Artist Spotlight: JANETTE ROSALES

Official Site: www.tvirecordsandfilmworks.com (look for 'Fantasy')
Images provided courtesy of Paul D. Gold of Miami Film Lab: miamifilmlab.com

Bio

When I was two years old I came to the U.S. from the Philippines, where I was born, and I grew up and spent most of my twenty-four years in Key West. I was quite a tomboy and a gifted athlete, excelling at fast pitch softball and indoor volleyball.

I even won a softball scholarship at Northwood University in Palm Beach. After having attended Northwood for a year, I enrolled in New England Tech, where I earned an Associates degree in Computer Programming.

I am a holistic healer and personally train to keep my 5'6" frame a comfortable 118 lbs. I enjoy traveling and social dancing. I also play recreational baseball for the Angels, a West Palm Beach team, and I still find time to write award winning poetry.

I have always dreamed of having a career as a singer, actress, and dancer and now this dream is coming true. I just signed with TVI Records and Filmworks, as part of “Fantasy” and I’m ecstatic.

I’m happy for all those wonderful people who have come into my life and who believe in my abilities. I believe that you should never give up on anything you dream, because only you can make it happen. I send you all my blessings.

Our Interview with Janette

Q - Stage Name
A - LIL J

Q - Years in business
A - 2 years.

Q - Favorite artists
A - Madonna, Toni Braxton, 2 Pac, Dj Acosta, Omar Epps, Sean Connary

Q - Growing up, what did you think you'd become?
A - I Believed that I would be on T.V one day portraying my love for entertaining to the world

Q - How did you get started in this business?
A - I've been an athlete growing up and have the love to make people laugh, so I just kept wishing and dreaming that one day someone would recognize my talent and my prayers have been answered.

Q - What projects are you currently involved with?
A - At the moment, I am recording an album with TVI Records which will be released in January 2003. EMI is our distributor. I am also involved in modeling and acting.

Q - In your opinion, what makes you stand out from others in your field?
A - I've been told that I have a heart felt personality and that I am able to tickle you pink by my smile, I believe I have a gift that is able to bring out the inner child of any person that I meet.

Q - What is your most memorable moment as a musician?
A - Is when I sing, I sing from the heart and to watch my fans smile and relate to the words that I am putting out to the universe keeps me going as a musician.

Q - Is there anything about you people don't know that may surprise them?
A - That I'm very intune with my inner self, and when I need help I turn to nature for answers. I am a single mom with a wonderful daughter that fills me with joy.

Q - If you had to describe yourself in 3 words, how would you do it?
A - Outgoing, Beauty, Full of Love

Q - What do you consider your best quality to be?
A - Touching the hearts of every person that I come across by speaking my inner peace.

Q - What do you do for fun when not performing?
A - I enjoy spending as much time as I can with my daughter and I love going out with my friends to clubs to dance.

Q - What inspires you the most in life?
A - My daughter, she is so beautiful and brings the childhood memories back into my thoughts, she keeps me warm inside and full of life.

Q - What's your favorite food?
A - I enjoy going to classy restaurants, but in paticular I enjoy asian foods.

Q - Do you have a pet?
A - I have 2 cats and a dog.

Q - What is the last good movie you saw?
A - The Ring, now that movie will have you on the edge of your seat, I highly suggest not seeing that movie alone. WOW!

Q - What was your craziest experience ever?
A - I grew up in Key West FL, so I would have to say every year for fantasy fest was a crazy time for me, all kinds of people would travel down to my home town from around the world, and lets say, you never went to sleep for at least 3 days.

Q - The most impulsive thing I have ever done:
A - I live by the rule you never know unless you try, so everything in my life is impulsive.

Q - If I wasn't doing what I'm currently doing, I would be:
A - I wouldn't be here! Let the past be the past, the future be unknow and live your moments, I'm living in the NOW so this is what I am supposed to be doing.

Q - If you could take a dream vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A - Cairo, Egypt

Q - If you were anyone else for a day, who would you be?
A - I would enjoy being Madonna, just to experience how she views life through her eyes.

Q - Before I die, I want to:
A - Open a nonprofit organization to give back to the community, after all if it wasn't for you who believe in me I wouldn't be in the position that I am in.

Q - If I looked in your cd player now, what kind of music might I see?
A - Mostly dance, Hip Hop and Trance

Q - What advise would you give someone interested in your field?
A - The only person to truly believe in is yourself, so keep you head up and never let go of that visioin because you are the only one that can create your own dreams, so go for the gold, your heart is telling you you deserve the best, I send lots of love.

Q - What's one question we should have asked you but didn't?
A - What was your main inspiration in life to get you to the positioin that you are at right now? My answer would be GOD, If it wasn't for my belief in myself and turning to the universe for help I wouldn't have created the opporunity to forfill my dreams.

Q - Anything else you want to say to our readers?
A - In what ever form of belief that you choose to live your life, just as long as YOU believe in yourself you can move mountains, follow your heart and hold on to your dreams, and if you make a wish prepare yourself for whats to come. God bless you all and I send my love.