Pepsi Commercial
Posted on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 6:59 PM EDT
It’s always good to see Tami doing something new and something that helps to get her more in the spotlight, for instance, this new Pepsi Commercial that I heard was in Europe. Alongside Tami on the shoot/commercial are T-Pain and Shaggy. Ms. Chynn looks STUNNING in these photos and watch out now, don’t mess with TC cause she may know some karate! Lol. Enjoy the photos guys.
Anime Video of Over And Over Again
Posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 1:21 PM EDTI thought this was really cool, lol. An anime video of Megumi and Yahiro (don’t know what show it’s from) but it’s their lil video to Over And Over Again (still loving this song).
More On The Set Photos of Frozen Video Shoot
Posted on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 12:12 AM EDTOver at Tami’s official myspace, 4 more photos of the sneak peek of Frozen were uploaded. I decided to add them to the HQ one’s that we already have. You can view all 8 photos by clicking any of the thumbs below.
Extended Clip of Expo 2008 Performance
Posted on Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at 1:49 PM EDTMajor thanks going out to the team over at the Hurricane Productions for the video below. It’s a much extended version of Tami’s performance at the Expo 2008 House of Blues party that took place last week, where you can see the majority of her performance of the HOT new track “To The Floor“. Watch the performance below. Enjoy!!
More Pictures from International DJ Expo 2008
Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 at 3:37 PM EDTPictures from Tami’s performance finally surfaced, only problem is they are ridiculously small. HOPEFULLY in the coming days/weeks much better quality will be available and if they are, I’ll be sure to post them here. But it’s better to have something than nothing at all, so with that said, click the thumbs below to check out the pics. Photos are courtesy of DJ Ron’s Dance Music Blog.
Tessanne To Perform at Beijing Closing Ceremony!
Posted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 3:14 AM EDTTami’s younger sister ‘Tessanne’ who you should know is also an artist in Jamaica, just announced on her myspace that she will be flying over to Beijing to perform for the closing party on Aug. 23! This is big news not only for Tessanne but also for Jamaica! We wish you great luck Tessanne and mek sure yuh mash up di place ! 
No word if Tami is going over there, probably not. But once a video of Tessanne’s performance from the show is streamed I will post it here. Check out her myspace page for more info on her and to listen to her music!
DJ Ron Slomowicz, About.com Interview
Posted on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 at 1:31 AM EDT
With her new CD, Jamaican artist Tami Chynn makes the bold move from reggae to pop. Aided by producers Red One and Akon, she has crafted a unique synthesis of R&B/pop that you can dance to while keeping her message intact. With remixes of the lead single “Frozen” by Mark Picchiotti and Ralphi Rosario and a performance at the International DJ Expo in Atlantic City, Tami is definitely ready to make us dance.
DJ Ron Slomowicz: What I’m gathering is that you have an Asian background, but you were born in Jamaica, and started off singing reggae. Is that close to being right?
Tami Chynn: Well, this album is not a reggae album. I’ve done a reggae album before. That was my whole claim to fame in Jamaica. It’s how I started my ground roots in Jamaica. Now I’m doing a pop album because that’s what I wanted to do, ultimately. So yes, it’s kind of close.
RS: I want to talk a little bit about your reggae background before you get into the current stuff. How did you discover reggae, and how did it become part of your vibe?
Tami Chynn: Well, growing up in Jamaica, I listened to everything. A lot of people think that just because I’m Jamaican, I just listen to reggae and dancehall. But that wasn’t the case for me. I’m in a really musical family who appreciate all types of music. We grew up listening to everything, and reggae just was a part of it, and I infuse it into my music. But when I was doing the reggae style stuff, it always incorporated a pop vibe, and R&B vibe. I always like to mix it up, so I was never doing straight reggae or straight dancehall. I was just kind of infusing it into what I like to do.
RS: And you worked with Shaggy, didn’t you?
Tami Chynn: I did, but I was a dancer when I worked with Shaggy. I went on tour with him for a little while as a dancer to kind of feel out the road and get a taste for live performances in a different arena. It gave me a chance to go on tour, and wet my chops for performing on stage, so to speak.
RS: And then you also did some work with Sean-Paul?
