Trinere was influenced and inspired by legendary Donna Summer, Natalie Cole, and Phillis Hyman. Other favorites of Trinere’s were Madonna, and Janet Jackson. Trinere spent some time working in Buffalo, New York, with the legendary funk master Rick James and the Mary Jane Girls. Trinere met electro/freestyle producer Tony Butler in 1985, who was best known as an up and coming Electro producer in the Miami area, and Tony was making quite a name for himself.
With Trinere’s dynamic voice, striking beauty, and ability to captivate an audience with her energetic presence and dance moves on the stage, and Pretty Tony’s ingenious creativity, these two were truly the first to create the “true” Miami sound. This sound is known today as “Freestyle”.
