Member Since: 8/25/2006
Band Website: mireyaines.com (coming soon....)
Band Members:
Mireya I. Ramos –Band Leader/Lead Vocalist/Electric & Acoustic Violin*Mark Kelley –Bass
(*MeShell Ndgeocello & Will Calhoun)
Gillian Harwin –Upright Bass,
Acoustic Guitar & Vocals
Gabriel Cummings -Guitar
Phoenix Rivera -Drums
Peter Bogdanos -Percussion
**Kevin Louis -Trumpet
(**Myoshi Marilla)
Sonia Montez -Vocals
Influences: Music started for me with my family and it grew with me with personal experiences and people I listen to or met along the way.....my influences are:
Mami y Papi, my cousin Roxy,mariachi music- Vicente Fernandez, Guadalupe Pineda, Lucha Villa, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Linda Ronstandt, many others...
Latin American music (folklore, nova trova, bossa nova)- Mercedes Sosa,
Silvio ROdriguez, Bebe Gilberto, Ismael Rivera, Ruben Blades, LA fania All Stars- Salsa- Juan Luis Guerra- merengue, bachata
Classical Music- MAria Callas,Pavarotti, Placido DOmingo, Mozart, Vivaldi, Faure, Gregorian Chant music, Bach, Rachmaninov...etc.
My performances started when I was nine years old with the San Juan Children's Choir ( Puerto Rico) where I got to learn a lot of different music including classical music from Gregorian chant to contemporary classical music, and folkloric songs from all over the world in different languages
Jazz, Soul, hip-hop- etc...- Andres ka Velcro,Slum Village, D'ANgelo, Lauren Hill, Common, The Roots, Taleb Kweli, Stevie WOnder,John COltrane, Sarah Vaughn,
Coming to New York..... Gill Scott, Amel L., Shae Fiol, Mark Kelley, Ledisi,
Kevin Louis, Zap MAma, Lila DOwns, Sonia, Buena Vista Social Club, Alda,
Nina Pastori (contemporary flamenco), Don Newkirk,
Don Antonio( from the mariachi), and many others.
I am a lover of good music......it is my true passion.
Sounds Like: I am a mix of all of my musical encounters from folkolre to classical to jazz etc...Latin american music is my focus but my sound is to your opinion....
i sound like I play, I play like I sing, I sing like I think.....
Record Label: sticky material...
Type of Label: Indie