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Madonna
Tassi was born in Newfoundland, the youngest in a
family of 15 children. When she was five years
old, she began singing with her family group at
local shows. While she and her brothers and
sisters had their own musical preferences, the
family performed country music, often songs made
famous by such smooth vocal stylists as Jim
Reeves, Connie Francis and the Everly Brothers.
As Tassi was approaching
her teens, she and her family moved to Labrador,
where her father found work at the mammoth
American air force base. At 13, Tassi took a job
as lead vocalist with a local band, one that did
mostly pop tunes. Before long, the band had built
a following. At around 18, Tassi relocated to
Ontario, where she entered and won a live talent
show. Seated in the audience during that show was
a producer who specialized in jingles and
commercials. Over the next dozen years, she
recorded national commercials for such companies
as Colgate and Pizza Pizza and countless local
ones for malls, car lots and government agencies.
In
the late 1990s, Arista Records, summoned Tassi to
Nashville for auditions. For a while, her
prospects looked rosy. But this was an especially
turbulent time for country labels, and the deal
never came through. After returning to Canada, she
met producer and songwriter Antonio Pulsone, who
was charmed by her music. Eventually, they formed
an 11-piece band to back Tassi and began doing
public shows and large corporate galas.
As Tassi’s reputation
blossomed in and around Toronto, a prominent local
couple asked her to sing at their wedding. They
were so impressed by her performance that they
offered to set up a company to promote her career.
Thus was born Destiny Music.
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