When Revelstoke teen musician Aza Deschamps sang in an elementary school play as a block of cheese, she had no idea that music would become her life.
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She is one of 10 B.C.-based artists who made the list.
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Out of thousands of submission, half of the top 100 were decided by votes and the remaining 50 by CBC judges. The second round of voting is now open to decide the top 10, which will be announced on Feb. 28. The ultimate winner will be determined by judges and announced on Mar. 7.
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Deschamps submitted her original song Strangers to the competition.
It香蕉视频直播檚 been a busy couple years for Deschamps. She has released two original singles, Strangers and Ordinary, has a third video in post production, is about to release an album and is enrolled in full time school.
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She says it香蕉视频直播檚 always a funny conversation when people ask how she writes her own songs. They expect her to say she sits down with a cup of tea, notebook, cross legged on her bed with guitar in hand and just writes. Like in the movies.
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Deschamps recently released the music video for Ordinary on Feb. 15. She found it incredible how many people were involved behind the scenes bringing it all together. It was filmed in Vancouver in Gas Town.
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Deschamps doesn香蕉视频直播檛 know what the future will bring, but she knows what she wants.
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While it would be pretty cool to be a big music star, Deschamps says she just wants to have people hear her music.
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