1 million times.
After the "Star Factory" for Margarita, a difficult time came. Many friends turned away from her, considering that the girl was sore. There was no money for removal housing in Moscow. Therefore, Rita returned to Minsk.
In 2011, beauty again decided to conquer Russia. She created a rock band MONROE. Subsequently, this team became a regular participant in such festivals as "invasion" and "Kuban". Together with his colleagues, the girl toured across the Russian Federation.
In 2015, Dakota (Gerasimovich Margarita) took part in the project "Home Scene" ("Russia-1"). She fell into the team to Viktor Drobashu, who answers such directions as pop and pop rock. Our heroine performed only her songs. As a result, the girl reached the semifinals of the show "Home Scene".
Personal life
The 17-year-old singer Rita Dakota and the 16-year-old Vlad were good buddies. They even a joke called each other "Sestrenka" and "British". After the project, their creative and life paths were separated.
And after a few years later, the greeted guys again met at one of the secular events. Between them ran spark. Vlad did everything so that Dakota agreed to meet him. And six months later, the girl transported things to him in the apartment.
After 1.5 years, the beloved relationship made Margarita offer. It happened during their rest on Bali Island. The singer Dakota answered agree.
Wedding
The couple decided not only sign in the registry office, but also to be married in the church. Initially, the celebration was scheduled for June 3, 2015. But soon Rita and Vlad announced that they endure the celebration on the 8th. And all because of the MUZ-TV premium, where most of their guests should go.
06.06.2015 The singer Dakota and Vlad Sokolovsky officially became her husband and his wife. Their wedding turned out to be bright and lush. The bride and groom invited their loved ones, relatives and colleagues in the workshop: Alexander Revu, Kovalchuk Julia, Singer Tree, Lazarev Sergey and others (only 150 people).
Lovers decided to abandon traditional wedding attributes, such as snow-white limousine riding and sprinkling rose petals. Together, this pair arranged a gangster party in the spirit of the film "Once in America". The Royal Bar restaurant located on the shores of the Khimki reservoir, guests drove onto retro factors. The hall in which the celebration took place was decorated with flowers and garlands. On the walls, large playing cards were hung with the image of the bride and groom.
Finally
Now you know where it was born and when I started doing the music of the singer Dakota. We also talked about the personal life of beauty. We wish her and husband Vlad Family Happiness and Creative Well-Being!
A composer who wrote hits for many representatives of the domestic show business, loudly debuted as a solo singer with the song "Halfly". In an exclusive interview for GR Rita Dakota told about what all 9 years of his "silence" did, and what will be done after the triumph of his new song.
- Recently, your debut single literally blew up the network. Share emotions?
I am wildly happy and licked. But most importantly - I still do not believe that this happens in reality. One story was with me. When I knew the "matches" on the "stars factory", and this song sharply became the most downloaded reality show. The same thing now. It seems to me that success can be determined as follows: "It is better cool than often." That said one of the bloggers, the phrase hooked me. Because modern artists strive for template graphics: release 4 singles per year, 2-3 clips ... This is not about me.
- How did you decide to return after such a long break?
- Your video began to repure all the stars of our pop. What was your reaction?
Yes, it was very surprising. Initially, they reposed to those who I write songs. And then it started. Philip Kirkorov, Julia Parshuta, Egor Creed ... I am not even familiar with many artists. It was very nice! I am funny to read comments: some believe that this is paid PR (smiles).
- In modern realities it is not strange ..
Agree. But only I have neither a producer nor an investor. I do all the work for my money and solely. My two friends help me: husband and manager. Therefore, put me in one line and PR is stupid (laughs). This is an absolutely driving story. I am pleased that many compare me with Western artists: with Sieya, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga. For many years they also wrote for someone and remained in the shadows. For me, this is very flattering comparison. And this success once again proved to me that it should always be honest and not to write under the format.
- In one of the interviews, you said that it was not a hitheaker, but a musician. What do these two words mean for you?
