Family legend says she learned to sing before… Read Full Bio ↴Shery: Love Is a Ghost
Family legend says she learned to sing before being able to speak, repeating for hours what she heard in the albums her mom played relentlessly night and day.
Shery is a new, passionate singer and songwriter, gifted with a voice that captivates the senses and go deep inside the heart. She writes and performs inspired, organic songs distilled right from the soul, transcending the barriers of language.
Through her very own brand of melodic, sincere pop, Shery celebrates the shadows, ecstasies and, above all, the agonies of love.
Her journey as an artist began very early in life, with a mop handle as a microphone, a broom as the guitar, an army of kitchen pots turned into drum set, and her face hidden behind layers of chalk powder, as she and her brothers transmuted into the mega band Kiss.
After two and a half years of relentless work, scoring in the process four #1 hits on the radio charts nationwide in her country, this up and coming Guatemala-born star has just released her debut album, “El Amor es un Fantasma” (“Love Is a Ghost”), a spectacular selection of 13 songs, each alive with an aura of melodic genius.
The album, available worldwide through retailers such as Amazon.com, the iTunes Store and CDBaby.com, is titled after the first song Shery ever wrote, a delicious ballad that won her a medal in the World Championships of the Performing Arts, in Hollywood, and remained for 26 straight weeks in the Guatemalan Top 40, climbing to the #1 position as the most requested pop song nationwide -- first time ever for a local female vocalist.
Her career was officially launched on June 11, 2005, when what was intended to be an intimate night for just a small circle of friends, became a totally sold-out venue, inundated by raving fans mesmerized with the passion of a young soul, brave enough to climb on stage and sing her heart out, performing in public for the first time songs she had not originally written to share with others, but to exorcize her own shadows.
When after the concert one out of every two persons walked out the show with a copy of her first single CD on hand, a quality home-made, two-songs CD which eventually sold more than 5,000 copies, people started to pay attention.
Since that fist night three years ago, Shery has performed in more than 90 live concerts, and has shared stage with Latin idols the likes of Christian Castro, Manuel Mijares, Chayanne, Miguel Bose and Enrique Iglesias. She did her first US appearance in Washington D.C., in September 2005, invited by the Guatemalan Embassy. She has been a guest artist in every single national T.V. and radio show in her country, and has been featured a massive number of times in magazines, newspapers and online publications in Guatemala and all over Latin America.
Shery, who has been often referred to as the “Best Kept Secret In Latin Music”, has been a two-time finalist in the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest, selected among 15,000 entries from all over the world, as well as in the Unisong International Songwriting Competition, in Los Angeles. Her compositions have been used for ringtones in Japan, and for a Spanish songbook used in Spanish courses in high schools and colleges across the US and Canada.
Her second single, an irresistible ballad titled "Me Converti en Roca", was voted by the users of GarageBand.com, the largest independent artist portal on the Web, as the "#1 Best Love Song, overall, all time". The site also gave Shery awards such as "#1 Best Female Vocals in Latin ", "Best Melody", "Most Original Song" and "Best Production".
Directed and produced by Daniel Rene, a former member of teen sensation band Menudo/MDO, the videoclip of "Me Converti en Roca" was shot entirely in Miami and Coral Gables, Florida. An English version of the song is currently cooking.
Her new single, sang in duet with Daniel Rene (and the only cover song on the album), is a fresh, lively remake of the 80’s mega hit “El Amor”, written by Spanish Maestro of romance Jose Luis Perales.
The album also features a song in Italian written for Shery by Francesco Sondelli, with whom she also co-wrote “El suspiro se me va”. Both tracks were mixed in Los Angeles by legendary producer Eddie Kramer (The Rolling Stones, Lead Zepellin, Kiss, Jimmy Hendrix).
Before being able to start her career as a recording artist, Shery, who fled home at age 15 to pursue the unavoidable call of music, had to kept up a variety of jobs in order to make ends meet, from selling CDs at a record store, being a sales clerk at a hardware store, and administrative assistant in a training firm, to tourist guide in the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala.
Today, while keeping a busy promotional, travel and performing schedule, Shery spends hours every day personally replying to the hordes of fans who contact her from all corners of the world (including countries as unusual for Latin Pop such as Japan, Germany, Angola, Indonesia, Rumania, the US and the UK) through her official website www.shery.net as well as her MySpace page www.myspace.com/shery1 and Hi5 profile http://shery1.hi5.com, which has become the most popular in the entire portal. She also keeps an active YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/shery1, with video clips, live gigs, TV shows, interviews and slideshows.
A confess fan of Italian music, Mexican food and Guatemalan landscapes, Shery, who is also the co-producer of her album, currently has English and Italian versions of her songs on the drawing board.
When she is not on-stage performing, Shery is writing, producing, arranging or recording. She lives in Guatemala City with Ponkis, her beloved, fierce Australian Silky Terrier. Had she not become a musician, Shery would have been a “mochila” world traveler.
