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About Me

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Named after an android from the original Star Trek series, Rayna is anything but robotic, and her music is a candid reflection of this. Fueled by life experience, her powerful, introspective lyrics speak of pride, love, change and loss and keep her humanoid audiences enthralled and connected. Fluid, stirring melodies and a deep vocal range make for a sound that is passionate and strong, yet distinctly feminine.
In 2004, after years of playing the Toronto scene as a background vocalist, Rayna decided to step into the forefront and take the evolutionary step of creating her own music. In a recent interview with YYZ Lifestyle Magazine she says, "I thought it would be fun to learn guitar, but had no intention of writing my own songs. I wanted to learn a few chords, so I picked up a guitar and taught myself...Poetry had always been a passion of mine so I tried putting some of my poems into songs. It wasn't until a few attempts that I realized that I could actually write my own music."
Naturally, she followed the prime directive and completed her immediate mission of ..ing her work by recording a three-song demo. Originally intended as pre-production for her recently released Empty Room CD, the recordings unexpectedly caught the ears of the 2005 Toronto Independent Music Awards and earned her a nomination in the "Best Female Acoustic" category. But the attention didn't stop there. Having established a high internet profile, Rayna's music has attracted attention and support locally from broadcasters by being featured on XM Satellite Radio, IndieCan Radio and globally from numerous podcasters.
Empty Room brings Rayna's music to life with the full instrumentations already implicit in her music. "I've always heard so much more than just acoustic guitar and vocals in my songs. It's very exciting to see this concept come into fruition." Her debut release is currently available worldwide through her official website www.rayna.ca, HMV.com and iTunes.
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Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2005
Band Website: rayna.ca
Band Members: Rayna - vocals/acoustic guitar

Influences: Bjork, Dido, Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chains, Mazzy Star, Jem and the Holograms, Dead Can Dance, Maynard, The Cure, Sunny Day Real Estate, Type O Negative, Enya, Coldplay, Coheed and Cambria, Peter Gabriel
Sounds Like: Rayna
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Meg-A Music/Indie Can Bash

Hi everyone! This thursday I will have the opportunity to celebrate Indie Can's and Meg-A Music's 2 year birthday at Tattoo Rock Parlour!! The charity focus for this event is HIV/Aids awareness.&...
Posted by Rayna on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:35:00 PST

Travelling...

Well, my backpacking trip is finally here!! I won't have access to email very much, so if you send me a message or friend request and I don't get it right away, it's cause I am in the middle of the ca...
Posted by Rayna on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:28:00 PST

Voices Carry Cover

So, you don’t hear from me for ages and when you do, I post a cover tune? "Rayna, you’re crazy!" Well, maybe a little, but I have wanted to record this song for a long time now...
Posted by Rayna on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:10:00 PST

One hundred thousand and counting...

Well spank my hind and call me charlie... I really gotta thank everyone for all of their support over the few recent years that I have been doing this whole music thing. One hundred thousan...
Posted by Rayna on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:08:00 PST

Facebook

Hellloooo!! For some strange reason, I have been getting a lot of requests recently to see if I'm on facebook. So if anyone is on it....do a search for Rayna Music and you will find my group the...
Posted by Rayna on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:42:00 PST

Doing some Myspace gardening...

Hey everyone! I have decided to go through most of my friends to weed out the spam. Over the years, you can collect quite a few friends that were spam profiles that you didn't know of until you ...
Posted by Rayna on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:48:00 PST

New Songs

Hey everyone!!I posted two songs from the album..."Unnamed Angel" and "Standing In The Doorway." I hope you all enjoy them :) I had to give you a little something while I hide out in writi...
Posted by Rayna on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:00 PST

El Mocambo

Wow...what an awesome night last night!! It was very cool playing with a full band for the first time, so glad many of you were able to come out and support me, it was fantastic ;) hopefully I will be...
Posted by Rayna on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:58:00 PST

Shows in NC...

Well, my vacation is almost over. I had such an amazing time at both the Wooden Nickel and Aries Lounge. Both awesome nights. Thanks to everyone that came out to support me. Who knew...
Posted by Rayna on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:25:00 PST

Feature

Hellloooo!!Ok...life is still crazy busy. I am in the media process stage right now...you know, sending out lots o press kits. So far so good ;)Here is the latest feature from Spill Magazi...
Posted by Rayna on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST