Good music sounds great in the right environment — great music captivates and transports you to these special places without even being there. On her debut album, Vintage, upcoming country artist, Ginnette Ward succeeds in moving her listeners by blending delicately powerful vocals with contemporary yet eclectic musical styling that go straight to your soul. While Ginnette encompasses the addictive sounds and tones of fiddles, mandolins, banjos and pedal steel guitars, she’s able to fuse these old world instruments with a freshness that adds just the right amount of vintage flair to create a sound that’s all her own. This young lady is truly sincere about the deep and uplifting words that she sings which is made obvious by the emotion she’s able to express through her voice. Her music is elegantly bold and her delivery and stage presence hide nothing of who she is and what she’s all about. Born and raised in Merritt Island, Ginnette is a true Floridian proud of her southern roots. The blonde haired rising star can’t remember a time when music and singing was not a huge part of her life. “From the time I was a little girl, I was always jumping around with my crazy curls singing — I never wanted to do anything else. It’s always been a lifelong goal of mine. When I’m feeling good, singing puts me on cloud nine and on the flip-side, music provides me an escape when I’m down. I guess you could say I use it as an outlet. No matter how I’m feeling, there’s just something about belting out a song that makes me feel like I can tackle anything and everything.” At the age of 8, Ginnette had her first audition — a rendition of Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On. After the final crescendo faded out, she was crushed when she looked up at her audience and heard no applause. Little did the young girl know, onlookers were unable to clap because their hands were too busy wiping tears from their eyes. Ginnette’s primary musical inspirations come as no surprise. She appreciates Johnny Cash for his raw vocal approach and the ability he had to connect with his fans as much as she praises Bonnie Raitt’s passionate lyrics. Interestingly enough, Ginnette isn’t only attracted to the sultry twang of country legends. It’s not uncommon for her to crank up the bass hitting the rhythmic beats and hypnotic rhymes of artists such as Dr. Dre, Eminem and Lil’ Wayne. At the same time, if it’s one of Ginnette’s playlists, it wouldn’t at all be uncommon for Fifty Cent’s P.I.M.P to be immediately followed by a good ole’ southern rock anthem like Jason Aldean’s Take a Little Ride or Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. This modernly hip country girl has wowed the crowds at various Florida Music Festival stages, Orlando Predators arena football games, Orlando Magic basketball games, the televised Florida Citrus Bowl Parade, downtown Orlando’s premiere venue scene and even highly notable NASA shuttle launch events. Ginnette humbly gives props to her band and creative team for the success she’s achieved thus far. “I feel so incredibly fortunate to work with the musicians in my band. We have such great talent down here in Orlando. The musicians are so multi-versatile. It really adds to my development as an artist.” She’s in the midst of a lifelong pursuit of perfecting her craft and despite the level of success she’s already achieved at this point, she’s anything but complacent — she continues to sharpen her seemingly flawless voice with vocal lessons, constantly works at bettering her live show with trips to the dance studio, band jams, and continues adding to her riff and lick library with guitar lessons. In addition, she’s no stranger to the recording studio and gets involved in every aspect of the art from the mic to the mixing table. While she agrees it’s a busy and wild existence, Ginnette is totally down with the hecticness of the lifestyle she chooses to lead. She embraces the hard work that inevitably comes with being a music Artist and her effort definitely comes through on her debut album. Her song One Day at a Time begins with a sole moody violin that transfers into a blue grassy sounding chorus of banjos. The entire track is textured with subtle instrumentation that is as lyrical as the words themselves which address her journey to success. “That song is just my way of expressing my feelings — it’s important to focus on the now – stay in the moment, never forgetting the little things and all the important people that made me who I am today.”