yahoomusic: where he will be playing 5 countries
yahoomusic: and will be leaving for asia in december,
yahoomusic: and here he is!
yahoomusic: Michael Fredo!
michael_fredo_live: Hi guys, this is Michael, just chilling out with a few friends and a Pepsi in my hand!
michael_fredo_live: And I'm up in the country at my mom's house, with lots of deer and cows and stuff up here.
michael_fredo_live: And ask me anything you want, don't be afraid to ask me anything!
sararobb88 asks: Hey Michael... I was wondering if you believed in the whole 'Y2K' thing? Do you think the year 2000 marks the end of the world? What is your opinion on Y2K?
michael_fredo_live: Is this Sara Robb, and hi to your dog Fredo! I don't believe in time really and I wasn't good at math so...
michael_fredo_live: My favorite year was 1988.
michael_fredo_live: I'm just going to be singing that night somewhere.
mikefredoisastud asks: Are you going to have another TOMMY commercial soon?
michael_fredo_live: It's out right now. It started yesterday.
michael_fredo_live: And my video will be played onVH1 and The Box in four days.
michael_fredo_live: But MTV was too packed, I'm going to have to wait in line for another month.
SLEEPY14_F asks: I SAW YOU IN CONCERT AT THE WING DING AND UR WERE GREAT WHEN WILL YOU BE GOING ON TOUR SO I CAN SEE YOU AGAIN??
michael_fredo_live: Thank you so much! I'll be going on tour hopefully in Florida hopefully within the next two months
bluegirl87_2000 asks: What is your favorite rapper
michael_fredo_live: Notorious B.I.G.
michael_fredo_live: All time.
michael_fredo_live: Thank you very much for the compliment.
yahoomusic: Would you prefer a woman be a good lover or a good friend, if you had to choose
michael_fredo_live: Thank you very much for the compliment. They have to be a good friend, but I can't imagine being in love because I'm too wrapped up in my music. But I'm looking for a girl with a really great personality.
zac_mikeluver1319 asks: Hey Mike!!!! Jenny here from CT!! I was wondering about the song "Now You're Gone", is that from a personal experience???
michael_fredo_live: Yes, Hi Jenny,nice to hear from you. It's about my dad, who was unfortunately drinking and driving on the highway three years ago, and who ruined his car and also his life.
mikefredoisastud asks: Do you have any Tattoos? If you don't, would you ever get one?
michael_fredo_live: Actually I have a fake tattoo right now of a moon smiling with stars all over his face. It's on my arm. I don't have any real tattoos, my mom would kill me!
mfredoshotstuff asks: Hey Michael! What up? My name's Jamie & I LOVE YOU~ I was wondering if you are planning on releasing a Christmas album? thanx babe
michael_fredo_live: I really wish that I could but I am so wrapped up with this one, and also preparing myself for the first time in Asia. I think I might put out an Easter album instead, know what I mean?
Justins1andonly02 asks: what bands do u listen to? michael_fredo_live: I listen to the Gypsy Kings and Guns N Roses.
michael_fredo_live: And also Blink 182's new song, too, they're funny, their new video cracks me up, the Y2K with Dr. Dre.
LaFiNJmE asks: Hey Michael!! Who's gonna be opening up for you over in Asia?? If you could pick anyone to open up for, who would it be? thanx, Jaime :p michael_fredo_live: I'm doing Asia alone. But if I could open up for anybody it would be the Rolling Stones.
itzmekb asks: what is your favorite icecream?
michael_fredo_live: Baskin Robbins Daquiri ice. My favorite of all time! And not all the Baskin Robbins have it, so when they do I buy a quart of it, and eat in the Y2K!
AnnieRose_210 asks: What do you want for Christmas?
michael_fredo_live: AnnieRose thank you for sending me that cool tee shirt, that was so sweet.
michael_fredo_live: I don't want anybody to send me presents, just to come to my concert and hang out with me when I sing my new songs from Introducing MF.
drivergirl31483 asks: so how long have u been in the music business?
michael_fredo_live: Since I was 15 in the business, I've been singing since I was 8.
mfredoshotstuff asks: Do you planning on putting modeling on hold to do some work in the music business, Michael? (thanx, I love you)
michael_fredo_live: That's very nice to hear from you. I think fashion and music are a big part of my life.So I think I'll be doing both for a long time. BUt I
michael_fredo_live: am a singer who models not the other way around. And only for Tommy Hilfinger.
crystal_dawn84 asks: everybody has embarrassing moments, what was your most embarrasing moment?
michael_fredo_live: My most embarrassing moment was a few days ago when I was fooling around in the Tommy Jeans' office and pretended to hit my head on a metal sign.
michael_fredo_live: And I fell down on the ground and hit a metal bar and sliced my hand open and needed three stitches below my thumb at the emergency room.
michael_fredo_live: And the next day I had to play guitar at the Wing Ding for the people there.
aduritz81 asks: what do you do in your spare time Michael?
