Showing posts with label Karlijn Verhagen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Karlijn Verhagen. Show all posts

Friday, December 27, 2013

BEST OF 2013: Musician Spotlight: Karlijn Verhagen of Netherlands


Netherlands - In the Country of Netherlands there is a really talented Singer and Songwriter by the name of Karlijn Verhagen whose 15 years old. Karlijn style of singing is Pop and R&B. Here is Karlijn story told by her.

My name is Karlijn (Carline for the English speaking) and I live in the Netherlands. I am 15 years old and my birthday is on the 9th of April. I live with my parents, 3 older brothers and my two dogs not far from Rotterdam. I love singing and I drive my brothers crazy with singing all day haha! When I was 6 years old I found out that I loved to sing and from that moment on I haven't stopped! First I sang Dutch songs from the 'Kinderen voor Kinderen' CD's and I participated in several contests singing songs from these CD's. When I was 8 years old I sang LIVE in the finals of Zuid-Holland with a band for about 700 people. This was my first big performance and I loved it! I loved dancing and singing on such an enormous stage and from that time on I knew I wanted to be famous ;o)) When I was 11 years old I started singing in English and I loved doing this. My first talent contest where I sang English songs was so overwhelming for me. I was only 11 years old and competing with 20-40 years old male and female singers. But I loved it and I came 2nd in my first 'real' talent contest. I have done so many talent contests now. In 2010 I won 'Brielle Got Talent', did a photoshoot , made my first 'real' video and recorded several songs in a studio. 

At the age of 12, I started with singing lessons once a week. I now have singing lessons twice a month with a