There is some kind of hit formula. From the series: You can take 4 chords, which will be 100% in harmony, and it will become a hit. I understand how to write to write to the viewer's ear. This is not creativity. I have songs that took various premiums. But I have a special approach. I communicate well with all my customers and know who and what is needed. For example, the Christmas tree does not sing about love, and Anita Tsoi and Ani Lorak take songs only about happy love, Loboda loves provocation, but does not like different speech turnover. I stay as fair as possible, but I write so that it was near Artist. But usually come to me and just ask to make cool. I trust me.
- In connection with such a deafening success, now writing songs will go to the background?
No, in the days of the same 24 hours, I manage to do everything (laughs). And even the time remains.
- What is your secret?
Unlimited love for their work.
- How do you see your closest future in music?
All trite: I will write another single, rent a clip, I will release an album, lay out on the network. And I will enjoy that people now listen to what I was lying in my table.
Childhood and youth
Rita Dakota (real name Margarita Gerasimovich) was born on March 9, 1990 in Minsk. Already becoming a claimed performer, the girl with sadness recalled his childhood. She grew up in a poor family: Mama-teacher, and grandfather is a former military, pensioner."Go and buy, for example, a new sweater was a real holiday. We could choose it for weeks, walking on shopping centers and markets. I still remember every new thing in the details, before every roller. "
However, Rita Dakota does not call his childhood unhappy. She had a loving family and devotees. She played with the yard boys in the Cossacks-robbers and tankers, climbed on the trees, forgotten about the "Girl" entertainment. 
Despite the financial difficulties, the relatives did not regret the money and the development of the musical talent of the Rita, which she began to show at an early age, fulfilling a cover version on Natasha Queen's songs and Christina Orbakaite for parents and neighbors. At 7 years old, Rita began to study the subtleties of the game on the piano in a music school, in parallel visiting vocal lessons in the same institution. Classes The girl visited with pleasure, and in the 4th grade wrote her own song, which he presented to the listeners at the school concert.
In High School, Rita created its own punk group, the songs for which herself wrote, and some sketches sold radio stations. In order for Rita and her case seriously, the girl had to take with him to negotiate someone from adults.
After school, Rita thought to enroll in the music college. M.I. Glinka, but changed his mind and recorded in the studio of Vocal "Forte" in Minsk. It was during training in this studio that the girl took the pseudonym for Dakota (translated from the Portuguese language it means "versatility").
Career singer. Rita Dakota at the Star Factory
In 2005, Rita took part in the Belarusian talent contest "Star Dilizhans". Alas, the girl did not become the winner of the competition. Moreover, the jury accused an artist in the absence of patriotism, as she chose a song in English. 
In 2007, the "First Channel" was started by the project "Star-7" Brothers Konstantin and Valery Meladze, who was a member of which was a 17-year-old Dakota. In the final, the actress did not hit, giving the prizes of Anastasia Prikhodko and Mark Tishman, but her song "Match" became the most downloaded song of the project on the results of seven seasons (even hit "about him" Irina Dubzova lost to the song Rita), and the singer itself found millions of fans herself .
"Star Factory": Dakota Rita - Matches
After the completion of the Dakota show, according to the contract, it was impossible to leave Moscow, but the girl had almost no work and money: the singer did not want to fulfill other people's songs, dreaming to become a "singing author" and nothing else.
Gradually, Rita went away from television screens and organized his rock band "Monroe", with which she successfully performed at the Music festivals "Kubana" and "invasion", and also toured around the country. Soon her songs began to buy famous domestic performers - Christmas tree, Zara, Svetlana Loboda and others.
In 2015, Rita took part in the Main Scene Music Project on the Russia-1 channel. As with the "Star Factory", on the draft Dakota performed songs only its own essay.
A new wave of love fans of Dakota brought the song "Polelovka", which the girl wrote in 2016. It was this composition that pushed Rita to work on new songs and clips.
