Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who just released a new single this past Friday and has a new album in the works. Her previous single reached number 2 on the Mediabase Top 40 Pop Independent Artist chart and even hit the Top 40 Pop chart. Plus, the track was also featured in SPIN, LA Weekly, and Rolling Stone UK. Five months ago, the music video for her previous single was released and is up to more than three-quarters-of-a-million views on YouTube. She previously had earned recognition with her remake of the Beastie Boys’ song "FIGHT," which was licensed by SONY ATV and received approval from both the Beastie Boys and producer Rick Rubin. Her version of "FIGHT" climbed the charts and earned her a spot as the #1 spun independent artist for four consecutive weeks on Mediabase. She has opened for high-profile artists such as Lil Jon, Mike Jones, and Soulja Boy. She has also been featured on television shows, including a live performance on Bravo TV’s ‘Watch What Happens Live,’ where she was both a guest and one of the first musical performers in the show’s history.
“I wanted to show people what's special about Los Angeles because I hear a lot of negativity, and what's special is that anyone can come here and be whoever they want to be and create whatever they want to create.”
“After I released ‘Fight’ and I had success, a business associate of mine…. introduced me to the owner of Orb Recording Studios in Austin, and it's owned by Matt Noveskey, who is in the very popular band Blue October. And I started working on an EP there with Matt.”
“When I get home, which means south Texas … I am forced to be faced with everything that I didn't want to face. For me, that allows for much better writing.”
“When I make music, I really approach it with a very fresh, kind of like a younger mind.”
“Now my writing is about everything that I never wanted to think about, and all it's done through this creative process is now made me who I am today through all that grief, through all that pain, through all that running away. And it’s helped me process it within the production.”
“Don't get upset if you realize somebody doesn't have your best interest. Just move on. There's plenty of other people that are going to believe in you.”
“Hip hop made me me, classical music made me me, pop music made me me, because it was my escape.”
“What I realized was how beautiful is it to take these scary situations … That's what's amazing about music. You can take these horrible situations and make them into art.”
“I start with a melody and a lot of times the ideas for the subject behind the song come immediately with the melody. And it kind of collides together in my mind what the song’s going to be about once I hear the melody and then I start to write.”
“One thing I'm very, very, very, very good at and I will be confident about that and I'm going to be honest about that, I know how to get a song approved for top 40 radio. A lot of producers do not know how to do that.”
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