Borderline

Sina Seger Uzwil, Switzerland

My name is Sina Seger and I come from Uzwil, Switzerland. I was born on the 8th of August in 1989. I still go to school and I will take my Swiss maturity exams in 2008. I have always loved music, my first “recordings” were taken with a cassette recorder when I was 2 years old singing children’s songs. I started playing the whistle when I was 7, changed to the violin aged 9 and added piano lessons to my weekly schedule when I was 15. A year ago I started taking vocal lessons together with my sister. Music means a lot to me; it’s something that expresses way more than any words could on their own. My mum used to listen to Chris de Burghs music and I always liked it, but when she took me to a concert in Switzerland when I was 10 years old I really started loving his music. My favourite songs were Borderline and Snows of New York. I love the passionate piano parts in Borderline and the deep melancholy inside the song. The dilemma he sings about and the wisdom behind the words always make me shiver, so it was no hard choice which song I wanted to cover when I read about the contest. I had never done something like this before though. This is my first recording ever, and I really enjoyed the challenge of taking it. I hope you also enjoy my version of Borderline. "Borderline" did not appear on the tribute CD. But you can download the track when you right-click and "save as" here as a bonus track.