Rita Dakota - Half
Personal life of Dakota Rita
At the "Star Factory-7" Dakota met with the singer Vlad Sokolovsky, the future soloist of the Bis duet. Young people have been friends for a long time, occasionally crossing the parties. But at one moment the spark broke out between the artists, and after several months of relationships, during a joint trip to Bali, Vlad made a girlfriend. 
Wedding lovers played on June 3, 2015 at the bar on the shore of the Khimki reservoir. A loud event gathered a lot of star guests: Rita and Vlada came to the wedding
Many remember her as a participant in the "Star Factory". 17-year-old girl on the air of the Russian first channel screamed: "Do not crist meat! Listen to rock! " Since those times in the life of the Rita, Dakota has changed much, however, as she herself, but few people know about it. Now she lives in Moscow, writes songs for popular Russian performers and soundtracks for films and serials. And not so long ago, she gathered a group where the frontworth is, and at all trying to promote it itself. Onliner.by talked to Dakota about life at the factory, about the Russian show business, about how much her songs stand and why she does not live in Minsk, but only comes here.
My story hitting the "Star Factory" is different from all other stories. As a rule, people who come there are dreaming to get into the Russian show business with all the consequences that arise from this, so seriously prepared. I got completely accidentally. I came to try my strength not as a singer, but as the author. I had a goal: get to the Moscow producers and give them disks with their songs. I wanted to sell them not for $ 200, as it was in Minsk, and more expensive. To walk to the cherished door, behind which there was a large uncle type of bone Meladze, I needed to go through all the qualifying tours as a member.
I had no harvested songs or suits. As he slept in the car - in the kids, in ripped jeans and unwrapped, and came to casting.
"Star Factory" was not a turning point in my life. She was not my goal and the more dream. And the fact that I got there, just helped me to fix it in Moscow, to meet people with whom I work now, and show myself as an author who writes cool songs. This project allowed me to stay in the city where there are more opportunities to implement my musical dream.
As a person, the project did not change me, but he made it clear who I don't want to be. Having been in the center of events on the main Russian federal channel, I realized that I absolutely do not want it. Now I am very happy that I managed to get away from the show business and at the same time stay in music.
Once at the "factory" without connections, relatives and money, I understood that this is a giant happiness, so I did not count on any victory. At the end of the first week, it was clear who would win, who would take some place, who is biting, and who is not. When the contract signed, did not expect everything to be so cynically and dishonest.
At the "factory" I realized that all others. What you see on TV is not what is in reality. For example, I never admired Sophia Rotaru. It is clear that the 15-year-old girl who rides on the skate, loves other performers. And when I got acquainted with her, I understood: she is awesome, so much good, love, energy and desire to help you ...
Being small, I was sure that the musicians of the kaifuity from what they do, and sincerely believe in their songs. But it turned out that all commercially successful teams that we see on Russian channels, as a rule, clearly know that this is a business, and belong to this very cold and calculating. During the "Factory", I did not meet a single artist, which really and sincerely would have done what he wanted. All they have have the music they want to execute, but do not do it, because they already have a certain image.
Now there is Rita Dakota - a vocalist Rock of the MONROE group, and there is Rita Dakota - the author of songs of popular artists. I am writing music to everyone: ranging from "manufacturers" - the burdens, Nastya Kochetkovka, the finalists of the project "Voice" - and ending with the top artists, for example a Christmas tree. One song was composed by the Belarusian singer Irina Iteyar. Inna Afanasyev calls me when comes to Moscow, then I "walking" [Laughs - approx. Onliner.by] in your favorite places. But I do not write songs for her.
There were cases when I soldor sold the soundtracks to the movies, and sometimes gave a completely free of charge when I really wanted to hear my music on the credits of low-budget arthow cinema. And here is not in the money. Moscow businessmen taught me: "Rita, never sell something, sell time!" I can't call a certain price, it all depends on the complexity of work and on how interesting I am.
