female indie artists

Indie Music Women’s Artist of the Day is…

Ana Patan (@ana.patan)

Ana Patan brings a melting-pot type of music luggage, congenial and familiar, still difficult to place. The German of Romanian descends, based in Sweden, grew up in a nest of Romantic influence, with a rich folkloric expression of its own, at the crossroads of Western Europe and the Orient. She has been absorbing experiences and making music in many corners of the world, from the ancient republic of Venice to Istambul, from Hong Kong to New York and Los Angeles…

Ana’s sultry voice, guitar playing abilities, and her impacting genuineness are in service of a more aware and connected modern world. Her music is extrovert and rich in contrast, organic and intellectual, humorous and critical, energetic and laid-back, a multi-facetted hymn to everyday life, a mirror held to individual and humanity with all faults and splendour.

Ana shared with me what it means to her personally to be an indie music woman artist: 

“I don’t have to wait in line at the women’s toilet! 😉 Joke aside, that’s how few we are, really… us women who decided to take it all upon themselves and say what needs to say, the way they it needs to be said; without some business guy deciding what kind of lyrics there should be, on what subjects, what should your voice sound like, what should your chords and arrangements be, what should you wear and say in interviews – which is usually the way with girls in the music business – also because they, unfortunately, allow it, preferring maybe to take the easy way out, where everything is mapped out, written down for them, and executed by others.

Music is not a business plan, or a way of making money, or advertising for a product, it is not even entertainment! Music is a very serious way of reflecting the world through sound waves and emotions, and when I make it I feel responsible for every step of the way, for it to be as faithful to reality as it can be – for me as an independent musician it means learning all the aspects of delivering the purest quality of goods directly from the oven, which for you as a listener of independent music means getting the closest soul-to-soul connection with music you could get! “

You can hear Ana’s single, “Soarele Meu” on Bandcamp here.