The phrase is installed in the popular imagination. You hear the classic ‘I am‘ and there is a direct relationship between Latina and the singer imitation program. But behind that melodious and contagious intonation, there is Isa Abensura lady who sings salsaalthough she interprets all genres, and today she tells the story of that jingle and her adventures as a singer, her true passion.
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Isa, few know that she was the creator of the phrase: ‘I am’
Mr. Edmundo Delgado from ‘Estudio Amigos’ called me and asked me to create a phrase for a television program.
What did he explain to you?
I need to record a spot for a singer impersonation show.
And it immediately came up?
With Moisés, my partner, we got to work and the melody and the phrase were born.
Very few people know that you are the author and owner of that voice
That’s how it is. When I comment on it at shows and sing it, the audience gets excited.
Do they still pay you?
First it was a payment, then royalties came, but in time pandemiceverything was cut.
Just when revenue was needed most
There was a change from the legal issue and nothing comes, heh, heh.
But you are music forever
I started interpreting songs from the memory, ballads in English from the 70s, 80s. Those were my times from Barranquilla.
¿Mucha bohemia?
No, but they were my performances in that district.
At school were you infallible in performances?
More than anything, my classmates called me to serenade their mothers or when a classmate had a birthday, they asked me to interpret a song.
in your presentations. What do you observe more?
At weddings, they ask me to sing ‘The Bodyguard’ or the ‘Titanic’ song.
What else do they usually ask for at weddings?
Many times the famous bolero: ‘We are boyfriends’
Do the girls request a particular theme?
They always want Marisol’s songs. Songs like ‘Thirty Seconds’, ‘El Estupido’ and they always point to someone at her table, ha ha.
Has anyone, high on drinks, gone on stage?
Some tell you: ‘Now then, play a salsa’ and on one occasion, a guy took the microphone from me and it was he who wanted to sing. Obviously, he was drunk.
And when does the morning come?
They ask for huaynos and I don’t mind, because I sing until tunantada.
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It feels like you enjoy what you do
It is that the show is recorded and when time passes and they are old, they will see the video again and review their history, I will be present at that beautiful moment of their lives.
If you fight with your husband, you must reconcile with a song
I speak first and then I sing, ha ha.
And when he is at fault?
He plays his sax and convinces me to forgive him.
You were also encouraged to create
I am a singer-songwriter and melancholy to compose.
Do you get up every morning and sit looking for inspiration?
Mine comes up at any time and when it arrives, I write it down if it’s lyrics or I record it if it’s melody.
Who is the first you show it to?
To my partner and I say: ‘I have this, but don’t laugh’.
Is it difficult for you to teach him?
Because I am shy.
And what is coming now?
The October 14th It will be the release of my new song on all digital platforms.
Give me the address of your networks
@isabensur and the phone for contracts is 983510878.
Thank you very much
To you.
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