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
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.
grew universal
My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up.
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.
billy covering elton stevie
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
giving rooms grows
For me, there's still a lot of room to grow; I'm just happy that I have so much more to give.
important language grew
I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.
community singing done
I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages.