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Raised in Guatemala, "The country of the eternal spring" Erika has been writing songs since she was 7 years old. She started performing at small parties in a kid's band, which she herself put together at the age of 8. Erika was the songwriter for the group. She Inherited the love for singing from her mother, who used to sing with a local band and the love for stage from her dad who loved doing theater.. Erika attended Guatemala performing arts academy studying Voice, acting and dance. She performed at different talent events and showcases, and won awards as a songwriter. Erika was a straight A student, and broke several academic records, but she knew that what made her truly happy was making music and performing. She moved from Guatemala to South Carolina and got a scholarship based on academic excellence to study business and finish college there. Erika performed in several musicals such as West Side Story and her favorite, Evita.. After finishing a business degree, she decided to get back into the game of entertaining, and moved to Los Angeles. In LA she has done theater and commercials. With the help of producer and country band member Ben Levine, (drewdavisband.com) she recorded her last promotional album, which includes two English and two Spanish songs. In this album, which songs you can listen to in this website, Erika showcases her different styles as a singer and songwriter. The tunes vary from pop rock, to Latin pop, with even some country influences on them. By working with all these different styles, Erika is looking to show the audience her personal seal in each of the songs, and for the audience to identify her voice regardless of the music style. Available now for sale, Erika's promotional CD, find it at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/erikamiranda you can also buy Erika's songs individually from itunes, by going to itunes.com.Erika is also collaborating and writing songs for another talented young artist's such as ex-Menudo Daniel Rene for whom she cowrote two songs for his new album. Erika cowrote track 3: Dentro de mi, and also track 4: Adicto, which was also chosen as the title for the album.
You can check out Daniel's new album and buy it by going to:
myspace.com/danielrenemusic.Erika is currently working in the production of her new full Spanish album with producer Jonathan Merkel (http://www.jonathanmerkel.com) in which she maintains her original songwriter style and also combines rhythms such as hip-hop, Reggaeton, and electronic sounds in some of the tracks.
Get ready to dance..