michael_fredo_live: I sculpt a lot of things out of clay. I end up breaking a lot of it, if it bugs it after I make it, I try to use the clay for something else.
michael_fredo_live: I water ski, and I'm a pet shop connoisseur. I went into the coolest pet shop in Denver, Colorado. They had tiny, tiny salt water tanks.
michael_fredo_live: You can't have a 10 galloon salt water tank - I'm just obsessed with pets, and that's why I talk so much about pets.
michael_fredo_live: I have two chinchillas, two love birds, two chameleons, a lot of little tree frogs and toads in one aquarium.
michael_fredo_live: I have all different kinds of fish. I have a hamster.
michael_fredo_live: And I have a dog, but that's kind of normal.
michael_fredo_live: Cock-a-too, I love this one at a pet shop right near my house, and I have to save him before he gets injured by the other birds. He's just a baby, so cute.
crystal_dawn84 asks: This is Crystal and Melissa from Maine, Do you remember your first performance, if so, when and where was it?
michael_fredo_live: My first performance with a band was when I was 14 with a folk group band from my church.
michael_fredo_live: We played some church songs at a monastery.
mikefredoisastud asks: What's the craziest thing you've ever done?
michael_fredo_live: Probably....I don't know....I went sky diving at Six Flags and it was the most freaky thing I ever did in my life.
michael_fredo_live: They placed me up in this hook 200 feet u p in the air and then they dropped me.
michael_fredo_live: And I was with a girl named Lisa from Steps, a band Britain that was touring with me and Brittany. We had time before the concert and we were like, yeah, let's go do this sky diving thing
. michael_fredo_live: We got hoisted up in this life jacket thing. And then the guy said OK on the count of three pull the draw string.
michael_fredo_live: And she was like, Oh, my God, I can't believe this, and then she pulled it and we went flying, and I never yelled so loud in my life.
dybo3 asks: MICHAEL HAVE YOU EVER MET NSYNC?????
michael_fredo_live: Yes I have. they are really cool guys, they were visiting Brittany a lot on the tour, so I got to meet them.
yahoomusic: what was it like touring with Brittney
michael_fredo_live: It was really fun. We got to work out together before the shows, she's a lot of fun to hang out with.
michael_fredo_live: Instead of worrying, all the dancers used to meet for dinner and fool around.,
michael_fredo_live: Plus she threw me a cool birthday party on July 17 and I got to see a lot of Canada which was interesting.
AnnieRose_210 asks: Who directed your new video?
michael_fredo_live: Diane Martel.
Ang_811 asks: Will you be on any tv talk shows?
michael_fredo_live: I'm going to be on the Queen Latifah Show when I get back from Singapore, so that will be cool.
michael_fredo_live: But also I did a Good Morning Show in Atlanta a couple of days ago which was my first talk show, and I had to sing on it too.
Zeheeba asks: Chris Yunk, and Dan Cost are watching this Mike, and are happy for you!!!!
michael_fredo_live: Chris and Dan - I'm in Elmyra right now, and maybe we can have lunch and hang out tomorrow.
mr_scorpio2000 asks: If you could work with anyone, musically, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
michael_fredo_live: Marvin Gaye. Because he was the coolest and the soulfulest singer that ever lived in my book.
Looking4aBoyfriend asks: Hey Michael do you get to keep any of the clothes from the Tommy commercials
michael_fredo_live: Yes. They actually just give me tons of clothes to wear all the time, I'm really happy about that, otherwise I'd be broke because I'd spend mad coin on clothes.
michael_fredo_live: Most of what I wear I end up giving away.
michael_fredo_live: I end up walking out of my signings with only my pants on...oh well!
itzmekb asks: Its so cool how you take time to do this thank you! If you weren't doing this right now what would you be doing?
michael_fredo_live: This is one of my favorite things to do, is chat. I love to do chats, it's interesting and I can literally be in a jacuzzi while I'm talking.
michael_fredo_live: I can do chats from a bathtub if I wanted to, because it's on the phone and it's fun.
knight_nr6 asks: You are funny!
michael_fredo_live: If I wasn't doing this, I'd be doing my laundry, I have about six months worth in my mom's basement right now, I think I have to throw it out, it's mad old, petrified...
sararobb88 asks: have you kept anything from your childhood? like a baby blanket or something?
michael_fredo_live: I have a lot of Norfins. Trolls. About 300 of them, they are all over my room in New York,.
michael_fredo_live: And you check out my trolls in the next Twist Magazine issue because they just shot my bedroom about four days ago.