Most often come to me, famous producers with such conversations: "I have a familiar oligarch, and his wife wants to sing. So let's make her album for 70 thousand euros. " For uninteresting projects, I do not take for any money.
I am very often asked: "Where did you disappear after the" factory of stars "?", "Why don't you use the promoted brand" Dakota "?", "Why don't you earn a loot on corporate parties when you have the opportunity?", "Why don't you work with The religious producers who called you? ". I want to explain these people that Dakota is not a brand, this is my name. I do not sell potatoes [Laughs - approx. Onliner.by]I am a musician and want to make music. And if she will collect people, then I will not die from hunger. I have no task to sell the product, I treat music differently.
The Monroe group plays the "grooved nicer", and possibly pop punk or punk rock. I do not like to hang labels, so I can not determine exactly. All musicians of my group were once parties to the cult rock teams, which were formed at one time the stage of punk rock in Russia: "cockroaches", Double Fault, "Jolly Roger", Spitfire.
We began to make our music with confidence that it will not pass the topic of "format." However, the first clip was taken by all top Russian TV channels. They recorded the album in St. Petersburg on the Kunty Studio "Dobole" with Andrei Alyakrinsky, where they made their records "DDT", "Spleen", "Leningrad", Tequilajazzz. The plate turned out completely unique to Russia. This is a western mainstream rock, only in Russian.
At the presentation in Moscow, people screamed songs from our album, which has not yet come out. For us it was incomprehensible. Where?
MONROE group is me. Her songs are me. If people do not like my music, then they don't like me.
I always wanted to be in the group. I have never had a dream for a mini disc in a chic heel dress to perform pop hits. In this case, I will be a more unhappy person than playing in the group, being less demanded and earning less.
Our "Biliver" [Members of the MONROE group are so called their fans - these are people who believe in them - approx. Onliner.by] They launched a whole war with one TV channel so that our clip remains in rotation, and the rest of the two flew out. They went with complaints to the leadership, they slept them all mail, got to the software director and achieved their own.
We are calling the organizers of festivals, concerts and speak almost the same thing: "Lord, what is your fans? These people call and scream "bring Monroe!" Or "And when a monroe concert? Tickets are already sold? ".
With the Belarusian music market at all I do not come across and I do not know him. But the Russian today is very changing. Previously, I could not think that it would turn out to record a real punk song and remove the clip on it, which will turn on top music channels. Today it is possible! In Moscow, many groups that are collected on the "solubles" of 4 thousand people, they are generally not in mass media, except for the Internet. I have come to communicate with the producers and managers of artists who flicker on all federal channels and magazine covers, and they have no concerts. These people who everyone knows, 15 people collect solo concerts on tickets.
If you are going through Belarus, you can hear the fatal groups on the radio, in Russia - no. There are two fatal radio stations: the Russian rock nineties turn on "our radio", and 70% of Western music on Radio "Maxismum". There are no sites for promoting such groups, so all slowly sarafined the radio is moving on the Internet.
In Minsk, I am wildly infuriated in the city. People move very slowly and create traffic jams where the greens in Moscow would be the greatest road. In Minsk there are free roads, green traffic lights, but everyone rubs like a turtle. People in Moscow quickly go, quickly drive, quickly talk and quickly eat fast food.
I am a night man, and it is important for me that at night I could do is all the same as the day. In Minsk it is impossible! You can drink coffee in three institutions, put money on the phone is unrealistic, the kitchen in establishments closes at ten in the evening, the last session in the cinema is at nine in the evening. In Moscow, even manicure can be done at two o'clock in the morning.
In Minsk, all people are equally poor, everyone is relatively equally earned and everyone has the same opportunities to take a rest. There is no such thing that Bentley rides, and nearby - a dirty "nine" with a hungry grandmother and grandfather. In Moscow, this is completely around. But there is dirty and everyone hate each other.
I do not believe in rewards, premiums, figurines, plates, covers and mediosity - all the husk. If people come to your concerts, then you're costing something. I do music not for parties and show business, I do it for people.