This is what I experienced by participating in Rockin'1000, an experience that goes far beyond simply playing together. message of SIlversnake Michelle.

I decided to get to really know myself, and to reveal my soul... to myself above all.

To do so, I needed a means, a shape. I don't know exactly how I am and who I am, maybe I'm nothing without a shape and I just wanted my emotions to take one.

Sometimes I paint and, even more easily, I write; ever since I was a little girl I've been writing... stories, songs...

I dusted off a lot of tunes dating back to 1987 or thereabouts, and I jumped back in time... creating "Silversnake", the anthem-song from which the project to make my first album started.

A virtual suicide.

A song that has worn various dresses during these years; revised and rearranged at least in 6 different ways, with as many different lyrics... as if it was my child soul changing to become adult.

But that's not the only message.

I want to shake things up.

I want to redeem captive souls and show them how to free themselves from all imposed patterns. Starting with the system...

Yes, the system in which the music is placed, for example, so schematic and uniformed. A system in which the concept of money prevails over that of "ars gratia artis", or rather the art aimed at the Self expression.

I am not willing to modify a job that has a strong personal meaning, to favour a more commercial vision.

I am not willing to change neither the notes nor the lyrics of my songs. And I'm not interested in pronouncing English in a more "English" way. I'm Italian, I chose to sing in English and I don't care if the language is perfect or not. That's honestly the least of my worries. And it's also the least of the fans' worries.

People follow you for who you are and not for what you pretend to be. Otherwise you mock others, mocking yourself first.

The way I sing, the way I pronounce, the inventing of fictional words, of words that are mixed with other languages, make my character inscrutable, but they are still part of a way of being.

I don't want to standardize my production and I don't care if I look mediocre in the eyes of others. In my eyes I still remain an artist with a personality, who doesn't compromise and doesn't give up on herself: my victory lies right there...

I don't want to ape others.

Today the world is made of imitations, there are few true identities: there is a globalization and a stagnant flattening.

I have an artistic message that is expressed not only through content, but also through form.

I want to change the system. You don't need a big wave to cause a tsunami, you need the right wave. And music, like all art forms, must be ridden and let flow.

And I address my message to all artists, but also to those who, as audience, receive this wonderful gift named Art.