Libre
Shery Lyrics
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llena de complejos
que se burla sin piedad.
Quiero que el aliento del Sol
y las ganas de vivir
me lleven a encontrarme otra vez.
Desesperada
por ser libre
ser parte del amor
que mueve al mundo y me hace ser feliz.
CORO:
Libre, como en los sueños,
sin ataduras, al querer volar.
Libre en los pensamientos,
sin amarguras al poder gritar.
Libre en todo sentido,
quiero imaginar
que con mi voz puedo alcanzar la libertad.
Miedo hasta de escribir
todo lo que pienso
para romper cadenas.
Siento que en mi mente está
la fragilidad de mí
de ser lo opuesto a la ciega realidad.
Presa en el aire estoy,
corre en mis venas la sed de amar
[Repite coro]
Libre en todo sentido
quiero imaginar
que con mi voz puedo alcanzar la libertad
Libre
Quiero ser libre
The lyrics of Shery's song Libre conveys a message of empowerment and the yearning to break free from the chains of insecurity, self-doubt, and societal pressure. The opening lines, "Miedo de mi sombra suelta, llena de complejos, que se burla sin piedad" (Fear of my loose shadow, full of complexes, that mocks without mercy) reflects the internal struggle that the song's protagonist faces. She is afraid of her own shadow, haunted by her insecurities and mocked by her own self-doubt. The song speaks of a desire to overcome these fears, to embrace the light, and to live life without restraint.
The chorus with the lines "Libre, como en los sueños, sin ataduras, al querer volar" (Free, like in dreams, without restraints, wanting to fly) emphasizes the idea of freedom and the dream of breaking free. The lyrics go on to assert that one can be "Libre en todo sentido" (free in every sense) if they can find the courage to speak their truth and embrace their voice.
Overall, the song is a passionate call for freedom, a reminder to break free from the chains of self-doubt and embrace individuality, and to live a life free of constraints.
Line by Line Meaning
Miedo de mi sombra suelta
I'm scared of my loose shadow that's full of insecurities which mercilessly taunts me.
llena de complejos
It's burdened with complexities and self-doubt.
que se burla sin piedad.
It relentlessly mocks me without any mercy.
Quiero que el aliento del Sol
I want to be inspired by the breath of the Sun,
y las ganas de vivir
and the desire to live,
me lleven a encontrarme otra vez.
to help me find myself again.
Desesperada
I'm desperate,
por ser libre
to be free,
ser parte del amor
to be a part of the love,
que mueve al mundo y me hace ser feliz.
that moves the world and makes me happy.
CORO:
CHORUS:
Libre, como en los sueños,
I want to be free, like in my dreams,
sin ataduras, al querer volar.
without any restrictions, to be able to fly.
Libre en los pensamientos,
I want to be free in my thoughts,
sin amarguras al poder gritar.
to be able to shout without any bitterness.
Libre en todo sentido,
I want to be free in every way,
quiero imaginar
I want to imagine
que con mi voz puedo alcanzar la libertad.
that I can achieve freedom with my voice.
Miedo hasta de escribir
I'm even afraid to write
todo lo que pienso
everything I think,
para romper cadenas.
to break free from these chains.
Siento que en mi mente está
I feel like my mind is
la fragilidad de mí
my own fragility
de ser lo opuesto a la ciega realidad.
to be the opposite of the blind reality.
Presa en el aire estoy,
I'm stuck in the air,
corre en mis venas la sed de amar
the thirst for love runs through my veins.
[Repite coro]
[Repeats chorus]
Libre en todo sentido
I want to be free in every sense,
quiero imaginar
I want to imagine,
que con mi voz puedo alcanzar la libertad
that I can achieve freedom with my voice.
Libre
Free,
Quiero ser libre
I want to be free.
Contributed by Anthony H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@locodemuerte
Tu voz, tu canto, tu persona, tu forma de ver la vida, a eso lo llamaría Arte, arte psicologico.
@Mariop1015
esta cancion sta precioso tkm. besos para Shery amo tu musica
@mauriciofoley
wow muy bonita cancion eres un angel y tan hermosa .Saludos desde Lima Peru
@andreajaramillo84
WOW, I loved it! Me encanto muchisimo, hasta me hizo llorar. Tienes talento, en serio.
@andreajaramillo84
WOW, I loved it. Me gusto muchisimo, tienes talento. Hasta me hizo llorar, en serio.
@yagarsesg
Me gusta, gracias por el deleite de escuchar tu voz, desde Manizales-Colombia u abrazo y animo, llegaras muy alto...
@lucagt2059
q linda voz chapina..... segui adelante con tus sueños de cantar y el mañana sera una realidada muy buena....
@rodrigo445678
Genial Video es el mejor video y la cancion es genial
@trainsdeluxe1
una de mis favoritas me encantaria pusieran su musika en la radio aca en usa todas las cansiones estan muy buenas lo recomiendo
@siconatico24
Que belleza de intérprete sos pilas