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Sony Music Canada presents

Chantal Kreviazuk
"Colour, Moving and Still"

February 15, 2000

Chantal Kreviazuk chats about the release of her new album, "Colour, Moving and Still" and answers question about her favorite songs, singers and her musical influences.

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SonyMusicCanada: Welcome Chantal! Sony Music Canada, Muchmusic.com and Talk City are pleased to welcome you this evening to Chantal Kreviazuk's "Dear Life" chat. Welcome Chantal!

Chantal Kreviazuk: Hey. I'm all yours guys. I'm here to answer all the questions I can, about my life, my view on things, and most important, my point of view on music.

Manolis Varnas: Chantal, where are you originally from? How did you start your career, and at what age?

Chantal Kreviazuk: I'm originally from Winnipeg, MN and now reside in Toronto, Ontario. I don't really feel my career ever started at any age, but that my life in music chose me, because I have been both singing and playing the piano and living my life through music, since I can actually remember.

Loveslife: What were some of your earliest musical influences?

Chantal Kreviazuk: That's a really loaded question, because I have loved so many different artists and groups (and genres of music) but, off the top of my head, I feel that I have been influenced by everything my ears have been exposed to! I've been influenced by everything from The Beatles to Neil Young to Journey to YES to Supertramp. And list could go on forever, and ever. Amen!

Chantelly: Hey Chantal do you feel that your new album "Colour, Moving and Still" is more personal than "Under These Rocks and Stones?"

Chantal Kreviazuk: I feel that I was in a better place musically, as well as in my maturity, so it was easier to express myself, and to pinpoint what I wanted to express. So perhaps this album seems more personal, but really it is just a reflection of my personal growth.

Soon To Be Nothing: What's your dream vacation?

Chantal Kreviazuk: My dream vacation is to be at home, with no phone, no TV, and some great ambiance music in the background, some candles, and some quiet for an indefinite amount of time.

Superstar: "Until We Die" is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard, is it hard to perform?

Chantal Kreviazuk: Yes! It is very hard to perform. I cry almost every single time. I almost have to distance myself from it, to get through.

Manolis Varnas: Chantal, do you check your web site often and do you read the fan massages that people sent you?

Chantal Kreviazuk: Absolutely! It humbles me every time.

Heather: Thank you for writing such inspiring lyrics; they touch my soul in so many ways! You're wonderfully talented. I was wondering, many of your songs on both albums are very melancholy, very disillusioned. What has affected you so deeply that you write this way?

Chantal Kreviazuk: Life in general has such an impact on me I am constantly overwhelmed. I don't know how one could walk through life so oblivious to its wonders and constant intensity. This is intensified to me by the mirror fact that life could end at any moment. With this perspective in mind, how can one not be affected so deeply by everything?

Believer Boy: Hi! "Dear Life" seems like the most expensive video you've ever made, and the final result is breathtaking. What is your favourite video so far during your career? I love "Believer" and "Dear Life" the most.

Chantal Kreviazuk: Definitely "Dear Life" is my favourite video to date (to answer your question, and it is not the most expensive video I've made AT ALL!) The reason I love the "Dear Life" video so much, is because of its direction. The Director was pretty much a novice at directing music videos. I found him to be very conscientious and passionate about his work for this very reason. He made to me a very brilliant and expensive looking video; but his "budget" was his own creativity. I have the utmost respect for that kind of pride. In fact, that is something I have grown to admire in people. People, who no matter what they do, take a lot of pride in their work, that's a strong characteristic of mine.

Shane: Hey Chantal, big fan, 18-year-old male from Toronto. I just saw your new video "Dear Life" and it was great. Was that filmed in Toronto? I thought I recognized the BCE place.

Chantal Kreviazuk: Yes it is BCE place. It was filmed in Toronto. And I absolutely love filming music videos in Canada, especially in my hometown.

Paul Gomez: How do you choose what songs to cover, like Neil Young's "Old Man?" I really like that one (grin).

Chantal Kreviazuk: I am a huge Neil Young fan. I love that song in particular. By coincidence, I'm potentially going to sing it on an upcoming Neil Young compilation album. Playing it live during my tour was a good opportunity to start feeling it out for recording.

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