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Monica is a Singer-Songwriter, Composer, and Producer. She was born to Italian-Africans parents and grew up in Milan, Italy. The EP was produced in Boston, MA: recorded at 'Perfection Recording Studio', Charlestown (MA) and mastered at 'M-Works Studio' in Cambridge (MA). Talented musicians from 'Berklee College of Music' collaborated with her for the recording of this EP. It's a relaxing album that has the power to make you dream and escape from reality. The song 'On the edge of the earth', that also gives the name of the EP, is an original composition with new sound: she combined pop-electronic sound with a call to more ethnic sounds that bring her back to her African Origins. She approached singing like a game at the early age of 6 when she took part in a televised singing competition for children. On her 9th birthday her father, who had a passion for music, enrolled her in classical piano lessons; that was the best gift she could have received, because from that moment she completely fell in love with music. Her approach to singing was also derived largely in part from listening to great artists like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Celine Dion, whose songs she used to sing at the top of her voice when nobody was home. With time she realized that her voice was her main instrument and that she had stories to tell with it. She simply woke up one morning and realized that she wanted to sing; she needed to sing. At 12 she started taking voice lessons and began putting in major effort toward fulfilling her dream. After high school she enrolled at the MAS (Music, Arts & Show) Modern Music Academy in Milan and simultaneously enrolled at the University Politecnico di Milano to study another passion, Architecture. In 2008 she graduated from the Music Academy, and in 2009 she completed her degree in Architecture with a thesis in "Acoustic Architecture," where she developed a unique project about the relationship between Music and Architecture. During these collegiate years, she participated in several performances. Perhaps the most important was when she was selected to be one of the eight backgrounds singers of the renowned Italian singer Andrea Bocelli, participating at his televised tribute at the Italian Talk-show "Che tempo che fa", aired nationwide on Rai 3. Other significant collaborations included performing with a big Gospel Choir directed by the American Gospel singer and composer Richard Smallwood at the "Auditorium of Milano," and singing at the Blue Note in Milan with the MAS Gospel Choir and American singer CeCe Rogers. She later started singing as one of the vocalists of the Italian Music TV Show CD Live aired nationwide on Rai 2. She lent her voice to the recording of the opening theme song "Idols" for the Italian TV Show "Wanna Dance" on Boing TV and also voiced the character Aisha, acting and singing part, of the cartoon Winx for the musical "Winx on Ice." Her last significant performance in Italy was on the Gospel Show "Stand up! A Gospel Revolution," where she was chosen as one of the soloists, touring to several major theatres throughout Italy. In 2009 Monica auditioned for the prestigious music school Berklee College of Music in Boston where she was accepted with a scholarship award. The Berklee experience was the best experience of her life, because it enabled her to meet talented musicians from all over the world and professors who transmitted their love of music into their profession. While in Boston, one of her original songs was selected to be performed at the CWP/EPD Writer Showcase at the Berklee Performance Center. In 2012 she performed at the "Regent Theatre" in Arlington, MA, for the funeral/memorial concert in honor of Herb Reed, vocalist and founding member of The Platters. At the end of 2012 she graduated with the Major in Contemporary Writing and Production. After Berklee she received a Scholarship Award in Songwriting to attend NYU University in New York and she is now pursuing a Master of Music Degree in Music Theory and Composition with concentration in Songwriting and an additional focus in Film Scoring.