Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secadais a Cuban American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. Secada also has worked as a songwriter for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore and other performers...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth4 October 1962
CountryCuba
atmosphere chemistry people recorded work worked
That's where I recorded the first album. All the people I work with are out of Miami. The whole chemistry and atmosphere there has worked for me.
associated guys met people work
And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university.
prime time
There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
billy covering elton stevie
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
came great helped industry intention musician reason recording
My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.
Well, I always wanted to be educated and be prepared.
experience good honest known lived music people pop reach
For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I've lived and experienced. That's what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It's very personalized and very real, honest and sincere.
decided ground high interested music picked school study
I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick.
feeling felt prepared proved share songs
With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.
bit good helped jay people tonight
There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great.
grew universal
My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up.
finish songs soon
I had been writing songs all along, and then as soon as the show ended, I really put the song-writing into gear, to really kind of finish the record.
strong real singing
A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.
careers music-education backgrounds
And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.