Tami Chynn: I did a collaboration with Sean on his last album, The Trinity, and that was pretty cool. We performed it a couple of times together. I haven’t been on tour with Sean, but who knows what can happen in the future.
RS: Very cool. So, your first album was more reggae and your new CD, Prima Donna, is more pop?
Tami Chynn: Right.
RS: Were you discovered by Akon, or how did you meet up with Akon?
Tami Chynn: I was signed to Universal two-and-a-half years ago. I put out my first record in Japan, which was petty cool because Japan has a really strong reggae base. I got to go to Japan and perform, and really promote that album. Then when I was ready for the second album, label heads Eve Rifkin and Doug Morris thought it would be a great match for me to work with Akon. Akon really loved it and wanted to help me make that transition into the more pop style. Akon and Red One produced this whole album within two and a half weeks, and it turned out to be everything that I expected it to be and more.
RS: So when you’re working with Red One and Akon in the studio, how do you all collaborate?
Tami Chynn: A lot of times they just deal with the track. I worked with a couple of writers on this album, which was a lot of fun for me because normally I’m doing all the writing by myself, or with my sister. So this time I got to incorporate other writers with different ideas, and who were really into that pop scene. Basically they built the track. It takes them all of five minutes to build a track because they’re so talented. We just wrote songs, and in a matter of six days we had written and recorded and produced six songs, and then in another seven or eight days we did the second half of the album. So it was pretty quick and a lot of chemistry. It just happened pretty easily.
International DJ Expo 2008 - Day 2 Wrapup
Posted on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 3:56 PM EDT>>The Artist Panel
After lunch, it was time for the artist panel which provided both a full table (Jes, Chris Willis, Judy Torres, Lucas Prata, Lady Gaga, Katrina, Tami Chynn, Rachel Panay, Fans of Jimmy Century, Kristy K, Ali Bertash, Drea) and a full room. While I was unable to record everything that was said (as insane as that would have been).
>>Another fun part of the panel was when each artist was asked what their favorite song was – responses were as diverse as the artists:
Ali Bertash – Etta James “Teach me Tonight”
Drea – Paula Cole “I Believe in Love”
Rachel Panay – Duke Ellinton
Tami Chynn – Sting “Shape of My Heart”
>>It’s hard to choose a highlight from the evening because there were simply so many but with the overwhelmingly positive response to my top 10 from yesterday – here is a top 5:
1. Michelle Williams jumping off stage and joining the crowd – while singing!
2. George Lamond saying on stage “Play my record, Rob Miller” – directed to the program director of WKTU.
3. Tami Chynn performing “Hypnotico” (which I hope will followup her current single “Frozen”)
4. Savanna Samson referring to Promo Only as “Porno Only”
5. Katrina singing “They Don’t Know” – a cover of the Kirsty MacColl/Tracy Ullman classic that I will be adding to my sets
..So the song that Tami was singing in the video below, was ‘Hypnotico’ off of her album, which may I say sounds HOT! I do agree with this guy, that it should be the follow up single. To read the full article of how Day 2 went down click here. And I am still looking for more videos and pictures to post from this event so stay locked! And I will be also posting the interview a little bit later.
EDIT: The song is called ‘To Da Floor’. Thx Anthony.
International DJ Expo Clips!
Posted on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 5:26 PM EDTThanks to Tatyana we now have a clip of Tami’s performance at the 2008 International DJ Expo. She of course performed ‘Frozen w/ Akon’. Hopefully a better quality video will be available soon. But it’s better than nothing! ALSO; I’ve found another video from the event where they are re-capping Tuesday’s night performances and they showed a short clip of Tami’s performance with Akon BUT ALSO her performing by her self A NEW SONG! The song sounds HOT and is probably going to be on her upcoming album! Check out the videos below!
DJ Expo 2008 - House of Blues (Promo Only Party) *HIGHLIGHTS*
2008 International DJ Expo Photo!
Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 3:50 AM EDTI found a photo of Tami Chynn posing with the DanceMusic.About.Com button according to About.com. It is a small photo and the only picture that I have found so far of Tami from this event, so be sure to check back later with much more pictures from her performance later!
