adminThe gospel diva broke to stardom in 2005 with her first successful project titled Aripo.
Saturday Leisure caught up with the musician in the city a fortnight ago and she said singing was something she started, albeit badly when she was five years old.
“Singing is something that I had a passion for, but the biggest challenge that I had was that my voice had a serious discord,” she said.
Pasinawako said her family members used to laugh at her voice, but they realised that she was serious about music when she became part of the Sunday school church choir.
“My Sunday school teachers were not concerned about how bad my voice was, but encouraged me” she said.
Pasinawako said the teachers encouraged her to continue singing even though some of her family members openly told her that she was not a good singer.
“At one point I almost quit music, as my late sister discouraged me from singing arguing that I did not have the talent to make it in the music industry one day.
“By the time I finished my primary level I could perform in front of a crowd because of my confidence,” she said.
The Ndinzverei hit-maker said in 1998 she began secondary education and while at school she met friends who taught her how to compose songs.
“I managed to grasp the concept of composing songs in less than a month and immediately started writing my own songs.
“Some of the songs that I composed while at secondary school became part of my first project,” she said.
The musician said during that same period she started working on her voice that had been described by her late sister as the worst voice ever.
“The new friends that I met at school taught me how to control my voice to produce something melodious. My voice was my biggest challenge.
“At first it was not easy, but the passion that I had kept on pushing me and it took me more than three years to grasp the concept,” she said.
The gospel musician said she decided to take music as a profession in 2004 after having been encouraged by her brother to record her first album.
“While at home I used to sing a lot and my brother recorded me using his small recorder and after listening to my voice he encouraged me to record.
“At first I doubted myself, but with support and encouragement from my family and friends I decided to give it a try. I approached Macdonald Chidavaenzi for recording and as they say, the rest is history,” she said.
Chidavaenzi popularly known as MacDee instilled confidence in the gospel singer and in 2005 they released their first project called Aripo.
“The response that we got on the first album was overwhelming, such that I later developed confidence with my own compositions.
“I later released my second album in 2009 Anotida and my last album titled Anesu Jesu was released in 2010,” she said.
Pasinawako said at the moment she is working on her fourth album and she is likely to be working with MacDee.
“My last two albums were affected by poor marketing, but on the forthcoming album we are going to improve on that,” she said.
The musician who is married to Lyton Ngolome, a fellow musician and producer, said she was in the music industry to stay.
“Me and my husband we complement each other as we are both passionate about music,” she said.
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