Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:20 Welcome to the show, Cynthia. Cynthia Tauro - 02:22 Thank you. Thanks for having me. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:23 Hi, how are you? Cynthia Tauro - 02:24 Good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:25 I'm very excited to have you here. Cynthia Tauro - 02:27 Thank you. I'm excited to be here. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:28 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 02:29 Also, I think I need to update my bio. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:31 Okay. It's been so. It's been so long. That one. Cynthia Tauro - 02:34 No, that's. No, that's a good. That's. It's fne. It's like. It's up to. It's like there is. You said everything correctly. Everything's right. But it's just like. Yeah, I gotta. Gotta update that. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:45 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 02:45 But. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 02:47 Well, I guess, you know, we've had this conversation a few times, but I was in the audience when you performed in Schomburg and that's where I heard you perform. But before that I had seen videos of yours and, you know, watched you on YouTube and I was really, you know, taken with, you know, just your ability and the fact, you know, the craft of your music. Cynthia Tauro - 03:11 Thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 03:12 So I'd like you to, you know, just run us through how it started and. Yeah, yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 03:17 Well, I kind of. I came from a very musical family, so. Which is. Or I come from a very musical family, which is really nice. And I'm very lucky, I think. Like, my mom is a singer, pianist songwriter. My both grandparents. Like, my papa played his last gig when he was like 85 years old or something, his last New Year's gig. And he was a guitar. He is a guitar player. And then my grandmother is an accordion player. And then my uncles are both working musicians, so they're like a drummer and a bassist. So. Yeah, it's kind of like it's been in my life, my entire life. Music has always been there. And then it wasn't until though, like grade 12 when I was like, oh, wow, I think I'll go to school for music. Cynthia Tauro - 04:05 And then in university I was like, oh, wow, I really like what I'm doing. Maybe I'll continue this and like, really take this seriously. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:15 Okay, so. So part of your story is that you were trained for 14 years. Yeah, classically. Cynthia Tauro - 04:21 Yeah, I started. Yeah, I started on classical piano. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:24 Okay. And that just came because she were surrounded by music. Cynthia Tauro - 04:27 How did that. That. No, that came. Like my mom, she kind of made us practice when were. She put us into lessons and like, because I have three other siblings, so there's four of us. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:37 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 04:38 So yeah, she put us into lessons and like, I was forced to practice when I was a kid, so I didn't even want. Yeah, it was like, hey, do 20 minutes of practicing, then you can go play outside and then you can go do your thing. But I had to or 10, 15 minutes. And so I had to practice. And that's where I was classically trained. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 04:58 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 04:59 Yeah, I had a teacher, she was really great. Marjorie Saunders. She's actually from Aurora. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:04 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 05:04 Yeah. Right. So it's close to Schaumburg. Yeah. So that's where I was classically trained. And then I would actually go to a camp. It's called imc. I went there for like fve summers and that's where I kind of got some jazz lessons here and there. Okay. It was like a fve day camp. And yeah. And then I would just hear though jazz and I would hear all these different genres through my mom and through my grandparents and my uncles. So. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:31 Yeah, but that's fascinating, though, because they're kids. So would it be safe to say that you gravitated towards music because you could take lessons all day long for a million years? Cynthia Tauro - 05:42 Well, that's true. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:43 Your parents could make you do it. Cynthia Tauro - 05:44 Very true. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:45 If you're not interested in it, if you're not fascinated, it's. So could you. Could we. Cynthia Tauro - 05:49 Could we say that? Yes. Like. But honestly, the fascination kind of came later for me. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 05:55 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 05:56 Which is. I never hear that, and it kind of freaks me out. Whenever I listen to interviews, they're always like, oh, I remember the frst time. Like, I always liked it, and I always kind of knew that. I was like. I was like, okay. Like, I don't know. I liked it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 06:10 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 06:11 But then it wasn't until I was playing with people in university and, like, I was really. I mean, I. Yeah, grade 12 was fun doing my lessons and going to lessons every, like, week. But, yeah, the fascination came later when I got to share what I knew with other people. I think so. Like, the connection through, like, sharing music. I think that's when it was like, oh, my God, I love this. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 06:35 Nice. So that's community. Are you referring to community? Cynthia Tauro - 06:39 Yeah, yeah, I think so. And I was in bands in high school. Like, that was fun. Like, I was in concert band, rock band, and that was sharing, but I didn't understand it, I think, until later. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 06:51 Okay. Okay. But is there, like a. Can you. Can you think back to a moment where, you know, it happened? Is there. Do you have any such moments? Cynthia Tauro - 07:01 Well, one. Say, like, one of my friends from university. He was, like, a, like, integral part, I think, of me developing my, like, skills and my, like. Because he was from Brazil. And it was the frst time I had, like, heard. I had fun with music and I had fun playing with him. And, like, it was like, oh, wow. I didn't know it could really. It's not that I hate. I didn't. I feel like I'm making it seem like, oh, I hated it before, and then I loved it. It was just kind of like a realization. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 07:31 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 07:31 Where it was. Yeah. I think it was in, like, frst or second year where I was playing with him and then other people, too, and it was like, oh, wow, this makes music is amazing. And it's so much fun to, like, share what you know with other people and, like, play with other people. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 07:45 How has music in terms of the people you listen to, how has that infuenced what you now do? Cynthia Tauro - 07:52 I think if you listen to something enough or if you. Like, one time I was listening, which Is this is a huge compliment. But like I was listening to, you know, Michelle Camillo. He's a really amazing like jazz pianist. Pianist. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 08:07 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 08:08 And I was. I had been listening to him literally for like a week straight maybe. And then I was playing with my friend and he's a drummer. He's like. And then we're playing and then he saw us. He's like, have you been listening to Michelle Camille or something? Yeah. And he's like, oh my God. He's like, you're playing. And I'm like, oh, thank you. But it's. It's weird. Like so I think whatever you listen to without even thinking it just kind of comes out sometimes of you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 08:33 Huh. Cynthia Tauro - 08:34 So yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 08:36 So you go off to Carleton. What would you say that phase of your life entailed in terms of what it has done for your music and your art? What did university do for your music? Cynthia Tauro - 08:48 Yeah, I think it kind of. It just gave me a foundation for. And then to go from there. So I'm from here like just north of Toronto and I wanted to kind of like get away and because I think all my siblings had gone away for school. So I was like, oh, I'll go away for school too. And Carleton had a. Seemed like a good program. So I was like, why not? And go to Ottawa? Yeah. And it just. I had a really great teacher out there. He had lived in Toronto. Mark Ferguson, he's a pianist and trombonist. And Yeah, I met a lot of different people. I met so many great friends that I'm still friends with and it just kind of opened me up to so much, I think. Cynthia Tauro - 09:32 Yeah, it created the foundation for like playing, for gigging, for like professionalism in my music and. Yeah. And then also obviously like learning my jazz piano like from Mark. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 09:47 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 09:49 Yeah. And then connecting with other people and. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 09:52 So it was instrumental. Cynthia Tauro - 09:54 Sure. Yeah. I think going up to Ottawa is a really. Yeah, it was a good decision because it also gave me kind of. Because now that I moved back here toronto, it's like I'm kind of new. New back in the scene. Even though I'm from here, I was never like in the scene. But now I'm like coming back here and I've had my experience in Ottawa, so it's like. And I still know like my parents or my like uncles and everyone they have, they already have a kind of network that I was. That I knew before it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:23 Okay. So. Cynthia Tauro - 10:24 So yeah, it's nice, like coming back. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:26 Nice. Cynthia Tauro - 10:27 But also being new. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:28 Nice. So you were on Tour. And that's how we met initially. Because you were just concluding your tour. Cynthia Tauro - 10:35 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:35 What, what was tour like? What was touring like for you? Was this the frst time you went on tour? Cynthia Tauro - 10:41 Well, it was the frst time I went on tour with, like, my own band, like in myself and my music. I'd been on tour before, like, with other bands, being like a pianist and background singer. Because I was in a band in Ottawa called Hooray. A band. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 10:56 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 10:57 And we toured around Ontario, Quebec. And then I was also in a band with Little Scream. Little Screams. Like, a really amazing artist from Montreal. Have you heard of her? Efe Mike-Ifeta - 11:08 Yeah, yeah, I have. Cynthia Tauro - 11:09 She's really great. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 11:10 Yeah, I saw. I think while I was preparing for this, I had to. I had to look her up. Cynthia Tauro - 11:15 Oh, yeah, really good. Yeah, she's great. I was so happy to be on that, like, gig. We had a couple gigs together, but yeah, so I've toured, like, randomly with other artists, but this was the frst time where it was my own stuff and, like, me doing it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 11:28 Okay, so was there a lot of pressure for you? Cynthia Tauro - 11:31 Yeah, it was like. It was pressure. It was a lot of stuff, like, going on. I did everything. And also my manager kind of was helping me. He actually did a lot. But yeah, it was. I realized that you really have to kind of take care of yourself and you can't. Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 11:51 What does, what does it feel being a band leader? Source? Cynthia Tauro - 11:56 Well, that's the thing. I realized that, like, it's hard because I also played with, like, different bands everywhere I went, just like, to keep the costs low and like, so you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 12:05 Have to source a local band when you get to a place. Cynthia Tauro - 12:07 Well, so I did that. So Ottawa was fne because I knew everyone in Ottawa and. But I still had to rehearse all the guys and have the show that night. And then Montreal, I brought in a guy from Toronto, a great friend, and then he came to Montreal and then he knew the guys who we played with in Montreal. But I rehearsed all of them that day and then had the three hour gig that night. And then, yeah, when I played in London, it was a whole different band. It was all. They all ended up really fun and really good. But it was a lot of work because, yeah, it was the same kind of material. Ish. But with different people and trying to make it tight and trying to make it good. And you have like two hours to rehearse. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 12:51 Mm. Cynthia Tauro - 12:52 So it was good because I used great musicians. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 12:55 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 12:56 But it was just a lot of work, I realized. So I want to do it maybe differently next time. So it was a good trial run. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:02 Okay, so at this point, would you know the people who gravitate to your music or have you. Have you noticed a pattern in people who. Cynthia Tauro - 13:11 Who tend to be like, fan wise? Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:13 Yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 13:15 Yes and no. It really ranges because she played to. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:18 A cross section of people the other day at Schomburg, which was like, very rarely do you get to see someone who can, you know, cut across that range of ages. Cynthia Tauro - 13:28 Oh, cool. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 13:29 I think so. Would you? Cynthia Tauro - 13:32 Yeah. Yeah. Like, it depends because since I played jazz and also my stuff is kind of poppy too. I have like really old people who love jazz and will come out, but then I also have kind of my age and 30s who will also like it or even younger than me sometimes like twenties. Yeah. Who will like it. So, yeah, it's a really wide range. But I'm actually. I'm still trying to fnd my like, sound and you know where I like streamlining kind of. Because I like so many different genres, it's kind of hard to like zone it. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 14:12 So tell me about your writing process. Do you. Do you write most of your material? Cynthia Tauro - 14:17 Yeah. Yes. My writing process is. I'm in a phase right now. I feel like I'm in like a transition because I'm wanting to write more and I'm kind of tired of all the songs that I've been playing. So I. Lately I've been trying to write like maybe half an hour or an hour a day, like just sitting there. Even if like I have no inspiration or I have nothing coming to me, just like sit down and write. But in terms of like process, I guess it's usually the kind of the chords. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 14:49 So you write from the piano? Cynthia Tauro - 14:51 Yeah, yeah, I always write for the piano, but sometimes when I'm lying in bed. This didn't happen to me ever before, but maybe like two or three months ago this started when I'm lying in bed and then just like lyrics come to me and I'm like, wow, that. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 15:05 Would be great if I wasn't about. Cynthia Tauro - 15:08 To go sleep or I'm well. Or it's like when I can't sleep or like right in the morning when I wake up and I'm like, oh, wow. And then I either have I'm lucky and I write it down and then it's either terrible or like. Or it works and I'm like, wow, I'm so happy I wrote that down or. Yeah, just leaves me. But yeah, so usually it's like the playing frst and like I get a chord Structure or chord progression that I like. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 15:33 I have to talk about the content of your music, though, because you touched upon it the other day in between sets and you were talking about. So what. What do you write about from. Cynthia Tauro - 15:46 I basically write about. I could say love in general. Love, but it's usually sad, Heartbreak, sad songs. I don't know that. It's just what comes to me. Like, I. Yeah. Like the connection between people or ex boyfriends, current boyfriends. Boy, if, like, if I did one boyfriend. Yeah. And that's kind of the content always, for some reason. So the connection. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:20 Have you. Is there a happy love song in there? Cynthia Tauro - 16:23 Dancing on my own when I was by myself. That's kind of like the only happy one. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:28 That's like self love though, right? Cynthia Tauro - 16:30 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Which is good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:32 Which is a great video, by the way. Cynthia Tauro - 16:34 I love. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:34 It's one of my favorite things to watch right now. Cynthia Tauro - 16:37 That was. Oh, thank you. Yeah, that was a fun. That was a really fun. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:40 And that was shot where? In Ottawa? Cynthia Tauro - 16:42 No, in Toronto. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:43 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 16:43 Yeah. At like a warehouse thing. That was really fun. But yeah, that's kind of the only happy song. Yeah. I don't know, it just kind of. That's. That's when it all comes to me because it's like almost therapeutic, I think. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 16:57 Do you think it's easier to write sad. It's easier to write sad love songs than it is to write happy love songs? Cynthia Tauro - 17:05 Well, I think when I. Oh, this is really deep inside. When I. When I feel happy in a relationship, then I will. Well, not even that. It's like I actually have written some recent happy ones or nice ones. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 17:20 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 17:20 And so. But they will come easier to me. But that's just always. I get into these shitty, stupid things and then I'm like, oh. And then I'm crying at the piano and then I write good songs. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 17:31 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 17:32 But yeah, that's kind of how that goes. I don't know. And maybe some happy ones will come. They will. But, yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 17:42 You know, people talk about art as a way of navigating the world. Personally, for me, writing as, you know, it's a way to navigate certain things are happening in your life and you can't explain it. And you say, hey, I might as well write about it. And the more you read what you've written, the more it starts to kind of make sense. Or maybe make sense. Cynthia Tauro - 18:05 Yeah, exactly. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 18:07 What's music doing for you right now as an individual? Cynthia Tauro - 18:10 I think it kind of like. It like drives me almost and it makes me like, work harder. I Don't know. For me, it's what I love to do. And so I think I want to get, like, as good as I can be. I want to, like. I don't know if there's such thing as, like, reaching your potential, but, like, I want to try to work as hard, like, with my piano and with my voice and just kind of. Yeah. Do as much as I can do and play as much as I can play, I think. Yeah. Since that's the kind of. I can't picture myself really doing anything. I would not be a good. Like, nine to fve. I would. Like were saying before, I was like, I don't know. And also working for someone else, which is. I. I have done. Cynthia Tauro - 18:55 I've had, like, jobs here and there. Like, I worked at Costco. I worked at, like. I was a waitress somewhere at a. Actually, I always. I'm never sure if I should, like, shout these people. Like in Schaumburg, actually, in this corner. Have you been. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:09 Okay. No. Whereabouts. Cynthia Tauro - 19:13 Great restaurant. It's in the plaza. It's in, like, the Timmy's Plaza. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:17 Oh, okay. Cynthia Tauro - 19:18 And it's, like, right in the corner, and they have a really good breakfast. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:21 Oh, for real? Cynthia Tauro - 19:21 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:22 There's a new shawarmer spot there. Cynthia Tauro - 19:24 It's around the corner. That is really good. And that is new. Yeah, it's like a couple months old or something. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:31 Great folks as well. Cynthia Tauro - 19:33 Yeah, yeah, they're really nice, but it's. Yeah, it's in the corner. You know where, like, the dry cleaners is? No. Okay. The hardware store. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:42 Yeah. Hard. Cynthia Tauro - 19:43 Yeah. Yeah. It's, like, right in that little note. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:45 Okay. No, Yeah. I think I know what you're talking about. Yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 19:47 So I worked there. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 19:48 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 19:49 Two summers. I don't know how I got on that topic. Oh, yeah. Working for someone. Yeah. It's good. I mean, you have to be disciplined to, like, work for yourself and do everything yourself. But, like. Yeah. So music is just kind of the thing in my life. I don't know. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 20:10 That's good. Yeah, that's good. A lot of people conficted, and I think part of the reason I talk to people is this sentiment that, you know. You know that you're driven by something, and something is inside of you and it's passionate and all of that. How do you. It's more or less a juxtaposition of what you want to do versus who you are and how you get to. There's this murky place in between of how to stay alive and survive and all of that. Cynthia Tauro - 20:37 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 20:38 So for people who have been able to. You know. I applaud you. Oh, thank you for being, you know, for getting out of the Merc and just being, you know. Cynthia Tauro - 20:47 Thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 20:48 Well, it was straight and narrow. Cynthia Tauro - 20:50 It was a great, like. Honestly, my parents. Family had a huge, like, part to do with that just because they really. They were so. And you saw, right, you saw like my whole family. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:01 Yeah, I did. Cynthia Tauro - 21:03 But yeah, they really were. They didn't push me, but were encouraging for me to like, follow what I want to do and do what I want to do. And so. Yeah. But thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:14 What do you do when. When. When everything goes to. When everything falls apart. Yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 21:19 Which happens a lot. You know, I. I actually like that question. Yeah, I saw that. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:24 Yes. How do you. How do you keep it together when. When everything is falling? Cynthia Tauro - 21:29 I usually like call my mom and then she. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 21:33 That's a good plan. Cynthia Tauro - 21:34 Yeah, well, that's the thing. And she kind of gets it, which is really nice because she's. She's an artist herself and she had. She actually tried to do basically what I'm doing while having four kids and raising four kids. So she spent her life raising us and then was like booking shows and like rehearsing bands and doing her thing. But wow. Like, I can't imagine doing that while trying to like raise a family. And so like, I don't know. So she. I like call her and then break down and then she kind of builds you back up. Yeah. And says everything's gonna be okay and you just have to, you know, keep going. So. Yeah, that's kind of what I do. But those breakdowns happen quite often. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:17 Does music help at all? Cynthia Tauro - 22:18 Oh, yeah. And then I will go to the piano and also when I'm feeling shitty, I will. Sometimes I just need like a really good practice. I feel really good after like playing, so. So yeah, that's kind of what helps me. I think. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:35 That's good. That's a good answer. The mom is always a good place to run too. Cynthia Tauro - 22:41 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:41 As always. Okay. Future projects. Like what? I know you've spoken about an EP for next year. Cynthia Tauro - 22:49 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 22:50 Is that still. Still in the works? Cynthia Tauro - 22:51 Huh. It's. I want to just kind of. The new songs that I'm currently writing that I've written this year. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:00 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 23:00 I'm gonna put those out. I think I have a single coming out actually in January or February. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:05 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 23:08 And yeah, just putting new music out in. In 2020, which I'm really excited about. I think I'm recording late January, so. Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:17 Awesome. Cynthia Tauro - 23:17 It's Kind of future. Future stuff. Also, I'll be playing a lot. I play. Do you know the Royal York downtown? The. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:25 Probably not. Cynthia Tauro - 23:26 It's a. Just a hotel and I think I might be playing there like twice a week. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:32 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 23:32 So regular there. And then Shangri La, I play at. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:37 I've been. I've been. I've been to Shangri La. I think my friend. A friend of mine got married there. Cynthia Tauro - 23:40 Oh, really? Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:41 One of the. Cynthia Tauro - 23:42 Yeah, it's really pretty. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:42 It's a pretty. Cynthia Tauro - 23:43 It's like gorgeous. So, yeah, that's like regular stuff. And then my recording original project. I'm really excited to just release new stuff. Want to do that. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 23:54 So. Magic wand Take every inhibition away Every limitation. Where What? Where do you want to be? Where, like, where do you see all of this blossoming into? Cynthia Tauro - 24:08 Oh, that's a quite good question. I don't know. I think. What you mean, like, where would I be? Like where? Yeah, if you know, in fve years or when or like now or. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:20 Yeah. Like, let's say everything was working. Cynthia Tauro - 24:23 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:23 As it should. Cynthia Tauro - 24:24 Yeah. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:24 You had all of production, you had all of the studio time. Cynthia Tauro - 24:28 Honestly, I think it would be. I think it would be working with like really great artists and musicians. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:33 If somebody you have. Is that somebody you'd like to collaborate with? Cynthia Tauro - 24:36 I mean, like. Right. I feel like there's always someone, but like, right now I've been really. Mark Ronson is like, yeah, right. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:46 Yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 24:46 And he's so good. And I'm like, oh, my God, I want to work with him so bad. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:49 Yeah, he's his dope, right? Cynthia Tauro - 24:52 He's so good. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 24:52 Yeah. Cynthia Tauro - 24:53 Him and like Stevie Wonder, obviously, like, I love. Because he's just like, great. So that would be amazing. I also love Charlie Puth. I think it would just be like connecting and maybe like writing with them. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:06 Okay. Cynthia Tauro - 25:06 So that would be the Magic Wand thing, I think. Or performing with them on stage. That would be really cool, too. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:12 Awesome. That's a brilliant answer. Cynthia Tauro - 25:14 Oh, wow. Thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:16 Stevie Wonder. No, once you troll in Stevie Wonder in there, everything is great. Cynthia Tauro - 25:20 Yeah. John Mayer performing with him on stage or writing with him. This is getting me excited now. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:28 Well, just carry on and go on with the list. No, but it'd be great, though. I think John Mayer is a fantastic choice. Cynthia Tauro - 25:35 Yeah. Yeah. So that would. I think collaborating with these great musicians would be really fun and artists. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:42 Yeah, no, I'm very, very excited. I think there's a fascinating way to end this. Cynthia Tauro - 25:49 Great. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 25:52 No, thank you so much for coming on I'm just a true fan, like I said, of your work, and I hope you keep making music and you keep pushing the boundaries, you keep pushing the limit. There's a need for such. Such crop of people in the gta, I fnd. But, yeah, I'm a supporter and I'm a fan. Cynthia Tauro - 26:12 Well, thank you for having this musical podcast because this allows us to, you know, come out and, like, talk about our thing. So thank you. Efe Mike-Ifeta - 26:25 Awesome. Thank you very much. Thank you. Speaker 4 - 26:26 Yeah, I'm here probably alone he sits. Cynthia Tauro - 26:32 Staring at his phone Words won't do us any good so I'll be dancing. Speaker 4 - 26:39 On my own, my own. Cynthia Tauro - 26:49 One thing led to the next I'm. Speaker 4 - 26:53 Feeling fne and then upset oh busy. Cynthia Tauro - 26:57 Talking all night long But I'll be. Speaker 4 - 27:01 Dancing on my own mind My own, my own, my own Wishing time was on our side I. Cynthia Tauro - 27:22 Thought that it's supposed to fy on by he's the sweetest that I've known But I'll be dancing on my on. Speaker 4 - 27:32 My own, my own, my own, my own. Cynthia Tauro - 28:08 Late night sitting alone It's a perfect way to write this song. I'll still feel them in my bones While I am dancing on my own. Speaker 4 - 28:24 My own, my own my own. Speaker 2 - 28:58 Thanks for listening to the show. We hope you enjoyed it. You can fnd more on Cynthia on her website at www.cynthiatoro.com and also follow her on Instagram. 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