I try not to be influenced by anybody but nature, good spirit and believing in the universe.
But I do like Nelly Furtado; Norah Jones; Katie Melua; Nat King Cole; Lionel Richie.
Sounds Like
Sounds like, Ute, I hope. Sounds like, giving a smile from me to my listeners. Sounds like, easy listening, relaxing, sunshine, spring and summer, ice cream and big balloons. Sounds like, Soap-bubbles and Christmas feelings in the middle of the year.
Where others talk, Ute sings. Ute will warm your heart with her captavating voice.
Making it as a pop artist has a lot to do with possessing a voice that grabs you right from the beginning. That’s what separates the greats from the wanna-bes.
Once you hear Ute’s shimmering, wide-ranging voice, you’re sure to remember it.
On her self-titled debut album, Ute offers an inspiring set of adult-contemporary songs including the jazzy first single “Train,” the inspirational “Sometimes it Rains,” and three songs from musicals – “Someday” (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), “I Dreamed a Dream” (Les Miserables) and “Beauty and the Beast.”
Ute has been produced by no less than seasoned talents like: Eric Kupper (Marc Anthony, Pet Shop Boys, Jessica Simpson, Celin Dion), George Duke (who’s written songs for Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams and Frank Zappa), and Curt Victor Bryant (Celtic Frost, Inner Circle’s Calton Coffie, La Mode De Jardin, Spooky House Movie, Fiesta San Antonio CD's, etc.) and German pop titan and super producer Dieter Bohlen.
Born in Kiel, Germany, Ute has always felt great affection for the U.S.; her family loved to visit Miami when she was growing up. A classically trained vocalist, she realized two years ago that pop music was a better fit for her personality.
“Classical music must be sung in a special place,” she says. “But pop music you can sing anywhere. Pop music cheers me up. You have more choices with the rhythm and the instruments. You have a band behind you and you are part of a group, and I like that too.”
She’s fluent in English and has a way with words, but says she’s happy to concentrate on her singing, rather than dabbling in songwriting.
Ute knows how to use her emotive voice to full effect, and she believes that emotion is an important part of music: “If everybody would play an instrument and get into music I think there would be less aggression in the world. If you make music, you’re always in a good spirit and you feel happy. Music gives you emotions. If you watch a movie and there’s no music, it doesn’t affect you as much as if there is music.”