Mel33_683 asks: are you going to go to college?
michael_fredo_live: No! Never, ever! For as long as I live I'll never go to school or college ever again!
michael_fredo_live: I liked high school and that was what was mandatory to do and I got good grades. I just couldn't deal with the classroom, sitting in the same chair for so many hours...I don't want to send a bad message out, but college isn't for everybody.
michael_fredo_live: I visited colleges and got accepted to Berkeley College, but I decided not to go.
im_yours_completly asks: What's the last movie u saw?
michael_fredo_live: Sleepy Hollow and it's awesome, my friend Christina Ricci's in that, and it's just great.
michael_fredo_live: I went to school with that girl and she's really a great actress.
in_need_of_lovin7 asks: Hey Michael I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving. I was wondering what is your favorite food and your least favorite food?
michael_fredo_live: OK! My all time favorite food is Snow crab from Red Lob...l've traveled a long ways and I haven't found anything to top that.
michael_fredo_live: I eat a lot of fruit, and I love mango and pineapple and coconut and stuff.
michael_fredo_live: My least favorite is ostrich, because I was forced to try it once and it was absolutely gross.
michael_fredo_live: My mom said it was probably because I knew I was eating ostrich.
michael_fredo_live: And that's probably true, too. It tasted like salty, wack chicken.
mr_scorpio2000 asks: What's the last really good CD you bought?
yahoomusic: good question Mr. scorpio!
michael_fredo_live: The Best of Punjabi Music, from Pakistan, you can find it in your world music section.
michael_fredo_live: It is really awesome. Americans would say it sounds Egyptian, but it's really from Pakistan.
mr_scorpio2000 asks: You know Christina Ricci? What's she like?
michael_fredo_live: She's really cool, she's quiet but she's a sweet girl, and I think she's really pretty.
michael_fredo_live: In the movie Sleepy Hollow she looks really beautiful. I called her and left her a message saying good job.
crunked_kell asks: What are your Thanksgiving plans? Kelley, MS
michael_fredo_live: My whole family is going to come over, we're all meeting at my mom's house.
michael_fredo_live: And I'll be playing instruments with a lot of my family, I'll be playing piano and singing, my brother will be playing bass, he's awesome, and my Uncles Andy and Billy will be playing guitars.
michael_fredo_live: And I'll be eating mad turkey.
sararobb88 asks: Hey Michael, If you died and could come back to earth, what would you come back as, and why?
michael_fredo_live: A chick.
michael_fredo_live: JK! LOL!
michael_fredo_live: A parrot in Hawaii cause I could fly around the caverns, see the volcanoes, eat nuts and berries all day, and I could sing all day.
michael_fredo_live: So I could sing all day, but be in bird form.
baby_blue_horse_2002 asks: If you could be a super hero, what would your super powers be
michael_fredo_live: I'd probably be Captain America because I was born in America!
michael_fredo_live: I'm not too familiar with super heroes, though. I'd fly and I would probably choose to not have to sleep because sleeping is a waste of my time. I'll sleep when I die, know what I mean?
Bre2525 asks: What should I get my boyfriend for Christmas?
michael_fredo_live: How old are you? Is he?
michael_fredo_live: Get him Love Potion #9.
amd14_85 asks: how old is michael
michael_fredo_live: I'm Y2K.
michael_fredo_live: Totally.
sky_with_a_smile asks: Hi Michael, do you think you will be doing any acting??
michael_fredo_live: No. Not unless I'm going to do a movie in which I play a singer, like Whitney Houston did. The only acting I'll do is in my videos.
michael_fredo_live: I just did a song for a new movie Black and White that's coming out.
michael_fredo_live: It has the Wu Tang Clan in it, Brooke Shields, Robert Downey, Jr. Mike Tyson, Ben Stiller, and they chose my song for the single from the soundtrack, I'm really excited about it.
michael_fredo_live: It's called Free.
michael_fredo_live: We recorded it in one hour.
charzur asks: I need advice, I am really shy around this guy i'm totally in love with, what do you think i should do?
michael_fredo_live: Usually the best thing that a girl has ever done for me is just to laugh a lot and be really fun and energetic and also just wear something moderately sexy for him and go over and say something, like Hey babes, and that will break the ice.
knight_nr6 asks: Who's your mentor?
michael_fredo_live: I do, my mentor is Quincy Jones. He's taught me so much about music. He's my boss really, he signed me to his record label, Qwest, which is part of Warner Brothers.
coco21_02 asks: do you do private concerts? Amber and Kim, IL
michael_fredo_live: Sure! I do private concerts all day long just over the phone to people. Everybody has my phone number by the way, I gave it out on my last chat...
mo101999 asks: what is your favorite fragrance and why? michael_fredo_live: Right now, it's Tommy Freedom.
Bre2525 asks: Michael, what are some of the things in life you can't live without?
michael_fredo_live: I can't live without my favorite CD's.
michael_fredo_live: I can't live without fruit. I can't live without my vocal tapes from my voice teacher.
michael_fredo_live: I can't live without girls
michael_fredo_live: What else?
michael_fredo_live: I can't live without my pets.
michael_fredo_live: That's all.
michael_fredo_live: I have to change the phone number I have now. But in my next chat I promise to give it out. I want to chat to everyone in person and I will sing to you over the phone. I do it all day.
michael_fredo_live: Thank you guys so much for coming to my chat. I love doing these. I love talking to you.
michael_fredo_live: Please check out my new CD called Introducing Michael Fredo.
michael_fredo_live: You guys mean a ton to me. I plan to sing to everybody ASAP!
