*** Welcome to piglix ***

On My Own (Yasmin song)

"On My Own"
Yasmin - On My Own.jpg
Single by Yasmin
Released 30 January 2011
Format Digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre R&B, electronica, breakbeat
Length 3:53
Label Ministry of Sound/Levels Recordings
Songwriter(s) Yasmin Shahmir
Producer(s) Shy FX
Yasmin singles chronology
"Runaway"
(2010)
"On My Own"
(2011)
"Finish Line"
(2011)
"Runaway"
(2010)
"On My Own"
(2011)
"Finish Line"
(2011)

"On My Own" is the first official single by singer-songwriter Yasmin. The single was released on 30 January 2011 for digital download.

Yasmin did an acoustic performance for The Biz Sessions at The Sun. She performed her song "On My Own", "Finish Line" and a cover of Ellie Goulding’s "Starry Eyed".

At the age of 17, Yasmin began DJ-ing in Glasgow where there was little opportunity of success for her. In a January 2011 report by Mikey McMonagle of the Daily Record, she mentioned, "I would never be the person I am if I had not started there." Yasmin honed her passion for music as a DJ in Glasgow where she played at night clubs such as Kushion and The Tunnel. She continued as a DJ there, even though her shifts were long and earnings low.BBC Radio 1 Xtra got in touch with Yasmin to ask her to develop a song for their homegrown podcast. This inspired Yasmin to quit her physiotherapy degree and move to London to pursue her musical career. She then established herself as a DJ in London at private parties and a support act for the tours of Dizzee Rascal,N.E.R.D, will.i.am, Taio Cruz and Eve. In the Daily Record report, she admitted that it was her London surroundings and the encouragement of Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D which gave her the confidence to want to launch a solo career:

"I always wrote songs but there wasn't much of a scene for the music I was into - the hip hop and urban stuff. Then I moved to London and ended up making a name for myself and meeting people like Pharrell. I mentioned to a few of these guys that I write music, played some to them and they told me I had something. Of course seeing these people spurred me on. Being in London makes everything so much closer. I could see in front of me where I wanted to be. It really gives you drive and ambition as you can see the goal."


...
Wikipedia

...