Dilana: I’m Not The Girl You Think; I’m The Girl You Know

Producing my new CD has been a two-year long process…an amazing process. There’s been a lot of pressure and emotional ups and downs of course, but I’ve learned so much. It’s good to know that you can learn everyday, no matter how much you think you know.

We’re totally finished with the CD; it’s been mastered in New York. The video's been shot. All that’s left now is the CD booklet artwork, which I’m working on now, since I am responsible for that task. I wanted to make the artwork a creative, sharing experience. It’s like a scrapbook; I kept a diary during the process, and the CD artwork is a way of sharing some of the things that happened.

I’m Not That Girl

I have totally left Rock Star Supernova behind. The only reason it’s still in my life is because of people who remind me all the time. Of course I can’t blame them, since that’s how people relate to me, but as an artist, it’s just so far away from me. It seems like a century ago.

When people listen to my record, I think they’ll definitely hear and recognize that it’s so not the girl that was on a reality show; it’s a real artist. In fact, I’ve been a real artist a long time, but a lot of people are very television-oriented, so that’s all they remember. That’s fine; I just have to educate people, but thankfully not for much longer.

Dropping The Bombshell

I am so nervous about how my album will be received. I have this fear of completion. I still feel it’s incomplete. Every time I listen to it, there’s one little teeny-weeny thing, and I want to re-do it.