by Shanté Gordon

On the day of my interview with Fawn, an accomplished singer/songwriter, pianist, and plus model, I couldn't remember if our scheduled time was 11am EST or 11am PST (2pm EST). So I called Fawn at 11am EST and after her automated voice attendant asked me to identify myself, a sleepy-sounding Fawn answered the phone. In the in infamous words of Homer Simpson I mentally exclaimed, 'Duh-oh!'

"Fawn I am so sorry to wake you up. I wasn't sure if our interview time was 11am my time or 11am your time. Well clearly, we scheduled it for 11am your time since you are still asleep." I quickly apologized for waking her and promptly get off the phone.

Nice Shanté! Great way to kick off the day...LOL!

Later that day, at the right time of course, I called Fawn and she answered the phone sounding much more awake. We immediately hit it off and talked about everything from the book "The Secret" to how to relate to the various men in our lives. We eventually started the interview after about 20 mins of 'chick-chat.' Here's a bit of our discussion:

So what's your name?
You can just call me Fawn.

Where are you from?
I'm from Colorado and lived there until college when I went to Berklee College of Music in Boston. During my undergraduate career I won top songwriting awards from Berklee and SESAC two years in a row and gave an unprecedented sold-out performance at the BPC in Boston.

What are your musical influences?
I listen to everything from Queen to Madonna , to Prince to the Carpenters. to Darude to Aretha Franklin. Anything that I hear is an influence/inspiration to me. Really it's whatever catches my ear.

When did you start your musical career?
I've been writing and singing jingles since I was 10 years old and appeared in various TV commercials since I was six-months old.

Wow that's amazing! What were your parents like?
Mom was a radio disc jockey (one of the first females to DJ), a model and an actress. Dad, the Son of a Baptist Preacher, sang in the church choir and ended up being a CPA.

So you were pretty much born to be a performer considering both of your parents were 'artists' in their own respective ways. Did you always know that?
Well, music definitely chose me. We are all created to fulfill our own purpose and live our own lives and this is the life I was called to live.