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Merveline Martina

Merveline-Louise Claudia Catharina Martina was born,on Aruba. She is better known by the name of Merveline Martina. Her Mother is from Haïti and her father from Curaçou. She is actually the singer of O, My Mother. Since she was five years old Merveline wanna be a singer. But her parents encouraged her to study and hoped that when the time pased by she would change her mind. Because she was so young maybe she wasn’t sure, what she wants. But that dream never abandoned her in fact as the years passed by it went even stronger. Merveline wrote O, My Mother actually on July 26th in 2005. Just a song actually when she wrote it, she wasn’t in love, neither had boyfriend at that time. The melody just came in her head and because she also love to write movies. She just imagined a story and put it in a song. “My mother have been a big inspiration for me and one of the biggest influence for a lot of my songs that’s why O, My Mother”. The only part that’s true story in the whole song, is when I asking my mother for advice. Because when I have a crushed on a man or have doubts about my relationship or anything that concern love, I always consults my mother.

Early Years During the years Merveline had many obstacles. First she sings in a chorus name “De Trupialen” but only stay for several years because they didn’t let her perform as a solist. “ I had the feeling that always the same kids where singing solist so I left”. And despite that her parents couldn’t pay the music lesson any longer”. She won a schoolfestival at age of nine with the song Wacharaka (old car). In 2004 she won Mine Model (Model Competition). Where she also playbacks Selena. Years later she playbacks Missy Eliot with the song “Work It”. The year before she playbacks Paulina Rubio “Ultimo A Dios”. She playbacks after that Tina Turner Good Hearted Woman her favourite song at that time. Several years later at a karaoke festival at school she stay at second place with the song of Chiquitita from Abba. At a another festival in searching for talents she gain the fourth place with the song “Enamorada y Herida” a spanish song from Marisela.

Meanwhile she always went to karoake bars at Aruba and enjoyed to sing,with or without applause. Most of time she sings Girls just wanna have fun and Like a virgen. Once she won the third place at a karaoke contest where she sings Girls just wanna have fun from Cindy Lauper once again. And won a sunset trip. “On her last Karaoke, people went so crazy and scream so loud after she sings the following songs;

Michael Jackson “Smooth Criminal”,“Billie Jean”, Europe “Final Countdown”, Black Eyed Peas “Shut Up” The last song she sings alone, peform all the three voices differently. “I think the last one was my most killing karaoke performance ever.” “Everyone went so crazy and I even finish the song yet, that was a big satisfaction for me. Also my last karaoke, I think”. Merveline particpated four times at Sprakling Tour (A Show in Aruba, it's like America Idols) but fail all four times. ( 1st her own song,2nd From a moment Shania Twain, 3rd  Disparame Dispara Laura Pausini/ Then you look at me Celine Dion, 4th I’m yours Jason Mraz.) She participated three years in a row, take a year break a participated again. But without any luck.

Since kindergarten Merveline was discriminated a lot and said that Michael Jordan make her strong at a young age. Her mother had a poster of him at home. And Merveline was admiring this poster and proud to see Michael Jordan a black man and see him reach such a huge success. Merveline loved to play basketball. She used to play basketball a lot. She is very passionate when watching football that is something she haves from her father. She demands when her favourite team play, she watch the game from 00.00 til 45.00. Then after break 45.01 till 90.00. Extra minutes whatever she stuck at the tv and begin to talk and yell to the players and the refree. When her team lose she suffers a lot, so for that reason she prefer not to watch football. She can’t see football just for fun. When she was 12 years old she was a very good football player, but later when she get into modeling and fashion she stopped. Because she hated by then to see she her nails broken, her dress so messy or a scar on her body.

She find another hobby swimming and snorkel. “I found that so exciting”.

Merveline has cited artists such as Rocio Durcal, Julio Iglesias, Vicente Fernadez, Shakira, Thalia, & Celine Dion as musical influences.

Her story about composing a song for the first time When I composed a song for the first time I was 5 years old. A melody came of nowhere in my mind and I write it about Carnaval. But it was to slow to be a Carnaval song. I admire Queen Analia at that time. (A Roadmach Queen on Aruba that whenever she participated in a Roadmach Festival she takes the crown.)                                                                                                                                             By that time I knew this melody is mine, I didn’t hear it nowhere else. I just had the refrain. And when I was 12 years old I finished the song. And I came to decision that all the melodies that come to my head I will write them down. By that time I admire, Shakira, Rocio Durcal and Celine Dion. My father admires Rocio Durcal and Celine Dion too. He had a large collection of Disks and C.D’s. Rocio Durcal albums were prohibited to be touched. He keeps all her collection together. Guess what? That was my favourite collection too. I can’t hold it, wherever my father hide it I always find it. I must listen too Rocio Durcal. Lucky for me, Celine Dion’s album was always available. And by the time of “My heart will go on”, my favourtite song was “To love you more”. By that time I loved that song so much that I went to a friend a sing it for her. And tell her that song is mine. She said no, I know that song, I said no it’s my song. She walks away, and I went home. After that I begun to discover my own style of music. Then Shakira hit me with the song “Ciega Sordo muda”. I found it a song to die for. So I say to myself, “Merveline if you ever write a song, it must be so good as that song. Since than I begun, to write all my songs, discovering my own style of music and didn’t stop since.

Besides singing Merveline also have the talent of writing movies, acting and model.